The year in ages
1939
The movies of 1939, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
33average lead age in 1939
10Shirley Temple in The Little Princess
49Stan Laurel in The Flying Deuces
36titles of 1939 on record
17lead The Wizard of Oz
Judy Garland was 17
26lead Gone with the Wind
Vivien Leigh was 26
28lead Stagecoach
Claire Trevor was 28
31lead Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
James Stewart was 31
44lead The Rules of the Game
Jean Renoir was 44
34lead Ninotchka
Greta Garbo was 34
28lead Wuthering Heights
Merle Oberon was 28
Only Angels Have Wings
46lead Son of Frankenstein
Basil Rathbone was 46
The Roaring Twenties
35lead Daybreak
Jean Gabin was 35
39lead Jamaica Inn
Charles Laughton was 39
20lead The Hound of the Baskervilles
Richard Greene was 20
40lead The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charles Laughton was 40
31lead Destry Rides Again
James Stewart was 31
Young Mr. Lincoln
34lead The Ugly Duckling
Clarence Nash was 34
35lead Gunga Din
Cary Grant was 35
The Women
49lead The Flying Deuces
Stan Laurel was 49
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Dark Victory
Another Thin Man
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
40lead Love Affair
Irene Dunne was 40
36lead Drums Along the Mohawk
Claudette Colbert was 36
10lead The Little Princess
Shirley Temple was 10
24lead Jesse James
Tyrone Power was 24
Beau Geste
Dodge City
28lead The Four Feathers
John Clements was 28
32lead Of Mice and Men
Burgess Meredith was 32
35lead Tarzan Finds a Son!
Johnny Weissmüller was 35
31lead The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Bette Davis was 31
49lead At the Circus
Groucho Marx was 49
35lead Midnight
Claudette Colbert was 35