references to 1939

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jimbojone22 — 20 years ago(April 03, 2006 06:42 AM)

i notieced in this movie there were several references to 1939, like the school james woods daughter goes to was started in 1939, there were also 2 other things that said est. in 1939, but i can't quite recall them. Anyone have any idea of the significance of this?

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sarcinelli86 — 15 years ago(May 16, 2010 11:14 PM)

also noticed this, but have not found an answer
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bdkbach — 11 years ago(March 15, 2015 06:25 PM)

One was the animal shelter
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kngtmat — 11 years ago(March 24, 2015 04:40 PM)

This is what I got from the site The 80's Rewind Cat's Eye page.
1939 was the year Hubie Marsten hung himself in 'Salem's Lot', and it was the town's big dark dirty secret! He was in fact the source of all the trouble they went through
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gribfritz2 — 10 years ago(January 07, 2016 06:55 PM)

1939 is famously known as the "Best year ever for movies." Gone With the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, to name a few.

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jasonpaul — 9 years ago(September 11, 2016 09:51 PM)

I just noticed the same thing while watching this movie tonight. 1939 was the establishment year for St. Stephen's School (for exceptional children?) and for the animal shelter. I didn't notice a third instance. My interpretation is that this was shown to draw a parallel between the way people deal (or don't deal) with unwanted children and pets. Maybe unwanted is a strong word; James Woods character genuinely seems to care about his daughter. But when a child or pet becomes more of a burden than is foreseen, the easy solution is to hand responsibility over to a third party.