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2 days ago · Walt Disney, who had previously been in the short cartoon business, stepped into feature films with the first English-speaking animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released by RKO Pictures in 1937. 1939, a major year for American cinema, brought such films as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with The Wind. Color in cinema
5 days ago · The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind.
3 days ago · The Big Picture. Making The Wizard of Oz in 1939 was a groundbreaking feat of filmmaking with innovative special effects, despite the stressful and dangerous conditions on set. The cast...
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5 days ago · If any one year had to be chosen to represent the Golden Age of Hollywood, it would 1939. The year introduced to the world some of the most famous films ever to be produced. Lets see how much you know!
1 day ago · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
- World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on S...
- The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, an...
- The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Rooseve...
- The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-lin...
- The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of...
- Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II have ranged from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a significant span, because statistics...
1 day ago · The Great Road † Wielka droga (in Polish) Michał Waszyński: Polish Campaign 1939, Russia, Africa, Italy 1944 1946 Philippines Guerilyera: Guerilyera: Octavio Silos: Guerrilla movement in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines: 1946 Czechoslovakia The Heroes Are Silent: Hrdinové mlčí: Miroslav Cikán: Resistance ...
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2 days ago · Based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, it follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who, after coming across a mysterious derelict spaceship on an uncharted planetoid, find themselves up against a deadly and aggressive extraterrestrial loose within their vessel.
