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Posted May 7, 202113 Comments 1930s

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Originally published August 13, 2013 Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite books, and I conveniently bought the 1939 adaptation with Sir Laurence Olivier recently (I totally didn’t come up … Continue Reading Wuthering Heights (1939)

Posted July 18, 20191 Comment 1930s

1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year

1939 turns 80 this year but should you read 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year in celebration?

Posted February 6, 20191 Comment 1930s

Made for Each Other (1939)

Long-time readers of JiCF know I’m a sucker for a domestic melodrama and only Old Hollywood knows how to take a simple story about a couple struggling to make a … Continue Reading Made for Each Other (1939)