Chapter MI: RUMBA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, (13)

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31. Dec. 24, 1949. Evacuation from Greece. The Trumans: happy
holiday [at Key West] but no fish. Mrs. Barkley joins Vice
President's party [at Democratic dinner in New York]. Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein [reports on his] impressions of U. S.
Fashions in the sky. Football: near upset at Dallas [Notre Dame vs.
Southern Methodist].

32. Dec. 28, 1949. Comeback for Joe Louis? [Louis knocks out
Valentino in 8th round]. General Li Tsung Jen in New York for
medical care. Shah of Iran honored by our Navy. Andrei Vishinsky
sails for home. Report on Tito's Yugoslavia.

33. Dec. 31, 1949. Battle of basketball giants [CCNY vs. Southern
Methodist]. Santa makes a preview appearance. Princess Elizabeth at
Malta. Grand National Bakeoff [at New York's Waldorf Astoria]. Stork
knocks five times in one year [Mrs. Thelma Gibbs has twins and
triplets]. London honors men of Berlin airlift.

PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1940. 1 reel each, sd.
(Paramount Paragraphics) © Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Credits: Written by Justin Herman; editors, Leslie Roush, Robert
Blauvelt.

2. Tonsorial Trouble. © 9Aug40; MP10412.

6. © 16Feb40; MP9985.

PARAN-PAN-PAN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1
reel, sd.

PARDON ME, BUT YOU LOOK JUST LIKE MARGIE. Soundies Distributing Corp.
of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PARDON MY BERTH MARKS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Clyde
Bruckman.

PARDON MY CLUTCH. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 7 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Director, Edward Bernds; story and screenplay, Clyde
Bruckman.

Cast: The Three Stooges.

PARDON MY GUN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Fier; director, William Berke; original
screenplay, Wyndham Gittens; film editor, Mel Thorsen.

PARDON MY LAMB CHOP. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 2 reels, sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Broad comedy antics occur in the kitchen.

Credits: Producer and director, Jules White; story and screenplay,
Zion Myers; film editor, Edwin Bryant.

Cast: Gus Schilling, Richard Lane, Dorothy Granger.

PARDON MY PAST. c1945. Presented by Columbia Pictures. 10 reels, sd. A
Mutual production.

Credits: Producer and director, Leslie Fenton; original story,
Patterson McNutt, Harlan Ware; screenplay, Earl Felton, Karl Kamb;
music score, Dimitri Tiomkin; film editor, Richard Heermance.

PARDON MY RHYTHM. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 7 reels, sd.
Based on short story by Hurd Barrett.

Credits: Associate producer, Bernard Burton; director, Felix E.
Feist; screenplay, Val Burton, Eugene Conrad; photographer, Paul
Ivano; film editor, Edward Curtis.

PARDON MY SARONG. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Alex Gottlieb; director, Erle C.
Kenton; original screenplay, True Boardman, Nat Perrin, John Grant;
music director, Charles Previn; photography, Milton Krasner; film
editor, Arthur Hilton.

PARDON MY STRIPES. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.
Based on an idea by Adrian Johnson.

Credits: Associate producer, Albert J. Cohen; director, John H.
Auer; original story, Mauri Grashin, Robert T. Shannon; screenplay,
Lawrence Kimble, Stuart Palmer; music director, Cy Feuer;
photographer, John Alton; film editor, Howard O'Neill.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PARDON MY TERROR. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 17 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Directed and written by Edward Bernds.

Cast: Schilling and Lane.

PARIS AFTER DARK. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1943. 7,734 ft.,
sd. Based on a story by Georges Kessel.

Credits: Director, Leonide Moguy; screenplay, Harold Buchman; music
director, Emil Newman.

PARIS CALLING. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 12 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Benjamin Glazer; director, Edwin L. Marin;
screenplay, Benjamin Glazer, Charles S. Kaufman; original story
collaboration, John S. Toldy; cameraman, Milton Krasner; film
editor, Edward Curtiss.

PARIS IN THE SPRING. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 18 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Musical Parade Featurette)

Credits: Producer, Harry Grey; director, Mel Epstein; original
screenplay, Jack Roberts, Peter R. Brooke; music direction, Irvin
Talbot; music score, Van Cleave; editor, Everett Douglas.

Cast: Roger Dann, Sally Rawlinson, Max Willenz, Guy de Vestel, Bob
Baker's marionettes.

PARIS IS GAY AGAIN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.

PARIS ON THE PLATA. SEE Variety Views, no. 172.

PARIS UNDERGROUND. Released through United Artists, c1945. 96 min.,
sd. Based on the book by Etta Shiber in collaboration with Anne and
Paul Dupre and Oscar Ray.

Credits: Producer, Constance Bennett; director, Gregory Ratoff;
screenplay, Boris Ingster, Gertrude Purcell; music score and
direction, Alexander Tansman; cinematographer, Lee Garmes; film
editor, Hanson Fritch.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE IN ACTION. Coronet Productions, c1941. 1 reel,
sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Educational authors, Harold H. Crabill in collaboration
with the Bureau of Visual Aids, Extension Division, Indiana
University.

PARLOR, BEDROOM, AND WRATH. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 16 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Columbia All-Star comedy.

Credits: Producer and director, Jules White; story and screenplay,
Betty Myers; film editor, Edwin Bryant.

Cast: Eddie Quillan, Wally Vernon, Christine McIntyre, Vernon Dent.

PAROLE FIXER. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 6 reels, sd. Based on J.
Edgar Hoover's "Persons in Hiding."

Credits: Director, Robert Florey; screenplay, William R. Lipman,
Horace McCoy; photographer, Harry Fishbeck; film editor, Harvey
Johnston.

PAROLE, INC. Equity Pictures. Released by Eagle-Lion Films, Inc.,
c1948. 71 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A parole board is controlled by the underworld until a
government investigator assists local police in exposing the schemes
of a group of criminals.

Credits: Producer, Constantin J. David; director, Alfred Zeisler;
original story, Royal K. Cole, Sherman L. Lowe; screenplay, Sherman
L. Lowe; music score, Alexander Laszlo; film editor, John D. Faure.

Cast: Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Virginia Lee,
Charles Bradstreet.

THE PARSON OF PANAMINT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 9 reels, sd.
Based on the novel by Peter B. Kyne.

Credits: Producer, Harry Sherman; director, William McGann;
screenplay, Harold Shumate, Adrian Scott; photographer, Russell
Harlan; editor, Carrol Lewis.

PART TIME PAL. Loew's Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Tom and
Jerry Cartoon) (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, William Hanna, Joseph
Barbera; animation, Michael Lah, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge; music,
Scott Bradley.

PARTNERS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Ralston Purina Co.
1,670 ft., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Emphasizes the necessity for careful breeding, training,
and nutrition in the development of superior dogs. Setters,
pointers, and retrievers are shown in hunting scenes.

PARTNERS IN PRODUCTION. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., c1946.
Presented by Aetna Life Affiliated Companies of Hartford, Conn. 2
reels, sd., 16mm.

Appl. author: Leslie Coleman.

PARTNERS IN PROGRESS. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Inc.,
c1949. 20 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Shows how the Southern Bell Telephone Company is meeting
the increasing demand for rural telephone service.

PARTNERS IN PROSPERITY. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by The
Ralston-Purina Co. 1,133 ft., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows how plant design, sales promotion, and training of
employees aid Purina dealers in developing a prosperous business in
a Texas farming community.

PARTNERS IN TIME. c1946. Presented by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 74
min., sd., 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Ben Hersh; director, William Nigh; original
screenplay, Charles E. Roberts; music director, Lud Gluskin; editor,
S. Roy Luby.

PARTNERS OF THE SUNSET. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1948. 53 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A series of crimes follows the marriage of a middle-aged
rancher to an unscrupulous young woman.

Credits: Producer, Louis Gray; director, Lambert Hillyer; original
screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; music director, Edward J. Kay; film
editor, Johnny Fuller.

Cast: Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Christine Larson, J. Kirby, Leonard
Penn.

PARTNERS OF THE TRAIL. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Scott R. Dunlap; director, Lambert Hillyer;
screenplay and story, Frank H. Young; music director, Edward Kay;
photographer, Harry Neumann; film editor, Carl Heim.

PARTNERSHIP OF FAITH. Transfilm Inc., for the Studebaker Corp., c1949.
24 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Designed for use as an employee orientation and
indoctrination film in the various Studebaker plants. Through scenes
photographed at the South Bend plant, the history, traditions,
current practices, and aspirations of the company and employees are
shown.

Credits: Producer, Walter Lowendahl; director, Marvin Rothenberg;
written by Burton Rowles, Jr.; editor, Robert Klaeger.

PARTS OF NINE. Young America Films, Inc., c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.

Credits: Advisers, William A. Brownell, Laura K. Eads; script
advisers, Ruth Barrell, Gladys Greenman, Brenda Lansdown, Eleanor
Martin.

PARTS OF THINGS. Young America Films, Inc., c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.

Credits: Advisers, William A. Brownell, Laura K. Eads; script
advisers, Ruth Barrell, Gladys Greenman, Brenda Lansdown, Eleanor
Martin.

PASO POR AQUI. SEE Four faces west.

PASS THE BISCUITS MIRANDY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

PASS THE BISCUITS MIRANDY! c1943. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd.,
color. (A Walter Lantz Swing Symphony) (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Paul Smith;
music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 109 min.,
sd. A Hal B. Wallis production. A Warner Bros.-First National
picture. From a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

Credits: Director, Michael Curtiz; screenplay, Casey Robinson, Jack
Moffitt; music, Max Steiner; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; film
editor, Owen Marks.

THE PASSENGER TRAIN. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel.

THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE. SEE Black Eagle.

PASSKEY TO DANGER. c1946. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, William J. O'Sullivan; director, Lesley
Selander; original screenplay, O'Leta Rhinehart, William Hagens;
music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford;
film editor, Harry Keller.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PASSPORT TO ALCATRAZ. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Larry Darmour; director, Lewis D. Collins;
original screenplay, Albert DeMond; music, Lee Zahler; film editor,
Dwight Caldwell.

PASSPORT TO DESTINY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 63 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Herman Schlom; director, Ray McCarey; original
screenplay, Val Burton, Muriel Roy Bolton; music, Roy Webb; music
director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Robert Swink.

PASSPORT TO HEAVEN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.

PASSPORT TO NOWHERE. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 19 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(This Is America, no. 9)

Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; narrator, Dwight Weist;
music, Nathaniel Shilkret.

PASSPORT TO SUEZ. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Andre de Toth;
story, Alden Nash; screenplay, John Stone; music director, M. W.
Stoloff; film editor, Mel Thorsen.

PASTEUR'S LEGACY. Loew's International Corp., c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w,
16mm. Based on the life of Louis Pasteur.

PASTOR HALL. Released thru United Artists, c1940. Presented by James
Roosevelt. 10 reels, sd. Based on a story by Ernst Toller.

Credits: Producer, John Boulting; director, Roy Boulting; screen
story, Leslie Arliss, Anna Reiner, Haworth Bromley; original music,
Charles Brill, Mac Adams; music director, Charles Brill;
photography, Mutz Greenbaum.

Appl. author: Charter Film Productions.

PASTORALE. Square Deal Pictures Corp., c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Narration, Jesse William Stitt.

Appl. author: Donn Marvin.

PATHWAYS TO PROGRESS. Presented by The Clark Equipment Co. 2–1/2
reels, sd.

PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

PATIENT PORKY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Warren Foster;
animation, Norman McCabe; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

THE PATIENT VANISHES. Pathe Pictures, Ltd., England. Released through
Film Classics, Inc., c1947. 76 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the
Mick Cardby detective story "They Called Him Death" by David Hume
[pseud. of John Victor Turner]

Credits: Producer, John Argyle; director, Lawrence Huntington;
screenplay, Edward Dryhurst, John Argyle.

Cast: James Mason, Mary Clare, Margaret Vyner, Gordon McLeod,
Frederick Valk.

PATIO MUSEUM. SEE Variety Views, no. 164.

PATRICK THE GREAT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 9 reels, sd.
From an original story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, Ralph Block.

Credits: Director, Frank Ryan; screenplay, Bertram Millhauser,
Dorothy Bennett; music director, Don George; photographer, Frank
Redman; film editor, Theodore J. Kent.

PATRIOTIC POOCHES. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1943. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Connie Rasinski; story, John Foster; music,
Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.

PATROL AND TROOP CAMPING. Boy Scouts of America, c1948. 19 min., sd.,
b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Explains the preparation necessary for troop camping, with
camping scenes which show some of the best aspects of Scouting.

PATROL AND TROOP HIKING. Boy Scouts of America, c1948. 16 min., sd.,
b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Contrasts the right and wrong way to conduct hiking
activities.

PATROL AND TROOP MEETINGS. Boy Scouts of America, c1948. 15 min., sd.,
b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Shows a regular meeting of a Boy Scout troop.

PATROL AND TROOP PROGRAM PLANNING. Boy Scouts of America, c1948. 14
min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A scoutmaster training film indicating the need for
preparatory work and demonstrating the place of the Troop Committee,
the parents, the patrol, and the troop in a planned program.

PATROL BOMBER EQUIPMENT. 1 reel each, sd. United States Navy, Bureau
of Aeronautics. © Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

1. Cruising Gear. © title & descr., 14Jan43; 209 prints, 13Jan43;
MU13195.

2. Abandon Ship. © title & descr., 11Nov43; 5 prints, 13Nov43;
MU14131.

PATROLLING THE ETHER. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2 reels, sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay
Subject)

Credits: Director, Paul Burnford; original story and screenplay, De
Vallon Scott, Alan Friedman; music score, Nathaniel Shilkret; film
editor, Harry Komer.

PATTERN FOR PROGRESS. Charles D. Beeland Co., c1948. Presented by the
Greater Atlanta Community Chest, Inc. 6 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows the work of many of the agencies in the Atlanta
Community Chest, emphasizing their contribution to the welfare of
the city.

Credits: Director and photographer, Charles D. Beeland; technical
adviser for the Community Chest and story by Arthur E. Burdge;
narrator, Sid Lasher; film editor, Victor A. Lambert.

PATTY CAKE, BAKER MAN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PAUNCH 'N JUDY. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 595
ft., sd. (Fable, no. 9)

Credits: Story, Manny Gould; animation, Ben Harrison; music, Joe De
Nat.

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

PAY DAY ROLLS AROUND. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

PAYDAY—SOMEDAY. Robert Greene Lee, c1948. 80 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: An illustrated sermon based on the Old Testament story of
Ahab, King of Israel.

PAY DIRT. Presented by Dow Chemical Co.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

PAY LOADS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by General Motors
Corp., Chevrolet Division. 1 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Introduces the 1949 Chevrolet truck line, and features the
versatility of the new 1949 Chevrolet stake truck.

PAY LOADS PAY OFF. William J. Ganz Co., c1947. Presented by the
Institute of Visual Training. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

PAY TO LEARN. SEE The Navy Comes Through.

PAYING THE PIPER. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Robert McKimson; story, Warren Foster; animation,
Manny Gould, John Carey, Charles McKimson, Phil DeLara.

THE PAYOFF. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Schwarz; director, Arthur Dreifuss; original
story, Arthur Hoerl; screenplay, Edward Dein; music score, Charles
Dant; film editor, Charles Henkel, Jr.

THE PAY-OFF PENCIL. SEE The Pil'o Money Pencil.

PEABODY'S MERMAID. SEE Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid.

PEACE BY ADOLF HITLER. SEE The March of Time, v. 7, no. 13.

PEACE MARSHAL. SEE The Kansan.

PEACE ON EARTH. Loew's Inc., c1939. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
804 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Hugh Harman production.

Credits: Technicolor.

PEACEFUL QUEBEC AT WAR. SEE Variety Views, no. 102.

PEACHY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT—.

PEACOCK'S FEATHER. SEE Night in Paradise.

THE PEARL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 77 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
An F.A.M.A.-Aguila production. Based on the story by John Steinbeck.

Summary: An allegorical picture about the disastrous effect of
sudden riches on the fortunes of a Mexican fisherman.

Credits: Producer, Oscar Dancigers; director, Emilio Fernandez;
screenplay, John Steinbeck, Emilio Fernandez, Jackson Wagner; music,
Antonio Diaz Conde; film editor, Gloria Schoemann.

Cast: Pedro Armendariz, Maria Elena Marques, Fernando Wagner,
Charles Rooner.

PEARL OF DEATH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 7 reels, sd.
Based on "The Six Napoleons" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Credits: Producer and director, Roy William Neill; screenplay,
Bertram Milhauser; music director, Paul Sawtell; film editor, Ray
Snyder.

PÉČE O OČI. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.,
16mm.

PÊCHEURS DE LA NOUVELLE-ANGLETERRE. Encyclopaedia Films, Inc., c1946.
1 reel, sd., 16mm.

PECK UP YOUR TROUBLES. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1945. 7 min.,
sd., color. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, I. Freleng; story, Michael Maltese; animation,
Ken Champin; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

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

PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTION (COLLEGE TO YOU). Paramount Pictures Inc.,
c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Joseph Stultz; animation,
Abner Kneitel, Arnold Gillespie.

PEDESTRIAN PATTERNS. 400 ft.

Credits: Producer and director, Edward Thomas Myers.

PEDRO. SEE Saludos Amigos.

A PEE-KOOL-YAR-SIT-CHEE-AY-SHUN. c1944. Presented by Columbia. 657
ft., sd., color. Adapted from the "Li'l Abner" cartoon strip by Al
Capp.

Credits: Story and direction, Sid Marcus; animation, Jim Armstrong,
Grant Simmons; music, Edward Kilfeather. Technicolor.

PEEKS AT HOLLYWOOD. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 10 min., sd.
(Vitaphone Varieties)

Credits: Director, Irving Applebaum; narrator, Knox Manning.

A PEEP IN THE DEEP. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 570
ft., sd. (Fable, no. 6)

Credits: Story, Allen Rose; animation, Harry Love, Louie Lilly;
music, Joe De Nat.

PEEP IN THE DEEP. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 1 reel.

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Bill Turner, Otto
Messmer.

PEG LEG PETE, THE PIRATE. Featurettes, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PEGGY O'NEILL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1
reel, sd.

PEIPING FAMILY. International Film Foundation, Inc., c1948. 21 min.,
sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A documentary film showing the traditions and customs of
middle-class Chinese life, with emphasis on the struggles of an
American-educated Chinese man to support and educate his large
family.

Credits: Director, William James; narration, Basil Beyea.

THE PELICAN AND THE SNIPE. Walt Disney Productions, c1943. 1 reel, sd.
A Walt Disney South American production.

PELICAN PRANKS. SEE Variety Views, no. 158.

THE PENALTY. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8
reels, sd., b&w. Based on a play by Martin Berkeley.

Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; director, Harold S. Bucquet;
screenplay, Harry Ruskin, John C. Higgins; music score, David Snell;
film editor, Ralph Winters.

PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ACTION. Pennsylvania State College,
c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Directed and written by Frank Neusbaum; narrator, William
S. Livengood, Jr.

THE PENNSYLVANIA POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

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

PENNY SERENADE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 12 reels, sd. Based on
the novel by Martha Cheavens.

Credits: Producer and director, George Stevens; story, Martha
Cheavens; screenplay, Morrie Ryskind; music director, M. W. Stoloff;
film editor, Otto Meyer.

PENNY TO THE RESCUE. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 954 ft., sd., color. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Will Jason; original story and screenplay, E.
Maurice Adler; film editor, Philip Anderson.

PENTHOUSE PARTY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944,
1 reel, sd.

PENTHOUSE RHYTHM. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Frank Gross; director, Eddie Cline;
story, Min Selvin, Stanley Roberts; screenplay, Stanley Roberts,
Howard Dimsdale; photographer, William Sickner; film editor, Russel
Schoengarth.

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

PEOPLE ARE FUNNY. c1946. Presented by Paramount. 10 reels, sd. A
Pine-Thomas production. Based on John Guedel's radio program.

Credits: Producer and director, Sam White; original story, David
Lang; screenplay, Maxwell Shane, David Lang; editor, Henry Adams.

PEOPLE OF HAWAII. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

PEOPLE OF HAWAII. SEE Habitantes del Hawaii.

PEOPLE OF MEXICO. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Wallace W. Atwood.

PEOPLE OF MEXICO. SEE A Vida Rural No México.

PEOPLE OF RUSSIA. c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 922 ft.,
sd., b&w. (A FitzPatrick Miniature)

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick.

PEOPLE OF SABA. Coronet, c1945. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Appl. author: CIF Staff.

A PEOPLE OF THE CONGO; THE MANGBETU. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.,
c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: James P. Chapin.

A PEOPLE OF THE CONGO: THE MANGBETU. SEE La Tribu Mangbetu.

PEOPLE OF WESTERN CHINA. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel,
sd.

PEOPLE OF WESTERN CHINA. SEE Los Chinos Occidentales.

PEOPLE ON PAPER. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
972 ft., sd., b&w. (John Nesbitt's Passing Parade)

Credits: Director, Herbert Morgan; original story and screenplay,
John Nesbitt; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Tom Biggart.

THE PEOPLE VS. DR. KILDARE. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Based on an original story
by Lawrence P. Bachmann and Max Brand [pseud. of Frederick Faust]

Credits: Director, Harold S. Bucquet; screenplay, Willis Goldbeck,
Harry Ruskin; music score, David Snell; film editor, Ralph Winters.

PEOPLES OF THE SOVIET UNION. International Film Foundation, Inc.,
c1946. 33 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Appl. author: Robert Spencer Carr.

PEPE LE MOKO. SEE Casbah.

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

PERCENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE. Coronet, c1948. 12 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: This film motivates an interest in the study of percent,
clarifies the meaning of percent, and explains the use of percent in
everyday activities. For 6th to 9th grade levels.

Credits: Educational collaborator, H. C. Christofferson.

PERFECT FORM. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 min., sd., color.

Credits: Cinecolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

THE PERFECT CASE. SEE Boomerang.

THE PERFECT MARRIAGE. Hal Wallis Productions, Inc., c1946. 9 reels.
Based upon the play by Samson Raphaelson.

Credits: Director, Lewis Allen; screenplay, Leonard Spigelgass.

A PERFECT PAIR. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Dearborn
Motors Corp. 40 ft., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: Introduces the complete line of Dearborn Motors plows,
showing a Ford tractor at work with a variety of plows.

THE PERFECT POWERS GIRL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.

THE PERFECT SNOB. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 5,600 ft.,
sd.

Credits: Director, Ray McCarey, original screenplay, Lee Loeb,
Harold Buchman; music director, Emil Newman.

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

PERFORMANCE PLUS. Presented by Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. 1 reel,
sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

PERILOUS HOLIDAY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 9 reels, sd. Based
upon the magazine serial by Robert Carson.

Credits: Producer, Phil L. Ryan; director, Edward H. Griffith;
screenplay, Roy Chanslor; music score, Paul Sawtell; music
direction, M. W. Stoloff.

PERILOUS WATERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1948. 64 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. From the story "Search" by Leon Ware.

Summary: A Navy veteran is hired by a racketeer to kill a newspaper
publisher, a crusader against gambling. Action takes place on board
the publisher's yacht.

Credits: Producer, Jack Wrather; director, Jack Bernhard;
screenplay, Richard Wormser, Francis Rosenwald; music score, Rudy
Schrager; film editor, Stewart S. Frye.

Cast: Don Castle, Audrey Long, Peggy Knudsen, Samuel S. Hinds,
Gloria Holden.

PERILS OF NYOKA. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each
(no. 1, 3 reels), sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; 27Jun42; no. 1–5,
LP11567; no. 6–10, LP11613; no. 11–15, LP11633.

Credits: Associate producer, W. J. O'Sullivan; director, William
Witney; original screenplay, Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall,
William Lively, Joseph O'Donnell, Joseph Poland; music score, Mort
Glickman; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editors, Tony
Martinelli, Edward Todd.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. Desert Intrigue.

2. Death's Chariot.

3. Devil's Crucible.

4. Ascending Doom.

5. Fatal Second.

6. Human Sacrifice.

7. Monster's Clutch.

8. Tuareg Vengeance.

9. Burned Alive.

10. Treacherous Trail.

11. Unknown Peril.

12. Underground Tornado.

13. Thundering Death.

14. Blazing Barrier.

15. Satan's Fury.

THE PERILS OF PAULINE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 92 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. Based on a story by P. J. Wolfson, with a salute to
Charles W. Goddard who wrote the original serial "The Perils of
Pauline."

Credits: Producer, Sol C. Siegel; director, George Marshall;
screenplay, P. J. Wolfson, Frank Butler; music score, Robert Emmett
Dolan; editor, Arthur Schmidt.

Cast: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest,
Constance Collier.

PERILS OF THE JUNGLE. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 20 min., sd.
(Broadway Brevities)

Credits: Producer, Attilio Gatti; written by Herald Medford;
commentator, Knox Manning.

PERILS OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 2 reels
each (no. 1, 3 reels), sd. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

Credits: Director, James W. Horne; original screenplay, Basil
Dickey, Scott Littleton, Louis Heifetz, Jesse A. Duffy.

1. The Totem Talks. © 25May42; LP11444.

2. The Night Raiders. © 27May42; LP11445.

3. The Water God's Revenge. © 27May42; LP11446.

4. Beware, The Vigilantes. © 15Jun42; LP11447.

5. The Masked Mountie. © 19Jun42; LP11448.

6. Underwater Gold. © 22Jun42; LP11449.

7. Bridge to the Sky. © 1Jul42; LP11450.

8. Lost in the Mine. © 6Jul42; LP11499.

9. Into the Trap. © 13Jul42; LP11500.

10. Betrayed by Law. © 20Jul42; LP11496.

11. Blazing Beacons. © 27Jul42; LP11497.

12. The Mountie's Last Chance. © 14Aug42; LP11516.

13. Painted White Man. © 15Aug42; LP11517.

14. Burned at the Stake. © 28Aug42; LP11550.

15. The Mountie Gets His Man. © 1Sep42; LP11551.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT SERIES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1948. 1 reel each, sd., b&w, 16mm. © Encyclopaedia Britannica
Films, Inc.

Credits: Collaborator, Lawrence K. Frank.

Helping the Child to Face the Don'ts. © 13Dec48; MP3682.

Helping the Child to Accept the Do's. © 13Dec48; MP3683.

Emergence of Personality; baby meets his parents. © 28Dec48; MP3822.

PERSONALITY KID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, George Sherman;
story, Cromwell MacKechnie; screenplay, Lewis Helmar Herman; music
director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

PERSONALITY! PLUS!! Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.
(Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

PERSONALIZED LUBRICATION SERVICE. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
for the Standard Oil Company (Indiana), c1946. 3 reels, sd., b&w,
16mm.

Credits: Director, M. Constable; story, James P. Prindle.

PERSONALIZED PRODUCT DISPLAY. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. for
the Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), c1947. 2 reels, sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Director, O. P. Lippert; story, James Prindle.

PERSONALIZED SERVICE. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. for the
Standard Oil Company (Indiana), c1946. 3 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Director, M. Constable; story, James P. Prindle.

PERSONS IN HIDING. SEE

Parole Fixer.

Queen of the Mob.

PERU; ein Volk der Berge. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1949.
1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. German version of "Peru; People of the
Mountains."

Summary: Contrasts Peru's modern capital city, Lima, with the ruins
of the ancient Inca empire and with Cuzco, contemporary Indian city.
The simple, almost primitive customs of the descendants of the
once-proud Indian peoples are exemplified by the activities of an
Indian family in a remote plateau village. For middle grades, high
school, and adult groups.

Credits: Collaborator, Earle K. James.

PERU; people of the mountains. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1
reel, sd.

PERU; people of the mountains. SEE Peru; ein Volk der Berge.

PESAS: TIRO, DISCO, JABALINA, MARTILLO. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Films, Inc., in collaboration with Lawson Robertson, Dean Cromwell
and the Amateur Athletic Union, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.
Spanish version of "Weight Events."

A PEST IN THE HOUSE. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Tedd Pierce, Michael
Maltese.

PEST PILOT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

THE PEST THAT CAME TO DINNER. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7
min., sd., color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Arthur Davis; story, George Hill; animation, John
Carey, Basil Davidovich, J. C. Melendez, Don Williams.

PET PEEVES. Loew's Inc., c1947. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Pete Smith
Specialty) An MGM picture.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, David Barclay;
original story and screenplay, Joe Ansen, David Barclay; film
editor, Joseph Dietrick.

PETE ROLEUM AND HIS COUSINS. Petroleum Industry Exhibition, Inc.,
color.

Credits: Production and scenario, Joseph Losey; animation, Charley
Bowers; music, Hanns Eisler; photography, Harold Muller; editor,
Helen Van Dongen.

PETE SMITH'S SCRAPBOOK. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 850 ft., sd., sepia. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Film editor, Philip Anderson.

PETE THE PIPER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1
reel, sd.

PETER RABBIT'S ADVENTURES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1948. 1 reel, si., b&w, 8mm.

Summary: Shows what happens to Peter when he leaves home to eat the
farmer's lettuce.

PETRA. World Window, Inc., London, c1938. Distributed by United
Artists. 1 reel, sd., color. (World Window Series, no. 6)

Credits: Producers, E. S. and F. W. Keller; director and film
editor, Hans Nieter; music, Ludwig Brav; photography, Jack Cardiff.
Technicolor.

PETROLEUM. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with
Lester E. Klimm, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. (World Energy
Resources Series)

PETROLEUM. SEE Erdoel.

PETTICOAT LARCENY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943. 61 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Ben Holmes; screenplay,
Jack Townley, Stuart Palmer; music, Roy Webb; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, Harry Marker.

PETTICOAT POLITICS. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels,
sd. (The Higgins Family)

Credits: Associate producer, Robert North; director, Erle C. Kenton;
original screenplay, Ewart Adamson, Taylor Caven; music director, Cy
Feuer; photography, Jack Marta; film editor, Edward Mann.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943–44. 2 reels each. Based on
the cartoon character created by Leon Falk and Ray Moore. © Columbia
Pictures Corp.

Credits: Director, B. Reeves Eason; screenplay, Leslie J. Swabacker,
Morgan B. Cox, Victor McLeod, Sherman Lowe.

1. The Sign of the Skull. © 24Dec43; LP12529.

2. The Man Who Never Dies. © 31Dec43; LP12537.

3. A Traitor's Code. © 7Jan44; LP12560.

4. The Seat of Judgment. © 15Jan44; LP12567.

5. The Ghost Who Walks. © 22Jan44; LP12583.

6. Jungle Whispers. © 29Jan44; LP12608.

7. The Mystery Well. © 5Feb44; LP12779.

8. In Quest of the Keys. © 12Feb44; LP12617.

9. The Fire Princess. © 19Feb44; LP12632.

10. The Chamber of Death. © 26Feb44; LP12641.

11. The Emerald Key. © 5Mar44; LP12648.

12. The Fangs of the Beast. © 12Mar44; LP12780.

13. The Road to Zoloz. © 17Mar44; LP12684.

14. The Lost City. © 24Mar44; LP12691.

15. Peace in the Jungle. © 31Mar44; LP12714.

THE PHANTOM COWBOY. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer and director, George Sherman; original
screenplay, Doris Schroeder; music director, Cy Feuer; photography,
Reggie Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PHANTOM EMPIRE. SEE Radio Ranch.

THE PHANTOM FILLY. SEE Home in Indiana.

PHANTOM KILLER. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, A. W. Hackel; director, William Beaudine;
screenplay, Karl Brown; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor,
Jack Ogilvie.

PHANTOM LADY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 9 reels, sd. Based
on the novel by William Irish.

Credits: Associate producer, Joan Harrison; director, Robert
Siodmak; screenplay, Bernard C. Schoenfeld; music director, Don
George; photographer, Elwood Bredell; film editor, Arthur Hilton.

PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Paul Malvern; director, Phil Rosen; original
story, Ralph Bettinson; screenplay, Joseph West; photographer, Fred
Jackman, Jr.; film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

PHANTOM OF 42nd STREET. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 6 reels, sd.
Based on the novel by Jack Harvey and Milton Raison.

Credits: Associate producers, Martin Mooney, Albert Herman;
director, Albert Herman; screenplay, Milton Raison; music, Karl
Hajos; film editor, Hugh Winn.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 10
reels, sd., color. Based on the composition by Gaston Leroux.

Credits: Producer, George Waggner; director, Arthur Lubin;
screenplay, Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein; music director, Edward
Ward; cameraman, Hal Mohr. Technicolor.

PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,
sd. Based on Red Harman's comic "Red Ryder."

Credits: Associate producer, R. G. Springsteen; director, Lesley
Selander; original screenplay, Earle Snell, Charles Kenyon; music
director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film
editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM PINTO. Ellkay Productions, c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Richard C. Kahn.

THE PHANTOM PLAINSMEN. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,
sd. Based on an original story by Robert Yost. Based on characters
"The Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, John English;
screenplay, Robert Yost, Barry Shipman; music score, Cy Feuer;
photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, William Thompson.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PHANTOM RAIDERS. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
7 reels, sd., b&w. (A Nick Carter Adventure)

Credits: Producer, Frederick Stephani; director, Jacques Tourneur;
original story, Jonathan Latimer; screenplay, William R. Lipman;
music score, David Snell; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

THE PHANTOM RIDER. c1945–46. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels
each, sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; [no. 1–6], 26Oct45; LP13678;
no. 7–12, 8Jan46; LP106.

Credits: Associate producer, Ronald Davidson; directors, Spencer
Bennet, Fred Brannon; original screenplay, Albert DeMond, Basil
Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Lynn Perkins, Barney Sarecky; music director,
Richard Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editors, Cliff
Bell, Harold R. Minter.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Avenging Spirit.

2. Flaming Ambush.

3. Hoofs of Doom.

4. Murder Masquerade.

5. Flying Fury.

6. Blazing Peril.

7. Gauntlet of Guns.

8. Behind the Mask.

9. The Captive Chief.

10. Beasts at Bay.

11. The Death House.

12. The Last Stand.

THE PHANTOM SPEAKS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Donald H. Brown; director, John
English; original screenplay, John K. Butler; music director,
Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film editor, Arthur
Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM SUBMARINE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Ralph Cohn; director, Charles Barton; story,
Augustus Muir; screenplay, Joseph Krumgold; music director, M. W.
Stoloff; photography, Barney McGill; film editor, William Lyon.

THE PHANTOM THIEF. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd. Based
upon the character created by Jack Boyle.

Credits: Producer, John Stone; director, D. Ross Lederman; story, G.
A. Snow; screenplay, Richard Wormser, Richard Weil; music director,
Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

PHANTOM VALLEY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 6 reels, sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: In attempting to bring peace to warring ranchers and
homesteaders, the Durango Kid discovers that the leader of the
troublemakers is a young girl trying to obtain by murder all the
lands in Phantom Valley.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; original
screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Hunter, Ozie
Waters and his Colorado Rangers.

PHANTOMS INC. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2
reels, sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject)

Credits: Director, Harold Young; original story, Brainerd Duffield;
screenplay, Edward Bock; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Harry
Komer.

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

PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 12 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the play by Philip
Barry.

Credits: Producer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz; director, George Cukor;
screenplay, Donald Ogden Stewart; music score, Franz Waxman; film
editor, Frank Sullivan.

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Eastman Kodak Co., c1942. 954 ft. Revised.

Appl. author: George W. Hoke.

THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC. SEE The March of Time, 1946.

THE PHILIPPINES 1898–1946. SEE The March of Time, v. 6, no. 10.

PHILMONT ADVENTURE. Boy Scouts of America, c1949. 1,275 ft., b&w,
16mm.

Summary: The significance of the phrase "Scouting in the
out-of-doors" is illustrated by the activities of the Philmont Scout
Ranch in New Mexico.

PHILO VANCE RETURNS. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 64 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, William Beaudine;
original screenplay, Robert E. Kent; music, Albert Glasser; music
director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Gene Fowler, Jr.

Cast: William Wright, Terry Austin, Leon Belasco.

PHILO VANCE'S GAMBLE. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 62 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Basil Wrangell; original
story, Lawrence Edmund Taylor; screenplay, Eugene Conrad, Arthur St.
Claire; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, W. Donn Hayes.

Cast: Alan Curtis, Terry Austin, Frank Jenks, Tala Birell.

PHILO VANCE'S SECRET MISSION. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 58 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Reginald Le Borg;
original screenplay, Lawrence Edmund Taylor; film editor, W. Donn
Hayes.

Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell.

PHONEY BALONEY. Screen Gems, Inc., c1945. 670 ft., sd., color. (A Fox
and Crow)

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Sid Marcus; animation,
Paul Sommer, Ben Lloyd; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PHONOGRAPH. Gateway Productions, Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w,
16mm. (The Pirro Series, no. 10)

Summary: Pat shows his puppet, Pirro, how to play records on the
phonograph.

Credits: Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon.

PHONY CRONIES. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,492 ft., sd.

Credits: Producers, Del Lord, Hugh McCollum; direction, story, and
screenplay, Harry Edwards; film editor, Burton Kramer.

PHONY EXPRESS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,562 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Del Lord; story and screenplay, Elwood Ullman,
Monty Collins.

PHOTO FRENZY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 16 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This
Is America, no. 5)

Summary: A film on photography that shows technical procedures,
members of a camera club on a field trip, and some of the
masterpieces that camera enthusiasts produce.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Larry O'Reilly; script,
Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; editor, David Cooper.

PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY. Eastman Kodak Co. 44 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Presents to photo-lithographers the advantages that result
from using Kodak products.

Appl. author: Lloyd Reber.

PHOTOGRAPHY. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life
Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF NORMAL MENSTRUATION. Schering Corp., c1948. 29 min.,
color, sd., 16mm.

Summary: A scientific presentation of the basic physiology of
menstruation. A film for the medical profession to be used as a
review of the subject for professional groups and as an aid in the
instruction of students.

Appl. author: Norman L. Heminway.

PIANO MOONER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,572 ft., sd.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Harry Edwards; story and
screenplay, Harry Langdon; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

PIANO RHYTHM. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Screenliner, no. 1)

Summary: Presents Jan August who plays "Malaguena" and "Nola" and
Kitty Kallen who sings "Kiss Me Sweet."

Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director, Herman Fuchs; editor,
Isaac Kleinerman.

PIANO SERENADE. Distributed by Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. A Filmcraft production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

PICK A PECK OF PLUMBERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 1,575 ft.,
sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Felix Adler.

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

PICKLED PUSS. Screen Gems, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.
(Color Rhapsody, no. 133)

Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Cal Howard; animation, Grant
Simmons, Paul Sommers, Morey Reden.

PICKUPS PAY OFF. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by General
Motors Corp., Chevrolet Division. 1 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows the diversified uses that can be made of a 1949
Chevrolet pickup truck.

PICNIC PANIC. Screen Gems, Inc., c1946. 857 ft., sd., color, 35mm. (A
Color Rhapsody)

Credits: Direction and story, Bob Wickersham; animation, Chick
Otterstrom, Paul Sommer; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w with color sequences. Based
on the novel by Oscar Wilde.

Credits: Producer, Pandro S. Berman; direction and screenplay,
Albert Lewin; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, Ferris
Webster.

PICTURE PIONEER. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.,
35mm. (Person-Oddity, no. 153)

Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; script, Frank Kelly; narration,
Douglas Browning.

PICTURESQUE MASSACHUSETTS. c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
844 ft., sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photography, William
Steiner. Technicolor.

PICTURESQUE PATZCUARO. c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 846
ft., sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer,
Wilfrid Cline. Technicolor.

PIE IN THE EYE. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 20 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Warner Bros.

Summary: A slapstick comedy adapted from the old Mack Sennett
comedies.

Credits: Narration, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Art Gilmore; film
editor, DeLeon Anthony.

PIED PIPER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.

THE PIED PIPER. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 7,859 ft.
Based on the novel by Nevil Shute.

Credits: Director, Irving Pichel; written for the screen by Nunnally
Johnson; music, Alfred Newman.

THE PIED PIPER OF BASIN STREET. 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
Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Pat Matthews;
music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

PIER 13. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 5,970 ft., sd. Based
on a story by Barry Conners and Philip Klein.

Credits: Director, Eugene Forde; screenplay, Stanley Rauh, Clark
Andrews; music director, Cyril J. Mockridge.

PIERRE OF THE PLAINS. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the play by Edgar
Selwyn.

Credits: Producer, Edgar Selwyn; director, George B. Seitz;
screenplay, Lawrence Kimble, Bertram Millhauser; music score, Lennie
Hayton; film editor, George White.

PIG FOOT PETE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1
reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PIG MEAT THROWS THE BULL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PIGEON PATROL. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walter
Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Alex Lovy; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer;
animation, Ralph Somerville; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

PIGS AND ELEPHANTS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The characteristics and habits of domestic pigs, of foreign
relatives of the domestic pig, of hippopotami, and of African and
Indian elephants.

Credits: Collaborators, Eliot C. Williams, Donald M. Hatfield.

PIGS IN A POLKA. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Blue Ribbon Cartoon) A re-release.

PIGSKIN PASSES. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 20 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Warner Bros.

Summary: Spectacular plays from outstanding football games of the
past and present.

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

PIGSKIN SKILL. Loew's Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pete
Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Summary: Presents the skill and talents of football players who have
brought fame to the Los Angeles Rams.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, Carl Dudley;
film editor, Joseph Dietrick.

PIGTAIL PILOT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.
(Person-Oddity, no. 138)

Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; narrator, Irwin
Darlington.

LA PILA SIMPLE. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration
with Morris Meister, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Spanish version
of "The Primary Cell."

THE PILGRIM LADY. c1946. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.,
35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, William J. O'Sullivan; director, Lesley
Selander; original screenplay, Dane Lussier; music director, Richard
Cherwin; cinematographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Arthur
Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PILGRIM PORKY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Warren Foster; animation, Norman McCabe.

A PILGRIMAGE TO AMSTERDAM FOR THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, 1948. 900
ft., color, 16mm.

Summary: Scenes of a trip from New York to the meeting of the World
Council of Churches in Amsterdam, including views of Paris, London,
Stockholm, and Copenhagen.

Credits: Produced, photographed, and narrated by Edwin L. Whisler.

A PILHA ELÉTRICA. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in
collaboration with Morris Meister, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.
Portuguese version of "The Primary Cell."

PILLOW OF DEATH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Wallace Fox; original story, Dwight V. Babcock;
screenplay, George Bricker; photographer, Jerry Ash; film editor,
Edward Curtis.

PILLOW TO POST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 92 min., sd. A
Warner Bros.-First National picture. From the stageplay by Rose
Simon Kohn.

Credits: Producer, Alex Gottlieb; director, Vincent Sherman;
screenplay, Charles Hoffman; music, Frederick Hollander; music
director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Jerome Moross;
film editor, Alan Crosland, Jr.

THE PIL'O MONEY PENCIL; or, THE PAY-OFF PENCIL. c1940. 1 reel.

PILOT NO. 5. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7
reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, B. P. Fineman; director, George Sidney; original
story and screenplay, David Hertz; music score, Lennie Hayton; film
editor, George White.

PILOTING. Springer Pictures, Inc. for the United States Navy.

Appl. author: John H. Obold.

PIN GAMES. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Sportscope, no. 4)

Summary: An explanation of different types of bowling; scenes of
bowling at Worcester, Massachusetts, and of the bowling stars and
champions, Michael Litrenta, Elizabeth Barger, Ralph Keeney, and Joe
Norris.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; narrator,
Red Barber; editor, David Cooper.

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

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

PIN UP GIRL. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 7,450 ft., sd.
Based on a story by Libbie Block.

Credits: Director, Bruce Humberstone; screenplay, Robert Ellis,
Helen Logan, Earl Baldwin; music directors, Emil Newman, Charles
Henderson.

PIN-UP POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.

PIN-UPS ON PARADE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.

A PINCH IN TIME. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 16 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: Hugh Herbert is mistaken for a pearl thief.

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