The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the

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production of the first American full-length animated film, ''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection '' Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as ...

''.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

* January 29 – '' The Good Earth'' premieres in the U.S. * April 16 – '' Way Out West'' premieres in the US. * May 7 – ''

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'' premieres in the US. * May 11 – ''

Captains Courageous ''Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks'' is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese f ...

'' premieres in New York. The film is released nationwide on June 25. *

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, who had merged with Republic Pictures two years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again. * June 7 – Jean Harlow, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 at Good Samaratan Hospital in Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema, a complication of kidney failure. * June 11 – '' A Day at the Races'' premieres in the U.S. * July 9 – The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire. * July 23 – Six weeks after Jean Harlow's death, her final film, '' Saratoga'', is released. It is an instant box office success and becomes the highest-grossing film of Harlow's career. * December 21 – ''

'' premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre in

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. The film is a massive box office success and briefly holds the record as the highest-grossing sound film of all time.

Academy Awards

* Best Picture: ''

The Life of Emile Zola ''The Life of Emile Zola'' is a 1937 American biographical film about the 19th-century French author Émile Zola starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great critical and ...

'' – Warner Bros. * Best Director: Leo McCarey – '' The Awful Truth'' *

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– ''

'' * Best Actress: Luise Rainer – '' The Good Earth'' * Best Supporting Actor:

Joseph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut (22 March 1896 – 21 January 1964) was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film ''The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937); later, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for ...

– ''

'' * Best Supporting Actress: Alice Brady – ''

In Old Chicago ''In Old Chicago'' is a 1938 American disaster musical drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys". The film is a fictionalized account about the G ...

Top ten money-making stars

1937 film releases

January–March

*January 1937 **13 January ***'' Thunder in the City'' ( GB) **14 January ***'' Action for Slander'' **17 January ***''

Battle of Greed ''Battle of Greed'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Tom Keene, Gwynne Shipman and James Bush.Pitts p.22 A silver strike in Virginia City leads to cutthroat completion to exploit the discovery. The film's ...

'' **26 January ***''

Without Dowry ''Without a Dowry'' (russian: Бесприданница, Bespridannitsa) is a 1937 Soviet drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Nina Alisova. It was based on Alexander Ostrovsky's play ''Without a Dowry'' (1878). Cast * Nina Alis ...

'' ( U.S.S.R.) **28 January ***''

Pépé le Moko ''Pépé le Moko'' () is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, i ...

'' (

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) **29 January ***'' The Good Earth'' ***'' You Only Live Once'' **30 January ***'' Black Legion'' *February 1937 **2 February ***'' Dreaming Lips'' (Britain) **4 February ***'' The Daughter of the Samurai'' (

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

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) **12 February ***'' Head Over Heels'' ( GB) ***'' On the Avenue'' **13 February ***''

The Great O'Malley ''The Great O'Malley'' is a 1937 crime film directed by William Dieterle and starring Pat O'Brien, Sybil Jason, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. The 1925 silent version '' The Making of O'Malley'' starred Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill and ...

'' **18 February ***''

Lost Horizon ''Lost Horizon'' is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called '' Lost Horizon'', in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamaser ...

'' **19 February ***'' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' *March 1937 **3 March ***''

Maid of Salem ''Maid of Salem'' is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Plot It tells the story of a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, who has an affair with an adventurer. ...

'' **5 March ***'' Fire Over England'' ( GB) ***'' History is Made at Night'' ***''

Jump for Glory ''Jump for Glory'' is a 1937 British romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Valerie Hobson and Alan Hale. It was based on a novel by Gordon McDonnell. The film was shot at Isleworth Studios by the ind ...

'' ( GB) **12 March ***'' A Family Affair'' ***'' Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' **22 March ***'' Layla and Majnun'' (Iran) **25 March ***'' Seventh Heaven'' **26 March ***'' Maytime'' ***'' Quality Street'' **27 March *''

Girl Loves Boy ''Girl Loves Boy'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by W. Duncan Mansfield and written by W. Duncan Mansfield and Carroll Graham. The film stars Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Roger Imhof, Dorothy Peterson, Pedro de Cordoba and Bernadene ...

April–June

*April 1937 **5 April ***'' Elephant Boy'' ( GB) **9 April ***'' The Soldier and the Lady'' **10 April ***'' Marked Woman'' ***'' The Tale of the Fox'' (Germany) **16 April ***'' Way Out West'' **18 April ***'' Love from a Stranger'' (GB) **20 April ***'' A Star Is Born'' **23 April ***'' The Woman I Love'' **28 April ***''

Woman Chases Man ''Woman Chases Man'' is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea. Plot B.J. Nolan tries to get his millionaire son Kenneth to invest $100,000 in a housing development called Nolan He ...

'' **30 April ***'' Night Must Fall'' *May 1937 **7 May ***''

'' ***''

They Gave Him a Gun ''They Gave Him a Gun'' is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. The picture bears a resemblance to later films noir in its dark theme regarding the struggles and ...

'' **8 May ***''

The Prince and the Pauper ''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547 ...

'' **9 May ***''

Make Way for Tomorrow ''Make Way for Tomorrow'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Leo McCarey. The plot concerns an elderly couple (played by Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi) who are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children ...

'' ***''

The Vicar of Bray The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 (and then from ...

'' **19 May ***''

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons ''Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons'' is a Walt Disney animated film released in the United States on May 19, 1937, for a limited time to help promote the upcoming release of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It was a collection of f ...

'' **21 May ***'' Charlie Chan at the Olympics'' ***'' Pick a Star'' **26 May ***'' Kid Galahad'' **28 May ***'' This Is My Affair'' *June 1937 **1 June ***''

Knight Without Armour ''Knight Without Armour'' (styled as ''Knight Without Armor'' in some releases) is a 1937 British historical drama film starring Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat. It was directed by Jacques Feyder and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenpl ...

'' ( GB) ***''

The Road Back ''The Road Back'', also translated as ''The Way Back'', (german: Der Weg zurück) is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, commonly regarded as a sequel to his 1929 novel ''All Quiet on the Western Front''. It was first serialized in th ...

'' **4 June ***'' Parnell'' **8 June ***'' Grand Illusion'' ( GB) **11 June ***'' A Day at the Races'' **12 June ***'' Storm in a Teacup'' ( GB) **17 June ***''

King Solomon's Mines ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the ...

'' (GB) **23 June ***'' Slim'' **25 June ***''

'' ***'' Wee Willie Winkie'' **30 June ***'' Silver Blaze''

July–September

*July 1937 **6 July ***'' The Edge of the World'' ( GB) **7 July ***'' Easy Living'' **14 July ***'' They Won't Forget'' **15 July ***'' Ever Since Eve'' **16 July ***'' Topper'' **21 July ***''

High, Wide, and Handsome ''High, Wide and Handsome'' is a 1937 American musical Western film starring Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Sr., Charles Bickford and Dorothy Lamour. The film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and written by Oscar Hammerstein II and G ...

'' **23 July ***'' Saratoga'' **24 July ***'' Street Angel'' (

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) *August 1937 **3 August ***'' You Can't Have Everything'' **4 August ***'' Artists and Models'' **6 August ***'' Stella Dallas'' **9 August ***'' Souls at Sea'' **11 August ***''

'' **19 August ***'' Confession'' **20 August ***'' Broadway Melody of 1938'' **25 August ***''

Humanity and Paper Balloons is a 1937 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Sadao Yamanaka. It was Yamanaka's last film before his death. Plot The film is set in feudal Japan during the 18th century, an era known as the Edo period. It depicts the struggles and schemes of Ma ...

'' (

) **27 August ***'' Dead End'' **31 August ***''

To New Shores ''To New Shores'' (german: Zu neuen Ufern) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk) and starring Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel and Viktor Staal. It was Leander's first film for the German studio UFA, an ...

'' (

) *September 1937 **1 September ***'' The Firefly'' **2 September ***'' The Prisoner of Zenda'' **3 September ***'' Big City'' **5 September ***'' One Hundred Men and a Girl'' **7 September ***'' It Happened in Hollywood'' **10 September ***'' Annapolis Salute'' ***'' Gribouille'' (

) **16 September ***'' Victoria the Great'' ( GB) **18 September ***''

That Certain Woman ''That Certain Woman'' is a 1937 American drama film written and directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and Anita Louise. It is a remake of Goulding's 1929 film '' The Trespasser'', Gloria Swanson's first sound film. ...

'' **24 September ***''

Tři vejce do skla ''Tři vejce do skla '' (Three Eggs in a Glass) is a Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič. It was released in 1937...Vincenc Babočka, a meaningless employee of police station, thinks he is a detective with exceptional abilities. Holiday i ...

'' (

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) **26 September ***'' The Dybbuk'' **30 September ***''

Something to Sing About "Something to Sing About" (actual title: "This Land of Ours") is one of Canada's national songs, a patriotic song written by folk singer Oscar Brand that sings the praises of the many different regions of Canada. It has some similarities to "Sc ...

October–December

*October 1937 **1 October ***''

Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen twelve times over sixty-fiv ...

'' **2 October ***'' Love Is on the Air'' **8 October ***'' Stage Door'' **10 October ***''

Law for Tombstone ''Law for Tombstone'' is a 1937 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Buck Jones and W.B. Eason and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark (actor), Harvey Clark, Carl Stockdale, Earle Hodgi ...

'' **12 October ***''

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'' **14 October ***''

Think Fast, Mr. Moto ''Think Fast, Mr. Moto'' is a 1937 film directed by Norman Foster and featuring a mysterious Japanese detective named Mr. Moto. It is the first of eight films in the Mr. Moto series, all based on the character Mr. Moto created by John P. Marqu ...

'' **15 October ***'' The Bride Wore Red'' ***''

Double Wedding A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vo ...

'' ***'' Heidi'' **20 October ***'' Bizarre, Bizarre'' (

) **21 October ***'' The Awful Truth'' **22 October ***''

Conquest Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, ...

'' ***'' Yoshiwara'' (

) **23 October ***''

The Perfect Specimen ''The Perfect Specimen'' is a 1937 film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn and Joan Blondell. The picture is based on a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. It was Flynn's first comedy. Plot Gerald Wicks, the heir to a large fortune, ...

'' **29 October ***''

Ali Baba Goes to Town ''Ali Baba Goes to Town'' is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the ...

'' ***''

Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles ...

'' ***''

Stand-In A stand-in for film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting and camera setup. Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of film and television production. Stand-ins ...

'' **30 October ***''

The Great Garrick ''The Great Garrick'' is a 1937 American historical comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. The film also features Lionel Atwill, Luis Alberni, Melville Cooper, and fu ...

'' *November 1937 **9 November ***'' The Hurricane'' **12 November ***'' The Last Gangster'' **19 November ***'' A Damsel in Distress'' ***''Navy Blue and Gold (film), Navy Blue and Gold'' **20 November ***''It's Love I'm After'' **25 November ***''Nothing Sacred (film), Nothing Sacred'' *December 1937 **2 December ***''Andula Won'' (

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) ***''The Seven Ravens (1937 film), The Seven Ravens'' (

) **4 December ***''First Lady (film), First Lady'' **7 December ***''Telephone Operator (film), Telephone Operator'' **10 December ***''Born to the West'' **17 December ***''Daughter of Shanghai'' **18 December ***''La Habanera (film), La Habanera'' (

) **21 December ***''Skeleton on Horseback'' (

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) ***''

'' **24 December ***''True Confession'' **25 December ***''Tovarich (film), Tovarich'' **29 December ***''You're a Sweetheart'' **31 December ***''Wells Fargo (film), Wells Fargo'' ***''Wise Girl (film), Wise Girl''

Notable films released in 1937

American films of 1937, United States unless stated.

A

*''

'' *'' Action for Slander'', starring Clive Brook and Ann Todd ( GB) *''

'', starring Eddie Cantor *''Andula Won'' (Andula vyhrála) (

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) *''

'', directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Marlene Dietrich *'' Annapolis Salute'', starring James Ellison (actor), James Ellison *'' Artists and Models'', starring Jack Benny and Ida Lupino *'' The Awful Truth'', directed by Leo McCarey, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant

B

*''

'', starring Tom Keene (actor), Tom Keene *''Bezhin Meadow'', directed by Sergei Eisenstein ( U.S.S.R.) *'' Big City'', starring Luise Rainer and

*'' Bizarre, Bizarre'' (Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure du Docteur Molyneux), directed by Marcel Carné, starring Louis Jouvet and Michel Simon (

) *'' Black Legion'', starring Humphrey Bogart *''Born to the West'', starring John Wayne *'' The Bride Wore Red'', directed by Dorothy Arzner, starring Joan Crawford *''Brief Ecstasy'', starring Paul Lukas ( GB) *'' Broadway Melody of 1938'', starring Eleanor Powell and Judy Garland

C

*''

'', starring Freddie Bartholomew and

*'' Charlie Chan at the Olympics'', starring Warner Oland *'' Confession'', starring Kay Francis and Basil Rathbone *''

'', starring Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer *''Crossroads (1937 film), Crossroads'' (Shi zi jie tou) (

)

D

*'' A Damsel in Distress'', starring Fred Astaire, George Burns and Gracie Allen *'' The Daughter of the Samurai'' (Die Tochter des Samurai / Atarashiki tsuchi), directed by Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami (

) *''Daughter of Shanghai'', starring Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn *'' A Day at the Races'', directed by Sam Wood, starring the Marx Brothers *'' Dead End'', directed by William Wyler, starring Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor *''

'', starring William Powell and Myrna Loy *'' Dreaming Lips'', directed by Paul Czinner, starring Elisabeth Bergner, Raymond Massey (Britain) *''Duniya Na Mane'' (The Unexpected) (Bollywood films of the 1930s, India) *'' The Dybbuk'', Yiddish language film from (List of Polish films of the 1930s, Poland)

E

*'' Easy Living'', starring Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold *'' The Edge of the World'', directed by Michael Powell ( GB) *'' Elephant Boy'', directed by Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda, starring Sabu Dastagir, Sabu ( GB) *''España 1936 (film), España 1936'', a documentary produced and co-written by Luis Buñuel (Spanish films of the 1930s, Spain) *'' Ever Since Eve'', starring Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery

F

*'' A Family Affair'', starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden *'' Fire Over England'', starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh ( GB) *'' The Firefly'', starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones (actor), Allan Jones *''First Lady (film), First Lady'', starring Kay Francis and Preston Foster

G

*''Gangway (film), Gangway'', starring Jessie Matthews ( GB) *''

''. starring Eric Linden *'' The Good Earth'', starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer (Academy Award for Best Actress) *''Good Morning, Boys'', starring Will Hay ( GB) *''La Grande Illusion, Grand Illusion'', directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin and Dita Parlo (

) *''The Great Barrier (film), The Great Barrier'', starring Richard Arlen and Lilli Palmer ( GB) *''

'', starring Brian Aherne and Olivia de Havilland *''

'', starring Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart *''

'' – a Yiddish language film *'' Gribouille'' ( The Meddler), starring Raimu and Michèle Morgan (

)

H

*''La Habanera (film), La Habanera'', directed by Douglas Sirk (

) *'' Head Over Heels'', starring Jessie Matthews ( GB) *'' Heidi'', starring Shirley Temple *''

'', starring Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott *'' History is Made at Night'', starring Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' / ''Der Hund Von Baskerville'' (German) Sherlock Holmes film directed by Carl Lamac, starring Bruno Guttner as Holmes, and Fritz Odemar as Watson *''

'' (Ninjō Kami Fūsen) (

) *'' The Hurricane'', starring Dorothy Lamour

I

*'' It Happened in Hollywood'', starring Richard Dix and Fay Wray *''It's Love I'm After'', starring Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland

J

*''

'', directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Valerie Hobson ( GB)

K

*'' Kid Galahad'', starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart *''

'', starring Cedric Hardwicke and Paul Robeson (GB) *''

'', starring Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat ( GB)

L

*''Lancashire Luck'', film debut of Wendy Hiller ( GB) *'' The Last Gangster'', starring Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart *'' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'', starring Joan Crawford and William Powell *''

'', directed by and starring Buck Jones *'' Layla and Majnun'' directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta (Iran) *''

'', starring Paul Muni *''

'', directed by Frank Capra, starring Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt *'' Love from a Stranger'', starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone (GB) *'' Love Is on the Air'', directed by Nick Grinde, starring Ronald Reagan and June Travis

M

*''

'', starring Gladys George and Warren William *''

'', starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray *''

'', directed by Leo McCarey, starring Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi *''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) (

) *'' Marked Woman'', starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart *'' Maytime'', starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy *''Morality Above All Else'' (Mravnost nade vše) (

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) * ''Murder at the Baskervilles'' -- see under ''Silver Blaze'' below

N

*'' Nancy Steele Is Missing!'', starring Victor McLaglen and Peter Lorre *''Navy Blue and Gold (film), Navy Blue and Gold'', starring Robert Young (actor), Robert Young, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore *'' Night Must Fall'', starring Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell *''Nothing Sacred (film), Nothing Sacred'', directed by William Wellman, starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March

O

*''Oh, Mr Porter!'', starring Will Hay ( GB) *''O-Kay for Sound'', starring Crazy Gang (comedy group), The Crazy Gang (GB) *''The Old Mill'', a Silly Symphonies cartoon *'' On the Avenue'', starring Dick Powell and Madeleine Carroll, with songs by Irving Berlin *'' One Hundred Men and a Girl'', starring Deanna Durbin and Leopold Stokowski

P

*'' Parnell'', starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy *''

'', directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Jean Gabin (

) *'' Pick a Star'', starring Jack Haley *''Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves'' *''

'', starring Errol Flynn, screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley ''et al.'' *''

'', starring Errol Flynn *'' The Prisoner of Zenda'', starring Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll

Q

*'' Quality Street'', starring Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone

R

*''

'', directed by James Whale *''Rosalie (film), Rosalie'', starring Eleanor Powell and Nelson Eddy

S

*'' Saratoga'', starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in her last film *''The Seven Ravens (1937 film), The Seven Ravens'' (

) *'' Seventh Heaven'', starring James Stewart and Simone Simon *''

'', starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers *''Sidewalks of London'' (a.k.a. St. Martin's Lane), starring Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison ( GB) *''Il signor Max'', starring Vittorio De Sica (Italian films of 1937, Italy) *'' Silver Blaze'' (British), a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Thomas Bentley, starring Arthur Wontner as Holmes, Ian Fleming as Watson and Lyn Harding as Moriarty; released in U.S. as ''Murder at the Baskervilles'' *''Skeleton on Horseback'' (Bílá nemoc), directed by and starring Hugo Haas (

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) *''Slave Ship (1937 film), Slave Ship'', starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery *'' Slim'', starring Henry Fonda *''

'', first American feature-length animated film. Directed by David Hand (animator), David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, and Ben Sharpsteen, starring Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Billy Gilbert, Eddie Collins (actor), Eddie Collins, Moroni Olsen, and Stuart Buchanan * The Soldier and the Lady *''

'', directed by Victor Schertzinger, starring James Cagney, Evelyn Daw (actress), Evelyn Daw, William Frawley *''Song at Midnight'' (Ye ban ge sheng) (

) *'' Souls at Sea'', starring Gary Cooper and George Raft *'' Stage Door'', starring Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers *''

'', starring Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart *'' A Star Is Born'', starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March *'' Stella Dallas'', starring Barbara Stanwyck *'' Storm in a Teacup'', starring Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison ( GB) *'' Street Angel'' (Malu tianshi), starring Zhou Xuan (

)

T

*'' The Tale of the Fox'' (Germany) *''

'', starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda *''The Three Garridebs (film), The Three Garridebs'', starring Louis Hector, in the first televised adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes character.''First Actor to Portray Sherlock Holmes on TV''
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'', starring

and Gladys George *'' They Won't Forget'', starring Claude Rains *''Thin Ice (1937 film), Thin Ice'', starring Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power *''

'', starring Peter Lorre *'' This Is My Affair'', starring Robert Taylor (American actor), Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck *'' Thunder in the City'', starring Edward G. Robinson, Nigel Bruce, Ralph Richardson ( GB) *''

'', directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Zarah Leander (

) *'' Topper'', starring Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young *''Tovarich (film), Tovarich'', starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer *''

'' (Three eggs in a glass) (

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) *''True Confession'', starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore

V

*''

'', starring Stanley Holloway *'' Victoria the Great'', starring Anna Neagle and Anton Walbrook ( GB)

W

*'' Way Out West'', starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy *'' Wee Willie Winkie'', starring Shirley Temple *''Wells Fargo (film), Wells Fargo'', starring Joel McCrea *''What Did the Lady Forget?'' (Shukujo wa nani wo wasureta ka), directed by Yasujirō Ozu (

) *''Wise Girl (film), Wise Girl'', starring Miriam Hopkins and Ray Milland *''

'' (Bespridannitsa) ( U.S.S.R.) *''

'', starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea *'' The Woman I Love'', starring Paul Muni and Miriam Hopkins

Y

*'' Yoshiwara'', directed by Max Ophüls, starring Sessue Hayakawa (

) *'' You Can't Have Everything'', starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Gypsy Rose Lee *'' You Only Live Once'', starring Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney *''Young and Innocent'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock ( GB) * ''You're a Sweetheart'' *''You're Only Young Once'', starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden

Z

*''Znachor (1937 film), Znachor'' (The Miracle Man) (List of Polish films of the 1930s, Poland)

Serials

* ''Blake of Scotland Yard (1937 serial), Blake of Scotland Yard'', starring Ralph Byrd and Herbert Rawlinson * ''Dick Tracy (serial), Dick Tracy'', starring Ralph Byrd * ''Jungle Jim (serial), Jungle Jim'' * ''Jungle Menace'', starring Frank Buck (animal collector), Frank Buck * ''The Mysterious Pilot'', starring Frank Monroe Hawks, Frank Hawks * ''The Painted Stallion'', starring Ray Corrigan * ''Radio Patrol (serial), Radio Patrol'' * ''Secret Agent X-9 (1937 serial), Secret Agent X-9'', starring Scott Kolk * ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'', starring Ralph Byrd and Bela Lugosi * ''Tim Tyler's Luck (serial), Tim Tyler's Luck'', starring Frankie Thomas * ''Wild West Days'' * ''Zorro Rides Again'', starring John Carroll (actor), John Carroll

Comedy film series

* ''Harold Lloyd'' (1913–1938) * ''Charlie Chaplin'' (1914–1940) * ''Lupino Lane'' (1915–1939) * ''Buster Keaton'' (1917–1944) * ''Laurel and Hardy'' (1921–1945 in film, 1945) * ''Our Gang'' (1922 in film, 1922–1944 in film, 1944) * ''Wheeler and Woolsey'' (1929–1937) * ''The Marx Brothers'' (1929–1946) * ''The Three Stooges filmography, The Three Stooges'' (1934–1959)

Animated short film series

* ''Krazy Kat'' (1925 in film, 1925–1940 in film, 1940) * ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' (1927 in film, 1927–1938 in film, 1938) * ''Mickey Mouse'' (1928 in film, 1928–1953 in film, 1953) * ''Silly Symphonies'' ** ''Woodland Café'' ** ''Little Hiawatha'' ** ''The Old Mill'' * ''Screen Songs'' (1929 in film, 1929–1938 in film, 1938) * ''Looney Tunes'' (1930 in film, 1930–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Terrytoons'' (1930 in film, 1930–1964 in film, 1964) * ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931 in film, 1931–1969 in film, 1969) * ''Scrappy'' (1931 in film, 1931–1941 in film, 1941) * ''Betty Boop'' (1932 in film, 1932–1939 in film, 1939) * ''Popeye'' (1933 in film, 1933–1957 in film, 1957) * ''Happy Harmonies'' (1934 in film, 1934–1938 in film, 1938) * ''Color Rhapsodies'' (1934 in film, 1934–1949 in film, 1949) * ''Meany, Miny, and Moe'' (1936 in film, 1936-1937) * ''Donald Duck'' (1937–1956 in film, 1956)

Births

* January 4 – Dyan Cannon, American actress * January 7 - Harvey Evans, American actor (d. 2021 in film, 2021) * January 11 - Felix Silla, Italian actor, musician, stunt artist and voice artist (d. 2021 in film, 2021) * January 12 - Shirley Eaton, English actress and model * January 14 – Stefano Satta Flores, Italian actor and voice actor (d. 1985 in film, 1985) * January 15 – Margaret O'Brien, American actress * January 16 - Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress, singer, director and writer * January 24 - Julie Gregg, American actress (d. 2016 in film, 2016) * January 30 – Vanessa Redgrave, English actress * January 31 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008 in film, 2008) * February 1 - Garrett Morris, American comedian, actor and singer * February 2 - Tom Smothers, American comedian and musician * February 14 - Soher Al Bably, Egyptian actress (d. 2021 in film, 2021) * February 17 - Benjamin Whitrow, English actor (d. 2017 in film, 2017) * February 19 – David Margulies, American actor (d. 2016 in film, 2016) * February 21 - Gary Lockwood, American actor * February 25 – Tom Courtenay, English actor * February 27 - Barbara Babcock, American character actress * March 2 - BarBara Luna, American actress * March 5 - Sal Borgese, Italian actor * March 10 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004 in film, 2004) * March 21 - Bill Capizzi, American voice actor (d. 2007 in film, 2007) * March 23 - Tony Burton, American actor (d. 2016 in film, 2016) * March 30 – Warren Beatty, American actor and director * April 1 - Jordan Charney, American character actor * April 2 - Ken Olfson, American actor (d. 1997 in film, 1997) * April 3 - Lawrence Dane, Canadian actor and producer (d. 2022 in film, 2022) * April 6 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor * April 13 - Edward Fox (actor), English actor * April 15 **Uldis Pūcītis, Latvian actor (d. 2000 in film, 2000) **Frank Vincent, American actor (d. 2017 in film, 2017) * April 19 - Elinor Donahue, American actress * April 20 - George Takei, American actor, author and activist * April 22 – Jack Nicholson, American actor * April 27 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992 in film, 1992) * May 5 - John Martino (actor), actor * May 8 – Shin Seong-il, South Korean actor (d. 2018 in film, 2018) * May 12 **George Carlin, American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic and author (d. 2008 in film, 2008) **Susan Hampshire, English actress * May 13 - Zohra Lampert, American actress * May 16 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015 in film, 2015) * May 19 - Pat Roach, English actor and professional wrestler (d. 2004 in film, 2004) * June 1 – Morgan Freeman, American actor and director * June 2 – Sally Kellerman, American actress and singer (d. 2022 in film, 2022) * June 10 – Luciana Paluzzi, Italian actress * June 11 - Johnny Brown (actor), American actor and singer (d. 2022 in film, 2022) * June 14 – Jørgen Leth, Danish director * June 16 - Charmian May, English character actress (d. 2002 in film, 2002) * June 26 – Sombat Metanee, Thai actor and film director * June 28 - Richard Bright (actor), American actor (d. 2006 in film, 2006) * July 2 - Polly Holliday, American retired actress * July 6 – Ned Beatty, American character actor (d. 2021 in film, 2021) * July 12 - Bill Cosby, American stand-up comedian and actor * July 16 – Ada Rogovtseva, Ukrainian actress * July 20 – Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008 in film, 2008) * July 21 - Gray Frederickson, American film producer (d. 2022 in film, 2022) * July 25 - Paul Collins (actor), British actor * July 28 - Viktor Merezhko, Russian screenwriter, actor, writer and television presenter (d. 2022) * August 3 – Steven Berkoff, British actor and playwright * August 5 - Alan Howard (actor), English actor (d. 2015 in film, 2015) * August 6 – Barbara Windsor, English comedy actress (d. 2020 in film, 2020) * August 8 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor * August 14 **Fran Bennett, American actress (d. 2021 in film, 2021) **Alberta Nelson, American actress (d. 2006 in film, 2006) * August 16 - Lorraine Gary, American retired actress * August 19 - Evadne Baker, English actress (d. 1995 in film, 1995) * August 26 – Kenji Utsumi, Japanese actor (d. 2013 in film, 2013) * September 4 **Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006 in film, 2006) **Nicholas Worth, American character actor (d. 2007 in film, 2007) * September 5 – William Devane, American actor * September 6 - Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian and singer * September 7 ** Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor, producer and director (d. 2022 in film, 2022) **John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008 in film, 2008) * September 10 - Brian Murray (actor), Brian Murray, South African actor and theatre director (d. 2018 in film, 2018) * September 13 ** Don Bluth, American director and producer ** Meeli Sööt, Estonian actress * September 21 ** Ron Cobb, American-Australian graphic and film designer (d. 2020 in film, 2020) ** Aarne Üksküla, Estonian actor (d. 2017 in film, 2017) * October 7 - Clive Graham, British actor (d. 2007 in film, 2007) * October 10 - Vic Tablian, Armenian-British actor * October 11 – Ron Leibman, American actor (d. 2019 in film, 2019) * October 15 - Linda Lavin, American actress and singer * October 21 – Édith Scob, French actress (d. 2019 in film, 2019) * October 22 - Alan Ladd Jr., American film producer (d. 2022 in film, 2022) * November 4 - Loretta Swit, American actress * November 5 – Harris Yulin, American actor * November 17 - Peter Cook, English satirist and comedic actor (d. 1995) * November 21 **Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actress (d. 2010 in film, 2010) **Marlo Thomas, American actress and producer * November 23 - Dora Cadavid, Colombian actress, singer and announcer (d. 2022 in film, 2022) * November 27 – Rodney Bewes, English actor (d. 2017 in film, 2017) * November 30 - Ridley Scott, English director and producer * December 4 - Max Baer Jr., American actor, producer, comedian and director * December 7 – Kenneth Colley, English actor * December 9 – Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998 in film, 1998) * December 16 - Joyce Bulifant, American actress * December 21 – Jane Fonda, American actress * December 29 – Barbara Steele, English actress * December 30 – Zaldy Zshornack, Filipino actor (d. 2002 in film, 2002) * December 31 – Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor

Deaths

* January 2 – Ross Alexander, 29, American actor, ''Captain Blood (1935 film), Captain Blood'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film), A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''Flirtation Walk'' * January 23 – Marie Prevost, 40, Canadian-born American actress, ''The Marriage Circle'', ''The Racket (1928 film), The Racket'', ''The Godless Girl'', ''Cain and Mabel'' * February 3 – Marija Leiko, 49, Latvian film actress, ''The Green Alley'', ''The Rats (1921 film), The Rats'' * May 1 – Snitz Edwards, 69, Austro-Hungarian-born American actor, ''The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film), The Thief of Bagdad'', ''The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film), The Phantom of the Opera'', ''Seven Chances'', ''College (1927 film), College'' * May 10 – William Tedmarsh, 61, English-American silent film actor * June 7 ** Jean Harlow, 26, American actress, ''The Public Enemy'', ''Libeled Lady'', ''Suzy (film), Suzy'', ''Red Dust (1932 film), Red Dust'' **Monroe Owsley, 37, American actor, ''Holiday (1930 film), Holiday'', ''Indiscreet (1931 film), Indiscreet'', ''The Keyhole (1933 film), The Keyhole'', ''Ex-Lady'' * June 25 – Colin Clive, 37, British actor, ''Frankenstein (1931 film), Frankenstein'', ''Bride of Frankenstein'' * September 21 – Osgood Perkins, 45, American actor, ''Scarface (1932 film), Scarface'', ''Gold Diggers of 1937'' * November 13 – Mrs. Leslie Carter, 75, American stage and screen actress, ''Becky Sharp (film), Becky Sharp'', ''Rocky Mountain Mystery'' * December 21 – Ted Healy, 41, American actor and creator of The Three Stooges, ''San Francisco (1936 film), San Francisco'', ''Mad Love (1935 film), Mad Love'', ''Beer and Pretzels'', ''Soup to Nuts''

Debuts

* Mel Blanc – ''Porky the Wrestler'' * Broderick Crawford – ''

'' * Laraine Day – '' Stella Dallas'' * Richard Farnsworth – '' A Day at the Races'' * Glenn Ford – ''Night in Manhattan'' * Susan Hayward – ''Hollywood Hotel (film), Hollywood Hotel'' * Wendy Hiller – ''Lancashire Luck'' * Carole Landis – ''The King and the Chorus Girl'' * Donald O'Connor – ''It Can't Last Forever'' * Ronald Reagan – '' Love Is on the Air'' * Sabu Dastagir, Sabu – '' Elephant Boy'' * Lana Turner – '' They Won't Forget''

References

Sources

* {{1937 films 1937 in film, Film by year