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1938 Top Grossing Movies

Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood

This movie page looks at 1938 Top Grossing Movies.  Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult.   For somebody looking for box office information on 1938 it is very very frustrating.  Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 33,000 movies.  So we figured we would show all the 1938 movies in our database.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1938.  Obviously many movies made in 1937 earned box office dollars in 1938.  On the other side many movies made in 1938 made money in 1939 and later.  This page will looks at 125 1938 Top Grossing Movies.  The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.

The following massive table only includes the movies made in 1938 that are in our database.  Since we are constantly adding new movies to our database….this page will quickly become obsolete.  We will try and update this page on a regular basis.

Clark Gable & Myrna Loy in Test Pilot…a Best Picture Oscar nominee

Our UMR Top 50 of 1938

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 Boys Town (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 You Can't Take It with You (1938)
AA Best Picture Win
1938 Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 Four Daughters (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 Pygmalion (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 Vivacious Lady (1938)
1938 Marie Antoinette (1938)
1938 Mad About Music (1938)
1938 Carefree (1938)
1938 Three Comrades (1938)
1938 Test Pilot (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938 The Young In Heart (1938)
1938 The Dawn Patrol (1938)
1938 Suez (1938)
1938 Crime School (1938)
1938 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1938 Sweethearts (1938)
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
1938 The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
1938 Little Miss Broadway (1938)
1938 Submarine Patrol (1938)
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
1938 That Certain Age (1938)
1938 Holiday (1938)
1938 Kentucky (1938)
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
1938 Stablemates (1938)
1938 Out West with the Hardys (1938)
1938 The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
1938 If I Were King (1938)
1938 Too Hot To Handle (1938)
1938 Just Around the Corner (1938)
1938 Brother Rat (1938)
1938 The Great Waltz (1938)
1938 There's Always A Woman (1938)
1938 The Crowd Roars (1938)
1938 The Rage of Paris (1938)
1938 A Yank at Oxford (1938)
1938 White Banners (1938)
1938 The Buccaneer (1938)
1938 Sing, You Sinners (1938)
1938 Happy Landing (1938)
1938 Trade Winds (1938)
1938 A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

1938 Top Grossing Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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  • Sort 1938 Top Grossing Movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1938 Top Grossing Movies received.
  • Sort 1938 Top Grossing Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR).  Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Errol Flynn &
Olivia de Havilland
10.0 463.0 843.10 4 92 04 / 03 99.7
2 Boys Town (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Spencer Tracy &
Mickey Rooney
11.3 523.7 751.50 2 86 05 / 02 99.4
3 You Can't Take It with You (1938)
AA Best Picture Win
Lionel Barrymore &
James Stewart
8.0 370.4 370.40 7 63 07 / 02 99.3
4 Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Bette Davis &
Henry Fonda
4.3 197.4 270.40 36 84 05 / 02 99.2
4 Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) James Cagney &
Humphrey Bogart
6.5 298.9 432.20 17 89 03 / 00 98.9
4 Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Tyrone Power &
Don Ameche
12.0 555.6 555.60 1 75 06 / 01 98.5
6 Four Daughters (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
John Garfield &
Claude Rains
5.3 246.7 332.80 24 80 00 / 00 98.3
10 The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Robert Donat &
Rosalind Russell
3.9 182.8 481.10 40 79 04 / 00 97.7
8 In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Tyrone Power &
Alice Faye
10.0 463.0 463.00 3 68 06 / 02 97.4
13 Pygmalion (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Wendy Hiller &
Leslie Howard
3.5 160.7 160.70 53 82 04 / 01 97.1
20 Vivacious Lady (1938) Ginger Rogers &
James Stewart
4.2 193.0 273.70 37 82 00 / 00 97.0
10 Marie Antoinette (1938) Norma Shearer &
Tyrone Power
6.5 302.4 547.40 15 76 04 / 00 97.0
12 Mad About Music (1938) Deanna Durbin 6.4 296.3 296.30 18 75 04 / 00 96.8
17 Carefree (1938) Ginger Rogers &
Fred Astaire
4.5 206.1 320.60 34 76 03 / 00 96.7
12 Three Comrades (1938) Margaret Sullavan &
Robert Taylor
4.8 220.9 378.30 31 77 01 / 00 96.6
14 Test Pilot (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Clark Gable &
Spencer Tracy
9.7 450.2 722.80 5 68 03 / 00 96.4
15 The Young In Heart (1938) Paulette Goddard &
Janet Gaynor
5.2 239.8 239.80 28 74 03 / 00 96.4
16 The Dawn Patrol (1938) Errol Flynn &
David Niven
5.3 243.1 404.60 25 76 00 / 00 96.3
19 Suez (1938) Tyrone Power 8.0 370.4 370.40 8 73 03 / 00 96.0
20 Crime School (1938) Humphrey Bogart 4.4 203.5 266.90 35 74 00 / 00 95.8
24 Bringing Up Baby (1938) Cary Grant &
Katharine Hepburn
3.2 150.2 235.20 58 88 00 / 00 95.3
21 Sweethearts (1938) Jeanette MacDonald 8.1 373.5 601.30 6 68 02 / 01 95.0
22 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) Shirley Temple &
Randolph Scott
5.0 231.5 231.50 30 71 00 / 00 94.8
22 The Girl of the Golden West (1938) Jeanette MacDonald 6.4 295.7 533.70 19 71 00 / 00 94.8
23 Little Miss Broadway (1938) Shirley Temple &
Jimmy Durante
7.0 324.1 324.10 10 69 00 / 00 94.2
31 Submarine Patrol (1938) Richard Greene &
John Carradine
3.8 175.9 175.90 43 76 00 / 00 94.0
24 Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Lana Turner &
Mickey Rooney
6.5 303.1 416.10 14 68 00 / 00 94.0
25 That Certain Age (1938) Deanna Durbin &
Melvyn Douglas
6.6 305.6 305.60 13 66 02 / 00 93.8
32 Holiday (1938) Cary Grant &
Katharine Hepburn
3.1 143.3 143.30 64 84 01 / 00 93.7
26 Kentucky (1938) Walter Brennan &
Loretta Young
7.0 324.1 324.10 12 63 01 / 01 93.1
28 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) Bob Hope &
Dorothy Lamour
5.2 240.7 240.70 27 63 01 / 01 93.1
30 Stablemates (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Wallace Beery
5.2 241.7 337.00 26 65 00 / 00 93.1
31 Out West with the Hardys (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Ann Rutherford
6.3 290.4 406.30 20 64 00 / 00 92.6
39 The Arkansas Traveler (1938) Lyle Talbot 3.9 181.5 181.50 41 68 00 / 00 91.9
40 If I Were King (1938) Basil Rathbone &
Ronald Colman
3.2 148.4 148.40 61 75 04 / 00 91.9
32 Too Hot To Handle (1938) Clark Gable &
Myrna Loy
6.5 301.3 443.70 16 62 00 / 00 91.9
40 Just Around the Corner (1938) Shirley Temple &
Joan Davis
4.0 185.2 185.20 39 66 00 / 00 91.8
35 Brother Rat (1938) Priscilla Lane 4.7 219.1 243.90 32 61 00 / 00 91.5
41 The Great Waltz (1938) Miliza Korjus &
Directed by Josef Von Sternberg
3.7 170.0 448.50 47 66 03 / 01 91.1
42 There's Always A Woman (1938) Joan Blondell &
Melvyn Douglas
3.8 175.1 175.10 44 68 00 / 00 91.1
34 The Crowd Roars (1938) Robert Taylor &
Maureen O'Sullivan
5.5 253.5 376.30 23 60 00 / 00 91.1
43 The Rage of Paris (1938) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 3.6 167.7 167.70 49 70 00 / 00 91.0
35 A Yank at Oxford (1938) Vivien Leigh &
Lionel Barrymore
5.2 239.1 506.70 29 59 00 / 00 90.9
47 White Banners (1938) Fay Bainter &
Claude Rains
2.8 128.7 164.60 81 79 01 / 00 90.1
44 The Buccaneer (1938) Anthony Quinn &
Fredric March
5.6 257.2 257.20 22 55 01 / 00 89.8
48 Sing, You Sinners (1938) Bing Crosby &
Fred MacMurray
3.0 138.2 138.20 70 75 00 / 00 89.7
45 Happy Landing (1938) Sonja Henie &
Don Ameche
8.0 370.4 370.40 9 56 00 / 00 89.6
51 Trade Winds (1938) Walter Wanger &
Fredric March
3.9 179.6 250.70 42 59 00 / 00 88.7
50 A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Edward G. Robinson 2.9 135.6 196.70 72 73 00 / 00 88.6
48 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Gary Cooper &
Claudette Colbert
5.6 259.3 259.30 21 53 00 / 00 88.6
50 Algiers (1938) Gene Lockhart &
Charles Boyer
3.2 149.6 250.40 59 65 04 / 00 88.5
51 The Shopworn Angel (1938) James Stewart &
Margaret Sullavan
2.9 133.7 193.00 74 73 00 / 00 88.3
52 Block-Heads (1938) Laurel and Hardy 2.3 108.2 108.20 99 80 01 / 00 88.1
57 Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) Robert Montgomery &
Janet Gaynor
3.5 162.0 162.00 50 63 00 / 00 88.0
53 You And Me (1938) Sylvia Sidney 2.8 128.2 128.20 82 74 00 / 00 88.0
54 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Tommy Kelly 3.0 137.8 137.80 71 70 01 / 00 87.9
59 Spawn of the North (1938) Henry Fonda &
John Barrymore
3.4 156.5 156.50 55 64 00 / 00 87.7
58 The Shining Hour (1938) Joan Crawford &
Robert Young
3.8 174.4 253.10 45 57 00 / 00 87.1
59 The Sisters (1938) Bette Davis &
Errol Flynn
3.7 170.6 249.10 46 58 00 / 00 87.0
59 The Texans (1938) Randolph Scott &
Joan Bennett
3.5 160.2 160.20 54 61 00 / 00 86.9
61 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Edward G. Robinson &
Humphrey Bogart
3.1 145.0 225.40 63 65 00 / 00 86.5
65 Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) Melvyn Douglas 3.6 168.9 168.90 48 57 00 / 00 86.4
64 Four Men And a Prayer (1938) David Niven &
Loretta Young
3.5 162.0 162.00 51 59 00 / 00 86.3
63 The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) Gary Cooper &
Merle Oberon
2.6 121.2 121.20 87 68 03 / 01 86.2
62 The Lady Vanishes (1938) Michael Redgrave &
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
2.1 97.3 97.30 109 79 00 / 00 86.1
67 Five of a Kind (1938) The Dionne Quintuplets 4.0 185.2 185.20 38 51 00 / 00 86.1
66 I Am The Law (1938) Edward G. Robinson 3.0 140.1 140.10 68 64 00 / 00 85.7
68 Joy of Living (1938) Irene Dunne &
Lucille Ball
3.1 143.0 219.80 65 63 00 / 00 85.7
70 Man-Proof (1938) Myrna Loy &
Walter Pidgeon
3.3 152.6 202.80 56 60 00 / 00 85.7
73 Gold is Where You Find It (1938) Olivia de Havilland &
Claude Rains
3.5 161.9 268.00 52 57 00 / 00 85.5
70 Love and Hisses (1938) Walter Winchell 3.2 148.1 148.10 62 61 00 / 00 85.4
72 Young Dr. Kildare (1938) Lionel Barrymore &
Lew Ayres
2.4 112.2 112.20 93 71 00 / 00 85.0
75 Paradise For Three (1938) Robert Young 3.0 140.0 140.00 69 62 00 / 00 84.8
74 Having Wonderful Time (1938) Ginger Rogers &
Lucille Ball
3.1 142.8 186.70 66 61 00 / 00 84.8
77 Cocoanut Grove (1938) 2.9 133.6 133.60 75 63 00 / 00 84.5
78 Room Service (1938) Marx Brothers &
Lucille Ball
2.7 123.1 162.00 84 66 00 / 00 84.3
79 Three Blind Mice (1938) David Niven &
Loretta Young
2.8 128.7 128.70 80 63 00 / 00 84.0
83 Valley of the Giants (1938) Donald Crisp 3.2 150.4 233.70 57 56 00 / 00 83.9
81 Doctor Rhythm (1938) Bing Crosby &
Mary Carlisle
2.9 134.0 134.00 73 61 00 / 00 83.8
76 The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Barbara Stanwyck &
Henry Fonda
2.0 91.9 91.90 118 74 00 / 00 83.6
82 Always Goodbye (1938) Barbara Stanwyck 2.6 121.2 121.20 86 64 00 / 00 83.3
85 Fast Company (1938) Melvyn Douglas 2.9 132.3 132.30 76 60 00 / 00 82.7
85 The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Gary Cooper &
Lana Turner
4.5 207.5 207.50 33 38 00 / 00 82.7
83 Sidewalks of London (1938) Vivien Leigh &
Charles Laughton
2.2 101.9 101.90 103 69 00 / 00 82.7
80 My Lucky Star (1938) Sonja Henie 7.0 324.1 324.10 11 38 00 / 00 82.4
88 The Toy Wife (1938) Robert Young &
Melvyn Douglas
3.2 149.4 149.40 60 53 00 / 00 82.0
87 The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Laurence Olivier &
Merle Oberon
2.5 113.9 113.90 92 62 00 / 00 81.1
92 Yellow Jack (1938) Robert Montgomery 2.7 124.9 124.90 83 58 00 / 00 80.6
89 King of Alcatraz (1938) 2.0 92.8 92.80 115 68 00 / 00 80.5
89 Judge Hardy's Children (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Ruth Hussey
2.3 107.0 166.90 100 63 00 / 00 80.3
94 Lord Jeff (1938) Mickey Rooney 2.5 113.9 113.90 91 60 00 / 00 80.1
87 A Christmas Carol (1938) Reginald Owen &
Leo G. Carroll
1.2 57.8 57.80 155 78 00 / 00 80.0
91 The Gladiator (1938) 2.4 111.3 111.30 95 61 00 / 00 79.9
96 Thanks For The Memory (1938) Bob Hope &
Laura Hope Crews
2.5 115.7 115.70 90 58 00 / 00 79.3
94 The Goldwyn Follies (1938) 2.6 111.4 111.40 88 56 02 / 00 79.2
95 Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Walter Brennan 2.2 100.6 130.20 105 63 00 / 00 79.1
98 College Swing (1938) Bob Hope &
Betty Grable
2.1 97.2 97.20 111 63 00 / 00 78.6
99 Everybody Sing (1938) Judy Garland 2.6 121.3 185.70 85 55 00 / 00 78.4
103 There's That Woman Again (1938) Melvyn Douglas 2.8 128.8 128.80 79 53 00 / 00 78.4
106 Racket Busters (1938) Humphrey Bogart 2.8 131.3 131.30 77 52 00 / 00 78.3
101 Josette (1938) Don Ameche &
Robert Young
2.4 110.1 110.10 97 58 00 / 00 78.2
103 Four's a Crowd (1938) Errol Flynn &
Olivia de Havilland
2.4 112.0 175.00 94 58 00 / 00 78.1
99 Her Jungle Love (1938) Dorothy Lamour &
Ray Milland
1.8 83.4 83.40 127 67 00 / 00 78.1
107 Tropic Holiday (1938) Dorothy Lamour &
Ray Milland
2.8 130.6 130.60 78 51 01 / 00 78.0
100 Merrily We Live (1938) Billie Burke 1.2 50.2 50.20 159 71 05 / 00 77.8
106 Gateway (1938) Lyle Talbot &
Don Ameche
2.3 105.3 105.30 101 59 00 / 00 77.4
106 Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) Peter Lorre 2.2 101.5 101.50 104 60 00 / 00 77.3
114 Spring Madness (1938) Maureen O'Sullivan 3.1 141.7 141.70 67 46 00 / 00 76.7
108 Battle of Broadway (1938) Victor McLaglen 2.1 97.3 97.30 110 60 00 / 00 76.6
109 Radio City Revels (1938) Jack Oakie 1.9 90.2 90.20 120 62 00 / 00 76.5
110 Dramatic School (1938) Lana Turner &
Paulette Goddard
1.9 88.0 88.00 122 63 00 / 00 76.4
113 Wide Open Faces (1938) 2.1 97.5 97.50 108 60 00 / 00 76.4
112 Flirting With Fate (1938) 2.4 110.2 110.20 96 56 00 / 00 76.3
116 Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Dick Powell
2.4 108.9 142.00 98 56 00 / 00 76.0
112 There Goes My Heart (1938) Fredric March 1.7 80.0 80.00 136 64 01 / 00 75.9
115 Listen, Darling (1938) Judy Garland &
Walter Pidgeon
1.5 70.6 108.00 145 67 00 / 00 75.6
117 Zaza (1938) Claudette Colbert &
Herbert Marshall
1.8 81.4 81.40 134 64 00 / 00 75.6
117 Hard to Get (1938) Olivia de Havilland &
Dick Powell
1.8 82.8 116.10 128 63 00 / 00 75.4
119 Men with Wings (1938) Fred MacMurray &
Ray Milland
1.6 74.1 74.10 144 66 00 / 00 75.2
119 Love Is A Headache (1938) 1.8 81.4 81.40 133 63 00 / 00 74.7
120 Service de Luxe (1938) 1.4 62.0 62.00 148 68 00 / 00 74.6
122 Blockade (1938) Henry Fonda &
Walter Wanger
1.9 89.8 174.10 121 58 02 / 00 74.6
121 Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) Peter Lorre 1.9 86.5 86.50 124 61 00 / 00 74.4
124 Garden of the Moon (1938) 2.1 98.5 125.40 107 57 00 / 00 74.0
124 The Beachcomber (1938) Charles Laughton 1.8 84.8 84.80 125 61 00 / 00 73.8
127 Hold That Kiss (1938) Maureen O'Sullivan &
Mickey Rooney
2.2 100.2 100.20 106 56 00 / 00 73.6
126 Give Me a Sailor (1938) Bob Hope &
Betty Grable
1.7 78.7 78.70 139 62 00 / 00 73.4
128 The First Hundred Years (1938) Robert Montgomery 2.0 94.9 94.90 114 56 00 / 00 72.7
129 Swiss Miss (1938) Laurel and Hardy 1.8 82.4 82.40 131 60 00 / 00 72.2
129 Say It In French (1938) Ray Milland 1.7 79.0 79.00 137 61 00 / 00 72.2
133 Letter of Introduction (1938) Ann Sheridan 2.5 115.8 115.80 89 49 00 / 00 71.8
130 My Bill (1938) Kay Francis 1.5 69.6 103.50 146 63 00 / 00 71.7
130 Sky Giant (1938) Joan Fontaine &
Richard Dix
1.5 68.5 95.90 147 63 00 / 00 71.3
136 The Baroness and the Butler (1938) William Powell 2.1 96.6 96.60 112 54 00 / 00 70.8
136 Illegal Traffic (1938) 1.8 82.7 82.70 129 58 00 / 00 70.3
137 We're Going to Be Rich (1938) Victor McLaglen 1.8 82.6 82.60 130 58 00 / 00 70.2
139 Going Places (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Dick Powell
1.9 87.0 123.90 123 54 01 / 00 68.8
140 Hold That Co-Ed (1938) John Barrymore 1.8 84.6 84.60 126 56 00 / 00 68.7
137 Comet Over Broadway (1938) Kay Francis &
Donald Crisp
0.8 36.3 63.90 178 71 00 / 00 68.5
141 Straight Place and Show (1938) 2.0 92.7 92.70 116 53 00 / 00 68.3
142 Port of Seven Seas (1938) Maureen O'Sullivan &
Wallace Beery
1.7 78.4 78.40 140 57 00 / 00 68.2
140 Youth Takes A Fling (1938) Joel McCrea 1.3 62.0 62.00 149 62 00 / 00 67.4
143 Kidnapped (1938) Warner Baxter 1.1 47.8 47.80 161 64 00 / 00 65.9
146 Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) Peter Lorre 1.7 78.7 78.70 138 55 00 / 00 65.9
150 Boy Meets Girl (1938) James Cagney &
Ronald Reagan
2.2 103.9 121.10 102 47 00 / 00 65.8
149 The Devil's Party (1938) 2.0 92.3 92.30 117 51 00 / 00 65.6
142 Of Human Hearts (1938) Beulah Bondi 0.9 40.0 40.00 171 66 01 / 00 65.6
143 Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) Alice Faye 1.2 54.0 54.00 158 63 00 / 00 65.5
146 The Girl Downstairs (1938) Franchot Tone 1.3 60.2 60.20 150 61 00 / 00 65.4
148 The Jury's Secret (1938) Fay Wray 1.2 55.8 55.80 157 62 00 / 00 65.0
153 Men Are Such Fools (1938) Humphrey Bogart &
Priscilla Lane
2.1 95.6 95.60 113 49 00 / 00 64.5
157 Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) John Barrymore 2.0 91.7 91.70 119 50 00 / 00 64.2
154 Girls On Probation (1938) Susan Hayward &
Ronald Reagan
1.8 81.7 99.30 132 53 00 / 00 64.1
159 I Met My Love Again (1938) Henry Fonda &
Joan Bennett
1.7 80.7 110.30 135 53 00 / 00 63.7
150 Secrets of An Actress (1938) Kay Francis 1.1 50.6 71.90 162 62 00 / 00 63.6
153 Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) Evalyn Knapp 1.0 45.3 45.30 163 63 00 / 00 63.0
157 Start Cheering (1938) Jimmy Durante 1.7 72.2 72.20 142 54 00 / 00 62.8
158 I'll Give A Million (1938) Peter Lorre 0.6 25.6 25.60 189 69 00 / 00 62.5
155 Port of Shadows (1938) Jean Gabin &
Michel Simon
0.0 1.3 1.30 212 77 00 / 00 62.0
161 Ride A Crooked Mile (1938) 0.9 43.8 43.80 169 63 00 / 00 61.3
162 Artists and Models Abroad (1938) Joan Bennett 1.7 78.1 78.10 141 52 00 / 00 61.1
161 Topper Takes a Trip (1938) Constance Bennett 0.7 32.3 32.30 182 65 01 / 00 60.7
163 Fools For Scandal (1938) Carole Lombard &
Ralph Bellamy
1.3 58.1 58.10 154 57 00 / 00 59.9
167 The Beloved Brat (1938) Donald Crisp 1.3 59.6 59.60 151 56 00 / 00 59.1
163 The Saint in New York (1938) 1.0 43.5 80.10 165 61 00 / 00 59.0
166 Professor Beware (1938) 1.1 49.3 49.30 160 58 00 / 00 57.9
167 Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) 0.2 10.1 10.10 200 71 00 / 00 57.3
166 Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) Ann Sheridan 1.3 58.5 58.50 152 55 00 / 00 56.2
169 Swing Your Lady (1938) Humphrey Bogart &
Ronald Reagan
1.6 75.9 96.70 143 49 00 / 00 55.1
171 Broadway Musketeers (1938) Ann Sheridan 1.0 45.6 58.00 166 57 00 / 00 52.3
171 Thanks For Everything (1938) Adolphe Menjou 1.0 42.4 42.40 167 57 00 / 00 51.0
172 South Riding (1938) Ralph Richardson 0.6 28.0 28.00 188 61 00 / 00 50.3
175 Women Are Like That (1938) Kay Francis 1.3 58.3 80.00 153 51 00 / 00 49.4
173 Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) Lana Turner &
Robert Young
0.5 24.5 24.50 190 62 00 / 00 49.2
176 One Wild Night (1938) Lyle Talbot 0.9 43.5 43.50 170 56 00 / 00 49.1
176 Climbing High (1938) Michael Redgrave 0.9 41.0 41.00 172 56 00 / 00 48.8
180 Tarnished Angel (1938) 0.9 39.8 39.80 173 56 00 / 00 46.7
180 Romance In The Dark (1938) John Barrymore 0.7 34.4 34.40 181 57 00 / 00 46.6
176 Keep Smiling (1938) 0.4 17.4 17.40 195 62 00 / 00 46.2
181 Partners of the Plains (1938) William Boyd 0.1 4.3 4.30 209 66 00 / 00 45.1
181 Prairie Moon (1938) 0.1 5.9 5.90 207 65 00 / 00 44.6
182 King of the Newsboys (1938) 0.8 35.1 35.10 179 56 00 / 00 44.0
183 He Couldn't Say No (1938) 0.6 30.0 40.00 186 57 00 / 00 42.7
189 Change of Heart (1938) Lyle Talbot 1.0 44.7 44.70 168 52 00 / 00 42.3
182 Sailing Long (1938) 0.1 5.6 5.60 206 64 00 / 00 42.1
184 The Purple Vigilantes (1938) Joan Barclay 0.1 3.0 3.00 210 64 00 / 00 41.3
185 Up The River (1938) 0.7 31.1 31.10 183 55 00 / 00 41.2
190 Newsboys' Home (1938) 0.7 31.4 31.40 185 55 00 / 00 40.8
187 The Old Barn Dance (1938) 0.5 23.3 23.30 192 58 00 / 00 40.5
192 Love Honor and Behave (1938) Priscilla Lane 1.2 56.5 74.10 156 47 00 / 00 39.0
194 Campus Confessions (1938) Betty Grable &
William Henry
1.0 47.2 47.20 164 49 00 / 00 38.4
190 Accidents Will Happen (1938) Ronald Reagan 0.7 33.0 46.30 184 54 00 / 00 38.4
191 The Farmer Goes To Town (1938) 0.2 9.4 9.40 203 61 00 / 00 36.9
194 Western Jamboree (1938) 0.1 2.9 2.90 211 62 00 / 00 35.9
195 Scandal Street (1938) 0.5 22.1 22.10 193 55 00 / 00 33.8
196 Woman Against Woman (1938) 0.3 15.2 15.20 197 57 00 / 00 32.1
196 The Invisible Menace (1938) Boris Karloff 0.8 38.0 57.40 177 49 00 / 00 30.3
199 Mystery House (1938) Ann Sheridan 0.8 38.5 38.50 176 48 00 / 00 29.1
201 The Spy Ring (1938) 0.7 34.4 34.40 180 49 00 / 00 28.4
200 Man from Music Mountain (1938) 0.2 7.1 7.10 205 57 00 / 00 27.5
200 Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) Rudy Vallee &
Directed vy Ray Enright
0.4 19.5 19.50 194 52 00 / 00 26.8
203 Stolen Heaven (1938) Lewis Stone 0.4 15.5 15.50 196 53 00 / 00 26.3
202 Double Danger (1938) Preston Foster 0.2 9.8 9.80 199 55 00 / 00 26.1
203 Smashing The Spy Ring (1938) 0.5 23.4 23.40 191 50 00 / 00 24.7
204 Flight To Fame (1938) 0.8 36.4 36.40 175 46 00 / 00 24.5
206 Orage/Storm (1938) 0.2 7.6 7.60 204 55 00 / 00 24.2
208 Sergeant Murphy (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Donald Crisp
0.8 39.1 51.70 174 43 00 / 00 21.2
205 The Lady Objects (1938) 0.2 9.0 9.00 201 52 00 / 00 20.7
207 A Royal Divorce (1938) 0.1 4.4 4.40 208 52 00 / 00 17.5
209 The Patient in Room 18 (1938) Ann Sheridan 0.6 28.9 37.80 187 44 00 / 00 17.1
209 Goodbye Broadway (1938) 0.3 12.0 12.00 198 47 00 / 00 13.5
211 Breaking The Ice (1938) 0.2 8.9 8.90 202 47 00 / 00 12.5
Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby

My Main Sources

Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers

Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers

Source 3: Variety Magazine – January 6th 1943

Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions – 1941,1942,1947,1954,1961,1968,1971,1974

Source 5: Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise 1930-1942 by Tino Balio

Source 6: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon

Source 7:  Wikipedia

Source 8:  IMDb.com

Source 9:  “Revenue sharing and the coming of sound” by H. Mark Glancy

Source 10: Hollywood Power Stats by Christopher Reynolds


My Yearly Review Pages

  • 1938 Movies Ranked Best to Worst  Our movie of the year?  The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • 1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst  Our movie of the year?  Gone With The Wind
  • 1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst  Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
  • 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst  Our movie of the year?  The Best Years of Our Lives
  • 1952 Movies Ranked Best to Worst  Our movie of the year?  Greatest Show On Earth
  • 1959 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year? Ben-Hur
  • 1976 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year? Rocky
  • 2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year?  The Help
  • 2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year? Argo
  • 2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year?  Gravity
  • 2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year?  American Sniper
  • 2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year?  The Martian
  • 2016 Movies Ranked Best to Worst   Our movie of the year?   La La Land
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  1. Max says:
    May 5, 2018 at 4:25 am

    Hello Bruce, did you have box office figures for “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” released in 1938 and produced by David O’Selznick ?

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    1. Cogerson says:
      May 5, 2018 at 12:18 pm

      Hey Max….The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is sitting in 54th place. By using the Harrison Reports, some books and wiki…..was able to produce a box office number for the movie. That is by far, NOT, the source we want to use….but we feel pretty good about the result. Plus….by knowing it lost $300,000 on a $1.50 million budget……we have another formula we can use……and both calculations produced the same number.

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  2. John says:
    March 13, 2017 at 11:27 am

    Cogerson

    Interesting stats as usual. My tally is 33 of your listed films that I recall watching. Just looking at your critics’ ratings, there are 9 movies rated above 80, (and none above 90). 1939 has 19 above 80 on your critics’ ratings, which I think are not definitive, but these totals are about what I would expect going in. I agree with Steve that only The Adventures of Robin Hood really seems a first water classic. Bringing Up Baby? Funny, but also silly at times. It has been a while since I last watched it, but it did seem to me that characters stepped out of character at times to provide farce. I guess how one reacts to that determines if one thinks of this one as one of the funniest of all time or just a pretty good comedy. Marie Antoinette deserves a mention for utter lavishness. MGM’s Palace of Versailles was actually bigger than the original. Ah, Hollywood at its grandest! About that one—Norma Shearer in my judgment, despite acting occasionally marred by over emphatic silent film gestures, probably gave the best performance by an actress during that year, going convincingly from a naïve teen-age girl to a broken woman heading to the guillotine. The movie is surprisingly candid about Louis XVI’s impotence, and the performances of Robert Morley (who should have gotten the best supporting actor Oscar) as Louis XVI, John Barrymore as Louis XV, and Joseph Schildkraut as the Duc d’Orleans are first rate. Schildkraut really goes all the way into mincing, effeminate posturing. Despite all kinds of flaws, and historical omissions, I find myself returning to this one quite often. The Great Waltz is another MGM extravaganza which has fallen through the cracks. It is a “biography” of Johann Strauss. Of course, as biography it is worthless, but the presentations of Tales of the Vienna Woods and The Blue Danube by imported director Julian Duvivier are spectacular. I think Duvivier should have won the best director Oscar. Pygmalion also deserves a mention as a very well done version of the Shaw play. Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller were much better casting than the aging Rex Harrison of 1964 and the miscast Audrey Hepburn.
    1938? The lull before the explosion.

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    1. Cogerson from Dublin...Dublin, Virginia says:
      March 13, 2017 at 3:39 pm

      Hey John
      1. Great comment….it was fun to read.
      2. Tally count: Dan – triple digits Flora/Lupino 34, John 33, Steve 16+, Cogerson 14.
      3. Love the mini-reviews on the movies.
      4. You have me interested in seeing The Great Waltz.
      5. Good take on Bringing Up Baby.
      6. So 1939 has twice as many 80% movies than 1938…well that makes sense.
      Thanks for all of the feedback.

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  3. John says:
    March 13, 2017 at 10:49 am

    Cogerson and anyone interested

    1938 was actually a bad economic year. After unemployment was at 20% and more through 1935, it fell to 16.8% in 1936, and 14.2% in 1937. But the “second Depression” in 1938 sent it back to 19% in 1938. Unemployment would be 17% in 1939 & 14.5% in 1940. So the bottom line is 1938 & 1939 were worse economically than 1936 & 1937. This might explain the poor box office performance of some movies, such as Bringing Up Baby.
    I recall that my old history prof back in the stone age (early 1960’s) blamed this second Depression on FDR trying to balance the budget.

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    1. Cogerson from Dublin...Dublin, Virginia says:
      March 13, 2017 at 3:05 pm

      Hey John….thanks for a very good comment. Great stats on the second Depression….which I only vaguely remember reading about.

      As President….I am sure FDR was used to being blamed for everything…..lol.

      As for Bringing Up Baby….an out of control budget pretty much sunk that movie. But luckily it overcame that to become an all-time classic.

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  4. Cogerson says:
    March 12, 2017 at 11:46 pm

    Hey Dan. Wow..,what a massive list. Your tally easily tops the rest of us. Lots of great information on in this list. Reading your lists makes me realize I need to combine my records. Currently I have a red notebook from the 1980s, Letterboxd.com for the last three years….and an Access database from 2005 to 2014.

    I am envious that you have seen so many of these classics on the big screen. Glad you are able to post these lists. It lets poeople see all the hard work you have done to make a log of your movie viewing history….very impressive….my hat off to you!

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  5. Dan says:
    March 12, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    These are the 155 1938 films I have seen since December 1992 when I hit film number 8000 that I had seen and started logging them two ways. Before that it was alphabetical but I added chronological then. Any classics I have probably seen before that, like the best picture of 1938 You Can’t Take it With You whick I saw in the Regency revival theater in 1979 with Twentieth Century (1934) with Carole Lombard.

    The films are listed alphabetically followed by studio, star or co-stars (I stopped that part a few years ago) , date seen and source (TV channel, tape, DVD). A few notes FXM is the Fox Movie Channel, FN or First National is just another name for Warner Brothers, CUNY is a public television channel in the city etc.

    ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN 1938 WB RONALD REAGAN 2/10 1993 TNT
    ADVENTURES OF CHICO (DOC.) 1938 WOODARD BROS XXX XXX 12/26 1995 13
    ALEXANDER NEVSKY (U.S.S.R.) 1938 ARKINO XXX XXX 11/16 1996 BRAVO
    ARSENE LUPIN RETURNS 1938 MGM MELVYN DOUGLAS VIRGINIA BRUCE 1/9 2008 TCM
    BANK HOLIDAY (U.K.) 1938 GAUMONT BRITISH MARGARET LOCKWOOD JOHN LODGE 10/22 2013 TCM
    BARONESS AND THE BUTLER 1938 FOX WILLIAM POWELL ANNABELLA 7/31 2000 FXM
    BELOVED BRAT 1938 FN BONITTA GRANVILLE DONALD CRISP 9/17 2003 TCM
    BILLY THE KID RETURNS 1938 REP ROY ROGERS 12/19 2013 DVD
    BIRTHRIGHT 1938 MICHEAUX 7/29 2016 TCM
    BLACK BANDIT 1938 UNI BOB BAKER MARJORIE REYNOLDS 2/24 2008 DVD
    BLIND ALIBI 1938 RKO RICHARD DIX 2/6 1993 AMC
    BLOCKADE 1938 UA MADELEINE CARROLL HENRY FONDA 2/28 2012 TCM
    BORDER WOLVES 1938 UNI BOB BAKER CONSTANCE MOORE 3/1 2008 DVD
    BOY OF THE STREETS 1938 MONO JACKIE COOPER 8/21 1994 CUNY
    BROADWAY MUSKETEERS 1938 FN ANN SHERIDAN MARIE WILSON 2/19 2000 TCM
    BULLDOG DRUMMOND IN AFRICA 1938 PAR JOHN HOWARD HEATHER ANGEL 4/15 2014 DVD
    BULLDOG DRUMMOND’S PERIL 1938 PAR JOHN HOWARD JOHN BARRYMORE 4/24 2014 DVD
    CALL OF THE YUKON 1938 REP RICHARD ARLEN LYLE TALBOT 5/7 1997 21
    CASSIDY OF BAR 20 1938 PAR WILLIAM BOYD 4/5 2000 WEST
    CHALLENGE, THE (U.K.) 1938 FILM ALLIANCE ROBERT DOUGLAS JOHN GARDNER 2/12 2004 ACTN
    CHECKERS 1938 FOX JANE WITHERS 5/31 1993 TAPE
    COME ON RANGERS 1938 REP ROY ROGERS LYNNE ROBERTS 6/13 1993 21
    COMET OVER BROADWAY 1938 FN KAY FRANCIS IAN HUNTER 2/12 2000 TCM
    CONVICTS AT LARGE 1938 PRINCIPAL RALPH FORBES PAULA STONE 10/16 2006 DVD
    COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN 1938 WB DICK POWELL PAT O’BRIEN 10/17 2000 TCM
    CRASHING THROUGH DANGER 1938 EXCELSIOR XXX XXX 9/1 1996 31
    CRIME SCHOOL 1938 WB HUMPHREY BOGART 4/26 1994 TMC
    DAREDEVIL DRIVERS 1938 FN DICK PURCELL BEVERLY ROBERTS 7/25 2005 TCM
    DESERT PATROL 1938 REP BOB STEELE MARION WELDON 7/5 2003 WEST
    DEVIL’S PARTY 1938 UNI VICTOR MCLAGLEN PAUL KELLY 2/22 2007 DVD
    DOUBLE DANGER 1938 RKO PRESTON FOSTER 7/26 1993 AMC
    DRAMATIC SCHOOL 1938 MGM LUISE RAINER PAULETTE GODDARD 1/12 2004 TCM
    DUKE IS TOPS 1938 PARADON LENA HORNE 10/15 2001 BSTZ
    EVERYBODY SING 1938 MGM JUDY GARLAND ALLAN JONES 6/10 2002 TCM
    EVERYBODY’S DOING IT 1938 RKO PRESTON FOSTER SALLY EILERS 4/4 1994 AMC
    FAST COMPANY 1938 MGM MELVYN DOUGLAS FLORENCE RICE 10/7 1999 TCM
    FEUD MAKER 1938 REP BOB STEELE MARION WELDON 11/4 2013 DVD
    FIRST HUNDRED YEARS 1938 MGM ROBERT MONTGOMERY VIRGINIA BRUCE 8/29 1998 TCM
    FIVE OF A KIND 1938 FOX DIONNE QUINTUPLETS JEAN HERSHOLT 1/18 2007 FXM
    FLASH GORDON’S TRIP TO MARS 1938 UNI BUSTER CRABBE JEAN ROGERS 8/26 2011 DVD
    FOOLS FOR SCANDAL 1938 WB CAROLE LOMBARD FERNAND GRAVET 5/24 2000 TCM
    FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS 1938 MGM EDDIE CANTOR JUDITH ANDERSON 5/9 2004 TCM
    FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER 1938 FOX LORETTA YOUNG RICHARD GREENE 8/6 1999 AMC
    FOUR’S A CROWD 1938 WB ERROL FLYNN ROSALIND RUSSELL 7/25 1994 TMC
    FRONTIER TOWN 1938 GN TEX RITTER ANN EVERS 10/17 2013 DVD
    FUGITIVES FOR A NIGHT 1938 RKO XXX XXX 10/18 1993 AMC
    GARDEN OF THE MOON 1938 WB PAT O’BRIEN JOHN PAYNE 9/13 1998 TCM
    GATEWAY 1938 FOX DON AMECHE ARLEEN WHELAN 6/23 1993 AMC
    GIRL DOWNSTAIRS 1938 MGM FRANCHOT TONE RITA JOHNSON 9/28 2003 TCM
    GIRLS SCHOOL 1938 RKO ANNE SHIRLEY 2/19 2007 TCM
    GO CHASE YOURSELF 1938 RKO LUCILLE BALL 1/10 1993 AMC
    GOING PLACES 1938 WB DICK POWELL ANITA LOUISE 3/10 1999 TCM
    GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS 1938 WB RUDY VALLEE ROSEMARY LANE 1/16 1999 TCM
    GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT 1938 WB GEORGE BRENT OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND 7/4 1994 TNT
    GOLD MINE IN THE SKY 1938 REP GENE AUTRY 10/13 2004 WEST
    GREAT ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL HICKOK 1938 COLUMBIA 3/27 2013 DVD
    GUILTY TRAILS 1938 UNI BOB BAKER MARJORIE REYNOLDS 3/23 2008 DVD
    GUN LAW 1938 RKO GEORGE O’BRIEN RITA OEHMEN 9/2 2003 TCM
    GUNSMOKE RANCH 1938 REP BOB LIVINGSTON RAY CORRIGAN 1/21 2004 WEST
    HARD TO GET 1938 WB OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND DICK POWELL 2/3 2001 TCM
    HE COULDN’T SAY NO 1938 WB FRANK MCHUGH JANE WYMAN 9/26 2000 TCM
    HEART OF ARIZONA 1938 PAR WILLIAM BOYD GABBY HAYES 4/24 2000 WEST
    HEART OF THE NORTH 1938 WB DICK FORAN JAMES STEPHENSON 4/11 1999 TCM
    HIGH COMMAND 1938 GN JAMES MASON 1/6 1995 A & E
    HOLD THAT KISS 1938 MGM MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN DENNIS O’KEEFE 6/9 1999 TCM
    I AM THE LAW 1938 COL EDWARD G. ROBINSON OTTO KRUGER 12/8 2008 TCM
    I MET MY LOVE AGAIN 1938 UA JOAN BENNETT HENRY FONDA 8/12 2013 TCM
    I’M FROM THE CITY 1938 RKO XXX XXX 4/7 1993 AMC
    IN OLD MEXICO 1938 PAR WILLIAM BOYD 4/19 2002 WEST
    INTERNATIONAL CRIME 1938 GN ROD LA ROCQUE VALERIE HOBSON 10/30 2005 DVD
    INVISIBLE MENACE 1938 WB BORIS KARLOFF MARIE WILSON 6/5 2000 TCM
    ISLAND IN THE SKY 1938 FOX GLORIA STUART MICHAEL WHALEN 1/4 2010 FXM
    JUST AROUND THE CORNER 1938 FOX SHIRLEY TEMPLE JOAN DAVIS 12/12 1995 FAM
    JUVENILE COURT 1938 COL PAUL KELLY RITA HAYWORTH 4/4 2007 TCM
    KENTUCKY MOONSHINE 1938 FOX RITZ BROTHERS TONY MARTIN 1/5 1993 AMC
    KIDNAPPED 1938 FOX WARNER BAXTER FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW 9/3 2001 FXM
    LAST STAND 1938 UNI XXX XXX 3/27 2008 DVD
    LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD 1938 RKO CHESTER MORRIS ANNE SHIRLEY 4/13 1993 AMC
    LAW WEST OF TOMBSTONE 1938 RKO TIM HOLT HARRY CAREY 11/24 1992 AMC
    LAWLESS VALLEY 1938 RKO GEORGE O’BRIEN 7/16 1994 AMC
    LITTLE MISS THOROUGHBRED 1938 WB ANN SHERIDAN JOHN LITEL 1/25 2001 TCM
    LITTLE TOUGH GUY 1938 UNI HELEN PARRISH BILLY HALOP 8/24 1997 21
    LONE RANGER 1938 REP 4/7 2012 DVD
    LORD JEFF 1938 MGM FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW CHARLES COBURN 9/19 1998 TCM
    LOVE IS A HEADACHE 1938 MGM FRANCHOT TONE GLADYS GEORGE 6/12 1999 TCM
    LOVE ON A BUDGET 1938 FOX JED PROUTY SPRING BYINGTON 10/10 2008 FXM
    MAID’S NIGHT OUT 1938 RKO JOAN FONTAINE ALLAN LANE 1/11 1994 AMC
    MAN TO REMEMBER 1938 RKO EDWARD ELLIS ANNE SHIRLEY 4/14 2007 TCM
    MAN-PROOF 1938 MGM WALTER PIDGEON FRANCHOT TONE 6/7 2004 TCM
    MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS 1938 WB HUMPHREY BOGART PRISCILLA LANE 6/17 2000 TCM
    MERRILY WE LIVE 1938 MGM CONSTANCE BENNETT BRIAN AHERNE 9/6 2006 TCM
    MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKENS 1938 RKO RUBY KEELER 3/6 1993 AMC
    MR. CHUMP 1938 WB JOHNNIE DAVIS LOLA LANE 10/12 2011 TCM
    MR. DOODLE KICKS OFF 1938 RKO JACK CARSON 10/17 1993 AMC
    MY BILL 1938 FN KAY FRANCIS BONITA GRANVILLE 2/27 1999 TCM
    MYSTERY HOUSE 1938 FN ANN SHERIDAN DICK PURCELL 3/16 2005 TCM
    NEXT TIME I MARRY 1938 RKO LUCILLE BALL JAMES ELLISON 5/3 1993 AMC
    OF HUMAN HEARTS 1938 MGM WALTER HUSTON JAMES STEWART 7/3 1994 TNT
    OLD BARN DANCE 1938 REP GENE AUTRY 9/5 1994 21
    OUTER GATE 1938 MONO RALPH MORGAN KAY LINAKER 10/18 2006 DVD
    OVER THE WALL 1938 WB DICK FORAN JUNE TRAVIS 4/11 2004 TCM
    PAINTED DESERT 1938 RKO GEORGE O’BRIEN LARAINE DAY 3/5 1994 AMC
    PARADISE FOR THREE 1938 MGM ROBERT YOUNG FRANK MORGAN 10/11 2000 TCM
    PAROLED TO DIE 1938 REP BOB STEELE KATHLEEN ELLIOTT 4/19 2011 DVD
    PATIENT IN ROOM 18 1938 FN ANN SHERIDAN PATRIC KNOWLES 2/22 2001 TCM
    PENROD AND HIS TWIN BROTHER 1938 WB BOBBY AND BILLY MAUCH SPRING BYINGTON 11/10 2007 TCM
    PENROD’S DOUBLE TROUBLE 1938 WB BOBBY AND BILLY MAUCH GENE LOCKHART 11/12 2007 TCM
    PRAIRIE MOON 1938 REP GENE AUTRY 8/1 2004 WEST
    RAWHIDE 1938 FOX XXX XXX 2/5 1995 21
    REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM 1938 FOX SHIRLEY TEMPLE RANDOLPH SCOTT 7/10 1994 FAM
    RENFREW OF THE GREAT WHITE TRAIL 1938 GN XXX XXX 6/22 1997 21
    RETURN OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (U.K.) 1938 UA JAMES MASON BARRY BARNES 9/16 2013 TCM
    RHYTHM OF THE SADDLE 1938 REP GENE AUTRY SMILEY BURNETTE 2/15 2005 WEST
    RICH MAN POOR GIRL 1938 MGM ROBERT YOUNG LEW AYRES 2/8 2001 TCM
    ROLLIN’ PLAINS 1938 GN TEX RITTER 5/26 1994 TAPE
    SAILING ALONG (U.K.) 1938 GAUMONT BRITISH JESSIE MATTHEWS ROLAND YOUNG 11/13 2008 TCM
    SALESLADY 1938 MONO ANNE NAGEL 8/4 1995 TAPE
    SANTA FE STAMPEDE 1938 REP JOHN WAYNE JUNE MARTEL 9/13 2003 WEST
    SECRETS OF AN ACTRESS 1938 FN KAY FRANCIS GEORGE BRENT 2/9 1999 TCM
    SERGEANT MURPHY 1938 WB RONALD REAGAN MARY MAGUIRE 3/14 2004 TCM
    SHINING HOUR 1938 MGM JOAN CRAWFORD ROBERT YOUNG 8/20 1998 TCM
    SHOPWORN ANGEL 1938 MGM MARGARET SULLIVAN JAMES STEWART 12/23 1998 TCM
    SIDEWALKS OF LONDON (U.K.) 1938 PAR CHARLES LAUGHTON VIVIEN LEIGH 3/3 1997 55
    SINNERS IN PARADISE 1938 UNI MADGE EVANS JOHN BOLES 1/29 2007 DVD
    SIX-SHOOTIN’ SHERIFF 1938 GN 10/16 2013 DVD
    SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER 1938 WB EDWARD G. ROBINSON 1/4 1999 TCM
    SPAWN OF THE NORTH 1938 PAR GEORGE RAFT HENRY FONDA 1/10 1995 AMC
    SPIDER’S WEB 1938 COL XXX XXX 5/16 1996 TAPE
    SPIRIT OF YOUTH 1938 GN XXX XXX 9/24 1999 TCM
    SPRING MADNESS 1938 MGM MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN LEW AYRES 4/22 2003 TCM
    START CHEERING 1938 COL JIMMY DURANTE 4/16 2007 TCM
    STRAIGHT, PLACE AND SHOW 1938 FOX RITZ BROS. ETHEL MERMAN 4/24 2005 TCM
    SUNSET TRAIL 1938 PAR WILLIAM BOYD 7/17 2000 WEST
    SWING 1938 MICHEAUX XXX XXX 1/10 1999 TCM
    SWING IT SAILOR! 1938 GN 8/22 2015 DVD
    SWING YOUR LADY 1938 WB HUMPHREY BOGART PENNY SINGLETON 5/1 2001 TCM
    TARNISHED ANGEL 1938 RKO LEE BOWMAN ANN MILLER 4/11 2002 TCM
    THE BEACHCOMBER (U.K.) 1938 PAR CHARLES LAUGHTON 10/27 1994 31
    THE BUCCANEER 1938 PAR FREDRIC MARCH 1/24 1993 AMC
    THE CHASER 1938 MGM DENNIS O’KEEFE 2/8 2001 TCM
    THE FRONTIERSMAN 1938 PAR WILLIAM BOYD 6/26 2000 WEST
    THE SISTERS 1938 WB BETTE DAVIS ERROL FLYNN 6/21 2000 TCM
    THERE GOES MY HEART 1938 UA FREDRIC MARCH VIRGINIA BRUCE 5/20 2008 TCM
    THERE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN 1938 COL JOAN BLONDELL MELVYN DOUGLAS 5/3 2007 TCM
    THIS MARRIAGE BUSINESS 1938 RKO ALLAN LANE 11/27 1992 AMC
    THREE LOVES HAS NANCY 1938 MGM JANET GAYNOR ROBERT MONTGOMERY 4/15 2002 TCM
    THUNDER IN THE DESERT 1938 REP 11/23 2013 DVD
    TOO MUCH JOHNSON 1938 MERCURY THEATER 5/3 2015 TCM
    TORCHY BLAINE IN CHINATOWN 1938 FN GLENDA FARRELL 10/29 2002 TCM
    TORCHY BLANE IN PANAMA 1938 WB PAUL KELLY 6/5 2003 TCM
    TORCHY GETS HER MAN 1938 WB GLENDA FARRELL 7/5 2004 TCM
    TOY WIFE 1938 MGM LUISE RAINER ROBERT YOUNG 1/13 1999 TCM
    TWO-GUN MAN FROM HARLEM 1938 MERIT XXX XXX 6/6 2007 TCM
    UNDER THE BIG TOP 1938 MONO ANNE NAGEL 2/2 1996 TAPE
    UNDER WESTERN STARS 1938 REP ROY ROGERS 1/8 1994 21
    UTAH TRAIL 1938 FN 6/15 2015 DVD
    VACATION FROM LOVE 1938 MGM DENNIS O’KEEFE FLORENCE RICE 7/26 2002 TCM
    WESTERN JAMBOREE 1938 REP GENE AUTRY 11/24 2002 WEST
    WHEN YOU WERE BORN 1938 FN MARGARET LINDSAY ANNA MAY WONG 7/26 2010 TCM
    WHITE BANNERS 1938 WB CLAUDE RAINS 11/17 1998 TCM
    WIVES UNDER SUSPICION 1938 UNI WARREN WILLIAM GAIL PATRICK 7/26 2004 TCM
    WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN 1938 MGM HERBERT MARSHALL VIRGINIA BRUCE 5/3 2010 TCM
    WOMEN ARE LIKE THAT 1938 FN KAY FRANCIS PAT O’BRIEN 1/13 2003 TCM
    YELLOW JACK 1938 MGM ROBERT MONTGOMERY VIRGINIA BRUCE 10/29 2004 TCM
    YOUNG DR. KILDARE 1938 MGM LEW AYRES LIONEL BARRYMORE 2/26 2001 TCM

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    1. Dan says:
      March 12, 2017 at 7:48 pm

      West is Encore Western

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      1. Cogerson says:
        March 12, 2017 at 11:37 pm

        Hey Dan…got it.

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