1938 in film

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The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Academy Awards
4 Films released in 1938
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Animated short film series
8 Births
9 Deaths
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[edit] Events
January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the "Cowardly Lion" on July 25.
April 5 — Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz.
May 7 — Lyricist Edgar Yipsel Harburg and composer, Harold Arlen, begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz.
October 13 — Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz.
October 21 — Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his "Tinman" make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen is replaced by Jack Haley.
December 23 — Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hamilton, who was cast in the role of the "Wicked Witch", left the film for six weeks.

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
Radio City Revels, starring Jack Oakie and Ann Miller

[edit] Academy Awards
Best Picture: You Can't Take it With You - Columbia
Best Director: Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You
Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - Boys Town
Best Actress: Bette Davis - Jezebel

[edit] Films released in 1938
Adiós Buenos Aires
The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
Alexander Nevsky, starring Nikolai Cherkasov
Alexander's Ragtime Band, starring Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, starring Edward G. Robinson
Angels with Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
Ask a Policeman
La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife)
Block-Heads, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, starring Gary Cooper
Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney
Bringing up Baby, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
A Christmas Carol, starring Reginald Owen
The Citadel, starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell; directed by King Vidor
The Dawn Patrol, starring Errol Flynn
The Divorce of Lady X, with Laurence Olivier
The Drum, with Sabu
Fools For Scandal
Four Daughters, starring Claude Rains
Having Wonderful Time Starring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Holiday, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant
Jezebel, starring Bette Davis
La Bête humaine (The Human Beast)
The Lady Vanishes, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
The Mad Miss Manton
A Man to Remember, starring Anne Shirley and Edward Ellis.
Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power
Merrily We Live, starring Brian Aheme, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Patsy Kelly, and Billie Burke
Pygmalion, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller
Radio City Revels
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Shirley Temple
Red River Range, starring John Wayne
Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers
Sweethearts, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
Test Pilot, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
There Goes My Heart, Frederic March, Virginia Bruce, Arthur Lake (actor) and Patsy Kelly
Vivacious Lady, starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart
You Can't Take It with You

[edit] Serials
Dick Tracy Returns, starring Ralph Byrd
The Fighting Devil Dogs, starring Lee Powell and Herman Brix
Flaming Frontiers
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, starring Buster Crabbe
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Hawk of the Wilderness, starring Herman Brix
The Lone Ranger
The Secret of Treasure Island
The Spider's Web
Red Barry

[edit] Short film series
Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
Our Gang (1922-1944)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)

[edit] Animated short film series
Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
Screen Songs (1929-1938)
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Scrappy (1931-1941)
Betty Boop (1932-1939)
Popeye (1933-1957)
Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
Donald Duck (1937-1956)
Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938-1942)
The Captain and the Kids (1938-1939)

[edit] Births
January 14 — Jack Jones, singer, actor
February 23 — Diane Varsi, actress (died 1992)
April 17 — Pérette Pradier, French actress
November 13 — Jean Seberg, actress (died 1979)

[edit] Deaths
August 4 - Pearl White, American silent film star
August 6 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor
December 28 - Florence Lawrence, Hollywood's first "star"