Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by Robert L. May, a copywriter at the Montgomery Ward headquarters in Chicago.
Tag: 1939
Finnish Civil Protection, 1939
Danger threatens from the air!
All citizens join civil protection work
Dime Mystery, Sept, 1939
Spicy Mystery Stories, June, 1939
Paulette Goddard, 1939
Publicity shot of Paulette Goddard in The Cat And The Canary, 1939
80 years ago, USSR invades Poland…
Sept 17, 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Poland as an effective ally of Nazi Germany.
The “honeymoon” only lasted until June 22, 1941, when Hitler declared war on the USSR
He Walks! He Talks! He… Yodels?
It’s Radio Man! A genuine walking, talking, yodeling robot!
TOWERING seven feet high, a strange “radio man” has just been completed after ten years of arduous work by August Huber, a Swiss engineer. Beneath its jointed steel body, the gigantic mechanical man is a maze of automatic switches, relays, and other controls. Microphones within the automaton’s’ ears pick up spoken commands and carry them to an intricate system of twenty electric motors that make the fantastic creature walk, talk, sing, or yodel at the will of its master. Power for these various activities is supplied by batteries concealed in the ponderous legs. When this modern monster talks through the loudspeaker installed in its chest, its lips move in time with its speech. An ultra-short-wave receiver installed in its torso enables the “radio man” to follow orders transmitted to it by radio from remote points.
Green Hornet Opens At Bijou, 1939
From the The Wilmington Morning Star, Wilmington, NC, 1939
Mystery of Mr. Wong, 1939
In this Monogram film, Boris Karloff plays the role of Mr. James Lee Wong, A character by Hugh Wiley with stories originally found in Collier’s magazine during the 30’s. This is the second of six movies featuring Mr. Wong, five of which Karloff took on the main role, in final installment, The Phantom of Chinatown, Keye Luke take on the role of Mr. Wong.
Five Came Back, 1939
In what would be Lucille Balls first major role (thanks to a last minute replacement), Five Came Back is an excellent adventure and is considered to be a precursor to disaster movies.
12 people (9 passengers and 3 crew-members) are en-route to Panama, when a violent storm throws the aircraft off course and forces them to crash land in an area know for its cannibalistic tribes.
The aircraft is eventually repaired, but some are not able to make the journey home… and as you can guess by the title, only five came back.