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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

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This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-07-02

Runtime: 69 mins

Director: Constantine Nasr

Writer: Gary Leva, Constantine Nasr

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary, TV Movie

Original title: 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Production Companies: New Wave Entertainment

Production Countries: United States of America

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