1937 in Music - Musical Films

Musical Films

  • 52nd Street, starring Leo Carrillo, Ian Hunter, Pat Paterson, Ella Logan, Sid Silvers, Zasu Pitts and Kenny Baker. Directed by Harold Young.
  • Ali Baba Goes to Town, starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young and June Lang and featuring Raymond Scott & his Quintet. Directed by David Butler.
  • The Broadway Melody of 1938, starring Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Sophie Tucker and Judy Garland.
  • Calling All Stars, starring Bert Ambrose, Carroll Gibbons, Evelyn Dall, Sam Browne, Larry Adler, Elisabeth Welch and The Nicholas Brothers.
  • The Champagne Waltz starring Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie and Veloz and Yolanda.
  • Chintamani, starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
  • Command Performance (1937 film), starring Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer
  • A Damsel in Distress, starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Ray Noble.
  • A Day at the Races, released June 11, starring the Marx Brothers and Allan Jones, and featuring Ivie Anderson
  • Double or Nothing, released September 1, starring Bing Crosby and Martha Raye, and featuring Harry Barris and Frances Faye.
  • Duniya Na Mane, starring Shanta Apte
  • Every Day's a Holiday, starring Mae West, Edmund Lowe and Louis Armstrong, Directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
  • Fight for Your Lady, starring John Boles, Ida Lupino and Jack Oakie.
  • The Firefly, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones.
  • Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews
  • Glamorous Night, starring Mary Ellis, Otto Kruger and Victor Jory.
  • Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews
  • Hideaway Girl, starring Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings and Martha Raye. Directed by George Archainbaud.
  • High, Wide, and Handsome starring Irene Dunne, Dorothy Lamour, Randolph Scott and William Frawley.
  • Hit Parade of 1937, starring Frances Langford and Phil Regan and featuring Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
  • Hollywood Hotel, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane and Lola Lane, and featuring Frances Langford and Benny Goodman & his Orchestra.
  • Jericho, starring Paul Robeson
  • La Habanera, starring Zarah Leander
  • Let's Make a Night of It, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and June Clyde
  • The Life of the Party, released September 3, starring Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Harriet Hilliard and Helen Broderick
  • The Lilac Domino (film), starring Michael Bartlett, June Knight, Fred Emney and S.Z. Sakall.
  • Love and Hisses, starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr and Joan Davis
  • Make A Wish, starring Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta, Ralph Forbes and Leon Errol. Directed by Kurt Neumann.
  • Mayfair Melody, starring Keith Falkner, Chili Bouchier and Bruce Lester.
  • Maytime, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and John Barrymore.
  • Melodías porteñas, starring Enrique Santos Discépolo
  • Melody for Two, starring James Melton, Patricia Ellis and Wini Shaw
  • Mr Dodd Takes the Air, released August 21, starring Kenny Baker and Jane Wyman.
  • My Song Goes Forth, starring Paul Robeson
  • On the Avenue, starring Dick Powell, Alice Faye, Madeleine Carroll and The Ritz Brothers.
  • 100 Men and a Girl, starring Deanna Durbin
  • Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm, starring Gene Autry
  • Rosalie, starring Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell and Ray Bolger.
  • Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
  • The Singing Marine, starring Dick Powell and Doris Weston
  • Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, animated feature with Adriana Caselotti providing the voice of Snow White.
  • Something to Sing About, starring James Cagney and Evelyn Daw
  • Song at Midnight, directed by Ma-Xu Weibang.
  • Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.
  • Stardust, starring Ben Lyon and Lupe Vélez.
  • Swing High, Swing Low, released March 15, starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Lamour.
  • This Way Please, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Betty Grable and Ned Sparks
  • Top of the Town, starring Doris Nolan, George Murphy and Ella Logan, and featuring Gertrude Niesen
  • Turn Off the Moon, starring Charles Ruggles and Eleanore Whitney and featuring Kenny Baker and Phil Harris. Directed by Lewis Seiler.
  • Varsity Show, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane and featuring Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians and Buck and Bubbles
  • Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and Shirley Ross.
  • Wake Up And Live, starring Walter Winchell, Alice Faye, Ben Bernie and Patsy Kelly. Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
  • When You're in Love, starring Grace Moore and Cary Grant.
  • You Can't Have Everything, starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, The Ritz Brothers and Gypsy Rose Lee.
  • You're a Sweetheart, starring Alice Faye and George Murphy.

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