The thirteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our future cult classic pick, Universal horror sequel Son of Frankenstein. Directed by Rowland V. Lee from a screenplay by Willis Cooper and starring Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lionel Atwill and Josephine Hutchinson, Son of Frankenstein was the third movie in Universal’s franchise based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from B.R. Crisler in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/01/30/archives/the-screen-son-of-frankenstein-with-boris-karloff-seen-at-the.html), Variety, and Basil Wright in The Spectator (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-march-1939/16/the-cinema).
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Dancer In The Dark (2000 Cannes Palme d’Or Winner)
Battlefield Earth (2000 Box Office Flop)
Sexy Beast (2000 First Feature)
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1939 Epilogue
At the Circus (1939 Audience Choice)
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)
Love Affair (1939 Valentine’s Bonus)
The Women (1939 Josh’s Pick)
Gulliver’s Travels (1939 Animated Film)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 Cannes Award Winner)
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939 Box Office Flop)
Stagecoach (1939 Major Filmmaker)
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