1937

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1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar, it was the 8th year of 1930's.

Theatrical releases[]

Feature films[]

January 2
- Guns of the Pecos
- Smart Blonde
January 9 - Sing Me a Love Song
January 16 - God's Country and the Woman
January 23 - Once a Doctor
January 30 - Black Legion
February 6 - Stolen Holiday
February 13 - The Great O'Malley
February 20 - Green Light
February 26 - Her Husband's Secretary
February 28 - Penrod and Sam
March 6
- Midnight Court
- Ready, Willing and Able
March 13 - Land Beyond the Law
March 27 - The King and the Chorus Girl
April 4 - Men in Exile
April 10 - Marked Woman
April 17
- Call It a Day
- That Man's Here Again
April 24 - Mountain Justice
May 1 - Melody for Two
May 8 - The Prince and the Pauper
May 15
- The Cherokee Strip
- Draegerman Courage
May 22 - The Go Getter
May 29 - Kid Galahad
June 8 - The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
June 12 - Blazing Sixes
June 19 - Fly-Away Baby
June 23 - Slim; Premiered on New York City
June 24 - Slim
June 26 - Another Dawn
July 3 - The Singing Marine
July 10
- Empty Holsters
- Public Wedding
July 13 - Marry the Girl
July 15 - Ever Since Eve
July 24 - Talent Scout
August 5 - White Bondage
August 7 - San Quentin
August 14
- Dance Charlie Dance
- The Devil's Saddle Legion
August 21
- The Footloose Heiress
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
August 28 - Confession
September 4 - Varsity Show
September 11
- Prairie Thunder
- Wine, Women and Horses
September 18 - That Certain Woman
September 25 - Back in Circulation
October 2
- The Life of Emile Zola; Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
- Love Is on the Air
October 9 - They Won't Forget
October 16 - Over the Goal
October 23 - The Perfect Specimen
October 30
- The Great Garrick
- West of Shanghai
November 6 - Alcatraz Island (A Cosmopolitan picture)
November 20 - It's Love I'm After
November 27
- Expensive Husbands
- Submarine D-1
December 4 - First Lady
December 11
- Missing Witnesses
- Sh! The Octopus
December 18 - She Loved a Fireman
December 20 - Hollywood Hotel
December 25 - Tovarich

Shorts[]

January 2 - He Was Her Man
January 9 - Porky the Wrestler
January 30 - Pigs is Pigs
February 6 - Porky's Road Race
February 27
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Picador Porky
March 27 - The Fella with the Fiddle
April 3 - Porky's Romance
April 10 - She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
April 17
- Ain't We Got Fun
- Porky's Duck Hunt
May 22 - Clean Pastures
May 15 - Porky and Gabby
June 5 - Uncle Tom's Bungalow
June 19
- Porky's Building
- Streamlined Greta Green
June 26 - Sweet Sioux
July 3 - Porky's Super Service
July 17 - Egghead Rides Again
July 24 - Porky's Badtime Story
July 31 - Plenty of Money and You
August 7 - Porky's Railroad
August 21 - A Sunbonnet Blue
August 28 - Get Rich Quick Porky
September 11 - Porky's Garden
September 4 - Speaking of the Weather
September 18 - Dog Daze
September 25 - I Wanna Be a Sailor
October 9 - Rover's Rival
October 16 - The Lyin' Mouse
October 30 - The Case of the Stuttering Pig
November 6 - Little Red Walking Hood
November 13 - Porky's Double Trouble
December 4
- Porky's Hero Agency
- The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
December 18 - September in the Rain

People[]

Births[]

September 13 - Don Bluth (animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer, animation instructor, and Co-founder of Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios)
December 31 - Anthony Hopkins (actor and composer)

Deaths[]

January 2 - Ross Alexander (actor)
January 21 - Marie Prevost (actress)
February 16 - Paul Graetz (presenter, actor and cabaret performer)
February 17
- Charles Hill Mailes (actor)
- George Hassell (actor)
March 1 - DeWitt Jennings (actor)
March 23 - J. Gunnis Davis (actor and director)
March 24 - Bobby Dunn (actor and comedian)
April 10 - Ralph Ince (actor, director and screenwriter)
April 22 - Arthur Edmund Carewe (actor)
April 24 - Lucy Beaumont (actress)
May 1 - Snitz Edwards (actor)
June 7 - Monroe Owsley (actor)
June 25 - Colin Clive (actor)
June 26 - Charles Sellon (actor)
June 29 - Helen Lowell (actress)
July 19 - Tom Brower (actor)
July 20 - Elmer Wait (animator)
September 15 - Clifford Heatherley (actor)
September 21 - Osgood Perkins (actor)
November 6 - Johnston Forbes-Robertson (actor and theatre manager)
December 4 - Ralph Lewis (actor)
December 23 - John T. Prince (actor)
December 29 - Alma Tell (actress)

Events[]

April - Michael Maltese was hired by Leon Schlesinger Productions as an in-betweener, and later a storyman.
September - Friz Freleng left Schlesinger after accepting an increase in salary to direct for the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio headed by Fred Quimby.
Rev Chaney accepted a position at Leon Schlesinger Productions, where he worked for Tex Avery and Bob Clampett.

Character debuts[]

February 27 - Porky's Drunken Friends, The Bull
April 3 - Petunia Pig
April 17 - Daffy Duck
May 15 - Gabby Goat
June 19 - Dirty Digg
July 17 - Egghead
July 31 - The Ostrich
August 21 - Johnny and Susie Mouse
August 28 - Honest John
September 11 - Chicken Farmer
September 25 - Peter Parrot
October 30 - Lawyer Goodwill
November 6 - Elmer Fudd, Little Red Riding Hood, Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood's Grandma (precursor of Granny)
December 4 - Porky's Mother, W.C. Fieldmouse

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