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Watching 1939: Reform School (1939)

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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.

reform school21939 film:
Reform School (1939)

Release date:
April 27, 1939

Cast:
Louise Beavers, Reginald Fenderson, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Eddie Lynn, DeForest Covan, Bob Simmons, Monte Hawley, Maceo Bruce Sheffield, Milton Hall

Studio:
Million Dollar Productions, Inc.

Director:
Leo C. Popkin

Plot:
Since he went to reform school, Eddie (Fenderson) has a hard time finding work and turns to crime. Probation officer Mother Barton (Beavers) tries to help Eddie and the other young people in reform school by demanding for better treatment in reform school and education for society that these young people aren’t hardened criminals when they are released from reform school. When Eddie is mistreated by the superintendent at the reform school, Mother Barton takes him to task and is appointed the head of the institution.

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Musical Monday: Delightfully Dangerous (1945)

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It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.

This week’s musical:
Delightfully Dangerous (1945) – Musical #638

Studio:
United Artists

Director:
Arthur Lubin

Starring:
Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore, Jane Powell, Louise Beavers, Arthur Treacher, Ruth Tobey, Christian Drake (uncredited), Bess Flowers (uncredited), Harold Miller (uncredited)
Himself: Morton Gould

Plot:
Sherry Williams (Powell) is in school studying to be an opera singer. Sherry believes that her older sister Josephine (Moore) is a musical comedy star on Broadway. When Sherry travels to New York City to see her sister’s show, Josephine’s stage career isn’t quite what she expected.

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