At the Circus
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1939
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Buzzell
Actors: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden
Plot: In this Marx Brothers comedy, the trio try to help a circus owner who is
robbed and may lose the circus if he can't retrieve the money.
The Flying Deuces
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1939
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val
Plot: A man falls in love, and is scorned. In order to get over it, him and his friend join the Foreign Legion.
Pack Up Your Troubles
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1939
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Jane Withers, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Lynn Bari, Joseph Schildkraut
Shipyard Sally
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1939
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Monty Banks
Actors: Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard, Morton Selten, Norma Varden, Oliver Wakefield, Tucker McGuire
Television Spy
Theatrical Release Date: 10/20/1939
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: William Henry, Judith Barrett, William Collier Sr., Richard Denning, John Eldredge, Anthony Quinn
I Have Lost My Husband ( Ho perduto mio marito )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/19/1939
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Enrico Guazzoni
Actors: Paola Borboni, Nino Besozzi, Enrico Viarisio, Romolo Costa, Nicola Maldacea, Vittorina Benvenuti
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Theatrical Release Date: 10/19/1939
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell
Plot: A young man is appointed to the US Senate where he battles for what he knows is right, although it brings him down mentally.
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The ( Zangiku monogatari )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/18/1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Gonjurô Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori, Tokusaburo Arashi, Yôko Umemura
Plot: Tokyo, 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue is the adopted son of a famous actor who learns that all his praise is due to his father and that behind his back no one takes him seriously. His only true friend is Otoku, a wet-nurse, but the relationship is frowned upon and she is fired. But Kikunosuke follows her despite the scandal. She encourages him to become a true actor and regain the family name.
On Your Toes
Theatrical Release Date: 10/14/1939
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ray Enright
Actors: Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, James Gleason, Leonid Kinskey
