1938 in film
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- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
- 4.1 January to June
- 4.2 July to December
Events
- November: The German Film Academy Babelsberg takes office.
- The Comedy Blockheads of Laurel and Hardy appears.
Film Awards
Academy Awards
The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 10 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola by William Dieterle
- Best Actor: Spencer Tracy in Manuel
- Best Actress: Luise Rainer in The Good Earth
- Best Director: Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth
- Best Supporting Actor: Joseph Schildkraut in The Life of Emile Zola
- Best Supporting Actress: Alice Brady in In Old Chicago
- Best Original Screenplay: William A. Wellman for A star rises
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Darryl F. Zanuck
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival will be held until August 14 of 8 August. The jury chose the following winners from:
- Best Foreign Film: Olympia Part 1 - The Festival of the Nations by Leni Riefenstahl
- Best Italian movie: Luciano Serra by Goffredo Alessandrini pilota
- Best Actor: Leslie Howard in Pygmalion
- Best Actress: Norma Shearer in Marie -Antoinette
- Best Director: Carl Froelich for home
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: The Citadel of King Vidor
- Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock disappears for a lady
- Best Actor: James Cagney in Chicago - Angels with Dirty Faces
- Best Actress: Margaret Sullavan in Three Comrades
- Best Foreign Film: The Grand Illusion by Jean Renoir
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: David Wark Griffith
- Louis- Delluc Prize: The Puritan by Jeff Musso
- National Board of Review: The Citadel of King Vidor ( Best Film ), The Great Illusion by Jean Renoir ( Best Foreign Film )
- Photoplay Award: Sweethearts by W. S. Van Dyke
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 01: Frank Langella, American actor
- January 03: Dan Vadis, American actor († 1987)
- January 04: Gianni Crea, Italian director
- January 06: Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor
- January 06: Larissa Shepitko, Soviet film director and screenwriter († 1979)
- January 31: Lynn Carlin, American actress
February
- February 01: Sherman Hemsley, American actor († 2012)
- February 13: Oliver Reed, English actor († 1999)
- FEBRUARY 18: István Szabó, Hungarian director
- February 22: Karin Dor, German actress
- FEBRUARY 23: Jiri Menzel, Czech director and actor
- FEBRUARY 23: Diane Varsi, American actress († 1992)
- FEBRUARY 24: James Farentino, American actor († 2012)
- FEBRUARY 25: Diane Baker, American actress
- FEBRUARY 27: Pascale Petit, French actress
- FEBRUARY 28: Monika Lennartz, German actress
March
- March 02: Arne Glimcher, American film director and producer
- March 08: Lewis Teague, American film director
- March 11: Joseph Brooks, American filmmaker and composer († 2011)
- MARCH 12: Theodor Kallifatides, Swedish writer
- March 14: Glauber Rocha, Brazilian director († 1981)
- MARCH 18: Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter and director
- MARCH 18: Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor
- MARCH 22: Michael Westmore, American makeup artist
- MARCH 23: Silvano Agosti, Italian editor and director
April-June
April
- 01 April: Ali MacGraw, American actress
- April 01: John Quade, American actor († 2009)
- April 02: Hans -Michael Rehberg, German actor
- April 15: Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
- APRIL 17: Richard Marquand, British director († 1987)
- APRIL 17: Perrette Pradier, French actress († 2013)
- APRIL 19: Jonathan Tunick, American composer and arranger
- April 23: Milena Vukotic, Italian actress
May
- May 05: Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director
- 05 May: Richard France, American actor
- May 10: Jean Becker, French film director
- May 10: Marina Vlady, French actress
- MAY 12: Millie Perkins, American actress
- MAY 13: Buck Taylor, American actor
- MAY 14: Elżbieta Czyżewska, Polish actress
- MAY 15: Mireille Darc, French actress
- MAY 21: Ross Hagen, American actor and director († 2011)
- MAY 21: Kay Pollak, Swedish director
- MAY 22: Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
- MAY 22: Susan Strasberg, American actress († 1999)
- MAY 24: Tommy Chong, Canadian actor
June
- June 02: Kevin Brownlow, British film historian
- 21 June: Ron Ely, American actor
- JUNE 27: Shirley Anne Field, British actress
July to September
July
- 08 July: Diane Clare, British actress († 2013)
- 09 July: Brian Dennehy, American actor
- JULY 10: Hans Peter Hall wax, German actor
- July 12: Eiko Ishioka, Japanese costume designer († 2012)
- July 13: Michael Verhoeven, German director
- July 15: Larry Cohen, American film director and screenwriter
- JULY 18: Hampton Fancher, American actor and screenwriter
- July 18: Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch director
- JULY 19: Sergio Martino, Italian director
- JULY 20: Natalie Wood, American actress († 1981)
- July 23: Götz George, German actor
- JULY 23: Ronny Cox, American actor
August
- 03 August: Ingrid Caven, German actress
- 06 August: Paul Bartel, American actor, director and screenwriter († 2000)
- 08 August: Connie Stevens, American actress
- August 14: Beata Tyszkiewicz, Polish actress
- August 14: James Fargo, American film director, screenwriter and film producer
- AUGUST 19: Diana Muldaur, American actress
- AUGUST 23: Susan Hoffman, American actress
- AUGUST 29: Elliott Gould, American actor
- August 30: Don Pedro Colley, American actor
September
- September 02: Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor († 2013)
- September 02: Ursula Lillig, German actress
- September 14: Nicol Williamson, British actor († 2011)
- September 22: Dean Reed, American actor, singer, screenwriter and director († 1986)
- September 23: Romy Schneider, German - French actress († 1982)
October to December
October
- October 06: Serge Nubret, French actor († 2011)
- OCTOBER 13: Christiane Hörbiger, Austrian actress
- October 20: Emidio Greco, Italian director and screenwriter († 2012)
- October 20: Dolores Hart, American actress
- October 22: Derek Jacobi, British actor
- October 22: Christopher Lloyd, American actor
- OCTOBER 26: Bernadette Lafont, French actress († 2013)
- OCTOBER 26: Barry Malkin, American Cutter
- October 29: Ralph Bakshi, American film director
- October 30: Ed Lauter, American actor († 2013)
- October 31: Eckhart Schmidt, German director
November
- 03 November: Pupi Avati, Italian director and screenwriter
- November 05: Chris Robinson, American actor
- November 07: Barry Newman, American actor
- November 13: Jean Seberg, American actress († 1979)
- November 23: Herbert Achternbusch German filmmaker
- NOVEMBER 25: Hans Brenner, Austrian actor († 1998)
- November 28: Michael Ritchie, American film director († 2001)
- November 29: Michel Duchaussoy, French actor († 2012)
- November 30: Jean Eustache, French director and editor († 1981)
December
- December 06: Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor
- DECEMBER 13: Egon Schlegel, German film director, screenwriter and actor
- December 16: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
- DECEMBER 18: Roger E. Mosley, American actor
- DECEMBER 29: Jon Voight, American actor
Deceased
January to June
- April 23: Loo Hardy, German actress (* 1898)
July to December
- July 02: Lau Lauritzen Sr., Danish director and screenwriter ( b. 1878 )
- July 17: Robert Wiene, Director German (* 1873)
- August 04: Pearl White, American actress (* 1889)
- September 05: Rudolf Biebrach, German actor and director (* 1866)
- 09 October: William H. Clifford, American screenwriter and director (* 1874)
- October 22: May Irwin, Canadian singer and actress (* 1862)
- October 31: Robert Woolsey, American actor (* 1888)