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1937 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1937th ... pending the popular election of the first President of Ireland in June 1938.
July 11 – George Gershwin, popular composer (born 1898) July 14 – Joseph Taylor Robinson, politician (born 1872) July 29 – Ella Maria Ballou, writer (born 1852) August 11 – Edith Wharton, novelist (born 1862) August 21 – Hannah J. Patterson, suffragist and social activist (born 1879)
The twenty popular records in the United States listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954, [8] ... US BB 1937 #27, US #1 for 1 weeks, ...
The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
18 January – Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories (1937–1956) debuts on CBS. [8] 25 January – The Guiding Light (1937–1952) debuts on NBC Red. In June 1952, this series will spawn a television version of the same name. 29 March – Our Gal Sunday (1937–1959) debuts on CBS. 5 July – Arnold Grimm's Daughter debuts on CBS. [8]
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The two most popular books that year were Northwest Passage, by Kenneth Roberts, which held on top of the list for 14 weeks, and The Citadel by A. J. Cronin, which was on top of the list for 9 weeks.
The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1930 through 1939. The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown.
This list of American films of 1937 compiles American feature-length motion pictures that were released in 1937. The 10th Academy Awards , hosted by Bob Burns , were presented on March 10, 1938 at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel .