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SHORTS CHART
Universal-International
Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd
CARTOON MELODIES
73S6 Toasts of Song (10) 7-28-52 + 11-15
EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES
7370 Farminij in South China
(19) 7-14-52 H 8-23
7371 Cattle and the Corn Belt
(28) 8-U-52 H 8-30
?72 Tropical Lowland (21).. 9- 8-52 H 10- 4
73 Riches of the Veldt
(19'/2) 10- 6-52 H 10-18
1952-52 SEASON
8361 Horsemen of the Pampa
(21) 11- 3-52 4- 11-15
8326 Farms and Towns of
Slovadia (20) 12- 1-52 ft 1-24
3363 An Industiial Lake Port
(20) 12-29-52
8364 Ports of Industrial
Scarnlanavia (..).... 1-26-53
8365 The Po River Valley (..) 2-23-53
J366 Sheep R.inch Country ( . . ) 3-23-53
MUSICAL FEATURETTE
8301 Xavier Cuiiat and Orch.
(15) 11-16-52 -f 11-15
8302 Don Cornell Sings (15). 12- 4-52 -f 11-15
8303 The Modernaires With Lawrence
Welks Orch. (15) 1- 1-53 + 11-15
NAME BAND MUSICALS
7308 Perez Prado and Orch.
(IS) 7- 2-52 + 8-23
7309 Dick Jurgens and Orch.
(15) 7-30-52 -I-
8-30
7310 Billy May and His Orch.
(15) 8-20-52 -I-
9-20
7311 Jimmy Dorsey Varieties
(15) 9-25-52 + 10-18
LANTZ CARTUNES
(Teclinicolor Reissues)
7331 Apple Andy (7) 7-21-52
7332 Wacky Weed (7) 8-18-52
Musical Moments (7) . . . 9-15-52
TWO-REEL SPECIALS
7333
1952-53 SEASON
8201 Out of the Earth (18).. 2-10-53
SPECIAL
8203 The World's Most Beautiful
Girls (17) 2- 1-53
VARIETY VIEWS
7345 Army's Finest (9) 6-16-52 -f 4-18
7346 Future Generals (9) . . . 8- 4-52 8-30
7347 Village Metropolis (9).. 9- 8-52 + 9-13
(9) 10-13-52
1952-53 SEASON
7348 Man in the Peace Tower
11-15 +
8341 King Winter (9) 12-22-52
8342 Get a Horse (9) 1-26-53
WOODY WOODPECKER CARTUNES
(Technicolor)
7355 Woodpecker in the Rough
(7) 8-U-52 7354 Scalp Treatment (7) . . . 9- 8-52 +
6-28
9-20
7356 The Great Who-Dood-lt
(7) 10-26-52 -f 10-18
1952-53 SEASON
8321 Termites From Mars (7) 12- 8-52 + 1-24
8322 What's Sweepin? (6)... 1- 5-53
Warner Bros.
Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd
BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE
(Technicolor Reissues)
8311 The Bug Parade (7) 7-12-52
8312 Merrie Sid Soul (7) 8- 2-52
8313 Fresh Airdale (7) 8-30-52
1952-52 SEASON
9301 A Feud There Was (7).. 9-13-52
9302 Daffy Doodles (7) 10-11-52
9303 A Day at the Zoo (7). 11- 8-52
9304 Early Worm Gets the
Bird (7) 11-29-52
9305 Tale of Two Mice (7).. 1-10-52
9306 Bashful Bunard (7) 2- 7-53
9307 Country Mouse . ) 3-14-53
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9308 Little Dutch Plate (7).. 4-11-53
BUGS BUNNY SPECIALS
8730 Oily Hare
(Technical)
(7) 7-26-52 ± 8.
1952-52 SEASON
9723 Rabbit Seasoning (7) . . . 9-20-52 12-
9725 Hare Lift (7) 12-20-52 + 2-
9726 Forward. March Hare (7) 2-14-53
9727 Upswept Hare ( . ) 3-14-53
FEATURETTES
S106 Trial by Trigger (20) . . 7- 8-52
1952-52 SEASON
9101 Monsters of the Deep
(20) 9-27-52
9102 Oklahoma Outlaws (20) .11-22-52
9103 Are Animals Actors?
(20) 12-27-52
9104 Star in the Night ( .) 3-21-53
lOE McDOAKES COMEDIES
S406 So You Ne.er Tell a Lie
(10) 8- 2-52
1952-53 SEASON
9401 So You're Going to the
Dentist (10) 9-20-52 ± 12-
23
So You Want to Wear
Pants (10) U- 8-52 + 12-20
9403 So You Want to Be a Musician
(10) 1-10-53
9405 So You Want to Learn to
Dance ( ) 3-28-53
MELODY MASTER BANDS
(Reissues)
8806 The Serenaders (10)... 8-16-52
1952-53 SEASON
9801 Freddie Fisher and Band
(10) 10-11-52
9802 Junior Jive Bombers
(10) 11-15-52
9803 Circus Band (9) 12-27-52
9804 Oizie Nelson & His Qrch.
(.,) 4-18-53
MERRIE MELODIES
8719 Cracked
(Technicolor)
Quack (7) 7- 5-52 + 8-23
9-52
8721 Gomg! Going! Gosh! (7) 8-23-52 + 10- 4
8720 Hoppy-Go-Lucky (7) 8-
8722 Bird in a Guilty Cage (7) 8-30-52 -|- 10- 4
1952-53 SEASON
9701 Mousewarming (7) 9- 8-52 + 11- 1
9702 The Egg-cited Rooster
(7) 10- 4-52 +12-6
9703 Tree for Two (7) 10-18-52 + 12-6
9704 The Super Snooper (7).. 11- 1-52 ± 12-20
9705 Terrier-Stricken (7) 11-29-52+ 1-24
9706 Fool Coverage (7) 12-13-52 + 1-24
9707 Don't Give Up the Sheet)
(7) 1- 3-53
9708 Snow Business (7) 1-17-53
9709 A Mouse Divided (7) 1-31-53
. . .
9710 Kiss Me Cat (7) 2-21-53
9711 Duck Amuck (7) 2-28-53
9712 A Peck o' Trouble (..) 3-28-53
9713 Fowl Weather (7) 4- 4-53
9714 Muscle Tussle (7) 4-18-53
SPORTS PARADE
(Technicolor)
8509 Snow Frolics (10) 7-26-52 8-23
8510 Just for Sport (10) 8-23-52 + 10- 4
1952-53 SEASON
9501 They Fly Through the Air
(10) 10- 4-52 + 12- 6
9404 Birthplace of Hockey (10) 2-28-53
9506 Cheyenne Days (..).... 4- 4-53 ....
TECHNICOLOR SPECIALS
8008 Open Up That Golden
Gale (20) 7-15-52 + 8-23
1952-53 SEASON
9001 Killers of the Swamp
(17) 9- 6-52 + 11-1
9002 Man Without a Country
(21) 10-25-52
9003 Cruise of the Zaca (20). 12- 6-52 + 1-24
9004 Flag of Humanity (20) . . 1-24-53
9005 Thar She Blows (..)... 3- 7-53
9006 Under the Little Big Top
(..) 4-25-53
VITAPHONE NOVELTIES
8607 Daredevil Days (10) 8- 9-52 + 8-23
1952-53 SEASON
9601. Ain't Rio Grand (9)... 9-13-52 + 11-1
9602 1 Saw It Happen (10) . .10-18-52
9603 Hunting the Devil Cat
(10) 10-18-52
MISCELLANEOUS
Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd
Republic
SERIALS
5281 Zombies of the
Stratosphere 7-16-52 ....
12 Chapters
5282. Dick Tracy vs. The Phamtom
Empire 10- 8-52
16 Chapters
THIS WORLD OF OURS
(Trucoler)
5186 India (9) 7- 1-52
5187 The Philippines (9) B-25-52
Independents
Antarctic Whale Hunt (19) British
Inf. Svc +t 7-12
Future of Scotland. The (21) British
Inf. Svc + 7-12
Rescue in the Alps (17) Hoffbcrg ± 7-12
Spook Sport (7) Ted Nemeth Studios.. + 7-12
United for Defense (10) United Defense
Fund + 7-19
Challenge in Nigeria (20) British Inf.
Svc + 7-26
Turkey— Key to the Middle East (20)
British Inf. Svc ++ 7-26
The British—Are They Artistic?
(21) British Inf. Svc (+ 8-9
Bridgue of Time (15) British Inf. Svc. 8-9
El Dorado (33) British Inf. Svc 8-9
The King's Music (20) British Inf. Svc. 8-9
The People's Land (11) British Inf. Svc. + 8-9
Miracle on Skis (16) Regal Picts ff 8-30
Charm of Life (15) Piclura Films + 10-18
The Stranger Left No Card
(22)Meteor +11-1
Images Mediaveles (18) A.F.E #12-20
SHORTS REVIEWS 1
Lanci of the Ugly Duckling
(FilzPatrick Traveltalk)
MGM
9 Mins.
Very good. Especially timely at
the present time, when Gold'wyn's
"Hans Christian Andersen" is in release.
The FitzPatrick Technicolor
cameras go to Denmark to photograph
the scenes lArhere Andersen
was born and lived. The little village
of Odense is prominently featured
as in Copenhagen, where he
wrote his most famous fairy tales.
In addition to showing various
statues and monuments to Andersen,
there are also views of the modern
city, with its high buildings and wide
streets.
The Missing Mouse
(Tom and Jerry Cartoon)
MGM 6 Mins.
Good. Another amusing entry in
this popular series. Tom Cat hears
a radio broadcast announcing the
disappearance of a mouse from a
laboratory. Because this mouse has
swallowed a large quantity of explosive,
he is a very dangerous item.
When Jerry hears about this he has
field day making Tom think he is the
explosive mouse. Of course, Tom
really meets the dangerous rodent
with explosive results.
9502 Unfamiliar Sports (10) 11- 1-52 12- 6
9503 Fiesta for Sports (10) .
+ 2-14
9504 Spor.tino Courage (10) . . 1-31-53
An Inciustrial Lake Port
(The Earth and Its Peoples)
Univ.-Infl
20 Mins.
Good. For a change, this interesting
and informative series produced
by Louis DeRochemont tells about an
American city, Buffalo, one of the
world's largest inland ports. The
world's largest iron mines lie adjacent
to the Great Lakes and freighting
is a relatively economical means
of transportation for heavy cargoes.
The film shows the movement of
ships and cargoes as seen by Tom
McKenna, lighthouse keeper in Buffalo's
harbor. From Minnesota, where
the iron is mined, to Buffalo and then
9604 Too Much Speed (10) . .
1- 3-53 (+ 2-14 to all parts of the world goes the
9605 Here We Go Again (10) . 2-14-53
9602 No Adults Allowed (..) 4-11-53
iron and steel.
Out of the Earth
(Two-Reel Special)
Univ.-Int'l
18 Mins.
Very good. All the aspects of life
in Saudi Arabia are shown in this
fascinating short, filmed with the cooperation
of one of the big American
oil companies. American ingenuity
applied itself to the task of developing
the backward country in 1933.
Now thousands of Americans and
their wives and children lead a community
life and have integrated
themselves into the Near East. There
are many exciting shots of oil drilling
operations and the impressive pipelines.
What's S'weepin'?
(Woody Woodpecker)
Univ.-Int'l
6 Mins.
Good. An amusing cartoon in
Technicolor which has the obstreperous
little bird as a streetcleaner
who is dismayed to learn that
Jingling Bros, circus is coming to
town. Noticing that Wally Walrus
gets away with a lot as a city cop.
Woody fishes a cop's uniform out of
a trash can. When the circus arrives.
Woody gets into all sorts of trouble
so the walrus finally manages to
restore the bird to the street cleaning
job.
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Flag of Humanit'y
(Technicolor Special)
Warner Bros.
20 Mins.
Good. A well done dramatizatia
of the life of Clara Barton, first prea
dent of the American Red Cross. Sh
is shown caring for soldiers in th
War Between the States who othei
wise would have died of neglec
and then working to establish a moi
humane hospital system. She goes 1
Switzerland to learn about the Re
Cross, and then works for years 1
have one set up in the U.S. throug
U.S. agreement to the Geneva treat;
President Garfield finally made h<
dream come true. The players or
Nana Bryant, Fay Helm, John Hamil
ton, Ted Osborn and John Arledge
lean Nefulesco directed.
Forward, March Hare
(Bugs Bunny Special)
Warner Bros. 7 Mina.
Good. There is a lot of real humor
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in this picturized story of Bugs Bunny,
getting drafted into the army. Somi
how he passes the physical test
which soldiers and veterans will
derstand as a gentle dig at the arm
medicos. He is then equipped wit
a uniform much too large for hin
Bugs tries to do his patriotic dut;
but succeeds only in making thing
tough for the sergeant and raisin
the eyebrows of superior officers,
A Mouse Divided
(Merrie Melody Cartoon)
Warner Bros. 7 Min
Good. Amusing incidents develc
as a stork delivers a baby mouse
Papa and Mama Cat and a baby o
to a mouse family. Hundreds
neighborhood cats besiege the horn
of the cat parents, who have falle
in love with the baby mouse, am
have to be constantly repelled
doors and windows. The drawin
and the timing of the gags is gooi
Snow Business
(Looney Tune Cartoon)
Warner Bros.
7 Mil
Gooct Sylvester, the cat, ant
Tweety Bird become snowbound i(
a mountain cabin with only bi
seed for food. Hunger leads the cc
to forget friendship in favor of
dinner of fowl, but the bird alwai
escapes the pot. As a mouse driv<
berserk by hunger attacks Sylveste
Granny arrives with provisions—moi
bird seed.
So You Want to Be a
Musician
(Joe McDoakes Comedy)
Warner Bros. 10
Good. Our hero has musical as;
rations that provoke merriment,
fails as a bassoonist, accidental
gets a job with the cymbals in
topnotch symphony orchestra ai
ruins the performance, becomes
gypsy fiddler in a tea room to tl
great discomfort of the patrons
the end, he finds his place in
musical world by producing
cordant notes as a one-man bandİ
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BOXOmCE BookinGuide :: Feb. 28. 1958