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. 11949-50.1 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, 116 BAROMETER Section
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