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Some people disagree over what the most popular song of 1939 was
Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:15 pm
But many seem to believe it was Over The Rainbow. Very fitting.
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:21 pm to SidewalkTiger
I thought it was Somewhere over Dwayne Bowe.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:23 pm to SidewalkTiger
While "Over the Rainbow" was covered by so many it is probably up there as sung by Garland but as what was actually heard I would have to go with "Beer Barrel Polka". Andrew Sisters did its for the white folks, Orchestra's at clubs did it for the rich folks, etc etc. You knew it had hit Merica when blacks folks in the South were playing it in local juke joints.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:29 pm to SidewalkTiger
I mean, I know women were hairy back then but damn.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:35 pm to SidewalkTiger
This takes you back to you're senior prom
Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:41 pm to clamdip
She wasn’t hairy… she was beautiful. She was in costume for a play she did with Fred Astaire that time.
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Judy Garland is probably best known for her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and for her song from the movie, "Over the Rainbow." The song became her signature, and in the 1950s it was a fixture of her concert tours. Typically she sang it right after a recreation of "A Couple of Swells," a clowning song and dance duet which she shared with Fred Astaire in the film Easter Parade (1948). Still in the "tramp" costume from this comedic number, she would sit on the edge of the stage and give a heartfelt rendition of "Over the Rainbow," as though breaking the fourth wall of the preceding comedic performance to bare her soul.
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Posted on 7/8/26 at 4:50 pm to RTRnFlorida
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she was beautiful
Big fan
Posted on 7/8/26 at 5:39 pm to SidewalkTiger
Off topic I know, but I thought I'd throw this list in because...1939
Movies that came out in 1939
Gone with the Wind
Wizard of Oz
Stagecoach
Wuthering Heights
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dark Victory
Of Mice and Men
Ninotchka
Movies that came out in 1939
Gone with the Wind
Wizard of Oz
Stagecoach
Wuthering Heights
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dark Victory
Of Mice and Men
Ninotchka
Posted on 7/8/26 at 5:42 pm to Victor R Franko
Great year for film…
Posted on 7/8/26 at 5:45 pm to Victor R Franko
Crazy. Great movies. Women were classy. How did our society get so bad?
Posted on 7/8/26 at 5:51 pm to RTRnFlorida
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Women were classy. How did our society get so bad?
The Nineteenth Amendment.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 5:56 pm to RTRnFlorida
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How did our society get so bad?
Oil Shocks of the 70's, followed by the Wall Street greed of the 80's
Posted on 7/8/26 at 6:13 pm to Cheese Grits
I was talking about Moral and the idea of wholesome. Not money.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 6:14 pm to Victor R Franko
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Gone with the Wind
Wizard of Oz
Stagecoach
Wuthering Heights
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dark Victory
Of Mice and Men
Ninotchka
Seen all of them more than once, but
quote:is probably the best on that list due to the principal thespian, Charles Laughton. May have been the best actor you never heard of but his range based on the varied roles he played is impressive.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
English actor Daniel Day-Lewis cited Laughton as one of his inspirations, saying: "He was probably the greatest film actor who came from that period of time. He had something quite remarkable. His generosity as an actor; he fed himself into that work. As an actor, you cannot take your eyes off him.
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Ninotchka
Can not remember if this was the first or second version, but probably the best of the remakes.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 6:22 pm to RTRnFlorida
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Moral and the idea of wholesome. Not money.
They became integrated in the 80's
Pre 1980, you got your ideas locally (family/faith/friend)
Post 1980, you got your ideas nationally and intentionally.
The principal fuel for the switch was money via Wall Street and their conversion of Hollywood.
The original script for "Pretty Woman" was quite dark and one Walt would never have greenlit. His replacement was Wall Street darling Eisner and it became the biggest grossing picture for Disney to date (tho made through a subsidiary so the Disney name did not appear). Money changed it all when BIG & IMPERSONAL $$$$ replaced INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL $$$$. Why do you think they called them "junk bonds" back then?
Posted on 7/8/26 at 6:26 pm to Cheese Grits
I’m impressed. Would read again.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 7:11 pm to RTRnFlorida
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I was talking about Moral and the idea of wholesome. Not money.
Disintegration of the nuclear family and the dumbing down of the public education system. Both have largely been by design. It's easier to control stupid people who didn't have a father at home. There are many adults today who would fail an 8th grade civics exam that was administered in 1939.
Posted on 7/8/26 at 7:58 pm to Lucado
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There are many adults today who would fail an 3rd grade civics exam that was administered in 1939.
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Disintegration of the nuclear family and the dumbing down of the public education system.
That is the knee jerk response and it is easy to feed the people
In my lifetime I have seen
Local overtaken by Regional which was overtaken by National and now overtaken by Global.
The blame goes to a modern society that would rather text than talk.
They will also follow those they will never meet and ignore those close.
They will pay for convenience over substance.
They will pay for movies and sports over science and industry
They will blame others over accepting responsibility themselves
This was not done by the Education System
This was not done by the Nuclear Family
Yet we will not put the blame on corporate media and international business as the control we have given them only fuels their profits and ratings at the expense of our bodies, minds, and souls.
If you want to fix the drug problem, it can not exist without the users
If you want to fix the border problem, build a work ethic here first
If you want fix the gun problem, fix mental health care first
If you want to fix abortion, be willing to bring back orphanages and shame
Wile all of these solutions Arte simple and cost less in the long run, somebody well above what you and I get paid makes way more money to keep us fighting each other instead of them.
Posted on 7/9/26 at 8:41 am to RTRnFlorida
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She wasn’t hairy… she was beautiful. She was in costume for a play
Posted on 7/9/26 at 9:40 am to SidewalkTiger
Ride of the Valkyries, by Wagner was pretty big in Eastern Europe at the time.
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