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SONG OF MEXICO. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Direction and screenplay, James A. FitzPatrick; music
directors, Manuel Esperon, Richard Cherwin; photographers, John
Alton, George Stahl; film editor, Harry Keller.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

SONG OF MY HEART. Symphony Films, Inc., c1947. 85 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on the life of Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky.

Credits: Producers, Nathaniel Finston, J. Theodore Reed; written and
directed by Benjamin Glazer; music, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky;
music director, Nathaniel Finston; orchestration, Joseph Nussbaum;
film editor, Richard Heermance.

Cast: Frank Sundstrom, Audrey Long, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Mikhail
Rasumy.

SONG OF NEVADA. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, Joseph Kane;
original screenplay, Gordon Kahn, Olive Cooper; music director,
Morton Scott; photographer, Jack Marta; film editor, Tony
Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

SONG OF OLD WYOMING. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Robert Emmett; original screenplay, Frances
Kavanaugh.

SONG OF RUSSIA. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
12 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a story by Leo Mittler, Victor Trivas
and Guy Endore.

Credits: Producer, Joseph Pasternak; director, Gregory Ratoff;
screenplay, Paul Jarrico, Richard Collins; music, Peter Ilyich
Tschaikowsky and others; music adapted for the screen by Herbert
Stothart; film editor, George Hively.

SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1947. 106 min.,
sd., color, 35mm. A story inspired by the music of N.
Rimskii-Korsakov.

Credits: Producer, Edward Kaufman; written and directed by Walter
Reisch; musical adaptation and direction, Miklos Rozsa; film editor,
Frank Gross. Technicolor.

Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Brian Donlevy, Jean Pierre Aumont, Eve Arden,
Philip Reed.

SONG OF SUNSHINE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1945. 1 reel, sd.
(Movietone Adventures)

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

SONG OF SURRENDER. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 93 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on a story by Ruth McKenney and Richard Bransten.

Summary: A triangle drama about the curator of a New England museum,
his young wife, and a New York playboy. Setting, a small town in New
England, in 1906.

Credits: Producer, Richard Maibaum; director, Mitchell Leisen;
screenplay, Richard Maibaum; music score, Victor Young; editor, Alma
Macrorie.

Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Claude Rains, MacDonald Carey, Andrea King,
Henry Hull.

SONG OF TEXAS. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, Joseph Kane;
original screenplay, Winston Miller; music director, Morton Scott;
photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

SONG OF THE BIRDS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Noveltoon)

Credits: Director, Bill Tytla; animation, George Gormanetti, Steve
Muffatti; story, Bill Turner, Larry Riley.

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

Summary: Jimmy Wakely, hero of the western plains, defends the
rights of ranchers against the encroachments of a band of outlaws.

Credits: Producer, Louis Gray; director, Lambert Hillyer; original
screenplay, Frank H. Young; music director, Eddie Kay; film editor,
Fred Maguire.

Cast: Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Mildred Coles, Patsy Moran, William
Ruhl.

SONG OF THE ISLANDS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 6,716
ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Walter Lang; original screenplay, Joseph Schrank,
Robert Pirosh, Robert Ellis, Helen Logan; music director, Alfred
Newman.

SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD. Released through United Artists, c1944.
Presented by Charles R. Rogers. 10 reels, sd. Based on a story by
Irving Phillips and Edward Verdier.

Credits: Producer, Charles R. Rogers; director, S. Sylvan Simon;
screenplay, Albert Mannheimer; music director, Charles Previn; film
editor, Truman K. Wood.

SONG OF THE PRAIRIE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; original
screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; music director, Mario Silva; film
editor, Otto Meyer.

SONG OF THE RANGE. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Philip N. Krasne; director, Wallace Fox; original
screenplay, Betty Burbridge; cameraman, Marcel Le Picard; film
editor, Martin Cohn.

SONG OF THE SARONG. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Gene Lewis; director, Harold Young;
original screenplay, Gene Lewis; cinematography, Jerry Ash; film
editor, Fred Feitschans.

SONG OF THE SEA. 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.

SONG OF THE SIERRAS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 6 reels, sd.,
35mm.

Credits: Production, direction and original story, Oliver Drake;
screenplay, Elmer Clifton; photographer, Marcel LePicard.

SONG OF THE SOUTH. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 95 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. Based on "Tales of Uncle Remus" by Joel Chandler
Harris.

Credits: Associate producer, Perce Pearce; cartoon director, Harve
Foster; photoplay director, Wilfred Jackson; original story, Dalton
Reymond; cartoon story, William Peed, Ralph Wright, George
Stallings; screenplay, Dalton Reymond, Morton Grant, Maurice Rapf;
animators, Milt Kahl, Don Lusk, Josh Meador; music score, Paul J.
Smith, Daniele Amfitheatrof; music director, Charles Wolcott;
orchestration, Edward Plumb; film editor, William M. Morgan.

Cast: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten,
Lucile Watson.

SONG OF THE THIN MAN. Loew's Inc., c1947. 86 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An
MGM picture. Based on the characters created by Dashiell Hammett.

Credits: Producer, Nat Perrin; director, Edward Buzzell; story,
Stanley Roberts; screenplay, Steve Fisher, Nat Perrin; music score,
David Snell; film editor, Gene Ruggiero.

Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Philip
Reed.

SONG OF THE WASTELAND. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1947. 56 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Barney Sarecky; director, Thomas Carr; original
screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; music director, Edward Kay; film
editor, Fred Maguire.

Cast: Jimmy Wakely, Lee "Lasses" White.

SONG OF VICTORY. c1942. Presented by Columbia Pictures Corp., 800 ft.,
sd., color. (Color Rhapsody, no. 86)

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

A SONG TO REMEMBER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 12 reels, sd.,
color. Adapted from the story by Ernst Marischka.

Credits: Producer, Louis F. Edelman; director, Charles Vidor;
screenplay, Sidney Buchman; music director, M. W. Stoloff; music
adaptation, Miklos Rozsa; cameraman, Fayte M. Browne; film editor,
Charles Nelson. Technicolor.

SONGS OF FANNY CROSBY. C. O. Baptista Films, c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: A father and son of the present day learn about the life
and influence of Fanny Crosby, blind hymn-writer of the last
century.

Cast: George Beverly Shea, Eddie Snyder.

SONGS OF ROMANCE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd.,
b&w, 35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series)

Summary: A musical short featuring "My Darling Clementine," "If I
Had You," and "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time." Designed for
audience participation.

Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan.

SONGS OF THE RANGE. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min., sd.
(Melody Masters)

Credits: Narration, Saul Elkins; narrator, Knox Manning.

SONGS OF THE SEASON. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series)

Summary: A musical short featuring "In the Good Old Summertime,"
"Singin' in the Rain," "Shine on Harvest Moon," and "Winter
Wonderland." Designed for audience participation.

Credits: Director, Benjamin R. Parker; screenplay, Courtney Leigh;
editor, Leonard Anderson.

SONNY DUNHAM AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Released by Warner Bros., c1944. 10
min., sd. (Melody Masters)

Credits: Director, Jack Scholl.

SONNY DUNHAM AND HIS ORCHESTRA IN JIVE BUSTERS. Universal Pictures
Co., c1944. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Will Cowan; director, Lewis D. Collins;
orchestration, Milton Rosen; film editor, Ace Herman.

SONORA STAGECOACH. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Robert Tansey; original story,
Robert Emmett; screenplay, Frances Kavanaugh; music director, Frank
Sanucci; photographer, Edward Kull; film editor, John C. Fuller.

SONS OF ADVENTURE. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 60 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: When a Western-picture star is murdered during the filming
of a scene, two veterans working as stunt men locate the guilty man.

Credits: Associate producer, Franklin Adreon; director, Yakima
Canutt; original screenplay, Franklin Adreon, Sol Shor; music
director, Morton Scott; film editor, Harold Minter.

Cast: Lynne Roberts, Russ Hayden, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers,
George Chandler.

SONS OF COURAGE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 8 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

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

SONS OF GOD. Square Deal Pictures Corp., c1946. 3 reels, sd., 16mm.
Based on Celia M. Walters' book "Whatsoever Ye Shall Ask."

Appl. author: Donn Marvin.

SONS OF THE PIONEERS. c1942. 6 reels, sd. Based on an original story
by Mauri Grashin and Robert T. Shannon.

Credits: Associate producer and director, Joseph Kane; screenplay,
M. Coates Webster, Mauri Grashin, Robert T. Shannon; music director,
Cy Feuer; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, Edward Schroeder.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

SONS OF THE SEA. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 10 reels, sd.
From a story by Derek and Wynne MacIver.

Credits: Director, Walter Forde; screenplay, Gordon Wellesley,
Edward Dryhurst, Emeric Pressburger; music director, Jack Weaver;
photography, Basil Emmott; editor, Terrence Fisher.

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

SORROWFUL JONES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 88 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. A new version of the 1934 motion picture "Little Miss Marker."
Based on a story by Damon Runyon.

Summary: A comedy about a penny-pinching Broadway bookie who
receives a small child as security for a gambling debt.

Credits: Producer, Robert L. Welch; director, Sidney Lanfield;
screenplay, Melville Shavelson, Edmund Hartmann, Jack Rose; adapted
from a screenplay by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman;
music score, Robert Emmett Dolan.

Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas
Gomez.

SORRY, WRONG NUMBER. Hal Wallis Productions, Inc., c1948. 89 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the radio play by Lucille Fletcher.

Summary: A melodrama based on a series of telephone calls, through
which a young wife learns that her husband has plotted to murder her
in order to secure insurance money. The husband repents his part in
the crime, but does so too late to save his wife from death at the
hands of gangsters.

Credits: Producers, Hal Wallis, Anatole Litvak; director, Anatole
Litvak; screenplay, Lucille Fletcher; music, Franz Waxman; editor,
Warren Low.

Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey,
Harold Vermilyea.

SO'S YOUR ANTENNA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Zion Myers.

Cast: Harry Von Zell.

SO'S YOUR AUNT EMMA! Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 7 reels, sd.
Based on the original story "Aunt Emma Paints the Town," by Harry
Hervey.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, Jean Yarbrough;
screenplay, George Bricker, Edmond Kelso; photography, Max Stengler;
film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

SO'S YOUR UNCLE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer and director, Jean Yarbrough; original
story, Leonard Lee; screenplay, Maurice Leo, Clyde Bruckman; music
direction, Charles Previn; photography, Elwood Bredell; film editor,
Paul Landres.

THE SOUL OF A MONSTER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 61 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, Will Jason; original
screenplay, Edward Dein; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film
editor, Paul Borofsky.

SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION; sound on film. Erpi Classroom Films,
Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION. SEE Enregistrement et Reproduction
du Son.

SOUND WAVES AND THEIR SOURCES. SEE Les Ondes de Son et Leurs Origines.

SOUNDIES No. 1. Globe Productions, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

SOUNDIES NO. 2. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1
reel, sd.

SOUNDIES NO. 3. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1
reel, sd.

SOUNDIES SONG PARADE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel each, sd. © Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc.

1. © 3Aug42; MP12820.

2. © 14Dec42; MP13151.

THE SOUNDS OF MUSIC. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Two children in a music store learn about overtones and
resonance as they experiment with wind, string, and percussion
instruments. The film continues the discussion of the
characteristics of sound begun in "The Nature of Sound."

Credits: Collaborator, Ira M. Freeman.

SOUP'S ON. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Donald Duck Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Jack Hannah; story, Bill Berg, Milt Banta;
animation, Volus Jones, Bill Justice, Bob Carlson, Josh Meador;
music, Oliver Wallace.

THE SOUR PUSS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Warren Foster; animation, Vive Risto, Dave Hoffman.

SOURPUSS IN DINGBAT LAND. Terrytoons, Inc. Released through Twentieth
Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Terrytoon)

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

SOUTH AFRICA. Time, Inc., c1944. (Forum Edition)

SOUTH AMERICAN SPORTS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 10 min.,
sd., color.

Credits: Director, Del Frazier; narration, James Bloodworth;
commentator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

SOUTH AMERICAN SWAY. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min., sd.
(Melody Masters)

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco.

SOUTH DAKOTA SAGA. Jam Handy Organization. Presented by The Homestake
Mining Co.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

SOUTH OF DEATH VALLEY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 54 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western in which the Durango Kid captures his
brother-in-law's murderer.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; story,
James Gruen; screenplay, Earle Snell; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis.

SOUTH OF DIXIE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Jean Yarbrough; original story, Sam
Coslow; screenplay, Clyde Bruckman; music director, Sam Freed, Jr.;
film editor, Paul Landres.

SOUTH OF MONTEREY. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd., 35mm.
Based upon the character "Cisco Kid" created by O. Henry [pseud. of
William Sydney Porter]

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

SOUTH OF MONTERREY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1946. 20 min., sd., color,
35mm.

Credits: Director, Sullivan C. Richardson; narration, Charles L.
Tedford; narrator, Truman Bradley. Technicolor.

SOUTH OF PAGO-PAGO. Released thru United Artists, c1940. Presented by
Edward Small. 98 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Edward Small; director, Alfred E. Green; story
and screenplay, George Bruce, Kenneth Gamet; music, Edward Ward;
photography, John Mescall; film editors, Ray Curtis, Fred R.
Feitshans, Jr.

SOUTH OF PANAMA. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, T. H. Richmond; director, Jean Yarborough;
original story and screenplay, Ben Roberts, Sidney Sheldon; music
director, Alberto Columbo; film editor, Guy Thayer, Jr.

SOUTH OF RIO. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: After routing a powerful gang of outlaws from Rio Blanco,
the Territorial Rangers assure eventual statehood for the Washington
territory.

Credits: Associate producer, Melville Tucker; director, Philip Ford;
screenplay, Norman S. Hall; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor,
Harold Minter.

Cast: Monte Hale, Kay Christopher, Paul Hurst, Roy Barcroft, Douglas
Kennedy.

SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS. United States Pictures, Inc. Released through
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 88 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: A Western melodrama about three ranchers who become
involved in gun-smuggling. Setting, the Texas-Mexican border during
the Civil War.

Credits: Producer, Milton Sperling; director, Ray Enright; written
by Zachary Gold and James R. Webb; music, Max Steiner; film editor,
Clarence Kolster.

Cast: Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone,
Douglas Kennedy.

SOUTH OF SANTA FE. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer-director, Joseph Kane; original
screenplay, James R. Webb; music director, Cy Feuer; photographer,
Harry Neumann; film editor, William Thompson.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

SOUTH OF SANTA FE. Universal International Pictures Co., Inc., c1949.
25 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A musical Western.

Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; story, Norton S. Parker;
screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music, Joe Gershenson; film editor,
Russell Schoengarth.

Cast: "Tex" Williams, "Smokey" Rogers, "Deuce" Spriggens, Donna
Martell, William Tannen.

SOUTH OF SUEZ. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 10 reels. A Warner
Bros.-First National picture. From a story by Sheridan Gibney.

Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; screenplay, Barry Trivers.

SOUTH OF TAHITI. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, George Waggner; original story, Ainsworth Morgan;
screenplay, Gerald Geraghty; photography, Woody Bredell; film
editor, Frank Gross.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER. c1939. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels,
sd.

Credits: Associate producer, William Berke; director, George
Sherman; original story, Dorrell McGowan, Stuart McGowan;
screenplay, Betty Burbridge, Gerry Geraghty; photographer, William
Nobles; film editor, Lester Orlebeck.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER WITH DISNEY. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1
reel, sd.

SOUTH OF THE BOUDOIR. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

Credits: Director, Del Lord; story, Harry Edwards; screenplay, Harry
Edwards, Elwood Ullman.

SOUTH OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 58 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Derwin Abrahams;
original story and screenplay, Michael Simmons; film editor, Paul
Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders, Hank
Newman, the Georgia Crackers.

SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1945. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original story, Johnston
McCulley; screenplay, Victor Hammond, Ralph Bettinson; music
director, Edward J. Kay; photographer, William Sickner; editor,
William Austin.

SOUTH SEA RHYTHMS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Will Cowan; director, Jean Yarbrough;
music director, Charles Previn; orchestrations, Milton Rosen; film
editor, Fred R. Feitshans, Jr.

SOUTH SEA SADIE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945.
1 reel, sd.

SOUTH TO KARANGA. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Marshall Grant; director, Harold
Schuster; original screenplay, Edmund L. Hartmann, Stanley Rubin;
cameraman, Jerry Ash; film editor, Don Hayes.

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

THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. Erpi Classroom Film, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.
With teacher's handbook.

SOUTHERN COMFORT. c1946. Present by Soundies. 1 reel, sd. A Filmcraft
production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

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

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

A SOUTHERN YANKEE. Loew's Inc., c1948. 90 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM
picture.

Summary: A light comedy with a Civil War setting. Southern bell-boy
Red Skelton is forced to exchange uniforms with a Northern spy, who
wears the uniform of a Confederate major. A chase ensues.

Credits: Producer, Paul Jones; director, Edward Sedgwick; original
story, Melvin Frank, Norman Panama; screenplay, Harry Tugend; music
score, David Snell; film editor, Ben Lewis.

Cast: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris,
Lloyd Gough.

THE SOUTHERNER. Released through United Artists, c1945. Presented by
Producing Artists, Inc. 91 min., sd. A Jean Renoir production. From
the novel "Hold Autumn in Your Hand" by George Sessions Perry.

Credits: Producers, David Loew, Robert Hakim; direction and
screenplay, Jean Renoir; adaptation, Hugo Butler; music score,
Werner Janssen; film editor, Gregg G. Tallas.

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

SOUTHWARD HO! HO! Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Pacemaker Series)

Summary: A slapstick comedy about a shipboard romance.

Credits: Directed and written by Justin Herman; editor, Robert
Blauvelt.

THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1942. 1 reel,
sd. With teacher's handbook.

THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. SEE

Os Estados do Sudeste.

Os Estados do Sudoeste.

SOUVENIRS OF DEATH. Loew's Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm. (John
Nesbitt's Passing Parade) An MGM picture.

Summary: A German Mauser pistol, a war trophy, falls into criminal
hands. The pistol tells its own story, from its capture on the
battlefield until it figures in a gang killing in America.

Credits: Producer, Herbert Moulton; director, Edward Cahn; original
story and screenplay, Alan Friedman; narrator, John Nesbitt; music
score, Robert Franklyn; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

THE SOW SONG. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1
reel, sd.

SPADE COOLEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 2
reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A musical short.

Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; film editor, Danny B.
Landres.

Cast: Spade Cooley, Karel's Adagio Four, Les Anderson, The Pickard
family, Bill Roberts.

SPADE COOLEY, KING OF WESTERN SWING. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.,
c1945. 10 min., sd. (Melody Master Bands)

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

SPAIN: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE. Coronet, c1949. 11 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.

Summary: Shows various aspects of life in Spain—including scenes of
Madrid, central Spain, Seville, and the Guadalquivir Valley—and
shows how a typical family lives on a farm near Seville. For
intermediate, junior high, and senior high school grades.

Credits: Educational collaborator, W. R. McConnell.

SPANISH CHILDREN. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1948. 1 reel,
sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The social and economic conditions in southern Spain are
exemplified by the daily activities of a rural family.

Credits: Collaborator, Harold S. Kemp.

SPANISH FIESTA. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 19 min., sd.,
color.

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco; music, Rimsky-Korsakoff.
Technicolor.

SPANISH—FIRST LESSON—PART I. (The Instructo-Film Series)

Appl. author: Louis G. Bayo.

SPANISH INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd.,
b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Traces the march of the Spanish conquistadores from Florida
to California and shows their influence on the architecture,
language, religion, and customs of the United States.

Credits: Collaborator, Frederick G. Neel.

THE SPANISH MAIN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 100 min., sd.,
color. A Frank Borzage production.

Credits: Associate producer, Stephen Ames; director, Frank Borzage;
original story, Aeneas MacKenzie; screenplay, George Worthing Yates,
Herman J. Mankiewicz; music, Hanns Eisler; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, Ralph Dawson. Technicolor.

SPARE TIME IN THE ARMY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,135 ft., sd.
(Panoramic, no. 7)

Credits: Conceived and produced by Franklin Coen, Bob Churchill,
Bernard Rubin.

SPARK PLUGS IN AVIATION. Bray Studios, Inc., c1941. 3 reels.

THE SPARKLE STRUT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

SPEAKING OF ANIMALS. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1941–49. 1 reel each,
sd., b&w, 35mm. © Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Credits: Directors, Lou Lilly, Lew Landers; writers, Walter Anthony,
Dave Mitchell, Lou Lilly, Charles Shows; narrator, Ken Carpenter.

Down on the Farm. © 18Aug41; MP11070.

Y 1–1. In a Pet Shop. © 5Sep41; MP11518.

Y 1–2. In the Zoo. © 31Oct41; MP11719.

Y 1–3. At the County Fair. © 2Jan42; MP12078.

Y 1–4. In the Circus. © 29May42; MP12535.

Y 1–5. At the Dog Show. © 28Aug42; LP11580.

Y 1–6. In South America. © 25Sep42; LP11648.

Y 2–1. And Their Families. © 18Dec42; MP13179.

Y 2–2. At the Bird Farm. © 26Feb43; MP13404.

Y 2–3. In Current Events. © 7May43; LP12050.

Y 2–4. At the Cage Door Canteen. © 25Jun43; LP12123.

Y 2–5. In the Garden. © 20Aug43; MP14571.

Y 2–6. In the Desert. © 5Oct43; MP14036.

Y 3–1. Tails of the Border. © 17Dec43; MP14438.

Y 3–2. In Winter Quarters. © 28Jan44; MP14454.

Y 3–3. In the Newsreels. © 17Mar44; LP12548.

Y 3–4. Your Pet Problem. © 20May44; MP14893.

Y 3–5. In a Harem. © 14Jul44; MP15063.

Y 3–6. Monkey Business. © 15Sep44; MP15194.

Y 4–1. As Babies. © 24Nov44; MP15442.

Y 4–2. Who's Who in Animal Land. © 19Jan45; MP15594.

Y 4–3. In the Public Eye. © 16Mar45; MP15746.

Y 4–4. As the Talk of the Town. © 18May45; MP15959.

Y 4–5. In a Musical Way. © 20Jul45; MP16155.

Y 5–1. Animal-ology. © 30Nov45; MP16595.

Y 5–2. The Hill-Billies. © 18Jan46; MP129.

Y 5–3. In the Post War Era. © 21Feb46; MP217.

Y 5–4. In the Wilds. © 10May46; MP552.

Y 5–5. The Lonesome Stranger. © 14Jun46; LP376.

Y 5–6. Be Kind to Animals. © 30Aug46; MP1064.

Y 6–1. Stork Crazy. © MP1234.

Y 6–2. Pooch Parade. © 27Dec46; MP1481.

Y 6–3. Country Life. © 21Feb47; MP1736.

Y 6–4. They're Not So Dumb. © 28Mar47; LP907.

Y 6–5. In Love. © 30May47; LP1025.

Y 6–6. As Our Friends. © 27Jun47; LP1077.

Y 7–1. Dog Crazy. © 6Oct47; LP1225.

Y 7–2. Ain't Nature Grand. © 1Nov47; LP1287.

Y 7–3. Monkeyshines. © 12Dec47; LP1347.

Y 7–4. Home Sweet Home. © 6Feb48; MP2767.

Y 7–5. Tain't So. © 16Apr48; MP2888.

Y 7–6. As Headliners. © 18Jun48; LP1678.

Y 8–1. The Gnu Look. © 29Oct48; MP3472.

Y 8–2. Calling All Animals. © 7Jan49; MP3667.

Y 8–3. Meet the Champ. © 11Feb49; MP3858.

Y 8–4. Hocus Focus. © 22Apr49; MP4011.

Y 8–5. Goin' Hollywood. © 14Jun49; MP4160.

Y 8–6. Video Hounds. © 10Aug49 (in notice: 1948); MP4425.

SPEAKY-SPAK-SPOKE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

SPECIAL AGENT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 70 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on material by Milton Raison.

Summary: The agent of a small railroad station in California
apprehends a pair of train robbers. Based on fact.

Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director,
William C. Thomas; screenplay, Lewis R. Foster, Whitman Chambers;
music score, Lucien Cailliet; film editor, Howard Smith.

Cast: William Edythe, George Reeves, Laura Elliot, Paul Valentine.

SPECIAL SERVICE. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Chevrolet
Motor Division, General Motors Corp. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF HEALTHY MEN. Leon Schlesinger Productions for
the U. S. Navy.

Appl. author: Hugh MacMullan.

THE SPECK ON THE WALL. SEE Law of the Timber.

SPECTER OF THE ROSE. c1946. Presented by Republic Pictures. 10 reels,
sd., 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, Lee Garmes; directed and written by Ben
Hecht; music score, George Antheil; music director, Morton Scott;
film editor, Harry Keller.

Appl. author; Republic Productions, Inc.

A SPEECH BY THE LATE PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE ON ECONOMY, GIVEN IN
THE SPRING OF 1925. 1 reel, sd., 35mm.

Appl. author: Lee DeForest.

SPEECH: STAGE FRIGHT AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. Centron Corp., Inc.,
c1949. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Explains the causes of stage fright, and shows what can be
done to conquer this fear. For high school and college classes.

Appl. author: Arthur H. Wolf.

SPEED COUNTS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Dearborn
Motors Corp. 40 ft., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: Shows the Dearborn Motors mower at work in an alfalfa
field, with the farmer easily adjusting the cutter bar from the
tractor seat.

SPEED COURIERS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland
Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Russ Johns.

THE SPEED NUT SAVINGS FACTOR. Presented by Tinnerman Products, Inc. 2
reels, sd., b&w.

SPEED TO SPARE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 57 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: A stunt driver gives up racing to become a member of a
cargo-trucking firm. Rivalry between the driver and a mechanic
results in tragedy.

Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director,
William Berke; original screenplay, Milton Raison; film editor,
Monty Pearce.

Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Roscoe Karns,
Nanette Parks.

SPEEDBALL FOR GIRLS. Coronet, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Introduces girls' physical education classes to speedball,
a field game combining features of soccer, basketball, and football.
Includes slow-motion shots of players in action, and explains rules.

Credits: Collaborator, Marjorie E. Fish.

SPEEDING YOUR READING. Teaching Aids Exchange, c1946. 10 min., sd.,
16mm.

Credits: Written by John Randolph Humphreys, Jr.; narrator, John
Grover.

THE SPELL OF THE FANDANGO (EL EMBRUJO DEL FANDANGO) c1941. Presented
by Arthur Sanchez. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Jean Angelo; original music, Jose Maria Palomo.

Appl. author: Carmen Amaya.

SPELLBOUND. Released by United Artists, c1945. Presented by David O.
Selznick. 12 reels, sd. A Selznick International picture. Suggested
by Francis Beeding's novel "The House of Dr. Edwardes."

Credits: Producer, David O. Selznick; director, Alfred Hitchcock;
screenplay, Ben Hecht; adaptation, Angus MacPhail; music, Miklos
Rozsa; photographer, George Barnes; film editor, Hal C. Kern.

SPELLING IS EASY. Coronet, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Educational author, Viola Theman.

SPENT FULLERS EARTH FOUND EFFECTIVE IN CONTROL OF INCENDIARY BOMBS.

Appl. author: Guilford C. Jones.

SPICY AND SPANISH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944, 1 reel, sd.

THE SPIDER. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1945. 5,160 ft., sd.
Based on a play by Charles Fulton Oursler and Lowell Brentano.

Credits: Director, Robert Webb; screenplay, Jo Eisinger, Scott
Darling; music director, Emil Newman.

THE SPIDER RETURNS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 2 reels each (no.
1, 3 reels). Based upon "The Spider" magazine stories. © Columbia
Pictures Corp.

Credits: Producer, Larry Darmour; director, James W. Horne; story,
Morgan B. Cox, Lawrence E. Taylor, John Cutting, Harry Fraser;
screenplay, Jesse A. Duffy, George Plympton; music, Lee Zahler; film
editors, Dwight Caldwell, Earl Turner.

1. The Stolen Plans. © 5May41; LP10962.

2. The Fatal Time-Bomb. © 13May41; LP10963.

3. The Secret Meeting. © 20May41; LP10964.

4. The Smoke Dream. © 26May41; LP10965.

5. The Gargoyle's Trail. © 2Jun41; LP10966.

6. The X-Ray Eye. © 9Jun41; LP10967.

7. The Radio Boomerang. © 16Jun41; LP10968.

8. The Mysterious Message. © 21Jun41; LP10969.

9. The Cup of Doom. © 27Jun41; LP10970.

10. The X-Ray Belt. © 7Jul41; LP10971.

11. Lips Sealed by Murder. © 9Jul41; LP10972.

12. A Money Bomb. ©21Jul41; LP10973.

13. Almost a Confession. © 24Jul41; LP10974.

14. Suspicious Telegrams. © 26Jul41; LP10975.

15. The Payoff. © 3Aug41; LP10976.

THE SPIDER WOMAN. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 7 reels, sd.
Based on the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Credits: Associate producer and director, Roy William Neill;
screenplay, Bertram Millhauser; film editor, James Gibbons.

THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 7
reels, sd., 35mm.

Credits: Director, Arthur Lubin; original screenplay, Eric Taylor.

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

Summary: Scenes of daredevils of yesterday, including acrobats,
motorcyclists, speeding car drivers, and many other stunt men.

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

SPILLS FOR THRILLS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 19 min., sd.
(Broadway Brevities)

Credits: Producer and director, DeLeon Anthony; narrator, Knox
Manning.

SPIN THE BOTTLE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941.
1 reel, sd.

SPINACH FER BRITAIN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Carl Meyer; animation, Jim
Tyer, Abner Kneitel.

SPINACH PACKIN' POPEYE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

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

SPINACH VS. HAMBURGERS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd.,
color. 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Bill Turner, Larz Bourke;
animation, Al Eugster, Tom Moore.

SPINNING A YARN. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.
(Person-Oddity, no. 135)

Credits: Produced, directed and written by Thomas Mead, Joseph
O'Brien.

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

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

THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 83 min., sd.
Based on the novel "Some Must Watch" by Ethel Lina White.

Credits: Producer, Dore Schary; director, Robert Siodmak;
screenplay, Mel Dinelli; music, Roy Webb; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editors, Harry Marker, Harry Gerstad.

THE SPIRIT OF ANNAPOLIS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 20 min.,
sd. (Broadway Brevity)

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco.

SPIRIT OF BOOGIE WOOGIE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.

SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY. SEE Variety Views, no. 114.

THE SPIRIT OF 1941. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 894 ft., sd. (The
Washington Parade)

Credits: Narrative, William M. Nelson; narrator, Basil Ruysdael;
photographer, Charles Harten; editor, Harry Foster.

THE SPIRIT OF STANFORD. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sam White; director, Charles Barton; story,
William Brent, Nick Lukats; screenplay, Howard. J. Green, William
Brent, Nick Lukats; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor,
James Sweeney.

THE SPIRIT OF WEST POINT. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 20 min.,
sd. (Broadway Brevity)

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco.

THE SPIRIT OF WEST POINT. Bro-Rog Pictures Corp., c1947. 77 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. Based on an original story by Margaret Mary Howard.

Credits: Director, Ralph Murphy; written for the screen and narrated
by Tom Reed.

Cast: Felix "Doc" Blanchard, Glenn Davis.

SPIRITUAL REARMAMENT. Willard Pictures, c1941. Presented by National
Bible Press. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Robert T. Furman, Jr.

THE SPIRITUALIST. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1948. 78 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

Summary: A young woman is victimized by a fraudulent medium who
claims he can communicate with the spirit of her supposedly dead
husband. The medium, when he sees the girl led into danger, repents
his deception and exposes a criminal plot against the girl.

Credits: Producer, Ben Stoloff; director, Bernard Vorhaus; original
story, Crane Wilbur; screenplay, Muriel Roy Bolton, Ian McLellan
Hunter; music director, Irving Friedman; music score, Alexander
Laszlo; film editor, Norman Colbert.

Cast: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson,
Donald Curtis.

SPITFIRE. Released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943. Presented
by Samuel Goldwyn. 90 min., sd. A Leslie Howard production.

Credits: Director, Leslie Howard; original story, Henry C. James,
Kay Strueby; screenplay, Miles Malleson, Anatole De Grunwald; music,
William Walton; music direction, Muir Mathieson; film editor,
Douglas Myers.

Appl. authors: Misbourne Pictures, Ltd. and British Aviation
Pictures, Ltd.

SPLASH HAPPY. Soundies Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. A
Filmcraft production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

SPLITS, SPARES AND STRIKES. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 913 ft.,
sd. (World of Sports, no. 68)

Credits: Narrator, Dan Seymour; photographer, Charles Harten;
editor, Harry Foster.

THE SPOILERS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Frank Lloyd; director, Ray Enright; screenplay,
Lawrence Hazard, Tom Reed; photography, Milton Krasner; film editor,
Clarence Kolster.

SPOILERS OF THE NORTH. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 66 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, Donald H. Brown; director, Richard
Sale; original screenplay, Milton M. Raison; music director, Mort
Glickman; film editor, William Thompson.

Cast: Paul Kelly, Adrian Booth, Evelyn Ankers, James A. Millican.

SPOILS OF CONQUEST. SEE The March of Time, v. 6, no. 12.

SPOOK BUSTERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd., 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Jan Grippo; director, William Beaudine; original
screenplay, Edmond Seward, Tim Ryan; music director, Edward J. Kay;
photographer, Harry Neumann; editor, William Austin.

SPOOK LOUDER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,456 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Del Lord; story and screenplay, Clyde Bruckman.

THE SPOOK SPEAKS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

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

THE SPOOK SPEAKS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 19 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.

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

Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger.

SPOOK TO ME. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 2 reels.

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

SPOOK TOWN. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Alexander; direction and original
screenplay, Elmer Clifton; music director, Lee Zahler; photographer,
Robert C. Cline; film editor, Charles Henkel, Jr.

SPOOKS RUN WILD. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Phil Rosen; original story
and screenplay, Carl Foreman, Charles R. Marion; photography, Marcel
Le Picard; film editor, Robert Golden.

SPOONHANDLE. SEE Deep Waters.

SPORT OF KINGS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 912 ft., sd. (The
World of Sports, no. 60)

Credits: Narrative by Stanley Frank; narrator, Dan Seymour;
photography, Charles Harten; editor, Harry Foster.

SPORT OF KINGS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 68 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on a story by Gordon Grand.

Credits: Producer, William Bloom; director, Robert Gordon;
screenplay, Edward Huebsch; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff;
film editor, Aaron Stell.

Cast: Paul Campbell, Gloria Henry, Harry Davenport.

SPORT OF MILLIONS. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: A tour of race tracks throughout the world.

Credits: Narrator, Knox Manning.

SPORTING BLOOD. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
9 reels, sd., b&w. Based on an original story by Grace Norton.

Credits: Producer, Albert E. Levoy; director, S. Sylvan Simon;
screenplay, Lawrence Hazard, Albert Mannheimer, Dorothy Yost; music
score, Franz Waxman; film editor, Frank Sullivan.

A SPORTING CHANCE. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.
Based on an original story by Paul Gangelin.

Credits: Associate producer, Rudolph E. Abel; director, George
Blair; screenplay, Dane Lussier; music director, Richard Cherwin;
photographer, Marcel LePicard; film editor, Ralph Dixon.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE SPORTING EVERGLADES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.
(Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

SPORTING SPHERES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Summary: Presents ten sports and shows the difference between the
balls used in each game.

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing; photographer, Russell T. Ervin.

SPORTS A LA MODE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942.
1 reel, sd.

SPORTS COVERAGE. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Sportscope, no. 6)

Summary: Different methods of reporting sports events as exemplified
by newspaper columnist, Joe Williams, AP photographer Matty
Zimmerman, television reporter, Clem McCarthy, and broadcaster, Red
Barber.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; script,
Burton Benjamin; narrator, Andre Baruch; music, Nathaniel Shilkret.

SPORTS DOWN UNDER. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: Sports of Australia, including motorcycle racing, cricket
matches, bowling, golf, tennis, horse racing, and swimming.

Credits: Director, Arthur Collins; written by Charles L. Tedford;
narrator, Truman Bradley.

SPORTS GO TO WAR. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 10 min., sd., color.
(The Sports Parade)

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

SPORTS GOLDEN AGE. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(This Is America, no. 10)

Summary: The film shows the wide variety of sports which make the
United States the most sportsminded nation in the world, and such
champions as Babe Ruth, Johnny Lujack, Ben Hogan, Jack Dempsey, and
Helen Wills in action.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; script, Burton Benjamin; narrator,
Dwight Weist; editor, David Cooper.

SPORTS I. Q. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland
Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

SPORTS IN THE ROCKIES. SEE Variety Views, no. 103.

SPORTS NEW AND OLD. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: Highlights of modern sports as performed by fun-loving
Egyptians. Includes tennis, volley ball, soccer, gymnastics,
sailing, swimming, and diving.

Credits: Written by Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Knox Manning;
editor, Everett Dodd.

SPORTS QUIZ. Loew's Inc., c1944. 971 ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith
Specialty) (What's Your I. Q? no. 8)

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; film editor, John
Durant.

SPORTS STICKLERS. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 949 ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty)
(What's Your I. Q? no. 10)

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; screenplay, Joe Ansen;
film editor, J. J. Durant, Jr.

SPORTS TOP PERFORMERS. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(Sportscope, no. 8)

Summary: Top performers in sports gather at the Hotel Astor in New
York for the Sports Magazine's awards.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; narrator,
Andre Baruch; editor, Harold Oteri.

SPORTSMAN'S MEMORIES. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 877 ft., sd., b&w, 35mm. (A Pete Smith
Specialty)

Credits: Narrator, Pete Smith.

SPORTSMAN'S PLAYGROUND. Vitaphone Corp., c1947. 10 min., sd., color,
35mm. (The Sports Parade). Warner Bros.

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

SPORTSMEN OF THE FAR EAST. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 10 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (The Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: Bombay, India, is presented as the playground of the Far
East. The western influence is seen in such sports as swimming,
sailing, diving, field hockey, cricket, polo, and horse racing, and
the traditional pastimes of snake charming, sword twirling, and pole
climbing are still popular.

Credits: Written by Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Knox Manning.

SPOT TAG. Motion Picture Service Co., c1949. 3 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: An animated cartoon featuring Spotty, who jumps about on
the screen while the audience tries to catch him with automobile
spot-lights. Designed for use in drive-in theatres.

SPOTLIGHT ON INDO-CHINA. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 1
reel, sd. (Lowell Thomas' Magic Carpet of Movietone)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; continuity, Russ Sheilds;
narration, Lowell Thomas; music score, L. de Francesco; editor, Lew
Lehr.

SPOTLIGHT ON MEXICO. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 16 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
(This Is America, no. 2)

Summary: A pictorial excursion into Mexico. Shows the Pan American
Highway, the Pyramids, a bullfight, Mexican arts and crafts, the
Palace of Fine Arts, the art school at San Miguel Allende, and the
industrialized city of Monterrey.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director and photographer, Larry
O'Reilly; written by Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist;
music, Paul Sawtell; editor, David Cooper.

SPOTLIGHT SCANDALS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1943. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Sam Katzman, Jack Dietz; director, William
Beaudine; screenplay, William X. Crowley, Beryl Sachs; music
director, Edward Kay; photography, Mack Stengler; film editor, Carl
Pierson.

SPOTLIGHT SERENADE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series)

Summary: Lillian Russell, Eddie Leonard, Anna Held, and George M.
Cohan are shown in cartoon drawings while the songs with which they
are associated are sung.

Credits: Director, Benjamin R. Parker; screenplay, Courtney Leigh;
editor, Leonard Anderson.

SPOTS BEFORE YOUR EYES. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 904 ft., sd. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, John Hines; screenplay, E. Maurice Adler; film
editor, Philip Anderson.

SPREAD A BIT OF SUNSHINE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,
Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

SPREADIN' THE JAM. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 889 ft., sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, Sam Baerwitz; director, Charles Walters; original
story and screenplay, Sid Kuller; music director, L. Friedman;
orchestration, Calvin Jackson, Walter Sheets, Max Terr; film editor,
George Hively.

SPREE FOR ALL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 1 reel. (A Noveltoon)

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

SPRING COMES TO NIAGARA. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 10 min., sd., color,
35mm. Warner Bros.

Summary: The great falls of the Niagara River are shown at the
beginning of the spring season.

Credits: Director, Gordon Sparling; narrator, Lamong Tilden; music,
Lucio Agostini.

SPRING ON THE FARM. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1947. 11
min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Two children on a farm observe the developments that take
place in plant and animal life during the months of March, April,
and May. A classroom film for primary and middle grades.

Credits: Collaborator, E. Laurence Palmer.

SPRING PARADE. c1940. Presented by Universal Studios. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Joe Pasternak; director, Henry Koster; original
story, Ernst Marischka; screenplay, Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson;
music, Robert Stolz; music director, Charles Previn; photography,
Joe Valentine; film editor, Bernard Burton.

SPRING SONG. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Screen Song)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, I. Klein; animation, Myron
Waldman, Larry Liverman.

SPRINGBOARD FOR CHAMPIONS. Produced for Cambridge Tile Manufacturing
Company. 9 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Appl. author: Sprague Mullikin.

SPRINGBOARD TECHNIQUES. Coronet, in collaboration with Michael Peppe,
c1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm.

SPRINGTIME FOR PLUTO. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944.
1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Nick George, Eric Gurney;
animation, George Nicholas, Norman Tate, Marvin Woodward, Sandy
Strother; music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

SPRINGTIME FOR THOMAS. Loew's Inc., c1946. 707 ft., sd., color. (An
MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Ed
Barge. Michael Lah, Kenneth Muse; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

SPRINGTIME IN TEXAS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1945. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, William Strohbach; director, Oliver
Drake; original screenplay, Frances Kavanaugh; music director, Frank
Sanucci; photographer, William A. Sickner; film editor, William
Austin.

SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKAGE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Dan Gordan; animation,
Myron Waldman, Dick Williams.

SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942.
8,171 ft., sd. Based on a story by Philip Wylie.

Credits: Director, Irving Cummings; screenplay, Walter Bullock, Ken
Englund; adaptation, Jacques Thery; music director, Alfred Newman.

SPRINGTIME IN THE SIERRAS. Republic Productions. Inc., c1947. 75 min.,
sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, Edward J. White; director, William
Witney; original screenplay, A. Sloan Nibley; music director, Morton
Scott; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Bob Nolan.

SPRONGE EN PAALSPRING. SEE Jumps and Pole Vault.

SPY SHIP. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 62 min., sd. A Warner
Bros.-First National picture. From a novel by George Dyer.

Credits: Director, B. Reaves Eason; screenplay, Robert E. Kent; film
editor, James Gibbon.

SPY SMASHER. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each (no.
1, 3 reels), sd. Suggested by the character appearing in "Whiz
Comics" magazine. © Republic Pictures Corp.; 4Apr42; no. 1–6,
LP11235; no. 7–12, LP11409.

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

Cast: Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Marguerite Chapman, Hans Schumm,
Tristram Coffin.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. America Beware.

2. Human Target.

3. Iron Coffin.

4. Stratosphere Invaders.

5. Descending Doom.

6. The Invisible Witness.

7. Secret Weapon.

8. Sea Raiders.

9. Highway Racketeers.

10. 2700° Fahrenheit.

11. Hero's Death.

12. V...—.

SPY TRAIN. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Max King; director, Harold Young; original story,
Scott Littlefield; screenplay, Leslie Schwabacker, Bart Lytton;
photography, Mack Stengler; film editor, Carl Pierson.

DIE SPYSVERTERINGSKANAAL (THE ALIMENTARY TRACT) Encyclopaedia
Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with A. J. Carlson and H.
G. Swann, c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Afrikaans version.

SQUADRON LEADER X. Made with the cooperation of the Royal Air Force
and the Air Ministry, c1943. Presented by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
99 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Victor Hanbury; director, Lance Comfort; story,
Emeric Pressburger; screenplay, Wolfgang Wilhelm; music, William
Alwyn; editor, Michael C. Chorlton.

Appl. author: RKO Radio British Productions, Ltd.

SQUARE DANCE JUBILEE. Lippert Productions, Inc. Released through
Screen Guild productions, Inc., c1949. 78 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A musical Western in which two talent scouts discover a
wealth of musical ability for their television show.

Credits: Producer, Ron Ormond; director, Paul Landres; story,
William Nolte; screenplay, Ron Ormond, Daniel B. Ullman; music
director, Walter Greene; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: Don Barry, Mary Beth Hughes, Wally Vernon, Spade Cooley and
his Band; Max Terhune.

THE SQUARE KNOT. Presented by United States Navy. sd., b&w.

SQUAREHEADS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 18
min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; directed and written by Edward
Bernds.

Cast: The Three Stooges.

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