1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Hand
Actors: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Eddie Collins, Lucille La Verne
Plot: The classic tale of Snow White being poisoned and awakened by a prince's kiss.
2. Lost Horizon
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner
Plot: A plane of westerners fleeing political upheval in China, gets hijacked and ends up in a utopia in himalayas called Shangri-La. Ronald Coleman stars as Robert Conway "England's man of the east" whom find Shangri-La enchanting, whilest his brother insists that Robert must return to England and pursue an illustrious career in politics.
The book the film is based on was written by James Hilton who also wrote Random Harvest and Good-bye Mr. Chips. Beautifully directed by Frank Capra it remains a classic.
Look for Jane Wyatt aka Spock's mom from Star Trek.
3. The Awful Truth
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Molly Lamont, Cecil Cunningham
Plot: A couple begin divorce proceedings, but even before things are finalized, they begin seeing other people. Yet at every turn they attempt to undermine each others relationships.
4. A Day at the Races
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont
Plot: Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, a veterinarian posing as a certified doctor for the wealthy, needs to win a big horse race to keep a farm, and his sanitarium, up and running. With the help of Tony, and Stuffy he gets a misfit racehorse in shape for the big race.
5. A Star is Born
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander
Plot: A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of being a star but is relegated to waitressing. She catches the eye of an alcoholic actor who sets her career skyrocketing while his own deteriorates to nothing.
6. The Life of Emile Zola
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Dieterle
Actors: Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Louis Calhern
Plot: The biography of French writer Emile Zola who was a muckraker in the 1860's about anti-semitism.
7. Stella Dallas
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main
Plot: Stella Davis wanted nothing other than the good life... until she had a daughter.
8. Lower Depths, The ( bas-fonds, Les )
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Le Vigan
9. Captains Courageous
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney, Freddie Bartholomew, Charley Grapewin
Plot: A rich spoiled kid learns about life and morals, after he accidentally ends up on a fishing boat.
10. Sabotage
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder, Joyce Barbour, Matthew Boulton
Plot: A cinema owner is suspected of being a saboteur in a terrorist gang launching attacks throughout London. As an undercover Scotland Yard detective investigates, he begins to fall in love with the suspect's beautiful young wife.
