Home > 1937 in film

1 Events

2 Top grossing films

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Conquest
3. Damaged Lives
4. Parnell
5. La Grande illusion
6. Annapolis Salute
7. Pépé le Moko
8. Green Fields

3 Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros.
• Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - Captains Courageous
• Best Actress: Luise Rainer - The Good Earth

4 Movies released

Movies release in 1937 include:

• Annapolis Salute
• The Awful Truth, starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
• Captains Courageous , starring Spencer Tracy
• ConquestA conquest is the act of conquering a foreign land, usually for its assimilation into a larger federation or empire. See Main Article Imperialism See also British Empire, Colonialism, Mongol Empire, Roman Empire, Caliphate, Lombards, Pax Romana, Third Rei, starring Greta GarboGreta Garbo ( September 18, 1905 April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress. She was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden, the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson ( 1871- 1920) and Anna Lovisa Johnasson ( 1872- 1944). Her old and Charles BoyerCharles Boyer ( August 28, 1897 August 26, 1978) was a French actor. Born in Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrenees, France, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in European and Hollywood movies during the 1920s and 1930s. He continued to make films o
• Damaged Lives
• A Day at the RacesA Day at the Races ( 1937) is a movie starring the Marx Brothers, with Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones and Maureen O'Sullivan. The plot revolves around vet Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho), who is illegally employed as the director of a sanitarium. To save his clin, starring the Marx BrothersThe Marx Brothers were sibling comedians of vaudeville, stage plays, and film. The brothers were Groucho Julius Henry Marx 1890-1977), Chico Leonard Marx 1887-1961), Harpo Adolph Arthur Marx 1888-1964), Zeppo Herbert Marx 1901-1979) and Gummo Milton Marx
• Dead EndImportant note: This article deals with the film called "Dead End", not the street sign Dead end. Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It marked the first appearance of the Dead End Kids. Unemployed architect Dave Connell ( Joel McCrea) is torn between Dr, starring Sylvia SidneySylvia Sidney ( August 8, 1910 July 1, 1999) was an American actress. Born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, New York, Sidney became an actress at the age of 15 as a way of overcoming shyness. A student of the Theater Guild's School for Acting, Sidney, Joel McCreaJoel Albert McCrea ( November 5, 1905 October 20, 1990) was a US film actor. Born in South Pasadena, California, McCrea became interested in films after graduating from the University of Southern California. He worked as an extra in films from 1927 before and Humphrey Bogart
• Dick Tracy, starring Raplh Byrd , Kay Huges and Smiley Burnette
• La Grande Illusion, starring Jean Gabin and Dita Parlo; directed by Jean Renoir
• Lost Horizon, starring Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt; directed by Frank Capra
• The Good Earth, starring Luise Rainer and Paul Muni
• Green Fields
• The Life of Emile Zola
• Nothing Sacred, starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March
• Parnell , starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
• Pépé le Moko , starring Jean Gabin
• The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Ronald Colman
• Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, first feature-length animated movie ( Disney)
• Stage Door, starring Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers
• A Star Is Born, starring Janet Gaynor
• Topper, starring Cary Grant, and Constance Bennett
• Way Out West , starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
• Young and Innocent, directed by Alfred Hitchcock