1938 in Music - Musical Films

Musical Films

• Carefree starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• Champagnegaloppen starring Svend Methling and Valdemar Møller.
• Cocoanut Grove starring Fred MacMurray, Harriet Hilliard, Ben Blue and Eve Arden.
• Cowboy from Brooklyn starring Dick Powell and Priscilla Lane
• Doctor Rhythm starring Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle and Beatrice Lillie.
• Freshman Year starring Constance Moore, William Lundigan and Dixie Dunbar. Directed by Frank McDonald.
• The Girl Of The Golden West starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
• Going Places starring Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Allen Jenkins and Ronald Reagan and featuring Louis Armstrong and Maxine Sullivan
• Gold Diggers in Paris starring Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins. Directed by Ray Enright.
• The Great Waltz released November 4 starring Luise Rainer and Miliza Korjus. Oscar Hammerstein II contributed new English lyrics to the music of Johann Strauss II
• Happy Landing starring Sonja Henie, Don Ameche and Ethel Merman and featuring the Raymond Scott Quintet
• Hold That Co-ed starring John Barrymore, George Murphy and Joan Davis
• It's in the Air starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Jack Hobbs. Directed by Anthony Kimmins.
• Joy of Living starring Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
• Kicking the Moon Around starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall, Harry Richman and Florence Desmond.
• La Valentina starring Jorge Negrete and Esperanza Baur
• Love Finds Andy Hardy starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
• Mad About Music starring Deanna Durbin. Directed by Norman Taurog.
• Madreselva starring Hugo del Carril and Libertad Lamarque
• My Lucky Star starring Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis and Art Jarrett
• Outside of Paradise starring Phil Regan and Penny Singleton
• Radio City Revels released February 11 starring Bob Burns, Jack Oakie and Kenny Baker and featuring Jane Froman performing with Hal Kemp's orchestra.
• Romance in the Dark starring Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore and Claire Dodd. Directed by H. C. Potter.
• Sally, Irene and Mary starring Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, Joan Davis and Marjorie Weaver
• Sing You Sinners starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray and Donald O'Connor.
• The Singing Cop starring Keith Falkner, Marta Labarr, Ivy St Helier and Bobbie Comber
• Start Cheering released March 3 starring Jimmy Durante, Gertrude Niesen and the Three Stooges.
• Sweethearts starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
• That Certain Age released October 7 starring Deanna Durbin. Songs by (lyrics) Harold Adamson and (music) Jimmy McHugh
• Tropic Holiday released July 1 starring Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland and Martha Raye
• We're Going to Be Rich starring Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy