1937

Production

 * February - A story meeting for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is held to discuss how the film can be finished on time.
 * February 25 - The final design for the Queen's Witch form, by Joe Grant, is approved for animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
 * June - The final design for the Prince is approved for animation in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
 * July 7
 * Staff at the studio watch the "work in progress" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, not yet complete, in order to give feedback on the film.
 * William Garity films activities in the studio as publicity for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to be used by RKO.


 * December 20 - Cecil B. Demille interviews Walt Disney on the Lux Radio Theatre.

Movies

 * December 21 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

Animated shorts

 * January 2 - The Worm Turns
 * January 9 - Don Donald
 * February 6 - Magician Mickey
 * February 20 - Moose Hunters
 * March 13 - Woodland Cafe
 * April 17 - Mickey's Amateurs
 * May 15 - Little Hiawatha
 * May 29 - Modern Inventions
 * September 24 - Hawaiian Holiday
 * October 15 - Clock Cleaners
 * November 5 - The Old Mill
 * November 26 - Pluto's Quin-puplets
 * December 10 - Donald's Ostrich
 * December 24 - Lonesome Ghosts

People

 * March 3 - Child actor Bobby Driscoll is born
 * July 25- Paul Collins (the voice of John Darling in Peter Pan) is born

Events

 * December 27 - Walt Disney appears on the cover of TIME Magazine.

Character debuts

 * January 9 - Donna Duck
 * October 17 - Huey, Dewey, and Louie
 * December 21 - The Queen, Magic Mirror, Snow White, The Prince, Humbert the Huntsman, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Doc, Dopey