The Year - 1937

The Family News..:

Geraldine Farenga married Anthony (Willie) C. Cascio on Jun. 06.
Frank C. the first child of Patsy & Marge Farnga was born on Aug. 15 in Chicago.
Carol, the first child of Lucille (Farenga) & August Fiorini was born on Sept 9th in Chicago.
Robert G. the first child of Marie (Nolan) & James Canty was born on Nov. 18 in Chicago.


The #1 Songs Were .....
Boo HooGuy Lombardo
Carelessly Teddy Wilson - featuring Billie Holiday
The Dipsy DoodleTommy Dorsey
Gone With the WindHorace Heidt
Goodnight, My LoveBenny Goodman
It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom LaneGuy Lombardo
It's De-LovelyEddy Duchin
MarieTommy Dorsey
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down Shep Fields & Russ Morgan
The Moon Got In My EyesBing Crosby
Once In A WhileTommy Dorsey
Remember Me?Bing Crosby
A Sailboat In the MoonlightGuy Lombardo
Satan Takes A HolidayTommy Dorsey
September In the RainGuy Lombardo
Sweet LeilaniBing Crosby
Taking A Chance On LoveBenny Goodman
That Old FeelingShep Fields
They Can't Take That Away From MeFred Astaire
This Year's Kisses Benny Goodman & Hal Kemp
Too Marvelous For WordsBing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey
Vieni VieniRudy Vallee
Where Or WhenHal Kemp
Whispers In the DarkBob Crosby
With Plenty Of Money and YouHenry Busse
You Can't Stop Me From DreamingTeddy Wilson


AT THE MOVIES....
  The Life of Emile Zola (Warner Bros.)  **** Outstanding Production
  The Awful Truth (Columbia)
  Captains Courageous (MGM)
  Dead End (Goldwyn; United Artists)
  The Good Earth (MGM)
  In Old Chicago (Twentieth Century-Fox)
  Lost Horizon (Columbia)
  One Hundred Men and a Girl (Universal)
  Stage Door (RKO Radio)
  A Star Is Born (Selznick International Pictures; United Artists)

  Best Actor............... Spencer Tracy, Captains Courageous
  Best Actress............ Luise Rainer, The Good Earth
  Supporting Actor......Joseph Schildkraut, The Life of Emile Zola
  Supporting Actress.. Alice Brady, In Old Chicago
  Director................... Leo McCarey, The Awful Truth
  Music Song .............Sweet Leilani," Waikiki Wedding, Harry Owens, music and lyrics
  Cartoon ..................The Old Mill (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

IN THE NEWS . . . . .
  Hitler repudiates war guilt clause of Versailles Treaty; continues to build German power.
  Italy withdraws from League of Nations.
  U.S. gunboat Panay sunk by Japanese in Yangtze River.
  Japan invades China, conquers most of coastal area.
  Amelia Earhart lost somewhere in Pacific on round-the-world flight. (1897-1937)
  Picasso's Guernica mural.



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