Donna Duck, the prototype for Daisy Duck, debuts in Don Donald.
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Hawaiian Holiday, the first Disney film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
The Old Mill, which introduced Walt Disney's technical innovation, the multiplane camera.
Donald meets his nephews for the first time.
An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1937.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- May 19 - Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons
- December 21 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Shorts[]
- January 2 - The Worm Turns
- January 9 - Don Donald
- February 6 - Magician Mickey
- February 20 - Moose Hunters
- March 13 - Woodland Café
- 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
Events[]
- December 27 - Walt Disney appears on the cover of TIME Magazine.
Character debuts[]
- January 9 - Donna Duck
- March 13 - Bugs
- May 15 - Hiawatha, Forest Animals
- May 29 - Robot Butler, Robot Nurse Maid, Mechanical Barber Chair, Hitch-Hiker's Aid
- September 24 - Starfish, Crab
- October 15 - Stork
- October 17 - Huey, Dewey, and Louie
- November 5 - Owl, Frogs, Bluebird Family
- November 26 - Pluto's Quin-puplets
- December 10 - Hortense
- December 21 - Evil Queen, Magic Mirror, Snow White, The Prince, The Huntsman, Forest Animals, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Doc, Dopey, Raven, Vultures
- December 24 - The Lonesome Ghosts
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.
- September - Walt shows a "work in progress" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for banker Joe Rosenberg to receive some much-needed funds to complete the film.
- December 20 - Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney on the Lux Radio Theatre.
People[]
Births[]
- January 25 - Gregory Sierra † (actor)
- January 30 - Vanessa Redgrave (actress, voice actress, and political activist)
- January 31 - Suzanne Pleshette † (actress and voice actress)
- February 1 - Garrett Morris (actor, comedian, and singer)
- March 3 - Bobby Driscoll † (actor, voice actor, and artist)
- March 12 - Dave Suding (animator)
- April 20 - George Takei (actor, voice actor, and author)
- April 22 - Jack Nicholson (actor, film director, producer, and writer)
- May 2 - Lorenzo Music † (actor, voice actor, writer, producer, and musician)
- May 12 - George Carlin † (actor, stand-up comedian, author, and social critic)
- June 1 - Morgan Freeman (actor)
- June 28 - Tom Magliozzi † (radio show host and mechanic)
- July 6 - Ned Beatty † (actor, voice artist, and comedian)
- July 12 - Bill Cosby (comedian, actor, author, singer, and songwriter)
- August 8 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
- August 27 - Tommy Sands (singer and actor)
- September 6 - Jo Anne Worley (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
- September 13 - Don Bluth (animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer, animation instructor, and Co-founder of Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios)
- September 28 - Rod Roddy † (radio and television announcer)
- December 8 - James MacArthur † (actor)
- December 21 - Jane Fonda (actress, voice actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru)
- December 31 - Anthony Hopkins (actor, director, and producer)
Artists joined[]
1937