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… 1928 . 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 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  . Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. 1934 … 1935 1936 1937 -1938- 1939 1940 1941 … 1942 . 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 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in 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 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  . The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York 1948 …     In television: 1935 1936 1937 -1938- 1939 1940 1941             In radio : 1935 1936 1937 -1938- 1939 1940 1941
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The year 1938 in film involved some significant events. The year 1938 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 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in 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

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Films released in 1938 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Animated short film series 8 Births 9 Deaths

Events

• January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". Ray Bolger ( January 10 1904 – January 15 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen best known for his portrayal of Buddy Ebsen ( April 2, 1908 &ndash July 6, 2003) was a versatile American Character actor and Dancer. At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the "Cowardly Lion" on July 25. Bert Lahr ( August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was a German-Jewish American Tony Award -winning comic actor and vaudeville comedian Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler
• April 5 — Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Noel Langley ( December 25, 1911 – November 4, 1980) was a successful novelist playwright screenwriter and director
• May 7 — Lyricist Edgar Yipsel Harburg and composer, Harold Arlen, begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Edgar Yipsel Harburg ( April 8 1896 – March 4 1981) best known as Yip Harburg, was an American Lyricist Harold Arlen ( February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American Composer of popular music
• October 13 — Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees
• October 21 — Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his "Tinman" make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Buddy Ebsen ( April 2, 1908 &ndash July 6, 2003) was a versatile American Character actor and Dancer. Ebsen is replaced by Jack Haley. Jack Haley ( August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) (born John Joseph Haley Jr
• December 23 — Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Margaret Hamilton (December 9 &ndashMay 16) was an American film actress best known for her portrayal of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Hamilton, who was cast in the role of the "Wicked Witch", left the film for six weeks.

Top grossing films

North America

1. You Can't Take It with You
2. Sweethearts
3. Boys Town
4. Alexander's Ragtime Band
5. The Adventures of Robin Hood
6. Professor Beware
7. Radio City Revels, starring Jack Oakie and Ann Miller

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: You Can't Take it With You - Columbia
• Best Director: Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You
• Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - Boys Town
• Best Actress: Bette Davis - Jezebel

Films released in 1938

• Adiós Buenos Aires
• The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
• Alexander Nevsky, starring Nikolai Cherkasov
• Alexander's Ragtime Band, starring Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye
• Algiers
• The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, starring Edward G. Robinson
• Angels with Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
• Ask a Policeman
• La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife)
• Block-Heads, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
• Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, starring Gary Cooper
• Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
• Bringing up Baby, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
• A Christmas Carol, starring Reginald Owen
• The Citadel, starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell; directed by King Vidor
• Dangerous to Know
• The Dawn Patrol, starring Errol Flynn
• The Divorce of Lady X, with Laurence Olivier
• The Drum, with Sabu
• Fools For Scandal
• Four Daughters, starring Claude Rains
• Having Wonderful Time Starring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
• Holiday, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
• Jezebel, starring Bette Davis
• Judge Hardy's Children Starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
• Kentucky, starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene, and Walter Brennan. You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S Alexander's Ragtime Band ( 1938) is a film released by Twentieth Century Fox, that takes off from the 1911 Irving Berlin song " The Adventures of Robin Hood is an American swashbuckler film released in 1938 and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley Jack Oakie (November 12 1903 &ndash January 23 1978 was an American Actor, starring mostly in Films, but also working on stage, Ann Miller (April 12 1923 – January 22 2004 was an American dancer singer and actress 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 You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Frank Russell Capra ( May 18, 1897 &ndash September 3, 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American Film You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S 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 Boys Town ( 1938) is a biographical Drama film based on Father Edward J 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 Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. Jezebel is an American Drama film released in 1938 and directed by William Wyler. Adiós Buenos Aires ( English language: Goodbye Buenos Aires) is a 1938 Argentine Musical film directed and written by Leopoldo The Adventures of Robin Hood is an American swashbuckler film released in 1938 and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award -winning actress. Alexander Nevsky (Александр Невский is a Historical drama film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitry Vasiliev and produced Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov (Никола́й Константи́нович Черка́сов July 27, 1903 &ndash September 14, 1966 Alexander's Ragtime Band ( 1938) is a film released by Twentieth Century Fox, that takes off from the 1911 Irving Berlin song " Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31 1908 – December 6 1993) was an American actor Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert on May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998) was an American actress and Singer Algiers is a 1938 film directed by John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse is a Warner Bros Crime film starring Edward G Edward Goldenberg Robinson Sr (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג December 12 1893 &ndash January Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 Warner Brothers Gangster film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film Pat O'Brien ( November 11, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American movie actor with over 100 screen credits Ask a Policeman is a 1939 British Comedy Film starring Will Hay. The Baker's Wife ( La femme du boulanger) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol. Block-Heads is a 1938 Comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Boys Town ( 1938) is a biographical Drama film based on Father Edward J Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 Screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage A Christmas Carol is a 1938 film Adaptation of Charles Dickens 's novelette. Reginald Owen, or John Reginald Owen, ( August 5, 1887 &ndash November 5, 1972) was an English Character actor The Citadel is a 1938 film based on the novel by A J Cronin, first published in 1937. Friedrich Robert Donat ( March 18, 1905 &ndash June 9, 1958) was an English Academy Award -winning Film and Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony The Dawn Patrol is a 1938 American war film a remake of the Pre-Code 1930 film of the same name. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most The Divorce of Lady X is a 1938 British Romantic comedy film made by London Films and distributed by United Artists. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Sabu Dastagir ( January 27, 1924 &ndash December 2, 1963) was a Film Actor of Indian South Asian origin—although Four Daughters is a 1938 musical Drama film that tells the story of a happy musical family whose lives and loves are disrupted by the arrival William Claude Rains (10 November &ndash30 May) was an English award-winning Actor and Film star whose career spanned 47 years Having Wonderful Time is a 1938 film Plot Summary A bored New York office girl (Ginger Rogers goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains called Camp Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr, KBE, DSC ( December 9, 1909 &ndash May 7, 2000) was an American Actor Holiday is a 1930 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a playboy who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Jezebel is an American Drama film released in 1938 and directed by William Wyler. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. 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 Kentucky is a 1938 film with Loretta Young, Richard Greene, and Walter Brennan. Loretta Young ( January 6, 1913 &ndash August 12, 2000) was an American actress Richard Marius Joseph Greene ( 25 August, 1918 - 1 June, 1985) - some sources list his birth date as 1914 - was a noted English Walter Brennan ( July 25 1894 – September 21 1974) was a three-time Academy Award winning American Actor.
• If I Were King
• Love Finds Andy Hardy, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
• La Bête humaine (The Human Beast)
• The Lady Vanishes, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• The Mad Miss Manton
• A Man to Remember, starring Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis. If I Were King is a 1938 biographical Historical drama film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and Love Finds Andy Hardy is a 1938 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a teenage boy who becomes entangled with three different girls all at the 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 Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Cecilia Parker ( April 26, 1914 &ndash July 25, 1993) was a film actress La Bête Humaine (English The Human Beast and Judas Was a Woman) ( 1938) is a film directed by Jean Renoir The Lady Vanishes ( 1938) is a Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and Margaret Lockwood, CBE ( 15 September, 1916 - 15 July, 1990) was a British Actress, notable for her performance Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 comedic Mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as a madcap socialite who becomes involved in a murder and A Man to Remember is a ( 1938) American Drama film directed by Garson Kanin, his first film credit as a director Anne Shirley is a Fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power
• Merrily We Live, starring Brian Aheme, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly, and Billie Burke
• Out West with the Hardys Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
• Pygmalion, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller
• Radio City Revels
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Shirley Temple
• Red River Range, starring John Wayne
• Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers
• Suez, a 1938 epic film starring Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
• Sweethearts, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
• Test Pilot, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
• There Goes My Heart, Frederic March, Virginia Bruce, Arthur Lake (actor) and Patsy Kelly
• Vivacious Lady, starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart
• White Banners
• You Can't Take It with You

Serials

• Dick Tracy Returns, starring Ralph Byrd
• The Fighting Devil Dogs, starring Lee Powell and Herman Brix
• Flaming Frontiers
• Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, starring Buster Crabbe
• The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• Hawk of the Wilderness, starring Herman Brix
• The Lone Ranger
• The Secret of Treasure Island
• The Spider's Web
• Red Barry

Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
• Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
• Our Gang (1922-1944)
• 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)
• Donald Duck (1937-1956)
• Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938-1942)
• The Captain and the Kids (1938-1939)

Births

• January 14 — Jack Jones, American singer, actor
• February 23 — Diane Varsi, American actress (died 1992)
• April 17 — Pérette Pradier, French actress
• October 22— Christopher Lloyd, actor (still active)
• November 13 — Jean Seberg, American actress (died 1979)
• December 12 — Connie Francis, American singer, actress

Deaths

• August 4 - Pearl White, American silent film star
• August 6 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor
• September 19 - Pauline Frederick, stage & film actress. Marie Antoinette is a 1938 Film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10 1900 - June 12 1983 was an Academy Award&ndashwinning Canadian-American actress. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Merrily We Live is a 1938 film directed by Norman Z McLeod and starring Constance Bennett, Bonita Granville, Brian Aherne Constance Campbell Bennett ( October 22, 1904 &ndash July 24, 1965) was an American actress. Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke ( August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an Oscar -nominated American Patsy Kelly ( January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American stage and film comedic actress Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke ( August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an Oscar -nominated American 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 Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on George Bernard Shaw 's play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen Leslie Howard ( April 3, 1893 - June 1, 1943) was an English stage and Academy Award nominated Film Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller DBE ( 15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was a distinguished English Film and stage Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm ( 1938) is a 20th Century Fox musical Feature film starring Shirley Temple and Randolph Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) is an Academy Award -winning Actress and Tap dancer, most famous for being an iconic Red River Range is a 1938 " Three Mesquiteers " film starring John Wayne. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Room Service ( 1938) is an RKO film comedy starring the three Marx Brothers and based on the 1937 play of the same name by Allen Boretz The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedians who appeared in Vaudeville, stage plays film and television Suez is a 1938 film account of the building of the Suez Canal by Ferdinand de Lesseps, played by Tyrone Power. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Loretta Young ( January 6, 1913 &ndash August 12, 2000) was an American 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 Nelson Ackerman Eddy ( June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer who appeared in 19 Musical films Test Pilot Is a 1938 film directed by Victor Fleming. Featuring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, and Lionel Barrymore 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. Fredric March ( August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American two-time Academy Award and Tony Award -winning Virginia Bruce ( September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer Born Helen Virginia Briggs Arthur Lake (b Arthur Silverlake, April 17, 1905, Corbin Kentucky - d Patsy Kelly ( January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American stage and film comedic actress Vivacious Lady ( 1938) is a US Black-and-white romantic Comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor White Banners is a 1938 Warner Brothers drama motion picture starring Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S Dick Tracy Returns ( 1938) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Dick Tracy Comic strip. Ralph Byrd ( 22 April 1909 - 18 August 1952) was an American Actor. The Fighting Devil Dogs ( 1938) is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Lee Powell and Herman Brix. Lee Powell (born Lee Berrian Powell on 15 May 1908 Long Beach, California - died 30 July 1944 Tinian Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter Flaming Frontiers ( 1938) is a Universal movie serial. This was a remake of Heroes of the West ( 1932) Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 film serial of 15 episodes based on the comic strip Flash Gordon. Buster Crabbe ( February 7, 1908 &ndash April 23, 1983) The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1938) is a Columbia movie serial. Hawk of the Wilderness ( 1938) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Kioga novel of the same name by pulp writer Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter The Lone Ranger ( 1938) is a Republic Movie serial. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic the fourth western The Secret of Treasure Island ( 1938) is a Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel Treasure Island The Spider's Web ( 1938) is a Columbia Pictures movie serial based on the Pulp magazine character The Spider. Red Barry ( 1938) is a Universal movie serial based on the Comic strip "Red Barry" by Will Gould Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. 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Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert 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 Betty Boop is an animated Cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock Happy Harmonies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Color Rhapsodies was a series of usually one-shot Animated cartoon shorts produced by Charles B Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. 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Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Jean Dorothy Seberg ( November 13, 1938 – September 8, 1979) was an American actress. The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Connie Francis (born December 12, 1938 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Pop singer best known for international hit songs Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Pearl Fay White, ( March 4, 1889, Green Ridge Missouri - August 4, 1938, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Warner Oland ( October 3, 1879 &ndash August 6, 1938) was a Swedish actor most remembered for his role as " Charlie Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. 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• December 28 - Florence Lawrence, Hollywood's first "star"

Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Florence Lawrence ( January 2, 1890 &ndash December 28, 1938) was a Canadian inventor and Silent film actress who

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