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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, the voice of the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young Show, and Joan Davis' character's husband on TV's I Married Joan. He also starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire.
Beyond the Rainbow is a 1922 American silent drama film starring Billie Dove, Harry T. Morey and Clara Bow in her film debut. A 16mm print of the film is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell, David Niven, Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea, it was inspired by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz founding Desilu Productions a year earlier. McCrea left soon after its founding to continue in films, television and radio, and was replaced by Ida Lupino as the fourth star—although Lupino did not own stock in the company.
The Highwaymen, also referred to as the Florida Highwaymen, are a group of 26 African American landscape artists in Florida. Two of the original artists, Harold Newton, and Alfred Hair, received training from Alfred “Beanie” Backus. It is believed they may have created a body of work of over 200,000 paintings. They challenged many racial and cultural barriers. Mostly from the Fort Pierce area, they painted landscapes and made a living selling them door-to-door to businesses and individuals throughout Florida from the mid-1950s through the 1980s. They also sold their work from the trunks of their cars along the eastern coastal roads.
The Poet is the fifth novel by American author Michael Connelly. Published in 1996, it is the first of Connelly's novels not to feature Detective Harry Bosch and first to feature Crime Reporter Jack McEvoy. A sequel, The Narrows, was published in 2004. The Poet won the 1997 Dilys Award.
Gladden James was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia.
The Mason County War, sometimes called the Hoodoo War in reference to masked members of a vigilance committee, was a period of lawlessness ignited by a "tidal wave of rustling" in Mason County, Texas in 1875 and 1876. The violence entailed a series of mob lynchings and retaliatory murders involving multiple posses and law enforcement factions, including the Texas Rangers. The conflict took the lives of at least 12 men and resulted in a climate of bitter "national prejudice" against local German-American residents in the following years.
Harry Temple Morey was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career.
The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it stars George Arliss as the Rajah of Rukh, into whose land arrive three British subjects, played by Alice Joyce, David Powell, and Harry T. Morey. Arliss, Joyce and Ivan F. Simpson reprised their roles from the play and also in the 1930 talking film version The Green Goddess.
Wildness of Youth is a 1922 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson, starring Virginia Pearson, Harry T. Morey and Mary Anderson.
A Million Bid is a lost 1914 silent drama film produced by Vitagraph Company of America, directed by Ralph Ince and starred Anita Stewart. It is based on a stage play Agnes by Gladys Rankin (1874–1914). Later filmed by Vitagraph's successor, Warner Brothers, in 1927 starring Dolores Costello.
The Honor of Thieves is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
The Girl from Woolworth's is a 1929 American pre-Code romance film directed by William Beaudine and starring Alice White, Gladden James and Bert Moorhouse. It was released both as a sound film and in a slightly shorter silent version.
The Fifty-Fifty Girl is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and starring Bebe Daniels and James Hall as co-owners of a gold mine.
As You Like It is a 1912 American silent film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton, Charles Kent, and James Young, and was produced by the Vitagraph Company. The film brings stage star Rose Coghlan to the screen to costar alongside Maurice Costello. At 61 or 62 Coghlan is an older Rosalind than usual.
Whom the Gods Destroy is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Herbert Brenon and starring Alice Joyce, Harry T. Morey, and Marc McDermott. A tale set during the 1916 Irish Easter Rebellion against British rule.
The Tenth Case is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Kelson and starring June Elvidge, John Bowers and George MacQuarrie.
Hoarded Assets is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and written by Edward J. Montagne and Garfield Thompson. The film stars Harry T. Morey, Betty Blythe, and George Majeroni.
Bucking the Tiger is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Henry Kolker and starring Conway Tearle, Winifred Westover and Gladden James.
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- ↑ "In Honor's Web". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 3, 2021.