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REMEMBERING THE
Golden Year
of Hollywood
1939 was known as the Golden Year of
Hollywood's fi lm history. Many great and
classical fi lms were released that year. This
year, 2019, all are celebrating their 80th
anniversary. A few of the fi lms include Gone
with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach,
B Y M I C H A E L W E S T M O R E
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame and more. The number one viewed
and when adjusted to ticket price of infl a-
tion, ranked as the highest grossing fi lm ever
released in the United States was Oscar win-
ner Gone with the Wind.
Left and right:
Vivien Leigh's
make-up test.
Only three of the
many actresses
reading for the
part of Scarlett
in Gone with the
Wind were tested
on fi lm. Above:
Monte Westmore
(left) and Hazel
Rogers (right)
doing make-up on
Olivia de Havilland.