Famous 1939 Plymouths
In The Movies And Elsewhere
A gray 1939 Plymouth 4-door sedan with US Navy markings is destroyed by a Japanese aerial bomb in the 2001 movie, Pearl Harbor.

Lucille Ball tours the 1939 New York World's Fair in a rare Plymouth four-door convertible. A black & white 1939 Plymouth coupe police car leads the procession which takes Vito Corleone home from the hospital in the 1972 movie, The Godfather.

The movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit has a blue 1939 Plymouth coupe in a prominent role. It's driven by the title character and is later wrecked by Roger's poor driving skills. These Plymouths used in the movie are decaying away at Disney MGM Studios in Florida. (February 2000) Nicholas Cage and Sean Penn are getting into a blue 1939 Plymouth two-door sedan in the 1984 movie, Racing With The Moon.

The 1946 movie The Big Sleep has a 1939 Plymouth P8 Deluxe convertible coupe in this rainy scene.

1939 Plymouth P8 Deluxe convertible on display at the LeMay Vehicle Collection near Tacoma, WA. (February 2005) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. is offering 'America on the Move', an exhibit of transportation from 1800 to present. The display includes this 1939 Plymouth coupe. (October 2004)

Back To The Future: Whenever anyone mentions cars and the 1939 World's Fair, everyone recalls the famous General Motors Futurama exhibit. But Chrysler had a pretty neat exhibit, too. It included 3-D movies which you watched while wearing special '39 Plymouth glasses. Cool!

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