To quote Huey Lewis in one of those BTTF films, “Gonna go back in time.” We began this project in 1939 and went forward, so now we’ll head in the other directions. Mostly uncharted waters for us, so we’ll let you know which ones we’ve seen and which ones we need to see.

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood: Buckle up your swash! This is the film that made Errol Flynn a screen legend. And it’s in color! Some actors deserve to be leading men. In like Flynn, indeed. This film and actor were the inspiration for the backstory in My Favorite Year some 40-plus years later.
2. Holiday: Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn fall in love a year before The Philadelphia Story. And Grant gets a chance to show off his acrobatic background.
3. Bringing Up Baby is the more celebrated film from this year that starred these Grant and Hepburn, but I prefer this No. 2. Still, there’s a great (for New Yorkers) line, when Grant charges into Hepburn’s apartment and notices she has a leopard for a roommate. “How can you live here?” he asks. “It’s rent-controlled,” she quips.
4. A Christmas Carol: The best of the lot. Not even close.

Haven’t seen, need to see: “Algiers” (the inspiration for Casablanca, right down to how they titled it), “Boys Town,” “The Lady Vanishes” (early Hitchcock film noir), “You Can’t Take It With You,” “Jezebel” (classic Bette Davis)