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| … 1927 . This list of years in film indexes the individual year The table of years in film is a tabular display of all years in Film, for overview and quick navigation to any year Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany 1928 . Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. 1929 . Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on 1930 . Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check 1931 . Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert 1932 . Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers 1933 … 1934 1935 1936 -1937- 1938 1939 1940 … 1941 . Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time 1942 . The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time 1943 . The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U 1944 . The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released 1945 . The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon 1946 . The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U 1947 … In television: 1934 1935 1936 -1937- 1938 1939 1940 In radio : 1934 1935 1936 -1937- 1938 1939 1940 |
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| … 1934 . The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1934 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1934. The year 1935 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1935. The year 1936 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1936. The year 1937 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1937. The year 1938 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1938 The year 1939 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1939. The year 1940 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events The year 1934 in radio involved some significant events Events June 28 - Fireside chat: Review of the Achievements The year 1935 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1936 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1937 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1938 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1939 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1940 in radio involved some significant events Events January 5 – FM radio is demonstrated for the This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1935 . Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1936 - 1937 - 1938 . Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1939 . Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1940 … … 1900s . Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them 1910s . The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 1920s -1930s- 1940s . The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be 1950s . The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive 1960s … … 19th century . The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar 20th century . The twentieth century of the Common Era began on 21st century … |
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The year 1937 in film involved some significant events. The year 1937 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This list of years in film indexes the individual year Events 1870s - French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud improved on the Zoetrope idea by placing mirrors at the center of the Events 1880 - American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for Photography. Events 1891 - Designed around the work of Muybridge Marey and Eastman Thomas Edison 's employee William K Events William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889 Events WK Laurie Dickson supervises the construction of the first movie studio called the " Black Maria " in West Orange New Jersey which produces Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio" the Black Maria Blacksmith Scene is made Events January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a Patent for motion picture film. Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the Events May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York Birt Acres invents the first amateur format Birtac, by splitting 35 mm The year 1899 in film involved some significant events Events T Events Several full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 1900s The year 1900 in film involved some significant events Events Reulos Goudeau & Co The year 1901 in film involved some significant events Events Edwin S The year 1902 in film involved some significant events Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black The year 1904 in film involved some significant events Events As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1907 in film involved some significant events Events January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review The year 1908 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling The year 1909 in film involved some significant events Events Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema Events Several full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1910s The year 1910 in film involved some significant events Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot The year 1911 in film involved some significant events Events October 27: David Horsley 's Nestor Motion The year 1912 in film involved some significant events Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D The year 1913 in film involved some significant events Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film is made The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1915 in film involved some significant events Events June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA was formed by The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1920s The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1930s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Events Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety As a result of Television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the 1960s The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support World cinema In cinema all over the world the seventies brought about vigor in adventurous cool and realistic complex narratives with rich cinematography and elaborate scores The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Events Thousands of full-length Films have been produced during the first decade of the 21st Century The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming
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- April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy Comedy Film released in 1937
- May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Shall We Dance is the seventh of the ten Astaire - Rogers Musical comedy Films.
Top grossing films
- North America
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Maytime
- Saratoga
- One Hundred Men and a Girl
- Stella Davis (1937 film)
- Parnell
- The Good Earth
- Lost Horizon
- The Life of Emile Zola
- Dead End
- The Hurricane
- Wells Fargo (film)
- In Old Chicago
- Conquest
- Damaged Lives
- La Grande Illusion
- Annapolis Salute
- Pépé le Moko
- Green Fields
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros.
- Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous
- Best Actress: Luise Rainer - The Good Earth
Films released in 1937
- Annapolis Salute -(remake of 1933 Midshipman Jack)
- Artists and Models (Paramount)
- The Awful Truth, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
- Bizarre, Bizarre
- Broadway Melody of 1938, starring Eleanor Powell and Judy Garland
- Captains Courageous, starring Spencer Tracy
- Conquest, starring Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer
- A Day at the Races, starring the Marx Brothers
- Daughter of Shanghai
- Dead End, starring Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea and Humphrey Bogart
- Dick Tracy, starring Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes and Smiley Burnette (see Dick Tracy)
- Ever Since Eve, screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Maytime is a 1937 MGM musical romance directed by Robert Z Leonard, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Saratoga is a 1937 film written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway. One Hundred Men and a Girl is a 1937 Musical comedy film written by Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning and James Mulhauser Parnell is a 1937 film starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician The Good Earth is a Novel by Pearl S Buck published in 1931 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe. The Life of Émile Zola is a 1937 Biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. Dead End is a 1937 Crime drama film It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name The Hurricane ( 1937) is a Film, directed by John Ford and produced by Samuel Goldwyn, about a Tropical cyclone in the In Old Chicago is a 1937 dramatic film It tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, with a fictionalized plot the story of the Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 film which tells the story of a Polish Countess who becomes the mistress Damaged Lives is an American film produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Edgar G Grand Illusion (French La Grande Illusion) is a 1937 war Film directed by Jean Renoir (1894–1979 the son of artist Pierre-Auguste Pépé le Moko is a 1937 film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. " Green Fields " is a song by an unnamed alternative rock band fronted by Damon Albarn, and is the eleventh track on their 2007 The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Life of Émile Zola is a 1937 Biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Captains Courageous is a 1937 MGM Film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910) is a two-time Academy Award -winning German Film Actress. The Good Earth ( 1937) is a film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive Artists and Models is a Paramount 's 1937 Comedy / musical genre film directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by The Awful Truth is a 1937 Romantic comedy (also Screwball comedy) film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Irene Dunne ( December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990) was a five-time Academy Award -nominated American film actress and Bizarre Bizarre ( French: Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure de Docteur Molyneux) is a 1937 French Comedy film Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 musical Film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. Eleanor Torrey Powell ( November 21, 1912 &ndash February 11, 1982) was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Captains Courageous is a 1937 MGM Film, based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 film which tells the story of a Polish Countess who becomes the mistress Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978 was a four-time Academy Award -nominated French Actor who starred in a number of classic Hollywood A Day at the Races ( 1937) is the seventh movie starring the three Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedians who appeared in Vaudeville, stage plays film and television Daughter of Shanghai is a 1937 American motion picture directed by Robert Florey, written by Gladys Unger and Garnett Weston, Dead End is a 1937 Crime drama film It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name Sylvia Sidney ( August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5 &ndashOctober 20) was an American actor and Film star whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films Dick Tracy ( 1937) is a 15-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Ralph Byrd based on the Dick Tracy Comic strip Ralph Byrd ( 22 April 1909 - 18 August 1952) was an American Actor. Kay Hughes ( 16 January 1914 - 4 April 1998) was an American actress with a brief career in the 1930s and 40s appearing Lester Alvin (Smiley Burnette ( March 18, 1911 &ndash February 16, 1967) an American singer-songwriter who could play as many as Dick Tracy is a long-running Comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American Pop culture. Lawrence Riley (1896-1974 was a successful American Playwright and Screenwriter. (film mentioned in article)
- A Family Affair Starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- The Firefly, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones
- The Good Earth, starring Luise Rainer and Paul Muni
- Good Morning, Boys, starring Will Hay
- Grand Illusion, starring Jean Gabin and Dita Parlo; directed by Jean Renoir
- Green Fields
- The Hurricane, starring Dorothy Lamour
- The Life of Emile Zola
- Lost Horizon, starring Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt; directed by Frank Capra
- Maytime, starring Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy
- Nothing Sacred, starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March
- Oh, Mr Porter!, starring Will Hay
- One Hundred Men and a Girl, starring Deanna Durbin
- Parnell, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
- Pépé le Moko, starring Jean Gabin
- The Perfect Specimen, starring Errol Flynn, screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al. A Family Affair ( 1937) is the first entry in the Andy Hardy film series though Mickey Rooney has a secondary role as the son of Judge Hardy Lewis Shepard Stone ( November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose Cecilia Parker ( April 26, 1914 &ndash July 25, 1993) was a film actress Jeanette MacDonald (June 18 1903 &ndash January 14 1965 was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier Allan Jones is the name of Allan Arthur Jones (born 1947 English cricket umpire and former cricketer Allan Jones (actor (1907–1992 The Good Earth ( 1937) is a film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive Luise Rainer (born January 12, 1910) is a two-time Academy Award -winning German Film Actress. Paul Muni ( September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an American Academy Award -winning and Tony Award -winning Good Morning Boys is a 1937 British Comedy Film. Plot outline Will Hay plays a roguish schoolteacher William Thomson Hay ( 6 December 1888 &ndash 18 April 1949) was an English Comedian, Actor and amateur Grand Illusion (French La Grande Illusion) is a 1937 war Film directed by Jean Renoir (1894–1979 the son of artist Pierre-Auguste Jean Gabin ( May 17, 1904 – November 15, 1976) was a major French actor and war hero Dita Parlo ( September 4, 1906 - December 13, 1971) was a German Film actress. Jean Renoir (French ʁəˈnwaʁ ( September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979) born in the Montmartre district of Paris " Green Fields " is a song by an unnamed alternative rock band fronted by Damon Albarn, and is the eleventh track on their 2007 The Hurricane ( 1937) is a Film, directed by John Ford and produced by Samuel Goldwyn, about a Tropical cyclone in the Dorothy Lamour ( December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress. The Life of Émile Zola is a 1937 Biographical film of famous French author Émile Zola. Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Sam Jaffe. Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor Jane Waddington Wyatt ( August 12, 1910 &ndash October 20, 2006) was a three-time Emmy -winning American actress Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film Maytime is a 1937 MGM musical romance directed by Robert Z Leonard, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Jeanette MacDonald (June 18 1903 &ndash January 14 1965 was an American singer and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier Nelson Ackerman Eddy ( June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer who appeared in 19 Musical films Nothing Sacred ( 1937) is a Screwball comedy film made by Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. Carole Lombard ( October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated Fredric March ( August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American two-time Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Oh Mr Porter! is a comedy film released in 1937 starring British Actor Will Hay with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt William Thomson Hay ( 6 December 1888 &ndash 18 April 1949) was an English Comedian, Actor and amateur One Hundred Men and a Girl is a 1937 Musical comedy film written by Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning and James Mulhauser Deanna Durbin (born December 4, 1921) is a Canadian Singer and Academy Award -winning actress from Hollywood Parnell is a 1937 film starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Myrna Loy ( August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American Motion picture Actress. Pépé le Moko is a 1937 film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. Jean Gabin ( May 17, 1904 – November 15, 1976) was a major French actor and war hero Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most Lawrence Riley (1896-1974 was a successful American Playwright and Screenwriter. (film mentioned in article)
- The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Ronald Colman
- Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
- Slim, starring Henry Fonda
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, first American feature-length animated movie (Walt Disney Productions)
- Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers
- A Star Is Born, starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
- Stella Dallas, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Topper, starring Cary Grant, and Constance Bennett
- Tovarich, starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer
- Way Out West, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- You Only Live Once, starring Henry Fonda
- You're Only Young Once starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Young and Innocent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Something to Sing About, directed by Victor Schertzinger
Serials
- Blake of Scotland Yard, starring Ralph Byrd and Herbert Rawlinson
- Dick Tracy, starring Ralph Byrd
- Jungle Jim
- Jungle Menace, starring Frank Hardy
- The Mysterious Pilot, starring Frank Hawks
- The Painted Stallion, starring Ray Corrigan
- Radio Patrol
- Secret Agent X-9, starring Scott Kolk
- S.O.S. Coast Guard, starring Ralph Byrd and Bela Lugosi
- Tim Tyler's Luck, starring Frankie Thomas
- Wild West Days
- Zorro Rides Again, starring John Carroll
Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917–1941)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
- Charley Chase (1924-1940)
- The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
Animated short film series
- Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
- Screen Songs (1929-1938)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Scrappy (1931-1941)
- Betty Boop (1932-1939)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
- Meany, Miny, and Moe (1936-1937)
- Donald Duck (1937-1956)
Births
- January 4 - Dyan Cannon, American actress
- January 15 - Margaret O'Brien, American actress
- January 17 - Troy Donahue, American actor
- January 30 - Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
- February 27 - Barbara Babcock, American actress
- June 1 - Morgan Freeman, actor
- August 8 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
- August 18 - Robert Redford, American actor
- September 4 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor
- November 4 - Loretta Swit, American actress
- November 21 - Ingrid Pitt, Polish-born British actressactress
- December 9 - Darwin Joston, American actor
- December 21 - Jane Fonda, American actress
Deaths
- January 2 - Ross Alexander, American actor
- January 23 - Marie Prevost, Canadian-born American actress
- May 1 - Snitz Edwards, Austro-Hungarian-born American actor
- June 7 - Jean Harlow, American actress
- November 13 - Mrs. Leslie Carter, stage & screen actress
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