1937 in Music - Musical Films

Musical Films

• 52nd Street, starring Leo Carrillo, Ian Hunter, Pat Paterson, Ella Logan, Sid Silvers, Zasu Pitts and Kenny Baker. Directed by Harold Young.
• Ali Baba Goes to Town, starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young and June Lang and featuring Raymond Scott & his Quintet. Directed by David Butler.
• The Broadway Melody of 1938, starring Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Sophie Tucker and Judy Garland.
• Calling All Stars, starring Bert Ambrose, Carroll Gibbons, Evelyn Dall, Sam Browne, Larry Adler, Elisabeth Welch and The Nicholas Brothers.
• The Champagne Waltz starring Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie and Veloz and Yolanda.
• Chintamani, starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
• Command Performance (1937 film), starring Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer
• A Damsel in Distress, starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Ray Noble.
• A Day at the Races, released June 11, starring the Marx Brothers and Allan Jones, and featuring Ivie Anderson
• Double or Nothing, released September 1, starring Bing Crosby and Martha Raye, and featuring Harry Barris and Frances Faye.
• Duniya Na Mane, starring Shanta Apte
• Every Day's a Holiday, starring Mae West, Edmund Lowe and Louis Armstrong, Directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
• Fight for Your Lady, starring John Boles, Ida Lupino and Jack Oakie.
• The Firefly, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones.
• Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews
• Glamorous Night, starring Mary Ellis, Otto Kruger and Victor Jory.
• Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews
• Hideaway Girl, starring Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings and Martha Raye. Directed by George Archainbaud.
• High, Wide, and Handsome starring Irene Dunne, Dorothy Lamour, Randolph Scott and William Frawley.
• Hit Parade of 1937, starring Frances Langford and Phil Regan and featuring Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
• Hollywood Hotel, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane and Lola Lane, and featuring Frances Langford and Benny Goodman & his Orchestra.
• Jericho, starring Paul Robeson
• La Habanera, starring Zarah Leander
• Let's Make a Night of It, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and June Clyde
• The Life of the Party, released September 3, starring Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Harriet Hilliard and Helen Broderick
• The Lilac Domino (film), starring Michael Bartlett, June Knight, Fred Emney and S.Z. Sakall.
• Love and Hisses, starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr and Joan Davis
• Make A Wish, starring Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta, Ralph Forbes and Leon Errol. Directed by Kurt Neumann.
• Mayfair Melody, starring Keith Falkner, Chili Bouchier and Bruce Lester.
• Maytime, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and John Barrymore.
• Melodías porteñas, starring Enrique Santos Discépolo
• Melody for Two, starring James Melton, Patricia Ellis and Wini Shaw
• Mr Dodd Takes the Air, released August 21, starring Kenny Baker and Jane Wyman.
• My Song Goes Forth, starring Paul Robeson
• On the Avenue, starring Dick Powell, Alice Faye, Madeleine Carroll and The Ritz Brothers.
• 100 Men and a Girl, starring Deanna Durbin
• Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm, starring Gene Autry
• Rosalie, starring Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell and Ray Bolger.
• Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
• The Singing Marine, starring Dick Powell and Doris Weston
• Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, animated feature with Adriana Caselotti providing the voice of Snow White.
• Something to Sing About, starring James Cagney and Evelyn Daw
• Song at Midnight, directed by Ma-Xu Weibang.
• Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.
• Stardust, starring Ben Lyon and Lupe Vélez.
• Swing High, Swing Low, released March 15, starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Lamour.
• This Way Please, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Betty Grable and Ned Sparks
• Top of the Town, starring Doris Nolan, George Murphy and Ella Logan, and featuring Gertrude Niesen
• Turn Off the Moon, starring Charles Ruggles and Eleanore Whitney and featuring Kenny Baker and Phil Harris. Directed by Lewis Seiler.
• Varsity Show, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane and featuring Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians and Buck and Bubbles
• Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and Shirley Ross.
• Wake Up And Live, starring Walter Winchell, Alice Faye, Ben Bernie and Patsy Kelly. Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
• When You're in Love, starring Grace Moore and Cary Grant.
• You Can't Have Everything, starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, The Ritz Brothers and Gypsy Rose Lee.
• You're a Sweetheart, starring Alice Faye and George Murphy.