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© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 30Dec45; MP113.
BEAUTY IN FOCUS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Chevrolet
Motor Division, General Motors Corp. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: After posing for her picture, a young girl is taken by her
escort for a ride in a Chevrolet convertible.
© Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title & descr., 19Apr48; 9 prints,
23Apr48; MU3025.
BEAUTY IN THE ROOM. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Kirsch
Co. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Women shoppers observe a Kirsch SunAire venetian-blind
demonstration in a decorator's studio.
© Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title & descr., 25May48; 4 prints,
26May48; MU3038.
THE BEAUTY OF IT. Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.
© Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.; title & descr., 1Nov41; 506
prints, 3Nov41; MU11707.
THE BEAUTY OF THE DEVIL. SEE La Beauté du Diable.
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 30Dec42; MP13988.
BECAUSE OF HIM. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 9 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Felix Jackson; director, Richard Wallace;
original story, Edmund Beloin, Sig Herzig; screenplay, Edmund
Beloin; music score, Miklos Roza; film editor, Ted J. Kent.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 10Jan46; LP24.
BEDELIA. John Corfield Productions, Ltd., England, c1947. 85 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Vera Caspary's novel.
Credits: Director, Lance Comfort; screenplay, Vera Caspary, Herbert
Victor, I. Goldsmith.
© Eagle-Lion Films, Inc.; 15Feb47; LP829.
BEDLAM. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 79 min., sd., 35mm. Suggested
by the William Hogarth painting "Bedlam," plate no. 8, "The Rake's
Progress."
Credits: Producer, Val Lewton; director, Mark Robson; screenplay,
Carlos Keith, Mark Robson; music, Roy Webb; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, Lyle Boyer.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 19Apr46; LP367.
BEDS AND APPLIANCES. Presented by The Bureau of Aeronautics for the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. sd.
Appl. author: James P. Prindle.
© Chicago Film Laboratory, Inc.; title & descr., 26Jun43; 2 prints,
17Jul43; MU13769.
BEDSIDE MANNER. Released through United Artists, c1945. Presented by
Andrew Stone. 72 min., sd. From the Saturday Evening Post story by
Robert Carson.
Credits: Producer and director, Andrew Stone; screenplay, Frederick
Jackson, Malcolm Stuart Boylan; music director, Emil Newman; film
editor, James Smith.
© Lysander Productions, Inc.; 22Jun45; LP13332.
BEDTIME FOR SNIFFLES. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie
Melodies)
Credits: Story, Rich Hogan; animation, Robert Cannon.
© The Vitaphone Corp; 9Nov40; MP10616.
BEDTIME STORY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 9 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, B. P. Schulberg; director, Alexander Hall; story,
Horace Jackson, Grant Garrett; screenplay, Richard Flournoy; music,
Werner R. Heymann; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Viola
Lawrence.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 25Dec41; LP10998.
THE BEE-DEVILED BRUIN. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min.,
sd., color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)
Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Michael Maltese;
animation, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 17May49 (in notice: 1948); MP4071.
BEER BARREL POLECATS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 2 reels, sd.
Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Gilbert W.
Pratt.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 10Jan46; LP552.
BEER BARREL POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 7Jul41; MP11299.
BEES A' BUZZIN'. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min., sd.
(Vitaphone Variety)
Credits: Narrator, Lou Marcelle.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 25May44; MP14666.
BEES AND HONEY. 920 ft., color, 16mm.
Summary: Shows various stages in the life of a bee, and explains how
to raise honey successfully.
© Henry A. Schaefer; title, descr., & 9 prints, 11May49; MU4062.
BEFORE I HANG. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Nick Grinde; story,
Karl Brown, Robert D. Andrews; screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; music
director, M. W. Stoloff; photography, Benjamin Kline; film editor,
Charles Nelson.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 3Sep40; LP9876.
BEFORE THE DOCTOR COMES. Presented by The American Red Cross. 4 reels,
sd. A William J. Ganz production.
© American Red Cross; title, descr., & 696 prints, 6Feb42; MU12153.
BEFORE THE FACT. SEE Suspicion.
BEGGARS ARE COMING TO TOWN. SEE I Walk Alone.
BEGIN THE BEGUINE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 9Aug43; MP13833.
THE BEGINNING OR THE END. Loew's Inc., c1947. 112 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. An MGM picture.
Credits: Producer, Samuel Marx; director, Norman Taurog; original
story, Robert Considine; screenplay, Frank Wead; music score,
Daniele Amfitheatrof; film editor, George Boemler.
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake.
© Loew's Inc.; 21Jan47; LP832.
BEGINNING TUMBLING. c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Revised version.
Appl. authors: Karl W. Bookwalter, Otto Ryser.
© Esquire, Inc.; 2May46; MP1542.
BEHIND CITY LIGHTS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels,
sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Joseph Bercholz; director, John
English; screenplay, Richard Weil; adaptation, Gertrude Walker;
music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford;
film editor, Fred Allen.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 1Aug45; LP13485.
BEHIND GREEN LIGHTS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 7 reels,
sd.
Credits: Director, Otto Brower; original screenplay, W. Scott
Darling, Charles G. Booth; music direction, Emil Newman.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 22Jan46; LP156.
BEHIND LOCKED DOORS. ARC Productions, Inc. Released by Eagle Lion
Films, Inc., c1948. 61 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: A private detective is committed to a mental hospital in
order to apprehend an ex-judge who is hiding there.
Credits: Producer, Eugene Ling; director, Oscar Boetticher; original
story, Malvin Wald; screenplay, Malvin Wald and Eugene Ling; film
editor, Norman Colbert.
Cast: Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley; Ralf Harolde;
Tom Brown Henry.
© Pathe Industries, Inc.; 20Oct48; LP1874.
BEHIND PRISON WALLS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 7 reels, sd.
Based on an original story by W. A. Ullman, Jr.
Credits: Producer, Arthur Ripley; director, Steve Sekely;
screenplay, Van Norcross; music director, David Chudnow; film
editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 3Mar43; LP11887.
BEHIND THE BIG TOP. c1943. 20 min., sd., color.
Credits: Producers, Blumenthal, Heilner; director, Andre De Lavarre;
narrator, Art Gilmore. Technicolor.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 7Dec43; LP12387.
BEHIND THE 8–BALL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 1Sep41; MP11503.
BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 6 reels,
sd.
Credits: Director, Edward F. Cline; original story, Stanley Roberts;
screenplay, Stanley Roberts, Mel Ronson.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 28Sep42; LP11622.
BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 1
reel, sd., 35mm. (Movietone's Feminine World)
Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Vyvyan Donner; narrator,
Paul Douglas; music score, L. DeFrancesco; photography, William
Storz; film editor, Russ Sheilds.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 5Apr46; MP573.
BEHIND THE LENS.
© Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc., d.b.a. The Jam Handy
Organization; title, descr., & 660 prints, 20Jul40; MU10360.
BEHIND THE MASK. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Joe Kaufman; director, Phil Karlson; original
story, Arthur Hoerl; screenplay, George Callahan; photographer,
William A. Sickner; film editor, Ace Herman.
© Monogram Pictures Corp.; 1Apr46; LP300.
BEHIND THE MEAT BALL. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1945. 7 min., sd.,
color. (Looney Tunes)
Credits: Story, Melvin Millar; music director, Carl W. Stalling.
Technicolor.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 17Apr45; MP15895.
BEHIND THE NEWS. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Robert North; director, Joseph Santley;
original story, Dore Schary, Allen Rivkin; screenplay, Isabel Dawn,
Boyce De Gaw; music director, Cy Feuer; photography, Jack Marta;
film editor, Ernest Nims.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 20Dec40; LP10173.
BEHIND THE RISING SUN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943, 88 min., sd.
Based on the book by James R. Young.
Credits: Director, Edward Dmytryk; original screenplay, Emmet
Lavery; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor,
Joseph Noriega.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 3Aug43; LP12251.
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE AIRPORT. Teaching Films, Inc., c1947. 1 reel,
sd., b&w, 16mm.
Credits: Writer, Hall.
© Teaching Films, Inc.; 16Apr47; MP2076.
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE 29TH NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION
CHAMPIONSHIP. Florez, Inc., c1948. Presented by the Michigan Section
of the Professional Golf Association of America, 22 min., sd., b&w
and color, 16mm.
Summary: At the Plum Hollow Golf Club, Detroit, crowds gather for
the 1947 national championship contest. Henry Ransom defeats Bobby
Locke, the South African champion; such champions as Sammy Snead,
Jimmy Demaret and Chick Harbert show their skill.
Credits: Director, Al Bradish; script, John Kleene; narrator, John
Harrington.
© P.G.A. Film Committee (Michigan Section); 15Jan49; MP2953.
BEHIND THE SHOP DRAWING.
© Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title & descr., 18Jan43; 74 prints,
16Jan43; MU13198.
BEHOLD THE MAN. SEE Ecce Homo.
BEL AMI. sd., b&w, 16mm.
Appl. author: Tobis Zeigt.
© Levinson-Finney Enterprises, Inc.; title & descr., 5Dec45; 6
prints, 2Nov46; LU698.
BEL AMI. c1947. Presented by Levinson-Finney Enterprises, Inc. 10
reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel by Guy de Maupassant.
Credits: Director, Willi Forst; adapted for the screen by Willi
Forst and Axel Eggebrecht; music, Theo Mackeben.
Cast: Olga Tschechova, Ilse Werner, Hilde Hildebrand, Lizzi
Waldmueller, Willi Forst.
Appl. author: Tobis Zeigt.
© Levinson-Finney Enterprises, Inc.; 26Feb47; LP849.
BEL AMI. Released in Vienna, c1938. 10 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. A Willi
Forst production. Based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant. In German
with English titles.
Credits: Director, Willi Forst; adapted for the screen by Willi
Forst, Axel Eggebrecht.
Cast: Olga Tschechowa, Ilse Werner, Hilde Hildebrandt, Lizzi
Waldmueller, Willi Forst.
© Casino Film Exchange, Inc.; 15Feb38; LP858.
BEL AMI. SEE The Private Affairs of Bel Ami.
BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1945. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 19Mar45; MP15730.
A BELL FOR ADANO. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1945. 9,376 ft.,
sd. Based on the novel by John Hersey.
Credits: Director, Henry King; screenplay, Lamar Trotti, Norman
Reilly Raine; music director, Alfred Newman.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 5Jul45; LP13530.
BELL HELICOPTER. Bell Aircraft Corp., Motion Picture Division. 17
min., sd., color, 16mm.
Credits: Directed and written by Norman Mathews, Julian Townsend;
cameramen, Julian Townsend, Edward Bollinger. Kodachrome.
© Bell Aircraft Corp.; title, descr., & 16 prints, 14Nov45; MU16504.
BELLA DONNA. SEE Temptation.
BELLBOY DONALD. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt
Disney Donald Duck)
© Walt Disney Productions; 30Mar42; LP11868.
LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE. SEE Beauty and the Beast.
BELLE OF THE YUKON. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944.
Presented by International Pictures, Inc. 84 min., sd., color.
Credits: Director, William A. Seiter; story, Houston Branch; written
for the screen by James Edward Grant; music direction, Arthur Lang;
film editor, Ernest Nims. Technicolor.
© International Pictures Inc.; 9Dec44; LP12985.
BELLE STARR. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 7,809 ft., sd.
Credits: Director, Irving Cummings; story, Niven Busch, Cameron
Rogers; screenplay, Lamar Trotti; music director, Alfred Newman.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 12Sep41; LP10790.
BELLE STARR'S DAUGHTER. Alson Productions, Inc. Released through
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 86 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: A Western melodrama of the 1880's about a girl who seeks to
avenge the murder of her mother, the notorious bandit queen, Belle
Starr.
Credits: Producer, Edward L. Alperson; director, Lesley Selander;
original screenplay, W. R. Burnett; music, Edward Kilenyi; film
editor, Jason Bernie.
Cast: George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford,
Charles Kemper.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 3Nov48; LP2198.
BELLS OF CAPISTRANO, c1942. 7 reels, sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, William Morgan;
original screenplay, Lawrence Kimble; photographer, Reggie Lanning;
film editor, Edward Mann.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 15Sep42; LP11621.
BELLS OF ROSARITA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, Frank McDonald;
original screenplay, Jack Townley; music score, Joseph Dubin; music
director, Morton Scott; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor,
Arthur Roberts.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 13May45; LP13321.
THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S. Rainbow Productions, Inc., c1945. 126 min.,
sd.
Credits: Direction and story, Leo McCarey; screenplay, Dudley
Nichols; music score, Robert Emmett Dolan; editor, Harry Marker.
© Rainbow Productions, Inc.; 6Dec45; LP81.
BELLS OF SAN ANGELO. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 71 min., sd.,
color, 35mm.
Credits: Associate producer, Edward J. White; director, William
Witney; original story, Paul Gangelin; screenplay, Sloan Nibley;
music director, Morton Scott; orchestrations, Mort Glickman; film
editor, Les Orlebeck.
Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, Bob Nolan.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 7May47; LP1000.
BELLS OF SAN FERNANDO. Hillcrest Productions, Inc., c1947. 74 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Terry Morse; original story and screenplay, Jack
De Witt, Renault Duncan.
© Screen Guild Productions, Inc.; 1Mar47; LP893.
THE BELLS OF SAN RAQUEL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 16Feb42; MP12213.
BELLUM PUNICUM SECUNDUM (THE SECOND PUNIC WAR). Bald Eagle Film
Productions, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.
Credits: Alfred E. Porter.
Appl. author: Joseph Einhorn.
© Bald Eagle Film Productions, Inc.; 25Feb41; MP12161.
BELOW THE BORDER. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Scott R. Dunlap; director, Howard P. Bretherton;
original screenplay, Jess Bowers; photography, Harry Neumann; film
editor, Carl Pierson.
© Monogram Pictures Corp.; 30Jan42; LP11177.
BELOW THE DEADLINE. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd.,
35mm.
Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, William Beaudine;
original story, Ivan Tors; screenplay, Harvey Gates, Forrest Judd;
music director, Edward J. Kay; photographer, Harry Neumann; editor,
Ace Herman.
© Monogram Pictures Corp.; 22Jul46; LP449.
BELVEDERE. SEE Mr. Belvedere Goes to College.
BEN HOGAN. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1946. 8 min., sd., 35mm. (Sportscope, no.
11)
Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by
Burton Benjamin; narrator, Red Barber; music, Robert W. Stringer;
photographer, Neil Sullivan; editor, David Cooper.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 14Jun46; MP862.
BEND DOWN SISTER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941.
1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 26May41; MP11176.
BENDING TO A CLEAT. Presented by United States Navy. sd., b&w.
© Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title & descr., 25Feb44; 8 prints,
21Feb44; MU14517.
BENEATH WESTERN SKIES. c1944. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,
sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Spencer Bennet;
original story, Albert DeMond; screenplay, Albert DeMond, Bob
Williams; music score, Mort Glickman; film editor, Charles Craft.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 7Feb44; LP12522.
BENJAMIN BLAKE. SEE Son of Fury.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Emerson Film Corp. Released by Encyclopaedia
Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Portrays highlights in the life of Benjamin Franklin,
depicting his early struggles as an apprentice, his later successes
as publisher and author, his experiments in science, his growing
ability as a statesman and diplomat, and his experiences as American
representative to England and France. For junior and senior high
school and adult groups.
Credits: Collaborator, Carl Van Doren.
© Emerson Film Corp.; 27Sep49; MP4734.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 996 ft., sd., b&w.
Credits: Director, Herbert Glazer; screenplay, Hal Law, Robert
McGowan; film editor, Leon Bourgeau.
© Loew's Inc.; 28Jan43; LP11862.
BERLIN. Eastman Kodak Co., Teaching Films Division, c1939. 1 reel.
Appl. author: Kenneth R. Edwards.
© Eastman Kodak Co., Teaching Films Division; 15Jun39; MP9846.
BERLIN CORRESPONDENT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 6,380
ft., sd.
Credits: Director, Eugene Forde; original screenplay, Steve Fisher,
Jack Andrews; music director, Emil Newman.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 11Sep42; LP11673.
BERLIN EXPRESS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 86 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: On a Paris-Berlin express, a German on a mission of peace
is threatened by the Nazi underground. American, French, and British
citizens and a Soviet officer unite to save his life. Actual scenes
in Frankfurt and Berlin were filmed by permission of armies of
occupation.
Credits: In charge of production, Dore Schary; producer, Bert
Granet; director, Jacques Tourneur; story, Curt Siodmak; screenplay,
Harold Medford; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; music, Frederick
Hollander; film editor, Sherman Todd.
Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 6May48; LP1651.
BERLIN POWDERKEG. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 19 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(This Is America, no. 3)
Summary: A documentary story of the Berlin airlift, the cold war,
and living conditions in post-war Berlin.
Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director and photographer, William
Deeke; written by Richard Hanser; narrator, Dwight Weist; editor,
David Cooper.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 7Jan49; MP3977.
BERMUDA. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Movietone Adventures)
Summary: The scenery of Bermuda and the sports that are enjoyed
there. Includes views of the capitol city, Hamilton, and the ancient
town of St. George.
Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Leon Shelly; narrator, Ed.
Thorgersen; music, L. DeFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 2Nov48; MP3607.
BERMUDA MYSTERY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 5,850 ft.,
sd. From a story by John Larkin.
Credits: Director, Benjamin Stoloff; screenplay, W. Scott Darling;
music director, Emil Newman.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 4May44; LP12824.
THE BERTH OF A QUEEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 975 ft., sd.
(Cinescope)
Credits: Narration, Geoffrey Sumner; photography, Reginald H. Wyer;
editor, Ronald Haines.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 13Mar40; MP10043.
BESAME MUCHO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 8Mar44; MP14577.
THE BEST DEFENSE. Presented by Chevrolet.
Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.
© Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Sales Corp.; title &
descr., 21Feb42; 165 prints. 24Feb42; MU12194.
BEST FOOT FORWARD. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color. Based on the book by John
Cecil Holm; music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and
produced on the stage by George Abbott.
Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Edward Buzzell;
screenplay, Irving Brecher, Fred Finklehoffe; music direction,
Lennie Hayton; orchestration. Jack Matthias, Leroy Holmes, Conrad
Salinger, George Bassman, Leo Arnaud; film editor, Blanche Sewell.
Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 14Jul43; LP12193.
BEST IN SHOW. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(The World of Sports, no. 124)
Credits: Director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill Stern.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 12Dec46; MP1969.
THE BEST MAN WINS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 8 reels, sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: A small Missouri town in 1853 is the setting for this
comedy about a footloose gambler and his estranged family. Greyhound
racing and frog-jumping contests provide an outlet for the hero's
talents.
Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, John Sturgess;
screenplay, Edward Huebsch.
Cast: Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Gary Gray, Bob Shayne, Stanley
Andrews.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 19Apr48; LP1560.
BEST OF BREED. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Grantland Rice Sportlight)
Summary: This film, which shows the champion, Liberation, and other
collies, emphasizes the high intelligence of the breed.
Credits: Narrator, Bill Slater.
© Paramount Pictures Inc; 8Apr49; MP3960.
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of
America, Inc., c1942, 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 23Feb42; MP12227.
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., c1946.
172 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel "Glory for Me" by MacKinlay
Kantor.
Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, William Wyler;
screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood; music, Hugo Friedhofer; music
director, Emil Newman; film editor, Daniel Mandell.
Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright,
Virginia Mayo.
© Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.; 22Nov46; LP787.
BESTED BY A BEARD. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940, 20 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Charles E. Roberts; story,
Arthur S. Kane; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, George Jeske; film
editor, John Lockert.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 26Jul40; LP9817.
BET YOUR LIFE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 18 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: Leon finds himself in trouble when he bets on the horses.
Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay,
Charles E. Roberts; film editor, Edward W. Williams.
Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Suzi Crandall, Charles Halton,
Phil Warren.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 31Dec47; LP1494.
BETRAYAL FROM THE EAST. RKO Radio Pictures. Inc., c1945. 82 min., sd.
Based on the novel by Alan Hynd.
Credits: Producer, Herman Schlom; director, William Berke;
screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Aubrey Wisberg; adaptation, Aubrey
Wisberg; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor,
Duncan Mansfield.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 22Mar45; LP13283.
BETTER BOWLING. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland
Rice Sportlight)
Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 23Jan42; MP12092.
THE BETTER HALF. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942.
1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 31Dec42; MP13230.
BETTER—LONGER. Presented by Sun Oil Co. 2 reels, sd., b&w.
Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.
© Sun Oil Co.; title, descr., & 132 prints, 1Jun42; MU12531.
BETTER NOT ROLL THOSE EYES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 9Nov42; MP13099.
BETTER WORK METHODS. Ralph M. Barnes, c1949. 49 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Demonstrates procedures for performing simple tasks
efficiently.
© Ralph M. Barnes; 1Mar49 (in notice: 1944); MP3935.
BETTY CO-ED. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.
Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Arthur Dreifuss; original
screenplay, Arthur Dreifuss, George H. Plympton; music director,
Paul Mertz; film editor, Henry Batista.
Cast: Jean Porter, Shirley Mills, William Mason, Rosemary LaPlanche,
Jan Savitt.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 28Nov46; LP742.
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA. Soundies Distributing Corp.
of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 25Sep44; MP15225.
BETWEEN TWO WOMEN. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the characters
created by Max Brand [pseud. of Frederick Faust]
Credits: Director, Willis Goldbeck; original screenplay, Harry
Ruskin; music score, David Snell; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.
© Loew's Inc.; 19Dec44; LP13053.
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 112 min., sd.
A Warner Bros.-First National picture. Based on a play by Sutton
Vane.
Credits: Producer, Mark Hellinger; director, Edward A. Blatt;
screenplay, Daniel Fuchs; music, Erich Wolfgang Korngold; music
director, Leo F. Forbstein; photographer, Carl Guthrie; film editor,
Rudi Fehr.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 20May44; LP12650.
BETWEEN US GIRLS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 9 reels, sd.
Based on "Le Fruit Vert" by Regis Gignoux and Jacques Théry.
Credits: Producer-director, Henry Koster; screenplay, Myles
Connolly, True Boardman; adaptation, John Jacoby; photography,
Joseph Valentine; film editor, Frank Gross.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 8Sep42; LP11571.
BEWARE OF REDHEADS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 17 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal
Yates; film editor, Edward W. Williams.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 14Sep45; LP13666.
BEWITCHED, Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7
reels, sd., b&w. From Arch Oboler's original story "Alter Ego."
Credits: Producer, Jerry Bresler; direction and adaptation, Arch
Oboler; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Harry Komer.
© Loew's Inc.; 19Jun45; LP13327.
BEYOND. SEE The Other Love.
BEYOND CIVILIZATION TO TEXAS. Impossible Pictures, Inc., c1949. 8
min., sd., color, 35mm. (Jerky Journeys)
Summary: Senator Claghorn presents a bill in Congress to move the
United States to Texas.
Credits: Produced, directed, and written by Leonard Louis Levinson;
designed by Art Heinemann; painted by Peter Alvarado, Jr.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 19Apr49 (in notice: 1948); LP2319.
BEYOND GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 82 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: When a West Point cadet faces charges of cowardice and
criminality, his vindication hinges on the question of his
responsibility for a comrade's death in a Tunisia battle. Actual
scenes of West Point life are included.
Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, John Farrow; original
screenplay, Jonathan Latimer, Charles Marquis Warren, William Wister
Haines; music score, Victor Young.
Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready, George Coulouris,
Harold Vermilyea.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 3Sep48; LP1786.
BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 8 reels, sd.,
color. Based on a story by E. Lloyd Sheldon and Jack DeWitt.
Credits: Director, Alfred Santell; screenplay, Frank Butler;
photographer, William Mellor; film editor, Doane Harrison.
Technicolor.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 1May42; LP11488.
BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 11Dec44; MP15473.
BEYOND THE FOREST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 96 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. Based on Stuart Engstrand's novel.
Summary: A selfish and ruthless woman, bored by her life as the wife
of a lumbertown doctor, commits adultery and murder in her vain
attempt to attain wealth and excitement in Chicago.
Credits: Producer, Henry Blanke; director. King Vidor; screenplay,
Lenore Coffee; music, Max Steiner; orchestral arrangements, Murray
Cutter; film editor, Rudi Fehr.
Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor
Watson.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 18Nov49; LP2634.
BEYOND THE LAND. Tomlin Film Productions, Inc. for Consumers
Cooperative Association, c1949. 32 min., sd., color, 16mm.
Summary: Outlines the growth and development of the Consumers
Cooperative Association.
Credits: Director, Frederick A. Tomlin; story and commentary, Mary
D. Tomlin; music arranger, Harry Glass; film editor, Karl A.
Barleben.
Cast: Harold Barrett, Lilia Barrett, Tommy Barrett, Linda Killion,
Douglas Tomlin.
© Tomlin Film Productions, Inc.; 25Mar49; MP4186.
BEYOND THE LAST FRONTIER. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6
reels, sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Howard
Bretherton; original screenplay, John K. Butler, Morton Grant; music
score, Mort Glickman; photography, Bud Thackery; film editor,
Charles Craft.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 22Aug43; LP12254.
BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. Produced with the cooperation of the War
Dept., c1942. 22 min., sd. (Broadway Brevities)
Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; narrator, Ronald Reagan.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 9Nov42; LP11677.
BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w,
16mm.
Summary: Dramatizes the volunteer work done under the supervision of
the American Red Cross, and points out that the services of trained
nurses and of nurses' aids are valuable.
Credits: Written by Dudley Hale; narrated by Dwight Weist.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 29Dec48; MP3684.
BEYOND THE PECOS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Associate Producer, Oliver Drake; director, Lambert
Hillyer; original story, Jay Karth; screenplay, Bennett R. Cohen;
music director, Paul Sawtell; film editor, Ray Snyder.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 20Nov44; LP12972.
BEYOND THE SACRAMENTO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, Luci Ward;
film editor, James Sweeney.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 7Nov40; LP10032.
BEYOND TOMORROW. c1940. 84 min., sd. An RKO Radio picture.
Credits: Producer, Lee Garmes; director, A. Edward Sutherland;
original story, Mildred Cram, Adele Comandini; screenplay, Adele
Comandini; music, Frank Tours; film editor, Otto Ludwig.
© Academy Productions, Inc.; 6May40; LP9610.
B-I-BI. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel,
sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 17Nov41; MP11774.
A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 11Aug41; MP11442.
THE BIG BEEF. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 17 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and original screenplay,
Charles E. Roberts; film editor, Marston Fay.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 19Oct45; LP13664.
BIG BILL TILDEN. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd.,
color. (Sports Parade)
Credits: Written and directed by Del Frazier.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 31May41; MP11184.
THE BIG BONANZA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, George
Archainbaud; original story, Robert Presnell, Leonard Praskins;
screenplay, Dorrell and Stuart McGowan, Paul Gangelin; music
director, Morton Scott; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor,
Tony Martinelli.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 3Jan45; LP13080.
THE BIG BOSS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Charles Barton;
original screenplay, Howard J. Green; film editor, Viola Lawrence.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 28Apr41; LP10642.
THE BIG BUILD-UP. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1942. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (Terrytoon)
Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip
A. Scheib.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 4Sep42; MP13969.
A BIG BUSINESS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 reel, sd., b&w.
Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.
© Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Sales Corp.; title &
descr., 18Aug41; 66 prints, 23Aug41; MU11495.
THE BIG CAT. William Moss Pictures, Inc. Released through Eagle-Lion
Films, Inc., c1949. 76 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Summary: An action melodrama about the hunting and killing of a
vicious cougar in the Rocky Mountain country during the depression
and drought of 1932.
Credits: Producer, William Moss; director, Phil Karlson; story,
Morton Grant; screenplay, Morton Grant, Dorothy Yost; music score,
Paul Sawtell; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Harvey
Manger.
Cast: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest
Tucker, Skip Homeier.
© Pathe Industries, Inc.; 19May49; LP2316.
BIG CITY. Loew's Inc., c1948. 103 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM
picture. Based on a story by Miklos Laszlo, as adapted by Nanette
Kutner.
Summary: A young orphan girl living in New York is unofficially
adopted by an Irish policeman, a minister, and a Jewish cantor.
Their agreement that the first to marry will legally adopt the child
creates both comedy and drama.
Credits: Producer, Joe Pasternak; director, Norman Taurog;
screenplay, Whitfield Cook, Anne Morrison Chapin; music director,
Georgie Stoll; film editor, Gene Ruggiere.
Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy,
Karin Booth.
© Loew's Inc.; 3Mar48; LP1528.
THE BIG CLOCK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 95 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing.
Summary: A crime melodrama, in which a man finds himself hired to
solve a murder which he knows his employer committed. A metropolitan
publishing house provides the setting.
Credits: Producer, Richard Maibaum; director, John Farrow;
screenplay, Jonathan Latimer; music score, Victor Young.
Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George
Macready; Rita Johnson.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 9Apr48 (in notice: 1947); LP1553.
BIG DAY. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Chevrolet Division,
General Motors Corp. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Four small children, dressed in fairy costumes, are driven
quickly and safely to a school entertainment by their mother in a
Chevrolet sedan.
© Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title & descr., 19Apr48; 6 prints,
23Apr48; MU3023.
THE BIG DRIP. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Screen Song)
Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Larz Bourne, Larry Riley;
animation, Myron Waldman, Nick Taufri; music, Winston Sharples.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 25Nov49; LP2655.
BIG FAT BUTTERFLY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 31Dec44; MP15602.
BIG FAT MAMA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 21Aug44; MP15116.
BIG FAT MAMAS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 19Aug46; MP1003.
THE BIG FIX. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 63 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based
on an original story by Sonia Chernus and George Ross.
Credits: Associate producer, Marvin D. Stahl; director, James Flood;
screenplay, George Bricker, Aubrey Wisberg; adaptation, Joel Malone;
music, Emil Cadkin; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor,
Norman Colbert.
Cast: James Brown, Sheila Ryan, Noreen Nash, Regis Toomey.
© Pathe Industries, Inc.; 19Apr47; LP960.
THE BIG FLAME-UP. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Screen Song)
Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, I. Klein; music, Winston
Sharples; animation, Dave Tendlar, Martin Taras.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 30Sep49; MP4587.
BIG GAME ANGLING. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)
Summary: Fishing for tuna off the Nova Scotia peninsula at the
International Tuna Tournament, for blue marlin off the Bahamas, and
for trout, channel bass, and sail fish.
Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 26Mar48; MP2821.
THE BIG HARVEST: THE STORY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. Twentieth
Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. (Our Land
and People Series)
Summary: Hard work, scientific research, and modern machinery make
it possible for the farmers of America to reclaim wasted farm lands
and increase production.
Credits: Producers, Edmund Reek, Boris Vermont; script, Robert M.
Hertzberg; narrator, Hugh James; collaborators, Walter A. Anderson,
Eric H. Haight, John E. Ivey, Gordon N. McKenzie, Robert Lee Morton,
Samuel R. Powers, Howard E. Wilson, George L. White, J. Wallace
Page, Jr., Miller McClintock; editor, John Oser.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 12Nov47; MP2803.
BIG HEEL-WATHA. Loew's Inc., c1944. 712 ft., sd., color.
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)
Credits: Director, Tex Avery; story, Heck Allen; animation, Ray
Abrams, Preston Blair, Ed Love; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 18Oct44; LP12931.
BIG HOUSE BLUES. Screen Gems, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.
(Flippy Cartoon)
Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Roy Jenkins; animation,
Grant Simmons, Jay Sarbry; music director, Eddie Kilfeather.
© Screen Gems, Inc.; 6Mar47; LP965.
BIG JACK. Loew's Inc., c1949. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM picture.
Summary: A comedy-melodrama about the exploits of bank-robbing
outlaws and a grave-robbing doctor. Setting, the backwoods of
Maryland in 1802.
Credits: Producer, Gottfried Reinhardt; director, Richard Thorpe;
story, Robert Theoren; screenplay, Gene Fowler, Marvin Borowsky,
Osso Van Eyss; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, George
Boemler.
Cast: Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main, Edward Arnold,
Vanessa Brown.
© Loew's Inc.; 24Feb49; LP2175.
BIG LEAGUE GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)
Summary: A panorama of baseball from its beginnings a century ago at
Cooperstown, N. Y., to modern major league competition. Among the
immortals of the game shown in action are Carl Hubbell, Walker
Cooper, Johnny Mize, and Mel Ott, of the Giants. A Giants-Dodgers
game at the Polo Grounds and a visit to the game's Hall of Fame are
included.
Credits: Directors, Russell T. Ervin, Rod Warren; narrator, Ted
Husing; music arranger, Harry D. Glass.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 11Jun48; MP3094.
BIG LEAGUE GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)
Summary: A panorama of baseball from its beginnings a century ago at
Cooperstown, N. Y., to modern major league competition. Among the
immortals of the game shown in action are Carl Hubbell, Walker
Cooper, Johnny Mize, and Mel Ott, of the Giants. A Giants-Dodgers
game at the Polo Grounds and a visit to the game's Hall of Fame are
included.
Credits: Directors, Russell T. Ervin, Rod Warren; narrator, Ted
Husing; music arranger, Harry D. Glass.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 11Jun48; MP3145.
BIG MAN FROM THE SOUTH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 3Apr44; MP1485.
BIG MOUTH BASS. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Sportscope, no. 9)
Summary: Al McLane, fishing editor of Field and Stream magazine, and
his wife go fishing in Sandy Hollow Lake, near New London, Conn.
Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by
Burton Benjamin; narrator, Andre Baruch.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 30Apr48; MP3074.
THE BIG NEW PLUS IN ENGINEERING REPRODUCTION. Eastman Kodak Co. 9
min., sd., color, 16mm.
Summary: Demonstrates how Kodak Autopositive paper can be exposed
and automatically processed in a modern blueprinting machine. For
technicians in the field of engineering.
Appl. author: John Mills, Jr.
© Eastman Kodak Co.; title, descr., & 6 prints, 9Jun48; MU3076.
THE BIG NOISE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 7 reels, sd.
Credits: Director, Mal St. Clair; screenplay, W. Scott Darling;
music director, Emil Newman.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 10Aug44; LP13060.
THE BIG PARTY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This
Is America, no. 7)
Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; director, Howard Winner;
writer, Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Nathaniel
Shilkret; editor, David Cooper.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 2May47; MP2147.
THE BIG PREMIERE. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 964 ft., sd., b&w.
Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; screenplay, Hal Law, Robert McGowan;
film editor, Adrienne Fazan.
© Loew's Inc.; 13Mar40; LP9537.
THE BIG PUNCH. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1948. 80 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. From a story by George Carleton Brown.
Summary: A melodrama in which a football star becomes a small-town
minister and helps a professional boxer clear himself of a murder
charge.
Credits: Producer, Saul Elkins; director, Sherry Shourds;
screenplay, Bernard Girard; music, William Lava; music director, Leo
F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Charles Maxwell; film editor,
Frank Magee.
Cast: Wayne Morris, Louis Maxwell, Gordon MacRae, Mary Stuart,
Anthony Warde.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 19Jun48; LP1699.
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAINS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 8Jun42; MP12657.
THE BIG SHOT. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 82 min., sd. A
Warner Bros.-First National picture.
Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; original screenplay, Bertram
Millhauser, Abem Finkel, Daniel Fuchs; music, Adolph Deutsch; music
director, Leo F. Forbstein; film editor, Jack Killifer.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 13Jun42; LP11374.
THE BIG SHOW-OFF. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 9 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sydney M. Williams; director, Howard Bretherton;
original screenplay, Leslie Vadnay, Richard Weil; music director,
David Chudnow; photographer, Jack Greenhalgh.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 9Jan45; LP13090.
BIG SISTER BLUES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 14 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Musical Parade Featurette)
Summary: A musical short in which two teen-aged daughters bring
their estranged parents together.
Credits: Producer, Harry Grey; director, Alvin Ganzer; original
screenplay, Jack Roberts; music director, Joseph J. Lilley; editor,
Eda Warren.
Cast: John Ridgely, Lee Patrick, Virginia Maxey, Ann Mae Slaughter,
Kathryn Card.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 1Oct48; LP1834.
THE BIG SLEEP. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1946. 114 min., sd.,
35mm. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From the novel by
Raymond Chandler.
Credits: Director, Howard Hawks; screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh
Brackett; Jules Furthman; music, Max Steiner; music director, Leo F.
Forbstein; photographer, Sid Hickox; film editor, Christian Nyby.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 31Aug46; LP534.
BIG SNOOZE. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Bugs Bunny Special)
Credits: Technicolor.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 19Sep46; MP1148.
THE BIG SOMBRERO. Gene Autry Productions, c1948. 7 reels, sd., color,
35mm.
Summary: Gene Autry, foreman of a Mexican ranch, protects the ranch
owner and her neighbors from the schemes of a dishonest manager.
Credits: Producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Frank McDonald;
original screenplay, Olive Cooper; music director, Mischa
Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.
Cast: Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne, George J. Lewis,
Champion, the horse.
© Gene Autry Productions; 27Sep48; LP1832.
THE BIG STEAL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 71 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on the story "The Road to Carmichael's" by Richard
Wormser.
Summary: A mystery melodrama in which an army payroll thief is
pursued to his hiding place in the Sierra Madre mountains. Filmed in
Mexico.
Credits: Producer, Jack J. Gross; director, Don Siegel; screenplay,
Geoffrey Homes, Gerald Drayson Adams; music, Leigh Harline; music
director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles,
Ramon Novarro.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 23Jun49; LP2381.
THE BIG STORE. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
10 reels, sd., b&w.
Credits: Producer, Louis K. Sidney; director, Charles Riesner;
original story, Nat Perrin; screenplay, Sid Kuller, Hal Fimberg, Ray
Golden; music direction, Georgie Stoll; music adaptation, Earl
Brent; vocal and orchestrations, Leo Arnaud, George Bassman, Herb
Taylor, Robert Van Eps; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.
© Loew's Inc.; 17Jun41; LP10569.
THE BIG STREET. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 88 min., sd. From the
story "Little Pinks" by Damon Runyon.
Credits: Producer, Damon Runyon; director, Irving Reis; screenplay,
Leonard Spigelgass; music score, Roy Webb; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, William Hamilton.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 27Jul42; LP11532.
BIG TIME REVUE. Vitaphone Corp., c1947. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Melody Master Bands) Warner Bros.
© Vitaphone Corp., 15Oct47; MP2426.
BIG TOWN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Based on the radio program.
Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director,
William C. Thomas; original story, Geoffrey Homes, Maxwell Shane;
screenplay, Geoffrey Homes; editor, Henry Adams.
Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 10Feb47; LP1004.
BIG TOWN. SEE
Big Town after Dark.
Big Town Scandal.
I Cover Big Town.
So This is New York.
BIG TOWN AFTER DARK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 70 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. Based on the radio program "Big Town."
Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director,
William C. Thomas; original screenplay, Whitman Chambers; film
editor, Howard Smith.
Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Anne Gillis,
Vince Barnett.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 12Dec47; LP1351.
BIG TOWN SCANDAL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 62 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on the radio program "Big Town."
Summary: In his efforts to save five boys from a life of crime,
Steve Wilson, Big Town's crime-fighting newspaperman, tangles with
fur thieves, juvenile delinquents, and basketball racketeers.
Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director,
William C. Thomas; original screenplay, Milton Raison; music,
Darrell Calker; film editor, Howard Smith.
Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman,
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 30Jul48; LP1739.
THE BIG WASH. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 1 reel, sd., color,
35mm. (A Walt Disney Goofy)
Credits: Director, Clyde Geronimi; story, Bill Berg, Milt Banta;
animators, John Sibley, Cliff Nordberg, Hugh Fraser, George Rowley;
music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.
© Walt Disney Productions; 21May47; LP1422.
THE BIGAMIST (QUATTRO PASSI FRA LE NUVOLE). Produced in Italy, c1943.
Released in the U. S., 1949. Presented by Pax Enterprise, Inc. 88
min., sd., b&w, 35mm. With English titles.
Summary: A comedy about a sentimental, henpecked traveling salesman
who befriends a pregnant girl who is afraid to go home without a
husband.
Credits: Director, Allessandro Blasetti; screenplay, Giuseppe Amato;
English adaptation, Giorgi Curti; music, Allessandro Cicognini;
cameraman, Waclaw Vick.
Cast: Gino Cervi, Adriana Benetti, Enrico Viarisio, Carlo Romano,
Giuditta Rissone.
Appl. authors: Giuseppe Amato, Geo. Curti.
© Pax Enterprise, Inc.; 20Jun43; LP2297.
THE BIGGEST ASPIDASTRA IN THE WORLD. Soundies Distributing Corp. of
America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 29Jun42; MP12725.
BIKES AND SKIS. Released by Warner Bros., c1944. 10 min., sd., color.
(Sports Parade)
Credits: Producers, A. Pam Blumenthal, Van Campen Heilner; director,
Andre De La Varre; narrator, Sam Balter. Technicolor.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 28Dec44; MP15741.
BIKINI—THE ATOM ISLAND. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 950 ft., sd., b&w. (A Carey Wilson Miniature)
Credits: Music score, Tax Terr; film editor, George Boemler.
© Loew's Inc.; 10Jun46; MP675.
BILATERAL CLEFT-LIP RECONSTRUCTION—SCHULTZ METHOD. 400 ft., color,
16mm.
Appl. author: Merrill James Shepro.
© Shepro Scientific Film Co.; title, descr., & 4 prints, 29Oct43;
MU14094.
BILL AND COO. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 61 min., sd., color,
35mm. Based on an idea from Ken Murray's "Blackouts."
Summary: A drama about two love birds, Bill and his sweetheart, Coo,
and a villainous crow. The cast includes 273 love birds and a few
small animals who live in the bird village, Chirpendale.
Credits: Producer, Ken Murray; director, Dean Riesner; screenplay,
Royal Foster, Dean Riesner; music, David Buttolph; music director,
Lionel Newman; film editor, Harold Minter.
Cast: George Burton's love birds, Curley Twiford's Jimmy the Crow,
George Burton, Elizabeth Walters.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 17Feb48; LP1500.
BILL BAILEY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 5Mar45; MP15662.
A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 74 min., sd.
From the play by Clemence Dane.
Credits: Producer, Robert Sisk; director, John Farrow; screenplay,
Dalton Trumbo; music score, Roy Webb; editor, Harry Marker.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 6May40; LP9612.
BILLBOARD BILL. Bert Gold, c1948. 6 min., b&w, 16mm. A filmstrip for
television.
Summary: A signpainter, facing the camera, prints commercial
messages on glass for a television broadcast.
© Bert Gold; 19Mar48; MP3035.
BILLIE GETS HER MAN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 17 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.
Summary: A slapstick comedy evolves from a series of
misunderstandings.
Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Edward Bernds; story and
screenplay, Edward Bernds; film editor, Henry De Mond.
Cast: Billie Burke.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 9Sep48; LP1831.
BILLIONS FOR MILLIONS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by
Frigidaire Division, General Motors Corp. 5 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: The new Frigidaire advertising program.
© The Jam Handy Organization, Inc.; title, descr., & 6 prints,
23Apr48; MU2912.
BILLPOSTERS. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 1 reel. (A Walt Disney
Donald Duck)
© Walt Disney Productions; 30Mar40; LP9632.
BILLY MOUSE'S AKWAKADE. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Corp., c1940. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (A
Terrytoon)
Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John
Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 9Aug40; MP10422.
BILLY ROSE'S DIAMOND HORSESHOE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1945. 9,511 ft., sd. Suggested by a play produced by Charles L.
Wagner and written by John Kenyon Nicholson.
Credits: Directed and written for the screen by George Seaton; music
direction, Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson; orchestral
arrangements, Herbert Spender.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 2May45; LP13384.
BILLY THE KID. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
10 reels, sd., color. Suggested by the book "The Saga of Billy the
Kid" by Walter Noble Burns.
Credits: Producer, Irving Ascher; director, David Miller; story,
Howard Emmett Rogers, Bradbury Foote; screenplay, Gene Fowler; music
score, David Snell; film editor, Robert J. Kern. Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 28May41; LP10528.
BILLY THE KID IN SANTA FE. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels,
sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott;
original screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music, Johnny Lange, Lew
Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 3Jul41; LP10580.
BILLY THE KID IN TEXAS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart;
original screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music director, Lew Porter;
film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 30Sep40; LP9940.
BILLY THE KID OUTLAWED. Producers Releasing Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart;
original screenplay, Oliver Drake; music director, Lou Porter; film
editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 12Jul40; LP9804.
BILLY THE KID TRAPPED. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott;
original screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music, Johnny Lange, Lew
Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 30Jan42; LP11053.
BILLY THE KID WANTED. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott;
original screenplay, Fred Myton; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter;
film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 4Oct41; LP10758.
BILLY THE KID'S FIGHTING PALS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6
reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; story,
George Plympton; music director, Dave Chudnow; film editor, Holbrook
N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 9Apr41; LP10391.
BILLY THE KID'S GUN JUSTICE. Producers Releasing Corp., c1940. 6
reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart;
original screenplay, Tom Gibson; music director, Lew Porter; film
editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 25Dec40; LP10151.
BILLY THE KID'S RANGE WAR. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels,
sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart;
original screenplay, William Lively; music director, Lew Porter;
film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 16Jan41; LP10171.
BILLY THE KID'S ROUND-UP. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels,
sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott;
original screenplay, Fred Myton; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter;
film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 14Nov41; LP10823.
BILLY THE KID'S SMOKING GUNS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 6
reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott;
original screenplay, George Milton; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter;
film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© Producers Releasing Corp.; 21May42; LP11321.
BIM, BAM, BUM. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 18Dec44; MP15493.
BIRCH BAILEY, CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER. Tele-Comic Productions. sd., b&w,
35mm. A filmstrip for television.
Summary: Birch Bailey, cartoon character, goes to the island of
Matasuki, a Chinese supply base, in order to construct storehouses.
Credits: Produced and written by Ronald E. Buchanan, Robert A.
Jones.
© Robert Emerson Buchanan, Robert Abbit Jones; title & descr.,
10May48; 1c, 22May48; MU3040.
THE BIRD CAME C.O.D. c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie Melodies, no. 351)
Leon Schlesinger Productions.
Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, E. S. Pierce; animation,
Ken Harris; music director, Carl W. Stalling.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 17Jan42; MP12038.
A BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 29May44; MP14878.
A BIRD IN THE HEAD. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 2 reels.
Credits: Directed and written by Edward Bernds.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 28Feb46; LP210.
THE BIRD TOWER. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1941. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Terrytoon)
Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Mannie Davis; story, John
Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 28Nov41; MP11841.
BIRDIE AND THE BEAST. Released by Warner Bros., c1944. 7 min., sd.,
color. (Merrie Melodies)
Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; director, Robert Clampett;
animation, Tom McKimson. Technicolor.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 21Aug44; MP15130.
THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS WERE THERE. Released by Warner Bros., c1945.
10 min., sd., color. (Sports Parade)
Credits: Producers, Blumenthal, Heilner; director, Andre de LaVarre;
narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 4Jan45; MP15527.
BIRDS IN WINTER. Coronet, c1946. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.
Credits: Collaborator, Philip A. DuMont.
© Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc.; 5Dec46;
MP2573.
BIRDS MAKE SPORT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 35mm.
(Grantland Rice Sportlight)
Credits: Narrator, John Kieran.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 21Jun46; MP711.
BIRDS OF PREY. SEE Aves de Rapiña.
BIRDS ON THE WING. Columbia Pictures Corp. in cooperation with the New
York Zoological Society, c1943. 875 ft., sd. (A Columbia Panoramic)
Credits: Director, Irving Jacoby; commentator, Raymond Morgan;
editor, John Ferno.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 24Aug43; MP13877.
BIRTH OF A NOTION. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Looney Tunes)
Credits: Director, Robert McKimson; story, Warren Foster.
© Vitaphone Corp.; 4Apr47; MP1960.
THE BIRTH OF A STAR. Astor Pictures Corp., c1944. 4 reels, sd. Adapted
from "Dime a Dance," "Cupid Takes a Holiday," and "Getting an
Eyeful," by Art Jarrett, Marcy Klauber, and Billy K. Wells.
Credits: Director, Bud Pollard.
© Astor Pictures Corp.; 23Nov44; LP13006.
BIRTH OF AN OIL FIELD. George Pal, in collaboration with the
Production Department of Shell Oil Company, Inc., c1949. 1 reel,
sd., color, 16mm. (This Is Oil)
Summary: This film, part of a series on the petroleum industry,
explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in
the drilling of oil wells.
Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldstone; story,
Norman Vizents; music director, Clarence Wheeler; animation, Miles
Pike.
Cast: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest,
Smiley Burnette.
© Shell Oil Company, Inc.; 3Feb49; MP3888.
BIRTH OF THE AEROPROP. Presented by Aero Products Division, General
Motors Corp. 1 reel, sd., b&w.
Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.
© General Motors, Aero Products Div.; title, descr., & 8 prints,
4Mar44; MU14567.
BIRTH OF THE BLUES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 10 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer, B. G. De Sylva; director, Victor Schertzinger;
story, Harry Tugend; screenplay, Harry Tugend, Walter De Leon;
photographer, William Mellor; film editor, Paul Weatherwax.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 7Nov41; LP10985.
BIRTH OF THE SOIL. The Conservation Foundation in association with the
New York Zoological Society. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica
Films, c1948. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm. (The Living Earth Series,
pt. 1)
Summary: An explanation of how nature produces topsoil from the
basic raw materials of rock, water, air, and sunlight. The film
emphasizes the necessity for an organized conservation program to
save our natural resources. Includes animated drawings. For high
school students and adult groups.
Credits: Director, George E. Brewer, Jr.; story, John H. Storer.
© New York Zoological Society; 6Jul48; MP3452.
BIRTHDAY. SEE Heaven Can Wait.
BIRTHDAY BLUES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 17 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal
Yates; film editor, Lyle Boyer.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 31Dec44; LP13164.
THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA. Marshall Grant-Realm Television
Productions, c1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on the story by
Oscar Wilde.
Summary: A dwarf, captured from his forest home to become the
companion of the beautiful young Infanta of Spain, dies of a broken
heart when he sees a mirrored reflection of his own hideousness.
Credits: Producers, Stanley Rubin, Louis Lantz; director, Sobey
Martin; screenplay, Oscar Saul; editor, Edward Mann.
© Realm Television Productions, Inc.; 27Jun49; LP2421.
BIRTHPLACE OF ICEBERGS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1939. 1
reel, sd. (Father Hubbard's Adventures)
Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; narrators, Father Hubbard, Lowell
Thomas.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 4Aug39; MP10051.
THE BISCUIT EATER. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 8 reels, sd. Based
on a story by James Street.
Credits: Producer, Jack Moss; director, Stuart Heisler; screenplay,
Stuart Anthony, Lillie Hayward; photography, Leo Tover; film editor,
Edward Douglas.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 24May40; LP9663.
THE BISHOP'S EXPERIMENT. Marshall Grant-Realm Television Productions,
c1949, 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on an incident in the novel
"Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo.
Summary: An ex-convict, embittered by poverty, inhumanity, and
brutality, is reclaimed through a stubborn bishop's trust in him.
Setting, a French village in 1860.
Credits: Producer, Stanley Rubin; director, Charles Haas;
screenplay, Bess Taffel; editor, Jodie Copelan.
© Realm Television Productions, Inc,; 27Jun49; LP2418.
THE BISHOP'S WIFE. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., c1947. 109 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel by Robert Nathan.
Summary: An angel, coming to earth in the guise of a man, restores
happiness to an overworked young bishop and his neglected family.
Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Henry Koster;
screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici; music, Hugo
Friedhofer; music director, Emil Newman; film editor, Monica
Collingwood.
Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James
Gleason.
© Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc.; 10Dec47; LP1394.
A BIT OF BLARNEY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.,
35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series, no. 3)
Credits: Director, Harold James Moore.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 23Aug46; MP1026.
BITTER SWEET. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10
reels, sd., color.
Credits: Producer, Victor Saville; director, W. S. Van Dyke II;
original play, music, & lyrics, Noel Coward; screenplay, Lesser
Samuels; music director, Herbert Stothart; film editor, Harold F.
Kress. Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 14Nov40; LP10114.
BLACK ALIBI. SEE The Leopard Man.
THE BLACK ANGEL. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 80 min., sd.,
35mm. Based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich.
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