WAS 1959 THE BEST YEAR EVER FOR MOVIES?
Among the year’s best: Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo.
John Hartl of the Seattle Times goes against the grain and says the best year for movies was not 1939, but 1959. He cites as evidence the release of such films as Anatomy of a Murder, Porgy and Bess, North by Northwest, Some Like It Hot, Ben-Hur Rio Bravo and On the Beach. See if you agree by clicking here to read
