1939 film retrospective to run entire year

LYONS: 1939 has long been considered the 'Golden Year of Movie Classics', with more classic films released in that year than in any other.

Since 2009 is the 70th anniversary of those movie classics, beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, the Lyons Main Street Program will host a retrospective presentation on the big screen of historic Ohmann Theatre in downtown Lyons. The film retrospective will continue to run every other Thursday night for the remainder of the year, including New Year's Eve.

A special 70th anniversary screening of 'Gone With The Wind' will be shown in its entirety Sunday, July 12. Local Civil War organizations will dress in period costumes for the occasion.

Of the 25 movies that are part of the retrospective series, some be presented to coincide with particular holidays and events. 'The Wizard of Oz' will be presented March 5 at the same time Lyons Central School presents a musical production by the same name.

Some of the movies may be shown in conjunction with high school literature classes.

The following movies from 1939 were selected by the retrospective committee for showing: 'Another Thin Man'; 'At The Circus'; 'Babes In Arms'; 'Buck Rogers Charlie Chan and The City of Darkness'; 'Confessions of a Nazi Spy'; 'Dark Victory'; 'Destry Rides Again'; 'Gone With The Wind'; 'Goodbye Mr. Chips'; 'Gunga Din'; 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'; 'Intermezzo'; 'Mr. Smith Goes To Washington'; 'Ninotchka'; 'Of Mice and Men'; 'The Old Maid'; 'Only Angels Have Wings'; 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'; 'Stagecoach'; 'The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'; 'The Wizard of Oz'; 'The Women'; 'Wuthering Heights'; 'Young Mr. Lincoln'.

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