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The year1937 in filminvolved some significant events, including theWalt Disneyproduction of the first American full-length animated film,Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)[edit]
The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Saratoga | MGM | $2,432,000[1] |
2 | Maytime | $2,183,000[1] | |
3 | The Good Earth | $2,002,000[1] | |
4 | Stella Dallas | United Artists | $2,000,000[2][3] |
5 | Rosalie | MGM | $1,946,000[1] |
6 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | $1,889,000[1] | |
7 | Captains Courageous | $1,688,000[1] | |
8 | Lost Horizon | Columbia | $1,683,000[4] |
9 | A Day at the Races | MGM | $1,602,000[1] |
10 | Thin Ice | 20th Century Fox | $1,590,000[5] |
Events[edit]
- April 16 –Laurel and HardycomedyWay Out Westpremieres in the US.
- May 7 –Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogersmusical comedyShall We Dancepremieres in the US.
- May 11 – DramaCaptains Courageous,starringSpencer Tracy,premieres in New York, going into general release on June 25.
- June 7 –Jean Harlow,one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the decade, dies aged 26 atGood Samaritan Hospitalin Los Angeles. The official cause of death is listed ascerebral edema,a complication of kidney failure.
- June 11 –Marx BrotherscomedyA Day at the Racespremieres in the U.S.
- July 9 – The silent film archives ofFox Film Corporationare destroyed by the1937 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 year's highest-grossing film, as well as the highest-grossing film of her career.
- December 21 –Walt Disney's debut feature filmSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs,the first feature-length cartoon to be made in America, inTechnicolor,and in sound, premieres at theCarthay Circle TheatreinLos Angeles.The film opens nationwide on February 4, 1938, and is a massive box office success, briefly holding the record as the highest-grossing sound film of all time.
- Monogram Pictures,who had merged withRepublic Picturestwo years earlier, decide to separate and distribute their own films again.
Academy Awards[edit]
- Best Picture:The Life of Emile Zola–Warner Bros.
- Best Director:Leo McCarey–The Awful Truth
- Best Actor:Spencer Tracy–Captains Courageous
- Best Actress:Luise Rainer–The Good Earth
- Best Supporting Actor:Joseph Schildkraut–The Life of Emile Zola
- Best Supporting Actress:Alice Brady–In Old Chicago
Top ten money-making stars[edit]
Rank | Actor/Actress |
---|---|
1. | Shirley Temple |
2. | Clark Gable |
3. | Robert Taylor |
4. | Bing Crosby |
5. | William Powell |
6. | Jane Withers |
7. (tie) | Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers |
8. | Sonja Henie |
9. | Gary Cooper |
10. | Myrna Loy |
1937 film releases[edit]
January–March[edit]
- January 1937
- 13 January
- 14 January
- 17 January
- 26 January
- 28 January
- 29 January
- 30 January
- February 1937
- 2 February
- Dreaming Lips(Britain)
- 4 February
- 12 February
- 13 February
- 19 February
- 2 February
- March 1937
- 2 March
- 3 March
- 5 March
- 12 March
- 22 March
- Layla and Majnun(Iran)
- 25 March
- 26 March
- 27 March
- Girl Loves Boy
April–June[edit]
- April 1937
- 5 April
- 9 April
- 10 April
- Marked Woman
- The Tale of the Fox(Germany)
- 16 April
- 18 April
- 20 April
- 23 April
- 28 April
- 30 April
- May 1937
- 7 May
- 8 May
- 9 May
- 19 May
- 21 May
- 26 May
- 28 May
- June 1937
- 1 June
- 4 June
- 8 June
- 11 June
- 12 June
- 17 June
- 23 June
- 25 June
- 30 June
July–September[edit]
- July 1937
- 6 July
- 7 July
- 14 July
- 15 July
- 16 July
- 21 July
- 23 July
- 24 July
- August 1937
- 3 August
- 4 August
- 6 August
- 9 August
- 11 August
- 19 August
- 20 August
- 25 August
- 27 August
- 31 August
- September 1937
- 1 September
- 2 September
- 3 September
- 5 September
- 7 September
- 10 September
- 16 September
- 18 September
- 24 September
- 26 September
- 30 September
October–December[edit]
- October 1937
- 1 October
- 2 October
- 8 October
- 10 October
- 12 October
- 14 October
- 15 October
- 20 October
- 21 October
- 22 October
- 23 October
- 29 October
- 30 October
- November 1937
- 9 November
- 12 November
- 19 November
- 20 November
- 25 November
- December 1937
- 2 December
- 4 December
- 7 December
- 10 December
- 17 December
- 18 December
- 21 December
- 24 December
- 25 December
- 29 December
- 31 December
Notable films released in 1937[edit]
United Statesunless stated.
A[edit]
- Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons
- Action for Slander,starringClive BrookandAnn Todd(GB)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town,starringEddie Cantor
- Andula Won(Andula vyhrála) (Czechoslovakia)
- Angel,directed byErnst Lubitsch,starringMarlene Dietrich
- Annapolis Salute,starringJames Ellison
- Artists and Models,starringJack BennyandIda Lupino
- The Awful Truth,directed byLeo McCarey,starringIrene DunneandCary Grant
B[edit]
- Battle of Greed,starringTom Keene
- Bezhin Meadow,directed bySergei Eisenstein(U.S.S.R.)
- Big City,starringLuise RainerandSpencer Tracy
- Bizarre, Bizarre(Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure du Docteur Molyneux), directed byMarcel Carné,starringLouis JouvetandMichel Simon(France)
- Black Legion,starringHumphrey Bogart
- Born to the West,starringJohn Wayne
- The Bride Wore Red,directed byDorothy Arzner,starringJoan Crawford
- Brief Ecstasy,starringPaul Lukas(GB)
- Broadway Melody of 1938,starringEleanor PowellandJudy Garland
C[edit]
- Captains Courageous,starringFreddie BartholomewandSpencer Tracy
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics,starringWarner Oland
- Confession,starringKay FrancisandBasil Rathbone
- Conquest,starringGreta GarboandCharles Boyer
- Crossroads(Shi zi jie tou) (China)
D[edit]
- A Damsel in Distress,starringFred Astaire,George BurnsandGracie Allen
- The Daughter of the Samurai(Die Tochter des Samurai / Atarashiki tsuchi), directed byArnold FanckandMansaku Itami(Germany/Japan)
- Daughter of Shanghai,starringAnna May WongandPhilip Ahn
- A Day at the Races,directed bySam Wood,starring theMarx Brothers
- Dead End,directed byWilliam Wyler,starringSylvia Sidney,Joel McCrea,Humphrey Bogart,Claire Trevor
- Double Wedding,starringWilliam PowellandMyrna Loy
- Dreaming Lips,directed byPaul Czinner,starringElisabeth Bergner,Raymond Massey(Britain)
- Duniya Na Mane(The Unexpected) (India)
- The Dybbuk,Yiddishlanguage film from (Poland)
E[edit]
- Easy Living,starringJean ArthurandEdward Arnold
- The Edge of the World,directed byMichael Powell(GB)
- Elephant Boy,directed byRobert J. FlahertyandZoltan Korda,starringSabu(GB)
- España 1936,a documentary produced and co-written byLuis Buñuel(Spain)
- Ever Since Eve,starringMarion DaviesandRobert Montgomery
F[edit]
- A Family Affair,starringLewis Stone,Mickey Rooney,Cecilia Parker,Fay Holden
- Fire Over England,starringLaurence OlivierandVivien Leigh(GB)
- The Firefly,starringJeanette MacDonaldandAllan Jones
- First Lady,starringKay FrancisandPreston Foster
G[edit]
- Gangway,starringJessie Matthews(GB)
- Girl Loves Boy.starringEric Linden
- The Good Earth,starringPaul MuniandLuise Rainer(Academy Award for Best Actress)
- Good Morning, Boys,starringWill Hay(GB)
- Grand Illusion,directed byJean Renoir,starringJean GabinandDita Parlo(France)
- The Great Barrier,starringRichard ArlenandLilli Palmer(GB)
- The Great Garrick,starringBrian AherneandOlivia de Havilland
- The Great O'Malley,starringPat O'BrienandHumphrey Bogart
- Green Fields– aYiddishlanguage film
- Gribouille(a.k.a.The Meddler), starringRaimuandMichèle Morgan(France)
H[edit]
- La Habanera,directed byDouglas Sirk(Germany)
- Head Over Heels,starringJessie Matthews(GB)
- Heidi,starringShirley Temple
- High, Wide, and Handsome,starringIrene DunneandRandolph Scott
- History is Made at Night,starringCharles BoyerandJean 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
- Humanity and Paper Balloons(Ninjō Kami Fūsen) (Japan)
- The Hurricane,starringDorothy Lamour
I[edit]
- It Happened in Hollywood,starringRichard DixandFay Wray
- It's Love I'm After,starringLeslie Howard,Bette Davis,Olivia de Havilland
J[edit]
- Jump for Glory,directed byRaoul Walsh,starringDouglas Fairbanks Jr.andValerie Hobson(GB)
K[edit]
- Kid Galahad,starringEdward G. Robinson,Bette Davis,Humphrey Bogart
- King Solomon's Mines,starringCedric HardwickeandPaul Robeson(GB)
- Knight Without Armour,starringMarlene DietrichandRobert Donat(GB)
L[edit]
- Lancashire Luck,film debut ofWendy Hiller(GB)
- The Last Gangster,starringEdward G. RobinsonandJames Stewart
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney,starringJoan CrawfordandWilliam Powell
- Law for Tombstone,directed by and starringBuck Jones
- Layla and Majnundirected byAbdolhossein Sepanta(Iran)
- The Life of Emile Zola,starringPaul Muni
- Lost Horizon,directed byFrank Capra,starringRonald ColmanandJane Wyatt
- Love from a Stranger,starringAnn HardingandBasil Rathbone(GB)
- Love Is on the Air,directed byNick Grinde,starringRonald ReaganandJune Travis
M[edit]
- Madame X,starringGladys GeorgeandWarren William
- Maid of Salem,starringClaudette ColbertandFred MacMurray
- Make Way for Tomorrow,directed byLeo McCarey,starringVictor MooreandBeulah Bondi
- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes(Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) (Germany)
- Marked Woman,starringBette DavisandHumphrey Bogart
- Maytime,starringJeanette MacDonaldandNelson Eddy
- Morality Above All Else(Mravnost nade vše) (Czechoslovakia)
- Murder at the Baskervilles-- see underSilver Blazebelow
N[edit]
- Nancy Steele Is Missing!,starringVictor McLaglenandPeter Lorre
- Navy Blue and Gold,starringRobert Young,James Stewart,Lionel Barrymore
- Night Must Fall,starringRobert MontgomeryandRosalind Russell
- Nothing Sacred,directed byWilliam Wellman,starringCarole LombardandFredric March
O[edit]
- Oh, Mr Porter!,starringWill Hay(GB)
- O-Kay for Sound,starringThe Crazy Gang(GB)
- The Old Mill,aSilly Symphoniescartoon
- On the Avenue,starringDick PowellandMadeleine Carroll,with songs byIrving Berlin
- One Hundred Men and a Girl,starringDeanna DurbinandLeopold Stokowski
P[edit]
- Parnell,starringClark GableandMyrna Loy
- Pépé le Moko,directed byJulien Duvivier,starringJean Gabin(France)
- Pick a Star,starringJack Haley
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
- The Perfect Specimen,starringErrol Flynn,screenplay by the playwrightLawrence Rileyet al.
- The Prince and the Pauper,starringErrol Flynn
- The Prisoner of Zenda,starringRonald ColmanandMadeleine Carroll
Q[edit]
- Quality Street,starringKatharine HepburnandFranchot Tone
R[edit]
- The Road Back,directed byJames Whale
- Rosalie,starringEleanor PowellandNelson Eddy
S[edit]
- Saratoga,starringClark GableandJean Harlowin her last film
- The Seven Ravens(Germany)
- Seventh Heaven,starringJames StewartandSimone Simon
- Shall We Dance,starringFred AstaireandGinger Rogers
- Sidewalks of London(a.k.a. St. Martin's Lane), starringCharles Laughton,Vivien LeighandRex Harrison(GB)
- Il signor Max,starringVittorio De Sica(Italy)
- Silver Blaze(British), a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Thomas Bentley, starringArthur Wontneras Holmes, Ian Fleming as Watson and Lyn Harding as Moriarty; released in U.S. asMurder at the Baskervilles
- Skeleton on Horseback(Bílá nemoc), directed by and starringHugo Haas(Czechoslovakia)
- Slave Ship,starringWarner BaxterandWallace Beery
- Slim,starringHenry Fonda
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,first American feature-lengthanimatedfilm. Directed byDavid Hand,William Cottrell,Wilfred Jackson,Larry Morey,Perce Pearce,andBen Sharpsteen,starringAdriana Caselotti,Lucille La Verne,Harry Stockwell,Roy Atwell,Pinto Colvig,Otis Harlan,Scotty Mattraw,Billy Gilbert,Eddie Collins,Moroni Olsen,andStuart Buchanan
- The Soldier and the Lady
- Something to Sing About,directed byVictor Schertzinger,starringJames Cagney,Evelyn Daw,William Frawley
- Song at Midnight(Ye ban ge sheng) (China)
- Souls at Sea,starringGary CooperandGeorge Raft
- Stage Door,starringKatharine HepburnandGinger Rogers
- Stand-In,starringLeslie Howard,Joan Blondell,Humphrey Bogart
- A Star Is Born,starringJanet GaynorandFredric March
- Stella Dallas,starringBarbara Stanwyck
- Storm in a Teacup,starringVivien LeighandRex Harrison(GB)
- Street Angel(Malu tianshi), starringZhou Xuan(China)
T[edit]
- The Tale of the Fox(Germany)
- That Certain Woman,starringBette DavisandHenry Fonda
- The Three Garridebs,starringLouis Hector,in the first televised adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes character.[6]
- They Gave Him a Gun,starringSpencer TracyandGladys George
- They Won't Forget,starringClaude Rains
- Thin Ice,starringSonja HenieandTyrone Power
- Think Fast, Mr. Moto,starringPeter Lorre
- This Is My Affair,starringRobert TaylorandBarbara Stanwyck
- Thunder in the City,starringEdward G. Robinson,Nigel Bruce,Ralph Richardson(GB)
- To New Shores,directed byDouglas Sirk,starringZarah Leander(Germany)
- Topper,starringConstance Bennett,Cary Grant,Roland Young
- Tovarich,starringClaudette ColbertandCharles Boyer
- Tři vejce do skla(Three eggs in a glass) (Czechoslovakia)
- True Confession,starringCarole Lombard,Fred MacMurray,John Barrymore
V[edit]
- The Vicar of Bray,starringStanley Holloway
- Victoria the Great,starringAnna NeagleandAnton Walbrook(GB)
W[edit]
- Way Out West,starringStan LaurelandOliver Hardy
- Wee Willie Winkie,starringShirley Temple
- Wells Fargo,starringJoel McCrea
- What Did the Lady Forget?(Shukujo wa nani wo wasureta ka), directed byYasujirō Ozu(Japan)
- Wise Girl,starringMiriam HopkinsandRay Milland
- Without Dowry(Bespridannitsa) (U.S.S.R.)
- Woman Chases Man,starringMiriam HopkinsandJoel McCrea
- The Woman I Love,starringPaul MuniandMiriam Hopkins
Y[edit]
- Yoshiwara,directed byMax Ophüls,starringSessue Hayakawa(France)
- You Can't Have Everything,starringAlice Faye,Don Ameche,Gypsy Rose Lee
- You Only Live Once,starringHenry FondaandSylvia Sidney
- Young and Innocent,directed byAlfred Hitchcock(GB)
- You're a Sweetheart
- You're Only Young Once,starringLewis Stone,Mickey Rooney,Cecilia Parker,Fay Holden
Z[edit]
Serials[edit]
- Blake of Scotland Yard,starringRalph ByrdandHerbert Rawlinson
- Dick Tracy,starringRalph Byrd
- Jungle Jim
- Jungle Menace,starringFrank Buck
- The Mysterious Pilot,starringFrank Hawks
- The Painted Stallion,starringRay Corrigan
- Radio Patrol
- Secret Agent X-9,starringScott Kolk
- S.O.S. Coast Guard,starringRalph ByrdandBela Lugosi
- Tim Tyler's Luck,starringFrankie Thomas
- Wild West Days
- Zorro Rides Again,starringJohn Carroll
Comedy film series[edit]
- 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(1934–1959)
Animated short film series[edit]
- 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)
Births[edit]
- January 1 -Suzy Kendall,English actress
- January 2 -Jack Rader,American actor
- January 4 –Dyan Cannon,American actress
- January 7 –Harvey Evans,American actor (d.2021)
- January 10 –John M. Watson Sr.,American actor and musician (d.2006)
- January 11 –Felix Silla,Italian actor, musician, stunt artist and voice artist (d.2021)
- January 12 –Shirley Eaton,English actress and model
- January 14 –Stefano Satta Flores,Italian actor and voice actor (d.1985)
- January 15 –Margaret O'Brien,American actress
- January 16 –Lorraine Bayly,Australian actress, singer, director and writer
- January 17 –Dick Durock,American actor and stuntman (d.2009)
- January 24 –Julie Gregg,American actress (d.2016)
- January 30 –Vanessa Redgrave,English actress
- January 31 –Suzanne Pleshette,American actress (d.2008)
- February 1 –Garrett Morris,American comedian, actor and singer
- February 2 –Tom Smothers,American comedian and musician (d.2023)
- February 14 –Soher Al Bably,Egyptian actress (d.2021)
- February 17 –Benjamin Whitrow,English actor (d.2017)
- February 19 –David Margulies,American actor (d.2016)
- February 21 –Gary Lockwood,American actor
- February 24 –Shawn Elliott,American actor and singer (d.2016)
- February 25 –Tom Courtenay,English actor
- February 27 –Barbara Babcock,American character actress
- March 2 –BarBara Luna,American actress
- March 3 –Bobby Driscoll,American actor (d.1968)
- March 5 –Sal Borgese,Italian actor
- March 10 –Joe Viterelli,American actor (d.2004)
- March 21 –Bill Capizzi,American voice actor (d.2007)
- March 22 –Angelo Badalamenti,American screen composer (d.2022)
- March 23 –Tony Burton,American actor (d.2016)
- March 30
- Warren Beatty,American actor and director
- James D. Brubaker,American film producer (d.2023)
- April 1 –Jordan Charney,American character actor
- April 2 –Ken Olfson,American actor (d.1997)
- April 3 –Lawrence Dane,Canadian actor and producer (d.2022)
- April 6
- Terrence Hardiman,English actor (d.2023)
- Billy Dee Williams,American actor
- April 9 -Marty Krofft,Canadian puppeteer and film producer (d. 2023)
- April 13
- Corinne Cole,American actress
- Edward Fox,English actor
- April 15
- Uldis Pūcītis,Latvian actor (d.2000)
- Frank Vincent,American actor (d.2017)
- April 18 –Robert Hooks,American actor and producer
- 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)
- May 5 –John Martino,American actor
- May 8 –Shin Seong-il,South Korean actor (d.2018)
- May 12
- George Carlin,American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic and author (d.2008)
- Susan Hampshire,English actress
- May 13 –Zohra Lampert,American actress
- May 16 –Yvonne Craig,American actress (d.2015)
- May 19 –Pat Roach,English actor and professional wrestler (d.2004)
- June 1 –Morgan Freeman,American actor and director
- June 2 –Sally Kellerman,American actress and singer (d.2022)
- June 10 –Luciana Paluzzi,Italian actress
- June 11
- Johnny Brown,American actor and singer (d.2022)
- Chad Everett,American actor (d.2012)
- June 14 –Jørgen Leth,Danish director
- June 16 –Charmian May,English character actress (d.2002)
- June 17 -Arthur Schmidt,American film editor (d.2023)
- June 26 –Sombat Metanee,Thai actor and film director (d.2022)
- June 28 –Richard Bright,American actor (d.2006)
- July 2 –Polly Holliday,American retired actress
- July 6 –Ned Beatty,American character actor (d.2021)
- July 12 –Bill Cosby,American stand-up comedian and actor
- July 16 –Ada Rogovtseva,Ukrainian actress
- July 19 –Richard Jordan,American actor (d.1993)
- July 20
- Ken Ogata,Japanese actor (d.2008)
- Timothy Scott,American actor (d.1995)
- July 21 –Gray Frederickson,American film producer (d.2022)
- July 25 –Paul Collins,British actor
- July 28 –Viktor Merezhko,Russian screenwriter, actor, writer and television presenter (d. 2022)
- August 3
- Steven Berkoff,British actor and playwright
- Richard Foronjy,American actor (d.2024)
- August 5 –Alan Howard,English actor (d.2015)
- August 6 –Barbara Windsor,English comedy actress (d.2020)
- August 8 –Dustin Hoffman,American actor
- August 14
- Fran Bennett,American actress (d.2021)
- Alberta Nelson,American actress (d.2006)
- August 16 –Lorraine Gary,American retired actress
- August 19 –Evadne Baker,English actress (d.1995)
- August 26 –Kenji Utsumi,Japanese actor (d.2013)
- September 1 –Tsai Chin,Chinese actress, singer and director
- September 4
- Mikk Mikiver,Estonian actor and director (d.2006)
- Nicholas Worth,American character actor (d.2007)
- September 6 –Jo Anne Worley,American actress, comedian and singer
- September 7
- Cüneyt Arkın,Turkish film actor, producer and director (d.2022)
- John Phillip Law,American actor (d.2008)
- September 10 –Brian Murray,South African actor and theatre director (d.2018)
- September 13
- Don Bluth,American director and producer
- Meeli Sööt,Estonian actress (d. 2024)
- September 21
- Ron Cobb,American-Australian graphic and film designer (d.2020)
- Aarne Üksküla,Estonian actor (d.2017)
- September 24 –Dee Pollock,American actor (d.2005)
- September 26 –Jerry Weintraub,American producer and actor (d.2015)
- October 7 –Clive Graham,British actor (d.2007)
- October 10
- Vic Tablian,Armenian-British actor
- Peter White,American actor (d.2023)
- October 11 –Ron Leibman,American actor (d.2019)
- October 15 –Linda Lavin,American actress and singer
- October 21 –Édith Scob,French actress (d.2019)
- October 22 –Alan Ladd Jr.,American film producer (d.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)
- Marlo Thomas,American actress and producer
- November 23 –Dora Cadavid,Colombian actress, singer and announcer (d.2022)
- November 27 –Rodney Bewes,English actor (d.2017)
- November 30 –Ridley Scott,English director and producer
- December 4
- Max Baer Jr.,American actor, producer, comedian and director
- David Bailie,South African actor (d.2021)
- December 7 –Kenneth Colley,English actor
- December 8 –James MacArthur,American actor (d.2010)
- December 9 –Darwin Joston,American actor (d.1998)
- December 12 –Connie Francis,American singer and actress
- 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)
- December 31 –Anthony Hopkins,Welsh actor
Deaths[edit]
- January 2 –Ross Alexander,29, American actor,Captain Blood,A Midsummer Night's Dream,Flirtation Walk
- January 21 –Marie Prevost,40, Canadian-born American actress,The Marriage Circle,The Racket,The Godless Girl,Cain and Mabel
- April 7 -Helen Burgess,20, American actress,The Plainsman,A Doctor's Diary
- May 1 –Snitz Edwards,69, Austro-Hungarian-born American actor,The Thief of Bagdad,The Phantom of the Opera,Seven Chances,College
- May 10 –William Tedmarsh,61, English-American silent film actor
- June 7
- Jean Harlow,26, American actress,The Public Enemy,Libeled Lady,Suzy,Red Dust
- Monroe Owsley,37, American actor,Holiday,Indiscreet,The Keyhole,Ex-Lady
- June 25 –Colin Clive,37, British actor,Frankenstein,Bride of Frankenstein
- September 21 –Osgood Perkins,45, American actor,Scarface,Gold Diggers of 1937
- November 13 –Mrs. Leslie Carter,75, American stage and screen actress,Becky Sharp,Rocky Mountain Mystery
- December 21 –Ted Healy,41, American actor and creator of The Three Stooges,San Francisco,Mad Love,Beer and Pretzels,Soup to Nuts
Debuts[edit]
- Jack Carson–You Only Live Once
- Lee J. Cobb–North of the Rio Grande
- Broderick Crawford–Woman Chases Man
- Laraine Day–Stella Dallas
- Richard Farnsworth–A Day at the Races
- Susan Hayward–Hollywood Hotel
- Allyn Joslyn–They Won't Forget
- Carole Landis–The King and the Chorus Girl
- Donald O'Connor–It Can't Last Forever
- Ronald Reagan–Love Is on the Air
- Victor Sen Yung–The Good Earth
- Peggy Stewart–Wells Fargo
- Rosella Towne–Varsity Show
- Lana Turner–They Won't Forget
References[edit]
- ^abcdefgThe Eddie Mannix Ledger,Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^Madsen, Axel (2015).Stanwyck: A Biography.ISBN978-1-5040-0861-7.
Released in August 1937,Stella Dallasgrossed more than $2 million.
- ^Reid, John Howard (2012).140 All-Time Must-See Movies for Film Lovers Now Available On DVD.ISBN978-1-105-75295-7.
UA's top domestic box office hit of 1937, with gross rentals close to $2 million.
- ^Dick, Bernard F. (1992).Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio.ISBN978-0-8131-5215-8.
Lost Horizonwas probably least successful. It was budgeted at $1.66 million, but the combined U.S. and Canadian gross was only $1,683 million, thus barely covering production costs.
- ^"All-time Film Rental Champs".Variety.October 15, 1990.
- ^First Actor to Portray Sherlock Holmes on TV;Guinness World Records online; retrieved November 2016
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