Events
- 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.
Top grossing films
Academy Awards
Other films released
Other films released in 1938 include:
- The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
- Aleksandr 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
- Blockheads, 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 Lady Vanishes, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Pygmalion, starring Leslie Howard
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Shirley Temple
- Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers
- Tell Your Children, (also known as Reefer Madness)
- Test Pilot, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
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