In 1937, director Josef von Sternberg attempted a film version of I, Claudius, with Charles Laughton as Claudius.

In the screenplay by Anthony Hinds, the main character's name was changed from Doctor Syn to Parson Blyss to avoid rights problems with Disney's upcoming film version, and Captain Cleggs screenplay follows the novel Doctor Syn and the screenplay of the 1937 film closely with the exception of a tightening of the plot.

The Japanese are said to have obtained an Enigma machine as early as 1937, although it is debated whether they were given it by their German ally or bought a commercial version which, except for plugboard and internal wirings, was essentially the German Army / Air Force machine.

The Commission eventually decided in favor of a slightly modified version of Nihon-shiki, which was proclaimed to be Japan's official romanization for all purpose by a September 21, 1937 cabinet ordinance and is now known as Kunrei-shiki.

Her career as the primary actress of Fox Studios continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born ( 1937 ).

Whether this article refers to an early version of the contemporary dance by the same name is still a matter of debate, as some historians claim that Carolina Shag is a descendant of Carolina Jitterbug, and its predecessor, Little Apple ( whose origins can supposedly be traced to Columbia, S. C. in 1937 ).

In 1937, also for Korda, he starred in an ill-fated film version of the classic novel, I, Claudius, by Robert Graves, which was abandoned during filming owing to the injuries suffered by co-star Merle Oberon in a car crash.

Hersholt's best remembered film roles included Marcus Schouler in Erich von Stroheim's 1924 Greed and Shirley Temple's beloved grandfather in the 1937 film version of the 1880 children's book, Heidi, written by Swiss author Johanna Spyri.

MGM bought in 1944 the rights to Gone with the Wind and, at some point, the 1937 version of The Prisoner of Zenda for its 1952 remake ( all today part of the Turner Entertainment library owned by Time Warner ), and 20th Century Fox still holds rights to the remake of A Farewell to Arms.

* GAZ-30 prototype improved version of GAZ-AAA ( 1937 )

There are three different editions of this text: the Rinnō-ji text from 1598 ; a popular version printed in 1672 and a version discovered at Eihei-ji in 1937 which, although undated, is believed to be the oldest extant version.

In 1937 Western, as the request of Kay Kamen ( who oversaw licensing and marketing at Disney ), assumed production of the newsstand version of Mickey Mouse Magazine, which in October 1940 was succeeded by the comic book Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

Hitting his peak in the late 1930s, Nagurski won a limited version of the world championship by defeating Dean Detton on June 29, 1937 ; but he finally achieved full recognition with his first National Wrestling Association world title by defeating Lou Thesz on June 23, 1939.

Matsuyama also made his own lethal version in 1937 or earlier.

Several Silly Symphonies entries, including Three Little Pigs ( 1933 ), The Grasshopper and the Ants ( 1934 ), The Tortoise and the Hare ( 1934 ), The Country Cousin ( 1936 ), The Old Mill ( 1937 ), Wynken, Blynken, and Nod ( 1938 ), and The Ugly Duckling ( 1939, with an earlier black-and-white version from 1931 ), are among the most notable films produced by Walt Disney.

The International Paper Company container plant in Cullen is a scaled-down version of a former pulpwood factory which located here in 1937.

* Poèmes pour Mi (" Poems for Mi "), song cycle ( 1936, orchestral version 1937 )

He played the mad Roman emperor Caligula in an uncompleted 1937 film version of Robert Graves's novel I, Claudius ( with Charles Laughton ); a kindly veterinarian who accidentally causes the death of a murderess ( played by Bette Davis ) in the 1952 suspense drama Another Man's Poison ; and the fool Wamba in the 1952 Ivanhoe ( with Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor ).

In 1931, Finnish aero engineer Toivo J. Kaario began designing a developed version of a vessel using an air cushion and built a prototype ( Surface Soarer ), in 1937.

Some of the titles included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( 1937 ), Pinocchio ( 1940 ), and what was then a recent release, the movie version of 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea that was presented in 1954.

The German version features such elements as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the seven dwarfs, who were first given individual names in the Broadway play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( 1912 ) and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

In 1937, an improved version designated the TB-3 made a landing at the North Pole.

They were followed in 1936 by the Simca Cinq or 5CV, a version of the Fiat Topolino, and in 1937 by the Huit or 8CV version of the Fiat 508C-1100.

Crest of the Wave starred Novello, Dickson and Gilbert, and ran from 1 September 1937 for 203 performances.

In 1937, Jiang joined the Lianhua Film Company and starred in the film Big Thunderstorm.

De Havilland was good friends with Bette Davis with whom she starred in Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 ), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939 ), It's Love I'm After ( 1937 ), and In This Our Life ( 1942 ).

Baxter was a close friend of William Powell with whom he starred in three films and was at Powell's side when Jean Harlow died in 1937.

She made four films in close succession with William Powell: Libeled Lady ( 1936 ), which also starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy, The Great Ziegfeld ( 1936 ), in which she played Billie Burke opposite Powell's Florenz Ziegfeld, the second " Thin Man " film, After the Thin Man with Powell and James Stewart, and the romantic comedy Double Wedding ( 1937 ).

He gained fame in 1937, when he starred as Lenny in Of Mice and Men on Broadway.

But many believed that his greatest successes were in Shakespearean productions in which he both directed and starred, especially Romeo and Juliet ( 1935 ), Richard II ( 1937, 1953 ), King Lear ( 1950, 1955 ), Much Ado About Nothing ( 1952, 1955, 1959 ) and his signature role of Hamlet ( 1934, 1939, 1945 ).

After Go West, Young Man West starred in Every Day's a Holiday ( 1937 ) for Paramount before their association came to an end.

In 1937, he appeared in his first movie Fermo con le mani, and later starred in other 96 films, many of which are still frequently broadcast on Italian television.

He also appeared in Sweethearts, ( 1938 ) the first MGM film in Technicolor, starring Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, and Bolger's future Oz co-star, Frank Morgan, as well as the 1937 Eleanor Powell vehicle Rosalie, which also starred Eddy and Morgan.

She starred opposite Gary Cooper in the adventure The General Died at Dawn and with Ronald Colman in the 1937 box-office success The Prisoner of Zenda.

He starred in twelve B-movie Westerns for Grand National, including Headin ' For The Rio Grande ( 1936 ), and Trouble In Texas ( 1937 ) co-starring Rita Hayworth ( then known as Rita Cansino ).

In 1937, she starred with Humphrey Bogart in Dead End, which would lead to her being nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

The first ( made in 1937 ) was directed by Lloyd Bacon ; starred Pat O ' Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan ; and was filmed at the prison.

Later in the decade, he was the first actor to play " Dr. Kildare ", in the film Internes Can't Take Money ( 1937 ), and he starred in two large-scale Westerns, Wells Fargo ( 1937 ) with his wife Frances Dee, and Cecil B. DeMille's Union Pacific ( 1939 ).

From 1937 to 1939, he starred as " The Octopus " in the " Speed Gibson " adventure series.

She made her first major Hollywood film appearance, recreating her stage role in the film Night Must Fall ( 1937 ), which also starred Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell, and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1937, she appeared in the Rachel Crothers drama Susan and God, and in 1939 starred in Skylark, a comedy by Samson Raphaelson.

It originally opened at the West End Victoria Palace Theatre on December 16, 1937, and starred Lupino Lane.

In 1937 she starred opposite Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in the Academy Award nominated Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley directed musical comedy Gold Diggers of 1937.

Lamour starred in multiple films of this genre, starting with The Hurricane in 1937.