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The Little Princess
The Little Princess is the classic Shirley Temple film where a little girl goes from riches to rags. She searches for her father, reported missing during the Second Boer War.
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Topper Takes a Trip
Topper Takes a Trip (1939) starring Roland Young, Billie Burke, Constance Bennett
Topper takes a trip — literally — to prevent his wife from divorcing him. He’s helped — and hindered — by the ghostly Marion Kirby from the original movie.
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Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (1939), Music by Leigh Harline, Lyrics by Ned Washington, Performed by Walter Catlett and Dickie Jones in Walt Disney’s Pinocchio
Hi-diddle-dee-dee
An actor’s life for me
A high silk hat and a silver cane
A watch of gold with a diamond chain
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men (1939) starring Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Field
Of Mice and Men is an incredible portrayal of the famous novel by by John Steinbeck. Accurate, riveting, heartbreaking, highly recommended.
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Another Thin Man
In Another Thin Man, Nick and Nora (and their dog Asta) visit the estate of Colonel MacFay. He’s being threatened by a mysterious man wanting revenge for a past wrong. When MacFay is murdered, that man is the obvious suspect. Too obvious …
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It Really Was No Miracle
Song lyrics to It Really Was No Miracle (1939), lyrics by Harburg Arlen, music by Harold Arlen, performed by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy Gale:
It really was no miracle
What happened was just this
The wind began to switch, the house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch
Just then the Witch, to satisfy an itch
Went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch
And oh, what happened then was rich
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms
The fourth in the Blondie series, Blondie Brings Up Baby, Baby Dumpling starts school. Then his dog, Daisy, follows him …. But she’s captured by the dogcatcher! When Baby Dumpling plays hooky to search for her the next day, Blondie and Dagwood fear that he’s been kidnapped!
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Blondie Takes a Vacation
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939) starring Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Donald Meek, Donald MacBride
Blondie Takes a Vacation – Blondie & Dagwood take a vacation, help an older couple running a motel against a competitor, and nearly lose Baby Dumpling (and Daisy) in a fire!
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers,
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a wonderful Hollywood biography. It tells the story of the husband-and-wife ballroom dancing team Vernon and Irene Castle.
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