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FIRST AGAIN
This is the season of the annual polls by showmen for the past year's Tops
In Stars, Hits, Shorts. M-G-M sweeps the industry as usual. First in Showmen's
Trade Review Leader's Annual Poll and now in BoxofFice Barometer:
M-G-M HIT LEADER!
More Hits Than Any Other Company!
("Show Boat", "King Solomon's Mines", "The Great Caruso", "Kim", "Father's Little Dividend",
"Royal Wedding", "Go For Broke!", "Pagan Love Song", "Rich, Young and Pretty", "To Please
A Lady", "Toast of New Orleans".)
Twice As Many Blue Ribbons As Next Company And
More Than The Next Two Companies Combined!
Blue Ribbons are the Industry's Best, voted by exhibitors, press and public. M-G-M is this year's
winner and also all-time winner!
STAR LEADERSHIP!
June Allyson wins top female spot for 2nd year in a row and is combined male-female poll winner.
Female winners: June Allyson, Esther Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, Jane Powell. Male
winners: Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Gene Kelly.
SHORTS LEADER!
.:-G-M has 3 out of 10 Top Shorts Series. TOM & JERRY CARTOONS [Technicolor); PETE
SMITH SPECIALTIES; M-G-M TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS.

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NEXT YEAR TOO!
Just a Few of The Award-Winning Contenders for 1952
(And of course. The Greatest 'QUO VADIS")
"THE WILD NORTH "—The co-director of "King Solomon's Mines" and its handsome star Stewart
Granger team again in a smashing Ansco Color drama. Wendell Corey and beautiful Cyd Charisse co-star.
Packed with thrills: the avalanche, the wolf attack, the duel in the rapids topped by the searing romance
of Granger and Charisse, the Indian maid. Truly "The King Solomon's Mines of 1952!"
"LONE STAR"— The Battle of Texas and the Battle of the Sexes. Clark Gable fights for gorgeous
Ava Gardner against Broderick Crawford. Cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi. It's
Love and Action with Box-Office written all over it!
BIG in
"SINGIN' IN THE RAIN"- The producer of "Show Boat" and "An American In Paris" does it
again! A GREAT Technicolor musical. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen,
Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse.
"IVANHOE"—The "Quo Vadis" company brings the world another giant production. The famed
novel in all its glory, filmed in Technicolor in actual locations. Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan
Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams.
"BELLE OF NEW YORK"— Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Alice
Pearce, Clinton Sundberg, Gale Robbins bring the fans a joyous M-G-M Technicolor musical featuring
a "Dancing on Air" novelty that's sensational.
"SCARAMOUCHE"— Public demand for Big, romantic dramas of "The Three Musketeers" type
is answered by the director of that famed hit in a new thrill-packed Technicolor dramatization of the
swashbuckling novel "Scaramouche". Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, Henry
Wilcoxon, Nina Foch, Lewis Stone, Richard Anderson.
"SKIRTS AHOY!"— Packed with entertainment for the masses is this rollicking romance of the
WAVEs and their boy friends. Technicolor musical dynamite with a breezy star cast: Esther Williams,
Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Barry Sullivan, Keefe Brasselle, Billy Eckstine, The De Marco Sisters, Dean
Miller. A Wow!
"JUST THIS ONCE"— Winchell told the nation the good news in his syndicated column: "'Just
This Once', a new M-G-M film is rated a click 'sleeper' by the trade." Once in a decade alone comes a
comedy howl that rocks the nation. This is it. Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone, Marilyn Erskine,
Richard Anderson
"WESTWARD THE WOMEN"-The producer and director of "Battleground" have delivered
again. It's all about women, 200 of them, in a dangerous pioneering journey across the nation to marry
men they never saw! Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, the "Battleground" girl, Hope Emerson, John Mclntire.
"THE MERRY WIDOW"— Magic words that excite. And the most exciting team in years, Lana
Turner and Fernando Lamas, brings it to brilliant Technicolor life. Here are spine-tingling dreams of
romance and pulse-stirring songs in a rapturous musical. Cast includes: Una Merkel, Richard Haydn,
Thomas Gomez.
Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Marge & Gower Champion, Ann Miller, Sza Sza
"LOVELY TO LOOK AT"— M-G-M gives you another great musical. Glamorous stars, Adrian's
fabulous gowns, Jerome Kern's irresistible music. Technicolor glory. It's Box-Office! Terrific cast includes:
Gabor, Kurt Kasznar.
And Remember These Titles :
"One Piece Bathing Suit" (Esther WaUams, victor Mature, Waiter
Pidgeon, Donna Corcoran) • "Carbine Williams" {James Stewart, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen) • "Pat and
Mike" (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, "Because You're Mine" (Mario Lanza) • "Plymouth Adventure"
(Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr)
(Pier Angell, Rlcardo Montalban, Leslie Caron)
• "Young Bess" {Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons) • "Three Love Stories"
• "Prisoner of Zenda" (Stewart Granger) • and many more.

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Of Things in Prospect for the Year Ahead 10
Production Outlook Is Better Than Ever 12
The Ali-American Favorites of 1951 19
The All-Americon Western Favorites 34
Cartoons Lead the Short Subjects Parade 36
Grosses— Ratings at the Boxoffice 38
Western Records 50
The Outlook Is Brighter in Britain 55
Blue Ribbon Winners of 1950-51 60
Blue Ribbon Winners of Past Years 73
Blue Ribbon Honor Roll Call 74
Roster of the National Screen Council 76
Producers of the 1950-51 Hit Films 80
Directors of the Season's Big Hits 84
Grassroots Produce New Selling Ideas 86
Looking Ahead at Coming Features 91
Feature Index of the 1950-51 Releases 107
Shorts Index of the 1950-51 Releases 147
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DECISION BEFORE DAWN 'AnatoleUtvak, the mc^' who gc^e you the
"SNAKE PIT," has another masterpiece currently winning the critics' plaudits. Gary Merrill,
Richard Basehart, and newcomers Oskar Werner and Hildegarde Neff lead the way in a film
that is on everyone's "Ten Best" list... A "must" for every showman.
JAPANESE WAR BRIDE out of the present Korean conflict comes a most
unusual love story of mixed marriage. Introducing Japan's top feminine star "Yamaguchi," plus
Don Taylor, Marie Windsor and Cameron Mitchell in a startling motion picture.
THE MODEL AND THE MARRIAGE BROKER" Thewam,,
human story of the unsung matchmakers who give Cupid a little push in the right direction.
A Jeanne Crain picture perfectly embellished by the exciting performances of Thelma
Ritter, Scott Brady, Frank Fontaine and Zero Mostel.
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PHONE CALL FROM A STRANGER m the tradition of
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TO THREE WIVES" and "ALL ABOUT EVE" comes a dramatic triumph which lashes out at the
"Double Standard" of marriage. Great performances by Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Keenan
Wynn, Michael Rennie and the positively sizzling Shelley Winters.
RED SKIES OF MONTANA'' The first
Jumpers" .
story of the courageous "Smoke
. . Technicolor flashing across the screen with the most spectacular action sequences
ever filmed. Richard Widmark heads a cast of rough, tough guys in a picture that combines
power, drama, and all the excitement of the Great American Northwest.
f I V6 rlNwCKS The true, shocking revelations of the highest paid spy in history
whose unbelievable exploits stunned the world. James Mason, Dannielle Darrieux and
Michael Rennie head the cast of Joseph Mankiewicz's tingler filmed in
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Ankara and Istanbul.
TB^AIM The adventurous story of a man who came home
to the land that bred him and the woman who loved him. Vividly set in America's new
great Southwest and dramatically portrayed by Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru and Walter
Qrennan.
V I VA 2iAPATA! Another off-the-beaten-path dramatic achievement utilizing
the collective talents of 20th Century-Fox's "Greats". John Steinbeck wrote it. Darryl
Zanuck produced it. Elia Kazan directed it. Marlon Brando stars in it. ""That" should give
the theatre-going public an idea of what's in store for them.

WITH SIX MONTHS OF THE

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M. JERAULD
(INETEEN fifty-one closed with the
economists predicting cautiously that
the second half of 1952 might bring
with it a business boom.
Sentiment among exhibitors, however,
ranged from deep pessimism to outspoken
optimism. Their comments depended on
where they lived and operated. All agreed,
however, that there had been varying degrses
of improvement during the last three
months.
It is this improvement that intrigues
the industry economists. General business
outside the film industry is on the upgrade,
with the exception of some local
areas like the automobile and textile centers,
and the rise is bound to be on an
accelerating basis. Government spending
is going up. General spending always
follows it, the economists say.
GOOD CHANCE FOR A BOOM
For the first half of 1951 the total was
323.4 billions. In the second half it was
326.8 billions. The prediction for the first
half of 1952 is 334.9 billions with a further
increase to 352.3 billions in the second
half.
When that total is reached a boom will
be under way, say the experts. There
will be a record number of jobs and a
record income, but profits may not hit a
record. Taxes are too high.
As the so-called soft goods and all
articles requiring stategic metals become
scarce, say the forecasters, more and more
people will turn to entertainment the
way they did during the .second
World War II.
year of
So much for the future. It's the present
and immediate past that have this
industry in a state of agitation. No important
industry problems were solved during
1951.
INTERNAL PROBLEMS CONTINUE
Basically, all the acrimonious discussion
was due to the uncertainties cau,sed
by rising prices. Producers were trying
to keep costs within reason, distributors
were trying to get rentals high enough
to a.ssure a profit and exhibitors were
complaining that high film costs, lack of
prints and booking uncertainties brought
on by competitive bidding and chaotic
clearances were making them bite the dust,
or words to that effect.
There is nothing new about intra-industry
complaints, of course, but the current
outcry has more volume than formerly,
becau.se all the big circuits find themselves
in the same boats with the little
fellow who used to make most of the
noi.se.
What to do about it?
Both the national exhibitor organizations
have turned again to arbitration and
regional units are endorsing their stands,
but several more weeks may elapse before
anything definite happens. Trueman
Rembusch. Allied president, intends
to appoint a committee to meet with the
distributors, but the distributors are not
expected to move before both Allied and
TOA and probably the PCCITO agree to
meet with them for a general discussion
of the broad outlines of the problem.
This discussion could develop into a fair
trade practice code that would require approval
of the Department of Justice and
the three-judge court which heard the
antitrust case and retained jurisdiction,
but leadership has been lacking to date.
Three names have been suggested as
possible leaders—Robert J. O'Donnell and
Col. H. A. Cole, who started the Movietime
U.S.A. movement in Texas, and William
P. Rodgers of MGM. who headed the
unity movement of a decade ago, but if
they are interested, they have given no
indication of it.
Rodgers left December 20 for Florida
for a two-month vacation after withdrawing
from his duties as general sales manager
of MGM. He will be an active consultant
and adviser for the company when
he returns, but his attitude early in December
was in favor of contracting rather
than expanding his activites.
TELEVISION A BIG QUESTION
Television has assumed the form of a
big question mark for 1952. Some of the
panic caused by the huge sales of home
receivers has subsided, partly as a result
of the FCC freeze on station construction,
the growing impression that advertisers
were finding it difficult to finance programs
that would hold interest, and the
increasing opposition among football,
baseball and boxing promoters to telecasts
that were cutting into gate receipts.
Some exhibitors thought the television
problem was solved when boxing matches
proved a big source of income for those
theatres with television projectors, but
this idea was short-lived. Before cold
weather .set in it was apparent that theatres
were going to have the same programming
difficulties that advertising
agencies were facing.
Since then a period of watchful waiting
has set in with an undercurrent of excitement
similar to that which preceded the
introduction of sound. The same divergent
attitudes are present. Some, who think
a status quo can be permanent, are saying
the pattern of exhibition will not change;
others foresee a revolution. Even the more
conservative leaders with large investments
at stake have come to the conclusion
that they had better be prepared
for a possible overturn in the whole competitive
situation.
With the government restrictions on use
of strategic metals, there is no po.ssibility
of a sudden rush to television like the
rush to sound which followed AI Jolson's
sound picture, but before the end of 1952
it will known whether or not color television
is commercially feasible. If color
comes over the horizon, theatre and home
television would start from scratch in a
competitive race.
First, assignment of wavelengths for
theatre use must be obtained from the
Federal Communications Commission. The
argument for these will be that theatres
can provide a new form of public service
in the form of educational programs during
non-exhibition hours—something that
would make theatres community institutions
to an extent often talked about but
never achieved.
Entertainment programs would take on
a new form with swift transmission of
news, coverage of local events and introduction
of entertainment from legitimate
theatre and other sources.
ECONOMICS CHANGES VIEWS
A year ago it was predicted that the
present broadcasting interests and the financial
interests behind set manufacturers
would put up a struggle without quarter
to prevent an invasion of their fields, but
the economics of the situation have
changed this.
United Paramount Theatres not only
wants to put on all the public service and
entertainment programs it can get; it
wants also to do it with the cooperation
of the American Broadcasting Co.. with
which it seeks a merger. Twentieth Century-Fox
wants to do it with an entirely
new color apparatus—Eidophor—with the
color system developed by Columbia
Broadcasting System with General Electric
making the equipment. RCA is strenuously
pushing its color tubes and unquestionably
will get into the theatre field
through its manufacturing affiliates.
Wayne Coy, chairman of the FCC. says
it will be possible to build 2,000 television
stations by using the ultra high frequencies.
That demolishes the argument that
there would be no room for new stations.
Film men contend these stations would
never be built and that, if many of them
should be built, there would be nothing
for them to show unless some way could
be found to finance the programs. A percentage
of theatre admissions would do
this,
they insist.
SEE NEW INCOME SOURCE
Political pressure will figure in the final
decision, because the vast number of receiver
owners who have been getting programs
free contend they would be cheated
if
the best programs should go to theatres.
Here again film men see a new source of
income, because the belief is widely held
that most of the future television programs
will be produced from films .
Equipment makers profess to be sitting
on the sidelines, but they are not.
Once theatre television has proved a success
a stampede for installations could develop,
and they know it. This would include
telecasting stations, regional studios,
microwave relays and the equipment that
goes into theatres.
Nobody predicts all this will come to pass
in 1952, but all those connected with the
present planning are certain that the possibilities
will be known in the next year.
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«« GAIN comes that time of the year
ySSjk when the shopworn crystal ball
and faithless it has proven to be
in many instances—must be dusted off
and studied for a prognostication; this
time anent what Hollywood might or might
not do. productionwise, during the calendar
year of 1952.
Those who have had the patience and
courage to follow down through the years
the annual, clairvoyant chattering of
scores of ob.servers of the film capital
.scene who undertake to call the turn as
to future production plans must know, by
50 per cent
now. that the foreteller who is
correct is batting very high in the celluloid
fortune-telling league. That's because
of Cinemania's chronic—and understandable—propensity
toward changing its
plans upon the drop of a pessimistic conclusion
and/or the raising of the most
diminutive flag of optimism.
BIGGER BUDGETS ON TAP
If any guess can be considered reasonably
good at year's beginning, it might be
the one that, even though fewer features
may be forthcoming, those that are made
will be budgeted more liberally than were
pictures of comparable scope during the
past few seasons.
Two reasons are advanced for such
logic. In the first place, the more farseeing
among film-fabricating brass have
apparently concluded that there has been
a bit too much of penny-pinching; that
there arrives a point when the elimination
of waste—and that was highly necessary
can evolve into the trimming, also, of those
essential productional costs that give substance
to big pictures. Secondly, there
is an almost universal and fervent revival
of the hackneyed—but still unassailable—morsel
of motion picture philosophy
regarding the fact that "good pictures
still get money."
OPTIMISM WELL-GROUNDED
And a look at the records reveals plenty
of current testimony in support of that
hoary axiom—at the same time giving
reason why Hollywood apparently is facing
the future with more hope and courage
than have been evident at this time
of the year for several seasons past.
Figures don't lie—so goes another adage
—and a gander at the boxoffice revenues
accruing particularly in the latter months
of 1951 to those hunks of celluloid on
which rather massive bankrolls were expended
seems to establish beyond rea.sonable
doubt that, other factors to the contrary
notwithstandmg. the public is still
willing and ready to go to the movies.
Ready, that is, if the picture palace is exhibiting
film fare of top grade as concerns
star names, story and production values
and the lustrous qualities of showmanship
and entertainment that, to date, the medium
of television has not been able to
match. Consider, for example, such
money-earners as Metro's "Quo Vadis,"
"An American in Paris" and "Show Boat";
20th Century-Fox's "David and Bathsheba,"
"The Desert Fox" and "On the
Riviera"; Warners' "A Streetcar Named
Desire"; Paramount's "A Place in the
Sun" and "Detective Story"; the strong
business being done by United Artists'
"Fort Defiance" and RKO Radio's "Two
Tickets to Broadway"; and other product
equally diversified as concerns .subject
matter but alike in their appeal to the
potential patron. They have the basic
ingredients to entertain, and they have
been strongly sold and merchandised to
extract the utmost from their revenue potential.
TOP PRODUCT ABOUNDS
The nation's showmen have already been
informed, and the trade's drumbeaters
will continue to pass along the welcome
word, that the prospect for 1952's early
months is aglow with news of a substantial
supply of product capable of matching
the boxoffice records established by film
fare such as that mentioned above. There
are many releases of comparable promise
in the immediate offing, budgeted as liberally
and adding weight to the optimistic
sentiment that better things are to come.
Paramount, for instance, is highly enthused
over Cecil B. DeMille's "The Greatest
Show on Earth," which the company
believes amply fulfills its title, and is also
very bullish over "My Son John." Columbia
is of the opinion that it has another
"Born Yesterday" in "The Marrying
Kind," in which Judy HoUiday, star of
the former, has a top comedy role, and
the same studio is touting two of Producer
— Stanley Kramer's completed efforts "My
Six Convicts" and "The Four Poster" a,s rich
boxoffice potentials. RKO Radio's biggie
is "Androcles and the Lion," plus which
the Howard Hughes organization is very
high on the prospects for "Macao"; out
at 20th Century-Fox the passwords are
"Viva Zapata" and "With a Song in My
Heart." Metro feels it has SRO material
in "The Merry Widow" and "Singin' in the
Rain." while over at Warners the chips
are down on "Retreat. Hell!" and "Room
for One More." Universal-International
believes it can match these with "Bend
of the River," a top-budget historical
western, and tosses in "Red Ball Express,"
a World War II opus, for good measure.
There are others, of course—many others
—but limited space precludes complete
tallying of what looms as an extensive list.
COLOR IN BIG INCREASE
Several motion picture companies have
disclosed that their output of color films
will, this year, exceed that of any past
season in their respective histories. Metro.
which will make a minimum of 40 pictures,
will garnish about half of them in
Technicolor, and in addition is dabbling
in its own tint process, employed for the
first time on the upcoming "The Wild
North." Limitations in laboratory facilities
have precluded the expanded use of
this system, but that it will be employed
more and more by Leo in the future is a
conclusion foregone. Warner, too, has perfected
its Warnercolor, which will be
viewed initially in "The Lion and the
Horse" and "Carson City," and has extensive
plans, also, for Technicolor. Approximately
50 per cent of 20th Century-Fox's
1952 output will be in Technicolor, while
Universal-International matches that figure
with the disclosure that 18 of its 36-
picture schedule will be in the same tint
proce.ss. Monogram and its sister-company.
Allied Artists, have embarked on an
ambitious policy whereby at least one release
a month will be tinted—in this ca.se
in either Cinecolor or that company's
new three-hue process. Supercinecolor.
These two systems, parenthetically, are
being utilized by the makers of considerable
medium-budgeted celluloid, much of
which is being turned out by independent
units for major company relea.se.
Further. Republic—whose head man. Herbert
J. Yates, has long been a vociferous
exponent of tint photography—is speeding
up in the use of Trucolor. which has
abandoned the two-tint for the threecolor
system.
SCIENCE-FICTION CYCLE
No Hollywood season could be considered
complete unless a cycle or two were
in the making—and 1952 is right in there
pitching in this regard. The boxoffice
appeal of such fare having been satisfactorily
demonstrated last year with such
entries as "The Thing From Another
World" and "When Worlds Collide." the
space-opera boys are having an interplanetary
field day. George Pal. who made
"Collide" for Paramount, will follow that
breadwinner with "War of the Worlds";
Monogram has a sequel to its "Flight to
Mars'" with "Voyage to Venus"; on the
Lippert Pictures docket is "Miss 21st Century,"
while RKO Radio will distribute
the independently-produced "3,000 A. D.."
United Artists will handle the relea.se of
"Miracle From Mars," and Arch Oboler,
who wrote, produced and directed "Five,"
and sold it to Columbia, is following that
with the provocatively titled "The Twonky."
EPISODIC FEATURES COMING
Further on the matter of cycles, not in
recent years has there been such concentration
on the so-called episodic feature,
composed of three, four or more sequences
which may or may not be interrelated,
plotwise, and which usually employ
different casts, directors and even
producers. The whisper is circulating in
some quarters—and. of cour.se. without
the slightest chance of official confirmation—that
in Hollywood's new-found attachment
for pictures of this type there
is an undercurrent of far-seeing commercialism.
This school of thought holds that
the movie magi intend, once the theatrical
life of the episoders has ended, to cut
them up into their component segments
and peddle them as 15- or 30-minute subjects
to— yes. that's right. At any rate,
MGM recently completed and tradescreened
its multi-sequence "It's a Big
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Country" and has two others, "Three Love
Stories" and "American Beauty" in preparatory
stages: "Actors and Sin," written
and directed by Ben Hecht and comprising
two expisodes, is due for early release
by United Artists. And 20th Century-Pox
is going full steam ahead on a
pair of others, "We're Not Married" and
"The Full House."
STORY VARIETY A-PLENTY
Otherwise, generally speaking, exhibitors
can look for the film capital to supply, in
quantities proportionate to other years,
the varied types of celluloid entertainment
that have long since been established
as movie staples. Times being what they
aie, there is perhaps a shade more emphasis
upon topical fare—the topic being
warfare, either the current Korean conflict
or the first two world wars. One of
RKO Radio's heavily budgeted entries is
Producer Edmund Grainger's "The Korean
Story," while Republic, with "The
Wild Blue Yonder" now in release is readying
"Marines Have Wings" as a followup.
Warners has a passel of 'em, including
the aforementioned "Retreat, Hell!" as
well as "Darby's Rangers" and "The
Fighting Marine." On Stanley Kramer's
docket at Columbia is "The Caine Mu-
based on the best-seller by Herman
tiny,"
Wouk, while for the same studio Sam
Katzman is making "A Yank in Indochina."
Paramount has a pair of GI
comedies in "Jumping Jacks." the Dean
Martin-Jerry Lewis starrer produced by
Hal Wallis, and the Bob Hope topliner,
"The Military Policeman." Completed at
20th Century-Fox is "Five Fingers," the
Monogram slate includes "Down Periscope"
and Metro has "The Making of a Marine"
on the front burner.
MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZAS
All is not blood and sweat and tears,
however. As still further manifestation
of Hollywood's decision to open the purse
strings a mite, many studio schedules are
heavy with the lush, multi-starred type
of musical extravaganzas which were so
popular in the year when money didn't
matter—much—and which only recently
have begun to stage a comeback. Some
of these are an adroit blend of tunefilm
and biography—as witness Warners' current
and popular "I'll See You in My
Dreams," the life story of Songwriter Gus
Kahn: 20th Century-Fox's upcoming "The
I Don't Care Girl," which traces the career
of Eva Tanguay; Paramount's "Somebody
Loves Me," wherein Betty Hutton
portrays Blossom Seeley: and Republic's
"Song of Youth," dealing with Stephen
Foster as a young man. Still others are
in the more-or-less familiar, frothy, songfilled
category of light-hearted "escapist"
fare, of which Paramounts' projected "The
Golden Circle"—draw-ing its title from the
studio's widely-touted roster of new- acting
contractees—Metro's "Belle of New York"
and "Singin' in the Rain" and Warners'
"She's Working Her Way Through College"
are typical examples.
Films with a religious and or spiritual
motif, the ever-popular crime subjects,
swashbuckling costumers with virile heroes
and bosomy heroines, fantasies, comedies,
romantic drama.s—they're all present and
accounted for. Biblical spectacle— always
sure-fire at the ticket window— will characterize
"Pilate's Wife," an upcoming
Wald-Krasna opus for RKO Radio: the
historical adventures range from Metro's
"Scaramouche" to Universal-International's
pirate actioner, "Against All Flags,"
20th Century-Fox's release of the Wanger-
Frenke production, "The Lady in the Iron
Mask," and Columbia's "Caption Blood.
Fugitive." In the realm of fantasy there
is the Kramer project for Columbia, "The
5000 Fingers of Dr. T," an Abbott and Costello
starrer. "Jack and the Beanstalk,"
which Warners will release, and, of course,
an impending contribution by Walt Disney,
maestro of the animated cartoon
field, who is at work on "Peter Pan" as
part of his RKO Radio distribution schedule.
The comedies will range from unadulterated
slapstick—witness Paramount's
"Aaron Slick From F^mkin Crick"—to
sophisticated fare such as Columbia's
"The Marrying Kind" and Metro's "Pat
and Mike."
SAGEBRUSHERS RIDE ON
Westerns? Relax. There'll be plenty
of horseflesh and sagebrush, running the
gamut from big-bankrolled, so-called supers
down through the modestly budgeted,
bread-and-butter "series" subjects—enough
of them in each category to assure a
steady flow to those showmen who rely
upon the gallopers as an important segment
of their programming and profits.
Of note in this regard is the lessened emphasis
upon the cavalry-vs-Injuns theme,
which in some quarters was thought to
have been overworked just a trifle in
1951. The paleface-against-redskin facet
isn't being entirely dropped however, with
Columbia's "The Sabre and the Arrow."
Monogram's "Fort Osage" and Universal-
International's "Battle of Apache Pass"
looming as examples of this sagebrush
school. Other biggies set for early release
include "High Noon" made by Stanley
Kramer for United Artists release, Warners'
"Carson City," Columbia's "Cripple
Creek" and Paramount's "Shane. " There
have been a few changes in the "series"
field: Roy Rogers is no longer riding the
range for Republic, but will soon appear
as the co-star with Bob Hope and Jane
Ru.ssell in Paramount's comedy western,
"Son of Paleface," while Tim Holt, after
many years with the company, left the
RKO Radio corral and, reportedly, plans
to concentrate on TV. Still doing business
at the old stand, though, are Charles
"The Durango Kid" Starrett who ambles
thataway for Columbia, and Gene Autry,
who produces and stars in .several annually
for distribution by the same company.
Rex Allen and Allan "Rocky" Lane
continue as top hands at Republic, while
Wild Bill Elliott. Whip Wilson and the
Johnny Mack Brown-Jimmy Ellison team
are on the Monogram payroll.
America being the sports-loving nation
that it is. upcoming picture schedules
are dotted with entries ranging from
horseracing (Columbia's "Boots Malone")
to baseball (20th Century-Fox's "Pride of
St. Louis" and Warners' "Alexander, the
Big Leaguer"), football ("All-American"
at Universal-International) and boxing
(U-I's "Hear No Evil"). There's some
stress, too. on pictures with a "message,"
whether they be an attack upon some social
problem such as Paramount's indictment
of alcoholism, "Something to Live
For," barrages against Communism and
the Iron Curtain, of which Monogram's
"The Steel Fist" and Metro's "The Big
Lie" are examples, or entertainmentcoated
preachments for Americanism, as
exemplified by "Mr. Congressman." which
Leo now has in work.
REVIVALS OF OLD HITS
The theory that good story themes (like
old generals! never die is bringing forth
an unusually heavy agenda of—you should
pardon the expression—remakes. One of
the biggest gros.sers of all time. Warners'
"The Jazz Singer," has been dusted off
and will be brought up to date in a new
version. Currently in production at 20th
Century-Fox are "What Price Glory,"
and "Les Miserables," while Metro—with
"The Merry Widow" awaiting release
has scheduled a new treatment of the silent
hit. "Flesh and the Devil." as well as
musical version of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
and "Peg O' My Heart."
Biographical subjects appear to be retaining
a strong grip upon the affections
of the picture-makers and, it is to be
hoped, the paying public. Typifying this
type of celluloid are Samuel Goldwyn's
forthcoming "Hans Christian Andersen,"
based on the life of the famed Danish
spinner of fairy tales: Paramount's "The
Houdini Story," 20th Century-Fox's "The
Pi'esident's Lady," a biography of Andrew
Jackson and his wife, and Warners' "The
Will Rogers Story" and "The Eddie Cantor
Story."
STAGE HITS AND NOVELS
Incomplete would be any production
year if it did not contain an array of film
versions of stage successes and best-selling
novels. That a Broadway stage hit
can still command a top price as concerns
the acquisition of screen rights thereto
was demonstrated w'hen 20th Century-Fox
opened the purse strings to purchase "Call
Me Madam" and "Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" while Warners has completed
filming of "Where's Charley?" and Stanley
Kramer, who will make them for Columbia,
picked up "The Happy Time" and
"Member of the Wedding." Over at Paramount
"Stalag 17" is in the works and Hal
Wallis. for release through that company,
is about to launch "Come Back, Little
Sheba." In the best-seller category Columbia
scriveners are doing their derndest
to delete the four-letter words from
James Jones' "From Here to Eternity,"
while Metro will make "Moonfleet" and
RKO Radio has "The Left Hand of God"
on its docket.
In toto, and as heretofore noted, an
encouraging aura of optimism in production
circles, strengthened by a diversified
lineup of potent boxoffice properties, renders
it reasonably safe to predict that 1952
is going to be a healty year for industryites
who aren't averse to a .spot of enthusiastic
hard work.
BOXOFFICE 15

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ITS ALWAYS
Uaoj
. . . Look At These Standout K^urren
JET PILOT
(TECHNICOLOR)
!
THE BIG SKY
(WINCHESTER-HOWARD HAWKS)
MACAO
THE LAS VEGAS
STORY
TEMBO
(ANSCO COLOR)
ANDROCLES
AND THE LION
(PASCAL)
CHUCK-A-LUCK
(TECHNICOLOR)
ON DANGEROUS
GROUND
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the SEVm mWARFS
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(RE-RELEASE)
MONTANA BELLE ILLE
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ROBIN HOOD
(DISNEY-TECHNICOLOR)
(ALL LIVE ACTION)
SONS OF THE
MUSKETEERS
(TECHNICOLOR)
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BEAUTIFUL
JUNGLE
HEADHUNTERS
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WOMAN
ON THE LOOSE
(riLMAKERS)
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TWO TICKETS
TO BROADWAY
(TECHNICOLOR)
THE RACKET
(EDMUND GRAINGER)

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If RACTIONS!
A GIRL IN
EVERY PORT
THE KOREAN STORY
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(CDMUND GRAINGER) 1^1 (TECHNICOLOR}
GYPSY BLOOD
(DAVID O. SELZNICK
- TECHNICOLOR)
THIS MAN IS MINE
(WALD-KRASNA)
ALICE IN
WONDERLAND
(DISNEY-TECHNICOLOR)
BEHAVE YOURSELF!
(WALD-KRASNA)
9m
DRUMS IN THE
DEEP SOUTH
(SUPERCINECOLOR-KING BROS.)
CLASH BY NIGHT
(WALD-KRASNA)
THE RAGGED EDGE
FLYING
LEATHERNECKS
(TECHNICOLOR-EDMUND GRAINGER)
SLAUGHTER TRAIL
(CINECOLOR)
TARZAN'S
SAVAGE FURY
(SOL
LESSER)
— and here are just
some of the stars.
DANA ANDREWS
^W BARKER
VVIILIAM BENOIX
JOAN BtONOEU
ANN BIYTH
GEORGE BRENT
JACK BUETEL
"5if ®^ JANIS CARMICHAEL
CARTER
JAMES CRAIG
MARIENE DIETRICH
GLORIA
BRIAN DeHAVEN
KIRK DONLEVY
DOUGLAS
MELVYN DOUGLAS
PAUL DOUGLAS
JOAN EVANS
MAURICE EVANS
MEL
FERRER
SALLY FORREST
FARLEY GRANGER
SUSAN HAYWARD
JENNIFER
CHARLES
JONES
LAUGHTON
JANET LEIGH
IDA LUPINO
DOROTHY McGUiRE
GROUCHO MARX
TONY MARTIN
ANN MILLER
ROBERT
MARILYN
MITCHUM
MONROE
ROBERT NEWTON
DAVID NIVEN
MAUREEN OHARA
CESAR ROMERO
JANE RUSSELL
ROBERT RYAN
GEORGE SANDERS
LI2ABETH SCOn
JEAN SIMMONS
FRANK SINATRA
BARBARA STANWYCK
CLAIRE
TREVOR
VERA-ELLEN
JOHN WAYNE
CORNEL WILDE
MARIE WILSON
SHELLEY
WINTERS
JANE WYMAN
ALAN YOUNG
ROBERT YOUNG
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JUNE
ALLYSON and Bing
Crosby, in that order, have won
top honors for the second year
among America's favorite film stars.
Securing her lead over the masculine
contingent by v/inning twice in
a row, the little actress, whose name
first appeared in the voting lists in
1943, establishes herself as no flashin-the-pan,
but as an example of the
steady pull to popularity by means
of a long string of solid successes at
the boxoffice. She proves, again,
that the American movie fan is not
a fickle
individual who changes his
loyalties from year to year. Many
things go into the making of a
popular favorite. These include years
of well-ployed roles in good pictures,
a careful handling of the build-up
through publicity plus, of course, the
essential quality of personal magnetism.
Miss Allyson seems to have
demonstrated her ability to grasp
and hold the affections of motion
picture fans.
Jane Wyman's rise to third place
in the combined list is another
example of the long years an actress
may wait to win the favor of the fans.
Five years ago, despite some ten
years and 35 pictures before the
camera, she did not place among
runnersup in the poll, although she
had a substantial number of hits behind
her. Yet in the last three years
she has reached the top rungs of
the popularity ladder.
Nosing out favorites of other years
on the combined list, three feminine
stars appear for the first time. Doris
Day, Susan Hayward and Jeanne
Grain displace Claudette Colbert,
Loretta Young and Olivia de Havilland.
Of last year's stars Clark
Gable, Bob Hope and Spencer Tracy
have slipped out, but John Wayne
makes it for the first time. Crosby,
Gregory Peck, Gary Grant and Gary
Cooper of the old guard still reign,
apparently indestructible in popularity.
This year, as in all the years it has
been in existence, the poll brings
home the fact that stardom, in itself,
THE WINNERS
1. June Allyson
2. Bing Crosby
3. Jane Wyman
4. Esther Williams
5. Gregory Peck
6. Gary Grant
7. Gary Cooper
8. Doris Day
9. Susan Hayward
10. Betty Grable
11. leanne Grain
12. John Wayne
does not necessarily bring popularity.
Nor will the movie fans vote into
popularity a personality on the basis
of a single smash hit. If this were
true, then, stars such as Mario Lanza,
with his performance in "The Great
Caruso," Jose Ferrer in "Cyrano de
Bergerac" and Judy Holliday of
"Born Yesterday" would grace the
winner lists.
Progressing to the list of male winners
the three newcomers are noteworthy.
Gene Kelly and Montgomery
Clift moved into this category from
the male runnersup of last year. Both
of these stars, hovering close, received
boosts in great pictures which
were of inestimable value in furthering
their careers. In the case of
Kelly, the almost revolutionary "An
American in Paris" put his name on
the lips of countless Americans.
With Clift, it was "A Place in the
Sun," in which his performance was
outstanding.
The entire industry has watched
with keen interest the rise in the past
two years of Dean Martin and Jerry
Lewis. Grosses began to climb with
"At War With the Army" and these
two have become unquestionably
the top favorite comedy team of the
year. Whether this will remain a
lasting popularity or burn itself out
remains to be seen. But their teenage
following seems to be second to
none in a field where a duo of this
magnitude is a very rare occurrence.
Among the list of feminine stars,
Ava Gardner and Jane Powell receive
this accolade for the first time,
rising from the ranks of runnersup
in 1350.
This year's poll was broken down
to determine whether the men who
manage the country's motion picture
theatres feel the same way about the
stars as do their patrons. It was
found that these two groups are in
definite disagreement. Exhibitors,
who rate the value of a star on boxoffice
performance almost exclusively,
agree only in the instance of June
Allyson as the top star of 1951.
Among men stars, they consider
John Wayne the biggest draw, and
place only four other men in the top
12—Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby and
the Abbott and Costello team. Aside
from these, they chose Esther Williams,
Doris Day, Betty Grable, Mar
jorie Main, Jeanne Grain, Jane Powol!
and Susan Hayward, in the order
named. The fact that John Wayne
this year is 12th on the list of combined
winners in the full poll and
fifth among men stars would seem
to indicate that, after the long pull
through the years, the fans are tending
to catch up with the exhibitors'
estimate of this star.
Exhibitors also evaluate highly
Randolph Scott, Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis, Spencer Tracy, Van
Johnson, Clark Gable and James
Stewart among the men and Jane
Wyman, Elizabeth Taylor, Claudette
Colbert and Loretta Young among
the women.
In an effort to get a true representative crosssection
of the stars the fans favor, questionnaires
are sent to the following individuals and groups:
1. A comprehensive list of newspaper motion
picture editors.
2. Independent theatre owners not .•subject to
producer-affiUalion pressure or influences.
3. National Screen Council Members, who each
month select the outstanding picture thai is suitable
for family entertainment, which then receives
the BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award. The Council
is composed of newspaper and magazine motion
picture editors, radio film commentators and representatives
of better films councils, civic and
.educational organizations.
BOXOFFICE 19

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VARIETY
REPORTER
It is a must see . . . Fredric March starred as Willy
Loman in one of the great film performances of the
year... shattering in its emotional impact... A memorable
film experience.
A dramatic masterpiece... gripping entertainment
. . . Fredric
March surely ranks as a leading contender
in the awards tournament.
FILM DAILY
Fredric March's "Willy Loman" a brilliant rendition
...immediately sets him up for consideration in the
matter of masculine acting honors and awards.
BOXOFFICE
NOTION PICTURE DAILY
Impressively mounted, skillfully and sensitively
directed by Laslo Benedek, the picture is a field
day of superb performances, with Fredric March
dominating in the title role.
Fredric March turns in a performance of matchless
brilliance. Richly rewarding.
The ^^word" is
the greatest salesMnan
tor ''So^^AfC

"THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC" .
WHEN YOU'RE SMILING
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When they get together
Romance goes wild and
Rhythm runs riot!
MAN BLUES'
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Raymond BURR
Stofy and Screenplay by OON McGUIRE • Directed by JOSEPH PEVNEt • Produced by LEONARD GOLDSIEIN

THf flLL-flUlfRICfln SCfifEO fflVORIIfS Of 1951
THE WINNERS:
1. JUNE ALLYSON
2. BING CROSBY
3. JANE WYMAN
4. ESTHER WILLIAMS
5. GREGORY PECK
6. GARY GRANT
MALE
1. Bing Crosby 8. James Stev/art
2. Gregory Peck
9. Bob Hope
3. Cary Grant
10. Gene Kelly
4. Gary Cooper
11. Montgomery Clift
5. John Wayne
G. Spencer Tracy 12. Dean Martin and
7. Clark Gable Jerry Lewis
Jeii
The Runnersup:
Chandler
Alan Ladd
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
Mario Lanza
Van Johnson
Fred Astaire
Randolph ScotI
Kirk Douglas
William Holden
loseph Gotten
Dan Dailey
Red Skelton
Glenn Ford
Dana Andrews
Joel McCrea
7. GARY COOPER
8. DORIS DAY
9. SUSAN HAYWARD
10. BETTY GRABLE
IL JEANNE GRAIN
12. JOHN WAYNE
FEMALE
1. June AUyson 7. Jeanne Crain
2. Jane Wyman 8. EUzabeth Taylor
3. Esther Williams 9. Loretta Young
4. Doris Day 10. Claudette Colbert
5. Susan Haywardll. Ava Gardner
6. Betty Grable 12. Jane Powell
2^
(Listed in Order oi HighesI Number of Votes Received)
MALE
Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
Jose Ferrer
Danny Kaye
Farley Granger
Burt Lancaster
Fred MacMurray
Clilton Webb
Richard Widmark
Ronald Colman
Paul Douglas
Roy Milland
Lionel Barrymore
Broderick CravHord
Robert Taylor
Walter Pidgeon
Stewart Granger
1. JuneAllyson 4. Gary Cooper
2. John Wayne 5. Doris Day
3. Esther Williams 6. Betty Grable
1. John Wayne
2. Gary Cooper
3. Bing Crosby
4. Abbott & Costello
5. Randolph Scott
6. Martin & Lewis
MALE
Bette Davis
Barbara Stanwyck
]udy Holliday
Morjorie Main
loon Crawford
Shelley Winters
Betty Hutton
Ann Blyth
Vivien Leigh
Anne Baxter
Ethel Barrymore
Ruth Roman
Irene Dunne
Jane Russell
Judy Garland
Olivia de Hovilland
HOW THE EXHIBITORS VOTED
7. Spencer Tracy
8. Van Johnson
9. Clark Gable
10. James Stewart
11. Joel McCrea
12. Alan Ladd
FEMALE
Lana Turner
Virginia Mayo
Janet Leigh
Thelma Ritter
June Haver
Rosalind Russell
Eve Arden
Deborah Kerr
Lucille
Ball
Gene Tiemey
Katharine Hepburn
Greer Garson
Kathryn Grayson
Ginger Rogers
Maureen O'Hora
Joan Fontaine
7. Bing Crosby 10. Jeaime Crain
8. Abbotts Costello 11. Jane Powell
9. MarjorieMain 12. Susan Hayward
1. June AUyson
2. Esther Williams
3. Doris Day
4. Betty Grable
5. Morjorie Main
6. Jeanne Crain
FEMALE
7. Jane Powell
8. Susan Hayward
9. Jane Wyman
10. Elizabeth Taylor
11. Claudette Colbert
12. Loretta Young
The Medalists:
Tyrone Power
William Bendix
Van Heflin
Henry Fonda
James Cagney
Macdonold Carey
Charles Laughton
Ronald Reagan
Howard Keel
Robert Mitchum
Percy Kilbride
Robert Young
Wendell Corey
Jimmy Durante
Barry Fitzgerald
Gordon MacRae
Fredric March
James Mason
George Sanders
Rod Cameron
Tony Curtis
Edmund Gwenn
Audie Murphy
Rex Harrison
Louis Calhern
John Garfield
Errol Flynn
Joe E- Brown
(Lis'ed in Order Named)
Male
Dick Powell
Charles Boyer
Claude Rains
Steve Cochran
John Hodiak
Dennis Morgan
Charles Coburn
Frank Lovejoy
John Derek
Gene Nelson
Keenan Wynn
Robert Cummings
Howard Duff
Dennis Day
Ricardo Montalban
Douglas Fairbanks jr.
Rhonda Fleming
Lizabeth Scott
Celeste Holm
Mercedes
McCambridge
Gloria Swanson
Dorothy McGuire
Vera-EHen
Eleanor Parker
Arlene Dahl
Hedy Lamarr
Patricia Neal
Jennifer Jones
Linda Darnell
Marlene Dietrich
Spring Byington
Yvonne De Carlo
Rita Hayworth
Corinne Calvet
Joan Davis
Joan Caulfield
Piper Laurie
Ida Lupino
Joan Bennett
Nancy Olson
Ann Sheridan
Sally Forrest
Myrna Loy
Margaret Sullavan
Teresa Wright
Barbara Hale
Alexis Smith
Mitzi Gaynor
Marie Wilson
Leslie Caron
Debra Paget
Pier Angeli
David Wayne
David Brian
Charles Chaplin
David Niven
Donald O'Connor
Peter Lawford
William Lundigan
John Payne
Victor Mature
Ezio Pinza
Dale Robertson
Lew Ayres
Dan Duryea
Vincent Price
Richard Conte
Pat O'Brien
Rory Calhoun
Jack Carson
Leo Gorcey
Richard Basehart
Mel Ferrer
Arthur Kennedy
Cornel Wilde
Dane Clark
George Murphy
Robert Ryan
Ray Bolger
Melvyn Douglas
Dean Stockwell
Scott Brady
Gary Merrill
William Powell
Edward G. Robinson
Monty Woolley
Eddie Albert
Brian Donlevy
John Ireland
Fernando Lamas
John Lund
Barry Sullivan
Richard Todd
Johnny WeissmuUer
Orson Welles
Tom Ewell
Female
Barbara Bel Geddes
Dorothy Lamour
Josephine Hull
Diana Lynn
Peggy Dow
Margaret O'Brien
Mono Freeman
Susan Peters
Marta Toren
Claire Trevor
Cyd Charisse
Gloria DeHaven
Paulette Goddard
Lilli Palmer
Ann Sothern
Joan Leslie
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dinah Shore
Joan Evans
Gertrude Lawrence
Jan Sterling
Jean Peters
Gail Russell
Betsy Drake
Wanda Hendrix
Danielle Darrieux
Joanne Dru
Merle Oberon
Shirley Temple
Phyllis Thaxter
Judith Anderson
Lauren Bacall
Sarah Churchill
Laraine Day
Evelyn Keyes
Ann Miller
Valli
30 BAROMETER Section

NUMBER ONE MALE STAR IN
BAROMETER
"HERE COMES THE GROOM" -Bing's current release is
a top-moneymaker of 1951. And in 1952 comes Bing's biggest
of all^'JUST FOR YOU" co-starring
Bing Crosby,
Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore. Color by Technicolor.

HAL WALLIS PRODUCTIONS

PINE and THOMAS
Current;
"Hong Kong"
Completed:
"The Blazing Forest'
Shooting:
"Caribbean Gold"
All in Color
by
Technicolor
For
PARAMOUNT
BOXOFFICE 33

mericun l/Uedtern ^auorit
IDING at the head of the pro-
Jg)
[vV cession this year again, Roy
Rogers, with "Trigger" in parade
gait, swings into every small
town American Main street. He has
maintained the front-and-center spot
for nine years of undisputed rule over
the affections of small boys and their
g.-ownup counterparts. And for those
nine years his footsteps have been
persistently dogged by his contemporary,
Gene Autry. Proving the love
of the public for the "Toby" since
tent show days, is the redoubtable
George "Gabby" Hayes, representing
tops in that necessary ingredient
to all successful films, comic relief.
Just behind the leading trio, and
climbing steadily, is young Tim Holt.
He seems to be taking the steps two
at a time, since last year in sixth
place, he settles into fourth as of
1951.
It is high time to polish up the
saddle and the bridle and slick up
the cowboys themselves for, riding
full tilt into the rodeo arena, are a
couple of gals ready to whoop it up
v/ith the best of the male stars. Dale
Evans and Judy Canova in fifth and
sixth place respectively.
The old bromide that 'there is
nothing new under the sun" about
Westerns was blown into a cocked
hat in 1951. Not that the tried and
true formulas were found wanting.
But for reasons unknown, producers
of the sagebrush-and-tumbleweed
epics shifted their six-shooters and
launched out in several new directions.
These innovations seem to
have met with the approval of the
fans and it may well be that their
ROY ROGERS
THE
1. Roy Rogers
2. Gene Autry
LEADERS
3. George "Gabby" Hayes
4. Tim Holt
5. Dale Evans
6. Judy Canova
7. Smiley Bumette
8. "Wild Bill" Elliott
9. Rex Allen
10. Charles Starrett
numbers will have been increased
thereby.
To those who follow Westerns
there has been a noticeable number
of additions in story content. New
situations, formerly considered
proper grist for the standard featurewriting
mill, have been lifted to embellish
and enrich the old herornasquerades-as-a-villian
theme. Historical
incidents have, in more than
a few instances, furnished the starting
point for the standard exploits of
the hero. The hero has even, on occasion,
been given a new role to
play. Invading the realms of the professions,
he has become a doctor or
a lawyer, albeit a hard-riding and
hard-shooting doctor or lawyer. Like
the music which goes round and
round and comes out here, the performances
are usually the same, but
certainly the element of change has
been introduced.
Women, formerly delegated to a
position below that of the hero's
horse in importance in Westerns,
have been given a new prominence.
More women and children are being
cast as supernumeraries as a routine
measure. Leading women, in particular,
have been given more to do
and more to say. In fact, for the first
time the names of women appeared
on the ballot of AII-American favorites.
Achieving this recognition, of
c standing with the fans in their own
right, were Dale Evans, Judy Canova
and the moppet, Eilene Janssen.
In the case of Miss Evans, a better
share of the honors has been evident
since her marriage to Roy Rogers.
The publicity tour she made with
her husband added to her popularity,
and to his. The leavening ingredient
introduced into the standard
fare has made the Western a betterbalanced
article of the motion picture
diet.
Judy Canova was launched during
1951 in a picture, "Honeychile,"
which is the first of a series designed
to give her prominence as the Queen
of the Cowgirls. Certainly a new departure
m that, for the first time in
a long while, a woman is to be the
star of a western series, and her producers
display such confidence that
hers is the only "name" in the cast.
This would seem to bear out the fact
that woman's sphere is definitely no
longer the home and the sunset.
The same studio has sponsored
still another innovation, that of a
well-planned, long-range operation
in exploiting tv/o youngsters, Eilene
Janssen and Michael Chapin, as
western stars. The idea being that
they be given experience and buildup
as child stars, with the hope that
such buildup will result in adult popularity
in a few years. So far three
pictures starring the pair have been
released, "Buckaroo Sheriff of
Texas," "Arizona Manhunt" and
"The Dakota Kid."
With public acceptance of these
departures from precedent a wellestablished
fact, who can say what
new and wonderful things may be
added in the realm of this old, but
greatly loved, field of motion picture
entertainment. The task of the producers
will be to keep all the "old"
that is good and to sift carefully and
discard or accept those new things
which will add interest and. color to
the product. In so doing, they may
find that they have tapped a flood of
new audiences which will assure an
even greater degree of success for
this perennial favorite.
GENE AUTRY

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by VELMA WEST SYKES
TAKING
A POLL of short subjects
among exhibitors is about the most
reliable way of finding out how popular
shorts are as the "dessert" portion of a
theatre program. Commenting on his ballot,
one exhibitor wrote, "E^'eryone likes
short subjects—we ought to play more of
them." And another was able to pick the
top winners in the series field, for he wrote,
"Bugs Bunny Specials and Tom & Jerry
Cartoons are oui- best ones." That seemed
to be the way the majority felt, for Warner's
Bugs Bunny Specials zoomed into
top place this year, with Tom & Jerry
Cartoons closely crowding that position.
Last year the positions were reversed, so it
will be interesting to see if this seesaw
keeps up in their relative support by the
public taste. Another exhibitor insisted,
Said still
"MGM and WB make the best shorts."
another, "MGM's shorts are consistently
the best—they have new and
fresh
ideas."
Disney Cartoons (RKO) held to third
place where that series had scored last
year, but there was a tie for fourth place
Woody Woodpecker Cartunes (U-I) and
Pete Smith Specialties (MGM). Last year
March of Time (20th-Fox) was fourth this
year, seventh. Popeye Cartoons (Para)
moved up a notch to fifth place, and
Stooge Comedies (Col) came up from
eighth to sixth place. Merrie Melodies
Looney Tunes (WB) fell back one, to ninth
place, and this year Grantland Rice
Sportlights (Para) shared tenth place with
Joe McDoakes Comedies (WBi.
From this series popularity choice, it
would seem that people like their shorts
humorous and a little on the "goofy" side.
Lest this conclusion be reached too
hastily, however, it would be well to examine
the results of the poll of single
short subjects chosen. The first is RKO's
Disney featurette, "Nature's Half Acre,"
and since last year's top position went to
Disney's "Beaver Valley," either the public
likes longer shorts, nature realism, or
it just likes factual subjects treated with
imaginative artistry.
Truth may not only be stranger than
fiction, it may be more popular, for the
short given second place was "Dobbin
Steps Out" (Para), a Sportlight taken at
the American Royal in Kansas City in
which exhibitor George Baker's daughter,
Linda, rides. "The Popcorn Story" (Col)—
third from the top—is, of course, in the
spoofing tradition, as is "Jerry's Cousin"
(MGM), number 4. "Enchanted Islands"
(WB) combines the two, with unusual
color and narration, but has to shai'e fifth
place honors with "Stage Struck" (20th-
Fox), a delightful little fantasy of a baby
elephant that wants to get into the circus
act.
Sixth place went to "Spooky Wooky"
(RKO), a Leon Errol comedy. In this connection,
one exhibitor wrote, "It is too bad
Errol died. Maybe the type can be con-
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Picture Records at the Nation's Boxoffices
GROSSES
Vhe iUIA
55 Features in "Hit" Class
Scoring 120% or
More
llpEATURE releases for 1950-51 and the box-
•"l office records made by them are challenging
to those who have pictured motion
pictures as on their way out of the public entertainment
field. Not only were 371 features
released the past season in comparison with
359 for 1949-50, but of these releases, 168 are
shown to have done average business (100
per cent) or better in theatre first runs and 55
of them were top hits—playing to 120 per cent
or over. Last season there were 53 in the top
hit class and 136 did average business or better.
A study of the report shows that 45 per cent,
nearly half, were average grossers; and better
than 10 per cent of the whole became top hits.
Tell that to the gloom-spreaders!
While figures for the average base percentage
gross must be changed every few
months, the economy is naturally geared for
making a reasonable profit. The top grosser,
"David and Bathsheba" scored 211 for the
1950-51 season as compared with "Samson
and Delilah" which ran up to 221 per cent for
1949-50. There were still two features for the
present season that did more than 200 per cent
of average business, and eight did more than
150 per cent. This is, not as many in that
bracket as last season's figures, which show
13 with 150 per cent business or better. Also,
last season seven did more than 140 per cent
and only six came that high this season. Going
further, 14 .did 130 per cent or more last year
and only ten this year. However, 31 came
over the top at 120 per cent or more this year
compared with 19 in that bracket last year. So
the picture as a whole is still good from the
boxoffice standpoint.
This year 12 of the top hits were winners of
the BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award compared
to 1 1 last year—which means that all of the pictures
selected by the National Screen Council
for their family entertainment this year were
top money-makers. This is a wholesome note
on the public's taste in screenfare,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer again had the most
releases which were top grossers, producing 1
hits. The runnerup was 20th Century-Fox, with
ten hits. The other companies were represented
by the following, in the order of the number
produced Warner Bros, had seven. Paramount
and RKO tied with six each. United
Artists, five Universal-International, four; Republic,
two; Lopert, one.
(These Scored Ratings of 150°o or More)
DAVID AND BATHSHEBA (20th-Fox)
SHOW BOAT (MGM)
THAT'S MY BOY (Para)
TALES OF HOFFMANN (Loperl)
WKING SOLOMON'S MINES (MGM)
RIVER, THE (UA)
IJGREAT CARUSO. THE (MGM)
4>ALICE IN
WONDERLAND (RKO)
211
201
179
.168
176
170
1S7
157
(These Scored Ratings of 140% or More)
BORN YESTERDAY (Col) 149
AT WAR WITH THE ARMY (Para) 148
WKIM (MGM) 146
CYRANO DE BERGERAC (UA) 146
OCAPTAIN HORATIO HOHNBLOWER (WB) 142
^FATHER'S LITTLE DIVIDEND (MGM) 142
These Scored Ratings of 130% or More)
HALLS OF MONTEZUMA (20th-Fox) 138
UHARVEY (U-I) 138
^.'ROYAL WEDDING (MGM) 138
DALLAS (WB) 137
OUR VERY OWN (RKO) 137
THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, THE (RKO) 137
OPERATION PACIFIC (WB) 135
MR. MUSIC (Para) 133
KON-TIKI (RKO) 131
WON THE RIVIERA (20lh-Fox) 130
ij'Winners of Blue Ribbon Award
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What Thry lliil in h'irsi lliiiiv . (lulslandiiii! Ilil.v
T
Key Cities From Which Averages Were Computed:
Baltimore Cincinnati Detroit Minneapolis Philadelphia
Boston Cleveland Indianapolis New Haven Pittsburgh
Bullalo Dallas Kansas City Now York San Francisco
Chicago Denver Los Angeles Omaha Seattle
And intermediate cities and typical small town situations.
mt.
(These Scored Ratings of
120% or More)
ALL ABOUT EVE (20th-Fox) 129
GO FOR BROKE (MGM) 129
MACBETH (Rep) 127
TEA FOR TWO (WB) 127
TOMAHAWK (U-I) 126
ILL GET BY (20th-Fox) 125
ON MOONLIGHT BAY (WB) 125
PAGAN LOVE SONG (MGM) 125
iJFANCY PANTS (Para) 124
OLIVER TWIST (UA) 124
PEOPLE WILL TALK (20th-Fox) 124
RICH, YOUNG AND PRETTY (MGM) 124
UP FRONT (U-I) 124
OTREASURE ISLAND (RKO) 123
WEST POINT STORY, THE (WB) 123
TO PLEASE A LADY (MGM) 122
TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS (MGM) 122
VALENTINO (Col) 122
OFROGMEN, THE (20th-Fox) 121
LULLABY OF BROADWAY (WB) 121
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE
INVISIBLE MAN (U-I) 120
CALL ME MISTER (20th-Fox) 120
FABIOLA (UA) 120
FIVE (Col) 120
FOR HEAVENS SAKE (20th-Fox) 120
LEMON DROP KID, THE (Para) 120
OF MEN AND MUSIC (20th-Fox) 120
168 Features Out of 371
Do Average or Better
A
Abbott and Costello Meet the
Invisible Man (U-I) 120
According to Mrs. Hoyle (Mono) 86
Air Cadet (U-I) 94
Al Jennings of Oklahoma (Col) 105
Alice in Wonderland (RKO) 157
All About Eve (20th-Fox) 129
Along the Great Divide (WB) 100
American Guerrilla in the
Philippines (20th-Fox)
113
Apache Drums (U-I) 39
Appointment With Danger (Para) 95
As You Were (LP) 95
As Young as You Feel (20th-Fox) 86
At War With the Army (Para) 148
B
Bandit Queen (LP) 97
Bedtime for Bonzo (U-I) 100
Belle Le Grand (Rep) 99
Best of the Badmen (RKO) 87
Between Midnight and Dawn (Col) 103
Big Carnival, The (Para) 113
Big Gusher, The (Col) 95
Bird of Paradise (20th-Fox) 110
Blue Blood (Mono) 95
Blue Lamp, The (UA) *
Born to Be Bad (RKO) 99
Born Yesterday (Col) 149
Bowery Battalion (Mono) 100
Branded (Para) 116
Brave Bulls, The (Col) 95
Breaking Point, The (WB) 103
Breakthrough (WB) 116
Bullfighter and the Lady (Rep) 88
Bunco Squad (RKO) 100
C
California Passage (Rep) 99
Call Me Mister (20th-Fox) 120
Captain Horatio Hornblower (WB) 142
CasQ Manana (Mono) 90
Cassino to Korea (Para) 86
Cattle Drive (U-I) 35
PAYMENT ON DEMAND (RKO) 120
RIO GRANDE (Rep) 120
TRIO (Para) 120
Editor's Note: 100% is average or normal business.
'Insufficient reports for computation.
WELL, THE (UA)
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PAUL HENREIDi."FOR MEN ONLY"
with MARGARET FIELD • JAMES OOBSON
and Douglas Kennedy
•
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mlroducing Kathleen Hughes Vera Miles • Russell Johnson • Robert Sherman
' Screenplay by LOU MORHEIM from a story by Lou Morhelm and Herbert Margolis* A Lippert Pictures Presentation
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-/ Icture Cy/ro55ed
Cause for Alc(rm (MGM) 85
Cavalry Scout (Mono) 95
Chain Gang (Col) 100
Chain of Circumstance (Col) '37
China Corsair (Col) 82
Circle of Danger (UA) 95
Comin' Round the Mountain (U-I) 95
Company She Keeps, The (RKO) 101
Convicted (Col) 112
Copper Canyon (Para) 105
Corky of Gasoline Alley (Col) 91
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (Col) 100
Cry Danger (RKO) 98
Cuban Fireball (Rep) 96
Cyrano de Bergerac (UA) -146
D
Dallas (WB) 137
Danger Zone (LP) 95
Dark City (Para) 98
David and Bathsheba (20th-Fox) 211
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (20th-Fox) 116
Dear Brat (Para) 91
Deported (U-I) 98
Devil's Doorway (MGM) 103
Dial 1119 (MGM) 97
Disc Jockey (Mono) 95
Double Crossbones ( U-I ) 94
Double Deal (RKO) 96
E
Edge of Doom (RKO) 101
Elephant Stampede (Mono) 104
Emergency Wedding (Col) 94
Enforcer, The (WB) 115
Excuse My Dust (MGM) 112
Experiment Alcatraz (RKO) 95
F
Fabiola (UA) 120
Fancy Pants (Para) 124
Farewell to Yesterday (20th-Fox) 87
Fat Man, The (U-I) 88
Father Takes the Air (Mono) 90
Father's Little Dividend (MGM) 142
Father's Wild Game (Mono) 89
Fighting Coast Guard (Rep) 98
Fingerprints Don't Lie (LP) 91
Fireball, The (20th-Fox) 94
First Legion, The (UA) 114
Five (Col) 120
Flame of Stamboul (Col) 95
Flying Missile, The (Col) 94
Follow the Sun (20th-Fox) 101
Footlight Varieties (RKO) 97
For Heaven's Sake (20th-Fox) 120
Fort Worth (WB) 97
Four in a Jeep (UA).. 109
Fourteen Hours (20th-Fox) 91
Francis Goes to the Races (U-I) 115
Frenchie (U-I) 108
Frogmen, The (20th-Fox) 121
Fugitive Lady (Rep) 100
Fuller Brush Girl, The (Col) 100
Fury of the Congo (Col) 93
G
Gambling House (RKO) 90
Gasoline Alley (Col) 97
Ghost Chasers (Mono) 95
GI Jane (LP) 92
Glass Menagerie, The (WB) 105
Go for Broke! (MGM) 123
God Needs Men (A.F.E. Corp.) 115
Golden Horde, The (U-I) 103
Golden Salamander (UA) 100
Goodbye, My Fancy (WB) 96
Great Caruso, The (MGM) 167
Great Manhunt, The (Col) 102
Great Missouri Raid, The (Para) 97
Groom Wore Spurs, The (U-I) 92
Grounds for Marriage (MGM) 95
Gypsy Fury (Mono) 93
Guy Who Came Back, The (20th-Fox) 106
H
Half Angel (20th-Fox) 103
Halls of Montezuma (20th-Fox) 138
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (RKO) 96
Harriet Craig (Col) 106
Harvey (U-I) 138
He Ran All the Way (UA) 107
Her First Romance (Col) 98
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (Col) 104
Highly Dangerous (LP) 91
Highway 301 (WB) 104
Highwayman, The (Mono) 80
Hit Parade of 1951 (Rep) 85
Hollywood Story (U-I) 91
Home Town Boy (LP) *
Home Town Story (MGM) 96
Hoodlum, The (UA) 95
Hotel Sahara (UA) 96
House on Telegraph Hill (20th-Fox) 97
Hunt the Man Down (RKO) 104
Hurricane Island (Col) 98
I
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (20th-Fox)....110
I Was an American Spy (Mono) 97
I Was a Communist for the FBI (WB) 109
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (20th-Fox)....105
I'll Get By (20th-Fox) 125
Inheritance, The (Fine Arts) 101
Inside Straight (MGM) 96
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (WB) 92
Insurance Investigator (Rep) 92
Interrupted Journey (Lopert) 100
Iron Man (U-I) 110
I
Jackpot, The (20th-Fox) 107
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PRODUCER
In
Distribution:
When Worlds Collide
In
Preparation:
H. G. Wells'
The War of the Worlds
The Houdini Story
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Picture
Q,TOAAeA
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (Mono).... 90
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (Mono) 90
lungle Headhunters (RKO) 100
K
Kansas Raiders (U-I) 97
Katie Did It (U-I) 95
Kentucky Jubilee (LP) 90
Killer That Stalked New York, The (Col) 95
Kim (MGM) 146
Kind Lady (MGM) 100
King Solomon's Mines (MGM) 176
Kon-Tiki (RKO) 131
Korea Patrol (UA) 96
L
Lady and the Bandit, The (Col) 97
Lady From Texas, The (U-I) 78
Last of the Buccaneers (Col) 91
Last Outpost, The (Para) 96
Law and the Lady, The (MGM) 89
Leave It to the Marines (LP) 95
Lemon Drop Kid, The (Para) 120
Let's Dance (Para) 107
Let's Go Navy (Mono) 95
Ufe of Her Own, A (MGM) 115
Lightning Strikes Twice (WB) 96
Lion Hunters, The (Mono) 88
Little Ballerina (U-I) *
Little Big Horn (LP) 106
Little Egypt (U-I) 95
Long Dark Hall, The (UA) 92
Lorna Doone (Col) 96
Lost Continent (LP) 107
Louisa (U-I) 117
Lucky Nick Cain (20th-Fox) 102
Lullaby of Broadway (WB) 121
M
"M" (Col) 110
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (U-I) 110
Macbeth (Rep) 127
Mad Wednesday (RKO) 97
Madeleine (U-I) *
Magnet, The (U-I) 107 .
Magnificent Yankee, The (MGM) 93*
Man From Planet X, The (UA) 98
Man Who Cheated Himself, The (20th-Fox).. 97
Man With My Face, The (UA) 99
Mark of the Renegade (U-I) 96
Mask of the Avenger (Col) 97
Mask of the Dragon (LP) 92
Massacre Hill (Int'l Rel) 95
Mating Season, The (Para) 102
Meet Me After the Show {20th-Fox) 118
Milkman, The (U-I) 99
Million Dollar Pursuit (Rep) 90
Millionaire for Christy, A (20th-Fox) 96
Miniver Story, The (MGM) 88
Missing Women (Rep) 95
Mister Drake's Duck (UA) 80
Mister 880 (20th-Fox) 116
Mister Universe (UA) 93
Modern Marriage, A (Mono) 90
Molly (Para) 93
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (20th-Fox) 113
Mr. Music (Para) 133
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (UA) 87
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (MGM) 96
Mudlark, The (20th-Fox) 116
My Forbidden Past (RKO) 109
My Outlaw Brother (UA) 87
My True Story (Col) 96
Mystery Submarine (U-I) 93
N
Naughty Arlette (UA) 95
Native Son (Classic Pictures) 115
Navy Bound (Mono) 97
Never a Dull Moment (RKO) 98
Never Trust a Gambler (Col) 98
New Mexico (UA) 104
Next Voice You Hear . (MGM) 92
Night Into Morning (MGM) 90
No Questions Asked (MGM) 99
No Way Out (20th-Fox)
Ill
O
Obsessed (UA) 88
Odette (UA) 96
Of Men and Music (20th-Fox) 120
Oh! Susanna (Rep) 89
Oliver Twist (UA) 124
One Minute to Twelve (UA) *
On Moonlight Bay (WB) 125
On the Riviera (20th-Fox) 130
Only the Valiant (WB) 114
Operation Disaster (U-1) 87
Operation Pacific (WB) 135
Operation X (Col) 98
Our Very Own (RKO) ., 137
Outrage (RKO) 97
P
Pagan Love Song (MGM) 125
Painted Hills, The (MGM) 89
Paper Gallows (UA) 105
Pardon My French (UA) 90
Paris 1900 (Mayer) 100
Passage West (Para) 99
Payment on Demand (RKO) 120
Peking Express (Para) 96
People Will Talk (20th-Fox) 124
Petty Girl, The (Col) 110
Pickup (Col) 109
Pier 23 (LP) 90
Pool of London (U-I) 88
Prehistoric Women (UA) 116
Prelude to Fame (U-I) 98
Pretty Baby (WB) 97
Pride of Maryland (Rep) 96
Prince Who Was a Thief, The (U-I) 107
Prowler, The (UA) 102
Pygmy Island (Col) 100
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f-^^icture
Cy/roddeA
Q
Quebec (Para) 92
Queen for a Day (UA) 84
R
Raton Pass (WB) 99
Rawhide (20th-Fox) 115
Redhead and the Cowboy, The (Para) 97
Reunion in Reno (U-I) 78
Revenue Agent (Col) 97
Rhythm Inn (Mono) 95
Rich, Young and Pretty (MGM) 124
Right Cross (MGM) 102
Rio Grande (Rep) 120
River, The (UA) 170
Roaring City (LP) 94
Rocky Mountain (V/B) 106
Rogue River (UA) 95
Rookie Fireman (Col) 97
Royal Wedding (MGM) 138
S
Santa Fe (Col) 100
Savage Drums (LP) 96
Scarf, The (UA) 99
Sealed Cargo (RKO) 92
Second Face, The (UA) 97
Second Woman, The (UA) 99
Secret of Convict Lake, The (20th-Fox) 107
Secrets of Monte Carlo (Rep) 88
September Affair (Para) 104
Seven Days to Noon (Distinguished Films).... 87
Short Grass (Mono) 102
Show Boat (MGM) 201
Sierra Passage (Mono) 97
Sirocco (Col) 106
Skipalong Rosenbloom (UA) 89
Sky High (LP) 83
Smuggler's Gold (Col) 98
Smuggler's Island (U-1) 93
So Long at the Fair (UA) 116
Soldiers Three (MGM) 96
Southside 1-1000 (Mono) 98
St. Benny the Dip (UA) 94
Stage to Tucson (Col) 103
Steel Helmet, The (LP) 112
Stop That Cob (LP) 91
Storm Warning (WB) 105
Strangers on a Train (WB) 115
Strictly Dishonorable (MGM) 93
Strip, The (MGM) 99
Sugarfoot (WB) 109
Sun Sets at Dawn, The (UA) 94
Surrender (Rep) 97
Sword of Monte Cristo (20th-Fox) 92
T
Take Care of My Little Girl (20th-Fox) 116
Tales of Hoffmann (Lopert) 178
Tail Target, The (MGM) 98
Taming of Dorothy, The (UA) *
Target Unknown (U-1) 100
Tarzan's Peril (RKO) 90
Tea for Two (WB) 127
: 98
Teresa (MGM) 98
Texan Meets Calamity Jane, The (Col) 95
Texas Rangers, The (Col) 103
That's My Boy (Para) 179
They Were Not Divided (UA) *
Thing From Another World, The (RKO) 137
13th Letter, The (20th-Fox) 91
Three Desperate Men (LP)
Three Guys Named Mike (MGM) 108
Three Husbands (UA) 98
Three Secrets (WB) 103
Three Steps North (UA) 93
Thunder on the Hill (U-I) 104
To Please a Lady (MGM) 122
Toast of New Orleans (MGM) 122
Tokyo File 212 (RKO) 93
Tomahawk (U-I) 126
Tony Draws a Horse (Fine Arts) 103
Tougher They Come, The (Col) 101
Treasure Island (RKO) 123
Trio (Para) 120
Tripoli (Para) 103
Try and Get Me (UA) 95
Two Flags West (20th-Fox) 108
Two Gals and a Guy (UA) 100
Two Lost Worlds (UA) 96
Two of a Kind (Col) 101
Two Weeks With Love (MGM) 112
U
Under the Gun (U-I) 86
Undercover Girl (U-I) 87
Union Station (Para) 104
Up Front (U-I) 124
V
Valentino (Col) 122
Varieties on Parade (LP) 98
Vendetta (RKO) 106
Vengeance Valley (MGM) 113
Vicious Years, The (Mono) 94
W
Walk Softly, Stranger (RKO) 93
Warpath (Para) 96
Watch the Birdie (MGM) 110
Well, The (UA) 120
West Point Story, The (WB) 123
When I Grow Up (UA) 93
When the Redskins Rode (Col) 93
When You're Smiling (Col) 97
Where Danger Lives (RKO) 103
Whistle at Eaton Falls, The (Col) 80
Wicked City, The (UA) 109
Woman on the Run (U-I) 96
Wooden Horse, The (Snader) 117
Wyoming Mail (U-I) 92
y
Yank in Korea, A (Col) 91
Yellow Fin (Mono) 93
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (LP) 89
You Never Can Tell (U-I) 94
You're in the Navy Now (20th-Fox) 105
46 BAROMETEH Section

Your First
Three Dividends
on that
MONOGRAM
ALLIED ARTISTS
iSuarantce
of a
TOP COLOR HIT EVERY MONTH!
^
Allied Artists presents "THE HIGHWAYMAN" . A Jack Dietz Production starring PHILIP FRIEND • CHARLES COBURN . WANDA HENDRIX costarnng
Cecil Kellaway • Victor Jory • Produced by Hal E. Chester • Based on the poem by Alfred Noyes • Directed by Lesley Selander • Screenplay by Jan Jeffries
Monogram Pictures presents "FLIGHT TO MARS" starring MARGUERITE CHAPMAN • CAMERON MITCHELL with Arthur Franz • Virginia Huston • John Litel
Morris Ankrum • Produced by Walter Mirisch • Directed by Lesley Selander . Screenplay by Arthur Strawn
Monogram
Pictures
presents
WALTER
WANGER
PRODUCTION
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HIS 'J'MS COLOR BY
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"ALADDIN and HIS LAMP" . A WALTER WANGER Production starring PATRICIA MEDINA • JOHN SANDS
with Richard Erdman • Directed by Lew Landers • Screenplay by Howard Dimsdale and Millard Kaufman

A
Distinguished
Year
ARTHUR
for
DIRECTOR
LUBIN
"FRANCIS"
(Universal- International)
"QUEEN FOR A DAY"
{Robert Stillman— United Artists Productions)
'RHUBARB'
(Paramount)
'FRANCIS GOES TO THE RACES"
(Universe I- International)
48
BAROMETER Ssciion

COMING FROM
WALT DISNEY
The Never To Be Forgotten
SNOW WHITE
AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Brought back by popular demand
For February 1952 Release
NOW FILMING IN
ENGLAND
The
Story
of
ROBIN HOOD
AN ALL LIVE-ACTION PICTURE
Starring
Richard Todd as Robin Hood
Joan Rice as Maid Marian
August 1952 Release
* • •
IN
PRODUCTION
Another Great All Cartoon
Feature Production
PETER PAN
For 1953 Release
All in Color
By Technicolor
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
BOXOFFICE 49

Wedtern l^ecords
One-Third of
Westerns
Hit Average or Better
A
Abilene Trail (Mono) 90
Arizona Manhunt (Rep) 90
B
Badman's Gold (UA) 98
Blazing Bullets (Mono) 85
Blazing Sun, The (Col) 80
Bonanza Town (Col) 100
Border Fence (Astor) 90
Border Outlaws (UA) 90
Border Treasure (RKO) 88
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas (Rep) 88
M
Man From Sonora (Mono) 90
Montana Desperado (Mono)
. 95
N
Nevada Badmen (Mono) 100
Night Riders of Montana (Rep) *
O
Oklahoma Justice (Mono) 90
Outlaw Gold (Mono) 90
Outlaws of Texas (Mono) 107
P
Prairie Roundup (Col) 100
C
Call of the Klondike (Mono) 94
Canyon Raiders (Mono) 100
Colorado Ambush (Mono) 105
Cyclone Fury (Col) 103
D
Dakota Kid, The (Rep) 110
F
Fort Dodge Stampede (Rep) 100
Fort Savage Raiders (Col) 95
G
Gene Autry and the Mounties (Col) 85
Gold Raiders (UA) 90
Gunplay (RKO) 84
H
Heart of the Rockies (Rep) 91
Hills of Utah (Col) 105
R
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (Col) 100
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (Col) 99
Rio Grande Patrol (RKO) *
Rodeo King and the Senorita (Rep) 95
Rough Riders of Durongo (Rep) *
S
Saddle Legion (RKO) , 88
Silver Canyon (Col) 106
Silver City Bonanza (Rep) 100
Snake River Desperadoes (Col) 92
Spoilers of the Plains (Rep) 83
Stagecoach Driver (Mono) *
T
Texans Never Cry (Col) 80
Thunder in God's Country (Rep) 93
Trail of Robin Hood (Rep) 109
U
Utah Wagon Train (Rep) 90
I
In Old Amarillo (Rep) 89
E
Kangaroo Kid, The (UA) 95
W
Wanted: Dead or Alive (Mono) 105
Wells Fargo Gunmaster (Rep) 85
Whirlwind (Col) 108
Whistling Hills (Mono) *
50
L
Law of the Badlands (RKO) 110
Lightning Guns (Col) 93
Y
Yukon Manhunt (Mono) 110
BAROMETER Section

EDMUND GRAINGER
PRODUCTIONS
SEASON 1951-52
On ZxltlLctian
FLYING LEATHERNECKS
\\ //
(Color by Technicolor)
Starring
JOHN WAYNE • ROBERT RYAN
Directed by
NICHOLAS RAY
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THE
RACKET"
starring
ROBERT MITCHUM • LIZABETH SCOTT • ROBERT RYAN
Directed
by
JOHN CROMWELL
2^
SUaatina
'THE DAY THEY GAVE BABIES AWAY'
"AFRICAN INTRIGUE'
Color bv Technicolor]
"BLACKBEARD THE PIRATE'
(Color by Technicolor)
"THE KOREAN STORY "
Storring
Robert Mitchum • Ann BIyth
D. reefed by
Toy Garnett
R K O
RADIO
PICTURES
BOXOFFICE 51

EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Presents . . .
For Release by WARNER BROS.
52 BAROMETER Section

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ABBOTT - COSTELLO
IN
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ACK and the
DEANSTALK"
BOXOFFICE 53

about
1
Une Lyutlooh ^6 (l5nakter ^i ^n OSntxtin
by JOHN SULLIVAN
ALTHOUGH
the BritLsh film Industry
produced only 53 feature films
in 1951 against 62 in 1950 and 66 in
1949. the quality has remained fairly high
EJid. fortunately, boxoffice receipts for
both British and American films have
been good, at least until the last quarter
of the year. From October there has been
a slight recession in the overall takings,
mainly because of an increase in seat
prices brought about by the Eady plan.
While full information on this point is
not yet available, it seems that about the
same niunber of people are going to the
movies but they are purchasing the lowerpriced
seats.
EADY PLAN AIDS PRODUCERS
Prospects for the British production industry
are, however, considerably brighter
in 1952. Much has been written of the
Eady plan which is designed to make sure
that the British producer gets a bigger
share of the boxoffice take but few people
in the American industry understand
exactly how it works. It must be understood
at the start that Anglo-American
agreements forbid discrimination against
American films and that, in itself, prevents
the British government from adopting
a straightforward tax remission
scheme for the home producer such as the
Italians and other nations have. Therefore,
a more complicated system was developed
by Sir Wilfrid Eady, a permanent
official of the treasury. Since the
producers' cry for more money came at a
time when the exhibitor, too, was feeling
the pinch, an arrangement was made
whereby the government permitted the exhibitor
to raise the price of admissions by
a small sum and the result was that three
half-pence
i
two cents) of this increase
was retained by the industry and
the balance paid to the treasury to compensate
it for a tax loss which was to be
felt when a reduction simultaneously was
made in cheaper seats. Of this small sum
the exhibitor retained one-half to compensate
for rising salaries and other costs
and the other half was paid by him into
a pool known as the British Film Production
Fund. It should be stressed at this
point that the scheme is not official, but
entirely voluntary and in spite of this only
a tiny number of exhibitors have failed to
meet the agreement signed by their association.
HOW THE PLAN WORKS
The sums paid into the production pool
are allocated to British pictures according
to their gross takings, both features and
shorts enjoying this extra percentage. In
the first year of the scheme, the seat deduction
was only one third of the present
sum but, in spite of this, more than three
million dollars was paid into the pool to
be shared out among British pictures distributed
that year. The first year ended
on August 4 and the average extra take
for a film was about 17 '» per cent of the
distributor's gross. During the present
year the figure should average more than
30 per cent, which will mean, in effect,
that a producer will draw a distributor's
gross take, since the extra 30 per cent will
more than pay for distribution charges
and prints and advertising.
In the last years of the war there was
practically no other form of entertainment
to be had. At that time many British
pictures were taking more than one
million dollars in the home — market "The
Wicked Lady" and "The Seventh Veil,"
to mention only two. During the past
year or so the boxoffice has dropped to
such an extent that $450,000 can be accepted
as a good distributor's gross for a
British picture and $600,000 something
fairly sensational. From the $450,000 can
be taken $90,000 for the distributor's
charges and a further $25,000 for prints,
advertising and other expenses which
means that the producer is left with a net
return, from the home market of $335,000.
Since a top feature film costs $350,000 to
make at a major British studio, it can be
seen that even a good picture could not
make money in Britain alone. It is only
fair to add that a film which did gross
that figure in Britain would undoubtedly
recoup its cost and also show a profit,
since it could rely on perhaps $80,000 to
$100,000 from overseas sales. But overseas
takings take a long time to come in
and to wait for that means that no producer
can plan a proper continuity of
production. That is where the Eady plan
steps in.
ALSO HELPS DISTRIBUTORS
Taking the figure of $450,000 as that
of a successful British picture during 1952,
the producer, instead of making a loss on
the first year's takings, can now rely on
30 per cent of that figiu-e coming back
to his film without any deduction from
the distributor. In theory the money
should come direct to him, but, in practice,
it is paid to the distributor, since the
latter usually owns a substantial share
in the film. The distributor adds it to
the producer's net take and the figure now
looks rather better. To his net return
of $335,000 the producer now gets 30 per
cent of $450,000 or $135,000, making his
total net $470,000 and showing him a
profit of $120,000.
Although the average takings of films
has fallen good pictures can still command
big money in this market for some very
substantial figures have been realized this
year. Top of the list of money-makers is
undoubtedly Metro's "The Great Caru.so."
which enjoyed the distinction of a repeat
engagement of the A.B.C. circuit only
three weeks after its original booking.
What is, of course, remarkable about this
big success is the fact that Mario Lanza
is certainly not the conventional leading
man. It does .seem, in this country at
least, that music still pays dividends.
Next on the list of the big hits are "Samson
and Delilah" and "King Solomon's
Mines," with spectacle the attraction m
both cases. At the time of writing these
were undoubtedly the three biggest piclures
of the year, but during the latter
months a strong contender has appeared
in the James Mason film, "The Desert
Pox."
FIVE BRITISH FILM TOPPERS
Among the British pictures in the lop
brackets for money are three from the
Rank studios which played Odeon and
Gaumont circuits and two from Associated
British which played their A.B.C. houses.
The Rank pictures were two comedies and
a drama: "Appointment With Venus,"
which was produced by Betty Box, is the
lighthearted story of the rescue from the
Channel Islands of a prize cow which has
been seized by the German Army. Although
quite unassuming, this film has
turned out to be a big success. The other
comedy is Michael Balcon's "The Lavender
Hill Mob," the story of a timid bank clerk
who robbed the Bank of England of a million
pounds in gold. This has already
been seen in New York and elsewhere.
The drama standing at the lop of the list
is a hospital story, "White Corridors,"
whose take astonished even the distributor.
OTHERS THAT SCORED HITS
The biggest British picture on the A.B.C.
circuit is undoubtedly "Laughter in Paradise,"
which Mario Zampi produced and
directed at the Associated British studios.
It is more than likely that the final
figures for this will show it as the top
money-maker of all British films during
1951. The story itself was nothing sensational
but the inspired fooling of Alastair
Sim and a very fine cast lifted the film
right out of the rut and brought the
crowds out to the theatres.
A.B.C. 's other winner deserves a paragraph
to itself, since it stands as an object
lesson—the lesson being that the film
industry is, and always will be, a gamble
and that fortunes can still be made as
well as lost. The flim is titled "Worm's
Eye View" and it was made by an independent
producer and distributed by an
independent distributor. At first none of
the circuits were very interested, since It
is no secret that the film cost only around
$100,000 and the cast meant nothing to
filmgoers. Its first three or four pre-release
bookings, however, convinced Jack
Goodlatte of A.B.C. that this was something
special and the picture was booked
in as a top feature on the entire A.B.C.
circuit. ITie business done on release was
such that the film must have returned,
at a conservative estimate, something like
three times the production cost to the producer.
Judging by the films lined up for next
year and either completed, in production,
or awaiting studio space, the trend in
Britain will now be toward the more ambitious
production. The extra take promised
by the Eady bonus will probably be
I Continued on page 90
BOXOFFICE 55

. . . . The
. . . This
HIGH
TREASON
. . . The threat of violence
hangs over England. The enemies
within wear the terrible
disguise of ordinary people. A
startling expose directed by Roy
Boulting and produced by Paul
Soskin.
.... What happens when an
Outpost of Empire finds that
its new Governor is a working
man from Lancashire.
Great acting performances
by Eric Portman, Cecil Parker,
Helen Cherry and a team of
those character players for
which British films are justly
acclaimed, make this film yet
HIS
EXCELLENCY
another Ealing Studios triumph.
Sparkling entertainment directed
by Robert (Kind Hearts
and Coronets) Homer.
I BELIEVE IN YOU
. . . Celia (Brief Encounter)
Johnson teamed with versatile,
sophisticated Cecil Parker in
the picture which lifts the lid
off a Police Court and tells the
story of those anonymous people
who stretch out helping
hands to bewildered youngsters
trapped in the underworld
jungle. Directed by Basil Dearden,
the man whose touch
made "The Blue Lamp" an
international success. A fine
product from the famous Ealing
Studios, it introduces lovely
newcomer Joan Collins and a
supporting cast of distinction.
THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING EARNEST
with one of the greofcst costs
ever assembled in o British studio,
Oscar Wilde's memorable comedy
comes to the screen in Technicolor.
Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison,
Joan Greenwood, Dama Edith Evans,
Margaret Rutherford and Miles Malieson
portray with distinction Wilde's
tomous characters. Directed by Anthony
(The Browning Version) Asquith,
produced by Teddy Boird
THE
HILL
LAVENDER
MOB
. . . Another winner from Ealing
Studios presenting the most
formidable gang of master
thieves the country has ever
known. Alec Guinness and
Stanley Holloway are teamed
together in this hilarious comedy
hit, directed by Charles
Crichton.
.... Screen adaptation of Arnold
Bennett's famous book
starring the versatile Alec
Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie
Hobson and Petula Clark.
Filmed in the actual locale of
the novel—the Potteries district
of England, this delightful
tale tells the story of the
"cheekiest man in the world."
THE
CARD
Produced, designed and directed
by Ronald Neame and
John Bryan, the team which
brought to the screen that
great story of motion pictures
"The Magic Box."
PENNY
PRINCESS
.... When a New York shopgirl
inherits a piece of Europe
it is practically a problem for
the United Nations.
In this Technicolor comedy.
lovely Yolande Donlon is
teamed with handsome Dirk
Bogarde, the latter playing his
first screen comedy role. Written
and directed by Val Guest,
the story takes the camera to a
mountain village in sunny
Spain, representing the mythical,
mirthful kingdom of Lampidorra.
HUNTED
.... A new child actor co stars with
Dirk Bogarde, lovely Elizabeth Sellars
and talented Kay Walsh in this emotion
packed thriller. Six and o half
years old Jon Whiteley of Aberdeen,
Scotland gives a great performance as
the little boy who finds the first real
love and kindness of his life in a murderer
fleeing the length of Britain
from the police. The picture is directed
by Charles Crichton, and produced
by Julian Wintle.
WHERE NO
VULTURES
FLY
Royal Performance
Film. An Ealing Studios production
in Technicolor, photographed
entirely on location on
the plains of Africa. Directed
by that master of the outdoors,
Harry Watt, the picture stars
Anthony Steel, Dinah Sheridan
and Harold Warrender.
. . . Again Alec Guinness, giving
yet another wonderful performance
in this Ealing Studios
comedy telling the story of a
little man with a big invention
nobody wants. With him in the
cast are lovely Joan Greenwood,
Cecil Parker, Michael
Gough and Ernest Thesiger.
Directed by Alexander "Whis-
THE MAN IN
THE WHITE SUIT
ky Galore" MacKendrick from
a screenplay by Roger Mac-
Dougall, John Dighton and
MacKendrick, the picture is
"Tailormade" for the Film
Trade!
SECRET
PEOPLE
.... A vivid dramatic story of
the attempted assassination of
a military despot and the net
of intrigue which collects both
innocent and guilty and leaves
them facing the aftermath of
retribution. The international
cast headed by Valentino Coresa
and Serge Reggiani, introduces
talented overnight star
Audrey Hepburn. Produced and
directed by Thorold Dickinson
—one of Britain's leading directors.
ENCORE
is the lotest and greatest
of the Somerset Maugham short story
films In the tradition of QUARTET
ond TRIO, ENCORE presents o brilliant
cast headed by Glynis Johns,
Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Ronald
Squire ond Terence Morgan. Scripted
by T E.B. Clarke, Arthur McCrae and
Eric Ambler; directed by Pot Jackson,
Anthony Pelissier, (Harold French and
produced by Anthony Dornborough.
and Especially These Fine Motion Pictures from the Famed PINEWOOD and EALING Studios,
Associated with the J. ARTHUR RANK ORGANIZATION, LTD.

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Principal Characters
David Gregory Peck
Bathsheba Susan Hayward
Nathan
Raymond Massey
Uriah Kieron Moore
Abishai James Robertson Justice
Michal
Jayne Meadows
Ira John Sutton
Joab Dennis Hoey
Goliath
Walter Talun
Adulteress Paula Morgan
King Saul Francis X. Bushman
Jonathan Teddy Infuhr
David (as a boy)
Leo Pessin
Specialty Dancer Gwyneth Verdon
Absolom Gilbert Barnett
Priest...: John Burton
Old Shepherd
Lumsden Hare
Egyptian Ambassador George Zucco
Amnon Allan Stone
Samuel
Paul Newlan
Jesse
Holmes Herbert
Executioners
Robert Stephenson,
Harry Carter
Jesse's First Son Richard Michelson
Jesse's Second Son
Dick Winters
Jesse's Third Son John Duncan
Court Announcer James Craven
Production Staff
Producer
Darryl P. Zanuck
Director
Henry King
Screenplay Philip Dunne
Color by Technicolor:
Technicolor Color Assista?i£... .Leonard Doss
Music Alfred Newman
Orchestration
Director of
Art Direction
Edward Powell
Photography
Leon Shamroy, A.S.C.
Lyle Wheeler,
George Davis
Set Decorations Thomas Little,
Paul S. Fox
Film Editor Barbara McLean
Wardrobe Direction Charles LeMaire
Costumes Designed by. ...Edward Stevenson
Choreography by Jack Cole
Makeup Artist
Ben Nye
Special Photographic Effects. ...Fhev Sersen
Sound E. Clayton Ward, Roger Heman
Biblical
Technical Adviser
Dr. C. C. McCown
A 20th Century-Fox Production
58 BAROMETER Section

THIS INSIGNE OF OUTSTANDING MERIT
is awaraed eacn montn ay tne National Screen
Council to tne picture wnicn, in tne opinion or
its
memners, comtines Lotn outstanding merit as
a motion picture and wnolesome entertainment
for tne entire family.
Tne National Screen Council,
now in its twentietn year, is comprised or
motion picture editors, radio film commentators
and representatives of tetter films councils and
civic and educational organizations.

(From September 1950, through August 1951)
September LouiSQ
Universal-International
October Fancy Pants Paramount
November MlSter 880 20th Century-Fox
December King Solomon's MineS Metro-Goldw^yn-Mayer
January HaiVey Universal- International
February Kim Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
March Royal Wedding Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
April Father's Little Dividend Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
May The Great Caruso Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
June On the Riviera 20th Century-Fox
July The Frogmen 20th Century-Fox
August... Alice in Wonderland RKO Radi
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Louisa A Universal-International Production
SEPTEMBER
The Cast
Hal Norton Ronald Reagan
Abel Burnside
Charles Coburn
Meg Norton
Ruth Hussey
Henry Hammond Edmund Gwenn
Louisa Norton Spring Byington
Cathy Norton Piper Laurie
Jimmy Blake
Scotty Beckett
Chris Norton Jimmy Hunt
Gladys Connie Gilchrist
Dick Stewart
Willard Waterman
Lil Stewart Marjorie Crosland
Bob Steioart
Martin Milner
Stacy Walker
Terry Frost
Joe Collins Dave Willock
Production Stait
Executive Producer Leo Spitz
Produced by Robert Arthur
Directed by Alexander Hall
Story and Screenplay bj/..Stanley Roberts
Director of Photography
Maury Gertsman. A.S.C.
Art Direction
Set Decorations
Bernard Herzbrun,
Robert Boyle
Russell A. Gausman,
Ruby R. Levitt
Sound Leslie I. Carey,
Glenn E. Anderson
Music Frank Skinner
Fihn Editor
Milton Carruth
Gowns Rosemary Odell
Hair Stylist Joan St. Oegger
Makeup
Special Photography
Bud Westmore
David S. Horsley, A.S.C.
61

Fancy Pants
A Paramount Production
OCTOBER
Humphrey
Bob Hope
Agatha Floud
Lucille Ball
Cart Belknap
Bruce Cabot
Mike Floud
Jack Kirkwood
Effie Floud Lea Penman
George Van-Basingwell Hugh French
Sir Wivibley Eric Blore
The Cast
Wampum
Teddy Roosevelt
Lady Maude
Rosalind
Twombley
Wong
Joseph Vitale
John Alexander
Norma Varden
Virginia Keiley
Colin Keith-Johnston
Joe Wong
Production Staii
Produced by Robert L. Welch
Directed by George Marshall
Screenplay by Edmund Hartmann,
Robert O'Brien
Based on story by Harry Leon Wilson
Director of Photography
Charles B. Lang jr., A.S.C.
Art Direction Hans Dreier,
Earl Hedrick
Technicolor Consultant Francis Cugat
Special Photographic Effects
Gordon Jenntngs. A.S.C.
Process Photography Farciot Edouart
Set Decoration Sam Comer, Emile Kuri
Edited by
Archie Marshek
Women's Costumes Mary Kay Dodson
Men's Costmnes
Gile Steele
Specialty Number Staged by
Billy Daniels
Makeup Supervision Wally Westmore
Sou7id Recording Gene Merritt,
Don Johnson
Assistant Director Oscar Rudolph
Music Score Van Cleave
Songs by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
62

Mister 880
A 20th Century-Fox Production
NOVEMBER
The Cast
Steve Buchanan
Ann Winslow
Skipper Miller
Mac
Judge O'Neil
Chief
Thad Mitchell
OUe Johnson
Duff
Lee
Burt Lancaster
Dorothy McGuire
Edmund Gwenn
Millard Mitchell
Minor Watson
Howard St. John
Hugh Sanders
James Millican
HowLAND Chamberlain
Larry Keating
Secretary
Kathleen Hughes
Miss Gallagher
Geraldine Wall
U.S. Attorney
Mervin Williams
Bailiff
Norman Field
Maggie Helen Hatch
Sergeant
Robert B. Williams
Mousie
Ed Max
Mr. Beddington
Frank Wilcox
Carlos
George Adrian
Production Staff
Executive Producer ....Darryl F. Zanuck
Produced by
Julian Blaustein
Directed by
Edmund Goulding
Screenplay by
Robert Riskin
Based on an Article in The New
Yorker by St. Clair McKelway
Music
Sol Kaplan
Director of Photography
Joseph La Shelle, A.S.C.
Art Direction
Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis
Set Decorations
Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Film Editor
Robert Fritch
Wardrobe Direction Charles Le Maire
Costumes Designed by
Travilla
Musical Direction Lionel Newman
Makeup Artist
Ben Nye
Special Photographic Effects
Fred Sersen
SoMTiii....Arthur L. Kirbach, Roger Heman
63

King Solomon's Mines A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production
DECEMBER
The Cast
Elizabeth Curtis Deborah Kerr
Allan Quatermain Stewart Granger
John Goode
Richard Carlson
Smith Hugo Haas
Eric Masters Lowell Gilmore
Khiva
KiMTJRSi
Umbopa
Siriaque
Chief Gagool Sekaryongo
King Twala
Baziga
Production Staff
Production Chief
Dore Schary
Produced by
Sam Zimbalist
Directed by
Compton Bennett,
Andrew Marton
Screenplay by
Helen Deutsch
Based on Novel by H. Rider Haggard
Director of Photography
Robert Suftees, A.S.C.
Technicolor
consultants
Henri Jaffa,
James Gooch
Art Directors Cedric Gibbons,
Paul Groesse
Film Editors Ralph E. Winters,
Conrad A. Nervig
Recording Supervisor. ...Uovglas Shearer
Set Decorations Edwin B. Willis
Associate
Keogh Gleason
Costumes by Walter Plunkett
64

Harvey
A Universal-International Production
JANUARY
The Cast
Ehvood P. Dowd James Stewart
Veta Louise Sinnnons Josephine Hull
Miss Kelly Peggy Dow
Dr. Sanderson Charles Drake
Dr. Chumley Cecil Kellaway
Myrtle Mae
Victoria Horne
Wilson
Jesse White
.*. Judge Gaffney William Lynn
Lofgren
Wallace Ford
Mrs. Chumley
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Chauvenet Grace Mills
Herman
Clem Bevans
Mrs. McGiff Ida Moore
Production Staff
Executive Producer
Produced by
Directed by
Screenplay
From the stage play by
Leo Spitz
John Beck
Henry Koster
by
Mary Chase, Oscar Brodney
Mary Chase
Director of Photography
William Daniels. A.S.C.
Film Editor
Ralph Dawson
Art
Set
Director
Bernard Herzbrun, Nathan Juran
Decorations
Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron
Sound Leslie I. Carey, Joe Lapis
G0W71S
Orry Kelly
Hair Stylist Joan St. Oecger
Makeup
Bud Westmore
Music
Frank Skinner
65

Kim A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production
FEBRUARY
Mahbub Ali, The Red Beard. .Errol Flynn
Kim
Dean Stockwell
Lama Paul Lukas
Colonel Creighton Robert Douglas
Em.issary Thomas Gomez
Hurree Chunder Cecil Kellaway
The Cast
Lurgan Sahib
Arnold Moss
Father Victor
Reginald Owen
Laluli Laurette Luez
Hassan Bey
Richard Hale
The Russia7is
Roman Toporow, Ivan Triesault
Production Staii
^
Production Chief
Dore Schary
Produced by
Leon Gordon
Directed by
Victor Saville
Screenplay by
Leon Gordon,
Helen Deutsch, Richard Schayer
From a Story by Rudyard Kipling
Director of Photography
William Skall, A.S.C.
Technicolor Consultants
Henri Jaffa, James Gooch
Art Directors
Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters
Film Editor
George Boemler
Music by
Andre Previn
Recording Supervisor ....Douglas Shearer
Set Decorations Edwin B. Willis
Associates ....Arthur Krams, Hugh Hunt
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe
Montage Sequence by ....Peter Ballbusch
Costumes Designed by
Hair Styles Designed by
Sydney
Valles
Guilaroff
Technical Adviser I. A. Hafesjee
66

Royal Wedding
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production
MARCH
Tom Bowen
Ellen Bowen
Lord John Brindale
Fred Astaire
Jane Powell
Peter Lawford
Anne Ashmond Sarah Churchill
The Cast
Irving and Edgar Klinger ..Keenan Wynn
James Ashmond
Albert Sharpe
Sarah Ashmond
Viola Roache
Purser Henri Letondal
Cabby
James Finlayson
Production Staff
Production Chief
Dore Schary
Produced by
Arthttr Freed
Directed by
Stanley Donen
Story and Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by
Burton Lane
Lyrics by ....Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Direction Johnny Green
Dances by
Nick Castle
Orchestrations
Conrad Salinger, Skip Martin
Director of Photography
Robert Planck, A.S.C.
Technicolor
Art
Directors
Consultants
Hetnri Jaffa, James Gooch
Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith
Film Editor
Albert Akst
Recording Supervisor.. ..Douglas Shearer
Set Decoration Edwin B. Willis
Associate
Special Effects
Alfred E. Spe^^cer
Warren Newcombe
Hair Styles Designed by
Sydney Guilaroff
Makeup Created by William J. TtrnxE
67

Father's Little Dividend
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production APRIL
The Cast
Stanley Banks Spencer Tracy
Ellie Banks Joan Bennett
Kay Dunstan Elizabeth Taylor
Buckley Dunstan Don Taylor
Doris Dunstan
Billie Burke
Herbert Dunstan Moroni Olsen
Police Sergeant
Richard Rober
Delilah
Marietta Canty
Tommy Baiiks
Rusty Tamblyn
Ben Banks
Tom Irish
Dr. Andrew Nordell Hayden Rorke
Reverend Galsworthy Paul Harvey
Production Staii
^ r
Production Chief
Dore Schary
Produced by
Pandro S. Berman
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Screenplay by
Albert Hackett, Prances Goodrich
Based on Characters Created by
Edward Streeter
Director of Photography
John Alton, A.S.C.
Art Directors
Cedric Gibbons, Leonid Vasian
Film Editor Ferris Webster
Music by Albert Sendrey
Conducted by
Georgie Stoll
Recording Supervisor ....Douglas Shearer
Set Decorations Edwin B. Willis
Associate
Keogh Gleason
Women's Costumes by Helen Rose
Hair Styles Designed by
Sydney Guilaroff
Makeup Created by
William Tuttle
68

The Great Caruso
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
MAY
Enrico Caruso
Dorothy Benjamin
Louise Heggar
Maria Selka
Carlo Santi
Park Benjamin
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Alfredo Brazzi
Jean de Reszke
Antonio Scotti
Gi?io
Fucito
The
Mario Lanza
Ann Blyth
Dorothy Kirsten
Jarmila Novotna
Richard Hageman
Carl Benton Reid
Eduard Franz
Ltjdwic Donath
Alan Napier
Paul Javor
Carl Milletaire
Shepard Menken
Cast
Tullio
Vincent Renno
Egisto Barretto
Nestor Paiva
Caruso (as boy) Peter Edward Price
Papa Caruso
Mario Siletti
Mama Caruso
Angela Clarke
Hutchins
Ian Wolfe
Miisetta
Yvette Duguay
Mrs. Barretto Argentina Brunetti
Opera Montage:
Blanche Thebom, Teresa Celli, Nicola
MoscONA, Giuseppe Valdengo, Lucine
Amara. Marina Koshetz
Production
Production Chief
Dore Schary
Produced by
Joe Pasternak
Associate Producer Jesse L. Lasky
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Written by
Sonya Levien,
William Ludwig
Suggested by her Iiusbaiid's biography,
by
Dorothy Caruso
Operatic numbers staged and conducted
by
Peter Herman Adler
Musical Supervision and Background
Score by
Johnny Green
Staff
Music Adaptation Irving Aaronson
Color by Technicolor
Director of Photography
Joseph Ruttenberg, A.S.C.
Technicolor assistants
Henri Jaffa, James Gooch
Art Directors
....Cedric Gibbons, Gabriel Scognamillo
Film Editor
Gene Ruggiero
Recording Supervisor Douglas Shearer
Set Decorations Edwin B. Willis
Associate
Jack D. Moore
69

On the Riviera
A 20th Century-Fox Production
JUNE
Henri Duran and Jack Martin
Danny Kaye
Lilli Gene Tiehney
Colette
CoRiNNE Calvet
Philippe Lebrix Marcel Dalio
Periton Jean Murat
Louis Forel
Henri Letondal
Antoine Clinton Stjndberg
Gapeaux
Sig Rtjman
Mimi
Joyce Mackenzie
The Cast
Minette
Monique Chantal
Mme. Cornet
Marina Koshetz
Mme. Periton
Ann Codee
Eugenie
Mari Blanchard
Dance Team
Ethel Martin,
George Martin, Vernal "Buzz" Miller
Specialty Dancers Ellen Ray,
GWYNETH VERDON
Spanish Dancer Rosario Imperio
Executive Producer ....Darryl F. Zanuck
Produced by Sol C. Siegel
Directed by
Walter Lang
Screen Play by
Valentine Davies
AND Phoebe and Henry Ephron
Based on a Play by ....Rudolph Lothar,
Hans Adler
Adapted by
Jessie Ernst
-Oti the Riviera." "Popo the Puppet."
"lUiythm of a New Romance."
"Happy Ending" by Sylvia Fine
Technicolor Color Consultant
Leonard Doss
Production Staff
Musical Direction Alfred Newman
Director of Photography
Leon Shamroy, A.S.C.
Art Direction Lyle Wheeler,
Leland Fuller
Set Decorations
Thomas Little,
Walter M. Scott
Fibn Editor J. Watson Webb, jr.
Costumes Designed by
Travilla
Costumes for Miss Tierney Designed
by Oleg Cassini
Dances Staged by
Jack Cole
Orchestration Earle Hagen,
Edward Powell
70

The Frogrhen
A 20th Century-Fox Production
JULY
Lieut. Commander John Lawrence
Richard Widmark
Flannigan Dana Andrews
Lieut. Commander Pete Vincent
Gary Merrill
Creighton Jeffrey Hunter
Hodges
Warren Stevens
Lieut, (jg) Franklin Robert Wagner
Canarsie
Harvey Lembeck
Lieut. Doyle Robert Rockwell
The Cast
Sleepy
Chief Ryan
Henry Slate
Robert Adler
Lieut. Klinger Bob Patten
Kinsella
Ferrino
Admiral Dakers
Commander Miles
Harry Flowers
William .Bishop
Fay Roope
William M. Neil
Chief Petty Officer Lane ..James Gregory
Captain Radford Russell Hardie
Executive Producer Darryl F. Zanuck
Produced by
Samuel G. Engel
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Screenplay by John Tucker Battle
Story by
Oscar Millard
Music
Cyril Mockridge
Director of Photography
Norbert Brodine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Lyle Wheeler,
Albert Hogsett
FilTn Editor William Reynolds
Production Staff
Set Decorations
Thomas Little
F^ed J. Rode
Wardrobe Director Charles Le Maire
Musical Direction Lionel Newman
Orchestration Herbert Spencer,
Earle Hacen
Makeup Artist Ben Nye
Special Photographic Effects
Fred Sersen
Sound
Winston H. Leverett
Roger Heman
71

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iS.iSt?"
0W:
.
Alice in Wonderland
An RKO Radio Production
AUGUST
Production Staff
Producer Walt Disney With the Voices o/....Kathryn Beaumont
Production Supervision ..Ben Sharpsteen (Alice), Ed Wynn (Mad Hatter), Jerry
Directors
Clyde Geronimi,
Hamilton Luske. Wilfred Jackson
Colonna (March Hare >. Sterling Hol-
''''way
(Cheshire Cat>. Richard Haydn
„. ^. , . ^ ,, „ (Caterpillar), Verne Felton (Quee?j of
Directing Animators Milt Kahl,
,,, ,- _ _ _ Hearts), Heather Angel (Alice's
Ward Kimball, Prank Thomas, Eric
„ , Sister), Mello-Men (Playing CardsK
Larson, John Lounsbery. Ollie Johns-
„ ., Bill Thompson (White Rabbit aiid
ton, Wolfgang Reitherman, Marc
_ - „ ., „ Dodo), Larry Grey (Lizard), Doris
Davis, Les Clark, Norm Ferguson.
Lloyd (Rose), Pat O'Malley (Tweedle-
Story
Winston Hibler, Bill
„ , „ „ „ , dee. Tweedledum, Walrus arid Carpen-
Peet, Joe Rinaldi, Bill Cottrell, Joe
r^„. r^„. /-.„„„„ rr. c. . „ r. ter) , JOSEPH Kearns (Door Knob),
Grant, Del Connell, Ted Sears, Erd-
MAN Penner, Milt Banta, Dick Kel-
Queenie Leonard (Flowers), James
SEY, Dick Huemer, Tom Oreb, John MacDonald ( Dormoi(se) ,
Dink Trout
Walbridge.
(King of Hearts)
(From the
Musical
original
Score by
Oliver Wallace
classics of
Lewis Carroll) Orchestration Joseph Dubin
72

Warner
. .RKO
, .United
(I5lue rslbbon l/UiLnnerS in P.st Uecir6
iln seasonal crder, from September
through August)
1932
(Inaugurated March 1932, Therefore Only 6
Awards This Season)
Business and Pleasure Fox
Torzan, The Ape Man
MGM
No Greater Love Columbia
The Doomed Battalion
Universal
Rebccco o# Sunnybrook Farm Fox
Bring 'Em Back Alive RKO Radio
1932 33
A Successful Calomity Warner Bros.
Pf»ontom President Paramount
Little Orphon Annie RKO Radio
Uptown New York KBS
They Just Hod to Get Married Universal
State Fair Fox
Oliver Twist Monogrom
King Kong RKO RodiO
Adorable
Fcx
Gold Diggers of 1 933 Warner Bros.
Stranger's Return MGM
Tugboat Annie
MGM
1933-34
One Man's Journey
RKO Radio
The Bowery 20th Century-UA
Only Yesterday Universal
Little Women RKO Radio
Romon Scandals United Artists
The Cat and the Fiddle MGM
David Harum Fox
Torzon and His Mate
MGM
Vivo Villa MGM
Little Miss Marker Paramount
Here Comes the Navy Warner Bros.
Treasure Island MGM
1934-35
One Night of Love Columbia
Judge Priest Fox
White Parade Fox
Flirtation Wolk First Notional
Dovid Copperfield
MGM
Little Colonel Fox
Roberta
RKO Radio
Naughty Morietto
MGM
G-Mcn
Warner Bros.
The Informer RKO Radio
Love Me Forever
Columbia
Alice Adams RKO Radio
1935-36
Top Hot
RKO Radio
O'Shaughnessy's Boy MGM
Mutiny on the Bounty
MGM
Ah, Wilderness!
MGM
A Tole of Two Cities MGM
Story of Louis Pasteur Worner Bros.
The Country Doctor 20th-Fox
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Columbio
Show Boot Universal
Son Froncisco
MGM
The White Angel .
Bros.
The Green Pastures Warner Bros.
1936-37
The Lost of the Mohicans
United Artists
A Midsummer Night's Dream Warner Bros.
Charge of the Light Brigade Warner Bros.
Winterset
RKO Radio
The Ploinsmon Paramount
Maid of Salem Paramount
Moytime
MGM
Romeo and Juliet
MGM
The Prince and the Pauper Worner Bros.
Captoins Courageous
MGM
Wee Willie Winkic 20th-Fox
The Good Earth MGM
1937-38
Lost Horizon Columbia
The Life of Emile Zolo Warner Bros.
MGM
The Firefly
Tovorich Warner Bros.
Wells Fargo
Paramount
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. . Radio
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 20th-Fox
In Old Chicago 20th-Fox
Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros.
Holiday
Columbio
Love Finds Andy Hordy MGM
Alexander's Ragtime Bond
20th-Fox
1938-39
Boys Town MGM
You Can't Take It With You Columbia
The Citadel MGM
A Christmas Carol
MGM
Sweethearts
MGM
Gungo Din RKO Radio
Pygmolion
MGM
Wuthering Heights United Artists
Union Pocific Paramount
Young Mr. Lincoln 20th-Fox
On Borrowed Time MGM
Stonley ond Livingstone 20th-Fox
1939-40
The Wizord of Oz MGM
Mr. Smith Goes to Woshington
, . .Columbia
Drums Along the Mohawk 20th-Fox
Gulliver's Travels Paramount
The Greot Victor Herbert Poromount
Pinocchio
RKO Rodio
Young Tom Edison
MGM
Rebecca
United Artists
Edison, the Man MGM
The Mortal Storm MGM
AM This, and Heaven Too Warner Bros.
Pride and Prejudice MGM
1940-41
The Howards of Virginia
Columbia
The Great Dictator. United Artists
Northwest Mounted Police Paramount
Tin Pon Alley 20th-Fox
Philadelphia Story '. . . .MGM
Virginia
Paramount
The Lady Eve
Poromount
Men of Boys Town MGM
Thot Hamilton Woman! United Artists
I Wanted Wings Poromount
Caught in the Draft Paramount
Blossoms in the Dust MGM
1941 -42
Citizen Kane RKO Radio
Sergeont York Warner Bros.
One Foot in Heaven Warner Bros.
H. M. Pulham, Esq MGM
How Green Was My Vatley
20th-Fox
Woman of the Year MGM
To Be or Not to Be United Artists
Fontasio
RKO Radio
Tortilla Flat MGM
They All Kissed the Bride Columbia
This Above All 20th-Fox
The Pied Piper 20th-Fox
1942-43
MGM
Mrs. Miniver
The Major and the Minor Paramount
Talcs of Monhottan 20th-Fox
George Woshington Slept Here WB
Yonkec Doodle Dandy Warner Bros.
Star Spangled Rhythm
Paramount
Pride of the Yonkees RKO Radio
Rondom Harvest MGM
The More the Merrier Columbia
Stoge Door Canteen United Artists
The Human Comedy
MGM
This Is the Army Warner Bros.
1943-44
So Proudly We Hail Paramount
Thonk Your Lucky Stars Warner Bros.
Guadalcanal Diory 20th-Fox
Lassie Come Home MGM
Destination Tokyo Warner Bros.
Madame Curie
MGM
A Guy Named Joe.
MGM
Sec Here, Privote Hargrove MGM
For Whom the Bell Tolls Poromount
The White Cliffs of Dover MGM
The Story of Or. Wassell Paramount
Going My Way
Paramount
1944-45
MGM
The Seventh Cross
Arsenic and Old Lace Warner Bros.
Since You Went Away United Artists
Mrs. Porktngton MGM
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo MGM
The Keys of the Kingdom
20th-Fox
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 20fh-Fox
Notional Velvet MGM
The Enchonted Cottage RKO Radio
The Clock
MGM
Valley of Decision
MGM
Wilson
20th-Fox
1945-46
Story of G.I. Joe United Artists
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes MGM
The House on 92nd Street 20th-Fox
Spellbound United Artists
The Bells of St. Mary's RKO Radio
The Lost Weekend ... Paramount
Tomorrow Is Forever. RKO Radio
Saratoga Trunk .Warner Bros.
Drogonwyck
20th-Fox
Two Sisters From Boston MGM
The Green Yeors
MGM
Anna and the King of Siom 20th-Fox
1946-47
Caesar and Cleopatra , Artists
Three Wise Fools MGM
Sister Kenny RKO Radio
Blue Skies
Paramount
The Jolson Story
Columbia
Song of the South
RKO Rodio
The Beginning or the End MGM
It Happened in Brooklyn MGM
The Farmer's Daughter RKO Radio
The Ycorling
MGM
Miracle on 34th Street 20th-Fox
Welcome Stranger
Paramount
1947-48
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. . . .RKO Radio
The Unfinished Dance
MGM
Secret Life of Walter Mitty RKO Rodio
Where There's Life Paramount
My Wild Irish Rose Worner Bros.
Cass Timberlane MGM
The Bishop's Wife RKO Radio
I Remember Mama RKO Radio
State of the Union MGM
Green Grass of Wyoming 20th-Fox
Easter Parade MGM
The Best Years of Our Lives
RKO Radio
1948-49
The Bobe Ruth Story
Monogram
Aportment for Peggy 20th-Fox
Johnny Belindo
Warner Bros.
The Three Musketeers MGM
The Snoke Pit 20th-Fox
The Boy With Green Hair RKO Radio
So Dear to My Heart RKO Radio
Take Me Out to the Ball Game MGM
Little Women MGM
The Borkleys of Broadway MGM
The Strotton Story MGM
Look for the Silver Lining Warner Bros.
Come to the Stable
1949-50
20th-Fox
I Was a Male War Bride 20th-Fox
Ichobod and Mr. Toad RKO Radio
Adom's Rib MGM
On the Town MGM
All the Kinn's Men Columbia
Twelve O'clock High 20th-Fox
Cinderella RKO Radio
Cheaper by the Dozen 20th-Fox
The Jackie Robinson Story United Artists
Father of the Bride MGM
Treasure Island .... RKO Rodio
73

U^iue r\ibbon ^J^onop r\oli (^uli^
Recipients of Two or More Awards From March 1932, Through August 1951, Are Herein Cited
Pioduceis
10 Awards
Pandro S. Berman
9 Awards
Walt Disney
7 Awords
David O. Selznick
Hunt Stromberg
Hal B. Wallis
6 Awards
Henry Blanke
Sidney Franklin
Arthur Freed
Samuel Goldwyn
Dore Schary
5 Awards
Kenneth Macgowan
4 Awords
John W. Considine jr.
Cecil B. DeMille
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sol C. Siegel
3 Awards
Fronk Copra
Leon Gordon
Arthur Hornblow jr.
Jesse L. Lasky
Louis D. Lighten
Frank Lloyd
Joe Pasternak
Perce Peorce
George Stevens
Sam Zimbalist
2 Awards
Robert Bossier
Merian C. Cooper
Jock Cummings
Orville O. Dull
Samuel G. Engel
Bryan Foy
Lucien Hubbard
Bernard H. Hymon
William Jacobs
Nunnally Johnson
Paul Jones
Alexander Korda
Mervyn LeRoy
Albert Lewin
David Lewis
Samuel Marx
Leo McCarey
Harriet Parsons
Gabriel Pascal
William Perlberg
William H. Pine
Everett Riskin
A. L. Rockett
Jerry Wold
DirecioTS
7 Awards
Mervyn LeRoy
Henry King
6 Awards
Clarence Brown
David Butler
Frank Capra
George Cukor
5 Awards
William Dieterle
John Ford
Henry Koster
William Keighley
George Stevens
Norman Taurog
4 Awards
Michael Curtiz
Cecil B. DeMille
Anatole Litvak
3 Awards
Frank Borzage
John Cromwell
Stanley Donen
Clyde Geronomi
Alexander Hall
Walter Long
Robert Z. Leonard
Vincente Minnelli
Irving Pichel
King Vidor
Williom Wyler
2 Awards
Lloyd Bacon
Jock Conway
Toy Garnett
Alfred E. Green
Howard Hawks
Alfred Hitchcock
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
George Marshall
Leo McCarey
John Robertson
Alfred Sontell
Victor Seville
George Seaton
Lewis Seller
George Sidney
Charles Walters
Billy Wilder
ActOTS
16 Awards
Spencer Tracy
13 Awards
Lionel Borrymore
10 Awards
Charles Coburn
9 Awards
Donald Crisp
Cary Gront
8 Awards
Gory Cooper
7 Awards
Gene Lockhart
Mickey Rooney
6 Awards
Edward Arnold
Fred Astaire
Niget Bruce
Bing Crosby
Edmund Gwenn
Thomas Mitchell
Henry O'Neill
Basil Rothbone
Willard Robertson
James Stewart
Robert Walker
5 Awards
Charles Bickford
Errol Flynn
James Gleason
Porter Hall
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Edward Everett Horton
Van Johnson
Peter Lawford
Joel McCrea
Roddy McDowall
Lloyd Nolan
Gregory Peck
Walter Pidgeon
Henry Stephenson
Lewis Stone
Akim Tamiroff
George Tobias
4 Awards
Mischa Auer
James Cagney
Brian Donlevy
Henry Fonda
Bob Hope
Fred MacMurray
Ray Milland
Laurence Olivier
Reginald Owen
Dick Powell
Vincent Price
Claude Rains
Stanley Ridges
Keenon Wynn
Robert Young
Roland Young
3 Awards
Eddie Anderson
Lew Ayres
William Bendix
Roy Boiger
Charles Boyer
Wolter Brennan
Felix Bressart
Ray Collins
Ronald Colmon
Jackie Cooper
Joseph Gotten
Hume Cronyn
Harry Davenport
Tom Drake
Bobby Driscoll
Jimmy Durante
Nelson Eddy
Barry Fitzgerald
Preston Foster
John Garfield
Billy Gilbert
Jack Haley
Ian Hunter
Jackie Jenkins
Allan Jones
Cecil Kellowoy
Gene Kelly
Guy Kibbee
Patric Knowles
Alexander Knox
George Marshall
Frank McHugh
Grant Mitchell
Dickie Moore
Paul Muni
David Niven
Jock Oakie
Pat O'Brien
Eugene Pollette
Tyrone Power
Randolph Scott
Frank Sinatra
Dean Stockwell
Fronchot Tone
Henry Trovers
Henry Wilcoxon
Monty Woolley
2 Awards
Dana Andrews
Robert Arthur
Scotty Beckett
Sidney Blockmer
Eddie Bracken
Eddie Cantor
Richard Carlson
Leo Carrlllo
Jock Carson
Lee J. Cobb
James Craig
William Demarest
Melvyn Douglas
William Frawley
Clark Gable
Reginald Gardiner
Thomas Gomez
Stewort Granger
Rex Harrison
Richard Haydn
Von Heflin
William Holden
John Howard
Burl Ives
Sam Jaffe
Dean Jogger
Victor Jory
Danny Kaye
Richard Lane
Glenn Langan
Charles Loughton
Paul Lukos
Barton MocLane
Fredric March
Hugh Marlowe
Alan Marshal
Adolphe Menjou
Burgess Meredith
Gary Merrill
Millard Mitchell
Robert Mitchum
Dennis Morgan
Ralph Morgan
Alan Mowbray
Jules Munshin
John Payne
Robert Preston
Ronald Reagan
Edward G. Robinson
Don Taylor
Rudy Vallee
Johnny Weissmuller
Orson Welles
Actresses
7 Awards
Claudette Colbert
Greer Garson
Katharine Hepburn
6 Awards
Spring Byington
Gladys Cooper
Irene Dunne
Jeanette MacDonold
Ginger Rogers
Shirley Temple
5 Awards
Jean Arthur
Beulah Bondi
Billie Burke
Olivia de Havilland
Agnes Moorehead
Maureen O'Sullivan
4 Awards
June Allyson
Fay Bointer
Ingrid Bergman
Judy Garland
Roulette Goddard
Signe Hasso
Joan Leslie
Anita Louise
Margaret O'Brien
Elizabeth Taylor
Helen Westley
Loretta Young
3 Awards
Mary Astor
Joan Bennett
Frances Dee
Alice Foye
Joon Fontaine
Foye Holden
Marsha Hunt
Ruth Hussey
Veronica Lake
Elsa Lanchester
Angela Lansbury
Myrna Loy
Ann Miller
Dorothy McGuire
Mary Nosh
Flora Robson
Ann Rutherford
Ann Sheridan
Gale Sondergaord
Gloria Stuart
Veree Teasdale
Lucille Watson
Virginia Weidler
Teresa Wright
Fay Wroy
Jane Wymon
2 Awards
Elizabeth Allan
Binnie Barnes
Solly Benson
Joan Blondell
Helen Broderick
Madeleine Carroll
Joan Cauifield
Jeanne Crain
Jane Dorwell
Bette Davis
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Betty Garrett
Janet Gaynor
Kathryn Grayson
Sara Hoden
Celeste Holm
Josephine Hull
Rita Johnson
Hedy Lamorr
Dorothy Lomour
June Long
Vivien Leigh
Margo
Mary Martin
Aline MacMahon
Virginia Mayo
Hottie McDaniel
Mildred Notwick
Una O'Connor
Maureen O'Hara
Barbara O'Neil
Cecelia Parker
Luana Patten
Donna Reed
Anne Revere
Rosalind Russell
Martha Scott
Ann Sheridan
Barbara Stanwyck
Randy Stuart
Margaret Sullavan
Jessica Tandy
Gene Tierney
Lano Turner
Beverly Tyler
Evelyn Venable
Ruth Warrick
Esther Williams
Natalie Wood
Writeis
(Original Stories)
3 Awards
Robert Considine
2 Awards
Ben Hecht
James Hilton
George S. Kaufman
Oscar Millard
Leo McCarey
George Bernard Show
Phil Stong
(Screenplays)
10 Awards
Sonya Levien
8 Awards
Lomar Trotti
5 Awards
Talbot Jennings
Casey Robinson
4 Awards
Sidney Buchmon
Helen Deutsch
George Froeschel
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hockett
Ben Hecht
Dudley Nichols
Robert Riskin
3 Awards
Hugo Butler
Myles Connelly
Delmer Daves
Philip Dunne
Howard Estabrook
Jullen Josephson
Jesse Lasky jr.
John Lee Mahln
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Jane Murfin
Allan Scott
Arthur Sheekman
Donald Ogden Stewart
Dolton Trumbo
Harry Tugend
2 Awards
Robert Ardrey
John Tucker Battle
Sally Benson
DeWitt Bodeen
Charles Brockett
Betty Comden
Marc Connelly
William Conselman
Ian Dolrymple
Henry Ephron
Phoebe Ephron
Bradbury Foote
Everett Freeman
Leon Gordon
Sheridan Gibney
Adolph Green
Victor Heermon
Elizabeth Hill
Nunnally Johnson
Noel Langley
Blerne Lay jr.
Sara Y. Mason
Alan Le May
Anita Loos
William Ludwig
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Ben Markson
John Meehan
Seton I. Miller
Paul Osborn
Ernest Pascal
Norman Reilly Roine
Dore Schary
George Seaton
George Bernard Shaw
Sidney Sheldon
R. C. Sheriff
Robert Sherwood
Tess Slesinger
C. Gardner Sullivan
Jo Swerling
Anthony Veiller
Billy Wilder
Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Moyer ... 75
20th Century-Fox 39
RKO Radio 33
Worner Bros 27
Poromount 24
United Artists M
Columbio 13
Universal 6
Monogram 2
74

EOXOFFICE 75

1
ROSTER OF THE
lational Screen Coundl
OXOFRCE
WHICH SELECTS THE
Blue Ribbon Winners
Meinbt.'s ot the National Screen Council select the picture
eoch month to receive the BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award
This is done by mail. A list oi the current releases is sent on
a post card ballot (or marking and returning by a specified
date The picture receiving the most votes receives the
Award, and Honorable Mention is given those that so impressed
the members cs to receive a sizable number oi votes. A space
on the ballot ior comment has resulted in an interesting
exchange of opinion on a page devoted to the Council's
appraisal oi pictures.
: WMOLtj^
Membership in the National Screen Council comes under
three classifications: Editors of newspapers and magazines,
radio commentators, and members of clubs, film councils,
sociQi, civic and educational organizations. The Council and
the Award it selects have a threefold purpose. BOXOFFICE
sponsors them to encourage the production of motion pictures
v/ith appeal to the mass of regular patrons of all ages, to
foster a greater public appreciation of the more wholesome type
of motion picture entertainment, and to stabilize motion
picture theatre attendance on a higher average level.
VELMA WEST SYKES,
Chainnan
MARJORY L. ADAM5, Boston Globe
H. V, ANDERSON, Hartford Courant
R. M. BAGAI, Hollywood correspondent, India press
H. M. BALLIFF, Idaho Statesman, Boise
GRACE L. BARNETT, Freeport (III.) Journal Standard
MARGARET BEAN, Spokane Spokesman Review
FRED BEERS, Perry (Okla.) Journal
BROOKS H. BICKNELL, Alva (Okla.) Review Courier
AMALIA MENDEZ de BITTERLIN, Hollywood correspondent,
Panamanian newspapers
LILLIAN BLACKSTONE, St. Petersburg Times
LOUIS V. BLAY, Sfeubenville (Ohio) Herald Sfor
JOHN H. BOOKER, Tulsa Tribune
GEORGE BOURKE, Miami Hera;d
HELEN C. BOWER, Detroit Free Press
ALAN GREY BRANAGAN, Newark Evening News
FRED BROOMFIELD, San Fernando Valley Times, N.
Hollywood
HOWARD C. BROWN, Hollywood correspondent,
"Movie Life" (Australion)
R. 5. BROWN, Sioux Falls Daily Argus Leader
HELEN BUCKLEY, Winchester (Va.) Evening Star
MAXINE BUREN, Oregon Statesman, Salem
LILY MAY CALDWELL, B.rminghom News-Age-Herald
KATE CAMERON, New York News
FRANK E. CARPPENTER, Clarksburg Telegram
DIANNE QUINONES CARRERE, Hollywood correspondent,
Spanish language press
VANCE CHANDLER, Authenticated News Service,
Hollywood
REGINA CLAIRE, Hollywood correspondent, Australian
papers
LEONARD CLAIRMONT, Hollywood correspondent,
Swedish
press
MARION CLIFFORD, Pottsv.lle Republicon
HAROLD V. COHEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PAUL de SAINTE COLOMBE, Hollywood correspondent
for Canadian and French publicotions
ALTON COOK, New York World-Telegram
CARL E. COOPER, Kansas City Stor
ALLEN COWPERTHWAITE, Helena (Mont.) Independent-Record
AMY H. CROUGHTON, Rochester Times-Union
W. F. DAGON, Illinois S.ate Journal & Register,
Springfield.
A. A. DAUGHERTY, Louisville Times
HENRY DECKER, Frederick (Md.) News-Post
WILLIAM DeMUTH JR., Wheeling (W. Va.) News-
Register
AMADO E. DINO, Hollywood correspondent, Manilo
Post Herald
ALBAN A. DUBE, Fall River Herald News
A. R. DUNLAP, St. Petersburg Evening Independent"
LOUIS A. ECKL, Florence (Ala.) Times
RUTH ELGUTTER, Toledo Tirres
R. S. FANSLER, Winchester Evening Stor
ANDREW A. FARLEY, Donvi.le (Va) Register & Bee
LOIS J. FEGAN, Horrisburg Patriot-Evening News
FRANK FRAZER, Drama Editor, Long Island Doily
Advocate
MARILLA WAITE FREEMAN, Library Journal
JOE FITZ GERALD, Nebraska State Journol & Star,
Lincoln
LESTER CLARK GIFFORD, Hickory (N. C.) Doily Record
TOM R. GILLIAM JR., Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
FRANK GROSJEAN, Shreveport Journal
BILL HAGAN, Chattanooga News-Free Press
DOROTHY F. HAMLIN, Portland (Me.) Press-Herald
P. WALTER HANAN, Binghamton (N. Y.) Press
EVELYN HARTNAGEL, Evening Huronite, Huron, S. D.
PHILIP T. HARTUNG, Commonweal Magazine, New
York City
ARNOLD HEDERMAN, Jackson (Miss.) Daily Clarion
Ledger
MOTION PICTURE EDITORS
LOLA HILL, Piqua (Ohio) Daily Call
PAUL HOCHULI, Houston Press
VIRGINIA HOFFSTROM, St. Paul Dispatch
PAUL B. HOWLAND, Providence (R. I.) Sunday Journal
ELINOR HUGHES, Boston Herald
INGRID HULT, Hollywood correspondent, Swedish publications
JOHN D. JENKS, Lexington Herald-Leader
EMILY JERGER, Thomosville (Go.) Doily Times-Enterprise
BOBBIE JOHNSTON, Phoenix Gazette
A. S. KANY, Dayton Herald
JEANETTE KEYSER, Mobile (Ala.) Press Register
HERBERT B. KRONE, Lancaster (Pa.) New Era
KARL KRUG, Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph
NORA LAING, Hollywood correspondent, foreign publications
VIRGIL D. LANGDON, Tacoma News Tribune
MILTON G. LEVINE, Poterson (N. J.) Evening News
EDITH LINDEMAN, Richmond Times Dispatch
JANE LOCKHART, Rotarian Magazine, Chicago
FLOfD LOGAN, Fort Wayne News Sentinel
LOUISE MACE, Springfield (Mass.) Union
GEORGE J. MacFARLANE, Manitowoc (Wis.) Herold-
Times
ARTHUR D. MACKIE, Jersey Journal, Jersey City
HARRY MADISON, Hollywood correspondent, Manchester
Guardian, Evening News (England)
ARNOLD MARKS, Portland (Ore.) Journal
W. WARD MARSH, Cleveland Plain Dealer
MILDRED MARTIN, Philadelphia Inquirer
NAZIH MASSAAD, editor Egyptian and Arabian news,
Hollywood Magazine
HELEN MATHESON, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
JUDGE J. MAY, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville
MARTHA McHATTON, Indianapolis
News
MABEL McKEE, Terre Houte Star
DOROTHY MENARD, Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock
LOUISE MERRILL, Asheville (N. C.) Citizen-Times
HARTLAND MERSHON, New Brunswick (N. J.) Daily
Home News-Sunday Times
E. B. MILLER, Plainview (Tex.) Evening Herald
LEO MILLER, Bridgeport Hero.d
LYNN S. MILLER, Royal Ook (Mich.) Daily Tribune
MALCOLM MILLER, Knoxville Journal
MADGE A. MILLIKIN, Adrian (Mich.) Daily Telegroph
KASPAR MONAHAN, Pittsburgh
Press
ARMANDO del MORAL, Hollywood, Servicio
istico ORBE
Period-
CALVIN D. MYERS, Newburgh (N. Y.) News
IRIS L. MYERS, Walla Walla (Wash.) Union-Bulletin
ROY E. O'NEAL, O'Neal News Service, Huntsville, Ala.
TERESA SANTIAGO OPPENHEIMER, Hollywood correspondent,
Puerto Rico press
MAURINE PATIN, Port Arthur (Tex.) News
TOM PECK, Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier
DOMINIC PEPP, Watertown (N. Y.) Doily Times
JOHN I. QUIRK, Manchester (N. H.) Union Leader
MILTON RANDOLPH, Noshville Banner
C. W. RATLIFF, Lubbock (Tex.) Avalanche-Journal
HERB RAU, Miami Daily News
J. RICHARD RAUTH, Hogerstown (Md.) Daily Moil
RUSSELL RHODES, Journol of Commerce, New York
City
JACK RILEY, Raleigh (N. C.) News & Observer
JULIA RISHEL, Volley Daily News, Tarcntum, Pa.
ALFRED W. ROSE, Camden (Ark.) News
FRED H. RUSSELL, Bridgeport Post & Telegram
JOHN W. SAFFELL, Lorain (Ohio) Journal
J. WILLIS SAYRE, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
LEW SCHATZMANN, Maysville (Ky.)) Daily Independent
THOLA TABOR SCHENCK, Syracuse Post-Standard
HOWARD B. SCHUESSLER, Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune
ROBERT SCHWARTZ, Hollywood correspondent, foreign
press
LUCILE M. SCOTT, Atlanta Daily World
WILLIAM E. SEIFERT JR., Sportonsburg (S. C.) Journal
MAHMUD SHAIKHALY, Hollywood correspondent Al-
Sabah Magazine
R. M. SHEPPHERDSON, Peoria (III.) Journol-Transcript
JAMES A. SHERLOCK, Canton (Ohio) Repository
DOROTHY SHERMER, Atlantic City Press Union
MARY JEANETTE SIMPSON, New Orleans Times-
Picayune
HERM SITTARD, Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin
WOOD SOANES, Oakland Tribune
JIMMY STARR, Los Ange.es Herald & Express
MARY STERNE, Birmingham Post
MILDRED STOCKARD, Houston Chronicle
NADINE SABOTNIK, Cedar Rapids Gazette
BRADFORD F. SWAN, Providence Journal
JOHN W. TEED, Long Beach Sun
BETTE THOMPSON, Amarillo Globe-News
R. K. TINDALL, Shenandoah (Iowa) Evening Sentinel
RICHARD T. TORKELSON, Rock Islond Argus
WARNER TWYFORD, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
STAN WALDORF, San Jose News
HELEN WATERS, Long Island Doily Advocate
T. H. WENNING, Newsweek Magazine, New York
City
MAX van WESEL, Hollywood correspondent, Dutch ond
Belgian publications
ELOISE WEST, Emporia Gazette
ALLEN M. WIDEM, Hartford Times
E. PHILIP WILLCOX, Parents' Mogaz.ne, New York
City
DICK WILLIAMS, Los Angeles Mirror
EMERY WISTER, Charlotte (N. C.) News
MITCHELL WOODBURY, Toledo Blade
RADIO COMMENTATORS
WILLIAM J. ADAMS, WHEC, Rochester, N. Y.
IRWIN ALLEN, KLAC, Hollywood
BOB BROWN, WMID, Atlantic City
JANE DALTON, WSPA, Sportonsburg, 5. C
ELAINE A. DROOZ, WROW, Albany
ELAINE ERICK50N, KANS, Wichita
LEE GORDON, KAYL, Storm Lake, Iowa
HENRY GUERRA, WOAi, Son Antonio
BILL HALEY, WWNY, Watertown, N. Y.
ANNE HAYES, KCMO, Konsos City
J. E. HUDGINS, WBRC, Birmingham
LARRY JONAS, KRIZ, Phoenix
JACK KEATING, KFJI, Klamath Foils
ROBERT LAURENCE, WIP, Philadelphia
MADGE MADISON, KID, Idaho Foils
BARBARA MENDELSOHN, KWBB, Wichita
ELSIE MEYER, WIBC, Indionopolis
BYRON LEE McCALL, Wichita
CLAIR R. McCOLLOUGH, Moson-Dixie Stations, Lancaster,
Pa.
NANCY OSGOOD, WRC, Washington, D. C.
MINA OWEN, KLRA, Little Rock
ART PRESTON, WIDE, Biddeford, Me.
FLO BEACH ROWE, WSLB, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
MARY RUTH, WVOM, Brookline,. Mass.
DOROTHY R. SHANK, WEBR, Buffalo
CAL SMITH, KROC, Rochester, Minn.
GEORGE STUMP, KCKN, Kansas City
I. M. TAYLOR, WEBQ, Horrisburg, III.
PHIL VOGEL, WGKV, Charleston, W. Va.
CHARLES S. ZURHORST, Minneapolis
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REPRESENTATIVES OF SOCIAL, CIVIC, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATONS
MRS. A. E. ANDERSON, G.F.W.C, Wodena, Minn.
MRS. W. H. ANDREWS, Brooklyn Council of New England
Women
MRS. DeFOREST ANTHONY, Washington (D. C.) Motion
Picture Council
MRS. HENRY AUGUSTINE, Sheytrngon Better Films
Council
MRS. RICHARD G. AUSPITZER, IF.C.A., L. I., N. Y.
MRS. HAROLD W. BAIN, Milwoukee County Better
Films Council, Wauwatoso, Wis.
MRS. LESLIE T. 8ARC0, Better Films Council of
Greater St. Louis
MRS. W. H. BARKER, G.F.W.C, Son Antonio
VIRGINIA M. BEARD, curator of films, Clevelond public
library
DR. CAMPTON BELL, chairman Division of Fine Arts,
University of Denver
MRS. J. K. BERETTA, G.F.W.C, Son Antonio
CATHERINE ROSS BETRY, Columbus and Fronklin
County Better Films Council, Ohio
ROSEMARY BEYMER, art director, Kansas City (Mo.)
public schools
R. R. BIECHELE, exhibitor, Kansos City
LLOYD T. BINFORD, chairman Memphis Censor Board
MRS. W. W. BREWER, G.F.W.C, Omar, W. Va.
MRS. E. N. BROUGH, D.A.R., St. Johnsbury, Vt.
MRS. WILLIAM A. BURK, president S. Calif. Motion
Picture Council, Los Angeles
MRS. E. L. BURNETT, chairman Indianopolis Screen
Council, G.F.W.C.
GENEVIEVE THOMAS BURRIS, Missouri Writers' Guild,
Konsas City
MRS. A. F. BURT, G.F.W.C, Greater St. Louis Better
Films Council
MRS. JOHN J. BUTLER, G.F.W.C, Lewiston, Me.
MRS. ROBERT CARLETON, I.F.C.A., Palisade, N. J.
MRS. EDWARD F. CARRAN, G.F.W.C, Lakewood, Ohio
MRS. EDNA R. CAROLL, Pennsylvania Board of Censors,
Philadelphia
R. L. CARTER, Hilltop Community Council, Columbus
MRS. JOSEPH R. CHESSER, G.F.W.C. consultant. Lakeland,
Fla.
MRS. GEORGE E. CHICK, G.F.W.C, Madison, N. H.
MRS. B. C CHRISTOPHER, Konsas City (Mo.) Campfire
Girls Council
ELSIE CLANAHAN, G.F.W.C, Belleville, III.
SUSAN AND STEPHEN COHEN, Youth Group, Kansas
City
MRS. C W. CONRAD, Cleveland Cinema Club
MRS. W. B. COOPER, G.F.W.C, Fremont, Ohio
MRS. JAMES J. COWAN, Maryville, Tenn., member
Nat'l Board of Review
MRS. EMORY W, COWLEY, Indiana Indorsers of
Photoplays, Indianapolis
MRS. ALLEN COX, G.F.W.C, Helena, Ark.
CAROL COX, Cinema Study Club, Denver
MRS. PAUL H. CRANE, Harrison (N. Y.) Motion
Picture Council
KATHLEEN CROWLEY, probation officer superior
court, Woterbury, Conn.
MRS. CHARLES J. CUNNINGHAM, I.F.C.A., New York
City
MRS. E. G. CURRIN JR., G.F.W.C, Meredithville, Va.
MRS. S. B. CUTHBERT, G.F.W.C, Atlantic City
MRS. WILLIAM DALTON, I.F.C.A., New York City
MRS. MILDRED C DAVIS, G.F.W.C, Flemingsburg, Ky.
MRS. ODESSA DAVIS, B.P.W.C, Los Angeles
CLEG DAWSON, writer and lecturer, Lexington, Ky.
MRS. HENRY DAWSON, MPA, New York City
MRS. EUGENE A. DEAN, G.F.W.C, St. Paul
MRS. LAWRENCE DELAY, Springfield (Mass.) Motion
Picture Council
B. DOLAN, I.F.C.A., Brooklyn
MRS. EARL T. DUTTON, A.A.U.W., Temple City, Calif.
DR. FRED EASTMAN, professor of biography and
drama, Chicago University
MRS. CLARENCE ECHOLS, Dalles Motion Picture
Council
MRS. DEAN GRAY EDWARDS, eastern
man G.F.W.C, Kew Gardens, N. Y.
preview chair-
EDDY G. ERICKSON, Theatre Enterprise Inc., Kansos
City
MRS. HENRY ERTELT, Women's Federation, Edgewood
Congregationol Church, New Hoven
MRS. VERNON FARQUHAR, S. Colif. Council of Church
Women, Hollywood
MRS. W. ROBERT FLEMING, Indiana Indorsers of
Photoplays, Fort Wayne
EMMA S. FORSTER, Women's Chamber of Commerce,
Censor Boord, Little Rock
MRS. BERNARD A. FOSTER, Spartanburg (S. C) Motion
Picture Council
MRS. La MONTE FOSTER, Motion Picture Council of
Mann County, Larkspur, Calif.
MRS. TEMPLE FRAKER, G F.W.C, Knoxville
MRS. CLAUDE FRANKLIN, Not I of Women,
Indianopolis
MRS. LEO FREUND, Nat'l Council of Jewish Women,
Los Angeles
MRS. JOSEPH E, FRIEND, Louisiana
tion Pictures, New Orleans
Council for Mo-
MRS, PAUL GEBHART, Cleveland Cinema Club
MRS HAROLD L. GEE, Son Antonio Motion Picture
Advisory and Reviewing Board
MRS, WALTER L. GILBERT, Not'l Board of Review,
Cobleskill, N. Y.
H, H, GILES, Bureau of Intercultural Education, New
York City
MRS. S L. GILLETTE, G.F.W.C, Solt Lake City
MRS. ELMORE GODFREY JR., PTA-G.F.W.C, Knoxville
MRS. GEORGE S. GRAVES, A.A.U.W., Son Diego
MRS. BETTINA GUNCZY,
Council, New York City
Protestant Motion Picture
MRS. SHIRLEY H. GUNNELS, G.F.W.C, Fowler, Ind.
GENEVIEVE HACKETT, motion picture chairman executive
board, D.C.CW., Kansos City
MRS. OLIVER J. HALLER, G.F.W.C, Pittsburgh
JOHN W. HARDEN, Public relations director, Burlington
Mills, Greensboro, N. C
WINIFRED HOEY, I.FCA,, St. Albans, Vt.
ETHEL W. HOLLINGER, S. Calif. Council of Church
Women, Hollywood
RUTH JEFFRIES, writer, Kansas City
MRS. ALVIN C JOHNSON, G.F.W.C, Indianapolis
MRS. DONALD JOHNSON, P.E.O. and Faculty Wives,
East Lansing, Mich.
WILLARD JOHNSON, Notional Conference of Christians
and Jews, New York City
MRS. C F, JOHNSTON, Jocksonville (Fla.) Motion
Picture Council
JUDGE CAMILLE KELLEY, Juvenile Court, Memphis
MRS. ARTHUR D. KERWIN, Greater Detroit Motion
Picture Council
MRS. KARL KING, Bryan (Ohio) Motion Picture Council
MRS, B, F. KNISELEY, J. H. Reogon PTA, Delias
MRS. EMMA KOMINERS, G.F.W.C, Indianapolis
MRS. WILLIAM F. KUEBLER, Kansas City Athenaeum
MRS. CHARLES LAMBUR, Better Films Council of
Greater St. Louis
MRS, HERBERT LANGNER,
mittee, New York
American Jewish Com-
MRS. FRANK B. LEITZ, PTA, Kansos City, Mo.
MRS. THOMAS LEONARD, I.F.C.A., Riverdale, N. Y.
WILLIAM LEWIN, Film and Radio Discussion Guide,
Newark, N. J.
MRS, J. W. LIVINGSTON, Better Films Council of
Grand Rapids ond Kent County
MRS. FRED LUCAS, G.F.W.C, and Indiana Indorsers
of Photoplays, Greencastle
MRS. JAMES E. LUTTRELL, G.F.W.C, Craig, Colo.
MRS. J. G. MAASDAM, G.F.W.C, Oakland, Calif.
MRS. GRACE WIDNEY MABEE, chairman Nat'l Film
Music Council, Old Greenwich, Conn.
MRS. EDNA B. MACLACHLAN, Cleveland Cinema
Club
MRS. E. ROBERT MANNING, I.F.CA., Pittsburgh
JOSEPH F. MARRON, Free Public Library, Jacksonville,
Fla.
JEAN MARTIN, Southwest high school, Kansas City,
Mo.
MRS. BYRON MATHEWS, Atlanta Better Films Committee
CHARLES P. MAUS, Hilltop Community Council, Columbus
ELLEN S, McAllister, director Wibler County recreotion,
Ogden
MRS, M. C McGAHERAN, G.F.W.C, Owotonno, Minn.
INEZ MERZ, Indianopolis Screen Council
MRS. CHARLES G. MILLER, Greater Seattle Motion
Picture Council
MRS. LEROY MONTGOMERY, D.A.R., South Norwolk
EDWIN MOORE, Junior College, Kansas City, Mo.
MRS, A. L. MURRAY, Long Beach, Women's Club
ELIZABETH MURRAY, Teachers' Ass'n, Long Beach
LUCY M. NEWBILL, Kansas City Music Clubs
CHARLES H. NILES, University of Conn., Storrs
MRS. WILLIAM W. NOLAN, I.F.CA., New York City
MRS. RALPH E. OESPER, Cincinnati Motion Picture
Council
MRS. CHESTER A. OMMANNEY, A.A.U.W., Los Angeles
MRS. P. H. PARKHURST, G.F.W.C, Denver
MRS, LODER L, PATTERSON, G.F,W,C., Ocolo, Fla,
MRS, WILLIAM HYDE PEARL, G, F.W.C, Indianapolis
CORDA PECK, Collinwood High School, Cleveland
GLADYCE PENROD, KMTA, Kansas City
MRS. C R. PENTZ, A.A.U.W., Long Beach
MRS. R. EARL PETERS, Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays,
Fort Wayne
MRS. JOHN B. PEW, Kansas City, Mo.
MRS. L. W. POWELL, Springfield (Mass.) Motion Picture
Council
CONSTANCE PURDY, Noll Federation of Music Clubs,
Hollywood
EDYTH R PYCOCK, G.F.W.C, Grond Rapids
HARLAND RANKIN, exhibitor, Chatham, Ont.
LAURA E. RAY, G.F.W.C, Indianapolis
ANNA JOYCE REARDON, Woman's College, Greensboro,
N. C
MRS. L. O. REUNING, Conol Street Presbyterian
Church Women's Auxiliary, New Orleans
MRS. RAE L RIBLER, East Boy Motion Picture Company,
Oakland
MRS. CLAYTON H. RIDGE, Woman's Dep't Chamber
of Commerce, Indianopolis
EDNA REISE, League of Americon Penwomen, Son
Francisco
MRS. EDWARD J. RILEY, San Francisco Motion Picture
Council
MRS. NATHANIEL ROUSE, Stoten Island Better Films
Council
MRS. MAURICE W. RUSSELL, G.F.W.C, Providence
MRS. JOHN B. SAMMEL, I.F.CA., Parkersburg, W. Va.
MRS. MAX SANSING, G.F.W.C, Clarksdole, Miss.
LEONARD H. 5ANTWIRE, film critic, Minneapolis
MRS, CLAUDE L. SEIXAS, Larchmont-Momoroneck (N.
Y.) Motion Picture Council
MRS. WILLIAM P. SETTLEMAYER, D.A.R., New York
MRS. FRED D. SHANDORF, Community Club, Mitchell,
5. D.
MRS. WAYNE F. SHAW, G.F.W.C, Lowrence, Kos.
MRS. JOHN K. SHENNAN, G.F.W.C, Chicago
SANFORD SHLYEN, Cub Scouts, Konsas City, Mo.
MRS, HARRY E. SIBLEY, Louisville Better Films Council
CHRISTINE SMITH, Atlanta city censor
F. H. SMITH, Paramount and Salt Lake City Film
Council
MRS. HENRY EARL SMITH, Sheboygan Motion Picture
Council
MRS, E. D. SNOW JR., Scorsdole (N. Y.) Motion Picture
Council
and Sorosis,
MRS. CRAWFORD SPEARMAN, G,F,W.C,
Edmond, Oklo.
WALTER SPEARMAN, journalism department. University
of N. C, Chapel Hill
MRS. S. F. SPRENGEL, Sheboygan Better Films Council
MRS. CAROLYN KEIL STAFF, Worcester Better Films
Council and BPW.
MRS. FREDERIC H. STEELE, G.F.W.C, Huntingdon, Pa.
MRS. C M. STEWART, Lincoln Better Films Council
MRS. J. F. STRICKLER, state chairman Film Visual
Education, Storm Lake, lowo
MRS. WILLIAM STUTE, Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays,
Fort Wayne
ELLA M. SULLIVAN, I.F.CA., Brooklyn
MRS. G, C SUTCLIFFE, Brooklyn Motion Picture Council
MRS, VOLNEY W. TAYLOR, G.F.W.C, Brownsville, Tex.
MRS, J. M, THISTLETHWAITE, Indiana Indorsers of
Photoplays, Green Gables
MRS, ALMA G. THOMAS, Ministers Wives Alliance,
Detroit
MRS. RUTH THOMAS, American Legion Auxiliary,
Glendole, Calif.
MRS. WILLIAM ROGER THOMAS, G.F.W.C, East
Cleveland, Ohio
LAURA THORNBURGH, League of Americon Penwomen,
Knoxville
MRS. HOWARD THWAITS, G.F.W.C, Milwaukee
MRS. M. E. TOM, G.F.W.C, Union Mills, Ind.
MRS. DANIEL TRUOG. PTA Council, Kansas City
FRED UFFMAN, Women's Culb, Rossford, Ohio
MARY ALICE UPHOFF, consultant in motion picture
evoluation, Los Angeles
MRS. A. L. WADE, Decatur (Go.) Better Films Council,
D.A.R.
MRS. JOHN B. WAIT, G.F.W.C, Chamberlain, S. D.
MRS. E. C WAKELAM, Indianopolis Screen Council
TOWNSEND L. WALKER, Better Films Ass'n of America,
Memphis
MAY WILLIAMS WARD, author, Wellington, Kos.
VIRGINIA LEE WARD, oufhor ond exhibitor. Nelson
Theatre Circuit, Mount Sterling, Ky,
MRS, FRANK WELLWOOD, Woman's Club, Sheridan,
Oklo.
MRS. JOHN V. WESTFALL, G.F.W.C, New York
MRS. GEORGE V. WHEELER, G.F.W.C, Milwoukee
MRS. FAGAN WHITE, G.F.W.C, Russell, Kos.
GEORGE H. WILKINSON JR., MPTO, Wallingford,
Conn.
LORA MURRELL WILLIAMS, city censor, Kansas City,
Mo.
MRS. MAX M. WILLIAMS, G.F.W.C, Royol Oak, Mich.
MRS, P- E. WILLIS, chairman western division preview
committee, G,F,W.C., Glendole, Colif.
MRS. GEORGE F. WILSON, county representative Philadelphia
Motion Picture Forum
MRS. JACK WINDHEIM, Lorchmont (N. Y.) Motion
Picture Council
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Completed:
Bernard Shaw's
"ANDROCLES AND THE LION'
R K O
RADIO
PjOURES
In
Preparation:
Bernard Shaw's
"THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE"
•
"THE LIFE OF GANDHI"
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:zm^ss^JZittl ThP Power Heliind the Scenes
PRODUCERS Unsung
Heroes Who Make or Break the Pictures
8 WaL 21 ofS.euSon 6 ms
WHOEVER
said. "I care not who
makes the nation's laws if I may
write its songs" understood clearly
how much more the latter entered into
the hearts of the people. Thus it might
be said for the producers of motion pictures,
that no matter who makes the laws,
those who make the pictures which entertain
the public are closer to the roots
of the people's affections than those who
make themselves responsible for their protection
and good conduct. A motion picture
hit
producer has made something on
which a vast audience has placed its seal
of approval. His skill has brought forth
a product with general mass appeal in
the entertainment field, and he can land
doubtless does)
feel the customary elation
which comes after a creative effort of any
kind makes its public appearance.
For the 1950-51 sea.son. eight producers
made 21 of its hits, while 37 others had
only one hit each. During the 1949-50
season, 35 producers had one hit each,
ten had two each, and only one, Sol C.
Siegel, produced three hits. In 1950-51.
five producers had three hits each and
three had two hits each. Of the five men
that produced three hits for the season,
three of them—Arthur Freed, Joe Pasternak,
and Darryl F. Zanuck—had two each
last year. Robert L. Welch had one hit
last season and William Jacobs none, so
their product jumped considerably, boxofficewise,
for 1950-51. However, neither
Welch nor Jacobs are new in the business.
None of these producers is. They
have all served full apprenticeship before
becoming masters of their art, as will be
shown by studying their backgrounds and
careers.
Taking them in the order in which they
are listed, we find Arthur Freed came up
via the song route, having many popular
screen songs to his credit before becoming
a producer. That is probably why he
made three such effective musicals for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as those listed, including
the outstanding "Show Boat."
William Jacobs, native of Chicago and
educated at the Mo.sely Institute, developed
into a producer from a .screenplay
writer. He produced three delightful hi*
musicals for Warner Bros, for the season.
Joe Pasternak, who scored two hits in
1949-50 and has three hits for 1950-51,
was fortunate in having Mario Lanza in
two of those three. He is one producer
who has held the reins of productional
power on both sides of the Atlantic.
Robert L. Welch, one of whose hits of
the season starred Bing Cro.sby and the
other two Bob Hope, out of the university
became an actor-producer at the Hedgerow
Theatre in Philadelphia. He went to
the Pasadena Playhouse, then was a writer
and producer on the Kate Smith. Fred
Allen and Jack Benny shows, as well as
the originator of the Henry Aldrich shows,
coining the expression, "Coming, Mother."
Also, he produced all the U.S. Armed
Forces radio shows during World War II.
Darryl F. Zanuck, the Nebraska boy who
made good in pictures to the extent that
he is listed in that bible of distinguished
attainment. Who's Who, has three unusual
pictures to his credit this year, each differing
from the other: one a religious epic
starring Gregory Peck, another a sophisticated
vehicle for Bette Davis, and the
other an adult theme for Cary Grant's
thespian talents.
Louis P. Edelman, Harvard graduate,
entered the motion picture industry
as a prop boy at the Metro studios and
went on to the sound and story department,
then to the Warner and to the Fox
studios, and to Columbia in 1942. He is
the first of those listed here for two hits,
both made in the Warner studios.
Leonard Goldstein, one of the few western-born
producers, used his talents in a
number of studios before coming to Universal
and producing the Ma and Pa Kettle
series, along with such successes as
"Tomahawk" and "Up Front."
William Perlberg, Cornell graduate who
served in the U.S. Navy during World
War I, has aLso worked in a number of
studios in varying capacities, but mostly
as a producer in late years. While now
with Paramount, his two hits for the season
were made for 20th Century-Fox.
Sol C. Siegel, who .scored with three
hits for the 1949-50 season, has only one
hit to his credit for 1950-51 but it is
Danny Kaye's "On the Riviera. " Other
notable hits who.se producers had only one
credit for the .season include "Born Yesterday"
(S. Sylvan Simon), "Cyrano de
Bergerac" (Stanley Kramer i, and "King
Solomon's Mines" iSam Zimbalisti.
Producers credited with 1950-51 top
boxoffice attractions are listed below.
THREE WINNERS
ARTHUR FREED:
Show Boat (MGM)
Royal Wedding (MGM)
Pagan Love Song (MGM)
WILLIAM JACOBS:
Tea for Two (WB)
On Moonlight Bay (WB)
Lullaby of Broadway (WB)
JOE PASTERNAK:
Great Caruso, The (MGM)
Rich, 'young and Pretty (MGM)
Toast of New Orleans (MGM)
ROBERT L. WELCH:
Mr. Music (Para)
Fancy Pants (Para)
Lemon Drop Lid, The (Para)
DARRYL F.
ZANUCK:
David and Bathsheba (20th-Fox)
All About Eve (20th-Fox)
People Will Talk (20th-Fox)
TWO WINNERS
LOUIS F. EDELMAN:
Operation Pacific (WBi
West Point Story. The (WB)
LEONARD GOLDSTEIN:
Tomahawk (U-I)
Up Front (U-I)
WILLIAM PERLBERG:
For Heaven's Sake (20th-Fox)
I'll Get By (20th-Fox)
ONE WINNER
ROBERT ARTHUR:
Abbott and Costello Meet the
Invisible Man (U-I)
ROBERT BASSLER:
Halls of Montezuma (20th-Pox)
JOHN BECK:
Harvey (U-I)
PANDRO S. BERMAN:
Father's Little Dividend iMGM)
CLARENCE BROWN:
To Please a Lady (MGM)
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ARTHUR FREED
LOUIS EDELMAN
LEONARD GOLDSTEIN
MERIAN C. COOPER:
Rio Grande (Repi
ANTHONY DARNBOROUGH:
Trio
I
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WALT DISNEY:
Alice in Wonderland iRKO)
SAMUEL G. ENGEL:
Frogmen. The (20th-Foxi
FRED F. FINKLEHOFFE:
At War With the Army iParai
JOHN FORD:
Rio Grande (Rep)
SAMUEL GOLDWYN:
Our Very Own (RKO)
LEON GORDON;
Kim (MGM)
CLARENCE GREEN:
Well, The lUA)
HOWARD HAWKS;
Thmg From Another World, The
(RKO>
CY HOWARD;
That'.s My Boy iPara)
FRED KOHLMAR;
Call Me Mi.ster i20th-Fox)
STANLEY KRAMER:
Cyrano de Bergerac

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L^otbert
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The (iuidina Hands oi the Biaaer Hits
DIReCTORS
They Co-ordinate the Showmanship Ingredients
6 Sbireci 12 Oop Mih of
'50 -'51
THERE
are those in the industry who
feel that no matter how good the
story, how generous or even opulent
the budget, or how popular and competent
the stars, a picture is only as good as its
director. Even patrons who are production-wise
to coming attractions pay attention
to the director credit in selecting
screen entertainment. Most producers
have been directors
before becoming producers,
and many of them perform a dual
role.
However, many directors are content
to remain always that skilful man with
the megaphone who brings orderly film
sequences out of the chaos of actors, sets,
cameramen and other technicians with
which he is surrounded, waiting for his
commands in the studio or on location.
He has been selected by the producer
because of his imagination and practical
methods of bringing life to a dead script.
He knows how to deal with emotional
crises in the cast as well as with technical
problems which may come up as the story
takes shape. He is aware of the varying
tastes of the general audience toward
which he has to aim for financial success,
yet he must also be thinking of prestige
awards and his own personal demands of
his art. That he seldom makes more than
one or two hit pictures a year is understandable.
Not only is he a hard-working
man but he is tied up for such periods
of time that he does well to direct
one hit picture a year. During the 1949-
50 season, Henry Koster directed three hit
pictures, but for 1950-51 he has only one,
and no other director has more than two
to his credit.
There are six directors who made two hits
each this season, the same as last year.
And those with one hit each number 49.
but it must be remembered tliat some of
them shared their directing chores. Most
of them megged alone, however, and in
the two-hit class, only one—Hal Walker
had any hits at all last season. This does
not mean that Lloyd Bacon, who heads
the list, is a novice at his profession, but
only that this year two of his pictures
were boxoffice hits.
The same is true for David Butler, who
used to alternate as actor and director
and has made many hit pictures in the
past. Roy Del Ruth, former scenarist for
the Mack Sennett studios and who once
directed the Ben Turpin comedies, was
never better than with his expert guidance
of "On Moonlight Bay." As for Joseph
L. Mankiewicz, his Academy Awardwinning
"All About Eve" and provocative
"People Will Talk" speak for themselves.
Norman Taurog. who has acted on the
stage and in silent movies and specialized
in directing children has directed clever
and popular films in "Rich. Young and
Pretty" and "Toast of New Orleans." Hal
Walker, the Ottumwa, Iowa, boy who
started on the stage and then came to
Hollywood to act. has been directing for
about ten years now and seems to have
the secret of hit
ingredients.
There are a number of those who directed
only one hit whose efforts should
be noticed because of this one contribution
to the hit field. Ken Annakin and
Harold French share the honors for "Trio."
but the results are such that if it always
took two directors to make as good a picture,
two directors would be the rule instead
of the exception. Compton Bennett
and Andrew Marton also share honors for
an exceptional picture. "King Solomon's
Mines."
George Cukor helped to win laurels for
star Judy Holliday with "Born Yesterday"
and Michael Gordon did the same for star
Jose Ferrer with "Cyrano de Bergerac."
Henry King had two hit pictures last year,
but the impact of his single one. "David
and Bathsheba" this year, is enough for
any director in one season.
With Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger,
who are listed as both directors
and producers of "Tales of Hoffmann"
this year as they were of "Tlie Red Shoes"
last year, the single hit is enough. The
same can be said for George Sidney with
his "Show Boat," even though he had two
to his credit last season.
Richard Thorpe also made one of the
season's great artistic triumphs as well as
a great boxoffice hit in "The Great Caruso."
And in this connection it might
be added that Irving Reis gave the musicloving
public something unusual in his
"Of Men and Music."
The following directors are credited
with tioo hit films each:
LLOYD BACON; Call Me Mister (20th-
Foxi. Frogmen, The

LLOYD BACON DAVID BUTLER ROY DEL RUTH
JOHN FORD: Rio Grande (Rep)
HAROLD FRENCH: Trio (Parai
CLYDE GERONIMI: Alice in Wonderland
(RKOi
MICHAEL GORDON: Cyrano de Bergerac
(UA)
ALEXANDER HALL: Up Front (U-I)
BYRON HASKIN: Treasure Island
iRKOl
RICHARD HAYDN: Mr. Music (Para)
STUART HEISLER: Dallas
iWB)
WILFRED JACKSON: Alice in Wonderland
(RKOi
HENRY KING: David and Bathsheba
(20th-Fox)
HENRY KOSTER: Harvey
CHARLES LAMONT: Abbott
(U-Ii
and Costello
Meet the Invisible Man (U-Ii
SIDNEY LANFIELD: Lemon Drop Kid.
The (Para)
WALTER LANG: On the Riviera
Fox)
DAVID LEAN: Oliver Twist
(UA)
(20th-
HAMILTON LUSKE: Alice in Wonderland
(RKO)
GEORGE MARSHALL: Fancy Pants
(Para)
ANDREW MARTON: King Solomon's
Mines (MGMi
LEWIS MILESTONE: Halls of Montezuma
(20th-Fox)
DAVID MILLER: Our Very Own (RKO)
VICTOR MINNELLI: Father's Little
Dividend iMGMi
CHRISTIAN MYBY: Thing From Another
World, The iRKO)
ARCH OBOLER: Five
(Col)
ROBERT PIROSH: Go for
(MGM)
LEO POPKIN: Well,
The (UA)
MICHAEL POWELL: Tales of Hoffmann
(Loperti
EMERIC
Hoffmann (Lopert)
PRESSBURGER:
IRVING REIS: Of Men and Music (20th-
Fox)
JEAN RENOIR: River, The (UA)
RUSSELL ROUSE: Well, The (UA)
RICHARD SALE: I'll Get By (20th-
Foxi
VICTOR SAVILLE: Kim (MGM
GEORGE SEATON: For Heaven's Sake
(20th-Fox)
GEORGE SHERMAN: Tomahawk (U-Ii
GEORGE SIDNEY: Show Boat (MGMi
RICHARD THORPE: Great Caruso,
The (MGMi
GEORGE WAGONER: Operation Pacific
(WB)
RAOUL WALSH: Captain Horatio Hornblower
(WB)
ORSON WELLES: Macbeth (Repi
NORMAN TAUROG JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ
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f roduce
by CHESTER FRIEDMAN
THE
key cities of the nation, nuclei
of the great population centers,
gather the big ostentatious premieres.
When production heads and the
distributing company's exploiteers want to
capture feature space in magazines and
newspapers, it's a general custom to set
the premiere for Boston, New York, Los
Angeles, Kansas City. Cleveland or, maybe,
Detroit. There the syndicate writers and
the network's movie-gabbers find the incentive
and the facilities for letting their
readers, listeners and constitutents find
out who was there, what went on and
how good the picture is. The outpouring
of news—and art—is generally classified
under the heading of special exploitation
and promotion—showmanship on the upper
level.
LOW BUDGETS NO HANDICAP
By comparison, the grassroots exhibitor,
the fellow who operates, usually, on four
changes a week, wouldn't seem to have
much chance to demonstrate his own ability
and showmanship. Despite what might
seem to be a handicap, the same backwoods
theatremen each year come up
with many times the number of new ideas
projected in the big towns by high-priced
exploiteers and theatre managers with
bigger budgets.
Each week, because his livelihood is contingent
on his own efforts, the gra.ssroots
exhibitor is developing new lines of promotional
gimmicks and dusting off the old
ones—with modern innovations to boot.
Directed to BOXOFFICE. these ideas find
fulfillment when other theatremen read
about them, adapt them locally
and then
replenish the pool of ideas by reporting
their own campaigns and tieups through
the Showmandiser Section of BOXOF-
FICE.
A RECORD OF PRACTICAL IDEAS
Each month, these ideas are sifted and
appraised on their value to their creator
and to the industry. Contributor,? whose
skill and ingenuity are deemed outstanding
are named to the BOXOFFICE Honor
Roll. The year 1951 brought in a record
bounty of good, practical innovations for
improving business which are sure to reflect
in increased usage and perhaps provide
a formula for 1952 from w'hich theatremen
everywhere will take their cue.
If ever an idea conceived by a theatreman
was widely copied—an orchid giveaway—that
distinction belongs to Bob
Walker, owner of the Uintah Theatre,
Fruita, Colo. After the promotion was
reported in the Showmandiser section,
both Walker and BOXOFFICE were
flooded with requests for additional information
from other exhibitors, managers
and circuit heads.
Walker's idea was a perfect tie-in. It
entailed a picture promotion, a date tie-in
and helped to fulfill a secret ambition
of many women of Fruita—to receive an
The dating of the feature, "Wom-
orchid.
an of Distinction," was undoubtedly routine.
But it was Walker's alertness that
fixed the date to coincide with Valentine's
day. He remembered reading an ad in a
magazine that orchids could be bought for
r lew ^eliina ^di\eciS
11 cents each and flown from Hawaii for
a few pennies extra. That was all the
inspiration he needed for his offer of a
free orchid to the first 100 women who
attended. The show went over with a
bang.
Walker was cited for exceptional showmanship
again in July. This time, cautious
lest he flop with "The Next Voice
You Hear ..." and impressed personally
with the great spiritual message the picture
unfolds, he advertised that the theatre
boxoffice would be closed when the
show started—opened at the conclusion so
that those who enjoyed the picture could
purchase tickets.
His foresight and conviction paid off.
The local citizenry showed up. After the
program, they paid up. The innovation
was a huge .success, financially and in
goodwill.
GETS RADIO PROMOTION FREE
Dwight Hanson, owner-manager of the
Valley Theatre. Eddyville, Iowa, is another
grassroots exhibitor whose imagination
and creative talent have paid off for
him. Hanson decided that radio was an
effective medium for selling his shows.
He bought an hour's time on a popular
station in the area, sold time to local
merchants, took over the chore a.s disk
jockey by himself and wound up getting
his advertising free and regularly. Hanson
made the BOXOFFICE Honor Roll in
February.
Last January, the list of Honor Roll
candidates was topped by Ted Davidson, a
Warner circuit manager in Lima, Ohio.
Davidson introduced a series of PTAsponsored
kiddy shows that had tremendous
.support from the entire school system
and excellent cooperation from Sears.
Roebuck and other business firms. His
format for this type of promotion has already
been widely adopted by theatremen
in all parts of the country. A second
series of these shows was started in Lima
last tall and proved equally successful.
A new twist added to the standard Battle
of the Cowboys put Stephen Saunders
on the Honor Roll last April. Saunders
owns and manages the Carmel (N.Y.)
Theatre. He staged a weekly "battle" between
popular cowboy stars for four weeks,
then had the winners "fight" it out among
themselves until the finalist was decided.
The added "gimmick" injected by Saunders
was a tieup with the Boy Scouts.
Each kid paid a penny in order to vote
for his favorite western star. All the
pennies collected went to the Scouts fund
so that the promotion served a community
purpose in addition to boosting attendance
at Saturday matinees.
During the same month, another New
York manager was busy developing his
small-fry patronage along other lines,
equally successful. John Langford, manager
of the Strand Theatre, Carthage,
noted a shortage of wire coat-hangers in
the tailoring trade. He advertised free
admission to kids who brought a specified
number to the theatre, then sold the
scarce item to a neighborhood tailor to
recover the boxoffice admission,
RECIPES A PATRON-PULLER
Don Hayman, co-owner and manager of
the Seneca Theatre at Belington, W. Va..
made the Honor Roll by capitalizing on
the fondness of housewives for cooking
recipes. He invited his patrons to submit
their own favorite recipes, published them
on the back of his monthly calendar proi;ram
and awarded prizes of theatre tickets
for the best. Demand for the programs
increased accordingly and interest skyrocketed
to the point where Hayman decided
to publish the recipes in a book and
give them to his patrons as a Christmas
present.
A suburban theatre manager in Cleveland,
Robert Reich of the Jewel Theatre,
came up with an idea that was so successful
it was adopted by the Lions Club.
Reich staged a series of talent shows for
handicapped persons. The Lions aired the
program for a full hour over Station
WSRS. The sympathetic response this
promotion had from residents in the area
made a substantial increase in theatre
attendance for Reich.
MANY OTHER NOVEL STUNTS
Ben Geary, manager of the Oswego
(N.Y.) Theatre, was the first theatreman
to arrange a public homecoming celebration
for a local boy returned from the
fighting in Korea. The celebration took
place on the theatre stage with merchant
and patriotic veteran groups participating.
Geary's inspiration opened the w'ay
for similar promotions in other communities.
Steve Miller, owner-manager of the
Owen Theatre, Branson, Mo., came up
with a Show Boat party during the summer
months that placed his name on the
Honor Roll in June. Miller made a deal
with a boat line in Paterson to ferry
patrons across the lake, one ticket giving
the privilege of the ride and theatre admission.
One of several Drive-In managers to be
cited for outstanding .showmanship. Sidney
Sayetta, was placed on the Honor
Roll for starting a Stadium Seat Club at
the Airway Drive-In, St. Louis. The club
functions along the same lines as baseball's
Knot Hole Gangs and introduces
the small-fry to the pleasures and enjoyment
of outdoor movies.
Tom Muchmore, manager of the Warner
Theatre, Fresno, Calif., put on a
Back-to-School show in September that
added a community service to its general
value in stimulating attendance. Every
(Continued on page 90)
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Lloyd Bacon
Director
In 1951
'The Frogmen"
''Golden Girl"
0-
Just
Completed:
"The I
Don't Care Girl"
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Prospects Are Brighter
In Britain
(Continued from page 52)
gambled in pictures more similar to those
by which Britain made her name for
quality product. Carol Reed's "The Outcast
of the Islands," from the Joseph Conrad
story, is already finished and awaiting
a west-end run. David Lean has also
completed his first film for Korda. since
leaving the Rank group; this is titled "The
Sound Barrier" and .shows what happens
to pilots when they exceed the speed of
sound. Sir Ralph Richardson has made
his bow as a director, al.so for Korda. in
"Home at Seven" in which he also stars.
At Elstree. Associated British are making
"The Dam Busters." based on the exploits
of Wing Commander Gibson and
Ealing studios are also preparing a war
subject, "The Cruel Sea," from Nicholas
Monsarrat's best-seller. The tendency
toward more ambitious subjects has also
reached Pinewood, the sole remaining
Rank studio, where Anthony Asquith is
at work on an adaptation of the Oscar
Wilde play. "The Importance of Being
Earnest." Another Pinewood film, in what
might be called the prestige class, is the
screen version of Arnold Bennett's famous
novel. "The Card," which will star Alec
Guiness.
All of these films will obviously cost
rather more than the average film made
during the past year or two. Their budgets
reflect the confidence that British
producers now feel that, at last, they might
be getting a fairer deal in their own
market.
Grassroots Produce
New Selling Ideas
(Continued from page 86)
child who bought a ticket for the show
contributed an extra amount which paid
the admission of an underprivileged child.
Larry Jensen, manag-er of the Capitol,
Oklahoma City, staged a mock holdup to
exploit "The Return of Frank James" and
landed his theatre in the pages of the
newspaper besides boosting his current
business. That earned an Honor Roll
Citation for Jensen.
David Williams, manager of the Gaumont
Cinema, New Cross, England, proved
that showmanship is in the fore in that
country as well as America by making
the Honor Roll in October. Williams improvised
the presentation of a live trailer
in conjunction with his campaign for "The
Invisible Man." With the aid of a scrim
curtain, a volunteer usher and some trick
lighting effects, patrons had the illusion
of seeing things move around the stage
without any visible means of animation
or propulsion.
It will be seen, from the evidence above.
that a preponderance of new ideas comes
from the smaller communities. To encourage
the grassroots exhibitors to share
these ideas with their colleagues and to
promote the exchange of ideas among all
theatremen, the Honor Roll was introduced
in the Showmandiser section of
BOXOPFICE in May 1947.
Since then, ten managers or exhibitors
or publicity men have been named for the
Honor Roll each month on the basis of individual
originality and showmanship of
an exceptional nature. Of more than 550
showmen who have been named on the
Honor Roll (several have won two or more
awards). 63.8 per cent of the total are
located in towns under 25.000 population:
28.9 per cent are exhibitors who either own
their theatres or are co-owners in the enterprise.
To permit theatremen having a limited
opportunity to compete equitably with
larger theatres having sizable budgets.
Honor Roll winners are selected on the
basis of individual phases of promotion.
The Citations are thus awarded for the
most outstanding evidence submitted in
the following: Original Idea, Public Relations,
Window Display, Lobby Display, Cooperative
Ad, Display Ad, Front, General
Tie-up, House Program and Ballyhoo.
The Honor Roll is administered by the
Show'mandiser section in the New York
offices. Promotion entries should be addressed:
Showmandiser, BOXOFFICE, 9
Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y.
PAT DUGGAN
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No"
A Glanre nl rnniinir Fpatiircs
Advance Data on Films, Completed or in Production,
tor Release After September I, /9S/.
Title, Cast and Other Changes Will Be Published
as They Occur in the Feature Chart and
the News Section of BOXOFFICC.
LOOKinCRHEflD
AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD [Romantic Drama). Stars: Rito
Hayworth, tjlenn Ford, Torin Thatcher. Producer;
Not set. Director Vincent Sherman. Original
Screenploy: James Gunn.
• This marks Rita Hoyworth's return to the screen
offer a three-yeor hiatus and reunites her with
Gl^nn Ford, her co-star in "Gildo" and "The Loves
of Gormen." The opus has a background of Trinidad
in the West Indies.
THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN (Drama). Stars: Robert
Cummings, Terry Moore, Jerome Court land. Producer:
Robert Cohn. Director: Earl McEvoy. OrtginQ

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MASK OF THE AVENGER (Historical Droma). Stars:
John Derek, Jody Lawrence, Anthony Quinn. Producer:
Hunt Stromberg. Director: Phil Korlson.
Original: George Bruce. Screenplay: Jesse L. Losky
jr.
• A soldier in Italy's war with Austria in ] 848,
John Derek returns home on leave to find himself
accused as a traitor and his father slain. Determined
to avenge the family name, he manages
to prove the real traitor and assassin is Anthony
Quinn, the militory governor, and kills him in
hand-to-hand combat. Filmed in Technicolor.
THE MOB (Crime Drama). Stars: Broderick Crawford,
Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley. Producer: Jerry
Bresler. Director; Robert Parrish. Original: Ferguson
Findley. Screenplay; William Bowers.
• Detective Broderick Crawford disguises himself
OS a dock worker to track down the head of a
waterfront racketeering gang. The job involves his
fiancee, who is captured by the crooks, and Crawford
rescues her. The gong leader trails them to
the hospitol where the girl is token, and Crawford
sloys him in a showdown gun battle.
MONTANA TERRITORY (Western). Stars: Lon McCallister,
Wanda Hendrix, Preston Foster. Producer:
Colbert Clark. Director; Ray Nozarro. Original
Screenplay: Barry Shipmon.
• Lon McCallister, ornving in Montana as a goldhunter,
witnesses a brutal murder by road agents.
Learning this, Preston Foster, the sheriff and leader
of the gang, tries to eliminate Lon. However, in
a showdown battle Foster is captured and his gang
rubbed out. Filmed in Technicolor.
MY SIX CONVICTS (Semidocumentary Drama). Stars:
John Seal, Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland. Producer:
Stanley Kramer. Director: Hugo Fregonese.
Original; Dr. Donald Powell Wilson. Screenplay:
Edward and Edna Anholt.
• Adapted from the book by Dr. Donald Powell
Wilson, this casts John Beal as the research psychologist
who, over a three-year period, conducts
an exhaustive survey of attitudes, aptitudes ond
behavior patterns of the inmates of a state penitentiary.
His findings were instrumental in institutino
prison reforms.
PAULA (Drama). Stars: Loretta Young, Kent Smith,
Alexander Knox. Producer: Buddy Adier. Director;
Rudolph Mate. Original: Larry Marcus. Screenplay:
Charles Bennett.
• Loretta Young injures a young orphan boy in a
car accident. Fleeing an erroneous hit-and-run
charge, she nevertheless orronges to take the lad
who has become a mute— into her home to try to
cure him. She is successful, but not before the
story is brought to the attention of the police,
who let Loretta off with probation.
PURPLE HEART DIARY (Comedy With Music). Stars:
Frances Longford, Judd Holdren, Ben Lessy. Producer:
Sam Katzman. Director; Richard Quine.
Original: Frances Longford's syndicated newspaper
column. Screenplay: William Sockheim.
• This is a frctionol version of the World War
II activities of Frances Longford and her small
troupe of USO entertainers in the Pacific area.
High point of the plot is her success in rehabilitating
a former football star, hopelessly crippled in
bottle, and reuniting him with the nurse with
whom he is in love.
RED SNOW (Melodrama). Stars: Guy Madison, Gloria
Saunders, Robert Peyton. Producer: Boris F^etroff.
Director: Horry Franklin. Original Screenplay: Tom
Hubbord.
• The personnel of a U.S. air force bose in northern
Alaska is assigned to track down o mysterious
airplane which hos been noted over the territory.
The plane, it develops, is Russian, due to test
a secret new military weapon. However, the Russian
pilot—hating the Red regime—sabotages the
croft and the test is a failure.
THE SABRE AND THE ARROW (Historical Western).
Stars; Broderick Crawford, Borboro Hole, Lloyd
Bridges. Producer: Buddy Adler. Director: Andre de
Toth. Original Screenplay: Kenneth Garnet.
• Broderick Crawford, a cavalry sergeant in 1876,
and five troopers are the only survivors of a
brutal raid by warring Comonches. Crawford ond
his men, and o handful of civilians, seek refuge
in on old Spanish mission, and monage to fight
off the redskins until the timely arrival of reinforcements.
SCANDAL SHEET (Drama). Stars; John Derek, Donna
Reed, Broderick Crawford. Producer: Edword
Small. Director: Phil Karlson. Original: Samuel
Fuller. Screenplay: Ted Sherdeman, Eugene Ling,
James Poe.
• Broderick Crawford, ruthless ond dynamic newspaper
editor, kills his wife, whom he had deserted,
when she threatens to expose him. John
Derek, a reporter on Crawford's paper, is assigned
to the story, traces the dead woman's life
bock two decades, and identifies Crawford as the
murderer.
THE SNIPER {Crime Drama). Stars: Arthur Fronz,
Adolphe Menjou, Marie Windsor. Producer; Stanley
Kramer. Director; Edward Dmytryk. Original: Edna
and Edword Anhalt. Screenplay; Horry Brown.
• Arthur Franz, ex-convict and mental case, is
impelled, by something he cannot control, to go on
a killing spree, selecting casual acquaintances and
even strangers as his victims. He is finally captured
by Adolphe Menjou, a police lieutenant, but
not before the entire city is aroused and terrorstricken.
THE SON OF DR. JEKYLL (Horror Melodrama). Stars;
Louis Hay word, Jody Lawrance, Alexonder Knox.
Producer: Charles R. Rogers. Director: Seymour
Friedman. Original: Mortimer Braus, Jack Pol lexfen.
Screenplay: Edward Huebsch.
• Louis Hayward, son of the terrifying Dr. Jekyll
(killed when Hayward was an infant), undertakes
experiments to prove his father was not a sadistic
lunatic. As o result, he is wrongfully accused of
criminal attacks, but manages to clear himself and
place the blame on Alexander Knox, who hod been
his father's trusted friend.
SOUND OFF (Comedy With Music). Stars: Mickey
Rooney, Delores Sidener, Henry Slate. Producer:
Jonie Taps. Director: Richard Quine. Original;
No credits set. Screenplay; No credits set.
• Mickey Rooney, an uninhibited New York nightclub
entertainer, is drafted and sent to Fort Dix,
where his shenonigans keep him in constant hot
water. He foils in love with Delores Sidener, an
army nurse, who promises to be his girl—if he starts
acting like a mature individual ond good soldier,
which Mickey does with conspicuous success.
STORM OVER TIBET (Drama). Stars: Rex Reason,
Diono Douglas, Myron Heoley. Producers: Laslo
Benedek, Ivan Tore (Summit Productions). Director;
Andrew Martin. Original: Ivan Tors. Screenplay:
Ivan Tors, Sam Meyer.
• Flying the "hump" in the Himalayas during
World War 11, Myron Healey crashes in the uncharted
wilderness, after stealing a sacred religious
image. His buddy. Rex Reason, who marries
Heo ley's widow, undertakes a dangerous attempt
to locate Healey, only to learn definitely of the
lotter's death.
TEN TALL MEN (Dromo). Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jody
Lawrence, Gilbert Roland. Producer: Harold Hecht
(Norma Productions). Director; Willis Goldbeck.
Original: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck.
Screenplay; Frank Davis, Roland Kibbee.
• Tossed into the guardhouse for trying to steal
his superior officer's girl friend, Burt Lancaster
persuades the officer to send him and seven fellowprisoners
{all Foreign Legionnaires) on a suicidol
mission to divert on army of Riffs. They are successful,
ond Lancaster and his men are decorated
for bravery.
TERRY AND THE PIRATES (Action Drama). Stars: Not
set. Producers; Sam Katzmon, Douglas Foirbanks
jr. Director: Not set. Original: Comic strip. Screenplay:
Not set.
• Planned for Technicolor filming, this is a screen
version of the syndicated comic strip, screen rights
to which were acquired some years ago by Douglas
Foirbanks jr.
THIEF OF DAMASCUS (Costume Drama). Stars: Poul
Henreid, Jeff Donnell, Lon Choney. Producer: Sam
Kotzmon. Director: Lew Landers. Original Screenplay:
Robert E. Kent.
• In 643 A. D., bloodthirsty John Sutton tries to
conquer Damascus, gateway to Persia, but is opposed
by Sheherazade (Jeff Donnell) and a doshing
general, Paul Henreid. Foiled in his plan to marry
her, Sutton threatens to execute Sheherazade, but
Henreid and his followers, in hand-to-hand combat,
drive out the invaders.
A YANK IN INDO-CHINA (Drama). Stars: Douglas
Dick, Jean Willes, John Archer. Producer; Sam
Kotzmon. Director; Wally Grissell. Original Screenplay:
Sam Newman.
• Three Americans, who operate an air cargo line
in Indo-China, are taken prisoners by the Communists.
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FBI GIRL (Droma). Sfors: Audrey Totter, Cesar Romero,
George Brent. Producer-Director: William
Berkc. Original: Rupert Hughes. Screenplay; Richard
Landau, Dwight Bobcock.
• The governor of a state where a senote crime
committee probe is about to bo lounched is, in
reolity, a wonted murderer. His efforts to steal his
fingerprints from the FBI files lead to murder and
intrigue, but a trop laid by Audrey Totter, an
FBI girl, leads to his ultimate capture.
FOR MEN ONLY {Droma). Stars: Paul Henreid, Margaret
Field, Robert Sherman. Producer-Director:
Paul Henreid. Original Screenplay: Louis Morheim.
• Paul Henreid, a college professor, befriends a
student about to be initiated into a fraternity.
The student dies, o victim of a brutal hozmg, and
Henreid is framed by a coed whose advances he
had repulsed. However, Henreid is successful in
having hazing outlawed and in clearing his own
name.
GALVESTON (Historicol Western). Stars: Not set. Producer-Director:
Charles Marquis Warren. Original
Screenploy: John Champion.
• Frontier days in Texas provide the background
for this action entry.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE (Melodrama). Stars: Jack
Hawkins, Peter Hammond, Dennis Price. Producer:
Aubrey Boring. Director: David MocDonald. Original
Screenpla>: Robert Westerby.
• Jack Hawkins returns from Africa's Boer War
to find his fiancee, Siobhon McKenna, married to
Dennis Price. Price accomponies Hawkins on a
hazardous journey to recover a cache of diamonds,
ond disappears. Accused of his murder by his
friend, Peter Hammond, Hawkins perishes in o
mine slide while attempting to kill Hammond.
HELLGATE PRISON (Action Drama), Stars: Lloyd
Bridges (incomplete). Producer-Director: Charles
Marquis Warren. Original: Not set. Screenplay:
Not set.
• Concerns a prisoner-of-war camp during the
Civil War
LEAVE IT TO THE MARINES (Comedy). Stars: Sid
Melton, Mara Lynn, Gregg Mortell. Producer: Sigmund
Neufeld. Director; Samuel Newfield, Original
Screenplay: Orville Hampton.
• At city hall Sid Melton gets confused, and instead
of obtoining the marriage license his sweetheart.
Mora Lynn, is waiting for, gets himself enlisted
in the marine corps. A heartless sergeont,
Gregg Mortell, coveting Mara, assigns Sid to mind
the camp mascot, but in the line of duty Sid wins
o hero's medal.
LOAN SHARK (Melodrama). Stors: George Raft, Dorothy
Hart. Producer: Edward Levin. Director: Seymour
Friedman. Original Screenplay: not set.
• George Roft has the starring role in this copsond-robbers
melodrama.
MAN BAIT (Mystery Drama). Stars: George Brent,
Marguerite Chapman. Producers: Robert L. Lippert,
James Correros. Director: Terence Fisher.
Original: Jamc$ Hadlcy Chase. Screenplay: Frederick
Knott.
• This murder mystery was filmed in England.
MASSACRE (Historical Western). Stars: not set. Producer:
Sig Neufeld. Director: Sam Newfield. Original:
Thomas Blackburn. Screenploy: not set.
• A story of covolry-vs-lndions worfare in the
1880s, this IS adapted from on Argosy mogozine
serial.
NAVAJO (Adventure Drama). Stars: Froncis Kee Teller,
John Mitchell, members of Navajo tribe. Producer:
Hall Bortlett. Director: Norman Foster. Original
Screenplay: Norman Foster.
• With the fierce independence of the Navajo,
Francis Kee Teller, a seven-year-old, resolves to
live with his tribe forever far from the white mar.
Forced into a hated government school, he escapes,
vengefully luring his pursuers to certain death
but recoils from the shaming impulse and mokes
his peace,
RING AROUND SATURN (Drama). Stars: not set. Producers:
Edword and William Nossour, Paul Henreid.
Director. Paul Henreid. Original Screenplay: Paul
Roder.
• This is a drama of form life, dealing with a boy
and his champion bull.
SKY HIGH (Comedy). Stars: Sid Melton, Maro Lynn,
Sam Flint. Producer: Sigmund Neufeld, Director:
Samuel Newfield. Original Screenplay: Orville
Hampton.
• When his wartime commander. Major Doug
Evans, arrives at a U.S. air force base, toil gunner
Sid Melton is assigned to pose os on enemy
agent. In spite of spy Margio Dean's somctime:>
irresistible allure, Sid's efforts help effect capture
of the would-be soboteurs.
STOLEN FACE (Melodroma). Stars: Paul Henreid,
Lizobctn Scott. Producer: James Correros, Robert
L. Lippert. Director: Terence Fisher. Original:
Alex Pool. Screenplay: Martin Berkley, Richard
Londau.
• This cops-and-robbers dromo was produced in
England.
SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN (Melodrama).
Stars. George Reeves, Phyllis Cootes. Producers:
Bernard Luber, Robert MoxwcH. Director: Lee
Sholcm. Original Screenplay: Richard Fielding.
• Film version of the adventures of the comic
strip charocter, the invincible Superman.
TALES OF ROBINHOOD (Adventure). Stors: Robert
Clarke, Mary Hatcher, Paul Cavonagh. Producer:
Hal Roach jr. Director: James Tinling. Original
Screenplay: Leroy H. Zehren.
• In 12th century Eng'ond, nobleman Robin Hood
(Robert Clarke) and a loyal bond he'p redress the
wrongs imposed on the defeated Soxons by their
Norman conquerors. Near his headquarters deep in
Sherwood Forest Robin Hood rescues the foir
Moid Marian (Mary Hatcher) from robbers, ond
wins her to his ideals and heart.
UNKNOWN WORLD (Science-Fiction Drama). Stors:
Victor Kihon, Bruce Kellogg, Jim Bonnon. Producers:
J. R. Rabin, I. A. Block, Director: Terry
Morse. Original Screenplay: Millard Koufmon.
• Six men and a woman drill a hole into the
depths of the earth, seeking a sofe retreat from
a possible atomic war. They reach a vast subterraneon
world but ore imperiled by on earthquake,
and manage to escape just in time to ovoid
being cought in a huge tidal wove.
VARIETIES ON PARADE (Musical). Stars: Tom Neol,
Eddie Dean, Jackie Coogan, Speciolty Acts. Producer-Director:
Ron Ormond. Original Screenplay:
Ron Ormond.
• With Eddie Garr serving as master of ceremonies,
this has Tom Neal, Jackie Coogan, Lyie Talbot and
Iris Adrian appearing in a series of skits, interspersed
with song numbers ond a number of vaudeville
acts, including ocrobots, jugglers, dancers and
magicians.
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ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI (Historical Western).
Stars: Clark Gable, Mario Elena Marques, Ricordo
Monfalbon. Producer: Robert Sisk. Director: Williom
A. Wellmon. Original: Talbot Jennings, Frank
Covett. Screenplay: Talbot Jennings.
• Clark Gable, o tropper and Indian fighter in the
1880s, morries Maria Elena Marques of the Blockfoot
tribe, to gain borgoining power with her people.
After she bears him a son, and he falls deeply
in love with her, she is killed in a redskin attack
upon Coble's party, ond Gable returns the baby to
the Blackfoot people.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Musical).
Stars: Gene Kelly, Danny Koye, Dean Stockwell.
Producer: Arthur Freed. Director: Vincente Minnelli.
Original: Mark Twain. Screenplay: Donald
Ogden Stewart, Alan Joy Lerner.
• Mark Twain's classic story of the Mississippi in
the 1840s comes to the screen as a Technicolor
tunefilm, with Dean Stockwell title-roling as the
youngster who journeys down the river on o raft
with a Negro slave whom he eventually succeeds in
setting free.
AMERICAN BEAUTY (Comedy Dramo). Stars: Not set.
Producer: Sidney Sheldon. Director: Not set. Original:
Eiick Moll, Robert Jung. Screenplay: Margaret
Fitts, Edith Sommer, Charles Lederer, Ken Englund.
• In four episodes, this interweaves the stories of
four American girls.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Musical). Stors: Gene
Kelly, Leslie Coron, Oscar Levant. Producer: Arthur
Freed. Director: Vincente Minelli. Original Screenplay:
Alan Joy Lerner.
• Gene Kelly, on ex-GI, stays in Paris after the
war and dobbles at being o painter. Nina Foch,
o wealthy, foot-loose American girl, falls in love
with him and uses her money to help his career,
but Gene falls madly in love with Leslie Coron, a
pretty French girl—and, although poor, they plon
to marry. Filmed in Technicolor.
BANNERLINE (Drama). Stars: Keefe Brasselle, Sally
Forrest, Lionel Borrymore. Producer; Henry Bermon.
Director; Don Weis. Original: Samson Rophaelson.
Screenplay: Charles Schnee.
• An ambitious young reporter, Keefe Brasselle,
is instrumental in rousing his community to the
foct thot the city is controlled by racketeering
grofters. After he is brutally beaten by the mobsters,
the grand jury calls on emergency session and
the fight begins for civic reform.
BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE (Musical Comedy). Stars:
Mario Lanza, Doretta Morrow, Spring Byington.
Producer: Joe Pasternak. Director: Alexander Hall.
Original; Joe Posternok, Screenplay: Ruth Brooks
Flippen, Leonard Spigelgass, Karl Tunberg.
• An opera star is drafted into military service.
BELLE OF NEW YORK (Musical Comedy). Stars:
Fred Astaire, Vero-Ellen, Keenan Wynn. Producer:
Arthur Freed. Director: Chorles Walters. Original
Screenplay; Jerry Davis, Irving Elingson, Robert
O'Brien.
• Fred Astaire has a proposing complex—especially
where chorus girls ore concerned—and is now,
unhappily, engoged to marry one. But he falls in
love all over ogoin with Vero-Ellen, who is engaged
in missionary work on the Bowery, forgets
all about his own wedding and finally winds up
with Vero-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor.
BRIGADOON (Musical Comedy). Stars: Gene Kelly,
Kathryn Grayson. Producer: Arthur Freed. Director:
Not set. Original: Alan Lerner. Screenplay:
Alan Lerner.
• Film version of the stage success, this has o
Scottish background and will be filmed in Technicolor.
CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY {Comedy Western).
Stars: Howard Keel, Fred MocMurroy, Dorothy Mc-
Guire. Producer-Directors: Norman Panama, Melvin
Frank. Original Screenplay; Norman Panama,
Melvin Frank.
• Howard Keel, hard-drinking cowboy star, is a
hos-been until TV, running his old pictures, makes
him a notional hero. Efforts to locate him are
futile, but his double—a clean-living cowhand— is
imported from the range. When the real cowboy star
appears, he almost ruins the plot until his double
disposes of him and wins the gal.
CALLING BULLDOG DRUMMOND (Mystery Drama).
Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Morgaret Leighton, Robert
Beotty. Producer: Hayes Goetz. Director: Victor
Seville. Original: Gerald Fair lee. Screenplay: Gerald
Fairlee, Emmett Rogers, Arthur Wimperis.
• Prevailed upon by Scotland Yard to help solve
a series of large-scale robberies. Bulldog Drummond
(Walter Pidgeon) emerges from retirement,
poses as a wanted criminal and joins the gang.
At the risk of his own life, Drummond manages
to cooture the ringleoder. Filmed in England.
CARBINE WILLIAMS (Drama). Stars: James Stewart,
Wendell Corey, Jeon Hagen. Producer: Armond
Deutsch. Director: Richard Thorpe, Original Screenplay:
William Bowers, Arthur Cohn.
• A biogrophy of David Marshall Williams, who
while serving a prison sentence— invented the carbine
used by U.S. troops in World War II. James
Stewart is cast as Williams and Wendell Corey as
the prison warden who was instrumental in encouraging
Williams to succeed in his achievement.
DANGEROUS WHEN WET (Musical Comedy). Stars;
Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Debbie Reynolds.
Producer: George Wells. Director: Not set. Original:
Screenplay: Dorothy Kingsley.
• Another tunefilm, in Technicolor, showcasing the
oquotic talents of Esther Williams.
DAYS BEFORE LENT (Drama). Stars: Gig Young,
Keenan Wynn, Williom Campbell. Producer; John
Houseman, Director: Gerald Mayer. Original: Hamilton
Basso. Screenplay: A. I. Bezzerides.
• A surgeon tries to quit his profession but finds
himself bound by ties that cannot be cut.
EAGLE ON HIS CAP (Droma). Stars: Robert Taylor,
Eleanor Parker, Morilyn Erskine. Producers and
Directors: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank. Original:
Beirne Lay jr. Screenplay; Norman Ponoma,
Melvin Frank, Beirne Lay jr.
• This is a film biography of Col. Paul Tibbets,
the air force pilot who dropped the first atomic
bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS (Musical). Stars: Red
Skelton, Vero-Ellen (incomplete). Producer: George
Wells. Director; Not set. Original Screenplay:
George Wells.
• This tunefilm will be photographed in Technicolor.
FEARLESS FAGAN (Comedy). Stars: Debbie Reynolds,
Corleton Carpenter (incomplete). Producer: Edwin
H, Knopf. Director: Not set. Original; Sidney
Franklin jr. Screenplay: Charles Lederer.
• Taken from newspaper headlines is this story
of o young mon who, when drafted, brought his
trained lion into camp with him because he hod
nowhere else to dispose of the animal.
FLESH AND THE DEVIL (Romantic Drama), Stars:
Ava Gardner, Ricardo Montalban, Fernando Lomos.
Producer- Director: Clarence Brown. Original; Herman
Sudermon. Screenploy: Not set.
• A new version of the tempestuous love story
which was first filmed by this company as a silent
in 1927, co-starring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo.
GHOST OF A CHANCE (Musical), Stars: Gene Kelly,
Vero-Ellen (incomplete). Producer: Joe Pasternak.
Director: Not set. Originol: Ned Young. Screenplay:
Karl Tunberg, Leonard Spigelgass.
• This musical, to be filmed in Technicolor, Is
adopted from a novel of the same title by Ned
Young.
THE GIRL IN WHITE (Drama). Stars; June
Arthur Kennedy, Gary Merrill. Producer:
Allyson,
Armond
Deutsch. Director: John Sturges. Original: Emily
Barringer. Screenploy: Irmgard von Cube, Philip
Stevenson, Allan Vincent.
• June Allyson portrays Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer
in this film biography of the first woman
ambulance doctor and surgeon in the history of
American medicine.
GIVE THE GIRL A BREAK (Musical). Cost: Gene
Kelly, Vera-E'ien, Debbie Reynolds. Producer: Jack
Cummmgs. Director; Not set. Original: Vera Cospory.
Screenplay: Fronces Goodrich, Albert Hockett.
• This Technicolor tunefilm has a Broadway locole.
GLORY ALLEY (Drama). Stars: Ralph Meeker, Leslie
Coron, Gilbert Roland. Producer: Nicholas Nayfack.
Director; Raoul Walsh. Original Screenplay:
Art Cohn.
• This story of the U.S. marines casts Ralph
Meeker as a prize-fighting champion.
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GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (Musical). Stars; Kothryn Grayson
(incomplete). Producer; Sidney Franklin. Director;
Not set, Originol; James Hilton, Screenplay:
Not set.
• This is projected as a Technicolor musicol version
of the James Hilton story about a beloved
teacher in an English boys' school. It was first
produced in dramatic form in 1939.
INTERRUPTED MELODY (Dramo With Music). Stars;
Lana Turner (incomplete). Producer: Jock Cummings.
Director: Not set. Original Screenplay:
Sonyo Levien, William Ludwig.
• This troces the career of Morjorie Lawrence, on
Australian farm girl who became a great concert
ortist. A victim of polio, she overcame thot handicap
to make a successful comeback. Filmed in
Technicolor,
INVITATION (Romantic Dromo). Stars: Dorothy
McGuire, Van Johnson, Louis Calhern. Producer:
Lowrence Weingarten. Director: Gottfried Reinhardt.
Original: Jerome Weidman. Screenplay: Paul
Osborne.
• Dorothy McGuire, a plain girl and olmost an
invalid, is prepared to go through life os o spinster,
o fact which dismays her father. Learning she has
only a year to live, he bribes Von Johnson to
marry her. Dorothy learns the truth, but by this
time Von is in love with her—and an operation
restores her health.
IT'S A BIG COUNTRY (Episodic Drama). Stars: Ethel
Barrymore, Gary Cooper, Van Johnson and others.
Producer: Robert Sisk. Directors: George Cukor,
Charles Vidor, William Wellman and others. Originals:
Edgar Brooke, Dudley Schnabel, Carl Click
and others. Screenplay: William Ludwig, Luther
Dovis, Isobel Lenncrt and others.
• Told in eight interrelated episodes, with seporote
costs, directors and writers, this presents an
insight into the U.S. at work and at play—the
America of a Dakoto wheat-grower and that of o
Pittsburgh steel puddler—the America of an old
lady in Chicago and of the President of the United
States
IVANHOE (Costume Dramo). Stars: Robert Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine. Producer: Pandro
S. Bermon. Director; Richard Thorpe. Original:
Walter Scott. Screenplay: Marguerite Roberts.
• In Technicolor, this is a story of England during
the reign of Richard the Lion-Hearted. From
Walter Scott's classic adventure novel, it has
Robert Taylor in the title role and was produced
in Britain.
JUMBO (Musical Comedy). Stars: Red Skelton, Debbie
Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. Producer: Roger Edens.
Director: Not set. Original: Joseph Fields, Richard
Rodgers, Lorenz Hart. Screenplay: Not set.
• Film version of the Broadway stage success,
this will be photographed in Technicolor,
THE LIGHT TOUCH (Drama). Stars: Stewart Granger,
Pier Angeli, George Sanders. Producer: Pandro S.
Berman. Director: Richard Brooks. Original Screenplay:
Richard Brooks.
• Stewart Granger steals a valuable religious painting
from o museum in Sicily, then double-crosses
his partner, George Sanders, by claiming it was
burned in a fire. A copyist. Pier Angeli, is persuaded
to produce an imitation, but she and
Granger fall in love; he returns the original to
the museum ond goes straight.
LILLI (Drama). Stars: Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron,
Ann Miller. Producer; Edwin H. Knopf. Director:
Charles Walters. Original: Paul Gollico. Screenplay:
Helen Deutsch.
• This romantic drama concerns a traveling show
troupe in Europe.
LONE STAR (Historical Western). Stars: Clark Gable,
Avo Gardner, Broderick Crawford. Producer: Z.
Wayne Griffin. Director Vincent Sherman. Original:
Borden Chase, Howard Estabrook. Screenplay:
Borden Chose
• Texas in 1845, having broken away from Mexico,
has to choose between remaining a republic
or annexing to the United States. Holding opposite
views are Clork Gab'e, cattle-owner who favors
onnexotion, and Broderick Crawford, o power in the
Texas senate, who wants the republic maintained.
Ultimotely Gable and his forces win,
LOVE IS BETTER THAN EVER, Stars: Elizabeth Taylor,
Lorry Porks, Ann Doran. Producer: William
H. Wright. Director: Stanley Donen. Original
Screenplay; Ruth Brooks FMppen.
• Visiting New York, Elizabeth Taylor, a dancing
school instructor from New Hoven, is shown the
town by Larry Porks, a brosh young press agent,
and falls in love with him. He professes to be
allergic to marrioge, but through a series of ruses
Elzabeth convinces him that he loves her^-and
snogs her man,
LOVELY TO LOOK AT (Musicol). Stars: Red Skelton,
Kothryn Grayson, Howard Keel. Producer; Jack
Cummings. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Original
Screenplay; George Wells, Horry RutDy, Andrew Solt.
• This Technicolor tunefilm is a new version of
"Roberta," the stage musical, first made os o motion
picture in the 1930s by RKO Radio with Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers as its co-stars.
THE MAN WITH A CLOAK (Drama). Stors: Borboro
Stonwyck. Joseph Gotten, Leslie Caron. Producer:
Stephen Ames. Director: Fletcher Morkle. Original:
John Dickson Carr. Screenplay: Frank Fenton.
• In 1848 Leslie Caron orrives in New York from
France to persuade Louis Calhern to provide funds
for his estranged grandson. She is befriended by
Joseph Gotten and they uncover ond defeat o plot
whereby Colhern was to hove been murdered for
his money. Later Calhern dies but provides for
his grondson in his will.
THE MERRY WIDOW (Musical). Stars: Lona Turner,
Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel. Producer: Joe
Pasternak, Director: Curtis Bernhardt. Original;
Franz Lehor. Screenplay: Sonja Levien, William
Ludwig.
• Fronz Lehor's operetta comes to the screen as
a Technicolor musical with Lano Turner in the title
role.
MR. CONGRESSMAN (Drama). Stars; Louis Calhern
(incomplete). Producer; Dore Schory. Director: Robert
Pirosh. Original Screenplay: Robert Pirosh.
• From o nonpartisan approach, this tells the
story of the people's elected representatives who
serve their country as members of the nation's
legislative body.
THE ONE-PIECE BATHING SUIT (Musical). Stars:
Esther Williams, Louis Calhern, Donna Corcoran.
Producer: Arthur Hornblow jr. Director; Mervyn
LeRoy. Original Screenplay; Everett Freeman.
• Esther Williams portrays Annette Kellerman, who
overcame a physical handicap to become o champion
swimmer and international favorite. Filmed
in Technicolor.
PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (Drama).
Stars: Avo Gaidner, James Moson, Nigel Patrick.
Producers: Albert Lewin, Joseph Kaufman. Director:
Albert Lewin. Original Screenplay: Albert
Lewin.
• Ava Gardner, an uphappy American girl living
in Spain, falls in love with James Mason who.
It develops, is the legendary "Flying Dutchman."
Avo joins Mason in death when she proclaims her
love ond he is at last released from hts centuriesold
sentence to wander the earth until he finds
a woman who will give her life for him.
PAT AND MIKE (Romantic Comedy). Stars: Spencer
Tracy, Katharine Hepburn (incomplete). Producer;
Lawrence Weingarten. Director: George
Cukor. Originol Screenplay: Ruth Gordon, Gorson
Konin.
e This romantic comedy reunites the stars, writer
and director responsible for a 1949-50 season hit,
"Adam's Rib,"
THE PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE (Historical Drama).
Stars; Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson.
Producer: Dore Schory. Director: William A. Weltman.
Original: Ernest Gebler. Screenplay: Helen
Deutsch.
• From the novel by Ernest Gebler, this is a
story of the voyage of the Mayflower and the
landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts to found
the colonies which later developed into the
United States.
QUO VADIS (Historical Drama). Stars: Robert Taylor,
Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov. Producer; Sam
Zimbalist. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Original:
Henryk Sienkiewicz. Screenplay: S. N. Behrmon,
Sonya Levien, John Lee Mohin,
• Filmed in Italy, this is said to be the costliest
motion picture ever mode. It is laid in Rome in
the reign of the Emperor Nero, and relates how
a victorious warrior, Robert Taylor, embraces Christianity;
how the populace turns against Nero and
his borbarism, and how Nero is slain by a former
mistress. Filmed in Technicolor.
SCARAMOUCHE (Costume Drama). Stars: Stewart
Granger, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Porker, Producer;
Carey Wilson. Director: George Sidney. Original;
Rafael Sabot ini. Screenplay: Talbot Jennings.
• This is a new screen version of Rafael Sabotini's
story obout the swashbuckling 17th century French
swordsman ond lover.
THE SELLOUT. Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Cameron
Mitchell, Everett Sloone. Producer; Nicholas Noyfock.
Director: Gerald Mayer. Original Screenplay:
Charles Palmer, Matthew Rapf.
• Walter Pidgeon, editor of a smoll community
newspoper, tries unsuccessfully to fight editorially
against grafting county political leoders. Intimidated
by the mob, he nevertheless gives testimony
at a murder trial which links his own son-in-law
with the crooks, and the machine of corruption
collapses.
SHADOW IN THE SKY (Drama). Stars: James Whitmore,
Nancy Davis, Ralph Meeker. Producer: William
H. Wright. Director: Fred Wilcox, Originol:
Fred Newhouse. Screenploy: Ben Maddow.
• Ralph Meeker, a hospitalized war veteran, believes
his fomiiy ond friends hove deserted him
becouse his severe attacks of panic ore brought
on during rainy periods. But the loyalty of his
sister and brother-in-law, and the love of a girl,
cure him of his trouble and return him to on
active place in the wor'd.
SKIRTS AHOY. Stars: Esther Williams, Vivian Blaine,
Solly Forrest. Producer: Joe Posternok. Director:
Sidney Lonfield. Original Screenplay: Isobel Lennort.
• Three new WAVE recruits of the Great Lokes
troining station ore Esther Williams, Vivian Blaine
and Solly Forrest. Esther, a sophisticated society
girl, Vivian, o brassy clerk, and Sally, o mild smalltown
girl, satisfactorily complete their training,
acquire boy friends ond ore ossigned to stotions
in Ports
SOMETIMES I LOVE YOU (Romantic Comedy). Stars:
Clark Gable, Avo Gardner. Producer: Arthur Hornblow
jr. Director: Robert Z. Leonord. Originol: Moss
Hart. Screenplay: Karl Tunberg, Leonard Spigelgoss,
Robert Ardrey,
• Clark Goble portrays a film director and Avo
Gardner o Hollywood star whom he discovers ond
develops into o notional idol.
THE STUDENT PRINCE (Musical). Stors: Jone Powell,
Ricardo Montolban (incomplete). Producer: Joe
Pasternak- Director; Robert Z. Leonard. Original:
Sigmund Romberg. Screenplay: Sonyo Levien, Williom
Ludwig.
• Ricordo Montolbon is the title-roler in this
Technicolor film version of the Sigmund Romberg
operetta,
TEXAS CARNIVAL (Musical Comedy). Stars: Esther
Willioms, Red Skelton, Howard Keel. Producer;
Jock Cummings. Director: Chorles Walters. Original:
George Wells, Dorothy Kingsley. Screenploy:
Dorothy Kingsley.
• Esther Williams and Red Skelton, carnival performers,
ore mistaken for on eccentric Texas millionaire
and his sister. By the time the masquerade
has been exposed, Esther has fallen in love with
Howard Keel, ranch foreman, and Skelton with
Ann Miller, the sheriff's doughter. Filmed in Technicolor.
THREE LOVE STORIES (Romantic Drama). Stors; Pier
Angeli, Fernando Lamas, Leslie Caron. Producer:
Sidney Franklin. Director: Gottfried Reinhardt.
Original: Loszlo Vojdo, I. A. R. Wylie, Arnold Phillips.
Screenplay: George Froeschel, Jan Lustig.
• Three separate plots will be interwoven into one
feature-length film. Pier Angeli portrays o circus
trapeze artist in one sequence.
TOO YOUNG TO KISS (Romantic Comedy). Stars:
June A Hyson, Von Johnson, Gig Young. Producer;
Sam Zimbalist. Director: Robert Z. Leonord. Originol;
Everett Freeman. Screenplay: Frances Goodrich,
Albert Hockett.
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TWO IF BY SEA (Dromo). Stars: Clark Goble (incomplete).
Producer-Director; Clarence Brown.
Original: Roger Box. Screenplay: Ronold Millar,
George Froeschel.
• An American correspondent in Russio during
World War II marries a Russian ballet stor. After
the war she is not permitted to leave with her
husband, who then plans and corries out a dangerous
mission whereby she is enabled to escape
from the Soviet.
THE UNKNOWN MAN (Crime Drama). Stars: Walter
Pidgeon, Keefe Brosselle, Ann Hording. Producer:
Robert Thomsen. Director; Richard Thorpe. Original
Screenplay: Ronald Millar, George Froeschel.
• Believing the boy innocent, Attorney Walter
Pidgeon secures on ocquittol for Keefe Brosselle,
on triol for murder, then is shocked to leorn
Brosselle was guilty. His faith in o world of perfect
law and justice shottered, Pidgeon becomes
embroiled in a labyrinth of corruption and graft
before the cose is satisfactorily settled.
WESTWARD THE WOMEN (Historicol Western). Stars:
Robert Taylor, Denise Dorcel, Julie Bishop. Producer:
Dore Schary. Director; William A. Wellman. Original:
Frank Copra. Screenplay: Charles Schnee.
• To Robert Taylor, veteron guide and scout, is
entrusted the task of transporting 200 women from
Chicago to Colifornio to become the wives of
ranchers in the new country He succeeds, but only
after innumeroble quarrels, attacks by warring Indions
and other troubles, and at the end of the
trail is selected os o husband by Denise Dorcel.
WHEN IN ROME (Comedy Dromo). Stors: Von Johnson,
Paul Douglas, Joseph Colleio. Producer-Director:
Clarence Brown, Original: Robert Buckner.
Screenplay: Charles Schnee, Dorothy Kingsley.
• Sailing to Rome during the Holy Year, Von Johnson,
a Catholic priest, finds his roommate is Paul
Douglas, wanted by the police. To elude the low,
Douglas assumes Johnson's garb and identity,
absorbs the faith and ultimotely joins o monostlc
order in Italy.
THE WILD NORTH (Outdoor Drama). Stars: Stewart
Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Chonsse. Producer:
Stephen Ames, Director: Andrew Morton. Original
Screenplay; Frank Fenton,
• Stewort Gronger, trapper in the north country,
accidentally kills a man and is relentlessly pursued
by Wendell Corey of the Canadian Northwest
mounted police. Corey coptures him, but en route
bock to heodguarters Granger soves Corey's life
at the risk of his own, and is acquitted of the murder
charge Filmed in Technicolor.
YEARS AGO (Romantic Comedy). Stars: Spencer Tracy,
Debbie Reynolds. Producer; Lawrence Weingorten.
Director: George Cukor. Original: Ruth Gordon.
Screenplay: Gorson and Ruth Konin.
• A story of family life,
YOUNG BESS (Historical Drama). Stars: Stewort Gronger,
Jean Simmons, Chorles Loughton. Producer:
Sidney Franklin. Director: George Sidney. Original:
Margaret Irwin. Screenplay: Jon Lustig,
Arthur Wimperis.
• This costume dromo is loid in England during
the reign of Henry VIII. The title character is
Elizabeth, later to become queen. Scheduled for
Technicolor filming.
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ALADDIN AND HIS LAMP (Costume Drama). Stars
Potncia Medina, Johnny Sondi, John Dehner, Producer
Walter Wanger, Director; Lew Landers
Original Screenplay Howard Dtmsdale, Millard
Kaufman, Sam Roeca.
• Aladdin {Johnny Sands}, a pickpocket, obtains o
magic lomp and wishes for o palace so thot he
may bid for the hand of a beautiful princess, Potricto
Medino. His rival is a treacherous prince,
John Dehner. but Aladdin—with the lamp's help
outwits Dehner and wins Potncio in marnoge.
Filmed in Cmecolor.
ARMY BOUND (Drama). Stars: Stanley Clements (incomplete).
Producer; Ben Schwalb. Director: not
set. Original Screenplay: not set
• Young Stanley Clements becomes a droftce in
Uncle Sam's peacetime military forces.
BOMBA SERIES (Jungle Dramas). Stars: Johnny Sheffield,
Donno Mortell, Myron Healey ond others-
Producer: Walter Mirisch, Director: Ford Beebe.
Original; Roy Rockwood. Screenplays: Ford Beebe
and others.
• Young Johnny Sheffield portrays "Bombo, the
Jungle Boy," based on the novels by Roy Rockwood,
in three entries on the 1951-52 slate. They
are titled "Elephant Stampede," "African Treasure"
and "Jungle Girl, '
BOWERY BOYS SERIES (Comedies). Stars: Leo Gorcey,
Huntz Hall, Allen Jenkins ond others. Producer:
Jerry Thomos Director: William Beaudine. Original
Screenploys: Jock Crutcher, Tim Ryan and others.
• The Bowery Boys, led by Leo Gorcey and Huntz
Hall, ore slated to star m at least five comedies
for the 1951-52 slote, including "Hold That Line,"
"Bowery Leathernecks," "Plough Jockey," "Flying
Fools" and "Crazy Over Horses."
COLLEGIATE SERIES (Sports Dramas). Stars: not set.
Producer: Walter Mirisch. Director: not set. Original:
not set. Screenploys: not set.
• Scheduled for production at the rate of one
a month ore 1 2 entries in o series devoted to
collegiate sports octivities. The initialer is titled
'Mr AIl-Americon," o footboll story.
DESERT PURSUIT (Western). Stars: Wayne Morns,
George Tobias, Emmett Lynn Producer: Lindsley
Parsons. Director: George Blair. Original: Kenneth
Perkins. Screenplay: W. Scott Darling, Warren
Douglas.
• This sogebrusher is one of a series of Woyne
Morris storrers being produced for this company by
Lindsley Parsons,
DOWN PERISCOPE (Action Drama). Stars: Wayne
Morris (incomplete). Producer; Lindsley Parsons.
Director: not set. Original Screenplay: Sam Roeca,
Warren D. Wandburg,
• This story of the US, submarine training service
is slated for filming partially on location at
the training station in New London, Conn.
FLIGHT TO MARS (Interplonetory Drama). Stars;
Marguerite Chopmon, Cameron Mitchell, Virginia
Houston. Producer; Walter Mirisch. Director: Lesley
Selonder. Original: Walter Mirisch. Screenplay:
Arthur Strawn.
• Five civilians moke a successful rocket flight
to Mars, but their return to Earth is hampered
by the president of the Martian council, who
plons to invade our plonet. However, his plans
are thwarted and the party returns safely. Filmed
in Cmecolor.
FORT OSAGE (Western). Stars; Rod Cameron, }ane
Nigh, Morris Ankrum. Producer: Walter Mirisch.
Director; Lesley Selonder. Original Screenplay: Dan
Ullmon
• Hired to take o California-bound wagon train
out of Fort Osage, Rod Cameron learns the Osage
Indians ore on the warpath because of ill treatment
of the honds of unscrupulous whites. With
the Old of the Osoges, Cameron captures the
crooks ond leads the train safely to its destination
Filmed m Cmecolor
JOE PALOOKA IN TRIPLE CROSS (Dromo) Stars: Joe
Kirk wood jr., Cathy Downs, James Gleason. Producer;
Hal E. Chester. Director: Reginald LeBorg.
Original: Harold Bancroft. Screenplay: Jon Jeffries.
• Based on the Ham Fisher syndicated comic strip,
this involves Joe Palooka (Joe Kirk wood |r.) with
gangsters who hold him, his wife and manager
prisoners, with Joe's purse for on upcoming fight
as the ransom At the lost second Joe manages
to outwit the crooks and wins the bout in defense
of his title.
JOHNNY MACK BROWN SERIES (Western) Stars
Johnny Mock Brown, Jimmy Ellison, Lois Hall and
others Producer Vincent M. Fennelly. Directors:
Derwin Abrohoms, Lewis D. Collins and others.
Original Screenploys: Joseph Poland and others.
• A minimum of five subjects starring Johnny Mack
Brown ore on the docket for the 1 95 1 -52 seoson.
Titles include "Texas City," "Gun Smoke Range,"
"Man From the Black Hills," "Deed Man's Trail"
and "Hired Guns"
KIRBY GRANT SERIES (Outdoor Dramas). Stors;
Kirby Grant, Chinook and others. Producer: Lindsley
Parsons. Direiftor; not set. Originals: Jomes
Oliver Curwood. Screenplays; William Raynor and
others,
• At leost two entries in this action series, based
upon the novels by James Oliver Curwood, are
planned for the 1951-52 season. Titles announced:
"Yukon Gold," "Timber Wolf" and "Northwest
Territory."
THE LONGHORN (Western). Stors: "Wild Bill" Elliott,
Myron Heolcy, Phyllis Cootes. Producer: Vincent
M. Fennelly. Director; Lewis D. Collins Origmol
Screenploy: Dan Ullmon.
• Bringing a herd of Herefords from Oregon bock
to his Wyoming ronch, "Wild Bill" Elliott hos his
friend, Myron Heoley, ond Phyllis Coates, daughter
of another rancher, in his party. Heoley is in
reality o member of a gang of cattle thieves
planning to ombush Elliott, but repents and sacrifices
his life to sove Elliott and Phyllis
MY WIFE IS MINE (Romontic Drama). Stars: Rod
Comcron, Florence Marly. Producer; Scott R. Dunlap.
Director; not sot. Original: Mory McCarthy.
Screenplay: Thomas W. Blackburn.
• This IS locoled in a small frontier town In
Arizona, where Rod Comeron, o rancher, meets
Florence Marly, an eosterner, when she is stranded
there offer o train wreck.
RODEO (Western). Stors: Jane Nigh, John Archer, Wallace
Ford. Producer: Walter Mirisch, Director: Williom
Beaudine. Originol Screenplay: Chorles R.
Morion.
• Jane Nigh manages a rodeo with great success,
and gets herself engaged to John Archer, the top
rider. A misunderstanding couses Wo I Ford,
ex-champion rider, to try his stuff once more.
He IS seriously injured, Jone is blamed, but cleors
herself. Filmed in Cinecolor.
THE ROSE BOWL STORY (Musical). Stors; not set
Producer Walter Mirisch. Director; not set. Original
Screenplay: not set.
• This Cinecolor subject will feature the fomed
annuel Tournament of Roses parade held every
Jonuory I )•? Pasadena, Colif., and the accompanying
New Year's day football gome staged in that
city's Rose Bowl.
THE SEA TIGER (Monne Drama). Stars: not set. Producer:
Williom F. Broidy. Director; Jean Yorbrougb.
Original: Charles Yerkow. Screenplay: Sam Roeca.
• Adapted from o mogozine story, this concerns
an abandoned freighter, loaded with Joponese war
loot, which is found offer World Wor 1 the
New Guinea coast.
STEEL FIST (Drama). Stars: Roddy McDowoll, Kristine
Miller, Horry Louter. Producer: William F. Broidy.
Director: Wesley Barry. Original. Phyllis Parker.
Screenplay: C. K. Kivori.
• A student in Russia, and on anti-Communist,
Roddy McDowall incites o riot, then flees with
the help of the underground. He foils in love with
Kristine Miller, o member of the underground, ond
finally is successful in crossing the border—knowing
she will join him to share the future in a free
world.
VENGEANCE TRAIL (Western). Stars: "Wild Bill"
Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Lone Bradford. Producer:
Vincent M. Fennelly, Director: Lewis D Collins.
Origmol Screenplay: Don Ullmon.
• "Wild Bill" Elliott returns to Konsos Territory,
where he is wanted on a wrongful charge, to avenge
the death of his brother and discovers the latter
Kyut litest
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hod turned renegode. Pardoned by o U.S. marshal,
Elliott sets out to cleon up the town and succeeds
m trocking down his brother's slayer.
WAGONS WEST (Western). Stars:
Rod Comcron, Peggie
Castle, Michael Chopin. Producer: Vincent M.
Fennelly. Director: Ford Beebe. Original Screenplay;
Dan Ullmon.
• Guiding a wagon train west. Rod Cameron discovers
some of the wogoneers ore smuggling rifles
to the Cheyenne Indions. The Indians launch an
attack on the train after Cameron forbids delivery
of the weapons; the vilhons ore slain and Cameron
mokes peace with the redskins. Filmed in Cmecolor.
WALTER WANGER PRODUCTIONS (Comedies ond
Dromes). Stars: John Sands ond others. Producer:
Walter Wanger. Directors: Not set. Originols: Ben
Hecht, Robert Ormond Cose and others, Screenplays:
John Tucker Battle, Sherman Lowe ond
others.
• Under the Allied Artists banner, and as part of
o multiple-picture commitment, Walter V/onger
will deliver "Queen of the Universe," "Fiot Ttop,"
"Beouty and the Beost" ond "The Yellow Knife,"
for the 1951-52 season. All will be photographed
in Cinecolor.
WHIP WILSON SERIES (Westerns) Stors: Whip Wilson,
Jim Bannon, Fuzzy Knight and others. Producer:
Vincent M, Fennelly Directors: Howard
Bretherton ond others. Originol Screenplays; Maurice
Tombragel and others.
• Whip Wilson is scheduled to star in at least
five sagebrush sagos on the 1951-52 docket, with
titles including "Land Grab," "Low less Cowboys,"
"Stage From Amonllo," "Thundering Trail" and
"Night Roiders."
WILD STALLION (Outdoor Drama). Stars; Borboro
Wooddell, Stanford Jolley, Ben Johnson. Producer:
Walter Mirisch. Director: Lewis D. Collins. Originol
Screenplay: Dan Ullmon.
• Ben Johnson is obsessed with the idea that his
pet colt survived on Indian raid in which Ben's
parents were slam. When he grows to manhood,
Ben recovers his horse, which saves his life in
another Indian attack. Ben joins the cavalry and
the stallion is given o life- long home at the post
over which Ben takes command
YELLOW FIN (Dromo). Stors: Wayne Morris, Adrian
Booth, Gloria Henry. Producer: Lindsley Parsons.
Director: Fronk McDonold. Originol Screenplay:
Clint Johnson, Warren D. Wandburg.
• Wayne Morris decides to sell his family's tunofishing
boot after o series of accidents, the lost
of which sends his father to the hospital in comatose
condition. But a doctor prescribes one lost cruise
to snap the older man out of his amnesia; the
experiment is successful; and Wayne keeps the boot.
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Gene Anderson. Jr.
Frank McDonald
Irene Bagge
Mnrjorie Carson
Judith Sabin
Leo Silver
Sam Roeca
George Troast
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complementing our feature motion picture activity,
we have added many new friends to the old. It
would be impossible to reach them all personally,
to extend our sincere wishes for the coming year.
Therefore, this message carries to all,
including the
friends we hope to make in 1952, the warmest
greetings from our entire staff—TO YOU.
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AARON SLICK FROM PUNKIN CRICK (Comedy With
Music). Stors: Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Robert
Merrill. Producers: William Per I George Seoton.
Director: Claude Binyon. Original: Beole Cormock.
Screenplay: Claude Binyon.
• Film version of what is soid to be one of the
most popular plays in the repertoire of stage stock
componies. The city slicker, Robert Merrill, ottempts
to gain control of the farm owned by the
widow, Dinah Shore, but is thwarted by the country
bumpkin, Alan Young. Filmed in Technicolor.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (Comedy-Drama). Stars:
Jose Ferrer, Kim Hunter, Kurt Kasznar. Producers:
William Perlberg, George Seaton. Director: George
Seaton. Original: Helen and George Papashvily.
Screenplay: George Seaton, George Oppenheimer.
• Jose Ferrer and Kurt Kosznar, immigrants from
Russia, seek U.S. citizenship. Ferrer falls in love
with Kirr. Hunter, a court stenographer in New
York, and pursues her to California, where he ends
up OS an orange rancher. After a series of complications
their romance ends happily and Ferrer
becomes an American citizen.
THE BLAZING FOREST (Action Drama). Stars: John
Poyne, Susan Morrow, William Demo rest. Producers:
William Pine, William Thomos. Director:
Edward Ludwig. Original: William Wister Haines,
Screenplay: Winston Miller.
• John Payne is the hard-pushing boss of a timber-logging
section, trying to moke good the wrongs
done by a worthless brother, Richard Arlen. Payne's
methods ore misinterpreted by Susan Morrow, niece
of the woman who owns the timber land, but ultimately
his motives are made clear. Filmed in Technicolor.
BOTANY BAY (Historical Drama). Stars: Alan Lodd,
James Mason, Patricia Medina. Producer: Joseph
Sistrom. Director: John Farrow. Original: Charles
Nordhoff, Jomes Norman Holl. Screenplay; Jonathan
Latimer.
• An American colonist in 1790 is unjustly convicted
in England and sent to Australia at the time
of the founding of that colony. Filmed in Technicolor.
CARIBBEAN GOLD (Action Drama). Stars: Rhonda
Fleming, John Payne. Francis L. Sullivan. Producers:
William Pine, William Thomas. Director: Edward
Ludwig. Original: Ellery H. Clark. Screenplay;
Curtis Kenyon, Morton Grant.
• This story of treasure-hunting in West Indian
woters will be photographed in Technicolor.
CARRIE (Dromo). Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer
Jones, Eddie Albert. Producer-Director: William
Wyler. Original: Theodore Dreiser. Screenplay:
Ruth and Augustus Goetz.
• Laurence Olivier, middle-aged businessman, falls
so desperately in love with Jennifer Jones that he
sacrifices his wealth and family and becomes o
Bowery bum. Meantime Jennifer leaves him, becomes
successful on the stage and learns, too late,
the depths of his affection for her.
CROSSWINOS (Action Drama). Stars: John Payne,
Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker. Producers: William
Pine, William Thomas. Director: Lewis R. Foster.
Original: Thompson Burtis. Screenplay: Lewis R.
Foster.
• John Payne, skipper of o South Seos schooner,
is tricked out of his vessel and jailed by Forrest
Tucker, double-crossing trader, who then steals o
cargo of gold shipped by a mining concern. Payne
gets out of jail, rescues the stolen gold and wins
the love of Rhonda Fleming. Filmed in Technicolor.
DARLING, HOW COULD YOU! (Comedy) Stars: Joan
Fontaine, John Lund, Mono Freeman. Producer;
Harry Tugend. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Originol:
Sir James Borrie. Screenplay; Dodie Smith, Lesser
Samuels.
• Joon Fontaine, on attractive mother, and her
husband, John Lund, return home after being
oway for several years to find their children ore
practically strangers. The daughter. Mono Freeman,
believes Joan is involved in an affair with a
young man, and in straightening out the situation
Joan reqoins her children's affection.
THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE (Western) Stars: Edmond
O'Brien, Sterling Hoyden, Dean Jogger. Producer;
Not Holt. Director: Byron Haskin. Original
Screenplay: Frank Gruber.
• The Denver & Rio Grande rai'road is heading
for a vital Royal Gorge pass route ocross the Rockies
to Salt Lake City. Seeking the same route is the
rival Canyon City and Son Juan railroad. After
much skulduggery and sabotage, the D. & R. G.
emerges victorious. Filmed in Technicolor.
DETECTIVE STORY (Drama). Stars: Kirk Douglas,
Eleanor Porker, William Bendix. Producer-Director:
William Wylor. Original: Sidney Kingsley. Screenplay:
Philip Yordon, Robert Wyler.
• In a New York police station Kirk Douglas, a
tough detective, has to cope with a shoplifter, two
cot burglars and o doctor whose speciality is illegal
operations. Learning that his own wife once patronized
the doctor, Douglas goes berserk and is fatally
wounded when one of the burglars tries to escape.
FLAMING FEATHER (Western). Stars; Sterling Hoyden,
Barbara Rush, Forrest Tucker. Producer: Nat
Holt. Director: Ray Enright. Original: Gerald Droyson
Adams. Screenplay: Frank Gruber.
• A mysterious outlaw is terrorizing the citizens
of Arizona Territory in the 1870s. Rancher Sterling
Hoyden, his holdings wiped out by the raider,
goes on the trail and finally corners the outlaw
ond his band of marauding Indians in a cliff dwelling.
Filmed in Technicolor.
GENTLEMEN OF THE JUNGLE (Action Drama). Stars
Rhonda Fleming. Producers; William Pine, William
Thomas. Director; Lewis R. Foster. Original: Tom
Gill. Screenplay; Not set.
• This adventure drama is slated for filming in
Technicolor on location in Guatemala.
THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (Musical Comedy). Stars; Tom
Morton, Rosemary Clooney. Producer: William Hommerstein
M. Director: Not set. Originol: Brett
Morgan. Screenplay: Not set.
• This tunefiim, with a Hollywood background,
IS built oround the studio's "Golden Circle" of
young controct players who ore groomed for stardom.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (Circus Drama)
Stars: Betty Hutton, James Stewart, Cornel Wilde.
Producer-Director: Cecil B. DeMille. Original
Screenplay: Fredric Frank, Frank Covett, Barre
Lydon.
• This merges Hollywood personalities with the
Ringling Bros.-Bornum & Bailey circus in a plot that
spans love, hate, tragedy ond treachery in the
world of spun candy and spangles. Betty Hutton
is the trapeze artist, Jomes Stewart the clown and
Cornel Wilde the daring aerialist. Filmed in Technicolor.
HONG KONG (Action Droma). Stars: Ronald Reagan,
Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce. Producers: William
Pine, William Thomas. Director: Lewis R. Foster.
Originol: David Long. Screenplay: Winston Miller.
• Ronald Reagan, American adventurer in China,
is "adopted" by a 4-year-old Chinese orphan boy
fleeing the Reds. The boy is hiding o voluoble
jeweled idol which a wor lord covets. With the oid
of Rhonda Fleming, who is in charge of a group
of aged Chinese, Reagan outwits the war lord.
Filmed in Technicolor.
JUMPING JACKS (Comedy). Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry
Lewis, Robert Strauss. Producer: Hal Wallis. Director:
Norman Tourog. Original Screenplay: Herbert
Baker, John Grant.
• !n which Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis—after
previous adventures with the army and navy—become
involved with Uncle Sam's paratroopers.
THE MILITARY POLICEMAN (Comedy). Stars: Bob
Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Moxwell (incomplete).
Producer: Horry Tugend. Director: George
Marshall. Original Screenplay: Jock Sher, Hoi
Kanter.
• Bob Hope is cast as a bungling MP in this story
of army life.
MY FAVORITE SPY (Comedy). Stars: Bob Hope, Hedy
Lomarr, Francis Sullivan. Producer: Paul Jones.
Director; Norman Z. McLeod. Original; Edmund
Beloin, Lou Breslow. Screenplay: Edmund Hortmonn,
Jock Sher.
• Bob Hope enacts a dual role as on American
burlesque comedian and a European spy. The latter,
only link to a new type of pilotless aircraft,
is shot, and government security agents substitute
the comedian for him on a trip to Tangiers, where
he outwits an espionoge ring and gets the needed
data.
MY SON, JOHN (Drama). Stars: Helen Hayes, Robert
Wolker, Van Heflin. Producer-Director; Leo Mc-
Carey. Original: Leo McCarey. Screenplay: Not set.
• Helen Hayes and Dean Jogger ore the typical
American parents of three sons, of whom the
youngest is Robert Walker. To their dismay they
learn that Wolker has become involved in a Communist
party conspiracy.
RED MOUNTAIN (Western). Stars: Alan Lodd, Lizobeth
Scott, John Ireland. Producer: Hal Wallis.
Director: Williom Dieterle. Original; George W.
George, George F. Slavin. Screenplay: John Meredyth
Lucas, Edna and Edward Anhalt.
• Alan Lodd, Confederate army captain, joins
Ouontrell's raiders to aid the southern couse, falls
in love with a northern girl, Lizobeth Scott, and
disillusioned by Quantrell's cruelty ond treachery
plots his defeat and kills the guerrilla chieftain.
Filmed in Technicolor.
SAILOR BEWARE (Comedy). Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry
Lewis, Marion Morsholl. Producer; Hot Wallis. Director:
Hal Wolker. Original: Kenyon Nicholson.
Screenploy: John Grant.
• Navy pals ore Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
The latter is allergic to women's makeup but is
tolked into accepting a bet that he con kiss the
most beautiful girl in Honolulu. This couses trouble
with his jealous girl friend, Marion Marshall, a
WAVE, but Jerry manages to win the bet and square
things with Marion.
SCALPEL (Drama). Stars: Burt Lancaster (incomplete).
Producer; Hal Wallis. Director; Not set. Original;
Horace McCoy. Screenplay: Not set.
• A youth comes out of the coal mines to work
his way through medical school and on to a great
coreer, only to make his biggest sacrifice for the
woman he loves.
SHANE (Western). Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Von
Heflin. Producer-Director; George Stevens. Original:
Jock Schoefer. Screenplay; A. B. Guthrie.
• Von Heflin and Jean Arthur, of o Wyoming
homesteoding family, ore fighting a losing battle
against the big ranchers, who \yant the small farms
for grazing land. But when quick-drawing Alan
Lodd arrives and joins the fight on behalf of the
homesteaders, the ranchers are defeated. Filmeo
in Technicolor.
SILVER CITY (Western). Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Edmond
O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald. Producer; Not Holt.
Director: Byron Haskin. Original: Luke Short.
Screenplay: Frank Gruber.
• Edmond O'Brien, a mining engineer, helps Yvonne
De Carlo and her father find o rich vein in a
leased silver mine. Barry Fitzgerald, the mine
owner, conspires to regain his property, but with
Yvonne's love and help O'Brien is successful in defeating
Fitzgerald. Filmed in Technicolor.
SOMEBODY LOVES ME (Musical Comedy). Stors: Betty
Hutton, Ralph Meeker, Adele Jergens. Producers:
William Perlberg, George Seaton. Directors; Irving
Brecher. Original Screenplay: Irving Brecher.
• This is based on the careers of Blossom Seeley
and Benny Fields, vaudeville and nightclub entertainers.
The film also etches the development of
modern American music and includes numbers by
Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other composers. Jack
Benny appears briefly as a guest star. Filmed in
Technicolor.
SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR (Dramo). Stars; Roy Milland,
Joan Fontoine, Teresa Wright. Producer-Director;
George Stevens. Original Screenplay: Dwight
Taylor.
• Joan Fontaine, a stage actress, has become on
alcoholic. Becoming involved with her is Ray
Millond, a New York advertising executive, who
helps to cure her weakness. Teresa Wright, Milland's
wife, completes the tangled triangle.
SON OF PALEFACE (Comedy Western). Stars: Bob
Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers. Producer: Robert
L. Welch. Director: Frank Tashiin. Original Screenplay:
Robert L. Welch, Frank Toshlin, Joe Quillon.
• Bob Hope is cost, in this sequel to "The Paleface,"
as a Harvard graduate who goes to the
wild west seeking the fortune presumably left him
by his lote fother. Jane Russell is the leoder of
o bandit gong and Roy Rogers a government agent.
Filmed in Technicolor.
THE STOOGE (Comedy). Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry
Lewis, Polly Bergen. Producer: Hoi Wallis. Director:
Norman Tourog. Original: Fred F. Finklehoffe, Sid
Silvers. Screenplay; Fred F. Finklehoffe, Mortin
Rackin.
• Dean Martin, doing a vaudeville act as a single,
toys an egg, and hires Jerry Lewis, a dimwitted
clerk, to sit in a box seat and interchange banter.
The act is a huge success, but Dean foils to give
Jerry credit—or billing—until forced to the realization
of how important his stooge's contribution has
been.
THE STREETS WERE PAVED WITH GOLD (Action
Drama). Stars; Rhonda Fleming, John Payne (incomplete).
Producers: William Pine, William
Thomas. Director; Not set. Original Screenplay;
Geoffrey Homes.
• A story of the Alaskan gold rush at the turn
of the century, this will be photographed tn Technicolor.
SUBMARINE COMMAND (Dromo). Stars; William
Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix. Producer:
Joseph Sistrom. Director; John Farrow. Original
Screenplay; Jonothon Latimer.
• William Holden is skipper of o submarine in
World War II and, later, the Korean conflict. Brooding
over o split-second decision which meant the
loss of two of his crew, he nearly wrecks his marriage
and career, but finds the answer to his
doubts in a heroic, dangerous and successful mission.
THIS IS DYNAMITE (Crime Drama). Stars: William
Holden, Alexis Smith, Edmond O'Brien. Producer:
Irving Asher. Director: Williom Dieterle. Originol;
Horace McCoy. Screenplay; John Bright, W. R.
Burnett.
• William Holden, a crusoding reporter, is instrumental
in breaking up on underworld syndicote
which controls a major American metropolis.
THUNDER IN THE EAST (Drama). Stars; Alan Lodd.
Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer. Producer; Everett
Riskin. Director; Charles Vidor. Original; Alon
Mooreheod. Screenplay: Jo Swerling.
• Aviator Alan Lodd flies guns ond ommunitton
into the Indian province of Ghondohor, but is
hampered by Charles Boyer, who believes the current
insurrection con be stopped by love and kindness.
Eventuoly Lodd decides money isn't everything
and stands off the invaders while women
ond children escope by plane.
WAR OF THE WORLDS (tnterplonetory Dromo). Stars;
Les Tremoyne (incomplete). Producer: George Pol.
Director: Byron Haskin. Original: H. G. Wells.
Screenplay: Borre Lyndon.
• Producer George Pol, who has mode such recent
spoce operas as "Destination Moon" ond
"When Worlds Collide," continues in the sciencefiction
vein with on adaptation of H. G. Wells'
story of on invasion from Mors. Sloted for Technicolor.
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (Science-Fiction Dromo).
Stars: Richard Derr, Barbaro Rush, Lorry Keating.
Producer: George Pal. Director: Rudolph Mote.
Original: Edwin Bolmer, Philip Wylie. Screenplay:
Sydney Boehm.
• Astronomers discover onother star and planet
ore hurtling toward the earth and that the star
will wipe out our world. A rocketship is built and
40 people, chosen by lot, manage to escape to the
oncoming planet, leaving only minutes before the
earth is demolished. Filmed in Technicolor.
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\NDROCLES AND THE LION (Costume Comedy).
Stars: Alan Young, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature.
Producer; Gabriel Pascal. Director: Chester Erskine.
Original: George Bernard Show. Screenplay; Chester
Erskine, Noel Langley.
• In eorly Roman days, Androcles {Alan Young)
mokes friends with a lion by removing a thorn from
his paw. When Caesar (Maurice Evons) has his
captain, Victor Moture, round up some Christian
martyrs including Jean Simmons and Androcles,
the latter finds himself areno-bound. He is saved
by his good friend, the lion.
AT SWORD'S POINT (Adventure-Dramo). Stars: Cornel
Wilde, Moureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas. Producer:
Jerroid T. Brandt. Director: Lewis Allen.
Originol; Alexandre Dumas. Screenplay: Not set.
• Urgently summoned by the Queen of France,
Cornel Wilde and his musketeer companions— including
brilliant swordswoman Maureen O'Hara—find
the princess, Noncy Gates, in the power of dastardly
Robert Douglas—who plans to slay her
brother, Peter Miles. Surmounting desperate obstacles,
the Musketeers rescue the royal victim.
Filmed in Technicolor.
BEHAVE YOURSELFI (Comedy). Stars: Shelley Winters,
Farley Granger, Williom Demarest. Producers: Jerry
Wald, Norman Krasna. Director: George Beck.
Original: George Beck, Frank Tarloff. Screenplay:
George Beck.
• A dog, trained by gongsters to act as o gobetween,
is mistaken by Shelley Winters as on anniversary
gift from her husband, Farley Granger.
The mobsters' efforts to get the dog back result
in series of murders, of which Farley suspected,
a but he ultimately maneges to
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round up
the crooks and is hailed as a hero.
THE BIG SKY (Outdoor Drama). Stars: Kirk Douglos,
Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Coyote Threott. Producer-Director:
Howard Hawks. Original: A. B.
Guthrie jr. Screenplay: Dudley Nichols.
• In 1830 Kirk Douglas and his pal, Dewey Martin,
join an adventure-ridden keelboat expedition
into the midwest wilderness to establish a furtroding
post. Aboard the boat is o beautiful Indian
maiden, Elizabeth Coyote Threott, held hostage
to ensure safety in the wild country. During
the hazardous voyage Douglas wins Elizabeth as
his mate.
THE BLUE VEIL (Drama). Stars: Jane Wyman, Richard
Carlson, Charles Laughton. Producers: Jerry
Wold, Norman Krasna. Director: Curtis Bernhardt.
Original: Francois Compaux. Screenplay: Norman
Corwin.
• Jane Wyman, who has lost a child of her own,
devotes her life to the care of other people's children,
sacrificing all chances for romonce ond a
happy marriage. Ultimately she is reduced to poverty
until one of her now-grown-up "children" finds
her and takes her into his fomily as o permanent
member.
CLASH BY NIGHT (Droma). Stars: Barbara Stanwyck,
Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan. Producers: Jerry Wald,
Norman Krasna. Director: Fritz Long. Original:
Clifford Odets. Screenplay; Alfred Hayes.
• Adapted from a stage play by Clifford Odets,
this has a Monterey, Calif., fishing industry bockground
and deals with a man's betroyol by his
wife and best friend.
DOUBLE DYNAMITE (Comedy). Stars: Fronk Stnotro,
Jone Russell, Groucho Marx. Producer: Irving
Cummings jr. Director; Irving Cummings sr. Original:
Lee Rosten. Screenplay: Melville Shavelson.
• Frank Sinatra, a plodding clerk, is rewarded for
rescuing a mystery man from a brawl—and automaticolly
suspected of a coincidental bank theft.
Cleared, he sets out with his sweetheart, Jane Russell,
and pal Groucho Marx, on a prolonged spending
spree which the internal revenue deportment
abruptly terminates.
DRUMS IN THE DEEP SOUTH (Historical Drama). Stars:
Guy Madison, Barbaro Payton, James Craig. Producers:
Maurice ond Frank King. Director; William
Cameron Menzies. Original: Hollister Noble. Screenplay;
Philip Yordan, Sidney Harmon.
• In the Civil Wor, James Craig, a Confederate, is
assigned to man a mountain outpost in an effort
to holt Sherman's march to the sea. Opposing him
IS his pre-war northern friend, Guy Madison. Barbara
Payton, who loves Craig, sacrifices her life
in a vain effort to persuade him to surrender.
Filmed in Supercinecolor.
EXCLUSIVE MODEL (Droma). Stars: Not set. Producer;
Jerry Wald, Norman Krasna. Director: Nat set.
Original Screenplay: Ketti Frings.
• A story of the Paris fashion industry, this is
scheduled for Technicolor filming, partially on location
in France.
A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (Comedy). Stars: Groucho
Marx, William Bendix, Marie Wilson. Producers:
Irwin Allen, Irving Cummings jr Director: Chester
Erskine. Original: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan.
Screenplay: Chester Erskine.
• Sailors Groucho Marx and William Bendix
wangle o leave of absence from the brig when
Bendix ocquires a rocehorse. Upon sight of Marie
Wilson they fall in love, but her heart belongs to
Don DeFore. Brave men and true, they aid the
romance and occidentally thwart a pair of soboteurs
before settling back in the brig.
THE HALF-BREED (Western). Stars: Robert Young,
Jonis Carter, Jack Buetet. Producer: Irving Starr.
Director: Edword Ludwig. Original Screenplay: Robert
Hardy Andrews.
• Jack Buetel, half-breed Indian leader, trusts
Robert Young, a scout, until his people are
preyed upon. Relations continue strained until
Young proves Reed Hadley responsible for the
villoiny. Buetel returns to his people to plead
for understonding between the races. Filmed in
Technicolor,
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (Biographical Drama),
Stars: Danny Kaye, Renee Jeanmaire, Farley Granger.
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn. Director: Charles
Vidor. Original Screenplay: Moss Hart, Samuel
Taylor.
• Danny Kaye is cost as Hans Christian Andersen,
the famed Danish author whose fairy tales hove
been read by generations of children the world
over. In Technicolor, the picture has Copenhagen
in the 1830s as its locale.
HIGH HEELS (Droma). Stars: Not set; Producers: Jerry
Wald, Norman Krasna. Director; Not set. Original:
Morva ond Lloyd Shearer. Screenplay: Marc Daniels.
• This revolves around the giris who supply a
minute of dancing pleasure to lonely men for
1 2 cents a dance.
I WANT
YOU (Drama). Stors: Dona Andrews, Dorothy
McGuire, For ley Granger. Producer: Samuel
Goldwyn. Director: Mork Robson. Original: Samuel
Goldwyn jr. Screenplay: Edward Newhouse, Joel
Sayre, Irwin Shaw.
• After a hitch in World War II, Dona Andrews
marries, settles down to raise o family, and goes
into business with his father and younger brother,
Farley Granger. Comes the Korean conflict and
Granger is drafted; and Andrews realizes he, too,
must get into service to protect his family and
country.
JET PILOT (War Drama). Stars: John Wayne, Janet
Leigh. Producer: Jules Furthman. Director: Josef
von Sternberg. Original: Beirne Lay jr. Screenplay:
Beirne Lay jr., Jules Furthman.
o A story of how the U.S. air force trains its jet
pilots and the work of jet aircraft in the Korean
conflict. In Technicolor.
THE KOREAN STORY (War Drama). Stars; Robert
Mitchum, Ann BIyth, Charles McGrow. Producer:
Edmund Grainger. Director; Toy Gornett. Original
Screenplay: Milton Krims, William Wister
Haines.
• This dramotizes the activities of the United
Nations' ground and air forces in the Korean theatre
of conflict, with Robert Mitchum as a U.S.
officer and Ann BIyth as a war correspondent. In
Technicolor,
THE LAS VEGAS STORY (Drama). Stars: Jane Russell,
Victor Mature, Vincent Price. Producer: Robert
Sparks Director: Robert Stevenson. Original; Jay
Dratler, Screenplay: John Lorkin.
• A girl thinks her husband has been fromed on
a robbery chorge by a detective who was formerly
her sweetheart. The three become involved when
she sets out to establish her husband's innocence.
MACAO (Droma). Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell,
William Bendix. Producer: Alex Gottlieb. Director:
Josef von Sternberg. Original: Bob Wlllioms.
Screenplay: Bernard C. Schoenfeld.
• On the island of Macao Robert Mitchum gets
a yen for Singer Jane Russell, and becomes involved
with Brad Dexter, o big-shot diamond smuggler.
When William Bendix, a disguised plainclothesmon,
is murdered, Mitchum outmaneuvers
Dexter, turns him over to the authorities and wins
the gol,
MONTANA BELLE (Western). Stars: Jane Russell,
George Brent, Scott Brady. Producer: Howard
Welch. Director: Allan Dwon. Original: M. Coates
Webster. Screenplay: Horace McCoy.
• Scott Brady, a Dolton gong member, foils for
Jane Russell, boss of o rival gang—as does George
Brent, a saloon keeper, who hopes to marry ond
reform her. Mistakenly believing a doublecross
IS afoot, Jane betrays Brady, and regrets her action
too late. He is trapped by Brent, and Jane dies
in the subsequent gun fight.
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Drama) Stars: Robert
Ryan, Ido Lupino, Word Bond. Producer: John
Houseman, Director: Nicholas Ray. Original: Gerald
Butler. Screenplay: A, I, Bezzendes,
• Robert Ryan, a detective by profession, is a lonely,
embittered man, until his path crosses that of
Ida Lupino- Despite the handicap of blindness,
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BAL TABARIN (Musical Comedy). Stars: William
Ching, Munel -Lawrence, Clarie Carleton. Producer:
Herman Millakowsky. Director: Philip Ford. Original
Screenplay: Houston Branch.
• When Muriel Lowrence's boss is murdered, and it
is discovered he is a notorious international fence
for stolen jewels, Muriel flees to Paris to ovoid
being implicated. She becomes a singer of the
famed Bal Tabarin and, with the aid of a young
American composer, is finally enabled to clear
herself.
THE FABULOUS SENORITA (Comedy With Music).
Stars: Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Clarke, Leon
Belasco. Producer: Sidney Picker. Director: R. G.
Springsteen. Original Screenplay: Jock Townley.
• Estelita Rodriguez, rebelling against the old
Sponish custom of parents selecting motes for their
young, helps her sister elope with the young man
she loves. In the ensuing complications she, too,
falls in love—with an American college professor
and marries him over parental objections.
GOBS AND GALS (Musical Comedy). Stars: George
and Bert Bernard, Cathy Downs. Producer: Sidney
Picker. Director: R. G. Springsteen. Original Screenplay:
Arthur Mormon.
• Home from a stint on a Pacific atoll, Navy Lieut.
Robert Hutton gets mobbed by lovesick women
a situation brought about by pronkish navy yeomen,
George and Bert Bernard—which imperils his morriage
to Cathy Downs. After sundry complications,
including c hassle with spies, Hutton proves his
loyalty.
HONEYCHILE (Western). Stors: Judy Conovo, Eddie
Foy jr., Alan Hale jr. Producer: Sidney Picker. Director:
R. G. Springsteen. Original Screenplay;
Charles Roberts, Jock Townley.
• Judy Canovo, a Wyoming ranch girl, writes a
popular song and submits it to a New York music
publishing house, then decides she doesn't wont
to sell it after all. Meantime, by mistake, the
publisher records the number—then has to send
his representative to Wyoming in an effort to
persuade Judy to sign over the rights.
HOODLUM EMPIRE (Drama). Stars: Claire Trevor,
Forrest Tucker, Brian Donlevy. Producer-Director:
Joseph Kane. Original: Bob Considine. Screenplay:
Bob Considine, Bruce Manning.
• A key witness in congressional hearings, aimed
at destroying a nationwide racketeering empire,
is a nephew of the gong leader, who had been
groomed to toke over his uncle's spot os kingpin
but rebelled and went straight. Despite threats
to rub him out, the nephew comes through with
vital testimony and is publicly acclaimed.
THE HOT HEIRESS (Comedy). Stars: Judy Canova (incomplete).
Producer: Sidney Picker. Director: Not
set. Original Screenplay: Jack Townley.
• One of a series of features starring Comedienne
Judy Canova.
LADY POSSESSED (Drama). Stars: James Mason,
June Havoc, Stephen Dunne. Producer: James Mason.
Directors: William Spier, Roy Kellmo. Original:
Pomelo Kellino. Screenplay: Pamela Kellino,
James Moson.
• June Havoc and Stephen Dunne, on American
couple, rent the English house of a famous pianist,
James Mason. In time June acquires the mod
obsession that she is destined to replace Mason's
beloved dead wife. When she learns Mason is
amusing himself with her affections she tries
suicide, is saved by Dunne, and o reconciliation
is effected.
MINNESOTA (Dramo). Stars: Ruth Hussey, Rod Cameron,
Jay C. Flippen. Producer- Director: Joseph
Kane. Original: Charles Marquis Warren. Screenplay:
Charles Marquis Warren, Norman Reilly Roine.
• Historical drama, dealing with the development
of the Mesabi iron range in Minnesota in 1892.
OKLAHOMA ANNIE (Comedy With Music). Stars:
Judy Canova, John Russell. Producer: Sidney Picker.
Director: R. G. Springsteen. Original Screenplay:
Robert Lees, Fred Rinaldo.
• In Trucolor, this is another musical in hillbilly
vein starring Judy Conovo.
QUEEN OF THE COWGIRLS (Comedy Western). Stars:
Judy Canova, John Russell, Grant Withers. Producer:
Sidney Picker. Director: R. G. Springsteen.
Original: Jock Townley, Charles E. Roberts. Screenplay:
Jock Townley.
• Granddaughter of a famous female sheriff, Judy
Canova gets riled at the laxity of the law when
her store is robbed, ond orgonizes a women's
committee to oust the sheriff, John Russell. Her
change of mind—at sight of his youth and masculinity—arouses
the committee's wrath, until Russell
proves himself by nailing the bandits. Filmed
in Trucolor.
THE QUIET MAN (Drama). Stars: John Wayne, Maureen
O'Haro, Barry Fitzgerald. Producer-Director:
John Ford. Original Screenplay: Frank Nugent.
• John Wayne returns to his native Ireland, trying
to put behind him the torturing memory of having
killed a man in the prize ring. But tranquility
eludes him; he finds himself surrounded by long
standing, continuing feuds. After a forced fight
with his sweetheart's brother, Wayne reconciles to
a life of happy turbulence.
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REX ALLEN SERIES (Westerns). Stars:
Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens and others. Producer: Edward
J. White. Director; William Witney. Original
Screenplays: Eric Taylor, William Lively, John K.
Butler and others.
• Eight sagebrushers starring Rex Allen, the singing
cowboy, are on the 1951-52 schedule. Their
titles: "Colorado Sundown," "The Lost Musketeer,"
"Song of the Pony Express," "Heart of the Pecos,"
"Old Oklahoma Plains," "Border Saddlemotes,"
"South, Pacific Trail" and "The Golden West."
ROCKY LANE SERIES (Westerns). Stars: Rocky Lane,
Penny Edwards, Roy Borcroft and others. Producer:
Harry Keller. Directors: Harry Keller, Fred
Bronnon and others. Original Screenplays: Richard
Wormser, M. Cootes Webster and others.
• Rocky Lane is the star of six westerns on the
1951-52 slate, their titles being "Captive of Billy
the Kid," "Leodville Gunslinger," "Black Hills
Ambush," "Bandits' Outpost," "Thundering Caravans,"
"Shadows of Jesse James" and "Desert of
Lost Men."
SONG OF YOUTH {Drama With Music). Stars: Bill
Shirley, Muriel Lawrence, Eileen Christy. Producer-
Director: Allan Dwan. Original Screenplay: Alan
LeMay.
• A biography of Composer Stephen Foster, centered
around the early days of his career.
SOUTH OF CALIENTE (Western). Star^: Roy Rogers,
Dole Evans, Douglas Fowley. Producer: Edward
J. White. Director: William Witney. Original
Screenploy: Eric Taylor.
• Roy Rogers operates a racehorse transportation
service. When a valuable steed owned by Dale
Evans is stolen, he pins the crime on Douglas
Fowley, her ranch foreman, who hoped the loss
of the horse would force Dale to sell her ranch to
him.
STORMBOUND (Drama). Stars: Constance Dowling,
Andrea Checchi, Aldo Silvoni. Producer: Aldo
Raciti. Director: Luigi Capuono. Original: Luigi
Capuano. Screenplay: Comenico Meccoli, Fulvio
Palmieri, Corrodo Pavolini.
• Constance Dowling, an adventure-seeking American
journalist, meets an Italian outlaw, Andrea
Checci, ond soon learns—when Checchi forces her
to aid his escape—that he is not a romantic,
modern Robin Hood, but a ruthless killer. After a
frightening confinement with a family of peasants,
Checchi is trapped by the law. Filmed in Italy.
STREET BANDITS (Drama). Stars: Penny Edwards,
Robert Clarke, Ross Ford. Producer: William Lackey.
Director: R. G. Springsteen. Original Screenploy:
Milton Roison.
• Ignoring the protests of his law partner, Ross
Ford, Robert Clarke accepts Roy Barcroft os a
client and gets involved in a mobster setup. When
fancy fees make Clorke a rich man, he marries
Penny Edwards. Fed up. Ford joins the D.A.'s
office. His sense of ethics restored, Clarke oids
in convicting the mob.
A WAC FROM WALLA WALLA (Comedy). Stars:
Judy
Conovo (incomplete). Producer: Sidney Picker. Director:
Not set. Original Screenplay: Jock Townley,
John Butler, Arthur Hormon.
• In which Judy Canova joins the peacetime army.
THE WILD BLUE YONDER (Air Drama). Stars: Wendell
Corey, Vera Ralston, Forrest Tucker. Producer-Director:
Allan Dwan. Original: Andrew Geer,
Charles Grayson. Screenplay; Richard Tregoskis.
• Wendell Corey is on enthusiastic B-29 pilot, Forrest
Tucker a competent but flight-shy instructor.
During the war they take part in the vital bombing
of Japan. They both fall in love with a
nurse. Vera Ralston. Following a major mission,
Tucker, in an heroic try at a crash landing, dies.
Corey succeeds in winning Vera.
WOMEN IN THE DARK (Drama). Stars: Penny Edwards,
Ross Elliott, Rick Vallin. Producer; Stephen
Auer. Director: George Blair. Original: Nicholas
Cosentino. Screenplay; Albert DeMond.
• With the connivance of o crooked official, Peter
Brocco arranges the theft of o fabulous jewel collection.
In o squeeze ploy, Brocco involves Richard
Benedict, knowing his elder brother. Rick Vallin,
lawyer for the insurance company, will have to
come across. Richard retrieves the jewels, but is
killed in doing so.
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ANNE OF THE INDIES (Pirate Drama). Stars: Jean
Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debro Poget. Producer:
George Jessel. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Original:
Screenplay: Herbert Rovenolsass. Philip Dunne.
• Jean Peters portrays Captain Providence, a ruthless,
cut-throat pirate leader whose name in the
early 1600s strikes terror from the ports of the
West Indies to the trading houses, of London. A
protege of Blockbeard, she is ultimately defeated
by him in a sea battle, ond goes down to death
with her ship.
BELLES ON THEIR TOES (Comedy). Stars: Jeanne
Cram, Myrna Loy, Barbara Botes. Producer: Samuel
G. Engel. Director: Henry Levin. Original:
Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth. Screenploy: Not set.
• A sequel to lost season's "Cheaper by the
Dozen," this relotes the further adventures of the
Gilbreth family after the sudden deoth of the father.
Taking over his work as an efficiency engineer, the
mother, Myrno Loy, manages to keep the home
together and steer her brood through their romantic
and educational problems.
CRY OF THE SWAMP (Dramo). Stars: Jean Peters,
Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith. Producer: Robert
Jocks. Director: Jean Negulesco. Original
Screenplay: Not set.
• While journeying through Georgia's Okefenokee
swamp, Jeffrey Hunter encounters Walter Brennan,
who has fled there to escape on unjust murder
charge, ond the lotter's daughter, Constance
Smith. Jeffrey and Constance fall in love and
the boy is successful in seeing that Brennan is
given a fair trial.
DARLING, I AM GROWING YOUNGER (Romantic Comedy).
Stars: Cory Grant, Ann Sothern (incomplete).
Producer: Sol C. Siegel. Director: Howard Hawks.
Originol: Jean Bernard Luc. Screenplay: L. Bush-
Fekete, Mary Helen Fay.
• A couple hos been ideally married for ten years
—until a psychiotrist comes between them. From a
French play.
DEADLINE— U.S.A. (Drama). Stars: Humphrey Bogart,
Ethel Borrymore, Kim Hunter. Producer: Sol C
Siegel. Director: Richard Brooks. Original Screenplay:
Richard Brooks.
• Humphrey Bogart portrays a crusading newspaperman
in this story of the Fourth Estate.
DECISION BEFORE DAWN (Drama). Stars: Richard
Basehart, Gory Merrill, Hildegarde Neff. Producer-
Director: Anotole Litvak. Original: George Howe.
Screenplay; Peter Viertel.
• Adapted from the prize-winning novel, "Call It
Treason," and filmed entirely in Germany, this is
laid in the winter months of 1945, when U.S. -indoctrinated
Nazi soldiers were used as members of
on intelligence team to bring World War II to a
speedier end.
THE DESERT FOX (Biographical Drama). Stars: James
Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, Jessica Tandy. Producer:
Nunnally Johnson. Director: Henry Hathaway.
Original: Desmond Young. Screenplay: Nunnally
Johnson.
• James Mason portrays Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
the so-called "Desert Fox," in this biographical
subject, which traces Rommel's career from the
North African campaign in World War tl to his
death as a forced "suicide" offer his name was
linked with a conspiracy to assassinate Adolf
Hitler.
DIPLOMATIC COURIER (Drama). Stars: Tyrone Power,
Patricia Neal, Stehen McNolly. Producer: Casey
Robinson. Director: Henry Hot ha way. Original
Screenplay: Liam O'Brien, Casey Robinson.
• Tyrone Power, top diplomatic courier for the
state department, journeys to Salsburg to pick up
an important document from a wartime buddy. The
document proves to be the Soviet timetoble for
World War III—and Power obtains it, but only after
the trail leads to murder, romance and intrigue.
DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK (Suspense Drama). Stars:
Richard Widmork, Marilyn Monroe (incomplete).
Producer: Julian Bloustein. Director: Roy Baker.
Original: Elick Moll. Screenplay: Frank Partes,
Elick Moll.
• A baby sitter protects her infant charge against
a demented relet ive of the child.
DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS (Comedy).
Stars: William Lundigon, Jane Greer, David Woyne.
Producer: Fred Kohlmar. Director: Edmund Goulding.
Original: Edword Hope. Screenplay: Claude
Binyon.
• At the end of World War II, Capt. William
Lundigon is given occupation duty on a South
Pacific island, where he is appointed military governor.
He promptly becomes involved with three
beautiful gals—the daughter of a missionary, a
war correspondent and a native princess—but
eventually solves his problems.
DREAM BOAT (Comedy). Stars: Clifton Webb, Ginger
Rogers, Anne Francis. Producer; Sol C. Siegel.
Director: George Binyon. Original: John D. Weaver.
Screenplay; Not set.
• A one-time movie star becomes popular all
over again when his pictures ore revived on television.
ELOPEMENT (Romantic Comedy). Stars; William Lundigon,
Anne Francis, Clifton Webb. Producer: Fred
Kohlmar. Director: Henry Koster. Original Screenplay:
Bess Toffel.
• Clifton Webb, a noted industrial designer with
career ambitions for his daughter, Anne Francis, is
furious when he learns she is eloping with a
psychology professor, Williom Lundigon. After frantic
attempts to sidetrack the marriage, he finally
decides it is the right thing and gives his blessing.
FIVE FINGERS (Drama). Stars: James Mason, Danielle
Darneux, Michael Rennie. Producer: Otto Long.
Director: Joseph Mankiewicz. Original: L. C. Moyzich.
Screenplay: Michael Wilson.
• This is said to be a factual account of "Operation
Cicero," through which, in ]944, an espionage
ring operated within the British embassy in Turkey
and stole hundreds of top secrets, including
plans for the allied invasion of Normandy, for
transmission to the German high command.
FIXED BAYONETS (War Drama). Stars: Richard Basehart,
Gene Evans, Skip Homeier. Producer: Jules
Buck. Director: Samuel Fuller. Original Screenplay:
Samuel Fuller.
• One Gl platoon in Korea is assigned to fight
a reor-guord action to protect a battalion which
is being withdrawn. Weathering Red motor-fire and
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machine guns, o tank attack and an assault by
Communist infantry, the platoon suffers many casualties
and, hardened, toughened and exhausted,
sofely reaches its own lines.
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Comedy With Music).
Stars: Not set. Producer; George Jessel. Director:
Richard Sale. Original: Anita Loos. Screenplay:
Mary Loos, Richard Sale.
• From the best-seller of the 1920s and the recent
musical stage hit based thereon, this will be
filmed in Technicolor.
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (Comedy). Stars: June Haver,
Don Dotley, Dennis Doy. Producer: Robert Bossier.
Director: Richard Sale. Original; Louis Bush-Fekcte,
Mary Fay. Screenplay: Isobel Lcnnort.
• Dancing and singmg star June Haver has fome,
fortune, everything— but the widower next door,
Dan Dailey, doting parent of lO-yeor-old Billy
Gray. Billy's jealousy ond oppositron cause June to
withdrew until, in the hands of a designing moppet,
Billy is won over to a more tolerant attitude
toword true love.
GOLDEN GIRL (Historical Drama). Stars: Mitzi Goynor.
Dale Robertson, Dennis Day. Producer: George
Jessel. Drrector: Lloyd Bacon. Qriginol: Albert
and Arthur Lewis, Edword Thompson. Screenplay:
Walter Bullock, Charles O'Neal, Glodys Lehman.
• Film biography of Lotto Crabtree (portroyed by
Mitzi Gaynor), the fomed entertainer known as
the "Merry Madcap" during California's gold rush
days a century ago. She wos the first to elevate
the singing-dancing comedienne to the status of
legitimate stardom. Filmed in Technicolor.
I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU (Drome). Stars: Tyrone
Power, Ann BIyth, Michael Rennie. Producer: Sol
C. Siegel. Director: Roy Baker. Original: John Balderston.
Screenplay: Ronald MacDougoll.
• Tyrone Power, a scientist working in modern
London, is able to transport himself back to the
late 1 8th century, which he regords as "the oge
of reason." Finding it to be, instead, on era of
cruelty and prejudice, he manages to bridge back
to the present through the aid and love of Ann
BIyth.
ISLAND IN THE SKY (Dramo). Stars: Richard Widmork
(incomplete). Producer: Fronk Rosenberg.
Director: Not set. Original: Ernest K. Gann. Screenplay:
Not set.
• A trans-Atlantic airplane pilot crashes in the
northern wilderness but is ultimately rescued.
JAPANESE WAR BRIDE (Romantic Drama). Stars:
Don Toylor, Shirley Yamoguchi, Cameron Mitchell.
Producers: Joseph Bernhard, Anson Bond. Director:
King Vidor. Original Screenplay: Kotherine Turney,
Irving Shulmon.
• On American Gl falls in love with ond marries a
Japonese girl. This deals with their efforts to moke
the marriage o successful one through mutual
adjustments.
JOURNEY INTO LIGHT (Drama). Stars: Sterling Hoyden,
Viveco Lindfors, Thomas Mitchell. Producers:
Joseph Bernhard, Anson Bond, Director: Stuart
Heisler. Original: Anson Bond. Screenplay: Stephanie
Nordii, Irving Shulmon.
• Sterling Hoyden, a small-town minister, becomes
disgusted with the hypocrisy of his flock when his
alcoholic wife commits suicide. He degenerates into
o Skid Row bum but is rehabilitated through the
love and faith of Viveco Lindfors, the blind daughter
of the owner of a slum mission, and returns
to his calling.
KANGAROO (Action Dramo). Stors: Peter Lowford,
Maureen O'Haro, Chips Rofferty. Producer: Robert
Bossier. Director: Lewis Milestone. Original: Mortin
M. Berkeley. Screenplay: Horry Kleiner.
• First full-length Technicolor subject to be mode
in Austrolia, this deals with the devastating drought
of 1900-1903. It IS backgrounded on an Australian
cottie ranch, whose owner, on o bender, meets two
gentlemen of fortune who escort him home and plot
unsuccessfully to steal his doughter and fortune.
THE LADY IN THE IRON MASK (Costume Drama).
Stars: Louis Hoyward, Patricio Medina, Alan Hole
jr. Producers: Walter Wanger, Eugene Frenke. Director:
Rolph Murphy. Original: Aubrey Wisberg,
Jock Pollexfen. Screenplay: Not set,
• Twin princesses ore born to the King of France
and after his death one is bonished ond the other
mode o claimant to the throne. A conspiracy to
switch sisters is overthrown by D'Artognon (Louis
Hoyward) and the Three Musketeers, and the right
princesss rescued from torture. Filmed
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LES MISERABLES (Drama). Stars: Michael Rennie,
James Robertson-Justice, Elsa Lonchester. Producer:
Fred Kohl mar. Director: Lewis Milestone.
Original: Victor Hugo. Screenplay: Not set,
• Adapted from Victor Hugo's classic novel, this
is the story of a man's desperate effort to shake
off pursuit by o relentless, unswerving and cruel
police officer who odheres to the letter of the low
ond does not toke mitigating circumstances into
consideration.
LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL (Romantic Comedy). Stars:
Cloudette Colbert, Mocdonald Corey, Zachary Scott.
Producer: Robert Bossier. Director: Richard Sole.
Originol: Mortimer Brous. Screenploy: F. Hugh
Herbert, I. A. L. Diamond.
• After 20 years of marriage, Cloudette Colbert
ond Mocdonold Corey ore divorcing, but on an
amiable basis. Into her life pops Zochory Scott,
who once proposed to her, and who now tries to
rekindle the old romance. However, Carey puts up
a vigorous battle and manoges a reconciliation.
LOVE NEST (Comedy). Stars: Juno Hover, Witliom
Lundigan, Fronk Foy, Producer: Jules Buck. Director:
Joseph Newman. Original: Scott Corbctt.
Screenploy: I. A. L. Diomond.
• June Hover buys o ramshackle boarding house
so her cx-Gt husbond, William Lundigan, will have
Q place to come home to. The venture proves to
be a constant series of heodoches, culminating with
the arrests of Lundigon ond o swindling boarder,
Frank Foy, but ultimately the situation is straightened
out satisfactorily.
LYDIA BAILEY (Historical Drama). Stars: Dole Robertson,
Anno Francis, Chorles Korvin. Producer:
Jules Schermer. Director: Jean Negulesco. Original:
Kenneth Roberts. Screenplay: Michael Blankfort,
Philip Dunne.
• Adapted from the novel by Kenneth Roberts,
this casts Dole Robertson os a two-fisted adventurer
in the early 1800s who becomes involved in the
efforts of Haiti to resist capture by Napoleon and
aids that smol! country in smashing Bonaparte's
attempted invosion. Filmed in Technicolor.
MABEL AND ME (Comedy). Stars: Don Dailey (incomplete).
Producer: Somuel G. Engel. Director:
Henry Levin. Originol: Robert Thoeren. Screenploy:
Julius and Philip Epstein.
• A group of GIs forms o syndicate to purchase
o racehorse.
THE MODEL AND THE MARRIAGE BROKER (Romantic
Comedy). Stars: Jeanne Croin, Scott Brady,
Thelma Ritter. Producer: Charles Brockett. Director:
George Cukor. Original: Walter Reisch. Screenploy:
Walter Reisch, Richord Breen, Charles Brockett.
• Thelma Ritter, o marriage broker, has her
offices in New York— "the loneliest city in the
world." She becomes friendly with Jeonne Croin,
a lingerie model, and tries to poir her off with
Scott Brady, one of Thelma's dissatisfied clients.
It's a tough bottle, but finally Jeanne ond Scott
see the light and foil in love.
ONE NIGHT STAND (Comedy-Dromo). Stars: David
Wayne, Gloria DeHoven. Producer; George Jessel.
Director: Not set. Original: Hunt Stromberg jr.
Screenplay; George Jessel.
• Concerns the adventures of a traveling roadshow
company.
OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT (Outdoor Drama). Stars:
Dale Robertson, Anne Baxter, Barbara Bates. Producer:
Julian Bloustein. Director: Joseph Newman.
Original: Bret Harte. Screenplay: Edmund North.
• This is o new version of Bret Horte's classic odventure
story of California in the gold rush days
of 1849.
PASS THE AMMUNITION (War Drama). Stars: William
Lundigan (incomplete). Producer: Jules
Schermer. Director Not set. Original: Ted Sherdemon.
Screenplay: Not set.
• William Lundigon is cast as Father McGuire, the
U.S. navy choploin who during o World War It
novol battle shouted, "Praise the Lord and pass
the ommunition," o sentiment thot become universally
fomous and the title for a popular song.
PHONE CALL FROM A STRANGER (Drama). Stars:
Bette Davis, Helen Westcott, Gary Merrill, Shelley
Winters. Producer: Nunnolly Johnson. Director:
Jeon Negulesco. Originol: I. A. R. Wylie. Screenplay:
Nunnolly Johnson.
• Believing his wife is faithless. Gory Merrill leaves
her and boords o plane for Los Angeles on which
there are three other passengers, oil of whom confide
their problems to him. The plane crashes;
Merrill, the only survivor, consoles the families of
the dead passengers, then decides to give his morrioge
onother try.
THE PINWHEEL MAN (Drama). Stars: Not set. Producers;
Joseph Bernhord, Anson Bond, Director: Not
set. Original: Anson Bond. Screenplay: Not set.
• This is a story of the rocket-propelled, oneman
helicopters which have been developed by
the U.S. navy.
PONY SOLDIER (Historical Western). Stars; Tyrone
Power. Producer: Samuel G. Engel. Director: Not
set. Original: Gornett Weston. Screenplay: John
C. Higgins.
• This a story of the Royal Canodion Northwest
Mounted Police during the time of the battle
of the Little Big Horn, and how thot law enforcement
organization handled the Cree Indions
returning from the massacre of Gen. George
Custer.
THE PRESIDENT'S LADY (Historicol Drama). Stars:
Not set. Producer: Sol C. Siegel. Director: Not
set. Original: Irving Stone. Screenplay: Leonard
Fields.
• From the biographical novel by Irving Stone,
this is the story of President Andrew Jockson ond
his wife, Rachel. To be filmed in Technicolor.
THE PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS (Boseboll Dramo). Stars:
Don Doiley, Joanne Dru, Hugh Sanders. Producer;
Jules Schermer. Director: Hormon Jones. Original
Screenplay: Richard Murphy.
• This is Q biography of Jerome Herman "Dizzy"
Dean (portrayed by Don Doiley), who began his
coreer as a sondlot showoff in Arkonsos, was discovered
by a mcjor league tolent scout, and became
known, as a St. Louis Cordinol pitcher, as the
"strike-out king of the Notional League."
RED SKIES OF MONTANA (Action Dromo). Stars: Richard
Widmark, Constance Smith, Joseph Sawyer. Producer:
Samuel G. Engel. Director: Joseph Newman.
Original: Art Cohn. Screenplay: Harry Kleiner.
• This is a story of the "Smoke Jumpers," the
porachutc corps of the U.S. forest service. A
parotroop crew chief, Richard Widmork, is suspected
of cowardice, but in o heavy timberlond fire displays
courage and heroism ond is redeemed in the
eyes of his men, Filmed in Technicolor.
RETURN OF THE TEXAN (Western). Stars: Dole
Robertson, Joanne Dru, Wolter Brennon. Producer:
Frank P. Rosenberg. Director: Delmer Doves. Original:
Fred Gipson. Screenploy: Dudley Nichols.
• Adapted from "The Home Place," o novel by
Fred Gtpson, this tells the story of a young Texan
returning to his form with his motherless boys after
his beloved wife dies. After hard struggles, physical
and finonciol, he achieves success ond happiness
and the love of a neighboring form girl.
ROSE OF CIMARRON (Western). Stars: Jock Buetel,
Mala Powers, Bill Williams. Producer: Edword L,
Alperson. Director: Horry Keller. Original Screenplay:
Not set.
• This story of the early west was photographed ir.
the new Eastman three-color process.
SALLY, IRENE AND MARY (Musical). Stars; June
Hover, Mitzi Gaynor, Gloria DeHoven. Producer:
Fred Kohlmar, Director; Not set. Original; Eddie
Dowling, Cyris Wood. Screenplay; Bess Toffcl.
• Stemming from the Broadway musical which was
o hit in the eorly 1920s, this is a new version of
the property, which has been filmed twice previously
—once in 1925 as a silent, and again as o tunefilm
in 1938.
SNOW COVERED WAGONS (Historicol Western). Stars:
Not set. Producer: Edward L. Alperson. Director:
Not set. Originol: Julio Cooley Altrocchi. Screenplay:
Not set.
• This sago of the western pioneers is based on
the ill-foted Donner Party expedition to Colifornio
during the gold rush days.
SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (Action Dromo). Stars:
Gregory Peck, Susan Hoyword, Hildegorde Neff.
Producer: Darryl F. Zonuck. Director: Henry King.
Original: Ernest Hemingway. Screenploy; Casey
Robinson.
• Gregory Peck is the mole topliner in this Technicolor
film version of one of Ernest Hemingway's
tales of rornonce ond adventure in Africa.
THE STEEPER CLIFF (Dromo). Stors: Oscar Werner
(incomplete). Producer: Frank Rosenberg. Director:
Anotole Litvok. Originol: Dovid Dovidson. Screenplay:
Horry Kleiner.
• To be lensed on location in postwar Germony,
this concerns the estoblishment of democrotic
newspapers, under American supervision, in thot
country.
THE STORY OF ESTHER (Biblical Dromo). Stars: Not
set. Producers; Joseph Bernhard, Anson Bond. Director:
Not set. Original: Old Testament. Screenplay:
Frank and Doris Hursley.
• This contribution to the cycle of religious films
utilizes the Old Testament as it plot source and
will be produced in Technicolor.
VIVA ZAPATAI (Drama). Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean
Peters, Anthony Quinn. Producer; Dorryl F. Zonuck.
Director; Elia Kazan. Originol; Edgcumb Pinchon.
Screenplay; John Steinbeck.
• A biography of Emiliano Zopota, the Mexican
military leader and oily of Poncho Villa, who fought
untiringly to end the tryronnicol 34-year reign of
the dictator-president, Porfirio Diaz, but ultimately
wos bertayed and assassinated. Portraying the
revolutionory zeolot is Morion Brando.
WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE (Romantic
Drama). Stars; David Woyne, Jeon Peters, Hugh
Morlow. Producer: George Jessel. Director: Henry
King. Original; Ferdinand Reyher. Screenploy:
Allon Scott.
• A smoll midwestern town is celebrating its 50th
anniversary. The town barber, David Wayne, thinks
bock over the post ho If -century, reviewing his
romance with Jeon Peters, who hated the ploce;
how, through the yeors offer she is killed in an
accident, Wayne successfully brings up his children
and becomes a happy grandfather.
THE WAY OF A GAUCHO (Drama). Stars: Rory Colhoun.
Gene Tierney, Everett Sloone. Producer:
Philip Dunne. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Original:
Herbert L. Chi Ids. Screenplay: Philip Dunne.
• This story of Argentina's famed cowboys wos
produced entirely on location in thot South American
country.
WHAT PRICE GLORY (Wor Drama). Stars: James
Cogney, Corinne Co I Don Dailey, Producer;
Sol C. Siegel. Director: John Ford. Original: Maxwell
Anderson, Lawrence Stollings. Screenplay:
Henry and Phoebe Ephron.
• This is o new version, in Technicolor, of the
famed ploy obout World War I, first filmed in
1926. Dan Doiley is Sergeant Quirt, James Cogney
is his orch-rivol Goptoin Flogg, and Corinne Colvet
is the French mademoiselle over whom they carry
out their fobulous feudin' ond fightin'.
WITH A SONG IN MY HEART (Blogrophicol Drama).
Stors: Susan Hoyward, Dovid Wayne, Thelma Ritter.
Producer: Lamar Trotti. Director: Walter Lang.
Original Screenploy: Lamor Trotti.
• Susan Hoyword portroys Jane Fromon in this
film biography of the singer who stoged a courageous
comeback after near-fatal injuries incurred
in a plane crash while en route to entertain GIs in
Europe in World War II. Believed hopelessly parolyzed,
she leorns to walk again and re-establishes
herself as a topflight entertoiner.
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ACTORS AND SIN (Drama). Stars: Edward G. Robinson,
Marsha Hunt, Don O'Herlihy. Producer: Sid
Kuller. Director: Ben Hecht. Original Screenplay:
Ben Hecht.
• In two interrelated sequences, this etory of show
business is adopted from short stories by Ben
Hecht, who also directed.
AFRICAN QUEEN (Dromo). Stars: Kotharine Hepburn,
Humphrey Bogort, Robert Morley. Producer:
Sam Spiegel (Horizon Pictures). Director: John
Huston. Original: C. S. Forrester. Screenplay: John
Collier.
• From the novel by C. S. Forrester, this is the
story of prim missionary (Kathcrrne Hepburn)
and an earthy, convention-defying adventurer
(Humphrey Bogort), who are thrown together when,
oboard the "African C^ueen," a riverboot in the
jungles, they successfully escape a native uprising.
ANOTHER MAN'S POISON (Dromo). Stars: Bette
Davis, Gory Merrill, Emiyn Williams. Producer:
Daniel M. Angel. Director: Irving Ropper. Orig-
[noi: Leslie Sands. Screenploy: Vol Guest.
• Bette Dovis is forced to allow Gary Merrill to
impersonate the estranged, blackmailing husband
she has murdered, and soon unwittingly captivates
him. But Bette desires her secretary's fiance.
When Merrill tries to foil her designs, Bette poisons
him, later ironically meets her own death from the
some lethal flask.
THE BIG NIGHT (Melodrama). Stars: John Barrymore
jr., Joon Lor ring, Preston Foster. Producer:
Philip Waxman. Director: Joseph Losey. Original:
Stanley Ellin. Screenplay: Stanley Ellin, Joseph
Losey.
• John Barrymore jr., lust turned 17, is o witness
when his father is mercilessly beaten by a newspaper
columnist. Seeking revenge, the lad steals
o gun, sets out after the journalist and wounds
him. The father is picked up by the police os the
shooting suspect ond protects the boy by "confessing."
CAPTIVE CITY (Drama). Stars: John Forsythe, Joan
Creers, Horold J. Kennedy. Producer: Theron Worth
(Aspen Productions). Director; Robert Wise. Original:
Alvin Josephy jr. Screenplay: Karl Komb.
• John Forsythe ond his wife, Joan Creers, are
forced to flee for their lives when Forsythe's newspaper
uncovers evidence to prove local crime is
linked to the big time and corrupting leading citizens.
At a distant town, offer eluding the pursuing
hoodlums, honest authorities enable Forsythe
to tell his story before the senate crime committee.
CATTLE QUEEN (Western). Stors: Maria Hart, Droke
Smith, William Fawcett. Producer: Jack Schworz.
Director: Robert Tansey. Original: Robert Emmett.
Screenplay: Fronces Kovanough.
• Morio Hart, feminine cattle baron, aided by
Drake Smith, successfully battles against the efforts
of villainous forces to wrest her land ond
wealth away from her.
CHICAGO CALLING (Dromo). Stars: Don Duryea,
Mary Anderson, Gordon Gebert. Producer: Peter
Berneis. Director: John Reinhordt. Original Screenplay:
Peter Berneis, John Reinhordt.
• Angered at his drinking, Mory Anderson ond
their doughter leave Dan Duryea and go to Chicago.
En route they are in an accident, and Mary
telegraphs that she will telephone him next day to
give him the details. Then Don, broke, Is confronted
with the problem of raising money to prevent
his phone from being removed.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Classic Drama). Stars: Alastoir
Sim, Kothleen Harrison, Clifford Mollison.
AGAINST ALL FLAGS (Maritime Drama). Stars: Errol
Flynn, Maureen O'Hora, Anthony Quinn. Producer:
Howard Christie. Director: George Sherman. Original:
Aeneas MocKenzie. Screenplay: Aeneas Moc-
Kenzie.
• Planned for Technicolor filming, this is locoled in
Madagascar in the early 1 8th century and deals
with o bond of pirates led by a woman.
ALL-AMERICAN (Dromo). Stars: Tony Curtis. Producer:
Not set. Director: Not set. Original Screenplay:
Not set.
• This Tony Curtis storrer has o collegiate football
background- To be filmed in Technicolor.
THE BATTLE OF APACHE PASS (Western). Stars: John
Lund, Jeff Chandler, Beverly Tyler. Producer:
Leonord Goldstein. Director: George Sherman.
Original Screenplay: Gerald Droyson Adoms.
• John Lund is a squore-shoonng covolry officer
whose word is good with the Apaches. His efforts
to mointain peace with the Indions ore hampered,
however, by Bruce Cowling, on unscrupulous mining
tycoon. Cowling is slain in the subsequent uprising
and the Apache leaders inform Lund that
warfare must inevitably continue.
BEND OF THE RIVER (Outdoor Drama). Stars: James
Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julia Adams. Producer:
Aaron Rosenberg. Director: Anthony Mann. Original:
William Gulick. Screenplay: Borden Chose.
• James Stewart, a frontiersman, guides a wogon
train of midwestern farmers into the Snake river
country of Oregon in the 1850s, where they plan
to settle. After staving off mutiny and winning
on all-out battle against gold-hungry miners, the
farmers settle down to a peaceful life. Filmed in
Technicolor.
Producer-Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Original:
Chorles Dickens. Screenplay: Noel Langley.
• When Scrooge (Alostair Sim), a notorious miser,
is visited by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob
Martey (Michael Hordern), he becomes terrorized
becouse of his wicked ways, feels remorse and
sets about making amends— by rewarding those
around him, and depriving Death of Tiny Tim
(Glyn Deormon), son of folthful Bob Crotchit
(Mervyn Johns.)
ELEPHANT WALK (Drama). Stars: Not set. Producer:
Douglas Fairbanks jr. Director: Not set. Original:
Robert Stondish. Screenplay: D. M. Morshmon jr.
• To be filmed on location in Ceylon, in Technicolor,
this drama of life in the Orient is adopted
from a novel by Robert Stondish.
FORT DEFIANCE (Western). Stars: Peter Graves, Ben
Johnson, Done Clark. Producer: Fronk Melford.
Director: John Rawlins. Original Screenplay: Lou
Lontz.
• Ben Johnson, a Civil Wor veteran, comes west
on the trail of Dane Clark, a deserter, whose
actions caused the annihilation of Johnson's company.
Johnson meets Clark's blind brother, Peter
Graves; they become fast friends, and Clark is slain
in a battle with another group of gunfighters out
to kill him. Filmed in Cinecolor.
GOLD RAIDERS (Western). Stars: George O'Brien, the
Three Stooges, Sheila Ryan. Producer: Bernard
Glosser. Director: Edward Bernds. Original Screenplay:
William Lively, Elwood Ullman,
• George O'Brien sells an insurance policy to a
mine owner and promises to protect his shipments.
However, bandits headed by a saloon keeper learn
where the gold has been stored after shipment and
attempt to hijack it. The plot is foiled by O'Brien
with the dubious assistonce of the Three Stooges.
THE GREEN GLOVE (Dromo). Stars: Glenn Ford, Geraldine
Brooks, Sir Cedric Hordwicke. Producer-Direstor:
Rudolph Mate (Benogoss Productions). Original
Screenplay; Charles Bennett.
• This romantic drama was filmed entirely In
Europe.
HARRY SHERMAN SERIES (Westerns). Not set.
Producer: Horry Sherman. Directors: Not set.
Originals: W. C. Tuttle and others. Screenplays:
Not set.
• Producer Harry Sherman plans a series of sagebrushers,
the titles of which are "Wherever the
Grass Grows," "Tall Man From Texas" and "The
Golden Lady." Also on the docket is a group based
on the "Hoshknife Hartley" stones by W. C. Tuttle.
Their titles: Valley of Vanishing Herds," "Tumbling
River Range," "Horseshoe Luck," "The Mystery
of Red Triangle," "The Big Pay-Off" and
"Deception Trail."
HIGH NOON (Western). Stars: Gory Cooper, Koty
Jurado, Thomas Mitchell. Producer: Stanley Kramer.
Director: Fred Zinnemann. Original screenplay:
Carl Foreman.
• Gary Cooper, peace officer in a frontier town
in the 1870s, breaks up o gang ond sends its
leader to prison, then plans to retire. Comes word
that the outlaw has been pardoned and is en
route bock for vengeance. In a foray on the
deserted street Cooper slays the gunfighter, then
leaves town with his bride.
I WANT TO BE LOVED (Romantic Comedy). Stars:
Evelyn Keyes, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Anderson.
Producer: Benedict Bogeous. Director: Peter Godfrey.
Original Screenplay: George Bricker, Francis
Swonn, Leo Townsend.
• This story of a romantic triangle was lensed
entirely on location in Mexico.
BRONC BUSTER (Western). Stars: John Lund, Scott
Brody, Joyce Holden. Producer: Ted Richmond. Director:
Budd Boetticher. Original: Peter B. Kyne.
Screenplay: Horace McCoy.
• John Lund is a popular world's champion cowboy
who sees great possibilities in cocky newcomer
Scott Brady. Brady becomes o showoff, resorts
to unethical practices, and even steals Lund's girl,
Joyce Holden. He comes to his senses after a wild
contest on a Brahma bull and wins Lund's forgiveness.
Filmed in Technicolor.
CAVE OF OUTLAWS (Western). Stars: Macdonold
Corey, Alexis Smith, Victor Jory. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: William Castle. Original
Screenplay: Elizabeth Wilson.
• After serving time for a payroll robbery Macdonold
Corey tries to locate the loot hidden by confederates
in a cove. Meanwhile he buys a newspaper
edited by Alexis Smith, whose husband has
disappeared. In time Corey uncovers the gold,
which Victor Jory is also seeking, and unmasks
Jory as the murderer of Alexis' husband. Filmed
in Technicolor.
THE CIMARRON KID (Western). Stors: Audie Murphy,
Beverly Tyler, James Best. Producer: Ted Richmond.
Director: Budd Boetticher. Original Screenplay:
Louis Stevens.
• Audie Murphy is jailed for aiding the notorious
Dolton gong ond upon release joins the mob. When
he falls in love with Beverly Tyler he agrees to
pull one lost job and go straight. In hot pursuit
of the gang, an unscrupulous detective, Dovid
Wolfe, eventuolly shoots Murphy in the bock.
Filmed in Technicolor.
THE CITY AND JASON EDWARDS (Drama). Stars:
Not set. Producer: Leonard Goldstein. Director:
Not set. Original Screenplay: Irving Shulmon, Max
Lief.
• An aged recluse finds on underground home
for himself in the New York subway.
THE LADY SAYS NO (Romontic Comedy). Stars: Joan
Caul field, David Niven, James Robertson Justice.
Producers: Frank Ross, John Stillman jr. Director:
Frank Ross. Original Screenplay; Robert Russell.
• Joan Coalfield writes a book which criticizes
men and urges her sex to resist them. Her attitude,
it develops, stems from a youthful association with
on incompatible aunt and uncle, and when her
relatives ore reunited Joan casts off her inhibitions
and falls in love with David Niven, a picture-magazine
photographer.
LIMELIGHT (Dromo With Music). Stars: Charles Chaplin,
Clore Bloom, Chorles Chaplin jr. Producer-
Director: Charles Chaplin. Original Screenplay:
Charles Chaplin.
• This IS Charles Chaplin's first picture-making
effort since "Monsieur Verdoux" and has o ballet
background, telling the story
rises to fame in that field.
of a dancer who
THE LOUDEST LAUGH OF ALL (Romantic Comfedy).
Stars: John Payne [incomplete). Producer; Aubrey
Schenck. Director: Not set. Original: Harold
Greene, Burt K el ley. Screenplay: Not set.
• This IS the initioler in o series of six pictures
to be produced for UA release by Associated Artists
and Producers, headed by Sol Lesser, Edward Small
and Sam Briskin.
MIRACLE FROM MARS (Interplanetary Drama). Stars:
Andrea King, Bigelow Sovre, Peter Graves (incomplete).
Producers: Donald Hyde, Anthony Veiller.
Director: Horry Horner. Original: John L. Bolderston,
John H. Hoore. Screenplay: Anthony Veiller.
• A scientist succeeds in making radio contact
with the planet Mars and causes a world upheaval.
THE RIVER (Dromo). Stars: Arthur Shields, Nora
Swinburne, Thomas E. Breen. Producer: Kenneth
McEldowney. Director: Jean Renoir. Original:
Rumer Godden. Screenplay; Rumer Godden, J eon
Renoir.
• Made in India, this is the story of a British
family in Bengal, being visited by Thomos E. Breen,
an American who lost a leg in World War II. He
becomes involved in romantic complications with
two teenaged girls in the family and finally foils
in love with a beautiful holf-caste. Filmed in Technicolor.
THE THIEF (Suspense Dromo). Stars: not set. Producer:
Horry Popkin (Clorence Greene, Russell
Rouse). Director: Russell Rouse. Original Screenploy:
Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse.
• This suspense adventure will be turned out by
the some production orgonization which supplied
"The Well" for distribution by this company during
1951.
TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL DAYS (Drama). Stars: John
Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Jomes Hoyter. Producer:
Brian Desmond-Hurst. Director: Gordon
Parry. Original: Thomas Hughes. Screenplay: Noel
Langley.
• Filmed in England, this is o new version of the
novel by Thomas Hughes about life at the British
school, Rugby, a century or more ago. The story
attacks the public school system of that time but
points up the efforts of zealous educators to bring
about needed reforms.
THE WELL (Drama). Stars: Richard Rober, Barry
Kelly, Christine Larson. Producer: Horry Popkin.
Directors: Leo Popkin, Russell Rouse. Original
Screenplay: Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene.
• A Negro child falls into on abandoned well and,
learning she is missing, it is rumored she hos been
kidnapped by a white man. Mob violence and race
riots threaten but, when she is located, these feelings
ore dispersed in a united and successful effort
by whites and Negroes to rescue her.
THE DUEL AT SILVER CREEK (Western). Stors: Faith
Domergue, Audie Murphy, Stephen McNolly. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Don Siegel.
• Audie Murphy, a fast-shooting young westerner,
saves a marshal's life and avenges the murder of
his father. Filmed in Technicolor.
FINDERS KEEPERS (Comedy). Stors: Tom Ewell, Julio
Adams, Evelyn Vorden. Producer: Leonard Goldstein.
Director: Frederick de Cordova. Original
Screenplay: Richard H. Morris.
• Smollfry Dusty Henley finds o cache of bills
which his grandma, Evelyn Vorden, is oil for keeping.
But his mother, Julio Adams, threatens to
leave his father, Tom Ewell, a parolee, unless the
money is handed over to the police. Grandma,
captured by the robbers, changes her tune, ond
Dusty, a lo Hopolong Cassidy, comes to her rescue.
FLAME OF ARABY (Adventure Dromo). Stars: Maureen
O'Haro, Jeff Chandler, Richord Egon. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Charles Lomont.
Original Screenplay: Gerald Droyson Adams.
• Jeff Chandler, son of on Arobion sheik, and
Maureen O'Hora, a princess, fall in love. Her
cousin. Maxwell Reed, hoping to gain the kingdom,
poisons her father, then tries to marry Maureen
off to either of two villains, Lon Choney or Buddy
Boer. Chandler, however, wins a horse race to
determine the winner of her hand. Filmed in Technicolor.
FRANCIS, RACKET BUSTER (Comedy). Stars:
Donald O'Connor, Nancy Guild, Yvette Dugcy. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Arthur Lubin.
Original Screenplay: Oscar Brodney.
• Receiving "scoops" from police horses, Francis,
the "talking mule," passes them on to Donald
O'Connor, who becomes a sensational reporter.
When rival newsman Lorry Gates frames Donald
for murder, Francis, irked by O'Connor's neglect
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of Yvette Dugoy for scheming Noncy Guild, lets
him stew, but fJnaHy tokes the witness stand
to clear him.
THE GOLDEN HORDE (Costume Drama). Stars: Ann
BIyth, David Farror, George Macready. Producers:
Howard Christie, Robert Arthur. Director: George
Sherman. Original: Harold Lamb. Screenplay; Gerald
Drayson Adams.
• In 1220 Genghis Khan and his hordes sweep
westword across Asia to capture Somcrkcnd, gateway
to Persia. They meet opposition from the
city's princess, Ann BIyth, and a group of English
crusaders, led by David Farror. Through strategy
and hand-to-hand combat the invaders are
repulsed. Filmed in Technicolor.
THE GREAT COMPANIONS (Drama). Stars: Don
Oailey (incomplete). Producer: Albert J. Cohen.
Director: Douglos Sirk. Original: Gene Morkey.
Screenplay: Martin Berkeley.
• A medicine man befriends an orphan boy in
Michigan in 1904.
THE HAIR-TRIGGER KID (Historicol Western). Stars:
Audie Murphy (incomplete). Producer: Albert J.
Cohn. Director: Not set. Original: Mox Brond,
Screenplay: Louis Stevens.
• A story of Texas just after the Civil Wor, this
IS sloted for photography in Technicolor.
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL? (Comedy). Stars:
Charles Coburn, Piper Laurie, Gigi Perreau. Producer:
Ted Richmond. Director: Douglas Sirk.
Origtnat Screenplay: Joseph Hoffman.
• Multimillionaire Chorles Coburn wilts the bulk
of his fortune to a family in an obscure Vermont
village, then— posing as a starving artist—goes to
live with them to view the effects of this sudden
wealth. Coburn gets them out of one scrape after
onother before they come to their senses. Filmed
in Technicolor.
HEAR NO EVIL (Drama). Stars: Tony Curtis, Jon
Sterling, Mono Freeman. Producer: Leonard Goldstem.
Director: Joseph Pevney. Original Screenplay:
Bernord Gordon.
• Tony Curtis, although deaf and dumb, is o
natural welterweight boxer. Under the guidance
of Walloce Ford he moves toword the championship,
and Mono Freemen, o magazine writer, orranges
for on operation to restore his hearing.
Tony goes on to win the championship and ditches
gold-digging Jon Sterling for Mono.
HERE COME THE NELSONS (Comedy-Drama). Stars:
Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Rock Hudson. Producer:
Aoron Rosenberg. Director: Frederick de
Cordova. Original Screenplay: Ozzie Nelson, Don
Nelson, Bill Davenport.
• When Borbara Lawrence visits Ozzie and Harriet
Nelson she has not quite gotten over a
schoolgirl crush on Ozzie, much to Harriet's
chagrin. Rock Hudson moves in, causing Ozzie such
discomfiture he neglects his job, and the children,
David and Rickey, get involved with gangsters;
but peace and prosperity eventually come back to
the household.
IT GROWS ON TREES (Comedy). Stars: Irene Dunne,
Dean Jogger. Producer: Leonard Goldstein. Director:
Arthur Lubin. Original Screenplay: Leonard
Proskins, Borney Slater.
• In which Irene Dunne portrays a mystified
housewife whose two garden trees begin to produce
crops of $5 and $10 bills.
THE LADY FROM TEXAS (Comedy-Drama). Stars:
Josephine Hull, Howard Duff, Mono Freeman. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Joseph Pevney.
Original: Harold Shumate. Screenplay: Gerald
Drayson Adorns, Connie Lee Bennett.
• Howard Duff, o carefree cowboy, gives up his
roaming ways to help on eccentric old lady, Josephine
Hull, who owns o rundown ranch. In an
effort to seize her property, the villoins try to
hove her declared insane, but Duff and Mono
Freeman thwart the plot. Filmed in Technicolor,
THE LADY PAYS OFF (Comedy Drama). Stars; Linda
Darnell, Stephen McNolly, Gigi Perreau. Producer:
Albert J. Cohen. Director: Douglas Sirk. Original
Screenplay: Albert J. Cohen, Frank Gill jr.
• Linda Darnell, a school teacher hailed as America's
ideal "mother away from home," innocently
becomes involved with a Reno gambling casino,
loses $7,000 and has to earn the money by trying
to rehabilitate the gambler's unhappy and motherless
little doughter.
LOST IN ALASKA (Comedy). Stors: Bud Abbott, Lou
Costollo, Mi*zi Green. Producer; Howard Christie.
Director: Jeon Yorbrough. Original Screenplay:
Leonard Stern, Martin Rogaway.
• A comedy of Alaska during the gold rush days,
with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello cast os prospectors
and Dcnise Dorcel as a saloon entertomer.
MA AND PA KETTLE AT THE FAIR (Comedy) Stors:
Mar)orio Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson. Producer:
Lconord Goldstein. Director: Charles Barton.
Original Screenplay: Not set.
• Their doughter wants to go to college, so Ma
Kettle (Marioric Mom) enters a cooking contest ot
the county fair, hoping to bag the prize money.
At the some time Pa Kettle (Percy Kilbride)
ocquires o broken-down trotting horse. After mony
complications they are successful in acquiring the
necessary funds.
MA AND PA KETTLE AT WAIKIKI (Comedy)
Stors:
Marjoric Mam, Percy Kilbndo (incomplete). Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Lee Sholem.
• In which the Kettles continue their trovels with
o junket to the land of the ukulele and gross skirt.
MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO PARIS (Comedy).
Stars:
Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Roy Collins. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director Charles Lomont.
Original Screenploy: Jock Henley, Elwood Ullmon.
• Gifted with plone tickets to Pons, Mo and Po
Kettle (Marjorie Mom end Percy Kilbride) run
afoul of an international spy ring when Pa attempts
to deliver some important papers which a passenger
oboord the plane gave him to hold for him.
With the oid of Mo and the secret service the
spies ore captured.
MEET DANNY WILSON (Dromo With Music). Stars:
Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Joseph Pevney.
Original Screenplay: Don McGuire.
• Under the guidance of Alex Nicol, his accompanist
and manager, Frank Sinatra skyrockets to
fame as a night club, radio and screen star. His
heodstrong ways involve Sinatra with gongsters, but
he finally comes to his senses after Nicol is seriously
wounded by a gang leader.
MY TRUE LOVE (Romantic comedy). Stars: Tony
Curtis, Piper Laurie (incomplete). Producer: Ted
Richmond. Director: Douglas Sirk. Original: Darwin
Teilhet. Screenplay: Joseph Hoffman.
• Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie elope to Los
Vegas, over the objections of Piper's mother, but
complications set in when Tony has to leave for
Korea with his army unit.
THE RAGING TIDE (Drama). Stars: Richard Conte,
Shelley Winters, Stephen McNolly. Producer; Aaron
Rosenberg. Director: George Sherman. Original:
Ernest K. Gonn. Screenplay: Ernest K. Gonn.
• Richard Conte murders a competitive racketeer
and escapes to sea in Charles Bickford's fishing
boat. A detective, Stephen McNolly, is on his
trail, and Conte entrusts Bickford's son, Alex Nicol,
with his money matters ond his girl. Nicol doublecrosses
Conte, who has become o changed man and
gives his life to rescue Nicol from death.
RED BALL EXPRESS (War Drama). Stars: Jeff Chandler,
Susan Cabot, Alex Nicol. Producer: Aaron
Rosenberg. Director: Bud Boetticher. Original: Marcel
Klouber, Bill Grady jr. Screenplay: Richard
Tregoskis, John Hoyes.
• This glorifies the motor transport corps, which
drove huge, highly-explosive gasoline and oil trucks
during the Normondy invasion in World War II and
helped spark Generol Potton's drive into Germony.
SCARLET ANGEL (Costume Drama). Stars: Yvonne
DeCorlo, Rock Hudson, Richard Denning. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Sidney Salkow.
Originol Screenplay: Oscar Brooney.
• At the close of the Civil War, Yvonne DeCorlo,
a saloon girl on the lam from the law, meets Rock
Hudson, a merchont ship captain, and assumes
the identity of a deod war widow to escape pursuit.
She becomes involved with the widow's infant
son ond wealthy parents, but abandons the masquerode
to marry Rock.
THE SECRET OF SALLY O'MALLEY (Drama. Stors:
Ann BIyth, (incomplete). Producer: Leonord Goldstein.
Director: Rudolph Mate. Originol Screenplay:
Jomes O'Hanlon.
• This story of faith and devotion has a religious
motif.
SON OF ALI SABA fCostume Dramo). Stars: Ton/
Curtis, Piper Loune, Suson Cabot. Producer: Leon
ord Goldstein. Director: Kurt Ncumonn. Originol;
Ed Eorl Repp. Screenploy: Ceroid Drayson Adams
• Victor Jory kidnops and imprisons Piper Louno
and her mother, Kotherinc Warren. Seeing o mcon^
of oppropriatmg the wealth of Ah Babo (Morn-,
Ankrum) he puts the blame on him. But the bold
strategy of Tony Curtis, Ali's son, rescues the victims
and poves the way for romonce. Filmed in
Technicolor.
STEEL TOWN (Romantic Dromo). Stars: John Lund,
Ann Sheridon, Howard Duff. Producer: Leonard
Goldstein. Director: George Shermon. Original:
Gerald Droyson Adams. Screenploy: Lou Breslow.
• Cocky John Lund, heir to the steel corporotion
owned by his uncle, decides to leorn the business
from the ground up. In doing so he incurs the
enmity of Howard Duff, a steelworker in love with
Ann Sheridan; wins Ann's love, and eventually
proves himself to be a right guy. Filmed in Technicolor.
THE STRANGE DOOR (Costume Dromo). Stars: Charlc
Laughton, Boris Korloff, Sally Forrest. Producer
Ted Richmond. Director: Joseph Pevney. Original
Robert Louis Stevenson. Screenplay; Jerry Sackheim
• For having morned the woman desired by crazed
Charles Loughton, Paul Cavonogh, his brother, is
imprisoned. Twenty years later Laughton tries to
morry Cavonogh's daughter, Solly Forrest, to Richard
Stopley, o supposedly drunken knave. When
the two fall in love Laughton imprisons them also,
and is finally killed by Boris Korloff, a holf-witted
servant.
THE TREASURE OF LOST CANYON (Dromo). Stars:
Williom Powell, Julia Adams, Rosemary DeComp.
Producer: Leonord Goldstein. Director: Ted Tetzloff.
Story: Robert Louis Stevenson. Screenplay:
Broinerd Duffield, Emerson Crocker.
• Done out of a fortune by Henry Hull, Tommy
Ivo, at the age of 10, finds refuge with William
Powell and his kindly wife, Rosemary DeCamp.
But Hull catches up with him ond has him sent
away. Tommy turns up ogoin in time to pull Powell
out of a hole, and becomes a permonent member
of the household. Filmed in Technicolor.
UNTAMED (Western). Stars: Joseph Gotten, Shelley
Winters, Scott Brady. Producer; Leonard Goldstein.
Director: Hugo Fregonese. Onginol: Houston
Branch, Eugenio Night. Screenplay: Not set.
• This Technicolor western concerns two powerful
individualists who clash in a struggle for control of
o vast ranching empire.
WEEKEND WITH FATHER [Comedy). Stars: Van
Heflin, Patricio Neal, Gigi Perreau. Producer: Ted
Richmond. Director: Douglas Sirk. Original: James
Edward Grant, Thomas Russell. Screenplay: Joseph
Hoffmon.
• Patricia Neol, a widow, and Van Heflin, a
widower, visit o summer camp to reconcile their
respective offspring to their proposed morriage.
Both sets of children hove individualist ideas obout
selecting adopted parents, but after a series of complicotions
and fiascos the moppets permit their
parents to do theif own choosing.
THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS (Costume Dromo). Stors:
Gregory Peck, Ann BIyth, Anthony Quinn. Producer:
Aaron Rosenberg. Director; Rooul Walsh.
Original: Rex Beach. Screenploy; Borden Chose.
• In the 1850s, Gregory Peck, owner of o sealing
boat, falls in love with Ann BIyth, Russian
noblewoman fleeing a prince whom she does not
wont to morry. Peck and his crew ore captured
by the Russians, but escape in time to rescue Ann
from a wedding to the prince. Filmed in Technicolor.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Comedy Fontosy). Stors:
Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake. Producer:
Leonard Goldstein. Director: Lou Breslow. Originol:
Lou Breslow. Screenplay: Lou Breslow, Dovid Chondler.
• King, a German shepherd dog, inherits a fortune
and Peggy Dow is named his coretaker.
Charles Droke secretly poisons King in order to
gain control of the fortune, but the dog comes
bock to earth— in the form of a humon detective,
Dick Powell—and exposes Drake's criminal machinations.
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ABOUT FACE (Musical Comedy). Stars: Eddie Bracken,
Gordon MocRoe, Aileen Stanley. Producer: Williom
Jacobs. Director: Roy Del Ruth. Onginol: John
Monks jr., Fred Finklehoffe. Screenplay: Peter
Milne.
• In violation of the rules, Eddie Bracken, a cadet
at Southern Military Institute, is married—and
dozed to learn he's soon to be a father. His classmates
roily around to keep the secret from leaking
out; after numerous intrigues and threats of
expulsion Bracken monoges to graduate. Filmed
in Technicolor.
ALEXANDER, THE BIG LEAGUER (Sports Drama).
Stars: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy.
Producer; Bryan Foy. Director: Not set. Original:
Seelig Lester, Merwin Gerard. Screenplay: Not set.
• A biography of Grover Cleveland Alexander, one
of boseball's pitching immortols.
APRIL IN PARIS (Musicol Comedy). Stars: Doris Day
(incomplete). Producers: William Jacobs, Sammy
Cohn. Director: David Butler. Original; Norman
Krasna. Screenplay: William S. Roberts, Mel Shorelson,
Jock Rose.
• A new version of "Princess O'Rourke," the romantic
comedy filmed several seasons ago by this
company.
THE BIG TREES (Outdoor Drama). Stars: Kirk Douglas,
Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan. Producer;
Louis F. Edelmon. Director: Felix Feist. Original
Screenplay: Jomes Webb.
• In the early 1900s Kirk Douglas, an unscrupulous
logging operator, covets rich redwood timberlands
in northern California, but his plans to steal
the lond from settlers go awry when he learns to
respect them for their industry and religious beliefs.
Filmed in Technicolor.
BLOWING WILD (Drama). Stars: Not set. Producer:
Milton Sperling (United States Pictures). Director:
Not set. Original: John Twist. Screenplay: James
Idward Grant.
• Action drama with on oil fields background.
BUGLES IN THE AFTERNOON (Historical Western).
Stars: Roy Millond, Helena Corter, Forrest Tucker.
Producer: William Cogney. Director: Roy Rowland.
Onginol: Ernest Hoycox. Screenplay; Horry Brown.
• Here is another film version of the battle of
the Little Big Horn, with Roy Millond cast as a
covolry sergeant who, olthough not with Custer's
forces, Is on eye-witness to the massacre. Millond
enlists in a successful effort to cleor his nome of
a wrongful charge. Filmed in Technicolor.
CARSON CITY (Historical Western). Stars: Randolph
Scott, Lucille Normon, Raymond Mossey, Producer:
David Weisbart. Director: Andre de Toth.
Original Screenplay: Sloan Nibley, Winston Miller.
• Randolph Scott is hired by a Son Francisco
banker to construct a railroad to hondle gold and
silver shipments from the Comstock Lode because
of frequent stagecoach robberies. Scott succeeds
offer overcoming bitter opposition by the holdup
gong, headed by Roymond Mossey, supposedly respectable
mine owner.
CLOSE TO MY HEART (Drama). Stors: Gene Tierney,
Roy Millond, Foy Bointer. Producer: William Jacobs.
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Screenplay: Frank Davis.
• Unoble to have o boby of her own. Gene Tirney
decides to adopt a foundling, but her husband, Ray
Milland, is dubious obout the baby's heritage. He
discovers the child's mother is deod and the father
is a cnminol about to be executed. Convinced there
IS no inherent weakness in the child, he arranges
for the odoption to go through.
COME FILL THE CUP (Oromo). Stars: James Cagney,
Phyllis Thoxter, Gig Young. Producer: Henry Blanke.
Director: Gordon Douglos. Original: Harlan Ware.
Screenploy: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts.
• Newspaperman Jomes Cagney, o rehabilitated
alcoholic, is given the ossignment of trying to
straighten out his publisher's nephew, Gig Young,
o drunk who is married to Cagney's former girl
friend. Cagney successfully accomplishes the mission
end reunites Young with his wife, who has
left him in disgust.
THE CRIMSON PIRATE (Costume Droma). Stars: Burt
Loncaster, Torin Thatcher, Nick Cravat. Producer:
Harold Hecht (Norma Productions). Director; Robert
Siodmok. Originol Screenplay: Not set.
• Burt Lancaster stars as a swashbuckling buccaneer
in this Technicolor subject, filmed on location
in Italy and England.
DISTANT DRUMS (Historicol Dramo). Stors: Gary
Cooper, Man Aldon, Richard Webb. Producer;
Milton Sperling. Director: Raoul Walsh. Original:
Don Totheroh. Screenplay: Martin Rackin, Niven
Busch.
• The Seminole Indian war in Florido has been
raging for seven years when, in 1840, a daring
operation to end the conflict is initiated. Gory
Cooper, deadly swamp fighter, and a picked crew
lead the redskins into a trap where they are captured
by an army brigode. Filmed in Technicolor.
FOUR CHAPLAINS (Drama). Stars; Not set. Producer;
Louis F. Edelmon. Director: Gordon Douglos. Originol:
Daniel Poling. Screenplay: Seymour Gomberg.
• Concerns four heroic navy chaplains who gave
their lives in the South Pacific in World War II.
GETTING MOTHER MARRIED (Comedy). Stars: Not
set. Producer: Robert Arthur. Director: Not set.
Original: Mildred S. Topp. Screenplay: Devery
Freeman, Robert Riley Crutcher.
• Concerns the experience of a woman photog-
ropher in a small southern town early in the
century.
THE GRACE MOORE STORY (Droma With Music).
Stars: Not set. Producer:: Henry Blanke. Director:
Not set. Original Screenplay: John Monks jr.
• A biography of the singing star, from her childhood
in Tennessee to success in night clubs, musical
comedy, motion pictures and the Metropolitan
Opera.
THE HELEN MORGAN STORY (Drama With Music).
Stars: Doris Day (incomplete). Producer: Robert
Arthur. Director: Not set. Original Screenplay:
Dean Reisner, Lou Breslow.
• A biography of the noted torch singer and
cabaret entertainer.
HERE COME THE GIRLS (Comedy With Music). Stars:
Not set. Producer: Robert Arthur. Director: H.
Bruce Humberstone. Original Screenplay: Francis
Swann, Leonard Proskins.
• Two actresses entertain GIs in the Philippines
offer World War II.
I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Musical). Stars: Doris
Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy. Producer:
Louis F. Edelman, Director: Michael Curtiz. Original
Screenplay: Not set.
• This costs Danny Thomas as Gus Kahn in a
film biography of the songwriter. He marries Doris
Day, employed by a music publishing firm, who
guides him to success in his field. The market crash
of 1 929 wipes him out, but with Dons to give
him courage and inspiration he again hits his
stride in Hollywood.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Comedy Fantasy). Stars:
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Boer. Producer:
Alex Gottlieb. Director: J eon Yorbrough. Original:
Fairy tale. Screenplay: Not set.
• This fantasy in Supercinecolor costs Lou Costello
as "Jack" of the Mother Goose tale.
THE JAZZ SINGER (Drama With Music). Stars; Danny
Thomas (incomplete). Producer: Louis F. Edelman.
Director: Michael Curttz. Original Screenplay: Lewis
Meltzer.
• This is a new version of the film which, in 1927,
starred the late Al Jolson ond demonstrated the
commercial practicability of talking pictures.
THE LION AND THE HORSE (Outdoor Drama). Stars;
Steve Cochron, Roy Teal, Bob Steele. Producer:
Bryan Foy Director: Louis King. Original Screenplay:
Crane Wilbur.
• Steve Cochran coptures a magnificent wild stallion
which is later sold for use in rodeos. Subsequently
Cochran regains possession of the animal,
breaks it ond uses it in ranch work. An
escaped circus lion terrorizes the community, but
in o fierce battle the stallion kills it. Filmed in
color.
A LION IS IN THE STREETS (Drama), Stars: James
Cagney (incomplete). Producer: William Cagney.
Director: Not set. Original: Adria Locke Langley.
Screenplay; Charles Bennett.
• A one-time peddler rises to the position of
governor of the mythical state of Magnolia through
the use of slogans ond tricks. His wife, like others,
IS foscinated by his rise but not forever blind
to the faults which eventually result in his downfoll.
MAN WITH A GUN (Costume Drama). Stars: Rondolph
Scott, Patrice Wymore, Philip Carey. Producer:
Robert Sisk. Director: Felix Feist. Originol:
Robert Buckner. Screenplay: John Twist.
• This historical drama has eorly-day Los Angeles
OS its background.
MARA MARU (Drama). Stars: Errol Flynn, Ruth
Roman, Paul Picerni. Producer: David Weisbort.
Director: Gordon Douglas. Original: Philip Yordon,
Sidney Harmon, Hollister Noble. Screenplay: Ivan
Goff, Ben Roberts, Richard Nash.
« With a Philippine Islonds background, this concerns
the adventures of a group of men who endeavor
to recover a treasure lost at sea aboard
a PT boot which was sunk while attempting to
escape thot area during World War II.
THE MIRACLE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA (Religious
Drama). Stars: Not set. Producer: Bryan Foy.
Director: Jonn Brahm. Original Screenplay: Crone
Wilbur, James O'Hanlon.
• Based on miracles reported in the village of
Fotimo, Portugol, where in 1917 three shepherd
children claimed the Virgin Mary appeared before
them and prophesied the coming of World War II
and the spread of Communism. A surviving child,
now a cloistered nun, wrote down a third prophecy
which is not to be disclosed until 1960.
MY FINE FEATHERED FRIEND (Musical). Stars: Jo
Stafford, Dennis Morgon. Producer: Howord Welsch
(Fidelity Pictures), Director; Not set Original:
Alan Campbell, Hunt Stromberg jr. Screenplay;
Dorothy Parker, Jerome Chodorov.
• This tunefilm, one of a multiple-picture commitment
between Fidelity Pictures and this company,
will be lensed in Technicolor. It stars Jo
Stafford, radio and resording vocalist.
PAWNEE BILL (Historical Western). Stars: Not set.
Producer: Robert Sisk. Director: Not set. Original
Screenplay; John Twist.
• In Technicolor, this highlights the career of
Pawnee Bill, the Indian fighter ond scout, who was
born Gordon Lillie in Illinois.
RETREAT, HELL! (Drama). Stars; Frank Lovefoy, Anito
Louise, Richord Carlson. Producer: Milton Sperling
(United States Pictures). Director; Joseph Lewis.
Original Screenplay: Martin Rackin, Ted Sherdeman.
• A story of the Korean war, this deols principally
with the heroic First Morine Division and
its bitterly-fought retreat from the Chongjin reservoir,
during which the division commander declared;
"Retreot, hetl! We're just advancing in another
direction"
ROOM FOR ONE MORE (Drama). Stars: Cory Grant,
Betsy Drake, Ins Mann. Producer; Henry Blanke.
Di rector: Norman Taurog. Original; Anno Perrott
Rose. Screenplay: Mel Shovelson, Jock Rose.
• Alreody the parents of three healthy, uninhibited
youngsters, Cory Grant and Betsy Droke adopt another
girl and o crippled boy, although over Grant's
protests. But the realization that he has a family
that loves and honors him convinces Grant that
the ideo is worthwhile, even though it ties him down,
THE SAN FRANCISCO STORY (Droma). Stars: Joel
McCreo, Yvonne DeCorlo, Sidney Blockmer. Producer:
Howard Welsch (Fidelity Pictures). Director;
Robert Parrish. Original; Richard Summers. Screenploy:
Harold Shumate.
• A tale of Son Francisco at the turn of the
century, this is adopted from "Vigilante," a novel
by Richard Summers.
THE SEA CHASE (Action Dramo) Stars: John Wayne
(incomplete). Producer: Robert Arthur. Director: Not
set. Original: Andrew Geer. Screenplay: James
Warner Belloh.
• This moritime adventure drama, to star John
Wayne, is from a novel by Andrew Geer.
SHE'S WORKING HER WAY THROUGH COLLEGE
(Musicol Comedy). Stars; Virginio Moyo, Ronald
Reagan, Gene Nelson. Producer: Louis F. Edelman.
Director: Bruce Humberstone. Original; Irving Woltace,
Screenploy: I. A. L. Diamond, Mac Benoff.
• Virginia Moyo earns her way through college
by working—unbeknownst to the educational institution—OS
o burlesque queen.
SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (Historical Western). Stars: Not
set. Producer; Louis F. Edelman. Director: Not
set. Original Screenplay: Sloon Nibley, Charles
Marquis Warren.
• Deals with the pioneers who pushed the American
frontier westward, and the importont part
played in their lives by the Springfield rifle.
STARLIFT (Musical). Stors: Doris Day, Ruth Roman,
Dick Wesson. Producer: Robert Arthur. Director:
Roy Del Ruth. Original Screenplay: John Klorer,
Karl Komb.
• This is Q fictionalized version of the trips mode
by Hollywood players to the Travis oir base ot
Fairfield, Colif ., to entertain troops being shipped
to Korea and the wounded Gl's returning from the
bottlefront. The trips hove been dubbed "Operation
Storlift."
STOP, YOU'RE KILLING ME (Comedy With Music).
Stars, not set. Producer: Louis F. Edelman. Director,
Roy Del Ruth. Originol Screenplay; Henry
Gorson,
• This is a mystery comedy with musical interludes.
THE STORY OF EDDIE CANTOR (Drama With Music).
Stars: Not set. Producer; Sidney Skolsky. Director;
Not set- Original: Sidney Skolsky. Screenplay: Ted
Sherdemon.
• The career of one of the greats of show business
will come to the screen in this biography of Eddie
Cantor, who has been successful in every entertainment
medium—the stage, motion pictures, radio,
ond television,
THE TANKS ARE COMING (War Drama). Stars: Steve
Cochran, Philip Corey, Paul Picerni, Producer:
Bryan Foy, Director: Lewis Seiler. Original: Joseph
I, Breen jr. Screenplay; Samuel Fuller.
• The U.S. third armored division begins its big
push into Nozi-dominoted Europe in July, 1944,
reoches Mons in September ond there fights o
battle against German convoys which changes the
c;urse of World Wor II. This is the story of one
tank plotoon and how it does its port m smashing
the vounted Siegfried line.
TARGET ZERO (Drama). Stars; Not set. Producer;
Robert Sisk, Director: Not set Original Screenplay:
James Warner Belloh.
• A story of the Korean war, this has o woman
correspondent as its pnncipol character.
THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS (Drama) Stars: Joan
Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian. Producer:
Robert Sisk, Director: Felix Feist. Original: Bernard
Girord. Screenplay; Karl Komb, Don Moinworing,
George W. Yates, Ted Sherdeman.
• Joan Crawford, leader of o holdup gong, falls
in love with Dennis Morgan, on eye specialist, after
he operates to save her failing eyesight. Her
leolous boy friend, David Brian, sets out to trail
and kill Morgan, but is captured by the low os
Joan, wounded, faces o joil term, knowing Morgan
will wait for her.
WHERE'S CHARLEY? (Comedy With Music). Stars:
Ray Bolger, Allyn McLerie. Producer; Not set. Director;
David Butler, Original: Brandon Thomas,
George Abbott. Screenplay: John Monks jr.
• Film version of the stage musical, on adaptation
of the perennial force, "Charley's Aunt," this was
produced in England
THE WILL ROGERS STORY (Drama). Stars: Will Rogers
jr., Jane Wymon (incomplete). Producer: Robert
Arthur. Director; Michael Curtiz, Original Screenplay:
Frank Davis.
• Biography of the one-time cowboy who become
Q Ziegfeld Follies star, screen celebrity and one of
America's most beloved humorists. In Technicolor.
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A roninlple h'oriiirlioii llerord lor (lie Vcar
Essential Data on 1950-51 Releases FEATURE
INDEK
AstOT
Holy Year at the Vatican, The
(66> Oct. 1. '50
Documentary. Preface narrated by Kenny
Delmar. Shows everyday scenes and procedures
in the Vatican, and the Pope receiving
a group of Holy Year pilgrims.
Commentary by Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen.
(March of Time.)
Border Fence... (59) Sept. 15
Western. Young rancher serves a term for
his rustler friend. Later when he gives the
friend employment he is betrayed and
further crimes falsely laid at his door. Walt
Wayne, Lee Morgan, Mary Nord, Steve
Raines, Henry Garcia. Directors: Norman
Sheldo, H. W. Kier.
(REISSUES)
Bridge of San Luis Key, The (110). ..Apr. 15
Drama. Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis
Lederer, Nazimova.
Captain Boycott (93) Oct. 1
Drama. Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan,
Robert Donat, Cecil Parker.
Dark Waters.... (93) Jan. 15
Mystery Drama. Merle
Tone, Thomas Mitciiell.
Oberon, Franchot
Follow the Leader. (67) Nov, 1, '50
Melodrama. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel
Dell, BUly Benedict, Joan Marsh.
Great John L., The (96) Aug. 1
Drama. Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton,
Greg McClure.
HiUbilly Blitzkrieg (67) Oct. 1
Comedy. Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy.
India Speaks. ...(70) May 1
Travelog. Richard Halliburton, narrator.
Kit Carson... (97) Aug. 1
Outdoor Melodrama. Dana Andrews, Lynn
Bari, Jon Hall.
Last of the Mohicans, The. (96) Aug.!
Historical Drama. Randolph Scott, Binnie
Barnes, Bruce Cabot.
Lucky the Outcast (formerly "A Boy, A
Girl and a Dog") ...(75) Aug. 15
Comedy Drama. Jerry Hunter, Sharyn
Moffett, Harry Davenport, Lionel Stander.
(A W. R. Frank Production.)
Million Dollar Kid... (67) Nov. 1, '50
Melodrama. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel
DeU, BUly Benedict.
Mr. Ace... (85) June 15
Melodrama. George Raft, Sylvia Sidney.
Private Snuffy Smith. (67) Oct. 1
Comedy. Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy,
Sarah Padden.
Sinners Holiday... (93) Feb. 15
Drama. George Raft. Randolph Scott.
©Smugglers, The. (86) Oct. 1
Technicolor Drama. Michael Redgrave.
Jean Kent. Richard Attenborough, Joan
Greenwood.
Explanatory
Statistical and summary data
on feature releases arranged alphabetically
under company headings.
PRODUCTION NUMBER follows
title.
RUNNING TIME in parentheses.
RELEASE DATE at end of title
line is 1951 unless otherwise stated.
TYPE of picture and color indicated
in boldface.
STAR and DIRECTOR credits
conclude each summary.
REISSUES ore listed separately
under each company heading.
Symbol « indicates BOXOFHCE
Blue Ribbon Award Winner.
Symbol ® indicates color photography.
Columbia
(August, 1950 through October, 1951)
©Al Jennings of Oklahoma....327....(79) Mar.
Technicolor Western. Screen version of
autobiography of Al Jennings, Oklahoma
outlaw, who served time, was paroled and
returned to hi-s home state to become a
successful lawyer. Dan Duryea, Gale
Storm, Dick Foran, Gloria Henry, Guinn
"Big Boy" Williams. Director: Ray Nazarro.
Between Midnight and Dawn.. ..328
(89) , Oct. '50
Melodrama. Police prowl car team balks
juvenile delinquents in attempted robbery
and has run-in with killer who later goes
gunning for them. Mark Stevens, Edmond
O'Brien, Gale Storm. Director: Gordon
Douglas.
Big Gusher, The. .306. ..(68) „ July
Action Drama. Two oil workers on a drinking
spree buy an oil lease believed to be
worthless. To their surprise they discover
oil and become rich men. Wayne Morris,
Preston Foster, Dorothy Patrick, Paul E.
Burns. Director: Lew Landers.
Blazing Sun, The. .246.... (70) _ Nov. '50
Sepiatone Western. Hero trails two bandits,
one of whom kills the other. In a battle
on top of a train the remaining bandit
is taken. Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Lynne
Roberts, Anne Gwynne, Alan Hale jr. Director:
John English. (1949-50.)
Bonanza Town. .367 (56) July
Western. A criminal, believed dead, is hiding
out and leading a robber gang. A
government agent and his pal are watching
him and catch the gang after they commit
a murder. Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette.
Luther Crockett, Fred F. Sears. Director:
Fred F. Sears.
Born Yesterday. .344.... (103) Feb.
Comedy. Wealthy, crooked junk dealer decides
to give beautiful but uneducated blond
girl friend an intellectual poUsh. He hires
newswriter for the job but the two combine
against him. Judy Holliday, Broderick
Crawford, William Holden. Director:
George Cukor.
Brave Bulls, The... 321... (108) May
Drama. After the death of his mistress
and his manager In an accident, a bullfighter
loses his courage. He sees his
brother, a young beginner, injured and regains
his old skill and bravery. Mel Ferrer,
Miroslava, Anthony Quinn, Eugene Iglesias.
Director: Robert Rossen.
Chain Gang... 313 (70) Nov. '50
Melodrama. Masquerading as a guard, reporter
exposes revolting chain gang conditions
and those who profit from the use
of such labor. Douglas Kennedy, Marjorie
Lord, Emory Parnell, William "Bill" Phillips.
Director: Lew Landers.
Chain of Circumstance. .309. ...(68) Aug.
Melodrama. Couple who adopted a baby
loses it when the husband is innocently
involved in a jewel theft. They are able
to prove he is not guilty and regain the
child. Richard Grayson, Margaret Field.
Marta Mitrovich, Harold J. Kennedy. Director:
Will Jason.
China Corsair .316... (67) June
Action Drama. Chinese pirate queen pursues
and captures the murderer of her
uncle who has stolen the family treasures.
The loot is saved by a seaman but the
girl loses her life. Jon Hall, Lisa Ferraday,
Ron Randell, Douglas Kennedy. Director:
Ray Nazarro.
Convicted. .324.... (91) _ Aug. "50
Melodrama. Man, sent to prison for an accidental
murder, is gradually ground into
a hardened termer. After witnessing a
murder he is trapped between the convict's
code and the code of the law. Glenn
Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell,
Dorothy Malone, Carl Benton Reid, Frank
Faylen, Will Geer. Director: Henry Levin.
Corky of Gasoline Alley ...302. ..(70) Sept.
Comedy. Sequel to the first picture based
on the comic strip. Black sheep cousin of
Corky's wife complicates things for the
whole family, practically wrecking the restaurant
and the fix-it shop. The boys
finally get rid of him. Jimmy Lydon,
Scotty Beckett, Patti Brady, Don Beddoe.
Director: Edward Bernds.
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard.. ..307
(67) _ Feb.
Mystery Melodrama. Scotland Yard investigator,
working with America's counterspy
division, discovers secrets of guided
missile experiments are being divulged
by secretary, under the influence of drugs,
to spy posing as psychiatrist. Howard St.
John, Ron Randell, Amanda Blake. Lewis
Martin. Director: Seymour Friedman.
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Cyclone Fury. ...368... (54) _ Aug.
Western. iDurango Kid series.) Hero assists
Indian boy, adopted son of a murdered
rancher, to win a contract to supply
horses to the army and forces the boy's
competitor to confess the crime of murder.
Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Fred F.
Sears, Clayton Moore. Director: Ray
Nazarro.
Emergency Wedding .332. .(78) Nov. '50
Comedy. Rich man's son marries woman
doctor. His jealousy nearly wrecks the marriage
but he builds hospital in which foreign
doctors may get experience and they
are reconciled. Larry Parks, Barbara Hale,
Willard Parker, Una Merkel, Alan Reed.
Director: Edward Buzzell.
Five .371.... (93) „ Oct.
Drama. Five people survive a worldwide
atomic explosion. There is conflict among
them but at the last a woman and man
start out to found a new civilization. William
Phipps, Susan Douglas. James Anderson.
Charles Lampkin. Director: Arch
Oboler.
Flame of Stamboul ..314....(68) Mar.
Melodrama. American girl is induced to
impersonate a famous cafe dancer to protect
the interests of a master criminal. She
is rescued by an American agent and the
Egyptian police. Richard Denning, Lisa
Ferraday, Norman Lloyd. Director: Ray
Nazarro.
Flying Missile, The ...335... (92) Jan.
Drama. Navy submarine commander engages
in guided missile experiments which
result in the death of one of his men. He
blames himself for the mishap and develops
psychotic symptoms. Glenn Ford.
Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill, Joseph
Sawyer. Director: Henry Levin.
Fort Savage Raiders. .365.... (54) Mar.
Western. Army officer goes AWOL. joining
a criminal gang. The hero and two
friends are sent to take him into custody,
which they do after a gun battle. Charles
Starrett, Smiley Bm-nette, John Dehner,
Trevor Bardette, Dusty Walker. Director:
Ray Nazarro.
FuUer Brush Girl, The .239 (85) Oct. '50
Comedy. Heroine takes job with Fuller
Brush Co. to finance marriage. Helterskelter
adventures follow involving her in
murder but she finally establishes her innocence.
Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Jeff
Donnell, Jerome Cowan. Director: Lloyd
Bacon. (1949-50.)
Fury of the Congo. ...329... (69) Apr.
Jungle Drama. Smugglers, pretending to
search for a missing professor lost in the
jungle, force Jungle Jim and men of the
Amazon tribe to lead them to a herd of
sacred animals whose glands secrete a powerful,
narcotic fluid. Johnny WeissmuUer,
Sherry Moreland, William Henry, Lyle Talbot.
Director: William Berke.
Gasoline Alley. .301 ..(77) Jan.
Comedy. Based on popular comic strip
characters. "Corky" surprises his family by
his marriage while still in college and proceeds
to set himself up in the restaurant
business. Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon,
Don Beddoe, Patti Brady, Madelon Mitchell.
Director: Edward Bernds.
Gene Autry and the Mounties....35I.... (70)..Jan.
Action Drama. Two U.S. marshals, looking
for bank robbers, cross into Canada where
they find a wounded Mountie. They meet
the niece and nephew of one of the robbers
and convert them from admiration of
the outlaws. Gene Autry, Pat Buttrani,
Elena Verdugo. Carleton "Voung. Director:
John English.
Great Manhunt, The (formerly "State
Secret"). .331. ..(97)
Jan.
Drama. Political regime seeks to conceal
death of European dictator after American
doctor operates. Marked for death, he
flees with showgirl, but is freed when dictator's
double is assassinated. Douglas Fairbanks
jr., Glynis Johns, Herbert Lom, Jack
Hawkins. Director: Sidney Gilliat. (Alexander
Korda.)
Harriet Craig.... 323... (94) Nov. '50
Drama. Selfish wife dominates and eventually
sacrifices her husband and his busine.ss
interests to her own fanatical devotion
to her beautiful home. Joan Crawford,
Wendell Corey, K. T. Stevens, AUyn Joslyn,
Lucile Watson, William Bishop. Director:
Vincent Sherman.
Her First Romance. .358. ...(73)
May
Comedy. Teen-ager develops crush on popular
schoolmate. At summer camp she gets
into trouble trying to help him win title
of camp "King." Before long she gets a
new crush. Margaret O'Brien, Allen Martin
jr., Jimmy Hunt, Sharyn Moffett. Director:
Seymour Friedman.
He's a Cockeyed Wonder....340.. (77). Dec. '50
Comedy. Orange sorter inherits magician's
equipment and strives unsuccessfully for
vaudeville career. Rehearsing in company
warehouse, he and girl trap bandit gang
and save orange juice payroll. Mickey
Rooney, Terry Moore, William Demarest,
Ross Ford. Director: Peter Godfrey.
Hills of Utah....356....(70) Sept.
Western. A doctor is caught in a feud between
copper miners and cattlemen. He
operates on the son of a mine owner. The
boy dies but the doctor is cleared of blame.
Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Elaine Riley,
Donna Martell, Onslow Stevens. Director:
John English.
©Hurricane Island. .349.... (72)
July
Supercinecolor Costume Drama. This concerns
the search for the fountain of youth
in Florida in 1513 by Ponce de Leon and
the love story of one of his captains and
a beautiful lady pirate. Jon Hall, Marie
Windsor, Romo Vincent, Edgar Barrier,
Karen Randle. Director: Lew Landers.
KiUer That Stalked New York, The
(formerly "Frightened City"). ...338
(79) Dec. '50
Drama. A woman becomes the object of
a gigantic manhunt, unaware that she is
the carrier of a deadly infectious malady
which threatens a city of 8,000,000 people.
Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William
Bishop, Dorothy Malone, Lola Albright.
Director: Earl McEvoy.
Lady and the Bandit, The....337 ..(79)....Sept.
Melodrama. Dramatic events leading to
Dick Turpin's famous ride of 200 miles from
London to York to protect his wife, in
medieval England. Based on the well-known
Alfred Noyes poem. Louis Hayward, Patricia
Medina, Suzanne Dalbert. Director:
Ralph Murphy.
©Last of the Buccaneers... 341... (79)... Oct. '50
Technicolor Melodrama. Jean Laffite wins
War of 1812 for U.S. but returns to piracy.
In love with niece of powerful merchant
who opposes him, he overcomes many obstacles
to win her. Paul Henreid, Jack
Oakie, Karin Booth, Mary Anderson. Director:
Lew Landers.
Lightning Guns .361. ..(55) Dec. '50
Western. Suspected of murder and a raid
on a dam, an innocent man is rescued from
a mob by the hero. He is vindicated when
the real criminal is captured. Charles
Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Gloria Henry,
Edgar Dearing, Jock O'Mahoney, Director:
Fred F. Sears.
©Lorna Doone,...336.... (84)
June
Technicolor Costume Drama. Returned soldier
of the English king overcomes the
outlaw Doone family which has levied high
taxes on the people and saves the daughter,
Lorna, from a loveless marriage. Barbara
Hale, Richard Greene, Carl Benton Reid,
William Bishop, Ron Randell. Director:
Phil Karlson.
"M"....347....(88)
Mar.
Drama. Underworld leader seeking to make
a trade with police to divert attention from
his own activities, has his henchmen catch
and "try" the perpetrator of a series of
child murders. David Wayne, Howard
da Silva, Luther Adler, Glenn Anders,
Martin Gabel. Director: Joseph Losey.
©Mask of the Avenger.. .359.... (83) July
Technicolor Adventure Drama. In the Italy
of 1848 a returned war hero masquerades
as the Count of Monte Cristo to arouse
the townspeople against a local tyrant. John
Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance,
Arnold Moss. Director: Phil Karlson.
My True Story....308. .. (67) Mar.
Drama. Girl jewel thief is paroled to gang
who want her to steal valuable formula for
a perfume base from an elderly woman.
Girl reforms and helps in capture of the
criminals. Helen Walker, Willard Parker,
Elisabeth Risdon, Emory Parnell. Director:
Mickey Rooney.
Never Trust a Gambler. .326 (79) Aug.
Drama. Hunted as witness to a murder,
gambler hides out in the apartment of his
ex-wife. When he kills a detective it is
discovered he, himself, was the murderer.
Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell, Tom Drake,
Jeff Corey, Myrna Dell. Director: Ralph
Murphy.
Operation X....333.... (79)
Feb.
Drama. British-made. Powerful industrialist
sees his dream of world domination
spoiled by a journalist whom his idolized
daughter loves. His ruin is complete when
he is told she is not his child. Edward G.
Robinson, Peggy Cummins, Richard Greene,
Nora Swinburne. Director: Gregory Ratoff.
©Petty Girl, The 317... (87) Sept. '50
Technicolor Comedy With Music. Wacky
romance of young school teacher and struggling
creator of the Petty Girl drawings, as
artist attempts to win acceptance in the
commercial art world. Robert Cummings,
Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Melville
Cooper. Audrey Long. Director: Henry
Levin.
Pickup. .357.,.. (78)
Aug.
Drama. Story of a lonely, hardworking
widower who meets a girl in town who
marries him as a way out of her sordid
existence. She is unfaithful and tries to
have him murdered. Beverly Michaels,
Hugo Haas, Allan Nixon. Director: Hugo
Haas.
Prairie Roundup.. ..363.... (53)
Jan.
Western. (Durango Kid series.) Erstwhile
Texas Ranger, framed on a murder charge,
escapes and finds "murdered" man heading
a gang of ruthless rustlers. He rounds
up gang and clears himself on the murder
count. Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette,
Mary Castle, Frank Fenton, Forrest
Taylor. Director: Fred P. Sears.
Pygmy Island ...342... (69) _ Nov. '50
Jungle Drama. Jungle Jim leads a party
into the wilds to find a missing WAC captain
who is searching for a plant, developed
by pygmy tribes, valuable as war
material. Johnny WeissmuUer, Ann Sav-
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age, David Bruce, Steven Geray. Director;
William Berke.
Raiders of Tomahawk Creek.. ..362
(55) Oct. '50
Western. iDurango Kid series.) Five ranchers
own mysterious silver rings, and are
killed by tomahawks. Durango discovers
rings show location of a silver mine in
Indian territory and routs the gang. Charles
Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Edgar Dearing,
Kay Buckley. Director: Fred F. Sears.
Revenue Agent. ...312... (72) J"eb.
Melodrama. Discovering his wife's affair
with his employer, a husband is murdered
when he tries to report the man for tax
evasion. Revenue agent solves the killing
and the tax racket. Douglas Kennedy,
Jean Willes, Onslow Stevens, Lyle
Talbot. Director: Lew Landers.
Ridin' the Outlaw Trail .364 (56) Feb.
Western, i Durango Kid series.) An outlaw
is murdered and loot of $20,000 in gold
taken from him. The criminals plot to dispose
of it by using a blacksmith and an
old prospector as dupes. Charles Starrett,
Smiley Burnette, Sunny Vickers, Edgar
Dearing. Director: Fred F. Sears.
Rookie Fireman. .311. ...(63) Oct. '50
Melodrama. Young merchant seaman takes
temporary job as rookie fireman. His hazardous
experiences turn him into a veteran
fire-fighter and he keeps job on a permanent
basis. Bill Williams, Barton Mac-
Lane, Marjorie Reynolds, Gloria Henry.
Director: Seymour Friedman.
©Santa Fe....330....(89)
Apr.
Technicolor Action Drama. Three brothers.
Confederate veterans, go west. One becomes
a construction assistant in building the
Santa Pe railroad. The others become renegades
and the brother joins a posse to bring
them in. Randolph Scott, James Craig, Jerome
Courtland, Peter Thompson, John
Archer, Warner Anderson. Director: Irving
Pichel.
Silver Canyon ...355... (70)
June
Western. A band of deserters from the
Union army holds up army wagon trains.
The chief scout of a military post tracks
them down and they are buried under an
avalanche from an explosion. Gene Autry,
Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Bob Steele. Director:
John English.
Sirocco.. .348... (98)
July
Melodrama. Experiences of a gun runner in
Damascus during the French-Syrian War
of 1925. He supplies the ragged Syrians
and is opposed by a French intelligence
officer, who is also his romantic rival.
Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J.
Cobb, Onslow Stevens. Director: Curtis
Bernhardt.
May
Smuggler's Gold. ...315... (64)
Adventure Drama. Deep-sea diver believes
he has killed a member of a smuggling
gang and is forced to dive for sunken gold
through threat of exposure. He is rescued
by the coast guard. Cameron Mitchell,
Amanda Blake, Carl Benton Reid. Director:
William Berke.
Snake River Desperadoes. .366. ...(54) May
Western, Hero is sent to stop rifle-running
by evil white men who sell to the Indians,
then foster war between Indians and white
ranchers. Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette,
Don Reynolds, Tommy Ivo, Monte Blue.
Director: Fred F. Sears.
©Stage to Tucson. .334. ..(82)
Jan.
Technicolor Western. Just before the Civil
War, two partners expose a gang which is
hijacking stagecoaches and selling them to
Conifederate sympathizers. In a running
battle the leader is killed. Rod Cameron,
Wayne Morris, Kay Buckley, Sally Eilers.
Director: Ralph Murphy.
©Texan Meets Calamity Jane, The. ...303
(71) Nov. '50
Cinecolor Western. Girl battles lawyer to
establish her ownership of a saloon. She
wins him to belief in her claim but loses
his love to her rival. Evelyn Ankers, James
Ellison, Lee "Lasses" White, Ruth Whitney,
Jack Ingram. Director: Ande Lamb.
Texans Never Cry....352 . Mar.
Western. Texas ranger gives aid to a representative
of the Mexican government who
is sent to investigate a gang counterfeiting
Mexican lottery tickets. The gang is wiped
out. Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Mary Castle,
Russ Hayden, Gail Davis. Director:
Frank McDonald.
©Texas Rangers, The. ...325... (74) June
Supercinecolor Western. Released from
prison to help the Rangers rid the state
of outlaws, hero wins love of woman newspaper
publisher, traps the crime leader with
a gold shipment and the Rangers close
in. George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome
Courtland, Noah Beery jr. Director:
Phil Karlson.
Touglier They Come, The. 305... (69). ..Dec. "S")
Sepiatone Action Drama. Two pals, one of
whom inherits a lumber camp, have difficulty
in operating it due to the activities
of a foreman in the pay of unscrupulous
competitors. Wayne Morris, Preston Poster,
Kay Buckley, Gloria Henry, Frank McHugh.
Director: Ray Nazarro.
Two of a Kind....350.... (75)
July
Melodrama. Hero is engaged by crooks to
pose as the long-lost son of a millionaire.
He gets away with the hoax but the father
disinherits him. Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth
Scott, Terry Moore, Alexander Knox. Director:
Henry Levin.
©Valentino. ...320.... (105)
Apr.
Technicolor Biographical Drama. Life of
the great silent movie star of the '20s. His
rise to fame, his unhappy love life and early
death. Anthony Dexter, Eleanor Parker,
Richard Carlson, Patricia Medina, Dona
Drake. Director: Lewis Allen.
©When the Redskins Rode 339. (78) May
Supercinecolor Action Drama. Delaware
Indian prince wavers between Frencli and
American Colonists, flattered by beautiful
French spy. When the French murder nis
father, the Delawares ride to the defense
of young General Washington's army. Jon
Hall, Mary Castle, James Seay, John
Ridgely. Director: Lew Landers.
When You're Smiling. .304... (75) Sept. '50
Comedy With Music. Young Texan with
singing ambitions, is mistaken for a cattle
millionaire, and nearly "shanghaied"
into marriage with daughter of recording
company head, who is in financial straits.
Jerome Courtland. Frankie Laine, Lola Albright,
Margo Woode, Robert Shayne. Director:
Joseph Santley.
Whirlwind... .354... (70)
Apr.
Western. Two postal inspectors, on the trail
of a crime syndicate, discover its leader
has murdered his brotlier and robbed
his niece of the estate. Gene Autry, Smiley
Burnette, Gail Davis, Thurston Hall. Director:
John English.
Whistle at Eaton Falls, The .322 (96) Aug.
Drama. When the owner of only Industry
in a small town dies, his widow asks the
head of the union to manage the factory.
He finds the problems of management almost
too much for him. Lloyd Bridges,
Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter, Murray
Hamilton. Director: Robert Siodmak.
Yank in Korea. A....346. ..(73) Feb.
War Drama. Experiences of an enlisted
man in Korea. He becomes a herp and,
when wounded, returns to the U.S. bringing
the letter of a dead buddy to the man's
bereaved children. Lon McCallister, William
"Bill" Phillips. Brett King, Larry
Stewart. Director: Lew Landers.
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Rex, King of the Wild Horses....310 .(S6). Apr.
Western. "Rex," William Janney, Dorothy
Appleby, Wallace MacDonald.
Lippert
(December 22, 1950 through October 26, 1951)
As You Were....5023....(57) Sept. 28
Comedy. Ex-GI re-enlists at recruiting station
where he meets his old sergeant, who
considered him a jinx to his army life.
Flashbacks show what happened, then the
two are shown together again as drill
sergeant and new recruit. William Tracy,
Joe Sawyer, Russell Hicks, John Ridgely.
Director: Fred Guiol.
Bandit Queen. 5011 (72) Dec. 22. '5fl
Western. Spanish beauty becomes partner
of early California "Robin Hood" to avenge
the murder of her parents and bring about
the downfall of the leaders of a robber
gang. Barbara Britton, Willard Parker,
Philip Reed, Barton MacLane. Director:
William Berke.
Danger Zone .5017... (56) Apr. 20
Melodrama. Two separate mystery stories
built around the same characters. Designed
to be cut in half for subsequent use on
television. Each is the account of a case
handled by a private detective. Hugh Beaumont,
Pamela Blake, Richard Travis, Edward
Brophy, Tom Neal. Director: William
Berke.
Fingerprints Don't Lie. ...5015.. ..(56) Feb. 23
Mystery Drama. Innocent man is being sent
to the electric chair because of forged
fingerprints on the weapon used to murder
the mayor. His sweetheart and a scientific
investigator pin the crime on the commissioner
of police. Richard Travis. Sheila
Ryan, Tom Neal, Sid Melton, Margia Dean.
Director: Sam Newfield.
G.I. Jane. .5012. ..(62) July 6
Comedy With Music. TV producer, putting
on a recruiting show for the WAC, receives
news he has been drafted. He faints and,
while unconscious, has a dream about
events in a mythical army camp. Jean
Porter, Tom Neal, Iris Adrian, Jimmie
Dodd. Director: Reginald LeBorg.
Highly Dangerous. .5029 (81) Oct. 26
Melodrama. British-made. A woman entomologist
is assigned to espionage investigating
an Eastern country's germ factory.
She is assisted by a newspaperman
in love with her. Together they set fire to
the place and escape. Dane Clark, Margaret
Lockwood, Marius Goring, Naunton Wayne.
Director: Roy Baker.
Kentucky Jubilee....5007 . May 18
Comedy With Music. A plot in which gangsters
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Little Big Horn .5003 . June 18
Drama. Two cavalry officers, rivals in love,
are sent on a mission to warn General
Custer that the Sioux will attack. Both are
killed in a suicidal charge against the
Indians. Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Marie
Windsor. Director: Charles Marquis Warren.
Lost Continent. .5004. (82) Aug. 17
Science-Fiction. A group of scientists fly
to investigate when an atom-powered
rocket misfires. They find a lost world of
prehistoric animals which, at length, is destroyed
by an e.xplosive disintegration.
Cesar Romero, Hillary Brooke. Chick
Chandler, John Hoyt. Director: Sam Newfield.
Mask of the Dragon.. ..5013.... (53) Mar. 10
Mystery Drama. GI in Korea sends home
curio containing valuable mineral. When
he returns he and a TV entertainer are
both murdered by villain who wants it. A
private detective solves the crimes. Richard
Travis, Sheila Ryan, Sid Melton, Michael
Whalen. Director: Sam Newfield.
Pier 23. .5018 ..(58) Apr. 27
Drama. Two episodes involving a waterfront
adventurer. In one he uncovers a plot
which had resulted in the murder of a
wrestler. In the second he solves the murder
of an escaped convict by the man's sister
and an accomplice. Hugh Beaumont, Ann
Savage, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis.
Director: William Berke.
Roaring City .5016. (58) May 4
Drama. Young man places a bet on an
old-time fighter and finds himself accused
of a murder. In trying to clear himself he
becomes involved in further killings. Hugh
Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis,
Joan Valerie. Director: William Berke.
Savage Drums 5001 (70) June 22
Action Drama. Hero, an Indonesian prizefighter
in
the United States, returns to his
native island when the king, his brother, is
killed. There he fights against Communist
plotters. Sabu. Lita Baron, H. B.
Direc-
Warner. Sid Melton, Steven Geray.
tor: William Berke.
Sky High. 5024 . (60) Oct. 12
Comedy. Tail gunner is a.ssigned to pose
as enemy agent at air force base. His
efforts help in the capture of saboteurs.
Sid Melton, Mara Lynn, Sam Flint. Director:
Sam Newfield.
Steel Helmet, The. .5006 ...(84) Feb. 2
War Drama. Wounded soldier in Korea is
befriended by a war orphan and a Negro
medic. They join a patrol in establishing
an observation post and experience an
enemy attack. Robert Hutton, Gene Evans.
Steve Brodie, James Edwards, Richard Loo.
Director: Samuel Fuller. (A Deputy Corporation
Production.)
Stop That Cab. 5014... (56) Mar. 31
Comedy. Hectic adventures of a Hollywood
cab driver with his nagging wife, an expectant
mother who gives birth to a baby
on the way to a hospital, and a gunman
who robs him. Sid Melton, Iris Adrian,
Tom Neal, Marjorie Lord, Greg McClure.
Director: Eugenic DeLiguoro.
3 Desperate Men. .5009.... (71) Jan. 12
Western. Three brothers, forced into a life
of crime, terrorize the countryside, but
meet their downfall at the hands of a brave
town marshal and his posse. Pre.ston
Foster, Virginia Grey. Jim Davis,
Latimer. Director: Sam Newfield.
Ross
Varieties on Parade. .5020 (67) Aug. 10
Musical. Series of vaudeville acts with
Coogan and Garr as masters of ceremonies,
who also offer a burlesque of Charley
Chaplin's "The Kid." Talbot, Adrian and
Neal appear in skits between acts. Jackie
Coogan, Eddie Garr. Tom Neal, Iris Adrian,
Lyle Talbot, Eddie Dean. Director: Ron
Ormond.
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones 5019 (53) July 13
Variety Musical. Lost boy wanders into rest
home for retired minstrel men. They
reminisce for him and scene fades into a
complete minstrel show. Gary Jackson,
Cotton and Chuck Watts. F. E. Miller, Billy
Green. Director: Ron Ormond.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(September 1, 1950 through August 31, 1951
Cause for Alarm ...118 .... (73) Feb. 23
Drama. Invalid husband, suffering from a
persecution complex, writes a letter to the
district attorney charging his wife is trying
to kill him. He dies, and after wife's futile
attempt to recover letter, it is returned for
insufficient postage. Loretta Young. Barry
Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore.
Director: Tay Garnett.
Devil's Doorway .102 (84) Sept. 15, '50
Western Drama. Indian Civil War hero
seeks peace and quiet on his family's ranch
after the conflict, but greedy whites wipe
out the men of his tribe and overrun the
land. Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula
Raymond, Marshall Thompson. Director:
Anthony Mann.
Dial 1119. .107 ...(75) Nov. 3, '50
Melodrama. Escaped lunatic barricades a
bar and threatens the occupants. Police
rescue them after vain attempt by department
psychiatrist to quiet terrorist. Marshall
Thompson. Keefe Brasselle, Virginia
Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene. Director:
Gerald Mayer.
©Excuse My Dust. .133. (82) June 22
Technicolor Comedy With Music. Smalltown
inventor of an early automobile wins
the big race and daughter of the proprietor
of the local livery stable. Red Skelton.
Sally Forrest. Macdonald Carey, William
Demarest, Monica Lewis, Raymond Walburn.
Director: Roy Rowland.
WFather's Little Dividend .124. (81). Apr. 13
Comedy. Father of the bride sets out on
a new series of difficulties with the advent
of his first grandchild. Caring for the baby
he loses and then recovers him. Spencer
Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Don
Taylor. Director: Vincente Minnelli.
Go for Broke!.... 129... (93) May 25
Drama. Factual record of exploits of the
442nd regimental combat team of American-born
Japanese. They win acclaim in
the Italian campaign, move on to Prance
where they rescue the 36th Texas division.
Van Johnson, Warner Anderson, Lane Nakano,
George Miki, Akira Fukunaga, Director:
Robert Pirosh.
vOGreat Caruso, The....l27. .. (709) Apr. 27
Technicolor Operatic Biography. Life story
of the great operatic tenor. Enrico Caruso.
His sensational career, his happy marriage,
and his deatli in the wings of the Metropolitan
Opera House. Mario Lanza, Ann
Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna,
Richard Hageman. Director: Richard
Thorpe.
Grounds for Marriage....ll4. ... (89) Jan. 19
Comedy With Music. Ex-wife, still in love
with her husband, devises every po.ssible
means to see him and succeeds in breaking
up his new romance. Van Johnson,
Kathryn Grayson, Paula Raymond, Barry
Sullivan. Director; Robert Z. Leonard.
Home Town Story....l28....(61) JWay 18
Drama. Small-town newspaper editor, defeated
for state legislature by son of industrialist,
fights big business. When his
sister is rescued from a mine cave-in by
use of equipment lent by the big company,
he reverses his opinion. Jeffrey Lynn, Marjorie
Reynolds, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
jr. Director: Arthur Pierson.
Inside Straight. ...123... (87) Mar. 16
Historical Drama. Life story of a shrewd
adventurer as he rises to fortune in the
San Francisco of 1860. He learns at last
the .satisfaction of using money for a good
cause. David Brian, Barry Sullivan, Arlene
Dahl, Paula Raymond, Lon Chaney jr. Director:
Gerald Mayer.
U©Kim...ll5....(113) Jan. 26
Technicolor Adventure Drama. Film version
of Kipling's novel. Orphan boy becomes
attendant to Hindu holy man. In this guise
he serves as messenger for an underground
group protecting India from invaders.
Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas,
Robert Douglas. Director: Victor Saville.
Kind Lady... 134 (78) June 29
Drama. Wealthy, elderly woman befriends
impoverished artist, his wife and child.
They imprison her. liquidate her possessions
and try to murder her. Ethel Barrymore.
Maurice Evans. Angela Lansbury,
Keenan Wynn. Director: John Sturges.
U©King Solomon's Mines. .109
(102) JVov. -24, '50
Technicolor Drama. Produced in Africa.
Renowned hunter falls in love with woman
who hires him to guide her in .search for
her lost husband in darkest Africa. Husband's
death is proved and lovers are
united. Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr,
Richard Carlson, Native African Tribesmen.
Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew
Marton.
Law and the Lady, The. .136... (104). July 20
Comedy. English ne'er-do-well and brainy
house maid combine talents to become
international jewel thieves. They realize
their love when the law catches up with
them ajid they are being returned to England.
Greer Garson. Michael Wilding,
Fernando Lamas, Marjorie Main. Director:
Edwin H. Knopf.
Life of Her Own, A. .101. ..(108) Sept. 1, '50
Drama. Small-town girl becomes a successful
cover girl, only to share an ill-fated
romance with a married Montana copper
magnate. Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Tom
Ewell, Louis Calhern, Ann Dvorak, Barry
Sullivan, Jean Hagen. Director : George
Cukor.
Magnificent Yankee, The ...116 . .(88)....Feb. 9
Biographical Drama. Life of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, U.S. Supreme Court Justice,
famous for his dissenting opinions. Depicts
his happy marriage, his wife's death and
his retirement. Louis Calhern, Ann Harding,
Eduard Franz. Director: John Sturges.
M-G-M Story, The .145 .. (56) Mar.
Compilation. Free trailer to MGM accounts
including scenes from 25 pictures, with 58
of the company's stars and featured players.
Produced by Herman Hoffman. Edited
by Laurie Vejar, Ira Heymann.
Miniver Story, The .106 (104) Oct. 20. '50
Drama. Mrs. Miniver, in failing health,
faces a new set of problems in peace. She
gently persuades family toward ways of
life she believes best for them. Greer Garson,
Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Cathy
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Henry C. Potter. (MGM British Studio.)
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. MaIone....lll
(69) Dec. 8, '50
Comedy. Radio prize-winning widow and
debt-ridden attorney team up on transcontinental
train to hide body of murder
victim and solve the crime. Majorie Main.
James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak. Fred Clark.
Dorothy Malone. Director: Norman Taurog.
Next Voice You Hear . . ., The ...110
(83) Oct. 27, '50
Drama. Story of an average middle-class
American family whose routine existence
is upset when God speaks to them on the
radio. James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Gary
Gray, Tom D'Andrea, Jeff Corey. Director:
William A, Wellman.
. Night Into Morning:. .130. (86) June 8
Drama. Young college professor becomes
an alcoholic after the tragic death of his
wife and child. He is saved from suicide
by the intervention of two friends. Ray
Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Davis, Lewis
Stone, Jean Hagen. Director: Fletcher
Markle.
No Questions Aslied .132....(81) June 15
Drama. Involved in legal but unethical
dealings with racketeers, hero decides to
clear himself by a tipoff to the police.
Marked for death by the gangsters, he is
rescued and reforms. Barry Sullivan.
Arlene Dahl, George Murphy. Jean Hagen.
Director: Harold F. Kress.
©Pagan Love Song....ll2....(76) Dec. 29, '50
Technicolor Musical. Romance on a tropical
island between young American, who has
inherited a run-down plantation, and
American girl he mistakes for a Tlhitian.
Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Minna Gombell,
Charles Mauu, Rita Moreno. Director:
Robert Alton.
©Painted Hills, The 125... (68) _...May 4
Technicolor Drama. Lassie's master is
killed by his partner and the dog is
poisoned. She haunts the murderer with
her death wail and he follows her up a
canyon and falls to his death. "Lassie,"
Paul Kelly, Gary Gray, Ann Doran, Bruce
Cowling. Director: Harold F. Kre.ss.
©Rich, Young and Pretty .138. . Aug. 3
Technicolor Musical. Texas rancher takes
daughter to Paris where they meet his
estranged actress wife. The girl is drawn
to her mother, finds romance and the father
and mother are reconciled. Jane
Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey,
Fernando Lamas, Vic Damone. Director:
Norman Taurog.
Right Cross. .104. ..(90) Oct. 6, '50
Drama. Prizefight story of the rise of a
Mexican-born, middleweight champion, in
love with his manager's daughter, who also
is loved by a sports writer. June Allyson,
Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Lionel
Barrymore, Teresa Celli. Director: John
Sturges.
W©Royal Wedding. ,121.... (92) Mar. 23
Technicolor Musical. Brother-sister musical
comedy team goes to London for the season
of the royal wedding. Both find romance,
she with a nobleman and he with an English
actress. Fred Astaire, Jane Powell,
Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan
Wynn. Director: Stanley Donen.
©Show Boat. ..135. ..(108) July 13
Technicolor Musical. When leading lady on
.show boat withdraws, the captain's daughter
replaces her. She marries the leading
man and leaves but later returns when he
deserts her. Many years later they are reunited
when he learns they have a daughter.
Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Kathryn
Grayson, Joe E. Brown, Agnes Moorehead,
Marge and Gower Champion. Director:
George Sidney.
Soldiers Three. .126 (92) Apr. 20
Comedy. Adventures of three British army
privates and their two commanding officers
in India, adapted from the Rudyard Kipling
stories. The three are always in trouble
but good soldiers in time of stress. Stewart
Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven,
Robert Newton. Cyril Cusack. Director:
Tay Garnett.
Strictly Dishonorable .131... (94) July 6
Comedy With Music. Troubles of an opera
singer which involve his sweetheart, his
press agent, a man who tries to blackmail
him and a sweet young thing from the
south. Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh. Millard
Mitchell, Gale Robbins. Directors: Melvin
Frank, Norman Panama.
Strip, The .140.. ..(85) Aug. 31
Mystery With Music. Ex-GI drummer in a
nightclub falls for a dancer, but a racketeer
steals his girl. When the gangster is killed
and the girl wounded, the drummer is accused
but her deathbed confession clears
him. Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, Wil^
liam Demarest, James Craig. Director:
Leslie Kardos.
Tall Target, The .139. .. (78) Aug. 17
Drama. Police detective discovers plot
to assassinate President Lincoln when he
makes a speech in Baltimore on the way
to his inauguration. He sets out by himself
to prevent the crime. Dick Powell.
Paula Raymond. Adolphe Menjou, Marshall
Thompson. Director: Anthony Mann.
Teresa 137.... (105) July 27
Drama. Maladjusted, neurotic GI brings
Italian war bride to live with his parents in
U.S. Finding their life together intolerable,
she leaves, but they are reunited through
aid from the Veterans Administration.
Pier Angeli. John Ericson, Patricia CoUinge.
Richard Bishop, Peggy Ann Garner, Bill
Maulden. Director: Fred Zinnemann.
Three Guys Named Mike 119 (90) Mar. 9
Romantic Comedy. Airline hostess finds
herself the romantic interest of three men
—a pilot, science student and an advertising
executive, all named "Mike." It proves a
difficult choice. Jane Wyman. Van Johnson,
Howard Keel, Barry Sullivan. Director:
Charles Walters.
To Please a Lady. .105 . Oct. 13, '50
Drama. Kill-or-be-killed attitude of auto
race driver revolts girl columnist. She
learns to care when he crashes in Indianapolis
speed event rather than cause the
death of a fellow driver. Clark Gable,
Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou. Director:
Clarence Brown.
©Toast of New Orleans, The....l03
(97) Sept, 29, '50
Technicolor Musical. Plot centers around
romance of opera star and brash young
fisherman with a beautiful voice, against a
turn-of-the-century New Orleans setting.
Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David
Niven, J. Carrol Naish, James Mitchell. Director:
Norman Taurog.
©Two Weeks With Love....l08
(92) Nov. 10, '50
Technicolor Comedy With Music. In 1913,
vacationing teen-ager vies for attentions of
young man against her friend, without benefit
of corset which stern father forbids.
Achieved at last, corset traps her, but she
wins favor of hero. Jane Powell. Ricardo
Montalban, Louis Calhern. Ann Harding.
Director: Roy Rowland.
©Vengeance Valley.. .117. ...(82) Feb. 16
Technicolor Super-Western. Cattle ranch
foreman is beset by difficulties and accused
of being the father of an illegitimate
child. In a showdown he kills his
foster brother who is the real culprit. Burt
Lancaster, Robert Walker. Joanne Dru,
Sally Forrest. Director: Richard Thorpe.
Watch the Birdie ...113 (71) Jan. 12
Comedy. Part-time, free lance news photographer,
engaged to cover opening of real
estate project, accidentally snaps proof
that the villain plans to fleece the owner.
Complications ensue. Red Skelton. Arlene
Dahl, Ann Miller, Leon Ames. Director:
Jack Donohue.
Monogram
(October 15. 1950 through October 28, 1951)
Abilene Trail ...4946. ...(64) Feb. 4
Western. Two fugitives find themselves involved
in their friends' fight with rival
cattle outfit. They get their herd through
to Abilene and are cleared of horse stealing
charges. Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Noel
Neill. Tommy Farrell. Director: Lewis D.
Collins. (1949-50.)
According to Mrs. Hoyle... 5122. .. (60)....May 20
Drama. Retired school teacher becomes involved
with gangsters who hide stolen property
in her room and cause her to be suspected
of the crime. Spring Byington, Brett
King, Tanis Chandler, Anthony Caruso.
Director: Jean Yarbrough.
Blazing Bullets. .5142... (51) May 6
Western. Rancher is kidnaped and unsuccessful
suitor of his daughter is charged
with the crime. Hero finds a cache of
stolen gold and the missing man, clearing
the path for the sweethearts. Johnny Mack
Brown, Lois Hall, House Peters jr.. Stanley
Price. Director: Wallace W. Fox.
©Blue Blood. 4904... (72) Jan. 28
Cinecolor Drama. Old-time trainer, down
on his luck, is befriended by two daughters
of wealthy race horse breeder. They
buy derelict horse and turn him into a
winner again. Bill Williams, Jane Nigh,
Arthur Shields, Audrey Long, Harry Shannon.
Director: Lew Landers. (1949-50.)
Bowery Battalion .5111. (69) Jan. 21
Comedy. The Bowery Boys join the army
and tangle with spies after information
on a secret weapon. They round up the
gang but end up in the guard house. Leo
Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bowery Boys, Virginia
Hewitt. Director: William Beaudine.
Call of the Klondike .4920 (67) ..Dec. 17, '50
Action Drama. Northwest Mountie solves
disappearance of mine owner. Culprit is a
supposed friend, who sets off a dynamite
explosion in an attempt to kill hero. Kirby
Grant, Chinook, Anne Gwynne, Lynne Roberts,
Tom Neal. Director: Frank McDonald.
(1949-50.)
Canyon Raiders.... 5151. ...(54) Apr. 8
Western. Three horse thieves gather a herd
in a secret canyon, planning to sell to the
army. The hero and a girl .sheriff combine
forces to defeat them. Whip Wilson, Fuzzy
Knight, Phyllis Coates, Jim Bannon. Director:
Lewis D. Collins.
Casa Manana....5116....(73) June 10
Musical. Experiences of a private secretary
who tries to break into show business.
Love triangle develops with her former
boss and a night club operator, complicating
affairs. Virginia Welles, Robert Clarke,
Robert Karnes, Tony Roux. Director: Jean
Yarbrough.
©Cavalry Scout... 5101... (78) May 13
Cinecolor Western. Civilian scout sets out
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1948 "EASTER PARADE"
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to find guns stolen from arsenal. With
help of army officers, he uncovers illicit
trade in arms with Indians and captures
trader. Rod Cameron, Audrey Long, Jim
Davis, James Millican, Cliff Clark. Director:
Lesley Selander.
Colorado Ambush. .4955.... (52) Jan. 14
Western. Ranger conceals identity to solve
murders of Wells Fargo payroll messengers.
Clever woman saloonkeeper and robber
gang are killed when he completes his
assignment. Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall.
Tommy Farrell, Christine Mclntyre. Director:
Lewis D. Collins. (1949-50.)
Disc Jockey. ..AA21.... (77) Sept. 30
Comedy With Music. Radio platter spinner
embarks on campaign to prove to principal
sponsor that such entertainers are
still a good draw. Sponsor develops a romantic
interest in a girl singer. Ginny
Simms, Michael O'Shea, Jane Nigh, Tom
Drake, Guest Disc Jockeys. Director: Will
Jason. (Allied Artists.)
Elephant Stampede. .5110. (71) Oct. 28
Jungle Melodrama. The jungle boy discovers
the body of a guide, murdered by
avaricious ivory hunters. When the villains
capture him, he is freed by a stampede.
Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell, Edith
Evanson, Martin Wilkins. Director: Ford
Beebe.
Father Takes the Air 5126 (61) June 17
Comedy. Father and his friend, the mayor,
assist in management of a flying school.
By accident they capture a criminal when
they run out of gas while flying him out
of town. Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett,
Florence Bates, Gary Gray, Barbara
Brown. Director: Prank McDonald.
Father's Wild Game. 5125 ... (61). ..Dec. 3, '50
Comedy. Deciding to whip the high cost
of meat. Father goes hunting. Shooting
a cow is only the first mistake he makes.
Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, Gary
Gray, Jane Darwell, Barbara Brown. Director:
Herbert I. Leeds.
Ghost Chasers....5112....(69) Apr. 29
Drama. The Bowery Boys bring justice
down on two crooks who are operating as
spiritualists. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bowery
Boys, Jan Kayne. Director: William
Beaudine.
Gypsy Fury....5192....(63) JVIar. 18
Costume Drama. Swedish-made. English
dialog added. Tragic story of nobleman's
love for a gypsy. They marry but separate,
find each other again years later but she
is killed and he loses his mind. Viveca
Lindfors, Chi'istopher Kent, Romney Brent,
Johnny Chambot. Director: Christian
Jaque. (A Terrafilm Production.)
©Highwayman, The. AA20.... (82) Oct. 21
Cinecolor Historical Drama. In pre-revolutionary
England, the highwayman is a
friend of the poor, for whom he robs the
rich. He is finally defeated by the wicked
noblemen and put to death. Charles Cobum,
Wanda Hendrix, Philip Friend, Cecil Kellaway.
Director: Lesley Selander. (Allied
Artists.)
I Was an American Spy....AA19.... (85)....Apr. 15
Drama. Life of Claire Phillips, undercover
agent for America during the Japanese occupation
of the Philippines in World War
II. She opens a night club as a means of
obtaining military information. Ann Dvorak,
Gene Evans, Douglas Kennedy, Richard
Loo. Director: Lesley Selander. (Allied Artists.)
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
5117.... (65) Nov. 5. '50
Melodrama. Joe Palooka witnesses a murder
and thereafter is a marked man. The
killers carry their pursuit of the young
fighter even into the ring. Joe Kirkwood
jr.. James Gleason, Lois Hall, Robert Coogan,
Myrna Dell. Dan Seymour. Director:
Reginald LeBorg.
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross.. .5118
(60) - Sept. 16
Action Drama. The fighter picks up three
hitchhikers. Their leader blackmails him
through threats against his sweetheart. At
the championship fight, hero knocks out the
villain and the contender. Joe Kirkwood
jr.. Cathy Downs, James Gleason, John
Emery. Director: Reginald LeBorg.
Let's Go Navy. .5113... (68) July 29
Comedy. Adventures of the boys when they
enlist in the navy to find a sailor who held
them up and robbed them of the receipts
of a chowder party. They end up on a
tropical island. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall,
Allen Jenkins, Tom Neal, Bowery Boys.
Director: William Beaudine.
Lion Hunters, The .5109... (75) Mar. 25
Jungle Drama. Bomba series. The jungle
boy. single-handed, defeats hunters seeking
to trap lions for export. He saves his
friends, the lions, as well as a girl and her
father, endangered by the hunters. Johnny
Sheffield, Morris Ankrum, Ann Todd, Douglas
Kennedy, "Woody" Strode. Director:
Ford Beebe.
Man From Sonora....5141.... (54) Mar. 11
Western. Hijackers take a shipment of
bullion, setting off an unhappy series of
events for the hero, who is falsely accused
by the gang leader, a prominent citizen
of the town. Johnny Mack Brown, House
Peters jr., Lyle Talbot, Phyllis Coates. Director:
Lewis D. Collins.
Modern Marriage, A. 5199. . (66). ..Oct. 15, '50
Documentary Drama. Psychological reaction
of a young bride to marriage. Her
inability to adjust is traced to a too possessive
mother. Reed Hadley, Margaret
Field, Robert Clarke, Nana Bryant. Director:
Paul Landres. (EIndorsed by the American
Institute of Family Relations.)
Montana Desperado....5143.. .. (51)..._ June 24
Western. Hero discovers a respected mining
engineer is the masked murderer of
several ranchers whose valuable mining
property was the motive for the crimes.
Johnny Mack Brown, Myron Healey, Virginia
Herrick. Marshall Reed. Director:
Wallace W. Fox. (A Frontier Pictures Production.)
Navy Bound....5120....(61) Mar. 4
Drama. Boxing champion leaves U.S. navy
to help foster father who is in financial
difficulties with his fishing boat. The son
stages a match to raise the needed money,
then re-enlists. Tom Neal, Regis Toomey,
John Abbott, Murray Alper, Wendy Waldron.
Director: Paul Landres.
Nevada Badmen .. .5152... (58) JVIay 27
Western. The hero and two friends go to
the aid of a girl who.se father has been
murdered, after he had discovered gold, by
crooks seeking a map revealing the location
of the strike. Whip Wilson, Fuzzy
Knight, Phyllis Coates, Jim Bannon. Director:
Lewis D. Collins,
Oklahoma Justice. .5144. ..(56) Aug. 19
Western. Posing as an outlaw to catch a
robber band, a U.S. marshal is aided by
a bank clerk and his girl. The gang is
rounded up and the sweethearts get the
reward. Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Ellison,
Phyllis Coates, Barbara Allen. Director:
Lewis D. Collins.
Outlaw Gold .4954... (51) Nov. 26, '50
Western. Two U.S. rangers discover that
Mexican government gold has been stolen.
cast into type in a newspaper office and
shipped east. They round up the gang responsible
for the robbery. Johnny Mack
Brown, Jane Adams, Myron Healey, Milburn
Morante. Director: Wallace W. Fox.
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Outlaws of Texas .4945 (56) Dec. 10, '50
Western. U.S. marshal poses as outlaw to
•solve stage holdups. Discovers girl Ls leader
of highwaymen as front for her father.
With partner he captures the band. Whip
Wilson, Andy Clyde, Phyllis Coates, Terry
Frost. Director: Thomas Carr. (1949-50.)
Rhythm Inn 5115. ..(73) Feb. 11
Musical. A band in financial difficulties is
assisted by a young amateur songwriter.
They feature his songs and introduce his
girl friend as vocalist. Jane Frazee, Kirby
Grant, Lois Collier, Dixieland Band. Director:
Paul Landres.
Short Grass ..AA18.... (82) Dec. 24, '50
Western. Hero, once an outlaw, is able to
repay girl and older man who had befriended
him in past, by helping them break
the grip of ruthless forces on their town.
Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Johnny Mack
Brown, Alan Hale jr. Director: Lesley
Selander. (Allied Artists.)
Sierra Passage. .5107. (81) Jan. 7
Western Drama. Young lad joins a traveling
show troupe, and for ten years conducts
a relentless search for the two murderers
of his father. Catching up with one
of the criminals, he maims him for life.
Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale jr.
Director: Frank McDonald.
Southside 1-1000 AA17... (73) Nov. 12, '50
Melodrama. Secret service agent tracks
down a counterfeit ring after tracing the
notes to a convicted counterfeiter serving
time in a Federal prison. Don DeFore,
Andrea King, George Tobias, Barry Kelley.
Director: Boris Ingster. (Allied Artists.)
Stagecoach Driver. .5153. ..(52) July 15
Western. Two pony express riders tangle
with a pair of crooked stagecoach owners,
out to wreck their line, and who try to
frame them for murder. They save the
line and expose the crooks. Whip Wilson,
Fuzzy Knight, Jim Bannon, Gloria Winters.
Director: Lewis D. Collins.
Vicious Years, The. .5191. ..(81) Feb. 18
Drama. In a war-torn Italian city, leader
of a "wolf pack" of orphan boys witnesses
a murder. With this knowledge he forces
the murderer to give him shelter in his
home. Tommy Cook, Gar Moore, Sybil Merritt,
Eduard Franz. Director: Robert Florey.
(An Emerald Production formerly released
through Eagle Lion Classics.)
Wanted: Dead or Alive. .5154 . (59) Sept. 9
Western. U.S. marshal poses as an escaped
convict to trap a gang which has been
cashing in on wanted men, bringing them
in "dead." Whip Wilson, Fuzzy Knight,
Christine Mclntyre. Jim Bamion. Director:
Thomas Carr. (A Frontier Pictures Production.!
Whistling Hills ...5145... (58) Oct. 7
Western. Hired to investigate holdups of
gold shipments, the hero sees a ghostlike
rider who seems to lead each raid. When
the gang is broken up this rider is discovered
to be a girl. Johnny Mack Brown,
Jimmy EUison, Noel Neill, Lee Roberts.
Director: Derwin Abrahams.
Yellow Fin. .5108.... (74) Oct. 14
Drama. A series of accidents to tuna fishing
vessel results in amnesia for its elderly
captain. His son decides to sell the ship but
on one last voyage the father recovers.
Wayne Morris. Adrian Booth, Gloria Henry,
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Damian O'Flynn. Director: Prank Mc-
Donald.
Ynkon Manhunt ...5123. (63) July 8
Outdoor Melodrama. Canadian Mountie
and his dog are assigned to investigate
a series of payroll robberies at a mining
camp. The arch criminal is the mine owner
who had actually planned the thefts. Klrby
Grant, Chinook, Margaret Field, Gail Davis.
Paul McGuire. Director: Frank McDonald.
Paramount
(September 1950 through August 1951)
.Appointment With Danger....5019....(89) May
Drama. Postal inspector runs down a gang
perpetrating large scale mail robberies,
aided by a nun who witnessed the murder
of one of his associates and identifies the
criminals. Alan Ladd, PhylUs Calvert, Paul
Stewart, Jan Sterling. Director: Lewis
Allen.
At War With the Army. 5014... (93) .Jan. 17
Comedy. Adventures of two buck privates
in today's army. Gags and songs in episodes
rather than a well-defined plot. Dean
Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen. Tommy
Farrell. Director: Hal Walker.
Big Carnival, The (formerly "Ace in the
Hole"). ...5023... (112) July 4
Drama. Once big-time newsman is reduced
to reporting on small western paper. He
makes a news sensation of the victim of
a cave-in, but dies with the subject of his
sensational journalism. Kirk Douglas, Jan
Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall. Director:
Billy Wilder.
©Branded. ...5009 (94) Jan.
Technicolor Western Drama. Posing as the
long-lost son of a wealthy rancher, a wandering
cowboy reforms when he learns to
love the man's daughter. He finds and returns
the true heir. Alan Ladd, Charles
Bickford, Mona Freeman, Jo.seph Calleia.
Director: Rudolph Mate.
Cassino to Korea. .5008.... (58) Oct. 12, '50
Documentary. Narrated by Quentin Reynolds.
Traces North African and Italian
campaigns. Highlights achievements of
two American soldiers, Sgt. James M. Logan
and Capt. David Ludlum. Stars are Allied
and U.N. troops. Director: Edward Genock.
©Copper Canyon .5003 .. (83) Oct. '50
Technicolor Western Drama. Ex-Confederate
soldiers, seeking to mine copper, tangle
with a crooked deputy sheriff plotting to
buy the mining claims cheap. Famous Confederate
colonel, posing as a trick-shot
artist, arrives on the scene to help the
soldiers. Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald
Carey, Mona Freeman, Harry Carey
jr. Director: John Farrow.
Dark City....50O4 (97) „ Oct. '50
Drama. Three men know they are marked
for murder by a vengeance-seeking maniac,
but do not know the man stalking them.
He strikes twice, and corners the third before
the police close in. Charlton Heston,
Lizabeth Scott, Vlveca Llndfors, Dean Jagger,
Don DeFore. Director: William
Dieterle.
Dear Brat....5021 ....(82) May 30
Drama. Teen-ager organizes a society for
the rehabilitation of criminals and brings
an ex-convict into the household as gardener,
to her father's embarrassment since
he was the judge who .sentenced him. Mona
Freeman. Edward Arnold, Billy De Wolfe,
Lyle Bettger. Director: William A. Selter.
WOFancy Pants... .5001. ...(92) Sept. '50
Technicolor Comedy. Stranded actor poses
as an English butler for a family in New
Mexico. The fireworks start when the
townspeople mistake him for the daughter's
titled suitor. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce
Cabot, Jack Klrkwood. Director: George
Marshall.
©Great Missouri Raid, The .5013
(85) Feb. 22
Technicolor Western Drama. Frank and
Jesse James, forced to become outlaws by
a vindictive northern officer, stage many
holdups. Frank goes straight but Jesse is
killed by a member of his own gang. Wendell
Corey. Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew,
Ward Bond, Ann Revere. Director: Gordon
Douglas.
OLaat Outpost, The. .5020... (89) May
Technicolor Historical Western. Two brothers,
one serving the north, the other the
south, try to control the Santa Fe trail
during the Civil War. They combine forces
to defeat an Indian uprising. Ronald
Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett,
Noah Beery, Bill Williams. Director: Lewis
R. Foster. (Pine-Thomas Productions.)
Lemon Drop Kid, The. .5018. ..(91) Apr.
Comedy. Race-track tout stages a drive for
funds to build an old people's home, planning
to use the money himself. He experiences
a change of heart and starts to
build the home. Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell,
Lloyd Nolan, Andrea King, Jane Darwell.
Director: Sidney Lanfield.
©Let's Dance... 500«.... (112) Nov. 23, '50
Technicolor Musical Comedy. Dancer, left
a war widow with a young son, becomes involved
In court difficulties when her inlaws
try to take the child from her. Her
old boy friend and former dancing partner
comes to the rescue. Betty Hutton, Fred
Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick. Director:
Norman Z. McLeod.
Mating Season, The. .5016. ..(101) Mar. 24
Comedy. Bride mistakes her mother-in-law
for a maid from an employment agency.
Anxious to help the new marriage succeed,
the mother persuades her son to let the
arrangement continue. Gene Tierney, John
Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan
Sterling. Director: Mitchell Leisen.
Molly (formerly "The Goldbergs") ...,5011
(83) Apr.
Comedy. Molly Goldberg entertains an old
suitor and successfully plays the matchmaker
between him and an attractive
widow. Gertrude Berg, Philip Loeb, Eli
Mintz, Arlene McQuade. Eduard Franz. Director:
Walter Hart.
Mr. Music. .5007. ...(113) Dec. 28, '50
Comedy With Songs. Composer comes up
with hit musical at long last with help of
girl and group of actor friends who stage
tryout in college auditorium and snag an
"angel." Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Charles
Coburn, Ruth Hussey, Tom Ewell, Robert
Stack. Director: Richard Haydn.
©Passage West... .5022... (80) July
Technicolor Western Drama. Brutal leader
of a gang of escaped convicts is reformed
through the Influence of a minister and a
beautiful woman whom he meets when he
takes unlawful command of a wagon train.
John Payne, Dennis O'Keefe, Arleen
Whelan, Frank Faylen, Mary Anderson.
Director: Lewis R. Foster, fPine-Thomas
Productions.)
Peking Express... 5024... (85) Aug.
Melodrama. On the international train, assorted
characters, deep in intrigue, are captured
by armed rebels. Through the clever
ruse of a United Nations doctor among
them, they are rescued. Joseph Cotten,
Corinne Calvet, Edmund Qwenn.
William Dieterle.
Director:
©Quebec... 5017.... (85) - Apr.
Technicolor Historical Drama. In Canada
in 1837 a son takes over leadership of a
rebellion when his father is killed. His life
is saved by his unknown mother, the wife
of a British officer. John Barrymore jr..
Corinne Calvet, Patric Knowles, Barbara
Rush. Director: George Templeton.
Kedhead and the Cowboy, The.. ..5015
(82) JWar.
Western Drama. In post-Civil War New
Mexico, a cowboy meets a beautiful Confederate
agent and is drawn into a conflict
over secret messages and an attempt to
clear himself of a murder charge. Glenn
Ford, Edmond O'Brien, Rhonda Fleming,
Alan Reed. Director: Leslie Fenton.
©Samson and Delilah. .5010 ...(128).... Mar. 28
Technicolor Spectacle Drama. Story from
the Book of Judges. Philistine beauty plots
destruction of Danite she loves amid intrigue
that sets two civilizations against
each other. Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature.
George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry
Wilcoxon. Director: Cecil B. DeMlUe.
September Affair ...5012.... (104) Feb.
Drama. Married engineer and concert pianist,
mistakenly listed as lost when a plane
falls into the ocean, start a new life together.
"Widow" discovers them and romance
ends. Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten,
Jessica Tandy, Francoise Rosay. Director:
William Dieterle.
That's My Boy....5026....(98)
Aug.
Comedy. Ineffective son of ex-football hero
attains position on the college team because
of his wealthy father's financial contribution.
A failure in the first game, he later
redeems himself by successfully replacing
the team's star. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis,
Polly Bergen, Ruth Hussey. Director: Hal
Walker.
Trio... 5030... (92) June
Dramas. British-made. Maugham's three
short stories. "The Verger" — Illiterate
church verger dismissed after long service
becomes chain store tycoon. "Mr. Knowall"
—Egotistical smart aleck Involves himself
and assorted characters in shipboard
drama. "Sanatorium" — Romance among
tuberculosis patients. "The Verger": James
Hayter, Kathleen Harrison. "Mr. Knowall":
Anne Crawford. "Sanatorium": Jean Simmons.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Harold
French. (J. Arthur Rank.')
©Tripoli. .5005..., (95) Nov. 11, '50
Technicolor Adventure Drama. In war with
Tripoli, a band of marines is sent to capture
seaport. They meet a treacherous desert
leader but are warned by girl of his entourage
and win the objective. Maureen
O'Hara. John Payne, Howard da Silva,
Philip Reed. Director: Will Price. (Pine-
Thomas Productions.)
Union Station, .5002. (80) Sept. '50
Drama. Action takes place in New York's
Union Station, where kidnapers arrange a
meeting place with a millionaire whose
blind daughter they are holding for ransom.
William Holden. Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald,
Lyle Bettger, Allene Roberts. Director:
Rudolph Mate.
©Warpath... .5025.... (95)
Aug.
Technicolor Action Drama. Ex-army captain
enlists as' a private In cavalry regiment
where two bandits, whom he has
sought for years, serve. The Indians attack
and one outlaw deserts and the other is
killed. Edmond O'Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest
Tucker, Harry Carey Jr., Polly Bergen.
Director: Byron Haskin.
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W©Alice in Wonderland... (75) July 28
Technicolor Cartoon. The English classic,
by Lewis Carroll, about a little girl who follows
a rabbit down its hole into Wonderland.
She has marvelous adventures and
awakens in time to save herself from the
wicked Queen of Hearts. Directors: Clyde
Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson.
(Walt Disney.)
©Best of the Badmen....l76....(84) June 16
Technicolor Western. Adventures of former
members of QuantriU's Raiders with an ex-
Union officer who becomes theii- leader in
outlawry. Leader finally surrenders to
authorities to clear his name. Robert Ryan.
Claire Trevor. Jack Buetel, Robert Preston.
Walter Brennan. Director: William D. Russell.
Border Treasure. ..105... (60) Sept. 16, '50
Western. Cowboy trails gang leader when
treasure collected for stricken Mexican
village by beautiful girl is stolen. The loot
is recovered and started on its errand of
mercy. Tim Holt, Richard Martin. Jane
Nigh, Inez Cooper, House Peters jr. Director:
George Archainbaud.
Born to Be Bad. .101. ...(94) Aug. 30, '50
Drama. Ruthless female love pirate, who
hides her avariciousness behind a smile of
innocence, ultimately reveals her true self
to the two men who loved her and loses
them both. Joan Fontaine. Robert Ryan,
Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel Ferrer. Director:
Nicholas Ray.
Bunco Squad. ...104.... (62) Sept. 4, '50
Drama. Exposes fake mediums who prey on
wealthy, bereaved persons, with murder no
obstacle. Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon,
Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley, Elisabeth
Ri.sdon. Director: Herbert I. Leeds.
Company She Keeps, The....l09 (83). Jan. 13
Drama. Two women, one a parole officer,
the other a parolee, are in love with the
same man. The officer makes the sacrifice
so parolee may find happiness and a new
life. Lizabeth Scott. Jane Greer, Dennis
O'Keefe. Director: John Cromwell.
Cry Danger. .115. ...(79) Feb. 10
Melodrama. Man, falsely convicted on a
murder charge, is freed from prison by a
phony alibi. Seeking revenge, he proves his
innocence by forcing a confession from the
actual murderer. Dick Powell, Rhonda
Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad.
Director
: Parrish.
Double Deal 112. (65) Jan. 15
Drama. Murder is done for the rights to
an oil well, which, when it finally is
brought in, proves to be water. Richard
Denning, Marie Windsor. Taylor Holmes,
Fay Baker. Director: Abby Berlin.
Edge of Doom. .152... (9) Sept. 30, '50
Drama. Tragic story of a grief-stricken
tenement lad who murders a priest for refusing
to give his mother an elaborate
funeral. Dana Andrews, Farley Granger,
Joan Evans, Mala Powers, Robert Keith.
Director: Mark Robson. (Samuel Goldwyn.)
Experiment Alcatraz ...107 (58).,. Nov. 21, '50
Drama. Atomic medical research experiment
on a group of convicts is used as an
excuse for deliberate murder by one of the
participants. John Howard. Joan Dixon,
Walter Kingsford, Lynne Carter. Director:
Edward L. Cahn.
Foothght Varieties. .116 (61) Apr, 14
Variety Revue. With Jack Paar as master
of ceremonies, this presents a series of
comedy and specialty acts and clips from
past RKO films. Leon Errol. Jack Paar. The
Sportsmen. Liberace, Harmonicats, Frankie
Carle, Red Buttons. Director: George Bilson.
Gambling House. ..110... (80) Jan. 27
Melodrama. Paid stand-in for a murderer is
tried and acquitted. He is threatened with
deportation as an alien but pleads for a
chance to become a citizen. Victor Mature,
William Bendix, Terry Moore, Zachary A.
Charles. Director: Ted Tetzlaff.
Gunplay. .120 (60) June 7
Western. The two heroes befriend a lad
whose father has been murdered. A man
who controls the town, terrorizing the people,
is proved to be the killer. Tim Holt,
Richard Martin, Joan Dixon, Harper Carter.
Director: Lesley Selander.
Hard, Fast and Beautiful... 119.... (78)....June 29
Drama. Ruthlessly ambitious mother pushes
her daughter into amateur championship
tennis play. The girl discovers her mothers
ulterior motives and abandons tennis for romance.
Claire Trevor, Sally Forrest, Carleton
Young, Robert Clarke. Director: Ida
Lupino. (A Filmakers Production.)
Hunt the Man Down....llL... (68) Jan. 8
Mystery Drama. Public defender seeks to
solve a killing with which an innocent man
is charged. He brings an insane witness
into court and frightens the killer into a
confession. Gig Young, Lynne Roberts.
Mary Anderson, Willard Parker. Director:
George Archainbaud.
0Joan of Arc. .165. ..(118) Nov. 1, '50
Technicolor Historical Drama, Based on
history's tragic figure of 15th century
France, the famous Maid of Orleans, who
led the French army to victory, then was
burned at the stake. Ingrid Bergman, Jose
Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish,
Gene Lockhart. Director: Victor Fleming.
(Sierra Pictures.)
©Jungle Headhunters. .177....(65) May 26
Technicolor Travelog. An expedition to the
interior of South America by Explorer Lewis
Cotlow. At the headwaters of the Amazon,
he films the everyday existence of the
Jivaro tribe of headhunters. All-native
cast. Narration by Cotlow.
Kon-Tiki....l73....(73) May 7
Documentary Travelog. The 101-day voyage
made by six scientists in a raft to prove
that it is possible to go from South America
to the Polynesian Islands using just wind
and sea currents. Thor Hyerdahl, Knut
Haugland, Erik Hesselberg, Torstein Raaby.
Introduction: Ben Grauer. (An Art Film,
A. B.)
Law of the Badlands.. ..113.. ..(60) Feb. 24
Western. Two Texas Rangers masquerade
as outlaws to round up a gang of counterfeiters.
Tim Holt. Richard Martin, Joan
Dixon, Robert Livingston. Director: Lesley
Selander.
Mad Wednesday (formerly "The Sin of
Harold Diddlebock")....166.... (77)....Oct. 28, '50
Comedy. Milquetoast bookkeeper fired after
years of service with the same firm, takes
his first drink, and finds himself with a
circus on his hands. Harold Lloyd. Frances
Ramsden, Jimmy Conlin. Raymond Walburn,
Edgar Kennedy. Arline Judge. Director:
Pi-eston Sturges. (Howard Hughes.)
My Forbidden Past. .114.... (70) Apr. 21
Drama. Socially ostracized heroine is
crushed when doctor she loves marries another.
She inherits a fortune and plots to
break up the marriage, inadvertently
bringing about the death of the wife.
Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn
Douglas, Janis Carter. Director: Robert
Stevenson.
Never a Dull Moment....l06 (89). ..Nov, 22, '50
Romantic Comedy. Sophisticated New
York songwriter marries widowed rancher
with two daughters. They quarrel when
she accidentally kills a prize bull belonging
to a neighbor, but are reconciled. Irene
Dunne. Fred MacMurray. WiUiam Demarest,
Andy Devine. Gigi Perreau, Natalie
Wood. Director: George Marshall.
Our Very Own. .151... (93) Aug. 5, '50
Comedy Drama. Envious girl, in a moment
of anger, tells her older sister that
.she is an adopted child. Stunned, the girl
goes through a period of self-pity and unhappiness
until she realizes her blessings.
Ann Blyth, Farley Granger. Joan Evans,
Jane Wyatt. Donald Cook. Natalie Wood.
Ann Dvorak. Director: David Miller. (Samuel
Goldwyn.)
Outrage....l03 (75) Oct. 7, '50
Drama. Girl's life is wrecked by criminal
attack. Crazed by fear she almost commits
murder, but through friendship of
young minister is given chance to make a
new start. Mala Powers. Tod Andrews,
Robert Clarke, Raymond Bond, Rita Lupino.
Director: Ida Lupino. (A Filmakers
Production.)
Payment on Demand... .171... (90) Mar. 3
Drama. After 20 years a husband asks his
wife for a divorce. Flashback story of the
marriage show causes for their unhappiness.
At the end there is hope of a reconciliation.
Bette Davis. Barry Sullivan. Jane Cowl,
Kent Taylor, Frances Dee. Du-ector: Curtis
Bernhardt. (Skirball-Manning.)
Rio Grande Patrol. .108. ..(60) Oct. 21, '50
Western. Two members of U.S. border patrol,
assigned to work with the Mexican
Rurales in a gun-smuggling case, mix it up
with the crooks who operate a dance hall
as a front for their activities. Tim Holt.
Richard Martin, Jane Nigh. Director: Lesley
Selander.
Saddle Legion ...117... (60) Apr. 7
Western. Two cowpunchers thwart a plot
to make it appear a herd of cattle is infected.
They outwit the gang and the villain
is killed. Tim Holt, Richard Martin,
Dorothy Malone, Cliff Clark. Director:
Lesley Selander.
Sealed Cargo ...118, ... (90) May 19
Melodrama. In World War II fishing vessel
rescues captain of a Danish ship who claims
he was abandoned by his crew. Actually a
mother ship for Nazi submarines, it is
destroyed by the fishermen. Dana Andrews.
Carla Balenda, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn.
Director: Alfred Werker.
Tarzan's Peril. .172... (79) Mar. 17
Drama. Agent of a foreign power smuggles
guns and ammunition to a tribe of African
natives which wages war. taking peaceful
villagers captive. Tarzan frees them and
kills the foreign agent. Lex Barker. George
Macready, Virginia Huston. Director:
Byron Haskin.
Thing From Another World, The. .174
(87) Mar. 31
Melodrama. Being from another planet arrives
in a space ship, terrorizing a U.S.
scientific research station in the Arctic
Circle. It is killed when lured into a high
voltage electrical current. Jim Arness. Sally
Creighton, Kenneth Tobey, Eduard Franz.
Director: Christian Nyby. (A Winchester
Production.)
Tokyo File 212....175....(84) May 5
Melodrama. Experience of U.S. Army Intelligence
officer checking into suspected
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Communist sabotage. He is assisted by a
woman, partly implicated, and a Japanese,
formerly a college pal. Florence Marly,
Robert Peyton, Katsuhaiko Haida, Relko
Otani. Directors: Dorrell and Stuart Mc-
Gowan. (A Breakston-McGowan Production.)
U©Treasure Island .191 ...(96) July 29, '50
Technicolor Drama. Made in England.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic of pirates
in search of hidden treasure comes to life
on the screen. Bobby DriscoU. Robert Newton,
Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis
O'Dea. Director: Byron Haskin. (Walt
Disney.)
Vendetta... 167... (84) J>ec. 30. '50
Drama. In an effort to wreak vengeance
on the family responsible for their father's
murder, a brother and sister accomplish
their purpose but the girl pays with her
life. Faith Domergue, George Dolenz. Hillary
Brooke. Nigel Bruce, Joseph Calleia. Director:
Mel Ferrer.
Walk Softly, Stranger. 102. . (81) .Oct. 10, '50
Drama. Small-time crook sees the error of
his ways through love of crippled girl.
Makes narrow escape from gamblers he has
robbed. Joseph Gotten, Valli, Spring Byington,
Paul Stewart, Jeff Donnell, John
Mclntire. Director: Robert Stevenson.
Where Danger Lives....024....(84)....Nov. 23, '50
Drama. Story of a dangerous woman, on
the verge of insanity, who almost ruins the
career of a young doctor who falls in love
with her. Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue,
Claude Rains, Maureen O'SuUivan.
Director: John Farrow. (1949-50.)
(REISSUES)
Bombardier. .J161.... (99) Sept. '50
Melodrama. Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott,
Anne Shirley.
China Sky.. .162... (78) Sept. '50
Melodrama. Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick,
Ellen Drew.
Lady Takes a Chance, A....164....(86)....Aug. '50
Comedy. Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles
Winninger.
Mr. Lucky. .163... (100) Aug. '50
Comedy Drama. Gary Grant, Laraine Day.
Charles Bickford.
Show Business... .168... (92) Nov. 16, '50
Musical. Eddie Gantor, George Murphy,
Joan Davis. Nancy Kelly, Constance Moore.
Tarzan and the Amazons.. ..170
(76) Dec. 2, '50
Melodrama. Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda
Joyce, Johnny Sheffield.
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman. ...169
(72) Dec. 2, '50
Melodrama. Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda
Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Acquanetta.
They Got Me Covered. .352. ..(94) Feb. 15
Comedy. Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour.
Up in Arms. .452. ..(105) Feb. 15
Comedy Musical. Danny Kaye, Dana
Andrews, Dinah Shore.
(All
Realart
Are Reissues)
Back Street.... (89) „ June
Drama. Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan,
Richard Carlson.
Badlands of Dakota... (74)
June
Western. Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney
jr., Robert Stack.
Black Angel.... (80) Jan.
Murder Mystery. Broderick Crawford, Dan
Duryea, June Vincent.
Bride of Frankenstein... (74) June
Horror Drama. Boris Karloff, Valerie
Hobson, Colin Clive.
June
Drama. George Raft, Broderick Crawford,
Janet Blair.
Broadway ....(91)
June
Buck Privates... (84)
Comedy. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. Andrews
Sisters.
California Straight Ahead.... (67) June
Action Drama. John Wayne, Louise Latimer,
Robert McWade.
Cohens and Kellys in Africa... (82) Oct.
Comedy. George Sidney, Charlie Murray,
Vera Gordon.
Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood. ... (78) Oct.
Comedy. George Sidney, Charlie Murray,
Lew Ayres, Boris Karloff.
Condemned to Hang (formerly "Phantom
Lady").... (76)
Feb.
Drama. Franchot Tone, Alan Curtis, Ella
Raines.
Confessions of a Model (formerly "Rage
of Paris").... (78) Apr.
Comedy. Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks
jr., Louis Hayward.
Criminals of the Underworld (formerly
"Eyes of the Underworld").... (61) Apr.
Melodrama. Richard Dix, Lon Chaney,
Wendy Barrie.
Deadly Enemies (formerly "The
Runaround") .... (86) Feb.
Drama. Rod Cameron, Broderick Crawford,
Ella Raines.
Diamond Jim.... (91)
June
Comedy Drama. Edward Arnold, Cesar
Romero, Jean Arthur.
Fighting Sullivans, The (formerly
"The SulUvan8")....(lll) Jan.
Drama. Anne Baxter. Thomas Mitchell,
Selena Royle.
Fighting the Racketeers (formerly
"Big Town Czar") ....(66)
Apr.
Action Drama. Ed Sullivan, Jack LaRue,
Frank Jenks.
Flame of New Orleans, The. (79) June
Romantic Comedy. Marlene Dietrich. Bruce
Cabot, Roland Young.
Guerrillas of the Underground (formerly
"Paris Underground").. ..(97) May
War Drama. Constance Bennett, Gracie
Fields, George Rigaud.
Hired Wife... (96) June
Comedy Drama. Rosalind Russell, Brian
Aherne. Virginia Bruce.
Hit the Road... (61) June
Melodrama. Dead End Kids, Little Tough
Guys, Evelyn Ankers, Barton MacLane.
House of Dracula .. (67) Oct. '50
Horror Melodrama. Lon Chaney, John Carradine.
House of Frankenstein.... (71) Oct. '50
Horror Melodrama. Boris Karloff, Lon
Chaney jr.
Idol of the Crowds. (62) June
Action Drama. John Wayne, Sheila Bromley.
Billy Burrud.
Jungle Woman... (67) June
Melodrama. Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish,
Lois Collier, Acquanetta.
Letter of Introduction.... (103) June
Melodrama. George Murphy, Ann Sheridan,
Rita Johnson. Edgar Bergen and Charlie
McCarthy.
Little Giant.... (91) May
Comedy. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda
Joyce.
Man Who Reclaimed His Head, The
(82) June
Melodrama. Claude Rains, Joan Bennett,
Wallace Ford, Lionel Atwill.
Massacre in the Orient (formerly
"Danger in the Pacific"). .(60) May
Melodrama. Leo Carrillo, Turhan Bey, Don
Terry.
Mob Town... (60)
June
Comedy Drama. Dead End Kids, Little
Tough Guys, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne.
Murders in the Rue Morgue. ...(62) June
Horror Drama. Bela Lugosi, Sidney Pox.
Bert Roach.
Phantom of Paris. ..(60)
Mar.
Mystery Melodrama. Maria Montez, Patric
Knowles, John Litel.
Prison Break ....(72)
June
Melodrama. Barton MacLane, Constance
Moore, Glenda Farrell. Ward Bond.
Raven, The... (61) June
Horror Drama. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi.
Irene Ware.
River Gang (64) Oct. '50
Drama. Gloria Jean. John Qualen.
Salerno Beachhead (formerly "A Walk in
the Sun") ... ,(117) Jan.
War Drama. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte,
John Ireland.
San Francisco Docks. ..(66) Oct. '50
Drama. Barry Fitzgerald, Burgess Meredith.
Scarlet Street... (102) June
Drama. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett,
Dan Duryea.
Secrets of a Sinner (formerly
"Sinners in Paradise"). .. (63) Apr.
Drama. John Boles, Bruce Cabot, Madge
Evans.
Seven Sinners... (86) June
Drama. John Wayne, Broderick Crawford.
Marlene Dietrich.
Son of Frankenstein. (94) June
Horror Drama. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff.
Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill.
South of Tahiti... (75) June
Comedy Drama. Broderick Crawford, Maria
Montez, Brian Donlevy.
Spoilers, The... (87) June
Action Drama. John Wayne. Randolph
Scott, Marlene Dietrich.
Stormy... (68)
June
Drama. Noah Beery jr.. Jean Rogers, J.
Farrell MacDonald.
Sutter's Gold... (94) June
Drama. Edward Ai-nold, Lee Tracy, Binnie
Barnes.
Tangier. .. (76) Jan.
Melodrama. Maria Montez, Sabu, Robert
Paige, Preston Foster.
Time of Their Lives, The. (82) May
Comedy. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie
Reynolds.
Tower of London... (92) June
Historical Drama. Basil Rathbone, Boris
Karloff. Vincent Price, Nan Grey.
Trail of the Vigilantes (75) June
Western. Broderick Crawford, Franchot
Tone, Peggy Moran.
Warden of the Big House (formerly
"The Big Guy") (78) June
Melodrama. Victor McLaglen, Jackie
Cooper, Peggy Moran.
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Werewolf of London... (76) Mar.
Mystery Melodrama. Henry Hull, Valerie
Hob.son. Warner Oland.
Wolf Man, The. .(70)
June
Horror Melodrama. Claude Rains, Ralph
Bellamy. Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney jr.,
Evelyn Ankers.
Republic
(September 15, 1950 through October 15, 1951 >
Arizona Manhunt .5068. ..(60) Sept. 15
Western. Orphaned daughter of outlaw is
cared for by the sheriff when she is found
by his grandson. She learns to respect the
law and helps sheriff capture the outlaw
leader. Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen,
James Bell, Lucille Barkley. Director: Fred
C. Brannon.
Belle Le Grand. ...5006 ... (90) Jan. 27
Action Drama. Notorious woman gambler
becomes involved in mining stock speculation
and falls in love with the mine owner.
She and her sister become rivals for his
affections. Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Hope
Emerson, Grant Withers, Stephen Chase,
John Qualen. Director: Allan Dwan.
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas ...5066... (60). May 1
Western. First of series featuring child
actors. A conflict over land bearing rich
bauxite deposits, leads to kidnaping and a
murder. Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen,
James Bell. Director: Philip Ford.
Bullfighter and the Lady. .5009. ..(87). ...May 15
Drama. Made in Mexico. American sportsman
learns bullfighting from leading matador,
who is gored to death when he rescues
his pupil in the ring. American stages
benefit for the widow and becomes public
idol. Robert Stack. Joy Page, Gilbert Roland,
Virginia Grey, John Hubbard. Director:
Oscar Boetticher.
California Passage .5005... (90) Dec. 15, '50
Western. Two partners in a saloon love the
same girl. One is secretly the leader of a
holdup gang and plots to kill his partner,
gain control of saloon, a gold mine and the
girl. Forrest Tucker, Adele Mara, Estelita
Rodriguez, Jim Davis, Peter Miles. Director:
Joseph Kane.
Cuban Fireball... 5007... (78) Mar. 5
Comedy. Cuban heiress disguises herself as
old, ugly "aunt" to avoid wolves who might
marry her for her money, creating entanglements
with immigration authorities and
police when she is suspected of murder.
Estelita Rodriguez, Warren Douglas, Mimi
Aguglia, Leon Belasco. Director: William
Beaudine.
Dakota Kid, The. .5067. ..(60) July 1
Western. Second of series featuring child
actors. Kindly sheriff, his grandson and
the boy's playmate reform an escaped convict
who is brought to town by a ruthless
saloonkeeper to aid in his crooked operations.
Michael Chapin, Eilene Jans.sen,
James Bell, Dann Morton. Director- Philip
Ford.
Fighting Coast Guard 5010 .
June 1
Drama. Veteran, determined to stay out of
service and make money in a shipyard, is
forced to join the Coast Guard rather than
be drafted. Almost in spite of himself, he
becomes a hero. Brian Donlevy, Forrest
Tucker, Ella Raines, Richard Jaeckel. Director:
Joseph Kane.
Fort Dodge Stampede... .5062... (60) Aug. 24
Western. Deputy sheriff arrives in a ghost
town searching for $30,000 in loot. A group
of pioneers resettle the place and hero
finds the money and the gang who stole it.
Allan "Rocky" Lane, Chubby Johnson, Mary
Ellen Kay, Roy Barcroft. Director: Harry
Keller.
Fugitive Lady... 5011... (78) July 15
Melodrama. Made in Italy. Young wife of
a wealthy industrialist is discovered to have
plotted his murder which had first been
judged an accident. Janis Paige, Binnie
Barnes, Massimo Serato, Eduardo Ciannelli.
Director: Sidney Salkow.
Heart of the Rockies 5042 (67) Mar. 30
Western. Engineer constructing highway
using prison labor thwarts the rascally foreman
of a ranch who has framed the workmen
for his own crimes. Roy Rogers, Penny
Edwards, Ralph Morgan. Gordon Jones.
Director: William Witney.
Hit Parade of 1951 5002 (85) Oct. 15, '50
Musical. Professional gambler, whose
double is a Hollywood radio singing star,
maneuvers latter into taking his place In
Las Vegas while he goes to Hollywood to
get away from big-money troubles. A
comedy of errors results from the mistaken
identities. John Carroll, Marie McDonald,
Estelita Rodriguez, The Firehouse Five Plus
Two, Bobby Ramos and His Rumba Band.
Director: John H. Auer.
In Old AmariUo. 5043....(67) May 15
Western. Young cattleman bests an unscrupulous
ranch manager who seeks to buy
herds cheap by depriving their owners of
water sources. Hero employs artificial rainmaking
devices to aid the ranchers. Roy
Rogers, Estelita Rodriguez, Penny Edwards.
Roy Barcroft. Director: William Witney.
Insurance Investigator... .5026... (60) Mar. 23
Melodrama. Hero solves a series of "accidental"
deaths, which have been costing
his company heavily, by proving that
gamblers have been committing the murders
and collecting insurance benefits. Richard
Denning, Audrey Long. John Eldredge, Hillary
Brooke. Director: George Blair.
Macbeth. .5003 (85) Oct. 29, '50
Drama. Screen dramatization of the
Shakespearean tragedy in familiar story of
the murderous Scot and his ambitionridden
wife. Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan.
Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Dan
O'Herlihy. Director: Or.son Welles. (Mercury
Productions.)
Million Dollar Pursuit. .5028 ...(60) May 30
Drama. Planning a big robbery, a smalltime
crook is forced to take two partners.
They bring it off but his ex-sweetheart informs
the police. He kidnaps her but she
is rescued. Penny Edwards, Grant Withers,
Steve Flagg, Norman Budd. Director: R. G.
Springsteen.
'.
Missing Women. .5025.... (60)
Feb. 23
Melodrama. A girl sets out to find the
killers, when her bridegroom of an hour is
shot to death by members of a gang dealing
in stolen cars. Penny Edwards, James
Millican, John Gallaudet, John Alvin, Fritz
Feld. Director: Philip Ford.
Night Riders of Montana. 5059. (60). ...Feb. 28
Western. Hero traps a gang of cattle
rustlers against whom ranchers have organized
a company of state rangers. He
clears one of the rangers of a false murder
charge. Allan "Rocky" Lane, Claudia Barrett,
Chubby Johnson, Roy Barcroft. Director:
Fred C. Brannon.
©Oh! Susanna....5008 ... (90) Mar. 10
Trucolor Historical Western. A cavalry
company guards Sioux territory from
marauding gold-rushers. Masquerading as
Indians, the rushers raid ranches and the
soldiers retaliate, leaving a small group to
meet the real Indian attack. Rod Cameron,
Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills,
James Lydon. Director; Joseph Kane.
Pride of Maryland .5023.... (60) Jan. 20
Drama. The hectic career of a jockey culminates
in his riding in a race against a
horse owned by the girl he loves. She
respects his integrity and forgives him for
defeating her horse. Stanley Clements,
Peggy Stewart, Frankie Darro, Joe Sawyer.
Director: Philip Ford.
Ray Robinson-Randolph Turpin
Fight, The .5095.... (53) July 20
Sport Film. British-made. This presents
the full Ray Robinson-Randolph Turpin
fight in London where Robinson lost the
middleweight championship. Narrator:
Jimmy Powers. (Adelphi Films.)
Rio Grande... 5004... (105) Nov. 15, '50
Western Drama. Estranged when he fights
for the North in Civil War, army officer
and his wife are reunited when son serves
under his command in the Indian Wars.
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson,
Claude Jarman jr., Harry Carey jr.,
Victor McLaglen. Director: John Ford.
(Argosy Pictures.)
Rodeo King and the Senorita....5053
(67) July 15
Western. New rider joins wild west show
and is able to expose plot to kill one of the
owners and gain financial control of the
enterprise. Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay,
Buddy Ebsen, Roy Barcroft. Director:
Philip Ford.
Bough Riders of Durango..5058.. .(60)....Jan. 30
Western. Hero foils a plot to steal money
advanced to farmers for adequate guard to
protect their shipments of produce to
market. Allan "Rocky" Lane, Aline Towne,
Walter Baldwin, Steve Darrell, Ross Ford.
Director: Fred C. Brannon.
Secrets of Monte Carlo....5030.... (60)....June 20
Melodrama. American traveling by plane
• to the Orient, becomes involved in the
doings of a jewel-smuggling gang, when he
carries a suitcase for a fellow passenger.
Warren Douglas, Lois Hall, June Vincent,
Robin Hughes. Director: George Blair.
Silver City Bonanza. 5051. (67) Mar. 1
Western. Unscrupulous men try to oust
woman rancher, believing treasure is buried
at the bottom of a lake on her property.
Hero exposes gang and kUls leader in an
underwater fight. Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen,
Mary Ellen Kay. Director: George Blair.
Spoilers of the Plains. .5041. ..(67) Feb. 2
Outdoor Musical. Oil company superintendent
thwarts a gang of foreign agents seeking
control of a rocket weather forecaster.
Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones,
Grant Withers. Director: William Witney.
Surrender....5001....(90) Sept. 15, '50
Drama. Beautiful golddigger ditches husband
and starts to acquire gambling house
proprietor to replace him. She switches to
a newspaper man with more money but
husband turns up and she kills him. John
Carroll, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan,
Francis Lederer. Director: Allan Dwan.
Thunder in God's Country. .5052
(67) Apr. 8
Western. Hero prevents a band of criminals
from turriing a peaceful community into
a wide-open gambling resort, aided by the
daughter of a crusading newspaper editor
whom they had murdered. Rex Allen, Mary
Ellen Kay, Buddy Ebsen, Ian MacDonald.
Director: George Blair.
©Trail of Robin Hood. .4946
(67) Dec. 15, '50
Trucolor Western. A Christmas tree production
contract gives crooks an opportunity
to try to establish a racket, which
is foiled by the Soil Conservation Service.
Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Jack Holt and
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Monte Hale. Director: William Witney.
(1949-50.)
Utah Wagon TTaiii....5054....(67) Oct. 15
Western. Hero's uncle is mysteriously murdered
when he leads a wagon train over
a trail unused for 100 years. Nephew takes
uncle's place with wagon party to find the
motive and the murderer. Rex Allen. Pemiy
Edwards. Buddy Ebsen, Roy Barcroft,
Grant Withers. Director: Philip Ford.
Wells Fargo Gunmaster....5061 (60) ...May 15
Western. Posing as a stick-up man, a special
investigator for the express company
is able to track down and capture a gang
of outlaws who have been holding up stage
coaches. Allan "Rocky" Lane, Chubby Johnson.
Mary Ellen Kay. Michael Chapin. Director:
Philip Ford.
(RE-EDITION)
Lost Planet Airmen. .5031.... (65) July 25
Fantasy. (Re-edited from the serial,
"King of the Rocket Men.") Mad scientist,
seeking to gain control of the earth through
machines he has invented, is opposed by
sane scientist and two newspaper people.
He is prevented from destroying New York
City. Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don
Haggerty, House Peters jr. Director: Fred
C. Brannon.
20th Century-Fox
(September, 1950 through September, 1951)
AH About Eve. .030., ..(138) Nov. '50
Drama. As actress receives award for her
work, story flashes back to her rise as a
star. Shows her as avaricious girl, masquerading
under a cloak of innocence, who
realizes her ambitions at the expense of
those who had befriended her. Bette Davis,
Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm,
Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe. Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
©American Guerrilla in the Philippines
032... (105) Dec. '50
Technicolor Drama. A few survivors of the
squadron which helped General MacArthur
escape from Corregidor, become underground
guerrillas. After stirring adventures
they are rescued by MacArthur's forces.
Tyrone Power, Micheline Prelle, Tom Ewell,
Bob Patten. Director: Fritz Lang.
As Young as You Feel. .120.... (77) June
Comedy. Discharged as too old, a printer
completely disorganizes the company he has
long served by posing as its eastern president
on an inspection tour. Monty Woolley,
Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Jean Peters,
Contance Bennett. Director: Harmon Jones.
©Bird of Paradise. ...109. ...(100) Mar.
Technicolor Drama. Romance of a Frenchman
and a native South Sea island girl.
Tragedy intervenes when she throws herself
into a volcano as a sacrifice to the
island gods. Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget,
Jeff Chandler, Everett Sloane, Maurice
Schwartz. Director: Delmer Daves.
©Call Me Mister....l04.. .. (95) Feb.
Technicolor Musical Comedy. Estranged
husband and wife, a former song-anddance
team, are reunited when she plays
with a theatrical troupe in Japan where
he is stationed with the army of occupation.
Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny
Thomas. Director: Lloyd Bacon.
©David and Bathsheba. 147
'^15)
Pre-release
Technicolor Biblical Drama. (Roadshow engagements
only.) Old Testament story of
King David's love for the wife of one of
his captains. Drought strikes the land and
the adulteress is blamed. David repents
and is forgiven by Jehovah. Gregory Peck,
Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron
Moore, Jayne Meadows. Director: Henry
King.
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Fantasy. Ambassador from an outer planet
arrives in a space ship accompanied by
an all-powerful atomic robot. The ambassador
is killed but the robot revives him
and they leave with parting threats.
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe,
Sam Jaffe. Director: Robert Wise.
Farewell to Yesterday. .028. ..(90) Sept. '50
Documentary. World history from the treaty
of Versailles, giving the background of
events leading to World War II and Korea.
Narration by Sidney Blackmer, John
Larkin, Kermit Murdock, William Post jr.
(A Movietonews Production.)
Fireball, The ...023. ... (84) Oct. '50
Drama. Story of a runaway orphan lad
who rises to success as a skating champ,
but Tjecomes too cocky. An attack of polio
makes him gain humility. Mickey Rooney,
Pat O'Brien, Beverly Tyler, Marilyn Monroe,
James Brown. Director: Tay Garnett.
(A Thor Production.)
Follow the Sun...ll2....(90)
May
Biographical Drama. Life story of professional
golfer, Ben Hogan. After a nearfatal
accident he makes a sensational
comeback and wins the plaudits of the
crowd. Glenn Ford, Arme Baxter, Dennis
O'Keefe, June Havoc. Director: Sidney
Lanfield.
For Heaven's Sake... 033... (92) Dec. '50
Comedy. An angel is assigned to help a
little girl be born to a theatrical couple.
He materializes as a rich rancher and
succumbs to earthly temptations. Clifton
Webb, Joan Bennett, Robert Cummings,
Edmund Gwenn, Joan Blondell. Director:
George Seaton.
14 Hours.. ..114... (92) Apr.
Drama. Heroic struggle of a patrolman to
save the life of a young would-be suicide,
perched on the ledge of a New York hotel
high above the street. Paul Douglas, Richard
Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes. Debra
Paget. Director: Henry Hathaway.
uFrogmen, The. .122. ...(96)
July
Melodrama. An account of the problems of
an officer directing operations of one of
the navy's underwater demolition teams.
At first unpopular, he wins confidence of
his men by personal sacrifice. Richard
Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill.
Director: Lloyd Bacon.
Guy Who Came Back, The....ll8 (91) July
Drama. Professional football player, unable
to accept the fact he is slipping, tries to
be an entertainer and later a wrestler, but
without success. He makes a sensational
comeback in a football game and is reunited
with his family. Paul Douglas, Joan
Bennett, Linda Darnell, Don DePore. Director:
Joseph Newman.
©Half Angel. .116 ..(80) June
Technicolor Comedy. Victim of a split personality,
a normally prim girl becomes a
siren and leaves her stodgy fiance to pursue
a more compelling romantic interest.
Marriage to the man she really loves cures
her. Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil
Kellaway. Director: Richard Sale.
©Halls of Montezuma... 103... (113) Jan.
Technicolor Drama. Exploits of a battalion
of U.S. marines in the invasion of an
island in the South Pacific held by the
Japanese. Depicts the grim hon-ors of war.
Richard Widmark, Walter Palance, Reginald
Gardiner, Robert Wagner. Director:
Lewis Milestone.
House on Telegraph Hill. .117.. ..(93) June
Drama. Woman steals a friend's identity
after her death in a concentration camp.
She comes to America to claim the dead
woman's son and his inheritance and prevents
his murder by a villainous guardian.
Valentina Cortesa, William Lundigan, Richard
Basehart. Director: Robert Wise.
I
Can Get It For You Wholesale
111.... (90) Apr.
Drama. Ambitious model builds up a garment
business with a young salesman as
partner. She is about to accept a wealthy
lover when she realizes she loves her partner.
Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, George
Sanders, Vicki Cummings. Director: Michael
Gordon.
©I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
105.... (88) Feb.
Technicolor Drama. Rural minister and his
bride go to a Blue Ridge mountain community
where the difficulties seem insurmountable.
Before they leave the people
are completely won over. Susan Hayward,
William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun,
Lynn Bari, Barbara Bates. Director: Henry
King.
©I'll Get By... .027. ...(83) Oct. '50
Technicolor Musical. Partnership of publisher
and song writer succeeds with aid
of two girl songsters. Publisher's romance
hits the rocks but smooths out when all
four meet in the South Pacific. June Haver,
William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis
Day, Harry James. Director: Richard Sale.
Jackpot, The..031....(87) JJov. '50
Comedy. Hilarious complications when
small town business executive answers radio
quiz question. He suffers while trying to
raise income tax and convince wife he is
true. James Stewart, Barbara Hale, Patricia
Medina, Fred Clark, Natahe Wood.
Director: Walter Lang.
Kefauver Senate Crime Investigation, The
138.... (52) Apr.
News Feature. Highlights of Senate Crime
Investigation committee hearings held in
New York and Washington, photographed,
compiled and edited by Movietone News.
Frank Costello, Virginia Hill, Ambassador
William O'Dwyer and otliers. Senators
Kefauver, Tobey, O'Conor and Rudolph
Halley, committee's chief counsel. Narration
by Joe King.
Lucky Nick Cain. .108.... (87)
Mar.
Melodrama. American gambler in Italy
finds himself the prey of an international
counterfeit gang. He is framed on a bogus
murder charge. George Raft, Coleen Gray,
Charles Goldner, Walter Rilla. Director:
Joseph Newman. (Kaydor Pi-oductions.i
Man Who Cheated Himself,
The
102.... (81) Jan.
Drama. Cheating wife shoots her husband
and her paramour seeks to cover up the
crime. His brother uncovers evidence
against the two and the wife is brought to
trial. Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt.
Director: Felix E. Feist.
©Meet Me After the Show. .125.... (86). ...Aug.
Technicolor Musical. Broadway producer
has made his wife a successful star. They
quarrel and separate when she finds he has
a wealthy female backer. She suffers from
amnesia but recovers and they are reconciled.
Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey,
Eddie Albert, Rory Calhoun, Irene Ryan.
Director: Richard Sale.
Millionaire for Christy, A. .127.... (91) Sept.
Comedy. Secretary sets out to marry man
who has inherited a fortune but is already
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engaged. After many complications she
wins the man but he loses the fortune.
Eleanor Parker, Fred MacMurray, Richard
Carlson, Una Merkel. Director: George
Marshall. (A Thor Production.)
WMister 880... .024. ..(90) Oct. '50
Comedy Drama. Lovable old junk dealer,
whose desire to help others leads him to
print $1 counterfeit bills. Treasury agent,
working on the case, meets the old gent and
they become fast friends, each unaware of
the other's identity.
Burt Lancaster, Dorothy
McGuire, Edmund Gwenn, Minor Watson.
Director: Edmund Goulding.
Mr. Belvedere Ringrs the Bell... 124... (87). Aug.
Comedy Drama. An author enters a home
for the aged, stirs up a lively interest
among the inmates, thereby proving that
life can be wonderful at eighty. Clifton
Webb, Joanne Dru, Hugh Marlowe, Zero
Mostel. Director: Henry Koster.
Mudlark, The....l01....(99) _ Jan.
Historical Drama. Produced in England.
A waterfront waif is the instrument by
which Prime Minister Disraeli arouses the
grieving Queen Victoria to a renewed interest
in the affairs of her countrymen.
Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Finlay Currie,
Andrew Ray. Director: Jean Negulesco.
No Way Out... 025....(10«) Oct. '50
Drama. When a white man dies in a prison
ward, his brother charges the Negro doctor
murdered him. A race riot results from
the false accusation. Richard Widmark,
Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney
Poitier. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Of Men and Music. .137. .. (85). Special—Mar.
Classical Music. The art of Rubinstein.
Heifetz, Peerce, Conner and the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra recorded in sound
and sight for future generations. Narrated
by Deems Taylor. Mitropoulos and
Orchestra directed by Alex Hammid. Director:
Irving Reis. (A World Artists Production.)
WOOn the Riviera. 115 (90) May
Technicolor Comedy With Music. Entertainer,
who is aviator's double, is persuaded
to take his place while he leaves on a
secret business trip. Complications result,
involving the aviator's wife and the entertainer's
sweetheart. Danny Kaye, Gene
Tlerney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio. Director:
Walter Lang.
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People Will Talk. .126 (110) Sept.
Comedy. Struggles of a professor of medicine
to defend his radical theory that a
physician should concern himself with human
emotions. He saves a girl student from
suicide and marries her. Cary Grant,
Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn,
Walter Slezak. Director : L. Mankiewicz.
Rawhide. .113. .(86) May
Outdoor Drama. When troopers stop a
stagecoach at a relay station seeking
desperadoes, a young tenderfoot assi.sts a
woman passenger. The desperadoes arrive
and imprison them but are outwitted by
the inexperienced hero. Tyrone Power,
Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Edgar
Buchanan, Dean Jagger. Director: Henry
Hathaway.
Secret of Convict Lake, The ...123 .. (83) Aug.
Drama. Founded on a true incident in
1871. Five escaped convicts from Carson
City penitentiary make their way to a community
of women whose men are away
prospecting. Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney,
Ethel Barry more, Zachary Scott. Director;
Michael Gordon.
©Sword of Monte Cristo, The.. .106
(80) Mar.
Supercinecolor Historical Drama. Woman
underground leader, masked and costumed
as a man, comes to the aid of Louis
Napoleon in putting down a rebellion in
the Prance of 1858. George Montgomery,
Paula Corday, Berry Kroeger. Director:
Maurice Geraghty. (An Edward L. Alperson
Production.)
©Take Care of My Little Girl 119
(93) July
Technicolor Drama. Co-ed pledges a sorority.
Romance with an ex-GI, who doesn't
believe in the sorority-fraternity system,
develops, and she decides they are snobbish
and resigns. Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson,
Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters. Director: Jean
Negulesco.
13th Letter, The. ...107. .(85)
Feb.
Mystery Drama. Poison-pen writer demoralizes
a whole town by sending a series
of letters containing malicious gossip. The
finger of guilt ultimately points to an
aging doctor who is jealous of his young
wife. Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael
Rennie, Constance Smith, Francoise Rosay.
Director: Otto Preminger.
Two Flags West... 029... (92) „...NoT. '50
Outdoor Drama. Leader and group of Confederate
prisoners, granted amnesty to fight
Indians, desert fort where they are assigned.
When it is attacked, and commander
sacrifices his life, they return to
fight. Joseph Gotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff
Chandler, Cornel Wilde. Director: Robert
Wise.
You're in the Navy Now (formerly
"U.S.S. Teakettle") ...110..,. (93) Apr.
Comedy. Engineer, after a short training
period, is placed in command of an experimental
submarine chaser by the navy. The
crew is equally inexperienced and the vessel
suffers repeated breakdowns. Gary
Cooper, Jane Greer, Millard Mitchell, Eddie
Albert. Director: Henry Hathaway.
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©Jesse James. .157. ...(106) July
Technicolor Outdoor Drama. Tyrone Power,
Nancy Kelly, Henry Fonda, Randolph Scott.
©Kentucky. .150. ..(96)
July
Technicolor Melodrama. Loretta Young,
Richard Greene, Walter Brennan.
©My Friend Flicka....l52....(89) June
Technicolor Outdoor Drama. Roddy Mc-
Dowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson.
©Return of Frank James, The
158.... (92) July
Technicolor Outdoor Melodrama. Henry
Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper.
©Smoky. .143. ..(87)
June
Technicolor Outdoor Melodrama. Fred
MacMurray, Anne Baxter. Bruce Cabot.
©Thunderhead—Son of Flicka....l51
(78) June
Technicolor Outdoor Drama. Roddy Mc-
Dowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson.
United Artists
(September 1, 1950 through October 21, 1951)
Badman's Gold. ...262. ..(56) Apr. 3
Western. Assigned to catch a gang stealing
shipments of gold en route to the mint,
a representative of the law is aided by a
girl, her brother and a dog. They win in
an open gunfight. Johnny Carpenter, Alyn
Lockwood, Troy Tarrell, Kenne Duncan.
Director: Robert Tansey.
Blue Lamp, The. .016.... (84) Mar. 1
Melodrama. How the British police combat
crime, as seen through the experiences
of a rookie London "bobby." Dirk
Bogarde. Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley,
Peggy Evans, Pa trie Doonan. Director:
Basil Dearden. (J. Arthur Rank.)
Border Outlaws 260... (58) Nov. 2, '50
Western. Two cowboys seek a "Phantom
Rider" and his gang of cattle thieves only
to discover they are actually narcoticssmugglers
and murderers. Spade Cooley,
Maria Hart, Bill Edwards, Bill Kennedy.
Director: Richard Talmadge. (A United
International Picture.)
Circle of Danger. .207... .(86) Mar. 22
Drama. British-made. American goes to
England seeking the reason why his brother
was the only one killed in a World War 11
raid. Learns brother was shot because he
had endangered the whole mission. Ray
Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring,
Naunton Wayne. Director: Jacques Tourneur.
(Released in England under title of
"White Heather.")
Cyrano de Bergerac. 660. (112) July 20
Drama. The great poet-swordsman, of the
huge nose, wins his cousin Roxane, whom
he loves, for another man. Only at his
death does she realize she has always loved
Cyrano. Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers, Morris
Carnovsky, William Prince. Director:
Michael Gordon. (Stanley Kramer.)
Fabiola....651....(96) June 1
Drama. Italian-made. English dialog
dubbed in. Persecution of the Christians
in Rome, and their deliverance by the
legions of the Emperor Constantine.
Michele Morgan, Henri Vidal, Michel
Simon, Gino Cervi. Director: Alessandro
Blasetti. (Jules Levey.)
First Legion, The .648.... (86) May 11
Drama. Agnostic doctor fakes a miracle
within the ranks of the Jesuit Order. When
pilgrims flock to the monastery a real
miracle occurs, restoring the faith of the
doctor. Charles Boyer, Leo G. Carroll, Walter
Hampden, William Demarest, H. B.
Warner: Director: Douglas Sirk.
Four in a Jeep .1139... (97) Aug. 17
Drama. Filmed in Vienna against the
background of Allied occupation of Austria.
The relationship of four soldiers representing
each of the great powers as they patrol
the city in a jeep of the international military
police. Viveca Lindfors, Ralph Meeker,
Joseph Yadin, Michael Medwin, Dinan.
Director: Leopold Lindtberg.
Gold Raiders. .ai72.... (56) Sept. 14
Western. Hero makes a deal with mine
owners to protect their ore shipments.
Aided by three zany proprietors of a variety
store he captures the marauders
and writes insurance on all the mines.
George O'Brien, The Three Stooges,
Sheilah Ryan, Clem Bevans. Director: Edward
Bernds.
Golden Salamander, The. ...271
(96) Dec. 1, '50
Drama. British-made and filmed in North
Africa. English archeologist discovers a
gun-smuggling ring in Algiers. At first Indifferent,
he is spurred to act against the
criminals by a Greek proverb he reads on
a small statue. Anouk, Trevor Howard,
Herbert Lom. Miles Malleson, Walter Rilla.
Director: Ronald Neame. (J. Arthur Rank.)
He Ran All the Way. .646.... (77) July 13
Drama. A thug kills a policeman during a
payroll holdup and hides out in the apartment
home of a girl he has picked up. He
terrorizes her family and when he tries to
kidnap her she shoots him. John Garfield,
Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena
Royle, Gladys George. Director: John
Berry. (A Roberts Production.)
Hoodlum, The 653... (61) July 27
Melodrama. Paroled convict, feeling the
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world is against him, repays his brother's
kindness in giving him a job by stealing
his girl and staging a robbery. He is slain
by the police. Lawrence Tierney, Allene
Roberts, Marjorie Riordan. Director: Max
Nosseck. (Jack Schwarz Productions.)
Hotel Sahara .1143... (87) Oct. 15
Comedy Drama. British-made. A North
African luxury hotel is taken over by
French, Italian, British, German and
American soldiers at different intervals
during the war. The proprietor has a struggle
to retain his property and his sweetheart.
Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Ustinov,
Mirielle Perrey, David Tomlinson. Director:
Ken Annakin. (J. Arthur Rank.)
Kangaroo Kid, The .037 (73) Oct. 22, '50
Western. Made in Australia. American
range detective goes to Australia in search
of a fugitive and to solve gold mine robberies.
First suspected of the crime himself,
eventually he traps the criminals. Jock
O'Mahoney, Veda Ami Borg, Douglass Dumbrille,
Alan Gifford. Director: Lesley
Selander.
Korea Patrol .211. .. (57) Jan. 15
War Drama. A patrol of American and
Korean soldiers is instructed to hold a
bridge near the 38th parallel. After all
but one are wounded, the last man blows
up the bridge. Richard Emory, Benson
Fong, Al Eben, Li Sun, Teri Duna. Director:
Max Nosseck. (Jack Schwarz Productions.)
Long Dark Hall, The. ..214... (86) Apr. 10
Drama. British-made. A philandering husband
is convicted of the murder of his
paramour. The real criminal writes the
police a gloating letter and is caught in
time to save the innocent man. Rex Harrison,
Lilli Palmer, Denis O'Dea, Raymond
Huntley. Co-directors: Anthony Bushell,
Reginald Beck.
Man From Planet X, The .647 . ..Apr. 27
Fantasy. Man from another planet arrives
in a space ship. Inclined to be friendly at
first, when he is abused he terrorizes the
countryside and is destroyed by artillery
fire. Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Raymond
Bond, William Schallert. Director:
Edgar G. Ulmer. (Mid-Century Films.)
Man With My Face, The 659 .. (75) .June 8
Mystery Drama. Filmed in Puerto Rico.
Double po.ses as an American accountant,
usurping his position in his home with
the assistance of the man's own wife. They
plan to kill him but with the aid of an
ex-sweetheart the plot is turned against the
villain. Barry Nelson, Carole Mathews,
John Harvey. Lynn Ainley. Director: Edward
J. Montaigne. (Edward F. Gardner.)
Mister Drake's Duck. .655. ..(76) Sept. 21
Comedy. Honeymooning couple discovers
one duck among five dozen on their farm
lays eggs containing uranium. Great turmoil
results when the government steps
in to try to isolate the atomic duck, Douglas
Fairbanks jr., Yolande Donlan, A. E.
Matthews, Reginald Beckwith, Director:
Val Guest. (Douglas Fairbanks-Daniel M.
Angel.)
Mister Universe. .208.... (90) Jan. 10
Comedy. Small-time barker manages winner
of the Perfect Man contest as a wrestler.
He and the promoter outsmart themselves
and end up as wrestlers themselves,
working out their betting losses. Jack Carson,
Janis Paige, Bert Lahr, Robert Alda,
Vincent Edwards. Director: Jo.seph Lerner.
(Laurel Films.)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo 1146. ..(74) Oct. 21
Fantasy Comedy. French-made. Exploits
of a middle-aged clerk who discovers he can
walk through solid walls. He falls in love
with a beautiful thief and sets out to prove
to her that crime does not pay. Joan
Greenwood, Bourvil, Marcel Arnold, Roger
Treville. Director: Jean Boyer. (Arthur
Sachson Enterprises.)
My Outlaw Brother (formerly "My
Brother, the Outlaw"). ...209. ..(82). ...Mar. 15
Melodrama. In Mexico about 1900, a young
man, trying to help a Texas Ranger catch
a famed bandit, discovers the bandit is his
own brother in disguise. Mickey Rooney,
Wanda Hendrix. Robert Preston, Robert
Stack. Director: Elliott Nugent. (Benedict
Bogeaus.)
Naughty Arlette .
(86) Mar. 9
Comedy. British-made. Middle-aged professor
falls for charms of a teen-age student.
At first he plans to desert his family
but later sees the error in the new
relationship. Mai Zetterling, Hugh Williams,
Margot Grahame, Petula Clark. Director:
Edmond T. Greville.
©New Mexico. .649. ..(78) Aug. 24
Ansco Color Western. Sacrifice of his own
life by a cavalry captain as he deliberately
blows up a large ammunition cache rather
than allow it to fall into the hands of
Indians in the rebellion of 1860. Lew Ayres,
Marilyn Maxwell, Andy Devine, Robert Hutton.
Director: Irving Reis. (Irving Allen.)
Obsessed... 1188. ..(77) Sept. 7
Drama. British-made. The rich, dominating
wife of a schoolteacher dies, freeing
her husband to marry his clandestine mistress.
Poison is discovered in the body
and the lovers accuse each other of the
murder. David Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Roland Culver, Jean Cadell. Director:
Maurice Elvey.
Odette. .652... (105) May 15
Autobiographical Drama. British-made.
True story of Odette Sanson's experiences
as a British military intelhgence agent in
World War II. She is sent to Ravensbruck
concentration camp and liberated when the
Allies invade France. Anna Neagle, Trevor
Howard, Marius Goring, Peter Ustinov. Director:
Herbert Wilcox. (Released earlier
in year by Lopert Films.)
Oliver Twist. .216. ..(105) Apr. 27
Drama. Based on the Charles Dickens classic
familiar to all. John Howard Davies,
Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, Alec Guinness,
Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Stephenson. Director:
David Lean. (J. Arthur Rank.)
One Minute to Twelve. 203... (75) ...Oct. 1, '50
Drama. Made in Sweden, with English
dialog. Atomic scientist destroy.^ him.self
and his laboratory rather than allow sinister
interests to gain control of his discoveries
for ulterior uses. Lars Hanson, Gunnel
Brostrom, Olaf Bergstrom, Nils Dahlgren,
Anna Lindahl. Director: Goran Gentele.
Paper Gallows. .220. ..(69) Sept, 22, '5D
Drama. British-made. One of two brothers
who collaborate in writing mystery
stories, becomes so obsessed with idaas on
crime that he commits a murder. Jealousy
then drives him to plot to make his brother's
sweetheart his second victim. Dermot
Walsh, Rona Anderson, John Bentley. Director:
John Guillermin. (Adelphi Films,
Ltd.)
NOTE: "Paper Gallows," though originally
released by Eagle Lion Classics, has
since been turned back to the producers.
Pardon My French....l402....(81) Auf. 10
Comedy. Boston schoolteacher inherits a
French chateau but finds it is occupied by
squatters led by a young composer and his
four motherless children. Romance develops
between the two. Paul Henreid, Merle
Oberon, Paul Bonifas, Jim Gerald. Director:
Bernard Vorhaus. (Cusick International.)
OPrehistoric Women. .205.... (74) Nov. 1, '50
Cinecolor Drama. Six cave women must
find husbands. They capture several men
who know the secret of fire. Love comes
to the two leaders and a new tribe is
formed. Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon, Mara
Lynn. Director: Gregg Tallas. (Alliance
Productions.)
Prowler, The 650. (92) May 25
Melodrama. Called to investigate a prowler,
policeman falls in love with the housewife.
After an illicit affair he kills her husband.
Tliey marry, a baby is born, but he is
killed in a battle with police. Evelyn Keyes,
Van Heflin, John Maxwell, Katherine Warren,
Emerson Ti-eacy. Director: Joseph
Losey. (Horizon Pictures.)
Queen for a Day (alternate title
"Horsie")....645....(107) July 7
Drama. Stories of the dream fulfillment
three different women achieve by becoming
winners of the Mutual Network radio
show and "Queen for a Day." Phyllis
Avery, Darren McGavin, Rudy Lee, Adam
Williams, Edith MeLser, Dan Tobin. Director:
Arthur Lubin. (Robert Stillman Productions.)
©River, The... (99) Special—Sept. 10
Technicolor Drama. Events here stem from
the crushes three adolescent girls have
on an American amputee war veteran, visiting
his cousin in India. Each girl responds
differently to the attachment and
all recover when the hero leaves. Nora
Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields,
Thomas E. Breen, Suprova Mukerjee, Patricia
Walters, Radha. Director: Jean
Renoir.
©R«gue River... 201... (79) Nov. 15, '50
Cinecolor Western. Father and son engage
in deadly combat for possession of a fortune
in gold dust, the loot from a bank robbery.
Rory Calhoun, Peter Graves, Prank Fenton,
Ellye Marshall. Director: John Rawlins.
(Ventura Pictures.)
Scarf, The....644.... (86) j\pr. 6
Drama. Deals with the efforts of a man,
unjustly committed to an asylum for the
criminally insane, to prove himself both
sane and innocent of the crime charged
against him. Emiyn Williams, John Ireland,
Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton.
Director: E. A. Dupont. (Goldsmith-
Caspary.)
Second Face, The 204 (72) Oct. 15, '50
Drama. Unattractive girl, transformed into
a beauty through plastic surgery, finds true
love through her former employer who had
made the operation possible. Ella Raines,
Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, John Sutton,
Patricia Knight. Director: Jack Bernhard.
Second Woman, The... 639... (91) Mar. 16
Drama. Young architect becomes mentally
depressed over a series of misfortunes that
beset him. Girl with a statistical mind
unearths facts proving architect is the victim
of a group of sinister schemers. Robert
Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Henry
O'Neill, Florence Bates. Director: James
V. Kern. (Harry M. Popkin.)
Skipalong Rosenbloom... 213. .. (72) Apr. 20
Novelty Western. Outlaw and his gang are
bested by an amateur peace officer, the
nephew of a man they plan to fleece by
taking control of his property for his gambling
debts. Maxie Rosenbloom, Max Baer,
Jackie Coogan, Fuzzy Knight, Hillary
Brooke, Jacqueline Fontaine. Director: Sam
Newfield.
So Long at the Fair... 270. (85) Mar. 29
Mystery. Plot centers around unique chain
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of events surrounding the disappearance
of a young man who, with his sister, had
arrived in Paris to attend the Exposition
of 1889. Young artist helps girl find her
brother, and a romance develops. Jean
Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson,
Cathleen Nesbitt, Felix Aylmer. Directors:
Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough. (J.
Arthur Rank.)
St. Benny, the Dip .658. .(80) Aug. 24
Comedy Drama. The regeneration of three
confidence men after they disguise themselves
as priests to escape the law. One
devotes himself to good works, one returns
to his deserted family and the third finds
romance. Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland
Young, Lionel Stander. Director: Edgar G.
Ulmer. (Danziger Bros.)
Sun Sets at Dawn, The.. .046.. ..(71) Jan. 22
Melodrama. Short circuit in the electric
chair delays execution of irmocent man,
convicted of murder, and real killer is
trapped into confession by a prison trusty.
Sally Parr, Philip Shawn, Walter Reed.
Director: Paul H. Sloane.
Taming of Dorothy, The.. ..224
(75) Sept. 20, '50
Comedy. British-made. Domineering wife
of mild-mannered bank clerk is subjugated
by his gangster double. When the
cops and robbers chase is over, husband
continues as a caveman and captivates
wife. Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Margaret
Rutherford. Director: Mario Soldati. (Renown-Lux.)
They Were Not Divided. .275 (102). ...Feb. 8
Drama. British-made. Experiences of two
soldiers, one English, the other American,
in World War II. When the American is
wounded the Englishman refuses to leave
him and they die together. Edward Underdown,
Ralph Clanton, Michael Brennan,
Helen Cherry. Director: Terence Young.
(J. Arthur Rank.)
Three Husbands....642....(78) Nov, 3, '50
Comedy. At death bachelor leaves letters
indicating he has had affairs with wives
of three friends. Wives inherit his fortune
and husbands at last reverse the condemning
attitudes they have assumed.
Emlyn Williams. Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick,
Howard da Silva. Director: Irving Reis.
(Goldsmith-Caspary.)
Three Steps North. .657... (85) June 15
Drama. Made in Italy. Sordid experiences
of dishonorably discharged GI who returns
to Italy to recover a fortune made in the
black market during the war, which he had
buried in a field later converted into a military
cemetery. Lloyd Bridges, Aldo
Fabrizi, Leo Padovani. Director: W Lee
Wilder.
Try and Get Me (formerly "The
Sound of Fury"). ...643 (92) May 4
Melodrama. Ex-GI drifts into petty crime.
When his partner murders a kidnaped boy,
the two are lynched by a mob inflamed by
a newspaperman's radical articles. Frank
Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan. Richard
Carlson,
Lloyd Bridges. Director: Cyril Endfield
(Robert Stillman Productions.)
Two Gals and a Guy. ,654.... (70) Aug. 31
Comedy With Music. Complications which
result when a TV husband-and-wife team
breaks up because he stops her adoption of
a child. The difficulties are worked out
and they adopt a family of four. Robert
Alda, Janls Paige, James Gleason. Director:
Alfred E. Green. (Weisner Bros.)
Two Lost Worlds...202. .(60)...„ Oct. 29, '50
Adventure Drama. A group of people, shipwrecked
on an uncharted island, encounter
prehistoric monsters and survive an erupting
volcano. Laura Elliot, Jim Arness,
Gloria Petroff, William Kennedy. Director:
Norman Dawn. (Sterling Productions.)
Well, The. .. 1145. .. (85) Pre-release—Sept.
Drama. Negroes and whites become aroused
over the disappearance of a little Negro
girl. When race riots are imminent the
child is found to have fallen into an abandoned
well. Richard Rober, Barry Kelly,
Henry Morgan, Christine Larson. Directors:
Leo Popkin, Russell Rouse.
When I Grow Up... .215. ..(90) Apr. 20
Drama. Unhappy boy reads his grandfather's
boyhood diary and realizes he is not
the only one who has ever been in trouble
and that his parents really love him. Bobby
Driscoll, Robert Preston, Martha Scott,
Charley Grapewin, Henry Morgan. Director:
Michael Kanin. (Horizon Pictures.)
Wicked City, The... 206... (76) Jan. 2
Melodrama. French-made with English dialog.
Canadian seaman meets and loves a
French cafe girl. Her bad character and
criminal associates lead him to murder her.
Maria Montez, Jean Pierre Aumont, Lilli
Palmer, Marcel Dalio. Director: Francois
Villiers.
(REISSUE)
City Lights. .635.... (85) Sept. 1, '50
Comedy. Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill,
Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Hank Mann.
(Celebrated Films.)
Universal-In ternational
(September 1950 through October 1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the
Invisible Man. .116.... (82) Mar.
Comedy. As amateur detectives the comics
catch the real criminal when a fighter is
falsely accused of murdering his manager.
By a miracle serum the fighter is made
invisible and assists in the proceedings.
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild,
Adele Jergens. Director : Lamont.
Air Cadet....ll5....(94)
JWar.
Comedy Drama. Three air cadets are sent
to Arizona for jet training under an officer
who is a hard taskmaster. After misunderstandings
and misadventures the men
become friends. Stephen McNally, Alex
Nicol, Gail Russell, Richard Long. Director:
Joseph Pevney.
©Apache Drums.. ..123.. ..(75)
June
Technicolor Western. Gambler is run out
of town, persecuted by a minister and the
mayor. He returns to lead the fight against
an Apache raid. Stephen McNally, Coleen
Gray, Willard Parker, Arthur Shields. Director:
Hugo Pregonese.
Bedtime for Bonzo 112 (83) Feb.
Conxedy. In an effort to prove environment
is stronger than heredity, young psychology
professor undertakes experiment to bring
up a baby chimpanzee as a child. Ronald
Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Jesse
White. Director: Frederick de Cordova.
©Cattle Drive.. ..128... .(77)
Aug.
Technicolor Western. Spoiled 14-year-old
son of railroad magnate joins a cattle drive.
Association with a veteran cowhand makes
a man of him. Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell,
Leon Ames, Chill Wills. Director:
Kurt Neumann.
Comin' Round the Mountain.. ..127. ..(77)... .July
Comedy. The boys go to Kentucky where
they become involved in an old feud between
the McCoys and the Winfields. The
various characters drink a "love potion"
which adds considerably to the confusion.
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay,
Kirby Grant. Director: Charles Lamont.
Deported. .103 (88) Nov. '50
Action Drama. Filmed in Italy. American
gangster, deported to his native Italy, tries
to gain control of the Italian black market
ring. Love for a widowed countess
causes him to do an about-face and smash
the ring. Marta Toren, Jeff Chandler,
Claude Dauphin, Marina Berti. Director:
Robert Siodmak.
©Double Crossbones ...119....(75)
Apr.
Technicolor Comedy With Music. Shop
clerk, by accident, finds himself master of
a pirate ship deserted by the crew. He
organizes labor prisoners into a crew and
turns buccaneer. Donald O'Connor, Helena
Carter, Will Geer, John Emery. Director:
Charles T. Barton.
May
Fat Man, The. ..120... (77)
Melodrama. Detective solves murder of a
dentist who had X-rayed the teeth of a
crook and would have been able to identify
his body. Murderer, a circus clown, is
trapped on a high wire. J. Scott Smart,
Julie London. Rock Hudson, Clinton Sundberg,
Emmett Kelly. Director: William
Castle.
Francis Goes to the Races... 125.... (88). ...July
Comedy. The "talking" mule makes friends
with racehorses at the track, supplying
tips to his youthful companion which enable
him to win a seven-horse parlay.
There is conflict with a gang of crooks.
Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway,
Jesse White. Director: Arthur Lubin.
©Frenchie....l08. ... (80) Jan.
Technicolor Western Drama. Woman owner
of a gambling casino, seeking the two
men who killed her father, is assisted by
the local sheriff. When one of the men is
murdered, the sheriff is suspected. Joel
McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly, Elsa
Lanchester. Director: Louis King.
©Golden Horde, The. .134... (76) Oct.
Technicolor Melodrama. The forces of
Genghis Khan storm Samarkand where its
beautiful princess plans to defend herself
by intrigue. When the situation seems
hopeless, a band of English Crusaders
comes to her rescue. Ann BIyth, David
Parrar, George Macready, Richard Egan,
Peggie Castle. Director: George Sherman.
Groom Wore Spurs, The....ll4....(81) Mar.
Comedy. Woman lawyer, engaged to get a
cowboy star out of a gambling debt jam,
falls for, and marries, him. He is charged
with murder and she clears him. Ginger
Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis, Mira Mc-
Kinney. Director: Richard Whorf. (Fidelity
Pictures.)
UHarvey....l07....(104) „ Jan.
Comedy. Amiable alcoholic captivates
everyone with his imaginary companion, a
giant white rabbit named Harvey. Even
the doctors at a mental institution decide
he should be allowed to keep his delusion.
James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow,
Jesse White, Cecil Kellaway. Director:
Henry Koster.
Hollywood Story ...124... (77) June
Mystery Drama. In an abandoned Hollywood
studio a New York stage producer
prepares to make a picture about an unsolved
murder committed there years before.
He solves the crime and captures the
killer. Richard Conte, Julia Adams, Henry
Hull, Fred Clark. Director: William Castle.
Iron Man.. ..130... (82)
Aug.
Drama. Prizefighter discovers his wife and
his promoter-brother have arranged to
have a fight thrown in his favor. He breaks
with them, loses an important match,
but is reconciled with his wife. Jeff Chandler,
Evelyn Keyes. Stephen McNally, Rock
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Hudson, Joyce Holden. Director: Joseph
Pevney.
©Kansas Raiders .104.... (80) Nov. '50
Technicolor Western Drama. The James
brothers join Quantrill's guerrillas, looting
and burning in the attack on Lawrence,
Kas. Quantrill saves Jesse's life at the sacrifice
of his own. Brian Donlevy, Audie
Murphy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady,
Richard Ai-len. Director: Ray Enright.
Katie Did It ...122... (81) May
Comedy. Girl upsets a staid New England
town when she poses for an artist. Believing
he is married, she plans to wed her
home-town suitor but the arti.st wins her
in a split-second finish. Ann Blyth, Mark
Stevens, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Craig
Stevens. Director: Frederick de Cordova.
©Lady From Texas, The. .136. (78) Oct.
Technicolor Comedy Western. Hero and
heroine strive to prevent a crafty ranch
owner from gaining control of the property
of a kindly but eccentric old widow,
by having her declared mentally incompetent.
Howard Duff, Mona Freeman, Josephine
Hull, Craig Stevens. Director: Joseph
Pevney.
Little Ballerina. .182. ..(60) Not set
Dramatic Musical. British-made. The
strugggles of an earnest young dancing
pupil to continue her studies and win recognition.
Includes several ballet sequences.
Yvonne Marsh, Marion Chapman, Doreen
Richards, Margot Fonteyn, Martita Hunt.
Director: Lewis Gilbert. (J. Arthur Rank.)
©Little Eg:ypt....l31....(82) Sept.
Technicolor Comedy Drama. Tobacco magnate
puts up cash to transplant a street
of old Cairo to the Chicago Fair in 1893.
A "hootchy-kootchy" dance by the girl
friend of the promoter becomes a hit.
Rhonda Fleming, Mark Stevens, Nancy
Guild. Charles Drake. Director: Frederick
de Cordova,
OLouisa....926.... (90) Sept. '50
Comedy. Bossy mother-in-law is suddenly
transformed by a romance with the local
storekeeper, and the whole household is
thrown into one mirthful situation after
another. Ronald Reagan, Charles Coburn,
Ruth Hussey. Edmund Gwenn. Spring
Byington. Director: Alexander Hall (1949-
50.)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
117.... (80) Apr.
Farce. Ma and Pa become grandparents
and, to make room for the baby and its
fu.ssy nurse, the family moves back to the
farm. Discovery of uranium on the property
brings complications. Marjorie Main,
Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall,
Ray Collins. Director: Edward Sedgwick.
Madeleine. .983. ..(101) Sept. '50
Murder Mystery. British-made film based
on a murder case of 1857 in Scotland, in
which a girl goes to trial for the fatal
poisoning of her clandestine lover. Ann
Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie
Banks. Director: David Lean. (J. Arthur
Rank.) — (1949-50.)
Magnet, The. .181... (78) „ Feb.
Comedy Drama. British-made. A boy executes
a series of childish "trades," acquiring
and later losing ownership of a powerful
magnet, in the course of which he
sparks a campaign for raising funds for
an iron lung. Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh,
William Fox, Meredith Edwards. Director:
Charles Frend. (J. Arthur Rank.)
©Mark of the Renegade ...129... (81) -Aug.
Technicolor Drama. Mexican pirates are
forced into the battle between those trying
to establish early California as a republic
and a despot who wishes to become
its emperor. Richardo Montalban, Cyd
Charisse, J. Carrol Nai.sh, Gilbert Roland,
Andrea King. Director: Hugo Fregonese.
Milkman, The 102 (87) JJov. '50
Comedy With Music. Playboy, son of
wealthy dairy owner, goes to work as a
milkman for a rival dairy, under the wing
of his buddy—a milkman veteran of 25
years. The two become involved in all
sorts of zany goings-on, including a brush
with gangsters. Donald O'Connor, Jimmy
Durante, Joyce Holden, Piper Laurie, Elisabeth
Risdon, Henry O'Neill. Director:
Charles T. Barton.
Mystery Submarine 106 (78) Dec. '50
Melodrama. Nazi U-boat, still active after
World War II, is found by U.S. Navy Intelligence
officer. By a ruse he rescues its
two captives and causes it to be destroyed.
Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert
Douglas, Ludwig Donath, Carl Esmond. Director:
Douglas Sirk.
Operation Disaster .113 (100) Feb.
Drama. British-made. Events following a
peacetime submarine disaster. Eight survivors
are trapped and after seven days
of work by a salvage crew, a storm makes
it necessary to abandon the effort. John
Mills, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick,
James Hayter. Director: Roy Baker.
(J. Arthur Rank.)
Pool of London. .183. ..(86) Sept.
Drama. British-made. Man engaged in
smuggling asks his friend to make a delivery
for him. Package contains diamonds
and friend is arrested. Hero gives himself
up to clear the friend. Bonar Colleano.
Susan Shaw, Renee Asherson, Earl Cameron,
Moira Lister. Director : Basil Dearden.
(J. Arthur Rank.)
Prelude to Fame .180. .. (77 '4) Nov. '50
Drama With Music. British import. Child,
exceptionally gifted musically, is dominated
and exploited by a selfish woman for her
own aggrandizement. She seeks, unsuccessfully,
to alienate him from his family.
Jeremy Spenser, Kathleen Byron, Guy
Rolfe, Henry Oscar. Director: Fergus Mc-
Donell. (J. Ai-thur Rank.)
©Prince Who Was a Thief, Tlie....l26
(88) July
Technicolor Romantic Drama. Stolen in
babyhood, the real prince grows up as a
thief. He raids the royal treasure house,
is recognized as the true heir and ousts
the false ruler. Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie,
Everett Sloane, Jeff Corey. Director: Rudolph
Mate.
Reunion in Reno... .135... (80) Oct.
Drama. Little girl goes to Reno to divorce
her parents. She is befriended by a young
lawyer, a court stenographer and a kindly
judge, who are able to arrange a reconciliation
for the family. Mark Stevens, Peggy
Dow, Gigl Perreau, Frances Dee, Leif Erickson.
Director: Kurt Neumann.
©Smuggler's Island... 121... (75) May
Technicolor Melodrama. Adventuress forces
a captain to use his ship and diving equipment
to recover sunken gold and smuggle
it into Hong Kong. Through her weakling
husband they lose the gold but find each
other. Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Philip
Friend. Director: Edward Ludwig.
Target Unknown. 111. (90) Feb,
War Drama. Crew of a bomber, shot down
over Germany, unwittingly discloses a
planned raid on a fuel dump. They escape
and radio information to American bombers
on changed location of target. Mark
Stevens, Robert Douglas, Alex Nicol, Don
Taylor, Joyce Holden, Oig Young. Director:
George Sherman.
Thunder on the Hill 133 (84) Sept.
Mystery Drama. Group of flood sufferers
takes refuge in a convent. A nun interests
herself in a young girl among them
who is accused of murder. Turning detective,
she finds the real murderer. Claudette
Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas,
Anne Crawford, PhiJip Friend, Gladys
Cooper. Director: Douglas Sirk.
©Tomahawk .110... (82) Feb.
Technicolor Super -Western. Indian scout
and army officer are enemies and rivals
for a girl. They fight together to quell
a Sioux uprising and the officer is killed.
Van Heflin, Yvonne De Carlo, Preston Foster,
Jack Oakie. Director: George Sherman.
Under the Gun... .109 (83) Jan.
Drama. Gangster, convicted on evidence
given by a woman, plots vengeance. He
engineers the escape of a fellow convict,
then shoots him in a bid for a pardon.
Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, John Mc-
Intire, Sam Jaffe. Director: Ted Telzlaff.
Undercover Girl 105 (82) Dec. '50
Drama. Girl becomes policewoman to track
down her father's killer. She poses as a
dope peddler, is found out, but makes good
and carries through to her objective. Alexis
Smith, Scott Brady, Richard Egan. Gladys
George. Director: Joseph Pevney.
Up Front... .118... (92) Apr.
War Comedy. Adventures of two foot soldiers
in Italy, where they battle with the
military police more often than with the
enemy. David Wayne. Tom Ewell, Jeffrey
Lynn, Marina Berti. Director: Alexander
Hall.
Woman on the Run. .932 (77) Oct. '50
Melodrama. Beautiful wife of artist who
disappears after witnessing a murder, enlists
the help of a reporter to find him.
Reporter is the actual murderer and is
shot by astute detective. Ann Sheridan,
Dennis O'Keefe. Robert Keith, Frank Jenks,
John Qualen. Director: Norman Foster.
(Fidelity Pictures.)—(1949-50.)
©Wyoming Mail. .931.... (87) _ Oct. *50
Technicolor Western Drama. Barnstorming
pugilist in post-Civil War days becomes
undercover agent for railway mail
system and wipes out an organized band
of mail train robbers. Stephen McNally,
Alexis Smith, Howard da Silva, Ed Begley.
Director: Reginald LeBorg. (1949-50.)
You Never Can Tell. .132.... (78) Sept.
Comedy. Dog inherits a fortune and is
cared for by a beautiful girl. He is poisoned
but returns from dog heaven in
human form to solve his murder and develop
a romance with the girl. Dick Powell,
Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Joyce Holden.
Director: Lou Breslow.
Warner Bros.
(September 2, 1950 through August 11, 1951)
Along the Great Divide ...025... (88) June 2
Western Drama. U.S. marshal, interrupts
a lynching and crosses the desert with the
accused man in custody, to bring him to
trial. When a quick conviction follows, the
marshal is able to prove the man innocent.
Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar,
Walter Brennan. Director: Raoul Walsh.
Breaking Point, The....005.... (97) Sept. 30, '50
Drama. Fishing boat skipper, with a mortgage,
a plain wife and two small daughters,
gets involved in smuggling and murder
when he tries to to earn some easy money.
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John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter,
Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford. Director:
Michael Curtiz.
Breakthrough....010....(91) Dec. 9, '50
War Drama. Infantry lieutenant, whose
feud with his colonel is forgotten in battle,
ultimately is recommended by the colonel
to succeed to his command when he is
transferred to headquarters. David Brian,
John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, Suzanne Dalbert.
Director: Lewis Seller.
ueCaptain Horatio Hornblower....030
(117) Aug. 11
Technicolor Drama. Exploits of an English
sea captain in the war against Napoleon
in 1807. Receiving help from a Spanish
rebel ship, he turns a captured Spanish
warship over to them. Later, learning of an
English-Spanish treaty he recovers the warship.
Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert
Beatty. Director: Raoul Walsh.
©Dallas. .011. ...(94) Dec. 30, '50
Technicolor Western Drama. Ex-Confederate
officer assumes identity of an eastern
dude U.S. marshal in order to stalk the
three men who wiped out his family and
fortune. Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve
Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton.
Director: Stuart Heisler.
Enforcer, The....015....(87) Feb. 24
Melodrama. Assistant district attorney
seeking evidence against a murder ring, discovers
a girl witness to an unsolved killing.
He has to smash the entire ring before she
agrees to testify. Humphrey Bogart, Ted de
Corsia, Zero Mostel, Roy Roberts, Everett
Sloane. Director: Bretaigne Windust. (A
United States Pictures Production.)
©Fort Worth. .028... (80) July 14
Technicolor Western Drama. Crusading
newspaper editor seeks to bring railroad into
frontier town. He quarrels with his best
friend, a cattleman who wants to keep the
railroad out, but wins the fight. Randolph
Scott, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter, Helena
Carter. Director: Edwin L. Marin.
GlassMenagerie, The...007 .(107)....Oct. 28, '50
Drama. Based on Tennessee Williams' stage
play. Shy, crippled girl, living in her own
little world surrounded by a collection of
miniature glass animals, awakens to reality
when love comes into her life. Jane Wyman.
Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur
Kennedy. Director: Irving Rapper.
Goodbye, My Fancy. .024. ..(107) May 19
Comedy. Congresswoman returns to college
where she had been involved in scandal with
its president when both were students, to
accept honorary degree. Romance blooms
again but a current suitor wins her. Joan
Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy,
Eve Arden. Director: Vincent Sherman.
Highway 301. ...012... (83) Jan. 13
Melodrama. Young girl falls in love with a
mobster, unaware that he is a member of
the notorious Tri-State gang. She discovers
his identity and the gang leader tries to kill
her. Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby
Andre, Edmon Ryan, Robert Webber. Director:
Andrew Stone.
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I 023
(83) May 5
Drama. The actual experience of Matt
Cvetic who posed as a Communist for years.
Eventually he testified against Red leaders
before a Congressional committee and at the
same time cleared his own name. Frank
Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, James
MUlican. Director: Gordon Douglas.
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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison. ...026
(87) June 16
Drama. Semi-documentary account of the
last chapters in Folsom's bloody history before
successful prison reforms were instituted.
Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip
Carey, Ted de Corsia, Dorothy Hart. Director:
Crane Wilbur.
Lightning Striites Twice... .019... (91) Mar. 10
Drama. Girl meets and marries a man recently
acquitted of murdering his wife. She
learns another woman loves him and is the
real murderer. The killer dies in an escape
attempt. Ruth Roman, Richard Todd,
Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott. Director:
King Vidor.
©Lullaby of Broadway. .020. ..(92) Mar. 24
Technicolor Musical. Daughter of a fading
musical comedy star moves into servants
quarters of large home believing it belongs
to her mother and has been leased. A comedy
of errors results. Doris Day, Gene Nelson,
S. Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, Gladys
George. Director: David Butler.
©On Moonlight Bay....029.... (95) July 28
Technicolor Musical. In 1917 a girl moves
to a small town with her young brother and
her father who objects to her romance with
a "radical" college student. Boy enlists and
the father allows the marriage. Doris Day,
Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray, Jack Smith,
Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp. Director:
Roy Del Ruth.
Only the Valiant....022....(105) Apr. 21
Historical Western Drama. U.S. cavalry
captain and his lieutenant are rivals in love.
The captain, a strong disciplinarian, is
hated by his men until he proves himself in
Indian fighting. Gregory Peck, Barbara
Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon
Chaney. Director: Gordon Douglas.
Operation Pacific... 013. ...(109) Jan. 27
War Drama. Story of undersea warfare in
the Pacific between American submarines
and enemy surface craft. Romance supplied
by a navy nurse and a submarine commander.
John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward
Bond, Philip Carey, Scott Forbes. Director
George Waggner.
Pretty Baby ...004... (92) Sept. 16, '50
Comedy. Innocent hoax by young stenographer,
who uses a life-size doll to get a
seat on a crowded subway, involves her in
all sorts of complications with a baby food
tycoon. Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake,
Zachary Scott, Edmund Gwenn. Director:
Bretaigne Windust.
Raton Pass... .021... (84) Apr. 7
Western. Ranch owner marries a ruthless
adventuress. He sells out to her but after a
battle with her renegade ranch hand partner,
in which she is killed, he regains his
property. Dermis Morgan, Patricia Neal,
Steve Cochran. Director: Edwin L. Marin.
Rocky Mountain 008 (83) Nov. 11, '50
Drama. Massacre by Indians of a band of
Confederate soldiers who set out to
gain control of the West during the Civil
War. Errol Flynn. Patrice Wymore, Scott
Forbes. Director: William Keighley.
Storm Warnlng....014....(91) Feb. 10
Melodrama. Girl visiting in the south is involved
in a lynching case wherein a crusading
district attorney seeks to indict the
Ku Klux Klan. Ginger Rogers, Ronald
Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran. Director:
Stuart Heisler.
Strangers on a Train. 027 ... (101) June 30
Melodrama. Two men meet on a train. One
suggests a murder pact in which he will kill
the unwanted wife of the other, in return
for the killing of his own father. Though
the sane man refuses the pact, the maniac
carries out his part of the bargain. Farley
Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo
G. Carroll. Director: Alfred Hitchcock.
©Sugarfoot....016.... (80) Mar. 3
Technicolor Western Drama. Ex-Confederate
officer seeks to build new life in Arizona.
Dance hall girl and a merchant befriend
him and together they fight the
forces of evil in the town. Randolph Scott,
Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey, S. Z.
Sakall. Director: Edwin L. Marin.
©Tea for Two... 001... (98) Sept. 2, '50
Technicolor Musical. Trials and tribulations
of a group of show people during the depression
days of '29, as they attempt to find
an "angel" to finance their musical production.
Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene
Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy
De Wolfe, S. Z. Sakall. Director: David
Butler.
Three Secrets....006....(98) Oct. 14, '50
Drama. Three women from widely divergent
walks of life, who five years previously had
given up their sons at birth, come together
after a mountain plane crash in which the
sole survivor is a little boy who might be
the child of any one of the three. Eleanor
Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Frank
Lovejoy, Leif Erickson. Director: Robert
Wise. (A United States Pictures Production.)
West Point Story, The....009
(107) Nov. 25, '50
Musical. Broadway director, with impressive
war record, goes to West Point to stage
musical starring two cadets. He imports
Hollywood actress for lead and romance
with cadet follows. James Cagney, Virginia
Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene
Nelson, Alan Hale jr. Director: Roy Del
Ruth.
(REISSUES)
Alcatraz Island....002.... (64) Sept. 9, '50
Melodrama. Ann Sheridan, John Litel, Gordon
Oliver.
Dodge City....017....(104) Mar. 17
Outdoor Drama. Errol Flyrm, Olivia de
Havilland, Ann Sheridan.
San Quentin....003....(70) Sept. 9, '5*
Melodrama. Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart,
Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane.
Virginia City....018....(121) Mar, 17
Outdoor Drama. Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins,
Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart.
Miscellaneous
Again . . . Pioneers!
(90) Protestant Film Commission
Drama. Produced at MGM and Nassour
studios. Presents the reaction of an American
community to the encroachment of a
migrant camp and resulting social problems.
Colleen Townsend, Tom Powers,
Regis Toomey, Pat Gleason, Jimmy Hunt.
Director: William Beaudine. (Available
only in 16mm. >
©Alice in Wonderland
(81) Souvalne Selective Picts.
Ansco Color Fantasy With Puppets. Produced
in France by Lou Bunin. This version
of the Lewis Carroll classic employs a live
Alice with puppets portraying the Wonderland
animals and characters. There is a
live-action prologue. Carol Marsh, Stephen
Murray, Pamela Brown, Felix Aylmer,
Ernest Milton. Director: Dallas Bower.
Appointment With Crime
(90) Four Continents
Drama. British-made. Thief serves term
for a robbery and commits a revenge murder.
He again plunges into the underworld
and is caught, after another big robbery, by
a Scotland Yard inspector. William Hartnell,
Robert Beatty, Joyce Howard, Raymond
Lovell. Director: John Howard.
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Derek Bond. Director: Charles Prank. (A
J. Arthur Rank film relea.sed in England
in 1947 as "Uncle Silas.")
Interrupted Journey... (80) Snader Prods.
Melodrama. British-made. English author
elopes with a married woman. On the train
he dreams of a hectic series of adventures,
awakens and returns to his wife. Valerie
Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden,
Tom Walls. Director: Daniel Birt.
It's Hard to Be Good. (93) Pentagon Picts.
Comedy Drama. British-made. War hero
falls in love with his nurse and decides to
devote his life to preaching peace and
goodwill, which course leads him into a
series of mishaps. Jimmy Hanley, Anne
Crawford, Raymond Huntley. Director:
Jeffrey Dell.
King of the Bullwhip
(59) Western Adven. Prods.
Western. Two U.S. marshals set out to
trap a masked bandit who is an expert
with the bullwhip. Climax is a duel with
whips between the bandit and the hero.
Al "Lash" LaRue, Al "Fuzzy" St. John,
Jack Holt, Tom Neal, Anne Gwynne. Director:
Ron Ormond.
Last Holiday. .(88)
Stratford Picts Nov. 3, '50
Comedy Drama. Salesman, told he has
only a few weeks to live, spends his savings
at a swank hotel, helps many persons and
turns down financial opportunities offered
him, only to learn that he is not going
to die. As the hotel guests await him at
a testimonial dinner, he is killed in an auto
crash. Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell,
Kay Walsh. Director: Henry Cass.
Look Before You Love. .(96) Bell Picts.
Drama. British-made. A good woman marries
a con man and tries unsuccessfully to
reform him. He shakes down her wealthy
suitor, offering a divorce as the bait. Margaret
Lockwood, Griffith Jones, Norman
Wooland, Phyllis Stanley. Director: Harold
Huth.
Lost People, The
(89) Pentagon Picts Oct. '50
Melodrama. British-made. Romance of
two displaced persons in group torn by dissension.
Grievances are forgotten when
threat of plague develops among them.
Dennis Price. Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough,
Maxwell Reed. Siobhan Mc-
Kenna, William Hartnell. Director: Bernard
Knowles.
Mail Order Brides. .. (65) ...Distinguished Films
Drama. French-made film with Englishdubbed
dialog. Young bride is found
stranded on a desert by natives. How she
got there is told in flashback. George
Marcel. Renee Faure, Helen Vita. Director:
Serge De Poligny. (Originally a French film
titled, "Torrent.")
Man on the Run... (82)
Stratford Picts Aug. 29
Drama. Story of army deserter who is
implicated in a murder. Girl befriends him
and aids in tracking down the killers.
Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins. Edward Chapman.
Laurence Harvey. Director: Lawrence
Huntington.
Maniacs on Wheels... .2C
(76) Infl Ret. Org July 11
Action Drama. British-made. Experiences
of a professional motorcycle racer. He
finally concludes he is too old and retires
from the sport. Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano,
Renee Asherson, Bill Owen. Director:
Jack Lee.
Massacre Hill (formerly "Eureka Stockade")
1C...(72) Infl Rel. Org June
Drama. Australian-made. Gold miners fight
for rights against governor and police
troops. They are defeated and leaders tried,
but public opinion forces reforms. Chips
Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Peter lUing, Gordon
Jackson, Sydney Loder. Director:
Harry Watt.
Matter of Murder, A. (52) Hoffberg Prods.
Melodrama. British-made. Worthless
woman, for whom a clerk has embezzled his
employer's funds, is murdered. He is used
as a decoy by Scotland Yard to trap the
killers. John Barry, Maureen Riscoe, Ivan
Craig, Ian Fleming. Director: John Gilling.
Medium, The. ..(85)
Lopert Films
Musical Drama. Produced in Italy, with
dialog in song. Fake medium is terrified
by cold hands at a seance. She blames a
deaf mute boy, who assists her, and kills
him, but is never sure it was not a spirit.
Marie Powers. Anna Maria Alberghetti,
Leo Coleman, Belva Kibler. Director: Gian-
Carlo Menotti.
Midnight Blonde.... (77)
Arthur Davis
Associates Aug. 15
British-made. Stars Frances Day. Director:
Kurt Bernhardt.
Murder Without Crime... (76)
Stratford Picts May 25
Mystery Drama. Dennis Price, Derek Farr.
Native Son. ..(90) Classic Picts.
Drama. Made in Argentina. Screen version
of Richard Wright's novel of a Negro who
accidentally kills his employer's daughter.
He flees with his sweetheart but murders
her when he believes she has turned him in
to the police. Jean Wallace, Richard Wright,
Nicholas Joy, Gloria Madison. Director:
Pierre Chenal.
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
(95) Renown Picts Feb.
Melodrama. British-made. Abducted by
jewel thieves, heroine is stolen from them
by another gang to be held for ransom.
Romance develops with the gang leader
and when he is shot -she kills herself. Jack
LaRue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers,
Leslie Bradley. Director: St. John L.
Clowes.
No Place for Jennifer... (90)
Stratford Picts June 22
Drama. Domestic drama highlighting the
effects of divorce and remarriage of her
parents on a 12-year-oId girl. Leo Genn,
Beatrice Campbell, Rosamund John. Director:
Henry Cass.
Outsider, The .. (95) Ballantine Picts.
Drama. British-made. Wounded veteranteacher
in upper-class English "public
school" befriends boy from the lower classes
sent there as a student. Through his efforts
a scholarship is established for such boys.
Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Bernard
Miles, Robert Flemyng. Director: Roy
Boulting.
Pancho Villa Returns. ..(95) Hispano Cont'l
Historical Adventure Drama. Made in
Mexico with English dialog. His marriage
prevented by the outbreak of revolution, a
soldier deserts his garrison to prevent
forced marriage of his sweetheart, and is
sentenced to be shot. Leo Carrillo, Esther
Fernandez, Jeanette Comber, Rudolfo
Acosto. Director: Miguel Contreras Torres.
©Pinafore... (70)
Hoffberg Prods.
Kodachrome 16mm Operetta. Screen presentation
of Gilbert & Sullivan's most
famous operetta. Features The California
Light Opera Company. Arthur Lane, Mary
Patrick, Vickie Vale, Tommy Glynn, Jim
Hamilton. (Produced in the Republic
Studios, Hollywood, by Film Operettas, Inc.)
Pink String and Sealing Wax
(75) Pentagon Picts Oct. '50
Drama. British-made. Maladjusted son falls
in love with married woman who involves
him in the murder of her husband. His
father saves him and woman commits
suicide. Google Withers, Mervyn Johns,
Gordon Jackson, Catherine Lacey, Garry
Marsh. Director: Robert Hamer.
Clare
(100) Stratford Picts May 18
Drama. Grandmother tells story of her
three marriages in flashback to her granddaughter,
seeking to prevent the girl from
Portrait of
marrying ill-advisedly. Margaret Johnston,
Robin Bailey, Richard Todd, Ronald Howard.
Director: Lance Comfort.
Rats of Tobruk, The . (85) David Brill
War Drama. Australian-made. Adventures
of three .soldiers in World War II. They
survive campaigns in North Africa and New
Guinea. Only one lives to return to Australia,
a hero. Chips Rafferty, Grant Taylor.
Peter Finch, Pauline Garrick, Mary
Gray. Director: Charles Chauvel.
Reluctant Widow, The (86) Fine Ar's Films
Costume Drama. British-made. On the
eve of the Battle of Waterloo, England is
riddled by French spies. At a seacoast
tavern a beautiful woman becomes involved
in a tangled web of Intrigue. Jean Kent.
Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron, Lana Morris,
Paul Dupuis, Julian Dallas. Director: Bernard
Knowles.
Secrets of Nature
(80) Oxford Films. ..Sept. '50
Documentary. (English commentary.) Mode
of living of wild animals is recorded in
four sequences, "Biography of a Fish,"
"Experiment at the Zoo," "Duel to the
Death" and "Stork Story." Secjuences directed
by Boris Pavlov and Boris Dolin.
Seven Days to Noon
(93) Distinguished Films
Drama. British-made. Religious worker in
an atom bomb plant threatens, anonymously,
to blow up the city of London unless
manufacture of the atom bomb is
stopped. Residents are ordered evacuated.
Barry Jones, Olive Sloane, Andre Morelle,
Sheila Manahan. Directors: Roy and John
Boulting.
Sin of Esther Waters. 3C
(65) Int'l Rel. Org Sept.
Drama. British-made. Kitchen maid,
seduced by butler in wealthy home where
both are employed, has an illegitimate son,
and he marries another. Years later they
meet again and marry. He dies and she returns
to the home where she had first met
him. Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde. Cyril
Cusack, Ivor Barnard, Fay Compton. Directors:
Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud. (J.
Arthur Rank.i
Striptease Murder Case. ..(40) Classic Picts.
Mystery Musical. Underworld character,
who threatens romance of two young nightclub
entertainers, is murdered. Boy is suspected
but drug addict confesses killing.
Dennis Harrison, Janie Ford, Al Sanford,
Denise Darnell. Director: Hugh Prince.
©Tales of Hoffmann
(138) Lopert Films
Technicolor Opera Ballet. British-made.
With dialog in recitative manner of opera
and singing voices dubbed in, this tells the
story of Hoffmann's four tragic love affairs.
Moira Shearer, Leonide Massine, Robert
Helpmann. Pamela Brown, Ludmilla
Tcherina. Directors: Michael Powell,
Emeric Pressburger. (London Films.)
Third Time Lucky. ...4C
(87) Int'l Bel. Org Nov. '51
Melodrama. British-made. Young girl sus-
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pect in shooting of gambler, reveals herself
as his partner and the helpless victim
in his feud with a rival gambler. She is
freed. Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh, Charles
Goldner. Harcourt Williams, Yvonne Owen.
Director: Gordon Parry.
Tony Draws a Horse. ..(90). .Fine Arts Films
Farce. British-made. A physician and his
wife differ about the upbringing of their
son. They separate and she goes to live
with her parents, whose home she di.srupts
before she comes to her senses and makes
amends. Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford,
Derek Bond, Joan Parsons. Director: John
Paddy Carstairs.
With These Hands... (50)
Classic Picts.
Documentary Drama. Originally produced
by International Ladies' Garment Workers
union for its members. Cloakmaker, applying
for retirement pension, reminisces about
his early days with the union as a crusading
garment worker who ultimately sees
his dreams realized. Sam Levene, Arlene
Francis, Joseph Wiseman, Louis Sorin,
Rudy Bond. Director: Jack Arnold.
Wooden Horse, The. (98) Snader Prods.
Drama. British-made. A group of British
officers escape from a German prison camp
by concealing a man in a wooden gymnasium
horse. Smuggled into the compound,
the hidden worker digs an escape
tunnel. Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony
Steel, David Greene. Director: Jack
Lee.
You Can't Fool an Irishman
(67) Bell Picts July
Comedy. Made in Ireland. Self-styled
Hollywood genius moves in on Irish countryside
to produce St. Patrick film. Money
mixups follow close on love mixups. Tommy
Duggan, Shamus Locke, Shirl Conwa,y,
Josephine Fitzgerald. Director: Alfred
Travers.
Foreign Language
(All have English subtitles unless otherwise
stated. Foreign dialog indicated after
film title.)
Blue Angel, The.. ..German
(97) Classic Picts Reissue
Comedy Drama. Revised from the German
film released in the early '30's. High school
teacher falls in love with beer hall singer.
He marries her, travels with the troupe and
at length discovers she is unfaithful to him.
Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Kurt Gerron,
Rosa Valetti. Director: Josef von
Sternberg.
Buried Alive. ...Italian
(83) Casolaro Films.. ..Jan. 12
Historical Melodrama. In 1860 an Italian
Royalist buries his mother alive to inherit
lier estate. His sister is rescued from him
by her sweetheart, a soldier in Garibaldi's
army. Milly Vitale, Paul Muller, Evi Maltagliati,
Tina Lattanzi, Piero Palermini. Director:
Guido Brignone.
Cheat, The French... (87) Discina Int'l
Drama. Unfaithful wife of owner of riding
academy is crippled in an accident. Flashbacks
reveal story of their marriage, his
self-sacrifice and her mercenary, ruthless
ambition. Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret.
Jane Marken, Frank Villard. Director:
Yves Allegret.
Christina ("Das Madchen Christine")
Italian. ..(85) Central Cinema ...Jan. 13
Historical Drama. Romance and adventure
in Germany during the Thirty-Year War.
Petra Peters, Wolfgang Lukschy, Tilly
Lauenstein, Use Hulper. Director: Arthur
Maria Rabenalt. (DEFA Deutsche Film
A. G.I
Crossroads of Passion.. ..French
(96) Films Int'l
Melodrama. Motivated by revenge, Italian
girl becomes an espionage agent for the
Germans. She regrets her activity when
her own friends are killed through information
she has obtained. She seeks to escape
but is caught and shot. 'Viviane Romance,
Valentina Cortesa, Clement Duhour, Fosco
Giachettl. Director: Jacques Companeez.
Desert Bride. ..French... (90). ...Hoffl)erg Prods.
Drama. A murderer, a detective on his trail
and a professional soldier down on his luck
enlist in the Foreign Legion. One man marries
a native girl. They volunteer for a
dangerous mission and only the detective
survives. Jean Gabin, Annabella, Almos,
LeVigan. Director: Julien Duvivier.
Difficult
Years. ...Italian
(90) Lopert Films Sept. '50
Drama. Traces the experiences of a lower
middle class Sicilian family through a
decade of fascism under Mussolini. Umberto
Spadaro, Massimo Girotti, Ave Ninchi,
Odette Bedogni. Director: Luigi Zampa.
Doctor, Beware!. ...Italian
(90) Academy Films
Comedy. Young doctor takes a job in an
orphans' home to pay off debts acquired
in dissipation. A girl inmate learns to love
him and helps him to solve his difficulties.
Vittoria de Sica, Anna Magnani, Irasema
Dillian, Adriana Benedetti. Director: Vittorio
de Sica.
Face to the Wind. ..French
(85) Souvaine Selective Picts.
Comedy Drama. A group of street urchins
embark on a. career of dog-snatching. With
the rewards they play Robin Hood to the
impoverished adults of the community.
Jackie Gencel. Pierre Larquey, Armontel,
Georges Gosset, Laurence Aubray. Director:
Robert Vernay.
Film Without a Name....German
(79) Oxford Films. ...Oct. 10, '50
Drama. An actor, an author and a director
discuss making a picture of the life of a
young girl. Three possible versions of the
plot are presented. Hildegarde Neff, Willy
Fritsch, Hans Sohnker, Irene von Meyendorff.
Director: Rudolph Jugert.
Flame of Paris, The. ...French
(60) Hoffberg Prods.
Musical Comedy. French author goes to
Tunisia where he becomes interested in a
girl of the streets, whom he brings back
to Paris to introduce as a princess. She
captivates the city. Josephine Baker, Albert
Prejean, Robert Arroux, Germaine Aussey.
Director: Edmond T. Greville.
Formosa. Chinese... (80) Hoffberg Prods.
Drama. First modern Chinese dramatic
production shown in the U.S. Story deals
with a young graduate doctor who comes
to the hills intent on bringing better standards
of living to the primitive mountainfolk.
His love for an island princess is opposed
by her father, and the girl drowns
herself in the sea. Shen Min, Tsung Yao,
Lin Tse Hou, Chow Yin Yun, Sou Hu. Director:
Ho Fei-Kwong.
French White Cargo.. ..French
(89) Distinguished Films
Drama. How two competing European
newspaper reporters, one a man, the other
a girl, capture a dangerous white slave ring,
and find romance together. Jean Pierre
Aumont, Dalio, Suzy Prim, Kathryn De-
Nagy, Jules Berry, Charles Granval. Director:
Robert Siodmak.
From Little Acorns. ...French
(98) Souvaine Selective Picts.
Comedy Drama. Adapted from the world
famous Goncourt Prize novel, "La Maternelle,"
by Leon Frapie. Filmed some 20
years ago, but with a different version, by
Jean Benoit-Levy. This one depicts the
little comedies and tragedies in the lives
of a group of nursery school children from
the slums of Paris. Jackie Gencel, Blanchette
Brunoy, Pierre Larquey, Yves 'Vincent,
Marie Dea. Director: Henri Diamant-
Berger.
God Needs Men....French....(90)....A.F.E. Corp.
Drama. Troubles of inhabitants of a small
island when their priest deserts them and
an arch criminal goes unchecked. Church
sexton tries to take priest's place and turns
the criminal over to police who arrive to
investigate. Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine
Robinson, Daniel Gelin, Andree Clement,
Jean Brochard. Director: Jean Delarmoy.
Hidden River. ..Spanish.... (98) ....Clasa-Mohme
Drama. Mexican-made. Schoolteacher in
a Mexican village opposes a tyrannical rich
man and battles a smallpox epidemic, with
aid of young medical student. Maria Felix,
Fernando Fernandez, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma.
Director: Emilio Fernandez.
Hoboes in Paradise. ..French
(84) Distinguished Films
Comedy Fantasy. Killed in an accident,
two men, dressed as saints for a masquerade,
go first to Hell and then to Heaven,
but are returned to life to profit by their
experience. Raimu, Fernandel, Alerme.
Armand Bernard. Director: Rene Le Henaff.
(Produced by Gaumont Productions.)
Ignace....French....(78) Mot. Pict. Sales
Musical Comedy. Orderly serves his colonel
well, speaking of nothing he sees. He even
masquerades as the colonel, in his absence,
to impress the general. Fernandel, Alice
Tissot, Saturnin Fabre, Nita Raya, Dany
Lorys, Charpin. Director: Pierre Colombier.
L' Affaire.. ..French. (92). Int'l Film Associates
Drama. Loyal wife allows herself to be
drawn into a compromising situation. Her
husband discovers her indiscretion but forgives
her. Claude Dauphin, Anne Vernon,
Henri Guisol, Jacqueline Francois. Director:
E. E. Reinert.
La Ronde....French ...(83)....Commercial Picts.
Drama. A cycle of scenes between two people,
in each case a man and a woman,
depicting love episodes. The whole is loosely
tied together by the proprietor of a carousel
who touches the lives of all. Anton Walbrook,
Simone Simon, Danielle Darrieux,
Isa Miranda, Fernand Gravet, Jean-Louis
Barrault. Director: Max Ophuls.
Lady Paname... .French. ...(97) Discina Int'l
Comedy. Singer, combining an impromptu
strip tease with a song to which she has no
legal right, becomes a sensation. As a
result, her sweetheart becomes involved in
a duel but all ends well. Louis Jouvet, Henri
Guisol, Suzy Delair, Monique Melinand.
Director: Henri Jeanson.
Last Illusion, The. ... German.. (89)..Films Int'l
Melodrama. Plight of a professor who returns
from America to teach in his old
German university. He is defeated by anti-
Semitism. Frizt Kortner, Johanna Hofer,
Rosemary Murphy, Lina Carstens, Ernst
Schroder. Director: Josef von Baky.
Lovers of Verona, The. ..French
(94) Souvaine Selective Picts.
Melodrama. Stand-ins working with a motion
picture company making a film version
of "Romeo and Juliet" have an ill-starred
and tragic romance paralleling the immortal
Shakespearean play. Serge Reggiani,
Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimee, Louis
Salou. Director: Andre Cayatte.
Mad Queen, The... Spanish
(107) Azteca Films
Historical Romantic Drama. The Spanish
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queen discovers her husband's infideUties.
Overwrought, she is the victim of a court
intrigue which seeks to prove she is mad.
Aurora Bautista, Fernando Rey, Sara Montiel.
Jorge Mistral, Jesus Tordesillas. Director:
Juan de Orduna.
Manon...,French ....(91) Dlscina Int'l
Drama. Modern version of Prevost's novel,
"Manon Lescaut." Tragic story of a young
girl who is unfaithful to her lover in the
mistaken idea that she is helping him.
Cecile Aubry, Michel Auclair, Serge Reggiani.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Marie of the Port. ...French
(90) Bellon-Ffoulke
Drama. Love triangle develops between a
middle-aged cafe owner, his mistress, and
the woman's younger unsophisticated sister.
The girl turns from her rustic suitor to the
older man. Jean Gabin, Blanchette Brunoy,
Nicol Courcel, Carette. Claude Romain. Director:
Marcel Came.
Mill on the Po, The ('11 MuUno del Po")
Italian (96) Lux Films. ..Oct. '51
Drama. Story of a love doomed to tragedy
on the banks of the river Po. Based on
Riccardo Bacchelli's novel of Italian life at
the turn of the century. Carla del Poggio,
Jacques Sernas. Director: Alberto Lattuada.
Minne. ...French (82) Commercial Picts.
Comedy Drama. Married to her stodgy
cousin, a beautiful French woman grows
bored and has several affairs. When her
husband says she must choose between
losing him and behaving herself, she reforms.
Daniele Delorme. Frank Villard,
Jean Tissier, Claude Nicot. Director: Jacqueline
Audry.
Miquette. ..French... (83) Discina Int'l
Farce. A timid youth is betrothed to an
heiress to break up his romance with a
girl his guardian also loves. The girl runs
away but after many misunderstandings
they are reunited. Louis Jouvet, Daniele
Delorme, Bourvil, Saturnin Fabre. Director:
Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Monticello Here We Come... Yiddish and
English... (74)
Cinema Service
Novelty Musical Comedy. Songs, sketches,
and folklore arranged and performed in
separate acts by Jewish artists. Jokes between
acts are told in English. Larry
Daniels, Burton Sisters, Menasha Skulnick,
Michel Rosenberg. Director: Joe Seiden.
My First Love.. ..French
(89) Arthur Davis Associates. ...June 15
Comedy Drama. A young man, with a
mother complex, finds it difficult to believe
she is a woman who could, and, in
fact, does, fall in love. Gerard Nary, Jacqueline
Delubac. Aime Clariond. Director:
Berthomieu.
My Widow and I. ...Italian
(81) Distinguished Films.. ..Aug. 29, '50
Comedy. Man, mistakenly pronounced dead,
goes on a trip with his wife, and is forced
to pose as his brother-in-law while a
former suitor pays court to his wife. Vittorio
de Sica, Isa Miranda, Gino Cervi,
Dina Galli, Luigi Almiranti. Director: Aldo
de Benedetti.
Oh, Amelia.. ..French
(86) Lux Films.. ..Oct. '51
Comedy. Announcing his betrothal to his
friend's mistress in order to gain an inheritance,
the hero is forced to go through
with the marriage and amusing and risque
complications result. Danielle Darrieux,
Jean Desailly, Andre Bervil, Armontel. Director:
Claude Autant-Lara.
Original Sin, The.. ..German
(90) Lopert Films
Fantasy. Wealthy manufacturer, in the
center of a wife-mistress triangle, dreams
he is Adam in the Garden of Eden and his
mistress is Eve. All Hell breaks loose when
Eve persuades him to pick up the apple.
Bettina Moissi, Bobby Todd, Joana Maria
Gorvin. Director: Helmut Kautner.
Orpheus... French. ..(86) Discina Int'l
Fantasy. Four people experience death and
restoration to life, in a modern version of
the Orpheus myth, and conclude that death
is to be preferred to life. Narration by
Romney Brent. Jean Marais, Francois
Perier, Maria Casares, Maria Dea. Director:
Jean Cocteau.
Paris 1900 French... (76) Mayer-Kingsley
Documentary. Compilation of French newsreel
clips dealing with pre-World War I
epoch (1900-1914). Maurice Chevalier,
Sarah Bernhardt, Leon Blum, Georges
Carpentier, Claude Debussy. Andre Gide,
Edmond Rostand, Buffalo Bill. Narrator:
Monty WooUey.
Path of Hope, The.. ..Italian
(104) Lux Films. ..Fall '51
Drama. Story of a group of Sicilian
peasants searching for a means of livelihood.
When the sulphur mine in their
village is closed, they wander across Europe
and are finally admitted to France.
Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Franco Navarra,
Luciana Coluzzi, Angelina Scaldaferri. Director:
Pietro Germi.
©Rancho Grande. ...Spanish
(100) Azteca Films.. ..June 7
Cinecolor Drama With Music. Young ranch
foreman quarrels with his employer when
he mistakenly believes the latter has compromised
his sweetheart. He learns the
truth and all ends happily. Jorge Negrete,
Lilia del Valle, Eduardo Noriega, Trio
Calavaras, Lupe Inclan. Director: Fernando
de Fuentes.
Red Angel, The. French (97) Spalter Int'l
Melodrama. Ex-criminal opens a night club
in Paris with his South American paramour
as the star. A love triangle develops
and both are killed. Tilda Thamar, Paul
Meurisse, Berval, Paul Demange. Director:
Jacques Danial-Norman.
Rendezvous With Tomorrow. ..French
(102) Souvaine Selective Picts.
Comedy. Story of postwar French youth,
their lives and loves, hopes, dreams and
ambitions. Also, the problems that confront
them in a world different than thenparents
knew. Daniel Gelin, Brigitte Auber,
Nicole Courcel. Director: Jacques
Becker.
Riptide. French. (75) Films Int'l
Melodrama. Series of character studies of
associates of a murderer in flight, who takes
refuge for a short time in a seaside resort
before he kills himself. Gerade Philipe,
Madeleine Robinson, Jane Marken, Jean
Pervars. Director: Yves Allegret.
FROM COAST
TO COAST!
Seven Journeys. German... (84)
Bell Pictures June
Drama. An old car, being stripped for junk,
"tells" the highlights of its life with seven
owners. Bettina Moissi, Winnie Markus.
Karl John, Erica Balque, Eva Gotthardt,
Hermann Speelmanns, Fritz Wagner. Director:
Helmut Kautner. (Formerly distributed
by Vogue Pictures, i
Sinners, The. ...French.. ..(98) Lopert Films
Drama. Innocent girl is placed in reform
school under the supervision of a cruel directress.
Her lover, with aid of inmates,
helps her to escape, but she dies while police
pursue them. Serge Reggiani, Suzanne
Cloutier, Jean Davy, Suzy Prim. Director:
Julien Duvivier.
Song of Dolores.. ..Spanish
(85) Lux Films. ..June
Musical Melodrama. Peasant girl is res-
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priest. He goes to prison and she marries
an innkeeper. When he is released she
must make a choice between them. Imperio
Argentina. Enrique Diosdato. Manolito
Diaz, Ricardo Canales. Director; Benito
Perojo.
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Showplacc of the Nation Rockefeller Center, N. Y.
Sontr of My Heart. ..Italian
(86) Crown Prods.
Operatic Comedy. Bored small-town wife
follows a visiting operatic tenor back to
the city. Her husband arrives and the tenor
assists in bringing about the reconciliation.
Giuseppe Lugo, Ruby D'Alma, Ugo Ceseri,
Guglielmo Sinaz. Director: Guido Brignone.
Souvenir French... (100) Pathe Cinema
Romantic Drama. After a lovers' parting
girl attempts suicide. She becomes an airplane
hostess and lover must overcome a
rival when he seeks to win her again. Michele
Morgan, Jean Marais, Jean Chevrier.
Director: Jean Delannoy.
Sylvie and the Phantom.. ..French
(85) Discina Int'l
Fantasy. Ghost, loved by young girl, enters
into the fun at her birthday party. When
she falls for a living man he returns to
heaven. Odette Joyeux, Francois Perier,
Louis Salou, Julien Carette, Jacques Tati.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara.
Thrill That Kills, The....ItaUan
(80) Distinguished Films
Drama. (Added English sound track.) Story
of a boy dope peddler. His real father befriends
him and persuades him to join a
merchant ship as a sailor, but never reveals
their relationship. Posco Giachetti,
Jacques Sernas, Olga Villi, Vittorio SanipoU.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi.
iZ-Jn institution known throughout the
world for its presentation of outstanding
motion pictures and stage shows
notable for their good taste, beauty
and perfection of execution.
Chester Erskine
Director
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Treasured Earth... Hungarian
(100) Artkino
Drama. A peasant tries to cultivate a small
tract of land against great odds in the opposition
of a wealthy landholder and a severe
drought. Adam Szirtes. Agi Meszaros,
Arpad Lehotay. Director: Frigyes Ban.
Two Madonnas, The ("Le Due Madonne")
Italian (92) Casolaro Films. Dec. 1, '50
Stars Eva Nova.
Two Orphans, The.. ..Italian
(92) Globe Film Distrs.
Costume Melodrama. Blind girl is separated
from her sister and lost in Paris. She suffers
great hardships but is rescued and a
doctor restores her sight. Valli. Maria
Denis, Osvaldo Valenti, Roberto Villa.
Otello T0.S0. Director: Carmine Gallone.
isnes
Under the Olive Tree. ...Italian
(107) Lux Films....Oct. "51
Melodrama. Tribulations of a shepherd,
returned from the war, to find the villain
has stolen his sheep and his girl. In the
struggle between the men the girl's younger
sister is murdered. Raf Vallone, Lucia
Bose, Falco Lulli, Maria Grazia Francia.
Dante Maggio. Director: Giuseppe De
Santis.
Ways of Love. ...French and Italian
(120) Joseph Burstyn
Episodic Dramas. Three separate stories
with different casts and directors.
"A Day
in the Country": Young girl has affair with
stranger during a family outing. "Jofroi":
An old man's fanatical devotion to trees he
has planted. "The Miracle": Demented girl
is seduced by man she believes to be St.
Joseph. Sylvia Bataille, Georges St. Saens.
Jeanne Marken. Vincent Scotto, Annie
Toinon, Henri Poupon, Anna Magnani. Directors:
Jean Renoir, Marcel Pagnol, Roberto
Rossellini.
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What's the Use of Money ("A Che Servono
Quest! Quattrini")... .Italian
(83) Continental Picts Oct. 13, '50
Stars Eduardo and Peppino de Pilippo,
Paolo Stoppa.
Where Is Zaza? ("Dove Sta Zaza"). Italian
(99) Casolaro Films. ..Nov. 3, '50
Stars Nino Taranto.
White Legs.. ..French
(99) Noel Meadow Associates
Drama. Story of a woman of endless affairs
sipping at many cups in her thirst for
love. Locale is a sedate fishing village
somewhere in Brittany. Suzy Delalr, Fernand
Ledoux, Arlette Thomas. Director;
Jean Gremillon.
White Line,
The.. ..Italian
(87) Lux Films...Fall '51
Drama. New frontier line, drawn between
two nations at the end of World War II,
divides a peaceful country in two parts.
Both dramatic and comical incidents result
when the existence of the inhabitants becomes
at once impossible. Gina LoUobrigida,
Raf Vallone, Erno Grisa, Enzo
Staiola. Director: Luigi Zampa.
Women Without Names.. ..Italian, English,
French... (93) Lopert Films
Drama. Struggle of a young widow to escape
from a refugee camp in order that her child
may not be born in prison. She dies in
childbirth but a guard takes the child to
raise. Simone Simon. Valentina Cortesa,
Francoise Rosay, Gino Cervi, Vivi Gioi. Director:
Geza Radvanyi.
Wonderful Times.. ..German
(86) Academy Films
Documentary. Compilation of old newsreels.
History of Germany from World War
I through Hitler. Commentator: Willy
Fritsch. Director: Gunter Neumann.
HERE'S to '52
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Detailed Information on All Releases
for the ; 950-5 J Season
SHORTS
inOEK
Columbia
ASSORTED AND ALL-STAR COiMEDIES
A Slip and a Miss .3422. .. (16) Nov. 9. '50
Hugh Herbert tells his marital woes to a
divorce judge, the trouble all having started
when he learned his wife could not cook
and was having her mother fix the meals.
Awful Sleuth. The. .3425. ..(16) Apr. 19
Bert Wheeler's hobby as a crime magazine
f.in pays off when he accidentally stumbles
onto a gang of thieves. But his mother-inlaw
collects the reward.
Blonde Atom Bomb .3415 ..(17) Mar. 8
Andy Clyde tries to buy off a night club
dancer nmning around with his nephew,
and winds up with everyone, including his
wife, after him.
Blunderful Time. A 3411 .(16'i) Sept.7,'50
Andy Clyde, in a dual role as himself and
his drunkard twin brother, gets things so
mixed up that no one knows whose wife is
whose.
Foy Meets Girl. 3412... (16%) Oct. 5, '50
Eddie Foy beomes involved with a wrestler's
wife and her husband.
Fun on the Run 3416 (16) May 10
Wally Vernon and Eddie Quillan start their
own vaudeville act, but go broke after meeting
a couple of goodtime golddiggers.
He Flew the Shrew 3413 (16' o) Jan. 11
Henpecked Wally 'Vernon hits the road with
gentleman tramp Eddie Quillan in his
search for the carefree life of a hobo.
Innocently Guilty 3423 (16) Dec. 21, '50
Bert Wheeler's jealous wife follows him on
a business trip. He innocently becomes involved
when he tries to help the wife of
a client.
Two Roaming Champs. ..3421
(16>-) Oct. 12. '50
Ex-world champs Max Baer and Maxie
Rosenbloom as private-eyes who get a real
"workout" in a haunted house.
Wedding: Yells 3414. (16) Feb. 8
Eddie Foy, engaged to a big, burly brunet,
becomes involved in a hilarious mixup when
he acts as stand-in at a friend's wedding.
Wine. Women and Bong!....3424
(15!-i) Feb. 22
Max Baer and Maxie Rosenbloom lie to
their wives about their absence the night
before, but are "crossed up" by television,
which shows them at a night club.
Woo Woo Blues. .3426 (16) July 12
Hugh Herbert's post -honeymoon is almost
ruined when an old flame attempts to blackmail
him with a batch of old love letters.
CANDID MICROPHONE
(One-Reel Specials—Series 3)
Candid Microphone No. 1....3551
(11) Oct. 12, '50
Candid Microphone No. 2. ...3552
(10) Dec. 14, '.50
Candid Microphone No. 3. ...3553
(10'/2) Feb. 15
Candid Microphone No. 4.. ..3554
(11) Apr. 12
Candid Microphone No. 5.. ..3555
(10! 4) June 14
Candid Microphone No. 6. ...3556
(10) Aug. 15
CAVALCADE OF BROADWAY
(With Danton Walker, Columnist)
China Doll, The 36.52 (11) Dec. 28, '50
Explanatory
Statistical and summary data
on the season's short subjects, arranged
alphabetically under company
groupings. Dates are 1951
unless otherwise stated.
PRODUCTION NUMBER immediately
foUo-ws title, except on
those listed in numerical order by
production number first.
RUNNING TIME (in parentheses)
follo'ws production number, or title.
RELEASE DATE at end of the
title
line.
Symbol ® indicates color photography.
New York's exotic night spot featuring
Oriental beauty and talent, including Ming
& Ling and Toy & Ling. Irwin Kent's
band furnishes the music.
Havana-Madrid....3653....(10) Apr. 12
One of Broadway's night clubs where the
rhumba is done in distinctive Latin style.
Features Jo.se Curbelo and His Band, singing
.star Dorothy Claire, mambo experts
Horacio and Lana, and comedian Henny
Nadell.
New York After Midnight .3654 ...(11). June 28
Night club personalities, such as Matty
Malneck, Margot Powers and Ann McCormack,
go to Freddie Robbins' Nest, where
they entertain each other.
Versailles, The 3651 ..(10) Oct. 26, "50
A tour through one of New York's most
glamorous night spots. Features crooner
Johnny Johnston and dance team Copsey
and Ayres.
COLOR FAVORITES (Re-Releases)
(Technicolor)
3601. ...Happy Tots' Expedition. ...(7). Sept. 7, '50
3602 ..Land of Fun... (7) Oct. 5, '50
3603 Peaceful Neighbors.... (8

3404.
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Droopy's
3860. ..The Great Director... (9) July 19
(Movie history of Cecil B. DeMille. Narrated
by Joel McCrea.i
SPECIAL FEATURETTES
(Technicolor)
Day With the F.B.I.. A. ...3440 (19) July 21
Produced by Louis de Rochemont. Shows
the FBI at work in the laboratory and in
the field.
Vatican, The... (38) Special
Documentary. Points of interest in and
around
Vatican City, with shots of the Swiss
Guard at drill and in procession. Directors:
Giuliano Tomei, Hans Nieter. (An
International Phoenix-Seven League Production.)
STOOGE COMEDIES
Baby Sitters' Jitters ...3406. ..(16) Mar. 1
Stooges find baby-sitting a difficult job.
especially when the baby belongs to a divorcee
whose ex-husband is trying to sneak
off with him.
Don't Throw That Knife .3407. (16) May 3
Stooges are census takers who go through
some merry paces when they meet up with
"vaudevillains" who do a knife-and-sword
act.
Scrambled Brains. ...3408. (16) July 5
One of the Stooges has hallucinations and
wants to marry an ugly duckling whom he
thinks is a ravishing beauty.
Slap Happy Sleuths .3403. . (16) Nov. 9, '50
Stooges are cops who, in their own hilarious
fashion, solve the Great Onion Oil
Co. robbery.
Snitch in Time, A .
.(16Vi) Dec. 7, '50
Stooges, while delivering furniture, become
involved with thieves and get stuck in a
stickup.
Studio Stoops... 3402. (16) Oct. 5, '50
Stooges as termite exterminators for a movie
studio, rub out kidnapers of actress.
Three Arabian Nuts... .3405... (16) Jan. 4
Stooges accidentally run into an Aladdin's
Lamp and a friendly Genii appears, who
grants them their wacky wishes.
Three Hams on Rye. .3401
(15>/i) Sept. 7, '50
Stooges make all sorts of zany attempts to
keep a critic from viewing the opening
night performance of their show.
VARIETY FAVORITES
(Re -Releases)
3951... .Korn Kobblers... (11) Sept. 21, '50
"Little Brown Jug" and "Casey Jones."
(Film Vodvil, Series 2. No. 4)
3952....Drug Store FolUes....(10>/2). ..Nov. 23, '50
The Leslies. Texas Jim Lewis and His Lone
Star Cowboys.
3953 .Milt Britton and Band. (11) ..Dec. 21, '50
(Film Vodvil, Series 3. No. 1)
3954... Brokers' Follies. .. (11) Feb. 22
Martha Tilton.
WORLD OF SPORTS
(Commentaries by Bill Stern)
Anglers Aweigh. .3810. (10) July 26
Canada's top hockey players, Maurice Richard.
Doug Harvey and Jerry McNeil, exchange
their hockey sticks for rods and
reels and go fishing in the scenic Laurentian
mountain district of Canada.
Army's All-American....3805.... (10)... Feb. 22
Typical day for Dan Foldberg, Ail-American
great of the Army's 1950 football team.
Champion Jumpers....3804....(10) Dec. 28, '50
A camera tour of the Joseph Bragg horse
farm in Long Island, and shots of the Piping
Rock Horse Show.
Future Major Leaguers. .3808. ..(11). ...May 31
Behind the scenes with the New York
Giants at their training camp, under the
guidance of the famous Carl Hubbell.
King of the Pins. .3802. ..(9) Oct. 26, '50
American champ Joe Wilman gives a bowling
exhibition.
Mat Masters. 3803... (10) Nov. 30, '50
Features Primo Camera and other famous
men of the mat.
Quebec Sports Holiday 3806 (8'a) Apr. 12
Various types of sports, such as the Scotch
game of curling and toboggan sliding, with
the emphasis on skiing.
Snow Fiesta. ...3801 (9) Sept. 28, '50
A winter carnival is held at a ski resort in
the Laurentian mountains of Quebec.
Sunshine Sports. .3809... (10) June 28
Winter vacationists at Florida's Hollywood
Beach hotel enjoy the varied sports activities
offered.
Mr. Tennis. 3807... (9) Apr. 26
Pancho Segura. national professional tennis
champ, is matched against Bob Junior
Stobbs, national teaching professional
champ.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CARTOONS
(Technicolor)
W-231 The Hollywood Bowl (7). Sept. 16, '50
(Tom and Jerry)
W-232 Garden Gopher. (6) Sept. 30, '50
(Tex Avery)
W-233 The Framed Cat... (7) Oct. 21, '50
(Tom and Jerry)
W-234 The Chump Champ... (7) Nov. 4, '50
(Tex Avery)
W-235 . Cat... (7) Nov. 25, "50
(Tom and Jerry)
W-236 The Peachy Cobbler... (7). ...Dec. 9, '50
(Tex Avery)
W-237. ..Casanova Cat... (7) Jan. 6
(Tom and Jerry)
W-238 Fresh Laid Plans... (9) Jan. 27
W-239 Cock-A-Doodle Dog (7) Feb. 10
(Tex Avery)
W-240 Jerry and the Goldfish (7) ..Mar. 3
(Tom and Jerry)
W-241 Daredevil Droopy. (6) Mar. 31
Tex Avery)
W-242. Jerry's Cousin... (7) Apr. 7
(Tom and Jerry)
W-243 . Good Deed. (7) May 5
(Tex Avery)
W-244 ..Sleepy-Time Tom... (7) May 26
(Tom and Jerry)
W-245.... Symphony in Slang.... (7) June 16
(Tex Avery)
W-246 His Mouse Friday... (7) July 7
(Tom and Jerry)
GOLD MEDAL REPRINT CARTOONS
(Technicolor Reissues)
W-261 The Zoot Cat. (7) Oct. 7, '50
(Tom and Jerry)
W-262 The Early Bird Dood It!
(9) Dec. 2, '50
(Tex Avery)
W-263 The Million Dollar Cat. ..(7). ...Feb. 24
(Tom and Jerry)
W-264 .The Shooting of Dan McGoo
(8) Apr. 14
(Tex Avery)
W-265....Gallopin' Gals... (7) June 2
W-266 The Bodyguard... (7) Aug. 4
(Tom and Jerry)
PEOPLE ON PARADE
(Technicolor)
P-211 Egypt Speaks. (8) Jan. 6
P-212. ..Voices of Venice... (8) Feb. 3
P-213.. .Springtime in the Netherlands
(9) Apr. 21
P-214 Land of the Zuider Zee (9) ...Apr. 28
P-215 A Word for the Greeks... (8) ...May 12
P-216.. Romantic Riviera (9) June 23
P-217... Glimpses of Morocco and Algiers
(8) Aug. 4
P-218....Visiting Italy... (8) Aug. 25
PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES
Bandage Bait....S-259....(9) June 16
"Wrong Way Butch" illustrates how accidents
can be avoided by a few simple precautions.
Bargain Madness. ..S-260.... (9) July 14
Lampoons bargain buying by women.
Camera Sleuth... .8-258. ..(10) Apr. 28
Follows the work of a private-eye as he
gathers photographic evidence against a
false insurance claim.
Curious Contests. ...S-254.... (8) Nov. 11, '50
Odd types of contests, including a diapering
contest, pie-eating and "putting out the
cat."
Fixin' Fool....S-257....(8) Mar. 24
Dave O'Brien, as Mr. Average-Husband, attempts
to fix a door, and calamities follow.
Football Thrills No. 13 S-252 (9) Sept. 9, '50
Scenes from 18 contests are shown in this
compilation of the last .season's major collegiate
football games.
Sky Skiers... .S-256.... (8) Feb. 17
Preston Peterson and Karl Easterly perform
water-ski tricks, including ski-stunting
from a helicopter.
Table Toppers ...S-253.... (8) Oct. 21, '50
Billiard wizards. Messrs, Caras Peterson
and Mosconi. do some fancy tricks.
Wanted: One Egg....S-255....(9) Dec. 16, '50
Mother has all sorts of mishaps trying to
save one egg needed to bake a birthday cake
for her little daughter.
Wrong Way Butch... .S-251... (10) Sept. 2, '50
Dave O'Brien shows how things should not
be done in the home work shop.
Paramount
CASPER CARTOONS
(Technicolor)
BlO-1 ...Casper's Spree Under the Sea
(8) Oct. 13, '50
BlO-2. Once Upon a Rhyme. (8). ..Dec. 15, '50
B10-3....BOO Hoo Baby... (8) Mar. 30
BlO-4 To Boo or Not to Boo... (7) June 8
BlO-5.. Boo Scout. (8) July 27
BlO-6 Casper Comes to Clown (8).... Aug. 10
GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTS
Big Little Leaguers ..RlO-8... (9) Mar. 16
The Little League, comprised of lads from
9 to 12 years of age, and numbering some
1.500 coast-to-coast teams, have their world
.series game at Williamsport, Pa.
City of Ball Tossers RlO-ll. (10) June 22
How the city of Denver develops its basketball
stars. Youngsters are trained from
elementary school on.
Close Decisions.. RIO- 10. (10) May 25
Student umpires are shown as they learn
baseball inside and out at Bill McGowan's
school for American league umpires and at
George Barr's school for National league
umpires.
Desert Hi-Jinks RlO-l. (9) Oct. 6, '50
Unusual sports shots of skiing, tobogganing,
polo (in which lariats are used), and a tortoise
race.
Dobbin Steps Out... RlO-5 (10) Dec. 8, '50
Scenes from Kansas City's American Royal
horse show, plus shots of surrounding horse
farms.
Follow the Game Trails....R10-12..(9'/i)..July 20
How the U.S. government protects fish and
wild game, as well as provides approved
hunting and fishing areas for .sportsmen.
Glacier Fishing. ..RlO-3.. (10)... Oct. 6, '50
Interesting bouts with trout are shown,
against the scenic setting of Jasper National
Park in the Canadian Rockies.
Isle of Sport .RlO-7.. (10) Feb. 16
Bermuda, its beaches, tennis courts, golf,
fishing and sailing.
Jumping Off Place, The ...R10-9....(10)..May 11
Ski jumping with Gordon Wren, former
U.S. Olympic champ, and shots of other expert
skiers.
Outboard Shenanigans.. ..RlO-2
(10) Oct. 6, '50
A streamlined, outboard motorboat race is
shown, with unusual feats performed by
aquatic cowboys.
Targets on Parade....R10-4.... (10)....Nov. 24, '50
Demonstrations by bow and arrow champs
Walt and Ken Wilhelm, skeet shooting by
Alex Kerr, and expert casting by Cliff
Wyatt. are shown.
Top Flight Tumblers RlO-6. (9) Dec. 29, '50
Big tumblers, little tumblers, all ages and
sizes, demonstrate their dexterity at acrobatics.
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ML'SU WL r.AK.ADK FEATl'RKTTKS
(Technicolor Reissues!
FF10-l....iVI:ir(ii C.ras (Ifll Oct. 6, '50
FFlO-2 Caribbean Romance (19) Oct. 6. "SO
FFlO-3 Showboat Serenade (20) Oct. 6, '50
FFlO-4 You Hit the Spot. (18) Oct. 6, '50
FFlO-5 Bombalera .119) Oct. 6, '50
FFIO-H llaltwa.v to Heaven (19) Oct. 6. '.'iO
NOVKI.TOONS
(Technicolor I
PIO-I Voice of the Turkey (6) Oct. 13, '50
PlO-2 ...Mice Meeting You... (7) Nov. 10, '50
FlO-3 ..Sock A-Bye Kitty... (7) Dec. 22, '.^O
PlO-4 One Quack Mind... (7) Jan. 12
PlO-5. Mice Paradise. (7) Mar. 9
PlO-6 Hold the Lion, Please (7) Apr. 27
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PlO-7 Land of Lost Watches ... (9) May 4
PlO-8. ...\s the Crow Lies (6) lune 1
PlO-9. .Slip Us Some Redskin... (7) July 6
PIO-IO Party Sniarty..(8) Aug. 3
iBaby duck Hueyi
P.ACEMAKERS
City of Beautiful Girls, The ..JilO-2
(10) Oct. 27, '50
Cypress Gardens in Florida, popular with
tourists for its tropical flowers, thrilling
water shows and beautiful girls.
Country Cop KlO-3 . Dec. 8, '50
Young man realizes his boyhood dream of
becoming a policeman.
Just Fur Fun KlO-1 (10) Oct. 6, '50
Shows the activities of a p.iir of playful,
young raccoons.
Kids and Pets. K10-5....(ll) Mar. 23
Children stage their own pet show, with
dogs, birds, monkeys, rabbits and horses,
and see to it that each wins a prize.
Littlest Expert, The KlO-6 (10) Apr. 13
Charley Hankinson. 9-year-old baseball expert,
tells about the outstanding achievements
of baseball greats of the past and
present, as each appears on the screen.
Music Circus KlO-4.. (11) Feb. 2
Two house painters, fascinated by the rehearsals
of St. John Terrell's Music Circus,
neglect their work.
POPEYE CARTOONS
(Technicolor)
ElO-l Quick on the Vigor ....(7) Oct. 6, '50
ElO-2 Riot in Rhythm (7) Nov. 10, '50
E10-3....The Farmer and the Belle
(7) Dec. 1, '50
ElO-4.... Vacation With Play... (7)... Jan. 26
ElO-5. ...Thrill of Fair . Apr. 20
ElO-6... Alpine for Y'ou .
May 18
ElO-7 ...Double Cross Country Race
(7) ! June 15
ElO-8 Pilgrim Popeye...(7) July 13
POPEYE CHAMPIONS (Reissues)
(Technicolor)
ZlO-l.Her Honor, the Mare (7) Oct. 6, 50
Z10-2....We're On Our Way to Rio
(7) Oct. 20, '50
ZlO-3 Pop-Pie a la Mode....(6) Nov. 3, '50
ZlO-4 ...Shape Ahoy (6) Nov. 17, '50
SCREEN SONGS
(Technicolor)
XlO-1 ...Fiesta Time... (7) Nov. 17, '50
XlO-2.... Fresh Yeggs... (7) Nov. 17, '50
XlO-3 Tweet Music. ..(7) Feb. 9
XlO-4.. ..Drippy Mississippi... (7) Apr. 13
XlO-5Miners Forty Niners. ...(7) May 18
XlO-6. Sing Again of Michigan. (7). ..June 29
SPECIALS
Cinematographer, The....T10-2.. .
Shows the important part played by the
cameraman in the making of a film. lA
part of "The Movies and You" series.)
New Pioneers, The . T10-l....(20) Sept. 1, '50
(10) ...Jan. 15
Filmed in Israel. A glimpse of life in Tel
Aviv and on a communal farm settlement
known as the "kibbutz." Narrator: David
Vaile. Director: Baruch Dienar. (Produced
by Baruch Dienar and Richard
Czinner.i
(LARK &
RKO Radio
McC ll.LOl (ill
(Reissues!
13,(>01 Fits in a Fiddle ...(15) Sept. 8, .50
13.602 Hey, Nanny Nanny (15) Oct. 20, '50
13.603 Alibi, Bye Bye (21) Nov. 17, '50
13.604 Jitters the Butler (20) Dec. 29, ',50
COMEDY' SPECIALS
Newlyweds' Boarder, The. ..13,403
(15) Jan. 19
The newlyweds. threatened with a visit
from in-laws, take in a boarder. Tliis leads
to mixups when latter turns out to be a
bank robber.
Newlyweds' Easy Payments. .13,405
(15) May 11
The newlyweds have their first quarrel.
They patch things up, then start worrying
about meeting payments on a new car he
promises her.
Night Club Daze 13,402 (16) Nov. 24, "50
Gil Lamb wanders into a blood donor
agency and is "transformed" by a transfusion.
It all turn.s out to be a dream.
Rogues to Riches 13,406.(15) July 6
Jack Kirkwood and Wally Brown, escaping
a detective, stumble into an audience participation
show. Amusing complications
follow when they have to sell a vacuum
cleaner to get the $250 prize.
Tinhorn Troubadours....l3,404 .. .. (16)....Mar. 16
Jack Kirkwood and Wally Brown as old
troupers behind in their rent, get on a
television program the hard way.
Waiting for Baby 13,401 (17). Sept. 22, '50
Newlywed Robert Neil mistakenly believes
his wife. Suzi Crandall, is going to have
a baby, and enrolls in a class for expectant
fathers.
DISNEY' CARTOONS
(Technicolor)
14,101 -Hook, Lion and Sinker (7). Sept. 1, "50
Donald Duck)
14,102. Camp Dog ..(7) Sept. 22, '50
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(Pluto
14.103 Bee at the Beach (7) Oct. 13, '50
(Donald Duck)
14.104 ..Hold That Pose (7) Nov. 3, '50
(Goofy I
14,105. Morris, the Midget Moose
(8) Nov. 24, "50
14,106 Out on a Limb....(7) Dec. 15, '50
(Donald Duck)
14, 107. ...Lion Down... (7) Jan. 5
(Goofy I
14.108 Chicken in the Rough. (7) Jan. 19
(Chip and Dalei
14.109 ...Cold Storage. ...(7) Feb. 9
1
14.110 Dude Duck (7) Mar. 2
(Donald Duck)
14, 111. Home Made Home. ..(7) Mar, 23
(Goofy)
14.112 .Corn Chips ..(7) Apr. 6
(Donald Duck)
14.113 Cold War (7) Apr. 27
(Goofy)
14.114 Plutopia (7) May 18
(Pluto and Mickey Moase)
14.115 Test Pilot Donald ..(7) June 8
(Donald Duck)
14.116 Tomorrow We Diet. (7) June 29
(Goofy)
14.117 Lucky Number (7) July 20
(Donald Duck)
14.118 R'Coon Dawg...(7) Aug. 10
Pluto and Mickey Mouse)
DISNEY CARTOONS (Reissues)
(Technicolor)
14.701 The Moth and the Flame
(8) Oct, 27, '50
14.702 Donald's Golf Game... (8). ..Dec, 29, '50
14,703. ..Merbabies... (9) Feb. 23
14.704 The Practical Pig. ..(8) Jipr. 20
14.705 Polar Trappers. ... (8) July 6
(Donald and Goofy)
14,706. The Old Mill... (9) Aug. 24
EDGAR KENNEDY COMEDIES
(Reissues)
13,.501 Act Your Age (18) Sept. 1, '50
13^0> 'Taint Legal (16) Sept. 29, ',50
13.503 Kennedy the Great. (19)....Oct, 27. ',50
13.504 Mutiny in the County
(17) Dec. 22. '.50
LEON ERROL COMEDIES
Chinatown Chump 13,703 (16) Jan. 26
Errol's lies to his wife backfire and he
becomes involved with a Chinese counterfeiter.
Deal Me In. .13,706. .. (16) Aug. 3
Errol's attempts to get a signed contract by
allowing his prospective client to win at
poker, backfire when his daughter slips in
a loaded deck.
One Wild Night 13,705 (17) May 25
Errol's wile tries to stop his philandering
by pretending to philander herself.
Punchy Pancho .13,704 (16) Mar. 30
Errol buys his wife a diamond ring, then
po.ses a-s Punchy Pancho. the bandit, to
steal it back. Plot backfires when real bandit
.shows up.
Spooky Wooky 13,702 (15) Dec. 1, '50
Errol's teen-age daughter resorts to "ghostly"
measures to keep her folks from buying
a house in the suburbs.
Texas Tough Guy. 13,701. .
Sept. 15, '50
Errol exposes his daughter's snobbish fiance
and saves her for the man she really loves.
MY PALS
Pal. Fugitive Dog 13,201. (21) Oct. 6, '50
Two boys adopt a wounded dog who, unbeknown
to them, had been trained to help
in robberies. Dog later leads them to the
robber. Gary Gray, Gordon Gebert, Anne
Nagel. "Flame."
Pal's Gallant Journey 13,202 (22) ..Feb. 16
Dog. sold to a movie studio, travels 200 miles
to return to his boy master. Studio signs
latter to a contract so they can get the dog
back. Gary Gray, Gordon Gebert, "Flame."
SCREENLINERS
14,201 It's Only Muscle .
Sept. 8, '50
14,202... Fairest of the Finest... (8). ..Oct. 6, '50
14.203 The Big Appetite (9) Nov. 3, '50
14.204 Package of Rhythm... (10) Dec. 1, '50
14,205. ..Research Ranch.... (8) Dec. 29, '50
14.206 Movie Oldies... (9) _ Jan. 26
14.207 ..Lifeguard (8) Feb. 23
14,208. Flying Padre... (9) Mar. 23
14,209 Your Fate Is in Your Hands
(8) Apr. 20
14,210. Florida Cowhands... (9) May 18
14.211 Card Sharp (9) June 15
14.212 Cleopatra's Playground... (9). ...July 13
14,213... Antique Antics... (8) Aug. 10
SPECIALS
Basketball Headliners of 1951... 13,801
(16) Apr. 13
Highlights of the season's ten big games.
A le.sson in the arts of dribbling and passing
is given by the Harlem Globetrotters.
Football Headliners of 1950 13,901
(17) Dec. 8, '50
Highlights the big games of the 1950 college
football season, and the defeat by Navy of
the Army.
You Can Beat the A-Bomb .13,001
(20) Sept. 29, '50
Use of the atom bomb as a weapon, and
steps to take in case of a sui-prise attack.
SPORTSCOPES
Big House Rodeo. ..14,306... (8) Feb. 9
Inmates of a Texas prison help put on a
rodeo, open to the public, proceeds of which
go to the prison fund.
Big Shoot, The. .14,307. .(8) Mar. 9
World's biggest trapshooting meet, held annually
in Vandalia, Ohio, finds the women
walking off with the top honors.
Bridle Belles. .14,313. (8) Aug. 24
Girls, at a swank, private school in Texas,
are shown as they train in the art of
"horsemanship."
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3103
Canadian Snow Fun. 14,305 ...(81 Jan. 12
Daredevils do .some tricky high altitude
skiing in Canada's Banff National park.
Connie Mack .14,304. (8) Dec. 15, '50
Highlights in the career of baseball's "grand
old man." the former manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics.
. Crocodile Hunters .14,301 (9) Sept. 22, '50
Natives of northern Australia hunt crocodiles
in their primitive fashion.
Diving Dynasty. .14,303 .. (8) Nov. 17, '50
Champions Joe Marino and Bruce Harlan
of Ohio State university demonstrate their
diving technique.
First Lady of the Turf. .14,309. (8) May 4
Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane and her fine
stable of racehorses are shown at her Virginia
farm and at winter headquarters in
Florida.
Footballs Mighty Mustang. .14,302
(8) Oct. 20, '50
Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist university
football star, is shown at practice on the
campus and as he plays against Notre
Dame.
Lake Texoma....l4,311 ..(8) June 29
Shows the four largest man-made lakes
in the world on the Red river, where water
sports are a main attraction.
Rainbow Chasers. .14,312 (8) July 27
Trout fishing in southern Chile with expert
fisherman Federico Weisner and his
host, August Edwards.
Slammin' Sammy Snead... .14,308... (9).... Apr. 6
The famous golfer demonstrates a variety
of shots on the course at 'White Sulphur
Springs. 'W. 'Va.
Ted Williams 14,310..(8) June 1
Shows the Boston Red Sox outfielder as he
bats, fishes and sits in his business office.
THIS IS AMERICA
(Series 9)
13.101. Pinkerton Man (16) Sept. 15, '50
(Private-eyes of the famous Pinkerton
agency.)
13.102. ..Seven Cities of Washington
(15) Oct. 15, '50
(Seven different "view points" of
our capital
city.)
13.103. Whereabouts Unknown
(15) Nov. 10, '50
How the Missing Persons Bureau operates.)
13,104 Letter to a Rebel
(16) Dec. 8, '50—Reissue
(Re-edited since its first release.)
13,105. ...Airlines to Anywhere... (16) Jan. 5
(Story of the U.S. airlines.)
13.106 Lone Star Roundup. ... (15) Feb. 2
(An ultra-modern cattle ranch in Texas.)
13.107 ...Cruise Ship... (16) Mar. 2
(A Caribbean and South American cruise
on the luxurious Santa Paula, i
13,1C8 Day of the Fight. (16) Mar. 30
for the big day by the average
professional fighter.)
13,109. The MacArthur Story... (16). ...Apr. 27
(Life and career of the famous general.)
13.110 They Fly With the Fleet (16) June 22
(Building recruits into navy and marine
pilots.)
13.111 Ambulance Doctor (16) July 20
(Pays tribute to the internes who save
countless lives in emergency calls.)
13.112 Prison With a Future (14) Aug. 17
(Marysville Reforatory for Women, in
(Ohio.)
Republic
THIS WORLD OF OURS
(Trucolor)
England ...5074... (9) Apr. 15
The country in Shakespeare's day and today;
modern industries; an interview with
the English people brings out their determination
to remain free.
Greece. .5076... (9) June 15
Country of ancient art and culture, with
its clean, well designed streets and neat
homes; king designates 1951 as "Greek
Homecoming Year."
Hawaii. ...5075.. ..(9) May 15
Camera visit to the islands at various seasons
of the year; Aloha week. Lei day and
other festival celebrations; shots of pineapple
and sugar plantations.
London... .5071... (9) Jan. 15
Famous landmarks of the capital British
city; a visit to Windsor castle, and changing
of the guard at Buckingham palace and
at Whitehall.
Portugal. .5072 (9) Feb. 15
Fabulous tower of Belem; a visit to Li.sbon
and the fishing village of Nazare; cork
forests; grape festival of Douro valley.
Spain. ..5073.... (9) Mar. 15
'Visits to Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Toledo,
Granada, Majorca and Gibraltar;
gypsy dances performed by the dancers of
Granada.
20th Century-Fox
LEW LEHR
(Re-Releases)
9001... Monkeys Is the Cwaziest People
(9) Aug. '50
9002. Monkey Doodle Dandies... (9). ...Aug. '50
MARCH OF TIME
No. l....(Vol. 17). ..(17"o) Feb.
Strategy for Victory.
No. 2.... (Vol. 17). ..(18'-) Mar.
Flight Plan for Freedom.
No. 3. ..(Vol. 17). ..(19) Apr.
The Nation's Mental Health.
No. 4... (Vol. 17). (18) June
Moroccan Outpost.
No. 5... (Vol. 17) .... (19) July
Crisis in Iran.
No. 6... (Vol. 17).... (17) Aug.
Formosa.
THE MOVIES AND YOU
Screen Writer, The... 9702 (9'.) Nov. '50
Work of the men and women who write the
screenplays, and the introduction to movie
audiences of those .screen writers who rose
to top executive positions.
SPECIAL
(Two -Reel)
©Magnetic Tide, The 7903 (21) Feb.
Cinecolor Documentary. The new nation
of Israel, its people at work and at play.
and Biblical landmarks in the Arab and
Jewish sections of Jerusalem. Produced and
directed by Dorothy Silverstone. Narrated
by Dennis King.
SPECIALS
(Three Reels)
Guest, The ...7180... (32)
Aug.
From Tolstoy's tale of a lonely, embittered
shoemaker whose faith is restored in God
through a series of happenings in the course
of a day's events. David Wolfe. Warner
Anderson, Ludwig Donath.
Why Korea?... 7101... (30) Jan.
Movietone News Documentary. New.sreel
clips show how Nazi and Italian invasion
plans prior to World War II clo.sely parallel
today's movements of the Soviet Union.
Narrator: Joe King. (Produced by Edmund
Reek.)
SPORTS
Accent on Balance... (3105)... (8) Oct.
Beautiful bathing beauties do a ballet on
water skis at Cypress Gardens, Fla.
Arrow Artistry....3101.... (9) Jan.
Archery champ Andy Vail performs in
spectacular fashion with the bow and arrow.
Football Winning Ways....3104....(10) Aug.
Highlights of 1950 gridiron games, including
scenes featuring Vic Janowitz of Ohio
State, Babe Parilli of Kentucky, and Kyle
Rote of Southern Methodist. Famous
coaches are also shown in action.
©Let's Go Marlin Fishing 3102. .. (10) Mar.
Technicolor. Fishing in the Bahamas.
Shows the skill and endurance required in
capturing a 449-pound blue marlin.
Mister Ba.sketball . (9) June
George Mikan. who guides the Minneapolis
Lakers, world champion professional basketball
team, is shown at home with his family
and with the team in action.
Surf Riding .3106.... (9) Dec.
TERRYTOONS
(Technicolor)
5101 The Talking Magpies in Rival
Romeos. (7) Jan.
5102. Nutsy in Squirrel Crazy.... (7) Jan.
5103 Little Roquefort in Three Is a
Crowd... (7)
Feb.
5104 Woodman Spare That Tree (7). Feb.
5105 Half Pint in Stage Struck (7) Mar.
5106. ..Mighty Mouse in Sunny Italy
(7) Mar.
5107....Gandy Goose in Songs of Erin
(7) Mar.
5108. The Talking Magpies in Bulldozing
the Bull... (7) Apr.
5109. Gandy Goose in Spring Fever.... (7). .Apr.
5110. ..Mighty Mouse in Goons From
the Moon.... (7) May
5111. Little Roquefort in Musical
May
Madness.... (7)
5112 Half Pint in the Elephant Mouse
(7) June
5113 The Talking Magp'es in the
Rainmakers... (7)
June
5114 ...Mighty Mouse in Injun Trouble
(7) June
51 15. ...Little Roquefort in Seasick Sailors
(7) July
5116 ..The Terry Bears in Tall Timber
Tale.... (7)
July
51 17... Aesop's Fable in Golden Egg
Goosie. ..(7)
Aug.
5118. Mighty Mouse in a Swiss Miss
(7) Aug,
5119. ..The Talking Magpies in Steeple
Jacks.... (7)
Sept.
5120 The Terry Bears in Little Problems
(7) Sept.
5121.. ..Little Roquefort in Pastry Panic
(7) Oct.
5122. ..The Helpful Geni ..(7) Oct.
5123. ..The Talking Magpies in 'Sno Fun
(7) Nov.
5124. ..Mighty Mouse in a Cat's Tale
(7) Nov.
5125. ...Beaver Trouble... (7) Dec.
5126. Little Roquefort in the Haunted
Cat.... (7)
Dec.
TERRYTOONS (Reissues)
(Technicolor)
5127. ..The Lucky Duck. (7) Jan.
5128. ..The Bird Tower. (7) Feb.
(Memorial Tower in Florida)
5129. -Shipyard Symphony... (7) Apr.
5130 Temperamental Lion... (7) May
Universal-International
CARTOON MELODIES
(Features the King's Men Quartet,
With Special Cartoon Animation)
6381. Brother John (10) Nov. 20, .50
6382. ...Peggy, Peg and Polly... (10) Jan. 22
6383 Lower the Boom .. (10) Mar. 19
6384 Bubbles of Song (10) May 7
6385....Readin', Writin' and 'Rithmatic
(10) May 28
6386 ...Hilly Billy. .. (10) June 25
6387 MacDonald's Farm... (10) July 30
6388 Down the River ..(10) Sept. 10
LANTZ CARTUNES (Reissues)
(Technicolor)
6321 Life Begins for Andy Panda
(7) JJov. 6, '50
6322 ..Three Lazy Mice... (7) Dec. 4, '50
6323 Chew Chew Baby. (7) Dec. 25, '59
(Wally Walrus and Woody Woodpecker)
6324. ...Dippy Diplomat ..(7) Jan. 15
(Wally Walrus and Woody Woodpecker)
6325. ...Adventures of Tom Thumb, Jr.
(7) Feb. 12
6326 Woody Dines Out (7) Mar. 19
(Woody Woodpecker)
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Scent-imental
(20)
C327 ...Andy Panda Goes Fishing
(7) Apr. 23
6'i'iH Sprinptime Serenade.... (7) May 14
ci;>'.!!l Jungle Jive (7) June 18
(a;iO Who's Cookin' Who?.... (7) July 1«
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(Woody Woodpecker
i;331. Pied Piper of Basin Street
(7) Aug. 20
6332... 100 Pygmies and Andy Panda
(7) Sept. 17
6333 The Fox and the Rabbit... (7)... .Oct. 15
NAME BAND MUSICALS
6301 The Harmonit-uts & Miguelito
Valdes" Orchestra (15) Nov. 8, '50
6302 Jerry Gray & the Band of
Today (151 Dec. 20, '59
6303 Sugar Chile Kobinson, Billy HoUiday.
Count Basie & His Sextet... .(15) Jan. 3
6304....Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
(15) Jan. 31
6305. ..Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
(15) Feb. 28
6306.. ..Tex Williams' Western Varieties
(15) Mar. 28
6307. ...Frank DeVol & His Orchestra
(15) May 2
6308 Eddie Peabody & Sonny Burke's
()rchestra(15) May 23
6309 The Sportsmen & Ziggy Elman's
Orchestra (151 June 13
6310. Teresa Brewer & the Firehouse
Five Plus Two (15) June 27
SPECIALS
(Two Reels)
.Arnold the Benedict. 6202... (16) Aug. 8
Homely Arnold Stang join.s a lonely hearts
club, through which he ultimately meets
his "dream" girl.
Fun at the Zoo .6201 (18) Nov. 8, '50
Shots of reactions and facial expressions
of children as they watch the animals at
a St. Louis zoo.
VARIETY VIEWS
6341 Battle of the Bulge (9) Jan. 22
6342. Brooklyn Goes to Beantown
(9) Feb. 19
6343 Springboard to Fame... (9) Mar. 5
6344 Jlickory Holiday (9) Apr. 30
6345 Finny Business... (9) May 21
6346 Clubby Cub ..(9) June 18
6347 Romeo Land... (9) _ Aug. 6
6348... Monkey Island. (9) Sep. 10
WOODY WOODPECKER CARTUNES
(Technicolor)
6351. ...Puny Express... (7) Jan. 22
6352. Sleep Happy (7) Mar. 26
6353 Wicket Wacky ....(7) May 28
6354 Sling Shot 6"»..(7) July 23
6355 Redwood Sap ...(7) Oct. 1
6356 Woody Woodpecker Polka
(7) Oct. 29
Warner Bros
BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE
.
(Technicolor Reissues)
7301....Fagin's Freshmen. ..(7) Sept. 16, '.50
iBlackie. the cati
7302. Slightly Daffy... (7) Oct. 14, '50
iPorkv Pig)
7303. ..The Aristo Cat. .(7) Nov. 11, '50
7304 The Unbearable Bear (7) Dec. 9, '50
7305 Duck Soup to Nuts. ...(7) Jan. 6
Porky Kg and Daffy Duck)
7306 Flowers for Madame... (7) Feb. 3
7307 ..Life With Feathers... (7) Mar. 3
Birds)
7308 Peck Up Your Troubles... (7) Mar. 24
Woodpecker)
7309 ..Odor-Able Kitty.... (7) Apr. 21
7310 ..Book Revue ..(7) May 19
(Daffy Duck)
7311. Stagefright (7) June 23
7312... Sioux Me (7) July 21
7313 The Stupid Cupid... (7) Sept. 1
(Daffy Duck)
"BUGS BUNNY" SPECIALS
(Technicolor)
7719 Rabbit of SeviUe....(7) Dec. 16, '50
7720 Hare We Go... .(7) Jan. 6
7721 Rabbit Every Monday ..(7) Feb. 10
77'22. Bunny Hugged (7) Mar. 10
7723 Fair-Haired Hare ..(7) Apr. 14
7724 Rabbit Fire .. (7) May 19
(Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck)
7725. ..French Rarebit (7) June 30
7726 His Haro Raising Tale... (7) Aug. 11
FEATURETTES
(Classics of the Screen)
.Ace of Clubs 7103 (20) Jan. '27
A re-edited golf short, showing Bobby
Jones, the golf king, on the links.
Barbershop Ballads. .7102
(20) Nov. 18, '50—R«issue
Favorite ballads of yesteryear a.s rendered
in minstrel shows, by singing waiters and
others.
Hunting the Hard Way... 7105
(20) May 26—Reissue
Howard Hill .shows his prowess with the
bow and arrow in cougar hunting.
Law of the Badlands. .7106
(20) July 7—Reissue
How a captain in Colonel Custer's army,
discharged from the service on a murder
charge, redeems himself years later wlien
he runs onto the man who had framed
him.
Roaring Guns. .7104. .. (20) Mar. 31—Reissue
Robert Sliayne helps the ranchers fight
ruthless mine owners in the California
post-gold rush era of tlie 1877's.
Wagon Wheels West. 7101
(20) Sept. 9, '50—Reissue
Robert Shayne and Nina Poch in a western
tale of vengeance.
HIT PARADE OF GAY NINETIES
7801 When Grandpa Was a Boy
(10) Oct. 7, '50
(Minstrel shows of yesteryear.
7802 The Old Family Album (10) Dec. 16, '50
(The dust-covered album in the attic.
7803...The Naughty 20's....(10) Aug. 18
(Features President Wilson, the doughboys,
and entertainers of that era.i
7804 Childhood Days (10) Feb. 10
(Features the California Junior Symphony
with songs and dances by Patsy Hale.i
7805 In Old New York(lO) Apr. 28
(Songs of the nickelodeon and carriage
days.
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7806 Musical Memories ..(10) June 30
(Popular vaudeville songs of the 1890 to
1920 era.)
JOE McDOAKES COMEDIES
So You Want a Raise 7401 (10) Sept. 23, '50
George O'Hanlon earns a raise from tlie
bo.ss. but loses out when he misinterprets a
conversation he overhears.
So You Want to Be a Cowboy. ...7404
(10) Apr. 14
While watching a movie. McDoakes puts
himself in the cowboy hero's place and
goes through a series of imaginary adventures.
So You Want to Be a Handy Man... 7403
(10) Jan. 13
McDoakes' attempts to become a liandy
man result in chaos.
So You Want to Be a Paperhanger....7405
(10) June 2
McDoakes, as an amateur paperhanger,
puts everything into his work, including
a salesman who gets tangled up in the
paste-up job.
So You Want to Buy a Used Car. .7406
(10) _ July 28
McDoakes runs into a series' of troubles
after being hornswoggled into buying back
his old car. repainted, and then wrecking
it on his way out of the lot.
So You're Going to Have an
Operation... 7402 (10) Dec. 2, '50
A case of indigestion gets Joe involved
with a quack doctor, who performs several
operations.
MERRIE
MELODIES—LOONEY TUNES
(Technicolor
Cartoons)
7701... Stooge for a Mouse. ..(7) Oct. 21, .50
7702 Pop "Im Pop! (7) ..Oct. 28. ',50
(Sylvester Cat)
7703Caveman Inki....(7) Nov. 25, "50
7704 Dog Collared... (7) Dec. 2, "50
(Porky Pig)
7705 Two's a Crowd... (7) Dec. .30, '.50
(Claude Cat)
7706 A Fox in a Fix.... (7) Jan. 20
7707 Canned Feud... (7) Feb. 3
(Sylvester Cat)
7708 Putty Tat Trouble... (7) Feb. 24
(Tweety Pie. the canary)
7709. Corn Plastered. .. (7) Mar. 3
(Crow and the farmer)
7710 . Romeo... (7) Mar. 24
7711 A Bone for a Bone... (7) Apr. 7
7712 A Hound for Trouble... (7) Apr. '28
7713 Early to Bet. (7) May 12
7714 Room and Bird (7) June 2
(Tweety Pie and Sylvester Cat)
7715. Chow Hound (71 June 16
7716 Wearing of the Grin... (7) July 14
(Pork Pig(
7717 Leghorn Swaggled ... (7) July 28
(Henery the Hawk)
7718. Cheese Chasers (7) Aug. 25
(Claude Cat)
THE MOVIES AND YOU
Screen Director, The 7901 (9) Mar.
Shows the highly complex job of the director
as he deals with budget, photography,
costume and editing problems, in
addition to his main job of directing the
players and shooting the film.
SPORTS PARADE
(Technicolor)
Birds and Beasts Were There, The .7508
(10) June 16
The camera visits a rare bird farm south
of Miami, a monkey jungle and a parrot
farm.
Grandad of Races 7502... (10) Sept. 2, '50
Picturesque shots of the famous annual
festival of the Palio races held in Siena,
Italy.
Hawaiian Sports 7507 (10) May 12
Cliaracteristic sports of the island, such as
surf riding, fishing, swimming, football,
archery, golf and wrestling.
Kings of the Outdoors 7510 .. (10) Aug. 18
A tribute to the horse, witli newsreel clips
included which are centered around the
animals.
Making Mounties....7509.... (10) July 14
Sliows future mounties in training at the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police School.
Your Own Canoe....7503
(10) Oct. 21. '50
How canoes are built and used on the
North American continent; Carl Laurier
demonstrates the art of canoeing with
trick stunts.
Paddle
Rocky Eden. .7506.... (10) Apr. 7
Camera shots of the area in the Canadian
Rockies set aside by the government for
the preservation of wild life.
Ski in the Sky. .7504. (10) Jan. 13
Skiing in the Canadian Rockies against a
beautiful, .scenic background.
Wild Water Champions 7501 (10) Dec. 9, '50
Shots of expert Austrian boatmen as they
ride the raging rapids of mountain rivers
in collapsible boats.
Will to Win, The. .7505 ..(10) Feb. 24
Story of America's champion jockey, Gordon
Glisson. who rode 46 winners during
his first year.
TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS
Enchanted Islands. .7008. .
Aug. 4
Camera tour of Hawaii, which covers the
scenic wonders of the island, as well as the
customs, dances and songs of its natives.
My Country 'Tis of Thee .7004 (20) Feb. 17
Pictorial history of America, from the
landing of the Pilgrims tlirough the ratification
of the North Atlantic Pact.
Neighbor Next Door, The 7005 (20) Mar. 17
Our Canadian neighbors—with views of
their towns, cities and industrial centers.
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Royal Rodeo 7002 ... (20) Nov. 4, '50
Child ruler of imaginary kingdom loves
western stories, and when the rodeo comes
to town, he orders a command performance.
Scotty Beckett. John Payne, Cliff
Edwards.
Sons of the Plains. .7007 .(20) June 9
Story of baby twins, one taken by Indians
and the other raised by whites. They meet
years later and together prevent a massacre
of both Indians and whites.
Stranger in the Lighthouse. ...7006
(20) May 5
Filmed in the fabulous Northland, this is
the tale of a gii'l and her pet seal.
Wanderers' Return, The. .7003
(20) Dec. 23, '50
Story of modern Israel, its people, customs
and industries, as well as its ancient landmarks.
Wish You Were Here .7001 (20). July 29, '50
Famous places in Florida, as viewed on a
sightseeing river cruise.
VITAPHONE NOVELTIES
7601. ..Slap Happy. (10) Oct. 14, '50
(Misadventures of Ben Turpin, early day
hero of the Mack Sennett comedies.)
7602 Those Who Dance (10). ..Nov. 25, '50
(Top dances by top Hollywood hoofers.)
7603. ..Blaze Busters... (10) Dec. 30, '50
(Fire fighters who risk life and limb.)
7604. ..Animal Antics. ...(10) Jan. 20
(Clips from Mack Sennett and Larry Semon
comedies of two decades ago.)
7605. ..Horse-Hide Heroes. ...(10) Mar. 10
(Career highlights of ba.seball kings.)
7606... Anything for Laughs... (10) Apr. 21
("The Show," an old Larry Semon comedy,
is given a modern version.)
7607 World of Kids. ..(10) June 23
(Reactions of small fry as they play games
and get their first haircut.)
7608. ...Disaster Fighters,(10) Aug. 11
(Rescuers at work during floods and hurricanes.)
Serials
COLUMBIA
Overland With Kit Carson ("Fearless
Frontier Fighter") 3140
(15 chapters) Feb. 15—Reissue
Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske,
Bobby Clack. Directors: Sam Nelson. Norman
Deming.
Pirates of the High Seas ("Phantom
Raiders of the Deep") 3120
(15 chapters) Nov. 2, '50
Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell.
William Fawcett. Directors: Spencer Bennet.
Thomas Carr.
Roar of the Iron Horse ("Rail-Blazer of
the Apache Trail") 3160
(15 chapters) May 31
Jock O'Mahoney. Virginia Herrick, William
Fawcett, Hal Landon. Directors:
Spencer Bennet, Thomas Carr.
REPUBLIC
Desperadoes of the West 5081
(12 chapters) Dec. 23, '50
Richard Powers, Judy Clark, Roy Barcroft,
I. Stanford JoUey. Director; Fred C.
Brannon.
Don Daredevil Rides Again 5084
(12 chapters) Sept. 1
Ken Curtis, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft,
Lane Bradford. Director; Fred C. Brannon.
Flying Disc Man From Mars 5082
(12 chapters) Mar. 17
Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gay,
James Craven. Director; Fred C. Brannon.
Perils of the Darkest Jungle (formerly
"The Tiger Woman") 5083
(12 chapters) June 9—Reissue
Allan Lane. Linda Stirling, Duncan Renaldo,
George J. Lewis, LeRoy Mason,
Crane Whitley. Directors: Spencer Bennet,
Wallace Grissell.
Miscellaneous
Apple Blossom Time in Poland
(17) Films of the Nations
Travel film. Inhabitants of the Tatra
Mountains in Poland participate in their
annual spring festival of folk singing and
dancing.
©As Old as the Hills
(10) British Information Services
Technicolor. Study of the formation of oil
on the ocean becl, its chemical transformation,
and areas where it can be found.
Balzac. ...(22) A. F. Films... July
(English dialog.)
Beautiful Blue Danube, The
(121.) Hoffberg Prods.
Austrian-made. The Vienna Staatsopera
Ballet, with Erika Hanka as choreographer,
dance in the background to the strains of
the famous Strauss waltz played by the
Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
Britain's New Aircraft
(10) British Information Services
Britain displays her achievements in aircraft
manufacture at an annual exhibition
held at Farnborough Airfield, near London.
(Available in 16mm only.)
Budapest Symphony... (9) Hoffberg Prods.
Musical documentary of the Danube river.
Features the Budapest Symphony Orchestra,
also Hungarian dances.
Cadet Holiday
(11) Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
(Canada Carries On series.) Army cadets
are shown in training at Ipperwash on
Lake Huron, which is one of five similar
camps across Canada. (Available in 35mm
and 16mm, either in color or black and
white.)
Canada's Awakening North
(32) Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
Kaleidoscopic review of the topography,
resources, development and settlement of
the Mackenzie District frontier of the
Northwest Territories. Also depicts the life
of the Eskimo and Indian. (Available in
35mm and 16mm.)
©Caribou Hunters
(18) Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
Color 16mm film. The camera follows a
group of Indian hunters of northern Manitoba
in their search of caribou, their main
source of food.
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, The
(9) Lux Films
(English narration.) Camera study of the
Michelangelo painting on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Bach and
Beethoven background music.
Challenge, The (30)
Semi-documentary. A reporter and a photographer,
assigned to do a .series of articles
based on the President's Committee on
Civil Rights learn what is being done to
correct injustices as to human rights and
liberty, and the job that yet remains to be
done. (16mm print distributed by the
March of Time, and 35mm distributed by
the Motion Picture Division of the American
Jewish Committee, and the Motion
Picture Division of the Anti-Defamation
League.)
©Cheers for Chubby
(8) MetropoHtan Life Ins.
Animated color cartoon on overweight produced
by Jerry Fairbanks. Tells the story
of little Chubby who ate too much and
grew sideways when he reached manhood.
(Gratis to theatres.)
Christian Dior Story
(15) A. F. Films ...Dec. '50
(English dialog.)
City in Siege
(16) Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
The flood that hit Winnipeg, Canada, several
years ago, the work done to meet it,
the damage, and subsequent work of rebuilding
and rehabilitation.
©Color Keying in Art and Living
(10) Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Full color educational film. A study of
color relationships, as applied to art subjects
and to the aspects of everyday life
such as hair, eyes, complexion, dress and
home decoration.
Composers in Clay... (17) Canton-Weiner
Shows the works of 15 modern sculptors,
and a glimpse of each at work in his studio.
Concert Hall Favorites
(16 and 9) Gordon Films
Filmed in a longer and a shorter version.
Features concert stars Eugene List, Yfrah
Neaman and Susan Reed. Director: Israel
M. Berman.
©Coral Wonderland
(25) Australian News and Inf. Bureau
Kodachrome 16mm film. (Great Barrier
Reef .series. > Microscopic photograph shots
of coral growths on islands off the Great
Barrier Reef.
Crucifix Carvers, The ("Die
Herrgottschnitzer")....(10) Casino Films
(With German spoken commentary.) Story
of the woodcarving art and the artists in
the village of Oberammergau. also famous
for its Passion play. (A Hochland Film
Production.)
Dances of Tibet. (20) Hoffberg Prods.
Filmed in the Himalayan Mountains. A
collection of native Sino-Tibetan folk
dances.
©Dancing Fleece, The... (15) Arthur Mayer
Technicolor. British-made. In ballet fashion,
this tells the .story of a wool worker
who goes to the fair and dreams of being
a great dre.ss designer for beautiful girls.
Debate Continues, The
(30) British Information Services
Documentary. Formal reopening and dedication
of the bombed House of Commons,
with speeches by King George, Clement
Attlee and Winston Churchill.
Desire to Live (12) Hoffberg Prods.
The unseen battlefield where the war of
the atom bomb vs. man is relentlessly being
waged.
Earthquake in Ecuador
(15) United Nations Films
Work of the UN in rescue operations and
in food and medical aid to the people.
Narrated by Sam Wanamaker. (Available
in 35mm and 16mm.)
Every Drop to Drink
(20) British Information Services
Produced for the Metropolitan Water
Board. Shows how the Board met the
problem of supplying pure water to the
vast population of London. (Available in
16mm only.)
Family Portrait
(25) British Information Services...May
16mm documentary. Past and present are
juxtaposed to present an overall picture of
the achievements of the great nation of
Britain.
Father Cuyten (16) Hoffberg Prods.
Story of one of the unsung heroes of the
war.
©Feathered Fishes
(15) Australian News and Inf. Bureau
Kodachrome 16mm film. (Great Barrier
Reef series.) Deals with bird life on the
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©Fifth Freedom, The
(10) Nat'l Screon Service
Technicolor documentary. Freedom of
choice in industry is emphasized as an innate
part of the American system. (Gratis
I
film.
Fight in Malaya. The
(ill British information Services
A report of the combined efforts of Great
Britain and Malaya in waging war against
Communist aggre.ssion in Asia. (Available
in 16mm only.)
©Folk Song Fantasy
(10) Natl Film Bd. of Canada
Color 16mm film. Animated puppets and
birds enact the stories contained in three
folk songs: "Tlie Riddle Song." "Who
Killed Cock Robin?" and "The Cooper of
Fife."
Four Songs by Four Gentlemen
"
(7)
Natl Film Bd. of Canada
Male quartet sings as the words are flashed
on the screen: "Camptown Races." "Bury
Me Not on the Lone Prairie." "Grandfather's
Clock" and "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay."
French School of Painting
(17) A. F. Films. ..June
(English dialog.)
Genius of Turner. The. ..(10) Lux Films
Works of the 19th century English painter,
J. M. Turner.
Grand Design, The
(9) .United Nations Films
How the UN was born and what it has
accomplished in six years in its handling
of international problems.
©Grandma Moses
(22) A. F. Films. ..Dec. '50
Technicolor featurette. Shows the famous
90-year-old artist at her home in Eagle
Bridge. New York. Narration by Archibald
MacLeish, the poet.
Hamburg Believes in Its Future
("Hamburg Glaubt an Seine Zukunft")
15) Casino Films
(
(With German spoken commentary.) History
of the famous city of Hamburg, her
destruction during World War II and her
rebuilding determination.
Hamburg at Night Is Beautiful
("Hamburg bei Nacht 1st Schoen")
(14) Casino Films
(With German spoken commentary.) A
couple plays hide-and-seek through the
famous night-spot area of St. Pauli. near
Hamburg's waterfront. (A Walter Schneider-Roemheld
Production.)
Haunted Palaces. (29) Hoffberg Prods.
Shaw Desmond, international authority on
the supernatural, tells about ghosts.
Hong Kong
(15) British Information Services
A study of the small but strategic and important
colony of Hong Kong, both from
within and in relation to the problems of
the Far East, (Available in 16mm only.)
How Britain Votes
(18) British Information Services
Shows the British election machinery in
action, step by step, before the nation went
to the polls on October 25. 1951.
Hunting With Bow and Arrow
(17) Cornell Films
Braving dangers in the wilds of the Tampiqua
jungles of Mexico to hunt with bow
and arrow.
Irish Melody... (36) Bell Picts,
Barry Keegan tells the story of his life
and success as an Irish .singer. Shots of
famous .scenic spots of Ireland are shown
and Keegan sings two Irish .songs.
Killers of the Deep... (22) Astor Picts.
Two fishermen after game fish off the Bahamas,
around the Panamanian coast, encounter
sharks and other dangerous fish.
Lesson in Anatomy, A....(lli,j) Lux Films
Lincoln Speaks at Gettysburg
(10) A, F, Films. Dec. '50
Narrator covers events up to and including
the famous Lincoln address, entirely
from paintings and drawings of the Civil
War period.
OLittle Gray Neck. 326
(20) Official Films
Kodachrome
i
animated cartoon, in
black and white.) A little bird regains her
ability to fly, and then enjoys .secret revenge
on the sly old fox.
©Little Red Riding Hood 325
(10) Official Films
Kodachrome. (Also in black and white.)
16mm. three dimensional film, that brings
the familiar story of Red Riding Hood to
the .screen, in a new form—with neither
animated cartoons nor live characters.
Looking at Sculpture
(10) British Information Services
A camera visit to the Victoria and Albert
Museum, where three objects of art are
separately and carefully explored. (Available
in 16mm only.)
Love on Skis... (29) Hoffberg Prods.
A condensed version of the 67-minute feature.
"Slalom." Romance on skis at St.
Moritz.
Loves of Franistan, The....(7)....Canton-Weiner
Lampoons film producers who hold up the
picture by consumhig valuable time listing
screen credits.
Man's Life, A. .. (25). Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
Ti-aining naval recruits for the Royal Canadian
Navy, ending with a realistic demonstration
of battle maneuvers. (Available
in 16mm only, either in color or black and
white.)
©Marvels in Miniature
(35) Australian News and Inf. Bureau
Kodachrome 16mm film. (Great Barrier
Reef series.) Shows underwater life of
the reef as seen under a magnifying lens.
Memory Box... (10)
A. F. Films. ...Aug.
(English dialog.)
Milk-Made
(27) Natl Film Bd. of Canada
Compares modern milk production and processing
with dairy methods used in pioneer
days. (Available in 16mm only, either in
color or black and white.)
.Monastery
(20) Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
Benedictine monks are shown as they pursue
their life of prayer, service and devotion
in the quiet confines of their monastery
at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac. Quebec.
(Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
More .\bout Me... (7) Canton-Weiner
The late George Bernard Shaw wrote, directed,
produced and acted in this film,
wherein he expounds on various subjects
in his own inimitable, sarcastic fa.shion
Mother of Parliaments
(10) British Information Services
A shorter version of "The Debate Continues,"
this highlights scenes of the reopening
of the House of Commons.
Mozart and Barrios on Six Strings
(10) A. F. Films.. ..Nov. '50
(English dialog.)
Mystery of Leonardo da Vinci, The
(8) Lux Films
(English narration.) A study of some of
the painter's most famous works.
Mystery of the Flying Saucers
(8) Hoffberg Prods.
Fifty years ago H. G. Wells de.scribed flyuig
.saucers, which were first reported .seen
in 1947. Shows actual shots of the .saucers
and eye-witness accounts by people who
have .seen them.
ONew Iron Horse, The. ..(10) Al O, Bondy
Cinecolor, A General Electric "Excursions
in Science" short on the history of the
steam locomotive. Stresses the importance
of electricity in present day operations.
(Gratis film.)
New Ways for Old Morocco
(20) A. F. Films... .Sept. '50
(English dialog.)
Of Human Rights
(21) United Nations Films
Dramatizes the UN's Univer.sal Declaration
of Human Rights by citing an incident in
a small town. (A 35mm film.)
Old Crafts, New Graces
(11) British Information Services
Shows the skill and careful craftsmanship
applied by British artisans and craftsmen
in making, by hand, the finest harnessing
and saddles, fishing rods and treasured
silverware. (Available in 16mm only.)
Organ, Queen of Instruments, The
("Die Orgel, Koenigin der Instrumente")
(23) Casino Films
(With German spoken commentary.) History
of the organ, against a background of
landscape and pictorial art, climaxed by a
concert with the "Wiener Sangerknaben"
and Bruckner's Te Deum. (An Euram Film
Production.
Outlaw Within, The
(11) Nat'l Film Bd, of Canada
(Canada Carries On .series.) Deals with
the subject of cancer and the progress of
.science toward a .solution. (Available in
35mm and 16mm.)
Oyster Man, The
(18) Nat'l Film Bd. of Canada
Oyster farming in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
from their first stages of cultivation to the
final grading and ,shipping. ( Available in
16mm.)
35mm and
Pacific 231 (10) Pathe Cinema
Documentary. Made in France. Sound effects
and music are used in place of dialog
or narration in this story of the journey
of a train from start to finish. Musical
background by Arthur Honegger.
Padirac....(18)
dialog.)
A. F. Films. ..Aug.
©Partner Perkins... (lO'i)... .Nat'l Screen Serv.
Technicolor. Commercial reel for Chesterfield
cigarets. Arthur Godfrey. Perry
Como and Bing Crosby appear briefly.
(Theatres are paid to run this.)
©Pattern for Survival... (20) Cornell Films
Kodachrome. Civilian defense measures to
be used in case of an atomic bomb attack.
(Produced in cooperation with the army,
navy and air force. Available in 35mm
and 16mm.)
People, Cities, Rails
("Menschen, Staedte, Schienen")
(18) Casino Films
(With German .spoken commentary.)
Shows Germany's famous Alpine-North
Sea Express on its journey from Munich
to Bremerhaven. (A Report-Film Production.)
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Polkas... (12'/i)
Hoffberg Prods.
Austrian-made. The Vienna Symphony
Orchestra plays a selection of Strauss
polkas as dances are performed in animated
fashion by the Vienna Staatsopera
Ballet.
Rescue Mission
(11) Nat'I Film Bd. of Canada
(Canada Carries On series.) Deals with
the mercy flights of the Search and Rescue
Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air
Force. (Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
Rodin... (21)
Canton-Weiner
Study of the work of the great sculptor,
Rodin.
©Run, Sheep, Run... .606
(20) Official Films
Kodachrome. Story of Nell, a champion
sheep dog. Illustrates the dog's ingenuity,
and the patience with which she is taught
her duties.
Sailor Is Born, A
(20) British Information Services
Produced for the Admiralty. Describes the
training the next generation of sailors go
through before they move on to maneuvers
at sea, and their first shore leave. (Available
in 16mm only.)
Salzburg Fiesta... (I21/2) Hoffberg Prods.
Austrian-made. Folk songs and dances are
presented against the setting of an Austrian
beer garden.
Science in the Orchestra
(34) British Information Services
A scientific study of sound and music, with
simple demonstrations used to explain the
principles involved. Divided into three
parts: (1) "The Nature of Sound"; (2) "Exploring
the Instruments"; (3) "Looking at
Sounds."
Scotland Yard at Work
(22) Hoffberg Prods.
Scotland Yard men re-enact crime scenes
and show how they track down criminals.
Screaming Jets
(11) Nat'I Film Bd. of Canada
(Canada Carries On Series.) Shows Canada's
progress in jet aviation as seen in
comparison with that of other countries.
(Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
Shawinigan
(26) Nat'! Film Bd. of Canada
Story of life in an industrial city of Quebec,
as seen through the routine activities
of a French Canadian family. (Available
in 35mm and 16mm.)
Sing a Little... (9) ...Nat'I Film Bd. of Canada
Allan Mills is shown as he broadcasts his
familiar program of songs from inside a
CBC studio. Animated puppets enact the
story told by each of the three ballads.
(Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
Singers of
Israel
(10) Central Cinema Service
The Malavsky Family Choir sing Israeli
and Jewish hymns and folk songs.
Singing Germany ("Singendes Deutschland"
.'
(15) Films
Compilation of the most beloved folk songs
of the German people. (A Fritz Boehmer
Production.)
Ski Chase, The. ..(24) Hoffberg Prods.
Features Hannes Schneider, the world's
champion skier, in some .ski thrills in the
Bavarian Alps.
Song of the Prairie ...(18) Official Ulnis
Czech-made satii'e on American wesii^-n
movies. Puppets portray the characters of
the villain, hero and heroine.
Spanish Texas. .. (10). ... Nation-Wide Pictures
Historical film, with English and Spanish
versions. Shows historical and traditional
spots of Texas, plus famous landmarks.
Produced and directed by H. K. Carrington.
Commentary by Jake Rodriguez.
Lawrence Coasters
(11) Nat'I Film Board of Canada
Narrated in the first person by a skipper
who takes his nephew on his first trip
aboard a river freighter, the film follows
the course of the voyage along the St.
Lawrence river. (Available in 35mm and
16mm.)
St.
Story of a City ("Darmstadt")
(19) Casino Films
(With German spoken commentary.) A
camera tour of the important points of
interest in the world-famous city of Darmstadt,
well-known also as the residence of
Hessian princes.
©Story of Time, The. ..(10) C. S. Goetz
Technicolor. British-made. Animated puppets,
cartoons, drawings and trick photography
are used to illustrate the evolution
of clocks and man's progress in his efforts
to tell time.
Strauss Festival... (5)
Films Int'I
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted
by Oscar Strauss, presents the music
of the conductor and that of his famous
relative. Johann Strauss.
Struggle for Oil. ..(20). British Inform. Serv.
16mm documentary. History of the world
struggle for oil resources is traced from its
beginning, prior to World War I. to date.
Filmed in the heart of the oil land of Iran.
Student in Paris, A
(20) Noel Meadow Associates
Spoken in French with English subtitles,
also portions narrated in English.
Suite of Faces... (10) A. F. Films. ..Aug.
(English dialog.)
Survival Under Atom Attack
(10) Castle Films. ..Mar.
Non-commercial film officially approved by
the Federal Civil Defense Authority. Available
to various industries for sliowing to its
personnel. (Availabi" in 16mm and 8mm.
sound or silent.)
Target: U.S.A (20) Cornell Films
What to do before, during and after an
atomic attack on an industrial area. (Available
both in Kodachrome and black and
white; also in either 35mm or 16mm.)
Thunder in the East
(11) JiJat'l Film Board of Canada
(Canada Carries On series.) Traces the
events leading up to the Korean conflict,
and shows the unrest in Asia in its struggle
for nationhood. (Available in 35mm and
16mm.)
Tiepolo Skies... (11)
Lux Films
(English narration.) Work of Giambatista
Tiepolo, Venetian painter of the 18th century
famed for his beautiful skies.
Toronto: Boom Town
(10) Nat'I Film Board of Canada
(Canada Carries On series.) A comparison
between Toronto of half a century ago and
the thriving, expanding metropolis it is
today. (Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
Touch of the Shamrock, A... (28). ...Bell Picts.
Irish tenor Cavan O'Connor sings Irish
songs and folklore while the camera covers
scenic beauties of the Emerald Isle.
Trade on the Move—Port of Hamburg
("Drehscheibe des Handels—Hafen Hamburg")
... (14) Casino Films
(With German spoken commentai-y.) A
camera tour of one of the world's largest
and busiest ports. (A Hannes Richter F*roduction.)
©Triptych. (14) Lux Films
Technicolor film with English dialog. Illustrates
through the use of three famous
paintings the important phases in the life
of Jesus. Beniamino Gigli and chorus supply
the musical background. (Pi'oduced in
1950 by the English branch of the Society
of St. Paul in Italy.)
©Trooping the Colours
(10) British Information Services
Technicolor 16mm film. Welsh Guards go
through the annual traditional ceremony
of trooping the colours on the king's birthday.
Tropical Lowlands ... (12)... United World Films
A camera visit down the Amazon river, into
the Brazilian lowlands. Constant rains pre-
.sent a food-growing problem. Shows how
a typical river family feeds and clothes
itself.
United Nations Screen Magazine No. 5
(10) UN Film Distribution
(This Is the United Nations.) First half of
film shows how UN Secretariat members
get together to learn about the cultures of
other lands; singing and dancing by Indian
students; background history of Libya.
(Available in 35mm.)
United Nations Screen Magazine No. 6
(10) UN Film Distribution
(This Is the United Nations. 1 half of
film shows how a London laboratory keeps
check on influenza epidemics throughout
the world; second portion explains the work
of the UN Narcotics Division in New York.
(Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
United Nations Screen Magazine No. 8
(10) UN FUm Distribution
(This Is the United Nations.) Study of the
work being done to establish a universal
system of road signs in Europe and America;
problems of the UN Commission in
Eritrea. (Available in 35mm and 16mm.)
Village Tale, The. (35) Palestine Films
Featurette. Pi'oduced in Israel. Tale of an
immigrant family from Yugoslavia who settle
in the new Israel. Ernest Stoessel, Shoshanna
Honig-Cohen. Director: George L.
George.
W. B. Yeats—A Tribute.. (24). Brandon Films
Camera shots of scenes of Ireland are
shown as patriotic poems of W. B. Yeats
are recited.
Water for the Prairies
(19) Nat'I Film Board of Canada
A study of the need for conservation of
Canada's dwindling water resources, which
is of urgent concern to the Federal and
Alberta governments. (Available in 16mm
only, either in color or black and white.)
©West of England
(10) British Information Services
Technicolor. The place where for hundreds
of years some of the best cloth in the world
has been produced. Shows the beautiful
Stroud valleys, looms and skilled valley
weavers. (Available in 16mm only.)
What the Stars Foretell
(27) Hoffberg Prods.
The world-renowned astrologist. R. H. Naylor,
explains horoscopes and the stars as
they relate to human destinies.
What's the Name of That Song?
(19) Charles R. Dorety Prods.
Two holdup men, fleeing police, hide out in
a radio studio and get on a quiz program
by mistake. They win the jackpot just as
the police arrive.
Wonder Jet... (19) ...British Information Serv.
An account of Britain's development in the
field of jet propulsion. Highlights the careers
of the scientists in their 18 years of
research on the project.
(Available in 16mm
only.)
Wonders of the Deep
(10) British Information Services
Underwater shots of a sunken troopship
and the actual firing of a torpedo from a
submarine. (Available in 16mm only.)
©World Garden (11). British Inform. Serv.
Technicolor 16mm film. Features the first
springtime blooms in the world-renowned
Kew Gardens, with a camera tour of other
public and private gardens in England.
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Century-Fox ACKNOWLEDGES
WITH THANKS THE MANY
^w AWARDS FOR 1951!
We're happy ''DAVID AND BATH-
SHEBA" proved to be the top moneymaker
in the industry in 1951
We're tickled
pink that "Variety" points
out that last year 20th Century-Fox topped
other companies with the greatest
all
number of big-grossing pictures.
We're gratified that exhibitors made
money with so overwhelming a number of
our pictures last season.
NOW LET'S LOOK AHEAD TO 1952!
20th Century-Fox goes full steam
ahead in 1952 with the greatest program
of entertainment ever produced
in our history.
Read the important annou ncement on
Pages 7-8-9.
If you've already read it, go over it again,
it'll
sound even more wonderf ul to you the
second time
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