In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, that’s difficult.

1939 film:
Two Thoroughbreds (1939)

Release date:
Dec. 8, 1939

Cast:
Jimmy Lydon, Joan Leslie (billed as Joan Brodel), Arthur Hohl, Marjorie Main, J.M. Kerrigan, Selmer Jackson, Spencer Charters, Paul Fix, Bob Perry, Al Ferguson, Frank Darien, Paul Harvey
Animals: Rex the Dog, Crystal Jack the Horse

Studio:
RKO Radio Pictures

Director:
Jack Hively

Plot:
When thieves steal the horse, Larkspur, from her stable, her colt runs after and gets loss. David Carey (Lydon) finds the colt while working on his Aunt Hildy (Main) and Uncle Thaddeus’s (Hohl) farm. David’s parents are dead and his Aunt and Uncle are not kind to him, but let him keep the colt, believing it could bring them money. When David meets Wendy (Leslie), he realizes the colt belongs to her family and fears they will think he’s the thief.

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