Essential movies of the 1930s and '40s, from 'King Kong' to 'The Heiress'

8:56am PDT - August 15th, 2019    wizard of oz - CNN

The year 1939 alone -- considered perhaps the best in cinematic history -- provides an exhaustive list of "essential" movies, although the 1930s and '40s offer a target-rich environment of titles whose influence and impact have rippled across the decades.