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Still to Come from 1937: World Premieres

Gourmet Prospects

A Day at the Races Dir. Sam Wood. Marx Brothers, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan
Drôle de drame Dir. Marcel Carné. Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon
The Dybbuk Dir. Michał Waszyński. Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg
Pépé le Moko Dir. Julien Duvivier. Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio
Shall We Dance Dir. Mark Sandrich. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore
The Spanish Earth Dir. Joris Ivens. Documentary about anti-Franco resistance
What Did the Lady Forget? Dir. Yasujiro Ozu. Sumiko Kurishima, Tatsuo Saitô
Young and Innocent Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney

Actressy Enticements

Artists & Models Dir. Raoul Walsh. Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen
Between Two Women Dir. George B. Seitz. Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan
Big City Dir. Frank Borzage. Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin
Breakfast for Two Dir. Alfred Santell. Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall
Confession Dir. Joe May. Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone
Dark Journey Dir. Victor Saville. Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner
Daughter of Shanghai Dir. Robert Florey. Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford
Désiré Dir. Sacha Guitry. Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry, Jacques Boumer
Ever Since Eve Dir. Lloyd Bacon. Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh
Fire over England Dir. William K. Howard. Flora Robson, Raymond Massey
The Firefly Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William
Internes Can't Take Money Dir. Alfred Santell. Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea
It's Love I'm After Dir. Archie Mayo. Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
Kid Galahad Dir. Michael Curtiz. Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Knight without Armor Dir. Jacques Feyder. Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Dir. Richard Boleslawski. Joan Crawford, William Powell
Madame X Dir. Sam Wood. Gladys George, Warren William, John Beal
Maid of Salem Dir. Frank Lloyd. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray
Mannequin Dir. Frank Borzage. Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis
Marked Woman Dir. Lloyd Bacon. Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane
My Dear Miss Aldrich Dir. George B. Seitz. Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan
Rosalie Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan
Stand-In Dir. Tay Garnett. Joan Blondell, Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart
Storm in a Teacup Dirs. Victor Saville and Ian Dalrymple. Vivien Leigh
That Certain Woman Dir. Edmund Goulding. Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter
To New Shores Dir. Douglas Sirk. Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel, Edwin Jürgensen
The Toast of New York Dir. Rowland V. Lee. Edward Arnold, Cary Grant
Tovarich Dir. Anatole Litvak. Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone
True Confession Dir. Wesley Ruggles. Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray
Victoria the Great Dir. Herbert Wilcox. Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla
When You're in Love Dir. Robert Riskin. Grace Moore, Cary Grant, Aline MacMahon
Wise Girl Dir. Leigh Jason. Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel

Gender Is Burning

Born to the West Dir. Charles Barton. John Wayne, Marsha Hunt
¡Centinela, alerta! Dir. Jean Grémillon, Luis Buñuel. Ana María Custodio
Crossroads Dir. Xiling Shen. Dan Zhao, Ban Lü, Ying Yin, Bai Yang, Sha Meng
Double Wedding Dir. Richard Thorpe. Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, William Powell
Every Day's a Holiday Dir. A. Edward Sutherland. Mae West, Edmund Lowe
First Lady Dir. Stanley Logan. Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise, Victor Jory
La Habanera Dir. Douglas Sirk. Zarah Leander, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell
Heidi Dir. Allan Dwan. Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher
King Solomon's Mines Dir. Robert Stevenson. Cedric Hardwicke, Paul Robeson
The Last Gangster Dir. Edward Ludwig. Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart
Love Is News Dir. Tay Garnett. Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche
The Prince and the Pauper Dir. William Keighley. Errol Flynn, Claude Rains
Second Honeymoon Dir. Walter Lang. Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin
Seventh Heaven Dir. Henry King. James Stewart, Simone Simon, Jean Hersholt
Street Angel Dir. Yuan Muzhi. Zhao Dan, Wei Heling, Zhou Xuan, Wang Jiting
Swing High, Swing Low Dir. Mitchell Leisen. Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray
They Gave Him a Gun Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Spencer Tracy, Gladys George
Wee Willie Winkie Dir. John Ford. Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, June Lang
The Wrong Road Dir. James Cruze. Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill

Auteurist Loyalties

Bezhin lug Dir. Sergei Eisenstein. Viktor Kartashov, Nikolay Khmelyov
Broadway Melody of 1938 Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell
Damsel in Distress Dir. George Stevens. Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns
Elephant Boy Dirs. Robert J. Flaherty and Zolta Korda. Sabu, W.E. Holloway
The Girl Was Young Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney
The Great Garrick Dir. James Whale. Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland
Green Light Dir. Frank Borzage. Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay
Harvest Dir. Marcel Pagnol. Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Marguerite Moreno
Hitting a New High Dir. Raoul Walsh. Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, John Howard
The King and the Chorus Girl Dirs. Norman Krasna, Groucho Marx. Fernand Gravey
Lady Killer Dir. Jean Grémillon. Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare
On the Avenue Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye
The Pearls of the Crown Dir. Sacha Guitry. Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry
Personal Property Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Robert Taylor, Jean Harlow, Reginald Owen
The Road Back Dir. James Whale. John "Dusty" King, Richard Cromwell
Saratoga Dir. Jack Conway. Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore
Souls at Sea Dir. Henry Hathaway. Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee
Under the Red Robe Dir. Victor Sjöström. Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey
Wells Fargo Dir. Frank Lloyd. Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan
West of Shanghai Dir. John Farrow. Boris Karloff, Beverly Roberts, Ricardo Cortez

Further Research

Ali Baba Goes to Town Dir. David Butler. Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young
Big Fella Dir. J. Elder Wills. Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton
Black Legion Dir. Archie Mayo. Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore
The Broken Jug Dir. Gustav Ucicky. Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayssler
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back Dir. Louis King. John Barrymore, John Howard
Café Metropole Dir. Edward H. Griffith. Loretta Young, Tyrone Power
Children in the Wind Dir. Hiroshi Shimizu. Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa
A Family Affair Dir. George B. Seitz. Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden
The Great O'Malley Dir. William Dieterle. Pat O'Brien, Sybil Jason, Humphrey Bogart
Green Fields Dir. Jacob Ben-Ami & Edgar G. Ulmer. Michael Goldstein, Helen Beverly
Humanity and Paper Balloons Dir. Sadao Yamanaka. Chôjûrô Kawarasaki
Lenin in October Dir. Mikhail Romm. Boris Shchukin, Nikolai Okhlopkov
Maytime Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Jeanette MacDonald, Neslon Eddy, John Barrymore
Night Key Dir. Lloyd Corrigan. Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers, Alan Baxter
Oh, Mr. Porter! Dir. Marcel Varnel. Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt
Parnell Dir. John M. Stahl. Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Edna May Oliver, Edmund Gwenn
The Prisoner of Zenda Dir. John Cromwell. Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll
San Quentin Dir. Lloyd Bacon. Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan
Slave Ship Dir. Tay Garnett. Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan
Something to Sing About Dir. Victor Schertzinger. James Cagney, Evelyn Daw
Think Fast, Mr. Moto Dir. Norman Foster. Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck
The Thirteenth Chair Dir. George B. Seitz. Dame May Whitty, Madge Evans
Waikiki Wedding Dir. Frank Tuttle. Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye
Way Out West Dir. James W. Horne. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn