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January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence, the roles are switched between the two actors. MGM announces Bert Lahr has been cast as the "Cowardly Lion" on July 25.

April 5 — Noel Langley completes the first script for The Wizard of Oz.

May 7 — Lyricist Edgar Yipsel Harburg and composer, Harold Arlen, begin work on the musical score for The Wizard of Oz.

October 13 — Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz.

October 21 — Buddy Ebsen suffers from a near fatal allergic reaction to the aluminum dust used in his "Tinman" make-up on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Ebsen is replaced by Jack Haley.

December 23 — Margaret Hamilton is severely burned during a mishap on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hamilton, who was cast in the role of the "Wicked Witch", left the film for six weeks.

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North America

Radio City Revels, starring Jack Oakie and Ann Miller

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Best Picture: You Can't Take it With You - Columbia

Best Actor: Spencer Tracy - Boys Town

Best Actress: Bette Davis - Jezebel

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The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland

Alexander Nevsky, starring Nikolai Cherkasov

Alexander's Ragtime Band, starring Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, starring Edward G. Robinson

Angels with Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien

Block-Heads, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, starring Gary Cooper

Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney

Bringing up Baby, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn

A Christmas Carol, starring Reginald Owen

The Citadel, starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell; directed by King Vidor

The Dawn Patrol, starring Errol Flynn

The Divorce of Lady X, with Laurence Olivier

The Drum, with Sabu

Four Daughters, starring Claude Rains

Holiday, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant

Jezebel, starring Bette Davis

La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife)

Fools For Scandal

The Lady Vanishes, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood; directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power

Pygmalion, starring Leslie Howard

Radio City Revels

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Shirley Temple

Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers

Sweethearts, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Test Pilot, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy

Vivacious Lady, starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart

You Can't Take It with You

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Buster Keaton (1917-1941)

Our Gang (1922-1944)

Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)

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Krazy Kat (1925-1940)

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)

Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)

Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)

Screen Songs (1929-1938)

Looney Tunes (1930-1969)

Terrytoons (1930-1964)

Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)

Scrappy (1931-1941)

Betty Boop (1932-1939)

Popeye (1933-1957)

Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)

Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)

Donald Duck (1937-1956)

Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938-1942)

The Captain and the Kids (1938-1939)

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January 14 — Jack Jones, singer, actor

February 23 — Diane Varsi, actress (died 1992)

April 17 — Pérette Pradier, French actress

November 13 — Jean Seberg, actress (died 1979)

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August 4 - Pearl White, American silent film star

August 6 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor

December 28 - Florence Lawrence, Hollywood's first "star"