Chapter MI: RUMBA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, (14)

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Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Del Lord; screenplay,
Edward Ullman; film editor, Henry DeMond.

Cast: Hugh Herbert.

PINKY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 102 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's novel, "Quality."

Summary: A drama dealing with the racial question as it affects a
light-skinned Negress who returns to the South after being accepted
as a white girl in Boston.

Credits: Producer, Darryl F. Zanuck; director, Elia Kazan;
screenplay, Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols; music director, Alfred
Newman; film editor, Harmon Jones.

Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan,
Basil Ruysdael.

PINKY TOMLIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1
reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Leslie Roush; written by Justin Herman;
photographers, George Webber, J. Burgi Contner.

PINOCCHIO. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 10 reels. From the story by
Collodi.

PINS AND CUSHIONS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 1 reel,
sd. (Paul Douglas' Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music score, L. DeFrancesco;
photographer, Jack Kuhne; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

THE PINTO BANDIT. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Alfred Stern; direction and original screenplay,
Elmer Clifton; music director, Lee Zahler; photographer, Edward
Kull; film editor, Charles Henkel, Jr.

THE PINTO KID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, Fred Myton;
film editor, Mel Thorsen.

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

PIONEER DAYS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Harry S. Webb; story, Forrest
Sheldon; screenplay, Bennett Cohen; photographer, Edward Kull; film
editor, Robert Golden.

A PIONEER HOME. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A general view of pioneer life showing the furnishings and
physical surroundings of the home, the hard work and simple
pleasures of family life. For primary and intermediate grades.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Viola Theman.

PIONEER JUSTICE. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 55 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Thomas; director, Ray Taylor; original
screenplay, Adrian Page; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: "Lash" La Rue, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, Jennifer Holt.

THE PIONEERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd. From the
novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

Credits: Producer, Edward Finney; director, Al Herman; screenplay,
Charles Andersen; music score and direction, Frank Sanucci;
photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Fred Bain.

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

PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Sam Nelson; original screenplay, Fred Myton; film
editor, James Sweeney.

PIONEERS OF THE PLAINS. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.
With teacher's handbook.

PIONEERS OF THE WEST. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,
sd. Based on the characters "The Three Mesquiteers" created by
William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, Lester Orlebeck;
original screenplay, Jack Natteford, Karen DeWolf, Gerry Geraghty;
music score, Cy Feuer; photography, Jack Marta; film editor, Tony
Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PIP-EYE, PUP-EYE, POOP-EYE AND PEEP-EYE. Paramount Pictures Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Seymour Kneitel;
animation, Seymour Kneitel, George Germanetti.

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

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

THE PIPE OF PLENTY. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company. 811 ft., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates how the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
serves the community, and features the planning and construction of
a new pipe line.

THE PIRATE. Loew's Inc., c1948. 102 min., sd., color, 35mm. An MGM
picture. Based on the play by S. N. Behrman.

Summary: In this musical comedy, with the setting laid in a mythical
Caribbean seaport, a clever traveling actor and his troupe detect
the disguise of a pirate and rescue a maiden from his power.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Vincente Minnelli;
screenplay, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich; music director, Lennie
Hayton; film editor, Blanche Sewell.

Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper,
Reginald Owen.

THE PIRATES OF CAPRI. Film Classics, Inc., c1949. 94 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: An historical adventure drama filmed in Italy about a
nobleman who secretly leads the people of Naples to revolt against
the tyrannical Bourbon rule in 1799.

Credits: Producer, Victor Pahlen; director, Edgar G. Ulmer; story
and adaptation, G. A. Colonna, George Moser, B. Valeri; screenplay,
Sidney Alexander; music, Nina Rota; film editor, R. Lucidi.

Cast: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti, Rudolph Serato,
Alan Curtis.

PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 57 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Howard Bretherton; story,
Berne Giler; screenplay, Doris Schroeder, J. Benton Cheney; music
director, Paul Sawtell; editor, John Lockert.

PIRATES ON HORSEBACK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 7 reels, sd.
Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford.

Credits: Producer, Harry Sherman; director, Lesley Selander;
screenplay, Ethel La Blanche, J. Benton Cheney; photography, Russell
Harlan; film editor, Sherman A. Rose.

PIRATE'S TREASURE. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. for the Coca-Cola
Company, c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: After digging madly all over the beach, the pirates find a
treasure chest containing ice-cold Coca-Cola. An animated cartoon.

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA. c1943. 7 reels, sd. Based on the song by Al
Dexter.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, Frank Woodruff;
original story, Arthur Caesar, Edward Dein; screenplay, Edward Dein,
Fred Schiller; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Reggie
Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PISTOL PACKIN' NITWITS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 1,558 ft., sd.

Credits: Direction and screenplay, Harry Edwards; story, Edward
Bernds, Harry Langdon.

PISTOL PACKIN' PAPA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PITCH A BOOGIE WOOGIE. Lord-Warner Pictures, Inc., c1948. 4 reels,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Musical short, with a brief plot that offers an opportunity
for slapstick.

Credits: Director, William Lord.

PITCHIN' IN THE KITCHEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,671 ft.,
sd.

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

PITCHIN' WOO AT THE ZOO. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Bill Turner, Jack Ward.

PITFALL. Regal Films, Inc. Released through United Artists Corp.,
c1948. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Jay Dratler.

Summary: A crime melodrama in which an insurance agent, bored with
the routine of domesticity and business, seeks excitement and finds
disaster.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Bischoff; director, Andre de Toth;
screenplay, Karl Kamb; music director, Louis Forbes; film editor,
Walter Thompson.

Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John
Litel.

PITTSBURGH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, Lewis Seiler; original
story, George Owen, Tom Reed; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed;
music director, Charles Previn; photography, Robert DeGrasse; film
editor, Paul Landers.

THE PITTSBURGH KID. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels,
sd. Based on a novel by Octavus Roy Cohen.

Credits: Associate producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Jack
Townley; screenplay, Earl Felton, Houston Branch; music director, Cy
Feuer; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Ernest Nims.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PIXIE PICNIC. Walter Lantz Productions, c1948. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Musical Miniatures)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff;
animation, Verne Harding, Fred Moore; music, Darrell Calker.

PLA-LADY. 1 reel, 16mm.

Summary: Performed by children under eight years of age who imitate
the actions of their elders when they dress and rehearse for a
musical show and attend a banquet.

Credits: Produced and written by William M. Riddick.

PLAIN FACTS. American Social Hygiene Association, c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Narrator, Walter Clarke.

PLAIN FACTS. SEE La Escueta Verdad.

PLAIN TURNING ON THE METAL WORKING LATHE. Burton Holmes Films, Inc.
for South Bend Lathe Works, c1941. 1 reel, sd. Based on the handbook
"How To Run a Lathe."

Appl. authors: John J. O'Brien, Russel E. Frushour.

PLAINSMAN AND THE LADY. c1946. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Joseph Kane; original story, Michael Uris, Ralph
Spence; screenplay, Richard Wormser; music, George Antheil; music
director, Cy Feuer.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; original story and screenplay, Karl
Kamb, John C. Higgins; music score, Nathaniel Shilkret; film editor,
Harry Komer.

PLANE DAFFY. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1944. 7 min., sd., color.
(Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Frank Tashlin; story, Warren Foster; animation,
Cal Dalton; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

PLANE GOOFY. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940.
Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Terrytoon)

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

PLANER AND SHAPER OPERATION. Film Productions Co., c1941. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Roy Arthur Clapp.

PLANES OF THE U. S. NAVY. Time, Inc., c1942. 2 reels.

PLANES WITHOUT PILOTS, sd., 16mm.

PLANNING FOR GOOD EATING. Walt Disney Productions, for the Institute
of Inter-American Affairs, c1946. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (Health
for the Americas)

Summary: A film showing that variety in diet is necessary for good
health.

PLANT A LITTLE GARDEN IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. Soundies Distributing
Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PLANTATION MELODIES. Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd. (Featurette)

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, LeRoy Prinz;
screenplay, Jack Scholl.

A PLANTER OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA (1740–1765) Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.,
c1940. 1 reel, sd.

PLANTS AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES OF HOUDRY. The Jam Handy
Organization, Inc. Presented by Houdry Process Corp. 1–1/2 reels,
sd. Narration in Russian.

PLASTIC ART. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

PLASTIC ART. SEE Escultura.

PLASTICS. Caravel Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel each, 16mm. © Caravel
Films, Inc.

1. Origin and Synthesis of Plastics Materials. © 1Feb46; MP434.

2. Methods of Processing Plastics Materials. © 1Feb46; MP435.

3. Compression Molding. pt. 1: Preparing the Charge and Loading the
Mold. © 1Feb46; MP436.

5. Transfer Molding, Molding a Part with Inserts. © 1Feb46; MP437.

6. Semi-Automatic and Hand Molding of Intricate Parts. © 1Feb46;
MP438.

7. Injection Molding. pt. 1: Setting Up the Press and Molding a
Part. © 1Feb46; MP439.

9. Finishing Molded Parts. © 1Feb46; MP440.

10. Machining Laminated Plastics. © 1Feb46; MP441.

THE PLASTICS INVENTOR. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944.
1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt Disney Donald Duck)

Credits: Director, Jack King; story, Jack Hannah, Dick Shaw;
animation, Don Towsley, Bill Justice, Paul Allen, Brad Case; music,
Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

PLAY AND PLENTY. SEE Variety Views, no. 162.

PLAY BALL, SON! Herb Lamb Productions, Inc., c1946. 3 reels, sd. &
si., 16mm. Based on the book by Bert V. Dunne.

PLAY GIRL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 77 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Frank Woodruff; story and
screenplay, Jerry Cady; music director, Paul Sawtelle; editor, Harry
Marker.

PLAY IN THE SNOW. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1945. 1 reel.

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

PLAYBILL. Presented by Chevrolet. sd.

PLAYFUL PELICAN. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Walter Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff;
animation, Ed Love, Ken O'Brien; music, Darrell Calker.

THE PLAYFUL PEST. Screen Gems, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Paul Sommer; story, Sam Cobean.

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

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

THE PLAYGIRLS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd.
(Melody Masters Band)

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco.

PLAYGROUND SAFETY. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Vivian Weedon.

PLAYING BY EAR. Loew's Inc., c1946. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Pete
Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, David O'Brien;
screenplay, David Barclay, Joe Ansen; music, Max Terr; film editor,
Joseph Dietrick.

PLAYING GROWNUPS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 min., sd., color.

Credits: Technicolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

PLAYING IN THE PARK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PLAYING THE PIED PIPER. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941.
641 ft., sd. (Fable, no. 14)

Credits: Director, Lou Lilly; music, Eddie Kilfeather.

PLAYING WITH NEPTUNE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1 reel,
sd. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; continuity, Russ Sheilds;
described by Ed Thorgersen.

PLAYLANDS OF MICHIGAN. Loew's Inc., c1949. 9 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks) An MGM picture.

Summary: Views of the wonders of Michigan's resort towns, rivers,
and lakes.

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer,
Virgil Miller; music arranger, Joseph Nussbaum.

PLAYMATES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 96 min., sd.

Credits: Producer and director, David Butler; story, James V. Kern,
M. M. Musselman; screenplay, James V. Kern; music, James Van Heusen;
music director, Roy Webb; music arrangements, George Duning; editor,
Irene Morra.

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

PLAYMATES FROM THE WILD. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.
(Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

PLAYTIME IN HAWAII. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1 reel,
sd. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; music score, L. DeFrancesco;
photography, Al Brick; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

PLAYTIME IN RIO. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: Rio de Janeiro is the setting of this film in which golf,
swimming, soccer, horse racing, and the rigorous training of members
of the Brazilian police force are featured.

Credits: Narration, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman Bradley;
film editor, L. Lindsay.

PLAYTIME IN SCANDINAVIA. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8
min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: At Soliden, the summer capital of Sweden, King Gustav,
nonagenarian sportsman, plays croquet, and his subjects enjoy the
favorite summer sports of Sweden—gymnastics, swimming, and skiing.
Scenes of the yacht race for Kattegat Cup, between Swedish and
Norwegian boats, are included.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Earl Allvine; narrator,
Mel Allen; music score, L. deFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

PLAYTIME'S JOURNEY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 8 min.,
sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; narrator, Mel Allen; music, L.
DeFrancesco; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

PLEASE ANSWER. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1
reel, sd., sepia. (What's Your I.Q., no. 3) (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Roy Rowland; screenplay, E. Maurice Adler; film
editor, Ferris Webster.

PLEASE TAKE A LETTER, MISS BROWN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of
America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PLEASED TO MITT YOU. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

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

PLEASUREBOUND IN CANADA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 797 ft., sd.
(A Columbia Tour, series 3, no. 7)

Credits: Narrator, John Martin; editor, Harry Foster.

PLEDGE TO BATAAN. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, David Griffin;
narration, Ralph Schoolman, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman
Bradley. Technicolor.

PLENTY BELOW ZERO. c1943. Presented by Columbia. 653 ft., sd., color.
(A Color Rhapsody) (Fox and Crow)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; director, Bob Wickersham; story,
Leo Salkin; animation, Howard Swift; music, Eddie Kilfeather.
Technicolor.

THE PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT. Selected Films, Inc., England. Released in
the U. S. by United Artists Corp., c1948. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Originally entitled "Teheran."

Summary: A ficticious melodrama about an English war correspondent
who thwarts a Persian plot to murder Roosevelt at the Teheran
Conference in 1943.

Credits: Director, William Freshman.

Cast: Derek Farr, Marta Labarr, Manning Whiley, Pamela Stirling,
John Slater.

PLUMBING. c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational
Guidance Films, Inc.

THE PLUNDERERS. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 87 min., sd.,
color, 35mm.

Summary: A U.S. Cavalry officer, having disguised himself as a
badman, apprehends a desperado and his gang. Sioux Indians attack
the party and kill the outlaw, thereby relieving the officer of the
unhappy task of hanging him. Setting, the West of 1870.

Credits: Associate producer-director, Joseph Kane; original story,
James Edward Grant; screenplay, Gerald Geraghty, Gerald Adams;
music, Dale Butts; music director, Morton Scott; film editor, Arthur
Roberts.

Cast: Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker,
George Cleveland.

PLUTO AND THE ARMADILLO. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd.
(A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO AT THE ZOO. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt
Disney Pluto)

PLUTO, JUNIOR. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt
Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S BLUE NOTE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Jack
Huber; animation, Jerry Hathcock, George Kreisl, George Nicholas,
Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

PLUTO'S DREAM HOUSE. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 1 reel. (A Walt
Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S FLEDGLING. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Eric
Gurney; animation, Phil Duncan, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Jack
Boyd; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S HOUSEWARMING. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Bill de la
Torre; animation, George Nicholas, Jerry Hathcock, Marvin Woodward,
Blaine Gibson.

PLUTO'S KID BROTHER. Walt Disney Productions, c1945. 1 reel. (A Walt
Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Harry Reeves, Jesse
Marsh; animation, George Nicholas, Gerry Hathcock, Robert
Youngquist, Jack Boyd; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S PLAYMATE. Walt Disney Productions, c1941. 1 reel. (A Walt
Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S PURCHASE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 1 reel, sd., color,
35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Bill de la
Torre; animation, George Nicholas, Robert Youngquist, George Kreisl,
Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S SURPRISE PACKAGE. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 1 reel, sd.,
color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Eric
Gurney; animation, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Hugh Fraser,
George Rowley; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S SWEATER. Walt Disney Productions. Distributed by RKO Radio
Pictures, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Milt
Schaffer; music, Oliver Wallace; animation, Phil Duncan, Hugh
Fraser, George Nicholas, Dan MacManus.

PNEUMONIA. Encyclopaedia Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm. In
Chinese.

PNEUMONIA. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. With
teacher's handbook.

POBYEDA. SEE Counter-Attack.

THE POCKET BOOK OF BASIC ENGLISH. SEE Basic English.

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

POET AND PEASANT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945.
1 reel, sd.

THE POET AND PEASANT, c1946. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd.,
color, 35mm. (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walter Lantz; director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben
Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Les Kline, Paul Smith; music,
Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

POI MY BOY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946.
Presented by RCM Productions, Inc. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Producer, Ben Hersh; director, Dave Gould.

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

POINTERS FOR PLANTERS; how to plan a victory vegetable garden. The
Motion Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company,
c1943. Presented by The Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Frederick W. Bright.

POINTERS FOR PLANTERS; preserving the victory garden crop. Motion
Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., c1943. 1 reel,
sd.

Appl. author: F. W. Bright.

POINTERS FOR PLANTERS; summer care of the victory garden. The Motion
Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, c1943.
Presented by The Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Frederick W. Bright.

POINTS FOR PEDALERS. Motion Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty &
Surety Co. of Hartford, Conn., c1943. Presented by The Aetna Life
Affiliated Companies. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Frederick W. Bright.

POINTS ON ARROWS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd.
(Hollywood Novelties)

Credits: Narrator, Knox Manning.

POLAND. Eastman Kodak Co., Teaching Films Division, c1939. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Kenneth R. Edwards.

POLAR PEST. Loew's Inc., c1944. 609 ft., sd., color. (A
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

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

POLAR PEST. Loew's Inc., c1944. 609 ft., sd., color, 35mm. (A
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

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

POLAR PLAYMATES. Screen Gems, Inc., c1946. 605 ft., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Volus Jones; animation,
Grant Simmons; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE POLE VAULT. Coronet, c1945. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. (Physical
Education Series)

Credits: Produced under the supervision of Dean B. Cromwell.

POLICE BULLETS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd. Based on
an original story by Ande Lamb.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, Jean Yarbrough;
screenplay, Edmond Kelso, Ande Lamb; photography, Mack Stengler;
film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

THE POLICEMAN. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

POLICEMAN'S HOLIDAY. SEE The March of Time, v. 15, no. 9.

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

POLITICAL PARTIES. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, J. Donald Kingsley.

POLKA DOT POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944.
1 reel, sd.

POLKA-DOT PUSS. Loew's Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Tom and
Jerry Cartoon) (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, William Hanna, Joseph
Barbera; animation, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Irven
Spence; music, Scott Bradley.

POLKA FUN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.

THE POLLARD JUMP. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946.
1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

POLLY WANTS A DOCTOR. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943.
587 ft., sd. (Phantasy, no. 33)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; director, Howard Swift; story,
Dun Roman; animation, Jim Armstrong, Grant Simmons; music, Eddie
Kilfeather.

POLO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (The
World of Sports, no. 125)

Credits: Director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill Stern.

POLO CHAMPIONS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 869 ft., sd. (The
World of Sports, no. 74)

Credits: Commentator, Bill Stern; photographer, William Kelly;
editor, Harry Foster.

A POLO PHONY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 18 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Harry D'Arcy; story, Harry
D'Arcy, George Jeske; film editor, Les Millbrook.

POLO WITH THE STARS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd.
(Hollywood Novelties)

Credits: Director, Paul R. Thoma; commentator, Knox Manning.

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

POLSKA NIE ZGINEŁA (POLAND IS NOT LOST). c1940. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Narration, St. Sobieniowski.

Appl. authors: John Milo and Aurelio Battistoni.

PONTOON ASSEMBLY AND UTILIZATION; pontoon floating drydock. Sound
Masters, Inc. for the Training Film Section, Photographic Division,
Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy. © Sound Masters, Inc.

Appl. author: J. F. Clemenger.

1. String and Deck Assembly. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 19Nov43;
MU14160.

2. Stabilizer Powers and Catwalks. © title, descr., & 4 prints,
19Nov43; MU14161.

3. Ramp and Air Feed System. © title, descr., & 6 prints, 19Nov43;
MU14162.

4. Adjustable Boat Cradle. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 19Nov43;
MU14163.

5. Testing and Operation. © title, descr., & 6 prints, 19Nov43;
MU14164.

PONTOON ASSEMBLY AND UTILIZATION. Sound Masters, Inc., for Training
Film Section, Photographic Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, United
States Navy. © Sound Masters, Inc.

Appl. author: James F. Clemenger.

3. Assembling a Pontoon Bridge. © title, descr., & 8 prints,
25Mar43; MU13396.

5. The Pontoon Wharf. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 12Jun43; MU13648.

PONY EXPRESS DAYS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 19 min., color.

Credits: Director, B. Reeves Eason; original screenplay, Charles L.
Tedford. Technicolor.

PONY POST. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 6 reels.

Credits: Director, Ray Taylor; original story and screenplay,
Sherman Lowe.

THE POOCH PARADE. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 1
reel, sd. (Fable, no. 5)

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

POOPDECK PAPPY. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, George Manuell; animation,
Bill Nolan, Winfield Hoskins.

POP ALWAYS PAYS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 67 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Leslie Goodwins; story,
Arthur J. Beckhard; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts; music director,
Paul Sawtell; editor, Desmond Marquette.

POP AND MOM IN WILD OYSTERS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel,
sd. (Animated Antics, HO–5)

POP GOES THE WEASEL, Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

POP-PIE A LA MODE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Dave Tendlar.

POP RINGS THE BELL. Presented by National School Service Institute.
b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

POPE LEO XIII. Creative Arts Studio, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, si., b&w,
16mm.

Appl. author: Howard Lamarr Walls.

POPEYE AND THE PIRATES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, I. Klein, Jack Ward.

POPEYE MEETS HERCULES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd.,
color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Bill Tytla; story, I. Klein; animation, George
Germanetti, Tom Moore.

POPEYE MEETS RIP VAN WINKLE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel,
sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Dan Gordon; animation,
Myron Waldman, Sidney Pillet.

POPEYE MEETS WILLIAM TELL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Dan Gordon; animation,
James Culhane, Alfred Eugster.

POPEYE'S PREMIERE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 11 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Story, Bill Turner, I. Klein; animation, Dave Tendlar, John
Gentiella.

POPPA KNOWS WORST. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; direction and screenplay, Ben
Holmes; film editor, Robert Swink.

POPPIN' THE CORK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943.
1 reel, sd.

POP'S COMIN' HOME. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.

POPULAR SCIENCE. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1939–49. 1 reel each, sd.,
35mm. © Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Credits: Writers, Gayne Whitman, Walter Anthony, George Brandt;
narrators, Gayne Whitman, Van Des Autels.

J9–3. © 15Dec39; MP9854.

J9–4. © 16Feb40; MP9982.

J9–5. © 26Apr40; MP10185.

J9–6. © 28Jun40; MP10313.

J0–1. © 6Sep40; MP10455.

J0–2. © 1Nov40; MP10592.

J0–3. © 20Dec40; MP10679.

J0–4. © 21Feb41; MP10865.

J0–5. © 2May41; MP11114.

J0–6. © 4Jul41; MP11307.

J1–1. © 19Sep41; MP11574.

J1–2. © 7Nov41; MP12031.

J1–3. © 30Jan42; MP13412.

J1–4. © 3Apr42; MP12347.

J1–5. © 12Jun42; MP12586.

J1–6. © 31Jul42; MP12730.

J2–1. © 2Oct42; MP12892.

J2–2. © 27Nov42; MP13067.

J2–3. © 5Feb43; MP13246.

J2–4. © 5Apr43; MP13446.

J2–5. © 11Jun43; MP13656.

J2–6. © 6Aug43; MP13870.

J3–1. © 15Oct43; MP14104.

J3–2. © 10Dec43; MP14360.

J3–3. © 25Feb44; MP14554.

J3–4. © 31Mar44; MP14823.

J3–5. © 12Jun44; MP14964.

J3–6. © 4Aug44; MP15090.

J4–1. © 6Oct44; MP15404.

J4–2. © 22Dec44; MP15502.

J4–3. © 16Feb45; MP15653.

J4–4. © 6Apr45; MP15808.

J4–5. © 1Jun45; MP16014.

J4–6. © 10Aug45; MP16234.

J5–1. © 12Oct45; MP16469.

J5–2. © 7Dec45; MP16592.

J5–3. © 8Feb46; MP273.

J5–4. © 8Apr46; MP513.

J5–5. © 21Jun46; MP712.

J5–6. © 16Aug46; MP979.

J6–1. © 11Oct46; MP1180.

J6–2. © 27Dec46; MP1480.

J6–3. © 28Feb47; MP1737.

J6–4. © 4Apr47; MP1894.

J6–5. Moon Rocket. After a brief reference to an electric toothbrush
and other minor inventions, the film shows how V–2 rockets, equipped
with recording devices, aid man in learning about the ionosphere 100
miles above the earth.

J6–6. Twentieth Century Vikings.

J7–1. Radar Fishermen.

J7–2. Desert Destroyers. The raising of oysters near Conway Castle,
Wales; the household devices invented by Mr. W. J. Haynes of Kansas
City; and the testing of airborne rockets at the Inyokern Naval
Ordnance Test Station in the Mojave Desert.

J7–3. Streamlined luxury. New kitchen appliances; apparatus for
testing landing gear and brakes of airplanes; new machines for
harvesting and canning pineapple in Hawaii; and a train that is the
forerunner of our trains of tomorrow.

J7–4. Fog Fighters. The making of Johansson gage blocks at
Eskilstuna, Sweden; the scientific barber shop at Westwood Village,
California; and the new methods used to assure safe landings of
planes in fog at Arcata, California.

J7–5. The Big Eye. The gigantic telescope and 200–inch mirror at Mt.
Palomar, Calif. Shots of two new types of cars that show the
influence of aircraft construction methods.

J7–6. The Flying Wing. Demonstrates scientific marvels of the
present day. Partially pre-cooked food eliminates drudgery for
mother; a "mechanical brain" at UCLA does arithmetic for
aeronautical engineers; and the new Flying Wing jet plane demolishes
distance for travellers.

J8–1. Solar Secrets. Kitchen appliances, including an air
conditioner and an electronic range, are demonstrated. A mechanical
whirlwind turns soil on a Texas farm. A New York girl creates dolls
who resemble their "mothers." Fred MacMurray demonstrates exercise
devices at Bing Crosby's Research Foundation. In Colorado,
scientists study solar secrets by means of a total solar eclipse
made to order.

J8–2. The Stocking Yarn. Shows the David Taylor Model Basin near
Washington, D. C., where the Navy conducts scientific experiments on
model ships and planes; shows the rose gardens of Tyler, Texas, from
which flowers are shipped to all parts of the country; and traces
the history of the knitting of stockings from the time of Queen
Elizabeth to the present.

J8–3. White Magic. Shows the processing of gypsum and demonstrates
the varied uses of the mineral. A new method for creating Photoware
is developed. "Hot rod" enthusiasts compete in home-built racing
cars at El Mirage Dry Lake.

J8–4. Air Force Fire Fighters. In Illinois, Arthur Hammerstein,
retired, becomes a successful inventor of household gadgets; in
Chile, the tunnels of a coal mine extend a thousand miles under the
ocean's floor; in Peoria, Illinois, the Department of Agriculture
converts corncobs into liquid motor fuel; at Lowry Base in Denver,
the Air Force personnel is trained in structural firefighting and
aircraft crash rescue work.

J8–5. Seaweed Science. Demonstrates how a ten-ten scientific
beachcomber cleans a sandy beach; shows how synthetic gems are
produced; shows how children are taught aviation sciences at Weed
Patch, Calif.; and shows how seaweed is gathered off the coast of
Florida and processed for agar.

J8–6. Talking Turkey. Shows the mechanical bucking horse used to
teach beginners at the ranch of Bill Pace; demonstrates machinery
used for improved soil tillage methods; demonstrates a new paint
which defies flames; and shows how methods for production of turkeys
have been improved by science.

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

Credits: Director, Arthur Davis; animation, Don Williams, Emery
Hawkins, Basil Davidovich, J. C. Melendez.

PORKY PIG'S FEAT. The Vitaphone Corp., c1943. 7 min., sd. (Looney
Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Melvin Millar;
animation, Phil Monroe; music director, Carl. W. Stalling.

PORKY THE GIANT KILLER. The Vitaphone Corp., c1939. 1 reel, sd.
(Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Melvin Millar; animation, Gil Turner.

PORKYLIAR PIGGY. c1944. Presented by Columbia. 679 ft., sd., color.
Adapted from the "Li'l Abner" cartoon strip by Al Capp.

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Al Geiss; animation, Chic
Ollerstrom, Ben Lloyd; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

PORKY'S ANT. Leon Schlesinger Productions, c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney
Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Rich Hogan; animation,
Rudolph Larriva; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S BASEBALL BROADCAST. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 7 min., sd.
(Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; animation, Cal Dalton; music
director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S BEAR FACTS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney
Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Michael Maltese;
animation, Manuel Perez; music direction, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S CAFE. c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger
Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; animation, Rudolph Larriva;
music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S HIRED HAND. c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger
Productions.

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

PORKY'S LAST STAND. The Vitaphone Corp., c1939. 7 min., sd. (Looney
Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Warren Foster;
animation, I. Ellis; music direction, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S MIDNIGHT MATINEE. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon
Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; animation, Robert Cannon; music
director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S PASTRY PIRATES, c1942. 1 reel, sd. Leon Schlesinger
Productions.

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

PORKY'S PASTRY PIRATES. Released by Warner Bros., c1942. 7 min., sd.
(Looney Tunes)

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

PORKY'S POOCH. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger
Productions.

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

PORKY'S POOR FISH. c1940. 1 reel. sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger
Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Melvin Millar;
animation, David Hoffman; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S PREVIEW. Leon Schlesinger Productions, c1941. 1 reel, sd.
(Looney Tunes)

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

PORKY'S PRIZE PONY. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger
Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Rich Hogan; animation,
Ken Harris; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S SNOOZE REEL. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney
Tunes)

Credits: Story, Warren Foster; animation, John Carey.

THE PORT OF FORTY THIEVES, c1944. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6
reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Walter H. Goetz; director, John
English; original screenplay, Dane Lussier; music director, Morton
Scott; photographer, Jack Marta; film editor, Richard Van Enger.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PORT OF NEW YORK. Contemporary Productions, Inc. Released through
Eagle-Lion Films, Inc., c1949. 82 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A melodrama in which the Bureau of Customs of the U. S.
Treasury Department copes with illicit traffic in narcotics. Filmed
in New York. Given semi-documentary treatment.

Credits: Producer, Aubrey Schenck; director, Laslo Benedek; story,
Arthur A. Ross, Bert Murray; screenplay, Eugene Ling; music, Sol
Kaplan; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Norman
Colbert.

Cast: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K. T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur
Blake.

PORT OF NEW YORK. RKO Pathe, Inc. in collaboration with the editors of
This Week Magazine, c1946. 16 min., sd., 35mm. (This is America, no.
9)

Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; director, Larry O'Reilly;
written by Jerry Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Alan
Shulman; editor, David Cooper.

PORT SAID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A story of murder in Port Said. The principal characters
are a young author and his theatrical acquaintances.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Reginald Le Borg;
story, Louis Pollock; screenplay, Brenda Weisberg.

Cast: William Bishop, Edgar Barrier, Gloria Henry, Richard Hale,
Stephen Geray.

PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 990 ft., sd., b&w. (A Carey Wilson Miniature)

Credits: Director, Sammy Lee; original story and screenplay, Carl
Ward Dudley; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE. Vanguard Films, Inc. Released through Selznick,
c1949, 86 min., sd., b&w with sepia, and color sequences, 35mm.
Based on the novel by Robert Nathan.

Summary: The story of a disillusioned New York painter who falls in
love with a vision of a young girl from a bygone day who had drowned
in a New England hurricane.

Credits: Producer, David O. Selznick; director, William Dieterle;
screenplay, Paul Osborne, Peter Berneis; adaptation, Leonardo
Bercovici; music, Dimitri Tiomkin; photography, Joseph August; film
editor, William Morgan.

Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish,
Cecil Kellaway.

PORTRAIT OF THE WEST. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8 min.,
sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: A survey of Nevada: trails, ranches, sand dunes, ghost
towns, resorts, gold and silver mines, the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead,
and Pyramid Lake.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music score, L. DeFrancesco; film
editor, Valeska Weidig.

PORTUGAL. Time, Inc., c1944. 2 reels.

A POSIÇÃO E O EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Arthur H. Steinhaus.

POSSESSED. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1947. 108 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on a story by Rita Weiman.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Wald; director, Curtis Bernhardt;
screenplay, Silvia Richards, Ranald MacDougall; music, Franz Waxman;
music director, Leo F. Forbstein; film editor, Rudi Fehr.

Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks,
Stanley Ridges.

POST OFFICE INVESTIGATOR. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: When a collection of rare stamps is stolen, the chief
suspect turns sleuth and solves the crime.

Credits: Associate producer, Sidney Picker; director, George Blair;
written by John K. Butler; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor,
Harold Minter.

Cast: Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell, Marcel Journet,
Tony Cannon.

POST OPERATIVE CARE.

Appl. author: James P. Prindle.

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the novel by James
M. Cain.

Credits: Producer, Carey Wilson; director, Tay Garnett; screenplay,
Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch; music score, George Bassman;
orchestration, Ted Duncan; film editor, George White.

THE POSTMAN DIDN'T RING. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942.
6,131 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Harold Schuster; original story, Mortimer Braus,
Leon Ware; screenplay, Mortimer Braus; music director, Emil Newman.

POSTMARK: U. S. A. Educational Film Division of Paramount Pictures
Inc., in cooperation with National Association of Manufacturers for
the National Industrial Information Committee, c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Leslie Roush; written by Justin Herman;
photography, George Webber.

POSTURE AND EXERCISE. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.
With teacher's handbook.

POSTURE HABITS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Erwin F. Beyer.

POSTWAR SALES REGARDING THOUGHT STARTERS. Presented by General Motors.
sd., b&w.

Appl. author: The Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

POT O' GOLD. Released thru United Artists, c1941. Presented by James
Roosevelt. 7,697 ft., sd. A George Marshall production.

Credits: Producer, James Roosevelt; director, George Marshall;
story, Monte Brice, Andrew Bennison, Harry Tugend; screenplay,
Walter De Leon; music director, Lou Forbes; film editor, Lloyd
Nosler.

POTTERY MAKING. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

POTTERY MAKING. SEE Alfarería.

POTTERY POETS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.
(Person-Oddity, no. 147)

Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; narrator, Larry Elliott.

POULTRY ON THE FARM. SEE

Cría de Gallinas.

Os Galináceos na Herdade.

POULTRY RAISING. c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational
Guidance Films, Inc.

POUND FOOLISH. Loew's Inc., c1938. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2
reels, sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject)

Credits: Director, Felix E. Feist; original story, Doane Hoag, Alan
Friedman; screenplay, Doane Hoag, Felix E. Feist; film editor,
Albert Akst.

O POVO DA CHINA OCIDENTAL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Collaborator, O. J. Caldwell.

O POVOS DAS PLANTAÇÕES. SEE Brasil (O Povos das Plantações)

POWDER RIVER GUNFIRE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 24 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The capture of the gang trying to steal a gold claim
provides the excitement in this musical Western.

Credits: Director, Harold James Moore; story and screenplay, Irwin
Winehouse; film editor, Leonard Anderson.

Cast: Kenne Duncan, Royal Raymond, Don Douglas, Dick Thomas, The
Santa Fe Rangers.

POWDER RIVER RUSTLERS. Republic Pictures Corp., c1949. 60 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Rocky Lane exposes a plot to defraud the citizens of El
Dorado.

Credits: Director, Philip Ford; screenplay, Richard Wormser; music,
Stanley Wilson; film editor, Robert M. Leeds.

Cast: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller, Gerry Ganzer, Roy Barcroft,
Francis McDonald.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

POWDER TOWN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 79 min., sd. From an
original idea by Vicki Baum and the novel by Max Brand [pseud. of
Frederick Faust]

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Rowland V. Lee; screenplay,
David Boehm; music director, Roy Webb; editor, Samuel E. Beetley.

POWER AND THE LAND. c1940. 36 min., sd.

Credits: Director, Joris Ivens; commentary, Stephen Vincent Benet.

THE POWER BEHIND THE NATION. Norfolk & Western Railway Co., c1940. 38
min., sd., color.

Credits: Narrator, Bob Trout.

Appl. author: Waldo E. Austin.

POWER BEHIND THE NATION. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1947. Presented
by the Motion Picture Association of America. 20 min., sd., color,
35mm.

Credits: Narration, Saul Elkins; narrator, Art Gilmore; music,
William Lava; editor, De Leon Anthony. Technicolor.

POWER DIVE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 7 reels, sd. Based on a
story by Paul Franklin.

Credits: Producer, William C. Thomas; director, James Hogan;
screenplay, Maxwell Shane, Edward Churchill; photographer, John
Alton; film editor, Bob Crandall.

POWER FOR DEFENSE. National Defense Advisory Commission in cooperation
with the Tennessee Valley Authority, c1940. 10 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Arch Andrew Mercey; commentary, Robert Collyer;
narrator, Thomas Chalmers; photography, Floyd Crosby, Carl Pryer.

THE POWER HOUSE OF AVIATION.

Appl. author: Allan Poucher Snody.

THE POWER OF DECISION. SEE Night Life in a Modern Tavern.

THE POWER OF FREE PEOPLE. Presented by Wisconsin Power and Light Co. 3
reels, sd., b&w.

THE POWER OF THE BLOOD. c1946. 800 ft., sd., b&w or color, 16mm.

Appl. author: C. O. Baptista Films.

POWER OF THE PRESS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Leon Barsha; director, Lew Landers; story, Sam
Fuller; screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; music director, M. W.
Stoloff; film editor, Mel Thorsen.

THE POWER OF THE WHISTLER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 66 min.,
sd. Suggested by the Columbia Broadcasting System radio program
entitled "The Whistler."

Credits: Producer, Leonard S. Picker; director, Lew Landers;
original screenplay, Aubrey Wisberg; music, Wilbur Hatch; film
editor, Reg Browne.

POWER PLUS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

THE POWERS GIRL. Released thru United Artists, c1943. Presented by
Charles R. Rogers. 93 min., sd. Based on a play by William A. Pierce
and Malvin Wald.

Credits: Producer, Charles R. Rogers; director, Norman Z. McLeod;
screenplay, E. Edwin Moran, Harry Segall; music, Jule Styne; music
director, Louis Silvers; film editor, George Arthur.

THE POWERS OF CONGRESS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, John Day Larkin.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF FREE GUNNERY PRINCIPLES IN THE AIR; fire
doctrine for aerial free gunnery. Presented by the United States
Navy, sd., b&w.

THE PRACTICAL JOKER. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 963 ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director. Will Jason;
original story and screenplay, Joe Ansen; film editor, Philip
Anderson.

PRACTICALLY YOURS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 9 reels, sd. A
Mitchell Leisen production.

Credits: Producer, Harry Tugend; director, Mitchell Leisen; written
by Norman Krasna; music score, Victor Young; editor, Doane Harrison.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940.
532 ft., sd. (Fable, no. 3)

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

THE PRAIRIE. Zenith Pictures, Inc., c1948. 66 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An
Edward F. Finney production. Based on the story by James Fenimore
Cooper.

Summary: A story of pioneer days on the western plains. The plot
centers in the adventures of a white girl, who is rescued from the
Indians, and the misfortunes of her sweetheart, who is unwittingly
involved in a murder.

Credits: Producer, George Moskov; director, Frank Wisbar;
screenplay, Arthur St. Claire; music direction and score, Alexander
Steinert; film editor, Douglas Bacier.

Cast: Lenore Aubert, Alan Baxter, Russ Vincent, Jack Mitchum,
Charles Evans.

PRAIRIE BADMEN. c1946. Presented by P.R.C. Pictures, Inc. 6 reels,
sd., 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sam Newfield; original
story and screenplay, Fred Myton; music director, Lee Zahler; film
editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

PRAIRIE CHICKENS. Released through United Artists, c1942. Presented by
Hal Roach. 5 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Fred Guiol; director, Hal Roach, Jr.; original
story, Donald Hough; screenplay, Arnold Belgard, Earle Snell; music
score, Edward Ward; film editor, Bert Jordan.

PRAIRIE CHICKENS. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc., c1949. 11 min.,
sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Pictures of the Missouri prairie chicken in action.

Appl. author: Anthony A. Sassano.

PRAIRIE EXPRESS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1947. 55 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Credits: Producer, Barney A. Sarecky; director, Lambert Hillyer;
original screenplay, J. Benton Cheney, Anthony Coldewey; film
editor, Fred Maguire.

Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton.

PRAIRIE GUNSMOKE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Leon Barsha; director, Lambert Hillyer; story.
Jack Ganzhorn; screenplay, Fred Myton; film editor, Arthur Seid.

PRAIRIE LAW. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 59 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, David Howard; story,
Bernard McConville; screenplay, Doris Schroeder, Arthur V. Jones;
music director, Paul Sawtelle; editor, Frederic Knudtson.

PRAIRIE OUTLAWS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1948. 58 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: A Western, in which Eddie Dean helps a telegraph company
put its line through bandit territory.

Credits: Producer and director, Robert Emmett Tansey; original
screenplay, Frances Kavanaugh; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Sarah Padden, Al Larue.

PRAIRIE PALS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Newfeld; director, Peter Stewart;
original screenplay, Patricia Harper; music, Johnny Lange, Lew
Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

PRAIRIE PIONEERS. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.
From an original idea by Karl Brown. Based on the characters "The
Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

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