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Movie Mirrors

by Sanderson Beck

1939 Index

Movie Mirrors Introduction

Abbreviations

Title	Min.	c	S	M	H	P	V	En	Ed
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The	91	b	4	6	6	7	6	7	7
Allegheny Uprising	81	b	6	6	4	5	5	6	5
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever	86	b	5	5		5	4	6	6
Angels Wash Their Faces, The	86	b	5	5	5			6	5
Another Thin Man	105	b	6	6	4	7	5	6	5
At the Circus	87	b	5	5	6	6	5	7	6
Babes in Arms	97	b	6	5	6	5	3	6	6
Bachelor Mother	81	b	7	7	7	6	6	8	8
Bad Lands	71	b	5	5		4	5	5	4
Bad Little Angel	73	b						5	6
Balalaika	103	b	4	4	5	5	4	6	6
Beau Geste	113	b	7	7	6	8	7	6	5
Blackmail	81	b	4	5	4			5	4
Blackwell's Island	71	b	5	5	4			6	5
Blondie Brings Up Baby	67	b	5	5	4			5	4
Blondie Meets the Boss	72	b	5	5	4			6	5
Broadway Serenade	109	b	3	4	4	5	5	5	5
Calling Dr. Kildare	86	b	5	5	5			6	6
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island	74	b	6	6	6			5	5
Charlie Chan in City In Darkness	75	b		4	4			5	5
Charlie Chan in Reno	71	b	5	5	4			5	4
Confessions of a Nazi Spy	105	b	6	5	7			6	7
Dancing Co-Ed	84	b	4		4			5	4
Dark Victory	104	b	8	7	6	7	7	6	7
Daughters Courageous	107	b	6	6	5			6	6
Dead End Kids Dress on Parade, The	62	b		4	4			5	4
Destry Rides Again	94	b	8	8	8	7	8	7	7
Dodge City	104	c	6	6	7	7	6	6	5
Drums Along the Mohawk	103	c	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Dust Be My Destiny	88	b	5	5	5			6	6
Each Dawn I Die	92	b	5	6	5	7	5	6	6
Espionage Agent	83	b	4	4	4			5	5
Everybody's Hobby	55	b						5	4
Everything Happens at Night	77	b	6	5	4	5	6	5	5
Fast and Furious	74	b	6	5	4			6	5
Fast and Loose	80	b	5	5	5			5	4
5th Avenue Girl	83	b	4	4	5	3	3	6	6
Five Came Back	75	b	6	6	6	5	4	6	5
Fixer Dugan	68	b	4					5	4
Flying Deuces, The	68	b	6	6	6	5	6	6	5
Flying Irishman, The	71	b	6	4				4	5
Four Feathers, The	115	c	7	8	8	7	8	7	7
Four Girls in White	74	b				4		5	4
Four Wives	99	b	5	6	5			5	5
Golden Boy	99	b	6	6	5	7	6	6	6
Gone with the Wind	234	c	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
Goodbye, Mr. Chips	114	b	8	8	7	8	7	7	7
Gorilla, The	66	b	4	4	5	3		5	4
Great Man Votes, The	72	b	8	8	5	6	6	5	5
Gulliver's Travels	76	c	5	6	6	4	5	5	6
Gunga Din	117	b	8	8	7	9	8	7	6
Hardys Ride High, The	81	b	5	6				5	6
Hollywood Cavalcade	97	c	6	6	5	7		6	5
Honolulu	84	b	5	6	4	7		6	5
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The	116	b	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Ice Follies of 1939	82	b	4	5	4			5	4
Idiot's Delight	106	b	7	6	5	6	6	6	7
In Name Only	94	b	6	6	5	6	5	6	6
Indianapolis Speedway	82	b	5	4	4			5	4
Intermezzo	70	b	6	8	7	7	6	6	7
Invisible Stripes	81	b	5	6	4			5	5
It's a Wonderful World	86	b	6	6	5			6	5
Jamaica Inn	99	b	6	4	5	5	4	6	6
Jesse James	106	b	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
Juarez	121	b	6	6	6	7	4	7	8
Judge Hardy and Son	90	b	4	6				6	7
Kid From Kokomo, The	93	b	4		4			5	4
Lady of the Tropics	92	b	5	4	4			5	6
Let Freedom Ring	87	b	6	6	4	5	5	6	5
Light That Failed, The	97	b	6	6	5			6	6
Little Princess, The	93	c	7	6	6	6	7	6	6
Love Affair	88	b	8	8	7		7	8	7
Made for Each Other	93	b	5	6	5	7	6	6	5
Man About Town	85	b	6	6	5			5	4
Man of Conquest	99	b	5	6	4			6	7
Midnight	94	b	8	8	7	8	7	7	6
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	130	b	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	60	b	5	6	4			6	5
Nancy Drew ... Reporter	68	b	5	6	4		4	5	4
Nancy Drew ... Troubleshooter	68	b	5	4	4			5	4
Naughty But Nice	90	b	5	6	4			5	4
Ninotchka	110	b	7	8	7	9	7	8	8
No Place to Go	56	b						5	4
Of Mice and Men	106	b	8	8	7		8	7	7
Oklahoma Kid, The	81	b	6	6	6	5	6	6	5
Old Maid, The	95	b	6	8	6	6	6	7	8
On Borrowed Time	99	b	7	6	5	6	6	7	8
On Your Toes	94	b	4	5	6			5	4
Only Angels Have Wings	121	b	8	7	6	7	8	7	7
Private Detective	56	b	4					5	4
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The	106	c	6	7	6	6	6	7	7
Q Planes (Clouds Over Europe)	81	b	7	6	6	4	6	6	6
Rains Came, The	103	b	4	6	7	5	5	6	7
Real Glory, The	95	b	6	6	5	7	6	6	5
Remember?	84	b	4	4	4			5	4
Reno	73	b			4			5	4
Return of Dr. X, The	63	b		4	5			5	4
Roaring Twenties, The	106	b	8	6	7	8	7	7	6
Rose of Washington Square	86	b	4	6	6	6	5	6	5
Rulers of the Sea	97	b	6	6	5			5	6
Rules of the Game (French)	106	b	8	8	7	9	8	7	8
Saint in London, The	72	b	5	6	4	5	4	5	4
Saint Strikes Back, The	64	b	6	6	4	5	4	5	4
Secret of Dr. Kildare, The	84	b	4	6	4			6	6
Sergeant Madden	81	b	6	4	4			5	6
6,000 Enemies	62	b			4			5	5
Society Lawyer	78	b			4			5	4
Son of Frankenstein	99	b	6	6	7	8	6	6	5
Sorority House	64	b						4	5
Stagecoach	96	b	8	8	8	9	8	7	6
Stand Up and Fight	97	b	4	4	5			6	5
Stanley and Livingstone	100	b	6	6	7	6	6	7	8
Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The	97	b	7	6	6		6	7	8
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The	93	b	6	6	6	7	6	6	5
Stronger Than Desire	78	b			4			5	4
Susannah of the Mounties	78	b	5	6	5	6	5	5	5
Tarzan Finds a Son!	82	b	6	6	4	6	6	6	5
Tell No Tales	69	b	5	6	6			6	5
These Glamour Girls	79	b	6	6	4			6	6
They Shall Have Music	101	b	5	6	4	5	4	5	6
Thunder Afloat	95	b	5	6	4			6	5
Tower of London	92	b	6	6	5	6	5	6	6
Union Pacific	135	b	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
We Are Not Alone	112	b	7	5	5			7	8
Wife, Husband and Friend	80	b	6	6	5			6	5
Wings of the Navy	90	b	4	4	4			5	4
Wizard of Oz, The	101	c	8	8	7	9	8	8	8
Women, The	132	b	8	8	7	8	7	7	7
Wuthering Heights	103	b	8	8	7	7	8	7	8
Yes, My Darling Daughter	86	b	5	6	4			6	6
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man	79	b	6	8	5	6	6	6	5
You Can't Get Away With Murder	79	b	6	6	4			5	5
Young Mr. Lincoln	100	b	6	7	8	8	7	8	8

Abbreviations
b = black and white
c = color
S = Scheuer's rating
M = Maltin's rating
H = Halliwell's rating
P = Martin & Porter's rating
V = Videohound's rating
En = Beck's entertainment value
Ed = Beck's educational value

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1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956

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