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LIST OF MOVIES RELEASED IN 1938
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
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
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
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
Dangerous to Know
, starring
Anna May Wong
and
Akim Tamiroff
The Dawn Patrol
, starring
Errol Flynn
Diao Chan
- (
China
)
The Divorce of Lady X
, with
Laurence Olivier
and
Merle Oberon
- (
GB
)
The Drum
, with
Sabu
and
Raymond Massey
- (
GB
)
Ducháček Will Fix It
(Ducháček to zařídí) - (
Czechoslovakia
)
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
The Gaunt Stranger
, starring
Sonnie Hale
- (
GB
)
The Girl of the Golden West
, starring
Jeanette MacDonald
and
Nelson Eddy
Hard to Get
, starring
Olivia de Havilland
and
Dick Powell
Having Wonderful Time
, starring
Ginger Rogers
and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Her Jungle Love
, starring
Dorothy Lamour
and
Ray Milland
Here's Flash Casey
, starring
Eric Linden
,
Boots Mallory
, and
Cully Richards
Holiday
, starring
Katharine Hepburn
and
Cary Grant
Honeysuckle
, starring
Hugo del Carril
and
Libertad Lamarque
(Argentina)
Hotel du Nord
, directed by
Marcel Carné
- (
France
)
I Am the Law
, starring
Edward G. Robinson
If I Were King
, starring
Ronald Colman
Inspector Hornleigh
, starring
Gordon Harker
and
Alastair Sim
- (
GB
)
International Settlement
, starring
Dolores del Rio
J'accuse!
, directed by
Abel Gance
- (
France
)
Jezebel
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Henry Fonda
Judge Hardy's Children
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
Just Around the Corner
, starring
Shirley Temple
Kentucky
, starring
Loretta Young
,
Richard Greene
,
Walter Brennan
.
Kidnapped
, starring
Warner Baxter
and
Freddie Bartholomew
Kilómetro 111
- (
Argentina
)
King Kong Appears in Edo
(Edo ni Arawareta Kingu Kongu) - (
Japan
)
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
Love Finds Andy Hardy
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Judy Garland
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
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
,
Billie Burke
Mollenard
, directed by
Robert Siodmak
- (
France
)
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
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
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
)
Radio City Revels
, starring
Jack Oakie
Rawhide
, starring
Lou Gehrig
,
Smith Ballew
, and
Evalyn Knapp
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
, starring
Shirley Temple
Red River Range
, starring
John Wayne
Room Service
, starring the
Marx Brothers
and
Lucille Ball
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
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
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
Too Hot to Handle
, starring
Clark Gable
and
Myrna Loy
Urlaub auf Ehrenwort
(Leave on Parole) - (
Germany
)
Valley of the Giants
, starring
Wayne Morris
and
Claire Trevor
Vivacious Lady
, starring
Ginger Rogers
and
James Stewart
Volga-Volga
- (
U.S.S.R.
)
We're Going to Be Rich
- starring
Gracie Fields
,
Victor McLaglen
and
Brian Donlevy
- (
GB
)
White Banners
, starring
Claude Rains
and
Fay Bainter
A Woman's Face
(En kvinnas ansikte), starring
Ingrid Bergman
- (
Sweden
)
Woman Against Woman
, starring
Herbert Marshall
and
Virginia Bruce
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
La Zandunga
, starring
Lupe Vélez
and
Arturo de Córdova
- (
Mexico
)
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
Comedy film series
Harold Lloyd
(1913-
1938
)
Charlie Chaplin
(1914–1940)
Lupino Lane
(1915–1939)
Buster Keaton
(1917–1944)
Laurel and Hardy
(1921-
1945
)
Our Gang
(
1922
–
1944
)
Marx Brothers
(1929–1937)
The Three Stooges
(1933–1962)
Animated short film series
Krazy Kat
(
1925
–
1940
)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
(
1927
-1938)
Mickey Mouse
(
1928
–
1953
)
Silly Symphonies
The Moth and the Flame
Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Farmyard Symphony
Merbabies
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
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
)
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
Rank
Title
Studio
1.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
20th Century Fox
2.
Test Pilot
MGM
3.
Boys Town
MGM
4.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Warner Bros.
5.
You Can't Take It with You
Columbia
6.
Sweethearts
MGM
7.
Marie Antoinette
MGM
8.
Happy Landing
20th Century Fox
9.
Angels with Dirty Faces
Warner Bros.
10.
Out West with the Hardys
MGM
11.
Too Hot to Handle
MGM
12.
That Certain Age
Universal
13.
Mad About Music
Universal
14.
The Girl of the Golden West
MGM
15.
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Paramount
16.
The Buccaneer
Paramount
17.
The Dawn Patrol
Warner Bros.
18.
Stablemates
MGM
19.
Suez
20th Century Fox
20.
Kentucky
20th Century Fox