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Overview of the events of 1938 in film
Overview of the events of 1938 in film
The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1938 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1938
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Boys Town
MGM
$2,828,000
[1]
2
Alexander's Ragtime Band
20th Century Fox
$2,630,000
[2]
3
Test Pilot
MGM
$2,431,000
[1]
4
You Can't Take It with You
Columbia
$2,137,575
[3]
5
Sweethearts
MGM
$2,017,000
[4]
6
In Old Chicago
20th Century Fox
$1,964,000
[2]
7
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Warner Bros.
$1,928,000
[5]
8
Love Finds Andy Hardy
MGM
$1,637,000
[1]
9
Marie Antoinette
$1,633,000
[1]
10
Too Hot to Handle
$1,627,000
[1]
Events
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Academy Awards
1938 film releases
January–March
April–June
April 1938
May 1938
June 1938
July–September
July 1938
August 1938
September 1938
September 9
September 16
September 29
October–December
October 1938
November 1938
December 1938
Notable films released in 1938
United States unless stated
A
Adiós Buenos Aires – (
Argentina /
Spain /
Canada )
The Adventures of Marco Polo , starring
Gary Cooper and
Basil Rathbone
The Adventures of Robin Hood , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Errol Flynn ,
Olivia de Havilland ,
Basil Rathbone
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , directed by
Norman Taurog
Águila o sol (Heads or Tails), starring
Cantinflas – (
Mexico )
Alexander Nevsky , directed by
Sergei Eisenstein , starring
Nikolai Cherkasov – (
U.S.S.R. )
Alexander's Ragtime Band , starring
Tyrone Power ,
Don Ameche ,
Alice Faye
Algiers , starring
Charles Boyer and
Hedy Lamarr
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse , starring
Edward G. Robinson
Angels with Dirty Faces , starring
James Cagney ,
Pat O'Brien ,
Humphrey Bogart
B
Bank Holiday , starring
Margaret Lockwood – (
GB )
La Bête humaine (The Human Beast), directed by
Jean Renoir , starring
Jean Gabin and
Simone Simon – (
France )
The Big Broadcast of 1938 , starring
W.C. Fields ,
Martha Raye ,
Bob Hope ,
Dorothy Lamour
Billy the Kid Returns , starring
Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy
Block-Heads , starring
Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy
Blondie , starring
Penny Singleton
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife , starring
Gary Cooper and
Claudette Colbert
Boys Town , starring
Spencer Tracy and
Mickey Rooney
Bringing Up Baby , directed by
Howard Hawks , starring
Cary Grant and
Katharine Hepburn – number 14 on the
American Film Institute list of best comedy films
The Buccaneer , directed by
Cecil B. DeMille , starring
Fredric March
C
Carefree , starring
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers
Carmen, la de Triana (Carmen, the girl from Triana) – (
Spain /
Germany )
Charlie Chan in Honolulu , starring
Sidney Toler
A Christmas Carol , starring
Reginald Owen
The Citadel , directed by
King Vidor , starring
Robert Donat and
Rosalind Russell – (
GB )
Climbing High , starring
Michael Redgrave and
Jessie Matthews – (
GB )
Cocoanut Grove , starring
Fred MacMurray
College Swing , starring
George Burns ,
Gracie Allen ,
Martha Raye ,
Bob Hope
Convict 99 , starring
Will Hay – (
GB )
Crime School , starring
The Dead End Kids and
Humphrey Bogart
The Crowd Roars , starring
Robert Taylor and
Maureen O'Sullivan
D
F
La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife), directed by
Marcel Pagnol , starring
Raimu – (
France )
Ferdinand the Bull , a
Disney animated short
Fools for Scandal , starring
Carole Lombard
The Four Companions , directed by
Carl Froelich , starring
Ingrid Bergman (Germany)
Four Daughters , starring
Claude Rains
Four Men and a Prayer , directed by
John Ford , starring
Loretta Young ,
Richard Greene ,
David Niven
Four's a Crowd , starring
Errol Flynn ,
Olivia de Havilland ,
Rosalind Russell ,
Patric Knowles
G
H
I
J
K
L
The Lady Vanishes , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Michael Redgrave and
Margaret Lockwood – (
GB )
Listen, Darling , starring
Judy Garland and
Freddie Bartholomew
Little Miss Broadway , starring
Shirley Temple ,
Jimmy Durante ,
Edna May Oliver
Little Tough Guy , starring
Robert Wilcox ,
Helen Parrish ,
Marjorie Main
Lord Jeff , starring
Freddie Bartholomew and
Mickey Rooney
Love Finds Andy Hardy , starring
Lewis Stone ,
Mickey Rooney ,
Judy Garland ,
Cecilia Parker ,
Fay Holden
M
Mad About Music , starring
Deanna Durbin and
Herbert Marshall
The Mad Miss Manton , starring
Barbara Stanwyck and
Henry Fonda
A Man to Remember , starring
Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis
Marie Antoinette , starring
Norma Shearer and
Tyrone Power
Men with Wings , directed by
William Wellman , starring
Fred MacMurray and
Ray Milland
Merrily We Live , starring
Brian Aherne ,
Constance Bennett ,
Billie Burke ,
Patsy Kelly
Mollenard , directed by
Robert Siodmak – (
France )
Mother Carey's Chickens , starring
Anne Shirley
The Mountain Calls (Der Berg Ruft) – (
Germany )
Mr. Moto's Gamble , starring
Peter Lorre and
Keye Luke
Mr. Wong, Detective , starring
Boris Karloff
My Bill , starring
Kay Francis ,
Dickie Moore
O
Of Human Hearts , starring
Walter Huston ,
James Stewart ,
Beulah Bondi
Old Bones of the River , starring
Will Hay ,
Moore Marriott ,
Graham Moffatt – (
GB )
Olympia , a documentary by
Leni Riefenstahl – (
Germany )
Out West with the Hardys , starring
Lewis Stone ,
Mickey Rooney ,
Cecilia Parker ,
Fay Holden
P
Paradise for Three , starring
Frank Morgan ,
Robert Young ,
Mary Astor
Paweł i Gaweł (Pawel and Gawel) – (
Poland )
Port of Seven Seas , directed by
James Whale , starring
Wallace Beery and
Maureen O'Sullivan
Port of Shadows (Le quai des brumes), directed by
Marcel Carné , starring
Jean Gabin and
Michel Simon – (
France )
Prison Break , starring
Barton MacLane and
Glenda Farrell
Professor Beware , starring
Harold Lloyd
Professor Mamlock – (
U.S.S.R. )
Pygmalion , directed by
Anthony Asquith , starring
Leslie Howard and
Wendy Hiller – (
GB )
R
S
The Saint in New York , starring
Louis Hayward
Save a Little Sunshine , starring
Patricia Kirkwood and
Tommy Trinder – (
GB )
The Shopworn Angel , starring
James Stewart and
Margaret Sullavan
Sing You Sinners , starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew, Donald O'Connor
Sidewalks of London , starring
Charles Laughton ,
Vivien Leigh ,
Rex Harrison – (
GB )
The Sisters , starring
Errol Flynn and
Bette Davis
Sixty Glorious Years , starring
Anna Neagle – (
GB )
Škola základ života – (
Czechoslovakia )
A Slight Case of Murder , starring
Edward G. Robinson
Suez , starring
Tyrone Power and
Loretta Young
Sweethearts , starring
Jeanette MacDonald and
Nelson Eddy
T
The Terror of Tiny Town , starring
Billy Curtis
Test Pilot , starring
Clark Gable and
Myrna Loy
That Certain Age , starring
Deanna Durbin and
Melvyn Douglas
There Goes My Heart , starring
Fredric March ,
Virginia Bruce and
Patsy Kelly
They Drive by Night , starring
Emlyn Williams and
Ernest Thesiger – (
GB )
Three Comrades , starring
Robert Taylor ,
Margaret Sullavan ,
Franchot Tone
Tom Sawyer, Detective , starring
Donald O'Connor
Too Hot to Handle , starring
Clark Gable and
Myrna Loy
U-V
W
Y
Yahya el Hub , directed by
Mohammed Karim , starring
Mohammed Abdel Wahab and
Leila Mourad – (
Egypt )
A Yank at Oxford , starring
Robert Taylor ,
Lionel Barrymore ,
Vivien Leigh – (
GB )
You Can't Take It with You , directed by
Frank Capra , starring
James Stewart ,
Jean Arthur ,
Lionel Barrymore –
Oscars for best picture and director
Young Dr. Kildare , starring
Lew Ayres and
Lionel Barrymore
The Young in Heart , starring
Janet Gaynor ,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ,
Paulette Goddard
Z
Serials
Comedy film series
Animated short film series
Births
January 1 –
Frank Langella , American actor
January 3 –
Tom Bower , American actor
January 4 –
Jim Norton , Irish character actor
January 6 –
Larisa Shepitko , Soviet director (died
1979 )
January 8 –
Bob Eubanks , American television personality and game show host
January 9 –
Nobuhiko Obayashi , Japanese filmmaker (died
2020 )
[7]
January 12 –
Lewis Fiander , Australian actor (died
2016 )
January 13
January 14 –
Jack Jones , American singer, actor
January 16 -
Michael Pataki , American actor (died
2010 )
January 21 –
Doug Lennox , Canadian actor and writer (died
2015 )
January 26 –
Henry Jaglom , English-born director and playwright
January 29 –
Aminah Cendrakasih , Indonesian actress (died
2022 )
February 2 –
Bo Hopkins , American actor (died
2022 )
February 3
February 12 –
Oliver Reed , English actor (died
1999 )
February 16 -
Barry Primus , American actor, director and writer
February 17 –
Yvonne Romain , English actress
February 19 –
René Muñoz , Cuban-born actor, Mexico-based screenwriter (died
2000 )
February 20 –
Richard Beymer , American actor and film maker
February 22 –
Karin Dor , German actress (died
2017 )
February 23
February 24
February 25
March 4 –
Paula Prentiss , American actress
March 5 –
Fred Williamson , American actor
March 9 –
Charles Siebert , American actor and television director (died
2022 )
March 18 –
Shashi Kapoor , Indian actor (died
2017 )
March 25 –
Hoyt Axton , American country music singer-songwriter, actor (died
1999 )
April 2 –
Hans-Michael Rehberg , German actor (died
2017 )
April 6 –
Roy Thinnes , American actor
April 15 –
Claudia Cardinale , Italian actress
April 18 -
Madge Sinclair , Jamaican actress (died
1995 )
April 20 -
Michael Greer , American actor and comedian (died
2002 )
April 21 -
Reni Santoni , American actor (died
2020 )
May 5 –
Michael Murphy , American actor
May 6 –
Hartmut Becker , German actor (died
2022 )
May 11 -
Judy Farrell , American actress (died
2023 )
May 12 -
Luana Anders , American actress (died
1996 )
May 13 –
Buck Taylor , American actor
May 14 -
Michael Preston , English actor
May 17 –
Jason Bernard , American actor (died
1996 )
May 19 –
Bryan Marshall , British actor (died
2019 )
May 22
May 24 –
Tommy Chong , Canadian-American actor, writer, director, musician and comedian
June 7 –
Ann Beach , British actress (died
2017 )
June 12 –
Tom Oliver , Australian actor
June 16 –
Michael Culver , English actor (died
2024 )
June 18 –
Michael Sheard , Scottish actor (died
2005 )
June 21
June 25 –
Giampiero Littera , Italian actor
June 27 –
Kathryn Beaumont , English-American actress and singer
July 6 –
Luana Patten , American actress (died
1996 )
July 8 –
Andrey Myagkov , Soviet/Russian actor (died
2021 )
July 9 –
Brian Dennehy , American actor (died
2020 )
July 11 –
Jiří Krampol , Czech actor
July 18 –
Paul Verhoeven , Dutch director
July 20
July 22 –
Terence Stamp , English actor
July 23 –
Ronny Cox , American actor, singer-songwriter
July 25 –
Pilar Seurat , Philippine-American actress (died
2001 )
July 27 -
Danielle De Metz , French actress
July 29 -
Enzo G. Castellari , Italian director, screenwriter and actor
July 30 –
Michael Bell , American actor
August 6
August 8 –
Connie Stevens , American actress, singer
August 9 –
Burton Gilliam , American actor
August 14 -
James Fargo , American film director
August 15
August 19 –
Diana Muldaur , American actress
August 26 –
Susan Harrison , American actress (died
2019 )
August 29 –
Elliott Gould , American actor
September 2
September 8 –
Philip L. Clarke , American voice actor (died
2013 )
September 12 –
Michael Leader , English actor (died
2016 )
September 26 –
Jonathan Goldsmith , American character actor
September 28 –
Ben E. King , American soul singer (died
2015 )
October 1
October 2 –
Rex Reed , American film critic and "actor"
October 4 –
Loretta Long , American actress, voice artist and singer
October 10 –
Steve Gordon , American filmmaker (died
1982 )
October 12 -
Geoff Murphy , New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director and screenwriter (died
2018 )
October 13 –
Christiane Hörbiger , Austrian actress (died
2022 )
October 18 –
Dawn Wells , American actress (died
2020 )
October 22
October 30 –
Ed Lauter , American actor and stand-up comedian (died
2013 )
November 13 –
Jean Seberg , American actress (died
1979 )
November 20
November 26 –
Rich Little , Canadian-American voice actor
November 28 –
Michael Ritchie , American director, producer and writer (died
2001 )
December 6 –
Patrick Bauchau , Belgian actor
December 12 -
Leslie Schofield , English actor
December 14 –
Hal Williams , American actor
December 16
December 18 –
Roger E. Mosley , American actor, director and writer (died
2022 )
December 21 –
Larry Bryggman , American actor
December 29 –
Jon Voight , American actor
Deaths
January 19 –
Robert McWade , 65, American actor,
The Kennel Murder Case ,
The Dragon Murder Case ,
Cappy Ricks Returns ,
Mr. Cinderella
January 20 –
Émile Cohl , 81, French film pioneer
January 21 –
Georges Méliès , 76, French film pioneer,
The Impossible Voyage ,
A Trip to the Moon ,
The Merry Frolics of Satan ,
The Conquest of the Pole
January 26 –
Matthew Betz , 56, American actor,
The Wedding March ,
The Patent Leather Kid ,
The Big House ,
The Hurricane Express
August 4 –
Pearl White , 49, American silent film star,
The Perils of Pauline ,
The Exploits of Elaine
August 6 –
Warner Oland , 58, Swedish-born actor,
The Jazz Singer ,
Shanghai Express ,
Charlie Chan in London ,
Charlie Chan at the Opera
September 19 –
Pauline Frederick , 55, American stage & film actress,
Thank You, Mr. Moto ,
Smouldering Fires ,
This Modern Age ,
Devil's Island
October 1 –
Conway Tearle , 60, American stage & film actor,
The Hurricane Express ,
Romeo and Juliet ,
Stella Maris ,
The Lost Zeppelin
December 25 –
Harry Myers , 56, American film actor and director,
City Lights ,
Baby
December 28 –
Florence Lawrence , 48, Canadian actress, Hollywood's first "star",
Lady Helen's Escapade ,
The Taming of the Shrew ,
The Mended Lute ,
Betrayed by a Handprint
Debuts
References
^
a
b
c
d
e The Eddie Mannix Ledger , Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
^
a
b "All-time Film Rental Champs".
Variety . October 15, 1990.
^
Joseph McBride, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success University Press of Mississippi, 1992 p 381
^ Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 18 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ McFarlane, Brian (2016).
The Encyclopedia of British Film (fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1887.
ISBN
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^ Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia (1989). 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, 18-21 December 1989 . Organizing Committee of 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
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