There was drama, too, of course, in King Kong and, towering above all the rest, Gone with the Wind. John Huston launched his great trilogy of Westerns (and John Wayne's stellar career) with Stagecoach. On the other side of the Atlantic Alfred Hitchchock's fame grew with The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps and British upper lips were still stiff in Sanders of the River and numerous movies featuring Sherlock Holmes.