1937 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1937

Notable Films Released in 1937

U.S.A. unless stated A

  • Action for Slander, starring Clive Brook and Ann Todd – (Britain)
  • 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

B

  • Bezhin Meadow, directed by Sergei Eisenstein – (U.S.S.R.)
  • 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
  • Brief Ecstasy, starring Paul Lukas – (Britain)
  • Broadway Melody of 1938, starring Eleanor Powell and Judy Garland

CD

  • 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
  • Duniya Na Mane (The Unexpected) – (India)
  • The Dybbuk, Yiddish language film from (Poland)

EF

  • Easy Living, starring Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold
  • The Edge of the World, directed by Michael Powell – (Britain)
  • Elephant Boy, directed by Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda, starring Sabu – (Britain)
  • España 1936, a documentary produced & 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 – (Britain)
  • The Firefly, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones

G

  • Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews – (Britain)
  • Girls Can Play, starring Julie Bishop and Rita Hayworth
  • The Good Earth, starring Paul Muni and Luise Rainer (Academy Award for Best Actress)
  • Good Morning, Boys, starring Will Hay – (Britain)
  • Grand Illusion, directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin and Dita Parlo – (France)
  • 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

HIJ

  • La Habanera, directed by Douglas Sirk – (Germany)
  • Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews – (Britain)
  • 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 (人情紙風船) – (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

KLM

  • Kid Galahad, starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
  • Knight Without Armour, starring Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat – (Britain)
  • Lancashire Luck, film debut of Wendy Hiller – (Britain)
  • The Last Gangster, starring Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart
  • The Life of Emile Zola, starring Paul Muni
  • Lost Horizon, directed by Frank Capra, starring Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt
  • 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

NOP

  • 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 – (Britain)
  • 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)
  • The Perfect Specimen, starring Errol Flynn, screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al. (film mentioned in article)
  • The Prince and the Pauper, starring Errol Flynn
  • The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll

QRS

  • The Road Back, directed by James Whale
  • Saratoga, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in her last film
  • Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • Sidewalks of London, starring Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison – (Britain)
  • Il signor Max, starring Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
  • Skeleton on Horseback (Bílá nemoc), directed by and starring Hugo Haas – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Slim, starring Henry Fonda
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, first American feature-length animated movie
  • 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
  • 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 – (Britain)
  • Street Angel (Malu tianshi), starring Zhou Xuan – (China)

TUV

  • That Certain Woman, starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
  • They Won't Forget, starring Claude Rains
  • Think Fast, Mr. Moto, starring Peter Lorre
  • Topper, starring Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young
  • Tovarich, starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer
  • True Confession, starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore
  • Victoria the Great, starring Anna Neagle and Anton Walbrook – (Britain)

WXYZ

  • Way Out West, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
  • Wee Willie Winkie, starring Shirley Temple
  • 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 Only Live Once, starring Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney
  • You're Only Young Once, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
  • Young and Innocent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock – (Britain)
  • Znachor (The Miracle Man) – (Poland)

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