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Overview of the events of 1938 in film
The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.
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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 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs RKO /Walt Disney
$3,996,000[1] [2]
2 Boys Town MGM
$2,828,000[3]
3 Alexander's Ragtime Band 20th Century Fox
$2,630,000[4]
4 Test Pilot MGM
$2,431,000[3]
5 You Can't Take It with You Columbia
$2,182,000[4]
6 Sweethearts MGM
$2,017,000[5]
7 In Old Chicago 20th Century Fox
$1,964,000[4]
8 The Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros.
$1,928,000[6]
9 Love Finds Andy Hardy MGM
$1,637,000[3]
10 Marie Antoinette $1,633,000[3]
Events
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January – MGM announces that Judy Garland will be cast in the role of Dorothy Gale in the upcoming The Wizard of Oz Ray Bolger is cast as the Tin Woodman and Buddy Ebsen as the Scarecrow . At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. On July 25, MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the Cowardly Lion .
January 21 – Pioneering French film director Georges Méliès , best remembered for groundbreaking films like A Trip to the Moon The Impossible Voyage
February 4 – Walt Disney 's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
February 24 – The entertainment trade newspaper Variety confirms that the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) had bought the rights to adapt L. Frank Baum ’s beloved children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for the screen
April 5 – Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz .
April 20 – Leonard Slye appears in his first starring role as Roy Rogers in Under Western Stars Western stars being ranked number one from 1943 to 1952 and would become known as "King of the Cowboys".
May 7 – Lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Harold Arlen begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz .
May 14 – Release of Warner Bros. ' epic swashbuckler film The Adventures of Robin Hood Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland . Critically acclaimed for its vivid use of Technicolor , as well as its memorable action scenes, the film goes on to win three Academy Awards.
October 13 – Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio lot in Culver City, California , initially with Richard Thorpe as director.
October 21 – Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his Tin Woodman make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz . Ebsen is replaced by Jack Haley .
December 22 – MGM 's first feature film in three-strip Technicolor, Sweethearts Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy , is released.
December 23 – Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz . Hamilton, cast in the role of the Wicked Witch of the West , leaves the film for six weeks.
Orson Welles makes Too Much Johnson Joseph Cotten . It is never completed and first released only in 2013 .
Producer George Minter establishes Renown Pictures , a British film distributor.[7]
Academy Awards
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1938 film releases
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January 1938
February 1938
March 1938
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April 1938
May 1938
June 1938
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July 1938
August 1938
September 1938
September 9
September 16
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October 1938
November 1938
December 1938
Notable films released in 1938
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United States unless stated
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Adiós Buenos Aires Argentina /Spain /Canada )
The Adventures of Marco Polo Gary Cooper and Basil Rathbone
The Adventures of Robin Hood Michael Curtiz , starring Errol Flynn , Olivia de Havilland , Basil Rathbone
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Norman Taurog
Águila o sol Cantinflas – (Mexico )
Alexander Nevsky Sergei Eisenstein , starring Nikolai Cherkasov – (U.S.S.R. )
Alexander's Ragtime Band Tyrone Power , Don Ameche , Alice Faye
Algiers Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Edward G. Robinson
Angels with Dirty Faces James Cagney , Pat O'Brien , Humphrey Bogart
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Bank Holiday Margaret Lockwood – (GB
La Bête humaine Jean Renoir , starring Jean Gabin and Simone Simon – (France )
The Big Broadcast of 1938 W.C. Fields , Martha Raye , Bob Hope , Dorothy Lamour
Billy the Kid Returns Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Block-Heads Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Blondie Penny Singleton
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert
Boys Town Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks , starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn – number 14 on the American Film Institute list of best comedy films
The Buccaneer Cecil B. DeMille , starring Fredric March
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Carefree Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Carmen, la de Triana Spain /Germany )
Charlie Chan in Honolulu Sidney Toler
A Christmas Carol Reginald Owen
The Citadel King Vidor , starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell – (GB
Climbing High Michael Redgrave and Jessie Matthews – (GB
Cocoanut Grove Fred MacMurray
College Swing George Burns , Gracie Allen , Martha Raye , Bob Hope
Convict 99 Will Hay – (GB
Crime School The Dead End Kids and Humphrey Bogart
The Crowd Roars Robert Taylor and Maureen O'Sullivan
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La Femme du Boulanger Marcel Pagnol , starring Raimu – (France )
Ferdinand the Bull Disney animated short
Fools for Scandal Carole Lombard
The Four Companions Carl Froelich , starring Ingrid Bergman (Germany)
Four Daughters Claude Rains
Four Men and a Prayer John Ford , starring Loretta Young , Richard Greene , David Niven
Four's a Crowd Errol Flynn , Olivia de Havilland , Rosalind Russell , Patric Knowles
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The Lady Vanishes Alfred Hitchcock , starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood – (GB
Listen, Darling Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew
Little Miss Broadway Shirley Temple , Jimmy Durante , Edna May Oliver
Little Tough Guy Robert Wilcox , Helen Parrish , Marjorie Main
Lord Jeff Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney
Love Finds Andy Hardy Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland , Cecilia Parker , Fay Holden
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Mad About Music Deanna Durbin and Herbert Marshall
The Mad Miss Manton Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
A Man to Remember Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis
Marie Antoinette Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power
Men with Wings William Wellman , starring Fred MacMurray and Ray Milland
Merrily We Live Brian Aherne , Constance Bennett , Billie Burke , Patsy Kelly
Mollenard Robert Siodmak – (France )
Mother Carey's Chickens Anne Shirley
The Mountain Calls Germany )
Mr. Moto's Gamble Peter Lorre and Keye Luke
Mr. Wong, Detective Boris Karloff
My Bill Kay Francis , Dickie Moore
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Of Human Hearts Walter Huston , James Stewart , Beulah Bondi
Old Bones of the River Will Hay , Moore Marriott , Graham Moffatt – (GB
Olympia Leni Riefenstahl – (Germany )
Out West with the Hardys Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Cecilia Parker , Fay Holden
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Paradise for Three Frank Morgan , Robert Young , Mary Astor
Paweł i Gaweł Poland )
Port of Seven Seas James Whale , starring Wallace Beery and Maureen O'Sullivan
Port of Shadows Marcel Carné , starring Jean Gabin and Michel Simon – (France )
Prison Break Barton MacLane and Glenda Farrell
Professor Beware Harold Lloyd
Professor Mamlock U.S.S.R. )
Pygmalion Anthony Asquith , starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller – (GB
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The Saint in New York Louis Hayward
Save a Little Sunshine Patricia Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder – (GB
The Shopworn Angel James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan
Sing You Sinners , starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew, Donald O'Connor
Sidewalks of London Charles Laughton , Vivien Leigh , Rex Harrison – (GB
The Sisters Errol Flynn and Bette Davis
Sixty Glorious Years Anna Neagle – (GB
Škola základ života Czechoslovakia )
A Slight Case of Murder Edward G. Robinson
Suez Tyrone Power and Loretta Young
Sweethearts Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
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The Terror of Tiny Town Billy Curtis
Test Pilot Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
That Certain Age Deanna Durbin and Melvyn Douglas
There Goes My Heart Fredric March , Virginia Bruce and Patsy Kelly
They Drive by Night Emlyn Williams and Ernest Thesiger – (GB
Three Comrades Robert Taylor , Margaret Sullavan , Franchot Tone
Tom Sawyer, Detective Donald O'Connor
Too Hot to Handle Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
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Yahya el Hub Mohammed Karim , starring Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Leila Mourad – (Egypt )
A Yank at Oxford Robert Taylor , Lionel Barrymore , Vivien Leigh – (GB
You Can't Take It with You Frank Capra , starring James Stewart , Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore – Oscars for best picture and director
Young Dr. Kildare Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore
The Young in Heart Janet Gaynor , Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , Paulette Goddard
Z
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Serials
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Comedy film series
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Animated short film series
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Births
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January 1 – Frank Langella , American actor
January 3 – Tom Bower , American actor (died 2024 )
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 )[8]
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 1 - Sherman Hemsley , American actor (died 2012 )
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
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
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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
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References
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^ Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929-1951: the C.J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television . 14 1 ): 37–49. doi :10.1080/01439689400260031 .
^ Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television . 14 doi :10.1080/01439689408604545 .
^ a b c d The Eddie Mannix Ledger , Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
^ a b c "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety
^ 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 ISBN 9781526111968
^ 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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