1937 National Board of Review – Best Actor Winner
Baltic Deputy
Nikolay Cherkasov
A film based on the life of the Russian scientist, Klement Timiriazev, who taught at Cambridge and Oxford and was awarded the Newton Mantle for his work. Timiriazev, one of the few …
Behold the Man
Harry Baur
Black Legion
Humphrey Bogart
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Conquest
Charles Boyer
A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte’s mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.
Mayerling
Danielle Darrieux
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father’s, but he knows his views carry…
Night Must Fall
Robert Montgomery
When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estates hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.
The Life of Emile Zola
Joseph Schildkraut
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.