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Lynn, Greg Martell. Director: Sam Newfield.
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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