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LIST OF MOVIES RELEASED IN 1937
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons
Action for Slander
, starring
Clive Brook
and
Ann Todd
(
GB
)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
, starring
Eddie Cantor
Andula Won
(Andula vyhrála) (
Czechoslovakia
)
Angel
, directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
, starring
Marlene Dietrich
Annapolis Salute
, starring
James Ellison
Artists and Models
, starring
Jack Benny
and
Ida Lupino
The Awful Truth
, directed by
Leo McCarey
, starring
Irene Dunne
and
Cary Grant
Bezhin Meadow
, directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
(
U.S.S.R.
)
Big City
, starring
Luise Rainer
and
Spencer Tracy
Bizarre, Bizarre
(Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure du Docteur Molyneux), directed by
Marcel Carné
, starring
Louis Jouvet
and
Michel Simon
(
France
)
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
Captains Courageous
, starring
Freddie Bartholomew
and
Spencer Tracy
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
, starring
Warner Oland
Confession
, starring
Kay Francis
and
Basil Rathbone
Conquest
, starring
Greta Garbo
and
Charles Boyer
Crossroads
(Shi zi jie tou) (
China
)
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
(
Germany
/
Japan
)
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
Double Wedding
, starring
William Powell
and
Myrna Loy
Dreaming Lips
, directed by
Paul Czinner
, starring
Elisabeth Bergner
,
Raymond Massey
(Britain)
Duniya Na Mane
(The Unexpected) (
India
)
The Dybbuk
,
Yiddish
language film from (
Poland
)
Easy Living
, starring
Jean Arthur
and
Edward Arnold
The Edge of the World
, directed by
Michael Powell
(
GB
)
Elephant Boy
, directed by
Robert J. Flaherty
and
Zoltan Korda
, starring
Sabu
(
GB
)
España 1936
, a documentary produced and co-written by
Luis Buñuel
(
Spain
)
Ever Since Eve
, starring
Marion Davies
and
Robert Montgomery
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
First Lady
, starring
Kay Francis
and
Preston Foster
Gangway
, starring
Jessie Matthews
(
GB
)
The Good Earth
, starring
Paul Muni
and
Luise Rainer
(
Academy Award for Best Actress
)
Good Morning, Boys
, starring
Will Hay
(
GB
)
Grand Illusion
, directed by
Jean Renoir
, starring
Jean Gabin
and
Dita Parlo
(
France
)
The Great Barrier
, starring
Richard Arlen
and
Lilli Palmer
(
GB
)
The Great Garrick
, starring
Brian Aherne
and
Olivia de Havilland
The Great O'Malley
, starring
Pat O'Brien
and
Humphrey Bogart
Green Fields
– a
Yiddish
language film
Gribouille
(
a.k.a.
The Meddler), starring
Raimu
and
Michèle Morgan
(
France
)
La Habanera
, directed by
Douglas Sirk
(
Germany
)
Head Over Heels
, starring
Jessie Matthews
(
GB
)
Heidi
, starring
Shirley Temple
High, Wide, and Handsome
, starring
Irene Dunne
and
Randolph Scott
History is Made at Night
, starring
Charles Boyer
and
Jean Arthur
Humanity and Paper Balloons
(Ninjō Kami Fūsen) (
Japan
)
The Hurricane
, starring
Dorothy Lamour
In Old Chicago
, starring
Tyrone Power
,
Alice Faye
,
Don Ameche
It's Love I'm After
, starring
Leslie Howard
,
Bette Davis
,
Olivia de Havilland
Jump for Glory
, directed by
Raoul Walsh
, starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
and
Valerie Hobson
(
GB
)
Kid Galahad
, starring
Edward G. Robinson
,
Bette Davis
,
Humphrey Bogart
King Solomon's Mines
, starring
Cedric Hardwicke
and
Paul Robeson
(GB)
Knight Without Armour
, starring
Marlene Dietrich
and
Robert Donat
(
GB
)
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
Layla and Majnun
directed by
Abdolhossein Sepanta
(Iran)
The Life of Emile Zola
, starring
Paul Muni
Lost Horizon
, 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
Madame X
, starring
Gladys George
and
Warren William
Maid of Salem
, starring
Claudette Colbert
and
Fred MacMurray
Make Way for Tomorrow
, directed by
Leo McCarey
, starring
Victor Moore
and
Beulah Bondi
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
(Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) (
Germany
)
Marked Woman
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Humphrey Bogart
Maytime
, starring
Jeanette MacDonald
and
Nelson Eddy
Morality Above All Else
(Mravnost nade vše) (
Czechoslovakia
)
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
, starring
Victor McLaglen
and
Peter Lorre
Navy Blue and Gold
, starring
Robert Young
,
James Stewart
,
Lionel Barrymore
Night Must Fall
, starring
Robert Montgomery
and
Rosalind Russell
Nothing Sacred
, directed by
William Wellman
, starring
Carole Lombard
and
Fredric March
Oh, Mr Porter!
, starring
Will Hay
(
GB
)
O-Kay for Sound
, starring
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
Parnell
, starring
Clark Gable
and
Myrna Loy
Pépé le Moko
, directed by
Julien Duvivier
, starring
Jean Gabin
(
France
)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
The Perfect Specimen
, starring
Errol Flynn
, screenplay by the playwright
Lawrence Riley
et al.
The Prince and the Pauper
, starring
Errol Flynn
The Prisoner of Zenda
, starring
Ronald Colman
and
Madeleine Carroll
Quality Street
, starring
Katharine Hepburn
and
Franchot Tone
The Road Back
, directed by
James Whale
Saratoga
, starring
Clark Gable
and
Jean Harlow
in her last film
The Seven Ravens
(
Germany
)
Seventh Heaven
, starring
James Stewart
and
Simone Simon
Shall We Dance
, 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
(
Italy
)
Skeleton on Horseback
(Bílá nemoc), directed by and starring
Hugo Haas
(
Czechoslovakia
)
Slave Ship
, starring
Warner Baxter
and
Wallace Beery
Slim
, starring
Henry Fonda
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, first American feature-length
animated
film. Directed by
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
,
Moroni Olsen
, and
Stuart Buchanan
The Soldier and the Lady
Something to Sing About
, directed by
Victor Schertzinger
, starring
James Cagney
,
Evelyn Daw
,
William Frawley
Song at Midnight
(Ye ban ge sheng) (
China
)
Souls at Sea
, starring
Gary Cooper
and
George Raft
Stage Door
, starring
Katharine Hepburn
and
Ginger Rogers
Stand-In
, starring
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
(
China
)
The Tale of the Fox
(Germany)
That Certain Woman
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Henry Fonda
The Three Garridebs
,starring
Louis Hector
, in the first televised adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes character
They Gave Him a Gun
, starring
Spencer Tracy
and
Gladys George
They Won't Forget
, starring
Claude Rains
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
, starring
Peter Lorre
This Is My Affair
, starring
Robert Taylor
and
Barbara Stanwyck
Thunder in the City
, starring
Edward G. Robinson
,
Nigel Bruce
,
Ralph Richardson
(
GB
)
To New Shores
, directed by
Douglas Sirk
, starring
Zarah Leander
(
Germany
)
Topper
, starring
Constance Bennett
,
Cary Grant
,
Roland Young
Tovarich
, starring
Claudette Colbert
and
Charles Boyer
Tři vejce do skla
(Three eggs in a glass) (
Czechoslovakia
)
True Confession
, starring
Carole Lombard
,
Fred MacMurray
,
John Barrymore
Victoria the Great
, starring
Anna Neagle
and
Anton Walbrook
(
GB
)
Way Out West
, starring
Stan Laurel
and
Oliver Hardy
Wee Willie Winkie
, starring
Shirley Temple
Wells Fargo
, starring
Joel McCrea
What Did the Lady Forget?
(Shukujo wa nani wo wasureta ka), directed by
Yasujirō Ozu
(
Japan
)
Wise Girl
, starring
Miriam Hopkins
and
Ray Milland
Without Dowry
(Bespridannitsa) (
U.S.S.R.
)
Woman Chases Man
, starring
Miriam Hopkins
and
Joel McCrea
The Woman I Love
, starring
Paul Muni
and
Miriam Hopkins
Yoshiwara
, directed by
Max Ophüls
, starring
Sessue Hayakawa
(
France
)
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 Only Young Once
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
Znachor
(The Miracle Man) (
Poland
)
Serials
Blake of Scotland Yard
, starring
Ralph Byrd
and
Herbert Rawlinson
Dick Tracy
, starring
Ralph Byrd
Jungle Jim
Jungle Menace
, starring
Frank Buck
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
Comedy Film Series
Harold Lloyd
(1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin
(1914–1940)
Lupino Lane
(1915–1939)
Buster Keaton
(1917–1944)
Laurel and Hardy
(1921-
1945
)
Our Gang
(
1922
–
1944
)
Wheeler and Woolsey
(1929-1937)
The Marx Brothers
(1929–1946)
The Three Stooges
(1933–1962)
Animated Short Film Series
Krazy Kat
(
1925
–
1940
)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(
1927
–
1938
)
Mickey Mouse
(
1928
–
1953
)
Silly Symphonies
Woodland Café
Little Hiawatha
The Old Mill
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
)
Top
Grossing Movies in the U.S.
Rank
Title
Studio
1.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Disney
/
RKO Radio Pictures
2.
The Good Earth
MGM
3.
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Universal
4.
Topper
MGM
5.
Wee Willie Winkie
20th Century Fox
6.
Stella Dallas
Goldwyn
/
United Artists
7.
In Old Chicago
20th Century Fox
8.
The Prince and the Pauper
Warner Bros.
9.
Saratoga
MGM
10.
The Life of Emile Zola
Warner Bros.
11.
Lost Horizon
Columbia
12.
Dead End
United Artists
13.
The Hurricane
United Artists
14.
Heidi
20th Century Fox
15.
Conquest
MGM
16.
Personal Property
MGM
17.
Night Must Fall
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer