1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year - Cast

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58 cast members

Name	Known for
Kenneth Branagh Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Henry V (1989)
Leonard Maltin Self - Film Critic and Historian Self - Film Critic and Historian See fewer	Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Thomas G. Schatz Self - Author, 'The Genius of the System' (as Thomas Schatz) Self - Author, 'The Genius of the System' (as Thomas Schatz) See fewer	Taking Tiger Mountain (1983)
F.X. Feeney Self - Film Critic and Historian Self - Film Critic and Historian See fewer	The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Scott Eyman Self - Author of 'Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer' Self - Author of 'Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer' See fewer	Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Jeanine Basinger Self - Author of 'The Star Machine' Self - Author of 'The Star Machine' See fewer	A Better Way to Die (2000)
Aubrey Solomon Self - Author of 'The Films of Twentieth Century-Fox' Self - Author of 'The Films of Twentieth Century-Fox' See fewer	Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Molly Haskell Self - Author of 'Frankly, My Dear' Self - Author of 'Frankly, My Dear' See fewer	Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980)
George Cukor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Rudy Behlmer Self - Author of 'Inside Warner Bros.' Self - Author of 'Inside Warner Bros.' See fewer	The Ray Anthony Show (1956)
Francis Lederer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
A.C. Lyles Self Self See fewer	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Joseph McBride Self - Author of 'Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success' Self - Author of 'Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success' See fewer	Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Frank Capra Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Howard Hawks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rio Bravo (1959)
Richard B. Jewell Self - Author of 'The RKO Story' (as Dr. Richard Jewell) Self - Author of 'The RKO Story' (as Dr. Richard Jewell) See fewer	The Postman Always Rings Twice: Introduction by Richard Jewell (2004)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Little Caesar (1931)
Maureen O'Hara Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Quiet Man (1952)
Claire Trevor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Key Largo (1948)
Daniel Selznick Self Self See fewer	Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987)
Ann Rutherford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Fred Astaire Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Humphrey Bogart Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Charles Boyer Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Gaslight (1944)
James Cagney Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Joan Crawford Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Bette Davis Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Olivia de Havilland Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Walt Disney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Robert Donat Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The 39 Steps (1935)
Irene Dunne Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Awful Truth (1937)
Errol Flynn Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
John Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Quiet Man (1952)
Clark Gable Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
Greta Garbo Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Ninotchka (1939)
Judy Garland Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Greer Garson Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Cary Grant Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Bob Hope Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Charles Laughton Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Vivien Leigh Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Myrna Loy Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Thin Man (1934)
Lorna Luft Self Self See fewer	Grease 2 (1982)
Louis B. Mayer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Secret (1917)
Hattie McDaniel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Thomas Mitchell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stagecoach (1939)
Edward G. Robinson Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Ginger Rogers Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Kitty Foyle (1940)
Mickey Rooney Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
David O. Selznick Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
George Stevens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Giant (1956)
James Stewart Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Vertigo (1958)
Spencer Tracy Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Lana Turner Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Madame X (1966)
Jack L. Warner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
John Wayne Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Darryl F. Zanuck Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)