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Summary: Bunny Rabbit meets many animals when he goes to visit the
farm.

Credits: Collaborators: Arthur I. Gates, Ernest Horn, Celeste C.
Peardon.

AVES DE RAPINA. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel,
sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborators, T. Gilbert Pearson, William L. Finley.

AVES DE RAPIÑA. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., in collaboration
with T. Gilbert Pearson and William L. Finley, c1947. 1 reel, sd.,
b&w, 16mm. Spanish version of "Birds of Prey."

AVIATION EXPERT—DONALD DOUGLAS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd. (Person-Oddity, no. 130)

Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; narrator, Douglas
Browning.

AN AVIATION STORY. sd., 16mm.

AVIATION VACATION. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie Melodies) Leon
Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Dave Monahan; animation,
Sidney Sutherland; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

AWFUL ORPHAN. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Michael Maltese;
animation, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris.

AZUSA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel,
sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

B. F.'S DAUGHTER. Loew's Inc., c1948. 108 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM
picture. Based on the novel by John P. Marquand.

Summary: The story of the marital difficulties of a headstrong
heiress who marries a struggling young economist.

Credits: Producer, Edwin H. Knopf; director, Robert Z. Leonard;
screenplay, Luther Davis; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor,
George White.

Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart,
Keenan Wynn.

B–29'S OVER DIXIE. Bell Aircraft Corp., Motion Picture Division. 20
min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Directed and written by Norman Mathews, Harold Kopel;
cameraman, Ralph Woolsey.

BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min.,
sd., color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Director, Andre DeLaVarre; narrator, Knox Manning.

BABALU. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel,
sd.

BABALU. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel,
sd.

BABBLING BESS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1
reel, sd.

BABE DIDRIKSON, QUEEN OF SPORTS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 1
reel, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Babe Didrikson jumps hurdles, throws the javelin, plays
baseball, and demonstrates in detail her skill at golf.

Credits: Producer-director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill Stern;
music, Jack Shaindlin; editor, Dan Heiss.

THE BABE RUTH STORY. Allied Artists Productions, Inc., c1948. 106
min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the book by Bob Considine.

Summary: The life of the home-run king from his childhood to his
last illness, with emphasis on his professional career.

Credits: Producer and director, Roy Del Ruth; screenplay, Bob
Considine, George Callahan; music director, Edward Ward; film
editor, Richard Heermance.

Cast: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene,
Fred Lightner.

BABES ON BROADWAY. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 13 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Busby Berkeley; original
story, Fred Finklehoffe; screenplay, Fred Finklehoffe, Elaine Ryan;
music director, Georgie Stoll; music adaptation, Roger Edens;
orchestrations, Leo Arnaud, George Bassman, Conrad Salinger; film
editor, Fredrick Y. Smith.

BABES ON SWING STREET. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 8 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Bernard W. Burton; director, Edward
Lilley; original story, Brenda Weisberg; screenplay, Howard
Dimsdale, Eugene Conrad; music director, Sam Freed, Jr.; film
editor, Fred R. Feitshans.

BABIES BY BANNISTER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 781 ft., sd. (A
Columbia Panoramic)

Credits: Director, Irving Browning; commentator, Millicent Robin.

BABIES FOR SALE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Charles Barton; story, Robert Chapin, Joseph
Carole; screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; film editor, Charles Nelson.

BABIES, THEY'RE WONDERFUL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 1 reel,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Directed and written by Justin Herman.

BABY ANIMALS. Young America Films, Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: A film designed to teach primary children certain concepts
basic to an understanding of the appearance, behavior, and care of
young birds and animals.

Credits: Adviser, Gerald S. Craig.

BABY, ARE YOU KIDDIN'? Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

BABY BLUES. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 852
ft., sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; screenplay, Hal Law, Robert McGowan;
film editor, Leon Bourgeau.

BABY BOTTLENECK. Warner Bros. Cartoons, c1945. 7 min., sd., color.
(Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Robert Clampett; story, Warren Foster; animation,
Rod Scribner; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

BABY CARE—FEEDING. The Pennsylvania State College, c1944. 900 ft.,
sd., 16mm.

Appl. author: Celeste Burgeson.

BABY DON'T GO 'WAY FROM ME. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

BABY DON'T YOU CRY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.

BABY, DON'T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of
America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

BABY FACE MORGAN. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Schwarz; director, Arthur Dreifuss; story,
Oscar Brodney, Jack Rubin; screenplay, Edward Dein, Jack Rubin;
original music score, Leon Erdody; film editor, Dan Milner.

BABY FACE MORGAN. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Schwarz; director, Arthur Dreifuss; story,
Oscar Brodney, Jack Rubin; screenplay, Edward Dein, Jack Rubin;
original music score, Leon Erdody; film editor, Dan Milner.

BABY PUSS. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 729
ft., sd., color. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon) (An MGM Tom and
Jerry Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation,
Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Pete Burness; music,
Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

BABY RABBIT IN CARROT PIE. c1940. 1 reel, sd.

THE BABY SEAL. Released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941.
Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Connie Rasinski; story,
John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.

THE BABY SITTER. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Little Lulu Cartoon)

Credits: Direction, Seymour Kneitel; story, Bill Turner, Larry
Riley.

BABY WANTS A BOTTLESHIP. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Jack Ward, Jack Mercer;
animation, Alfred Eugster, Joseph Oriolo.

THE BABY'S BATH. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in
collaboration with Arnold Gesell and the Clinic of Child
Development, Yale University, c1947. 1 reel, si., b&w, 16mm.

BACALL TO ARMS. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Technicolor.

THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 95
min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Dore Schary; director, Irving Reis; original
story and screenplay, Sidney Sheldon; music, Leigh Harline; music
director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Frederick Knudtson.

Cast: Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee.

BACHELOR BLUES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 17 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Leslie Goodwins;
screenplay, Julian Woodward, Leslie Goodwins; film editor, Tholen
Gladden.

Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Wally Brown, Betty Underwood,
Grandon Rhodes.

BACHELOR BORN. SEE Housemaster.

BACHELOR DADDY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Burt Kelly; director, Harold Young;
music director, Charles Previn; photography, Milton Krasner; film
editor, Philip Cahn.

BACHELOR DAZE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 1,646 ft., sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Jules White; story and screenplay,
Felix Adler; film editor, Charles Hochberg.

THE BACHELOR'S DAUGHTERS. Released through United Artists, c1946.
Presented by Andrew Stone. 90 min., sd., 35mm.

Credits: Production, direction and original screenplay, Andrew
Stone; music director, Heinz Roemheld; editor, Duncan Mansfield.

BACK ALLEY OPROAR. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947–48. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, I. Freleng; story, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce;
animation, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross.

BACK ALLEY OPROAR. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947–48, 7 min., sd.,
color. 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, I. Freleng; story, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce;
animation, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross.

BACK BEAT BOOGIE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944.
1 reel, sd.

BACK DOOR MAN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,c1946. 1
reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

BACK FROM THE FRONT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Jules White; story and screenplay,
Jack White, Ewart Adamson; film editor, Edwin Bryant.

BACK HOME IN INDIANA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1945. 1 reel, sd.

BACK IN THE SADDLE. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, Lew Landers;
original screenplay, Richard Murphy, Jesse Lasky, Jr.; photography,
Ernest Miller; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BACK IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

BACK OF EVERY PROMISE. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.; c1949. 29
min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Previously entitled "Promises We Live By."

Summary: Shows how banking services are performed.

Credits: Author, James P. Prindle, III.

BACKSTREET. c1941. Presented by Universal Studios. 10 reels, sd. Based
on the novel by Fannie Hurst.

Credits: Producer, Bruce Manning; director, Robert Stevenson;
screenplay, Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson; music director, Charles
Previn; photography, William Daniels; film editor, Ted Kent.

BACK TO BATAAN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 95 min., sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Theron Warth; director, Edward Dmytryk;
original story, Aeneas MacKenzie, William Gordon; screenplay, Ben
Barzman, Richard H. Landau; music, Roy Webb; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, Marston Fay.

BACK TO BIKES. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 1 reel, sd.
(Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; continuity, Russ Sheilds; music, L.
de Francesco; photography, Jack Painter.

BACK TO DONEGAL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945.
1 reel, sd.

BACK TO LIFE. Aetna Life Affiliated Companies, for the Aetna Casualty
& Surety Co., c1948. 6 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Explains the principles of artificial respiration and
demonstrates the application of those principles.

BACK TO THE SOIL. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1941. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (A Terrytoon)

Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John
Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.

BACK TRAIL. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1948. 54 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The adventures of rancher Terry Dugan, who marries the
banker's daughter. Banker Frazer, who was once imprisoned on a false
charge of embezzlement, is enmeshed in the schemes of a blackmailer
until Terry apprehends the criminal.

Credits: Producer, Barney A. Sarecky; director, Christy Cabanne;
original screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; music director, Edward Kay;
film editor, Johnny Fuller.

Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Mildred Coles, Ted Adams,
Pierce Lyden.

BACKGROUND FOR LITERATURE: THE LADY OF THE LAKE. Coronet, c1949. 11
min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Scenes of the Scottish countryside and the historic
landmarks described in Scott's poem. Teaches that literature has its
roots in actual places, people, and events. For high school
students.

Credits: Educational collaborator, J. Paul Leonard.

BACKGROUND FOR READING: STORIES OF HOLLAND. Coronet, c1949. 10 min.,
sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Scenes of life in Holland. Designed for intermediate and
junior high grades as a visual background for reading about Holland.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Wendell W. Wright.

BACKGROUND TO DANGER. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1943. 80 min., sd.
A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From a novel by Eric Ambler.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Wald; director, Raoul Walsh; screenplay, W.
R. Burnett; music, Frederick Hollander; music director, Leo F.
Forbstein; film editor, Jack Killifer.

BACKLASH. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946, 66 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, Cliff R. Gans; director, Eugene Forde;
original story and screenplay, Irving Elman; music score, Darrell
Calker; film editor, William F. Claxton.

Cast: Jean Rogers, Richard Travis.

BACKSTAGE BLUES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943.
1 reel, sd.

BACKSTAGE FOLLIES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 19 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal
Yates; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Wally Brown, Betty Underwood,
Steven Flagg.

BACKTRACK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1
reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

BACKYARD EXPLORATIONS. Scriptures Visualized Institute, c1942. 1 reel.
(Nature's Wonderland Series)

Appl. author: Severt Andrewson.

BACKYARD GOLF. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min., sd.,
color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Producers, Blumenthal, Heilner; director, Andre De La
Varre; narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

BAD BASCOMB. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11
reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, Orville O. Dull; director, S. Sylvan Simon;
original story, D. A. Loxley; screenplay, William Lipman, Grant
Garrett; music score, David Snell; orchestration, Wally Heglin; film
editor, Ben Lewis.

BAD BOY. Allied Artists Productions, Inc. Released through Monogram
Pictures Corp., c1949. 87 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A semi-documentary picture about the rehabilitation of a
delinquent youth who is committed to the Variety Clubs International
Boys' Farm at Copperas Cove, Texas.

Credits: Producer, Paul Short; director, Kurt Neumann; screenplay,
Robert Hardy Andrews; story, Robert Hardy Andrews, Paul Short; music
score, Paul Sawtell; editor, William Austin.

Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Jan Wyatt, Audie Murphy, James Gleason, Stanley
Clements.

BAD LUCK BLACKIE. Loew's Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Tom
and Jerry Cartoon) An MGM cartoon.

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; director, Tex Avery; story, Rich
Hogan; animation, Grant Simmons, Walter Clinton, Preston Blair,
Louie Schmitt; music, Scott Bradley.

THE BAD MAN. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7
reels, sd. Based on the play by Porter Emerson Browne.

Credits: Producer, J. Walter Ruben; director, Richard Thorpe;
screenplay, Wells Root; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

BAD MAN FROM RED BUTTE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 6 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Joseph Sanford; director, Ray Taylor;
original screenplay, Sam Robins; cameraman, William Sickner.

BAD MAN OF DEADWOOD. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer and director, Joseph Kane; original
screenplay, James R. Webb; music director, Cy Feuer; photographer,
William Nobles; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BAD MEN OF MISSOURI. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 8 reels. A
Warner Bros.-First National picture. From a story by Robert E. Kent.

Credits: Director, Ray Enright; screenplay, Charles Grayson.

BAD MEN OF THE BORDER. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 6 reels,
sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Wallace W. Fox; original screenplay,
Adele Buffington; photographer, Maury Gertsman; film editor, Philip
Cahn.

BAD MEN OF THE HILLS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Fier; director, William Berke; original
screenplay, Luci Ward; film editor, Richard Fantl.

BAD MEN OF THUNDER GAP. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Alfred Stern, Arthur Alexander; director, Albert
Herman; original story and screenplay, Elmer Clifton; music
director, Lee Zahler; cameraman, Robert Cline; film editor, Charles
Henkel, Jr.

BAD MEN OF TOMBSTONE. Allied Artists Productions, Inc., c1948. 75
min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on "Last of the Badmen" by James
Monaghan.

Summary: A Western of the gold rush days in which a band of outlaws
participates in a series of robberies and murders.

Credits: Producers, Frank, Maurice, and Hyman King; director, Kurt
Newmann; screenplay, Philip Yordan, Arthur Strawn; film editor, Dick
Heermance.

Cast: Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford,
Fortunio Bonanova, Guinn Williams.

BAD OL' PUTTY-TAT. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, I. Freleng; voice, Mel Blanc; animation, Gerry
Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Ken Champion, Virgil Ross.

BADLANDS OF DAKOTA. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, George Waggner; director, Alfred E.
Green; original story, Harold Shumate; screenplay, Gerald Geraghty;
cameraman, Stanley Cortez; film editor, Frank Gross.

BADMAN'S TERRITORY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 98 min., sd.,
35mm.

Credits: Producer, Nat Holt; director, Tim Whelan; original
screenplay, Jack Natteford, Luci Ward; music, Roy Webb; music
director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Philip Martin, Jr.

BADMINTON. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 872
ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, Philip
Anderson; original story and screenplay, Joe Ansen, Parkyakarkus;
film editor, J. J. Durant, Jr.

LA BAGARRE. SEE The Wench.

BAGDAD. Universal International Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 82 min.,
sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: The daughter of a murdered Arab leader avenges her father's
death at the hands of a band of desert marauders.

Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Charles Lamont; story,
Tamara Hovey; screenplay, Robert Hardy Andrews; music director,
Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Russell Schoengarth.

Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Paul Christian, Vincent Price, John Sutton,
Jeff Corey.

BAGDAD DADDY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Will Cowan; director, Larry Ceballos;
music director, Charles Previn; orchestrations, Milton Rosen; film
editor, Paul Landres.

THE BAGGAGE BUSTER. Walt Disney Productions, c1941. 1 reel. (A Walt
Disney Goofy)

BAH WILDERNESS. Loew's Inc., c1943. 666 ft., sd., color. (A
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon) A Rudolf Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

BAHAMA PASSAGE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 9 reels, sd., color.
Based on the story "Dildo Cay" by Nelson Hayes.

Credits: Producer and director, Edward H. Griffith; screenplay,
Virginia Van Upp; music score, David Buttolph; photography, Farciot
Edouart; editor, Eda Warren. Technicolor.

BAHAMA SEA SPORTS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 10 min., sd., color.
(Sports Parade)

Credits: Producers, Blumenthal, de La Varre; director, Van Campen
Heilner; narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

BAHIANA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel,
sd.

THE BAKER'S WIFE (LA FEMME DU BOULANGER). Distributed by the Baker's
Wife, Inc., c1939. Presented by Hakim Bros. 9 reels, sd. A Marcel
Pagnol production. By Jean Giono.

Credits: Direction, adaptation, and dialogue, Marcel Pagnol;
adaptation and English titles, John Erskine; original music, Vincent
Scotto; photography, G. Benoit, R. Ledru, N. Daries.

THE BAKING INDUSTRY. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.,
16mm. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

BALA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

BALALAIKA. Loew's Inc., c1939. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10
reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the play, book and lyrics by Eric
Maschwitz, music by George Posford and Bernard Grun.

Credits: Producer, Lawrence Weingarten; director, Reinhold Schunzel;
screenplay, Leon Gordon, Charles Bennett, Jacques Deval; music
adaptation and score, Herbert Stothart; orchestration, Murray
Cutter, Paul Marquardt, Wally Heglin; film editor, George Boemler.

BALINESIA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1
reel, sd.

BALL-HANDLING IN BASKETBALL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel.

Credits: Collaborator, Wilbur Johns.

BALL HANDLING IN FOOTBALL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Collaborator, Andrew Kerr.

BALL OF FIRE. Released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 111
min., sd. From an original story by Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Howard Hawks;
screenplay, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder; music, Alfred Newman;
photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell.

BALL OF FIRE. SEE A Song Is Born.

BALLERINA. SEE The Men in Her Life.

BALLET DANCERS' NIGHTMARE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

THE BALMY SWAMI. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Carl Meyer, Jack Mercer;
animation, Tom Johnson, George Rufle; music, Winston Sharples.

BAMBI. Distributed by R.K.O. Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. Presented by
Walt Disney. 7 reels, sd., color. From the story by Felix Salten.

Credits: Supervising director, David D. Hand; story adaptation,
Larry Morey; animation, Fraser Davis, Bill Justice, Don Lusk, and
others; music, Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb; orchestration, Charles
Wolcott, Paul J. Smith. Technicolor.

THE BAMBOO BLONDE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 68 min., sd.,
35mm. Based upon the story "Chicago Lulu" by Wayne Whittaker.

Credits: Producer, Herman Schlom; director, Anthony Mann;
screenplay, Olive Cooper, Lawrence Kimble; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, Les Millbrook.

A BAND IS BORN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 895 ft., sd. (Famous
Bands, no. 2)

Credits: Director, Ted Lloyd; story, George B. Evans; narrator, Alan
Courtney; cameramen, George Hinners, Edward Hyland; editor, Harry
Glass.

THE BAND PLAYED ON. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.

THE BAND PLAYED ON. SEE Syncopation.

BANDIT KING OF TEXAS. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Rocky Lane outwits a gang of murdering racketeers who
operate on the western frontier.

Credits: Associate producer, Gordon Kay; director, Fred C. Brannon;
written by Olive Cooper; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Irving
M. Schoenberg.

Cast: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller, Helene Stanley, Jim Nolan,
Harry Lauter.

THE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 9
reels, sd. Based upon the novel "Son of Robin Hood" by Paul A.
Castleton.

Credits: Producers, Leonard S. Picker, Clifford Sanforth; directors,
George Sherman, Henry Levin; story, Paul A. Castleton, Wilfrid H.
Pettitt; screenplay, Wilfrid H. Pettitt, Melvin Levy; music score,
Hugo Friedhofer; music direction, M. W. Stoloff.

BANDIT RANGER. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 56 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Lesley Selander; story,
Bennett R. Cohen; original screenplay, Bennett R. Cohen, Morton
Grant; music director, Paul Sawtell; editor, Les Millbrook.

THE BANDIT TRAIL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 60 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Edward Killy; story,
Arthur T. Horman; screenplay, Norton S. Parker; music director, Paul
Sawtell; editor, Frederic Knudtson.

BANDITS AND BALLADS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1939. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Lou Brock; story, Hal
Yates, Lou Brock; photography, Harry Wild; film editor, Les
Millbrook.

BANDITS OF DARK CANYON. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 59 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Allan "Rocky" Lane, as a Texas ranger, helps to establish
the innocence of a former gold miner convicted of murder.

Credits: Associate producer, Gordon Kay; director, Philip Ford;
original screenplay, Bob Williams; music director, Mort Glickman;
film editor, Les Orlebeck.

Cast: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Black Jack, Bob Steele.

BANDITS OF EL DORADO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 6 reels, sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary; A Western in which an undercover agent poses as a killer in
order to trap a gang of notorious criminals.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; written by
Barry Shipman; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, George L. Lewis, Fred
Sears, John Dehner.

BANDITS OF THE BADLANDS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6
reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Bennett Cohen; director, Thomas Carr;
original screenplay, Doris Schroeder; music director, Richard
Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, Arthur Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE BANDMASTER. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Walter Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Webb Smith.

BANDS ACROSS THE SEA. The Vitaphone Corp, c1945. 10 min., sd. (Melody
Masters Bands)

Credits: Narrator, Truman Bradley; photography, U. S. Armed Forces.

THE BANDWAGON. SEE Dancing in the Dark.

BANJO. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 68 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Produced and written by Lillie Hayward; director, Richard
O. Fleischer; music, Alexander Laszlo; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Les Millbrook.

Cast: Sharyn Moffett, Jacqueline White, Walter Reed, Una O'Connor,
"Banjo."

BANJO MANIA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1
reel, sd.

BANJO MEDLEY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.

THE BANK DICK. c1940. Presented by Universal Studios. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Edward Cline; original screenplay, Mahatma Kane
Jeeves; music director, Charles Previn; photography, Milton Krasner;
film editor, Arthur Hilton.

BANK OF KNOWLEDGE. Bank of Knowledge Distributing Co., c1948. 2 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary; A trailer which advertises a quiz game for theatre
audiences.

BANK OF LOVE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1
reel, sd.

BANKS AND CREDIT. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Shows the nature and activities of a commercial bank;
defines credit, showing how it is created, transferred, and put to
work by the bank to serve the needs of the community; and
illustrates how deposits help supply the funds which enable the bank
to fulfill its function.

Credits: Educational collaborator, James Harvey Dodd.

BANNISTER'S BANTERING BABIES. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 10 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. Warner Bros.

Summary: Constance Bannister, photographer of children, is shown at
work.

Credits: Director, Constance Bannister; written by Charles L.
Tedford; narrator, Art Gilmore.

BANQUET BUSTERS. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff;
animation, Les Kline, Pat Matthews; music, Darrell Calker.

BANQUET OF MELODY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; music director, Milton
Rosen; orchestrations, Loyd Akridge; film editor, Ray Snyder.

BAR BABBLE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1
reel, sd.

BAR BUCKAROOS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 16 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Lloyd French; story, Lloyd
French; film editor, John Lockert.

BAR 20. Released thru United Artists Corp., c1943. Presented by Harry
Sherman Productions. 6 reels, sd. Based on characters created by
Clarence E. Mulford.

Credits: Producer, Harry Sherman; director, Lesley Selander;
screenplay, Morton Grant, Norman Houston, Michael Wilson; music
direction, Irvin Talbot; photography, Russell Harlan; editor, Carrol
Lewis.

BARBARY COAST GENT. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 9 reels, sd., b&w. Based on an original story
by William R. Lipman and Grant Garrett.

Credits: Producer, Orville O. Dull; director, Roy Del Ruth;
screenplay, William R. Lipman, Grant Garrett, Harry Ruskin; music
score, David Snell; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.

BARBEE-CUES. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 977
ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Will Jason; original story and screenplay, Joe
Ansen; film editor, Philip Anderson.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd.,
color. (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, James Culhane; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt
Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Les Kline; music, Darrell
Calker. Technicolor.

BARBER'S ITCH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; c1943. 1
reel, sd.

BARBERSHOP BALLADS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd.
(Featurette)

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, Jack Scholl.

THE BAREFOOT JUDGE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.
(Person Oddity, no. 129)

Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; narrator, Larry
Elliott.

BARGAIN COUNTER ATTACK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 1 reel.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Bill Turner, Otto Messmer.

BARKING DOGS DON'T FITE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Carl Meyer, Jack Mercer;
animation, Tom Johnson, John Gentiella; music, Winston Sharples.

THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY. Loew's Inc., c1949. 108 min., sd., color,
35mm. An MGM picture.

Summary: A musical comedy about show business and show people,
featuring a musical comedy star who, unknowingly coached by her
disguised husband, becomes a successful dramatic actress.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Charles Walters; original
screenplay, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; music, Harry Warren; music
director, Lennie Hayton; film editor, Albert Akst.

Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale
Robbins.

BARN DANCE FROLICS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BARNACLE BILL. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
10 reels, sd., b&w. Based on an original story by Jack Jevne.

Credits: Producer, Milton Bren; director, Richard Thorpe;
screenplay, Jack Jevne, Hugo Butler; music score, Bronislau Kaper;
film editor, Frank E. Hull.

BARNEY BEAR'S VICTORY GARDEN. Loew's Inc., c1943. 700 ft., sd., color.
(A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon) A Rudolf Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH. SEE Private Snuffy Smith.

BARNYARD BABIES. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 682
ft., sd. (Fable, no. 4)

Credits: Story, Art Davis; animation, Sid Marcus; music, Joe De Nat.

BARNYARD BASEBALL. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1939. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip
A. Scheib.

BARNYARD BLACKOUT. Terrytoons, Inc., c1943, 1 reel, sd., color. (A
Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster. Technicolor.

BARNYARD BOUNCE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941.
1 reel, sd.

BARNYARD FOLLIES. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd.
Based on a story idea by Robert T. Shannon.

Credits: Associate producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Frank
McDonald; original screenplay, Dorrell and Stuart McGowan; music
director, Cy Feuer; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor,
Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BARNYARD WAAC. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942.
Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John Foster; music, Philip
A. Scheib. Technicolor.

THE BARON AND THE ROSE. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 985 ft., sd., sepia. (John Nesbitt's Passing
Parade)

Credits: Director, Basil Wrangell; original story, John Nesbitt,
Samuel H. Chain; screenplay, Robert Lopez; music score, Daniele
Amfitheatrof; film editor, Harry Komer.

BARRICADE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1939. 6,380 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Gregory Ratoff; story and screenplay, Granville
Walker; music director, David Buttolph.

BASE BRAWL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Screen Song)

BASEBALL BUGS. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Looney Tunes) (Bugs Bunny Special)

Credits: Director, I. Freleng; story, Michael Maltese; animation,
Gerry Chiniquy; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

BASEBALL FUNDAMENTALS. Coronet, c1942. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Educational author, Emmet Branch McCracken, in
collaboration with the Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids, Extension
Division, Indiana University.

THE BASHFUL BACHELOR, c1942. Presented by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 77
min., sd. From an original story by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff.

Credits: Producer, Jack William Votion; director, Malcolm St. Clair;
screenplay, Chandler Sprague; music director, Lud Gluskin; editor,
Duncan Mansfield.

BASHFUL BULLFROG. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946.
1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

THE BASHFUL BUZZARD. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1945. 7 min., sd.,
color. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Robert Clampett; story, Michael Sasanoff;
animation, Robert McKimson; music director, Carl W. Stalling.
Technicolor.

BASHFUL ROMEO. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 16 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Comedy Special, no. 2)

Summary: A traveling salesman becomes involved with a jealous
husband.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay,
Earl Baldwin; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

Cast: Gil Lamb, Betty Underwood, Lee Trent, Leonid Kinskey, Elaine
Riley.

BASIC ENGLISH. Time, Inc., c1945. 4 reels, sd. Text by I. A. Richards
from "The Pocket Book of Basic English."

Credits: Director, Len Lye.

BASIC FIBERS IN CLOTH. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Two members of a high school class in home economics learn
about cloth fibers, and examine microscope slides of different basic
types. Fibers studied include cotton, wool, linen, silk, and rayon.

Credits: Collaborator, Florence M. King.

BASIC HYDRAULICS. c1944. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author:el Gustave Wolff.

BASIC MOTION PICTURE TECHNIQUE. Celluloid College, c1947. 49 min.,
si., b&w, 8mm.

Summary: A film designed for use with a visual education textbook of
the same title.

Credits: Directed and written by Roy George Creveling, Emil Edward
Brodbeck.

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HAIR SHAPING. Beauty Culture Films, Inc., c1948.
19 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A film for teaching hairdressers basic methods of shaping
the hair. As taught by John J. Mueller.

BASIC TYPING. United States Navy, sd., 16mm. © De Frenes & Co.

Appl. authors: George W. Chapman, H. Bauernschmidt.

Methods. © title & descr., 15Nov43; 8 prints, 27Oct43; MU14140.

Machine Operations. © title & descr., 15Nov43; 8 prints, 27Oct43;
MU14139.

BASIN STREET BOOGIE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BASKETBALL FOR GIRLS—FUNDAMENTALS. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates fundamental techniques of ball-handling,
passing, and shooting, with emphasis on the value of practice in
order to master these skills.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Mildred B. Wohlford.

BASKETBALL FOR GIRLS—GAME PLAY. Coronet, c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates individual player techniques in offense and
defense, emphasizing the importance of mastering skills and
practicing with the team.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Mildred B. Wohlford.

BASKETBALL HEADLINERS OF 1948. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 18 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Important intercollegiate basketball contests of the
1947–48 season, played in New York's Madison Square Garden, are
reviewed. Closing scenes show the national Olympic championship game
in which the Bartlesville, Okla., Oilers won over Kentucky.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Burton Benjamin;
narrator, Connie Desmond.

BASKETBALL HEADLINERS OF 1949. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 15 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Scenes of the outstanding basketball games of the 1949
season.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by
Burton Benjamin; editor, David Cooper.

BATAAN. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11
reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, Irving Starr; director, Tay Garnett; original
screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film
editor, George White.

BATH DAY. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney; animation,
Marvin Woodward, Murray McClellan, George Nicholas, Brad Case;
music, Oliver Wallace.

BATHING BEAUTY. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
11 reels, sd., color. Based on an original story by Kenneth Earl, M.
M. Musselman, and Curtis Kenyon.

Credits: Producer, Jack Cummings; director, George Sidney;
screenplay, Dorothy Kingsley, Allen Boretz, Frank Waldman;
adaptation, Joseph Schrank; music director, Johnny Green;
orchestrations, Ted Duncan, Calvin Jackson, Johnny Thompson; film
editor, Blanche Sewell. Technicolor.

BATHING BUDDIES. c1946. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color,
35mm. (A Walt Lantz Woody Woodpecker Cartune) A Walter Lantz
production.

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer;
animation, Paul Smith, Bernard Garbutt; music, Darrell Calker.
Technicolor.

BATHING THE BED PATIENT. Presented by The Bureau of Aeronautics for
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. sd.

Appl. author: James P. Prindle.

BATHING TIME FOR BABY. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. Presented by
Johnson & Johnson. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm.

BATMAN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 2 reels each. Based on the
"Batman" comic magazine feature. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; screenplay, Victor McLeod,
Leslie Swabacker, Harry Fraser.

BATMAN AND ROBIN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949–50. 2 reels each,
sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the cartoon strip characters created by Bob
Kane. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Spencer Bennet; written by
George H. Plympton, Joseph P. Poland, Royal K. Cole.

BATS IN THE BELFRY. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 639 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolf
Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

BATTER UP. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sports
News Review) Warner Bros.

Summary: Traces the careers of famous baseball players and shows
some of the sensational plays of past years.

Credits: Directed and written by Robert Youngson; narrator, Dan
Donaldson.

BATTING FUNDAMENTALS. Coronet, c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Appl. author: James Smilgoff.

THE BATTLE. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 974
ft., sd., b&w. (A Carey Wilson Miniature)

Credits: Music score, Daniele Amfitheatrof; film editor, Harry
Komer.

A BATTLE FOR A BOTTLE. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942.
601 ft., sd. (Phantasy, no. 17)

Credits: Frank Tashlin, Abe Geiss, Jack Cosgriff, Ray Patterson,
Paul Worth.

THE BATTLE FOR THE MARIANAS. Distributed by Warner Bros. Studios for
U. S. Government Office of War Information, c1944.

Credits: Producer and director, Gordon Hollingshead; photographed by
U. S. Marine Corps cameramen; film editor, Rex Steele.

BATTLE OF CHAMPS. Vitaphone Corp., c1946. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(The Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Credits: Director, Howard Hill; narrator, Knox Manning.

Cast: Howard Hill.

THE BATTLE OF EUROPE. National Film Board of Canada, c1944. Presented
by United Artists. 2 reels, sd. (The World in Action)

Credits: Commentary, Stuart Legg.

BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. in
cooperation with the Canadian and British Governments, c1941. 1
reel, sd. (The World Today)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; continuity, Russ Sheilds;
narrator, Quentin Reynolds.

BATTLEGROUND. Loew's Inc., c1949. 118 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM
picture.

Summary: A war melodrama presenting a character study of
battle-wearied foot soldiers on the fighting front, depicting their
grumblings, disappointments, dreams, aspirations, and extraordinary
courage. Setting, the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne, in 1944.

Credits: Producer, Dore Schary; director, William A. Wellman; story
and screenplay, Robert Pirosh; music score, Lennie Hayton; film
editor, John Dunning.

Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy,
the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division.

BATTY BASEBALL. Loew's Inc., c1944. 594 ft., sd., color. (A
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Tex Avery; animation, Ray Abrams, Preston Blair,
Ed Love; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE. SEE Hi Beautiful.

BE ON YOUR GUARD FOR CARD CHEATERS.

BE PATIENT, PATIENT. c1944. Presented by Columbia. 625 ft., sd.,
color. (A Fox and Crow)

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Dun Roman; animation, Chic
Otterstrom, Phil Duncan; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

BE YOUR AGE. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. in cooperation with the American Heart Assn. 1
reel, sd., b&w, 35mm.

BEACH COMMAND. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland
Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

BEACH DAYS. c1946. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm. (The Sports Parade)

Credits: Director, Andre De La Varre; narration, Saul Elkins;
narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

THE BEACH NUT. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A
Walt Lantz Swing Symphony) (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walt Lantz; director, James Culhane; story, Ben
Harlaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Dick Lundy, Les Kline; music,
Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

BEACH POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1
reel, sd.

BEACHHEAD TO BERLIN. The Vitaphone Corp. in cooperation with the
United States Coast Guard, c1945, 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Narration, Charles Linton Tedford; photographers, the
United States Coast Guard; film editor, Louis Hesse. Technicolor.

BEANSTALK JACK. Terrytoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John Foster; music, Philip
A. Scheib.

THE BEAR AND THE BEAN. Loew's Inc., c1948, 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, Michael Lah, Preston
Blair; animation, Ray Abrams, Don Patterson, Ed Barge, Gil Turner;
music, Scott Bradley.

THE BEAR AND THE BEAVERS. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 782 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolph
Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

THE BEAR AND THE HARE. Loew's Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.
(An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; animation, Don Patterson, Ray
Abrams, Irving Levine, Gil Turner; music, Scott Bradley.

BEAR FACTS. SEE Variety Views, no. 141.

BEAR FEAT. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Michael Maltese;
animation, Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe.

BEAR MOUNTAIN GAME. SEE Variety Views, no. 134.

BEAR RAID WARDEN. Loew's Inc., c1944. 614 ft., sd., color. (A
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Animation, Arnold Gillespie, Michael Lah, Ed Barge, Jack
Carr; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

BEARCAT MOUNTAIN GAL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE BEAR'S TALE. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie
Melodies)

Credits: Story, J. B. Hardaway; animation, Rod Scribner.

THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1947. 88
min., sd., b&w, 35mm. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From
the story by William Fryer Harvey.

Credits: Producer, William Jacobs; director, Robert Florey;
screenplay, Curt Siodmak; music, Max Steiner; music director, Leo F.
Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Hugo Friedhofer; film editor,
Frank Magee.

Cast: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J.
Carrol Naish.

BEAT ME DADDY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1
reel, sd.

BEAT ME DADDY, EIGHT TO THE BAR. Soundies Distributing Corp. of
America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BEAT ME, DADDY, EIGHT TO THE BAR! Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940.
2 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Will Cowan; director, Larry Ceballos;
music director, Charles Previn; orchestrations, Milton Rosen; film
editor, Paul Landres.

BEAT THE BAND. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 67 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on the musical stage play by George Abbott, with music
and lyrics by John Green and George Marion, Jr.

Credits: Producer, Michael Kraike; director, John H. Auer;
screenplay, Lawrence Kimble; adaptation, Arthur Ross, Lawrence
Kimble; music, Leigh Harline; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film
editor, Samuel E. Beetley.

Cast: Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Phillip Terry, Gene Krupa.

BEAU TIES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Carl Meyer, Joe Stultz.

LA BEAUTÉ DU DIABLE (THE BEAUTY OF THE DEVIL). Presented by
Universalia Productions. 10 reels, sd.

Summary: A retelling of the old legend in which Faust, the aging
professor, sells his soul to the devil in exchange for youth and
love.

Credits: Producer, Salvo d'Angelo; screenplay, René Clair, Armand
Salacrou.

Cast: Michel Simon, Gerard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Simone Valere,
Carlo Ninchi.

BEAUTIFUL BALI. c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 772 ft., sd.,
color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; music score,
Nat Finston, C. Bakaleinikoff; photographer, Bob Carney.
Technicolor.

BEAUTIFUL BALI. Vitaphone Corp., c1946. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.
Warner Bros.

Credits: Directed and written by Deane Dickason; narrator, Knox
Manning.

THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND. Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Corp., c1949. 77 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on a story by Earl
Felton.

Summary: A slapstick musical about a trigger-happy gambling-hall
queen. Setting, the West in 1885.

Credits: Produced, directed, and written by Preston Sturges; music,
Cyril Mockridge; film editor, Robert Fritch.

Cast: Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan,
Sterling Holloway.

BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 953 ft.,
sd., color. (Columbia Tour, s. 4, no. 6)

Credits: Producer, Leon C. Shelly; narration, Gayne Whitman; music,
James Dietrich; photographer, Ray Fernstrom; film editor, Ed Taylor.
Cinecolor.

BEAUTIFUL BUT BROKE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 8 reels, sd.
Based on a story by Arthur Housman.

Credits: Producer, Irving Briskin; director, Charles Barton;
screenplay, Monte Brice; adaptation, Manny Seff; music director, M.
W. Stoloff; film editor, Richard Fantl.

THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY, VIRGINIA. c1941. 800 ft., color, 16mm.

Credits: Kodachrome.

Appl. author; Robert C. Harnsberger.

THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY, VIRGINIA. Luray Caverns Corp., c1947.
1 reel, sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Director, LeRoy Anderson; script, Kelli Williams; narrator,
Dan Donaldson.

THE BEAUTIFUL CHEAT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 59 min., sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Charles Barton; original story,
Manny Seff, Fritz Rotter; screenplay, Ben Markson; film editor, Ray
Synder.

BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES (MAKE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS). Soundies Distributing Corp.
of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BEAUTIFUL MERMAID. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BEAUTIFUL OHIO IN ITS MAKING. si., color, 8mm.

Credits: Kodachrome.

BEAUTIFUL ONTARIO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 852 ft., sd.
(Columbia Tour, no. 10)

Credit: Commentator, John Martin.

BEAUTY AND THE BANDIT. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 8 reels, sd.,
35mm. Based on the character "Cisco Kid" created by O. Henry [pseud.
of Wm. Sydney Porter]

Credits: Producer, Scott R. Dunlap; director, William Nigh; original
story and screenplay, Charles S. Belden; music director, Edward J.
Kay; photographer, Harry Neuman; film editor, Fred Maguire.

BEAUTY AND THE BEACH. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (A
Paramount Headliner)

Credits: Producer and director, Leslie Roush; continuity, Justin
Herman; photographer, William Steiner.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE). André Paulve, France,
c1946. Released in the U.S. by Lopert Films, Inc., 1947. 90 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm. In French with English titles. Based on the tale by
Madame Leprince de Beaumont.

Summary: A fantasy in which a household drudge is delivered into the
hands of a monster who falls in love with her and is eventually
revealed as a handsome prince.

Credits: Director of production, Emile Darbon; director, story,
dialogue, Jean Cocteau; music, Georges Auric; editor, Claude Iberia.

Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André, Mila Parely, Nane
Germon.

BEAUTY AND THE BLADE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 9 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sports Review)

Summary: A demonstration of the ice-skating skill of the Olympic
champions, Barbara Ann Scott and Dick Button, in the six types of
School Figures and Figure Skating.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; narrator, Ed Thorgersen; music,
Lucio Agostini; film editor, Arthur Lincer.

BEAUTY AT THE WINDOW. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Kirsch
Co. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows an interior decorator's study in which women shoppers
are watching a Kirsch SunAire venetian-blind demonstration.

BEAUTY FOR SALE. RKO Pathe, Inc., in collaboration with the editors of
This Week Magazine, c1946. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This Is
America, no. 1)

Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; director, Larry O'Reilly;
written by Phil Reisman, Jr., Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight
Weist; music, Nathaniel Shilkret; editor, David Cooper.

BEAUTY HULA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1
reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

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