The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features a special Valentine’s Day pick, Leo McCarey’s Love Affair. Directed and co-written by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya and Lee Bowman, Love Affair was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/17/archives/the-screen-love-affair-a-bittersweet-romance-opens-at-the-music.html), Variety (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/love-affair-1200412039/), and Box Office Digest.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000 Foreign Film)
Wonder Boys (2000 Josh’s Pick)
The Gleaners and I (2000 Documentary)
Dancer In The Dark (2000 Cannes Palme d’Or Winner)
Battlefield Earth (2000 Box Office Flop)
Sexy Beast (2000 First Feature)
Mission: Impossible II (2000 Box Office Champ)
Broadcast News (1987 Bonus Episode)
1939 Epilogue
At the Circus (1939 Audience Choice)
Son of Frankenstein (1939 Future Cult Classic)
The Gorilla (1939 Dave’s Pick)
Gone With The Wind (1939 Best Picture)
Wuthering Heights (1939 New York Film Critics Circle Winner)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939 Jason’s Pick)
The Rules of the Game (1939 Foreign Film)
The Women (1939 Josh’s Pick)
Gulliver’s Travels (1939 Animated Film)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 Cannes Award Winner)
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