Chapter MI: RUMBA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, (32)

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Credits: Producer, Paul Jones; director, George Archainbaud;
screenplay, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Frank Butler; photography,
Leo Tover; film editor, Stuart Gilmore. Technicolor.

THE UNTAMED BREED. Sage Western Pictures. Released by Columbia
Pictures Corp., c1948. 74 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on a story
by Eli Colter.

Summary: A Western in which wild riding and romance follow the
escape of a Brahma bull which was purchased to improve the stock in
the Pecos country.

Credits: Producer, Harry Joe Brown; director, Charles Lamont;
screenplay, Tom Reed; music director, M. W. Stoloff; music score,
George Duning; film editor, Jerome Thoms.

Cast: Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, George "Gabby" Hayes, Edgar
Buchanan, William Bishop.

UNTAMED FURY. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 65 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. A
Danches Brothers production. From Ewing Scott's story "Gaitor Bait."

Credits: Producer and director, Ewing Scott; screenplay, Taylor
Caven, Paul Gerard Smith; music score and direction, Alexander
Laszlo; film editor, Robert Crandall.

Cast: Gaylord Pendleton, Mikel Conrad, Leigh Whipper.

UNUSUAL CRAFTS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 803 ft., sd.
(Cinescope, no. 9)

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

UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1940–49. 1 reel each,
sd., 35mm. © Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Credits: Writers, Gayne Whitman, Walter Anthony, George Brandt;
narrator, Ken Carpenter.

L 9–3. © 19Jan40; MP9940.

L 9–4. © 22Mar40; MP10082.

L 9–5. © 31May40; MP10253.

L 9–6. © 2Aug40; MP10400.

L 0–1. © 27Sep40; MP10526.

L 0–2. © 29Nov40; MP10641.

L 0–3. © 24Jan41; MP10785.

L 0–4. © 28Mar41; MP10998.

L 0–5. © 30May41; MP11198.

L 0–6. © 1Aug41; MP11411.

L 1–1. © 3Oct41; MP11635.

L 1–2. © 12Dec41; MP11917.

L 1–3. © 27Feb42; MP12222.

L 1–4. © 15Apr42; MP12762.

L 1–5. © 26Jun42; MP12649.

L 1–6. © 26Aug42; MP12793.

L 2–1. © 9Oct42; MP12949.

L 2–2. © 4Dec42; MP13130.

L 2–3. © 12Feb43; MP13280.

L 2–4. © 30Apr43; MP13524.

L 2–5. © 9Jul43; MP13740.

L 2–6. © 17Sep43; MP14679.

L 3–1. © 17Nov43; MP14174.

L 3–2. © 7Jan44; MP14398.

L 3–3. © 3Mar44; MP14618.

L 3–4. © 5May44; MP14925.

L 3–5. © 23Jun44; MP14993.

L 3–6. © 1Sep44; MP15757.

L 4–1. © 30Oct44; MP15446.

L 4–2. © 12Jan45; MP15603.

L 4–3. © 9Mar45; MP15738.

L 4–4. © 8May45; MP15960.

L 4–5. © 13Jul45; MP16128.

L 4–6. © 14Sep45; MP16295.

L 5–1. © 9Nov45; MP576.

L 5–2. © 4Jan46; MP128.

L 5–3. © 25Feb46; MP216.

L 5–4. © 8May46; MP600.

L 5–5. © 5Jul46; MP847.

L 5–6. © 30Aug46; MP1065.

L 6–1. © 4Oct46; MP1235.

L 6–2. © 14Feb47; MP1648.

L 6–3. © 15Mar47; MP1810.

L 6–4. © 2May47; MP1991.

L 6–5. © 4Jul47; MP2163.

L 6–6. Film Tot Fairyland. © 15Sep47; MP2322.

L 7–1. Hula Magic. © 7Nov47; MP2442.

L 7–2. Bagpipe Lassies. © 2Jan48; MP2591.

L 7–3. Modern Pioneers. © 13Feb48; MP2732.

L 7–4. Nimrod Artist. © 16Apr48; MP2887.

L 7–5. Feather Finery. In the Painted Desert in northern Arizona,
Navajo Indians make a symbolic sand painting requesting the gods to
insure sufficient food; Robert S. Bowden creates "paintings" by
piecing together small pieces of colored leathers; Billy Romano
makes animals and other objects from ordinary balloons; Barbara Orr
Ehrhardt makes dresses for her bridal party from turkey feathers.

L 7–6. Aerial Hot Rods. An artist paints the faces of celebrities on
eggs; a skilled artisan makes small size trains for amusement parks;
a man in New York City makes hats of pipe cleaners; and aircraft
engineers race midget planes.

L 8–1. The Glass Orchestra. On the Apache Indian Reservation of
Mescalero, N. M., Chief Waterfall trains the children to perform
traditional tribal dances; in Nogales, Ariz., Laura McNeill makes
ceramic figurines in Colonial costumes; at the Bronx Zoo, Helen
Martini raises wild animals; in New York City, Billy Glass makes
musical instruments out of plexiglas for his orchestra.

L 8–2. The Early Bird. In Taxco, Mexico, hand-wrought silver
ornaments are made by native artists; in Williamsburg, Va.,
cabinetmaking, spinning, and wig-making are done in the manner of
the 18th century; in Portsmouth, Eng., former submarine commander,
G. V. Galwey, builds model ships; Billy Parker of Oklahoma flies
planes of 1910 and 1912.

L 8–3. The Flying Dancers. Near Chicago, members of a rifle club use
hand-molded bullets in their muzzle-loading rifles; in Oshkosh,
Wis., Beatrice Tonnesen converts coal clinkers into works of art; in
Nogales, Ariz., Ray Hulbert and his aides make bamboo reeds for
musical instruments; in Oakland, Calif., elderly women go for a
weekly row on Lake Merritt; at Papantla, near Veracruz, Mexico,
Totonaca Indians perform a ceremonial "Flying Pole" dance.

L 8–4. The Fall Guy. In the patio of Casa Pereira at Mexico City,
fireworks are made for holidays and fiestas; at Boulder, Colo.,
Oscar Crockett makes spurs from hand forged steel; at Saint Ignace,
Mich., Chief "Joe Shomen" operates the only totem pole factory in
the United States; Beatrice Metesh of Lockport, Ill., is the pitcher
on a semi-pro baseball team of men; in a New York department store,
Mike Reynolds falls down the chutes to clear the jammed packages on
their way to the shipping department.

L 8–5. Flying Grandmother. In Sutton, England, cricket bats are
made; in the swamp lands near Mexico City, reeds are gathered and
woven into a variety of products; in New York City, Joseph Burger
has a collection of footwear dating back to 2000 B.C.; in
Philadelphia, Miss Florence Schippert sculptures models of famous
dogs; near Deming, New Mexico, Mrs. Margaret Todhunter supervises
her "Diamond L" ranch from her airplane.

L 8–6. The Sky Rider. In Mexico City, Senor Ignacio Inzunsa makes
clothes for bullfighters. In Spillville, Iowa, the Bily brothers
pursue the art of wood-carving. In Bell Gardens, Calif., Mrs. L. W.
Morris makes miniature tapestries. Dan Moore trains bloodhounds for
Arizona State Prison. Tony Le Vier, test pilot, flies P–80 Jet
planes.

UNVEILING ALGERIA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 876 ft., sd. (A
Columbia Tour)

Credits: Producer, André De La Varre; narrator, Len Sterling; music,
Edward Craig.

THE UNWELCOME GUEST. Loew's Inc., c1945. 663 ft., sd., color. (A
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

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

THE UNWRITTEN CODE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sam White; director, Herman Rotsten; story,
Charles Kenyon, Robert Wilmot; screenplay, Leslie T. White, Charles
Kenyon; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Gene
Havlick.

UP AND AWAY. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 min.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

UP FROM THE EARTH FOR THE PEOPLE. Tomlin Film Productions, Inc., for
Consumers Cooperative Association, c1948. 33 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Shows drilling operations in the oil fields and the
refining process. A film produced to acquaint mid-western audiences
with the work of their Cooperative Associations in the oil fields,
and to emphasize the importance of petroleum products to farmers.

UP GOES MAISIE. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
9 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the character created by Wilson
Collison.

Credits: Producer, George Haight; director, Harry Beaumont; story
and screenplay, Thelma Robinson; music score, David Snell; film
editor, Irvine Warburton.

UP IN ARMS. Released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944.
Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. 105 min., sd., color. Suggested by the
character "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Elliott Nugent;
original screenplay, Don Hartman, Allen Boretz, Robert Pirosh;
narration, Knox Manning; music director, Louis Forbes; musical
numbers arranged and conducted by Ray Heindorf; film editors, Daniel
Mandell, James Newcom. Technicolor.

UP IN CENTRAL PARK. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 87 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm. Based on the musical comedy by Sigmund Romberg, Herbert
Fields, and Dorothy Fields.

Summary: An Irish immigrant and his songstress daughter become
involved in Tammany Hall politics.

Credits: Producer, Karl Tunberg; director, William Seiter;
screenplay, Karl Tunberg; music arranged and directed by Johnny
Green; music, Sigmund Romberg; film editor, Otto Ludwig.

Cast: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Albert Sharpe, Tom
Powers.

UP IN MABEL'S ROOM. Released through United Artists, c1944. Presented
by Edward Small. 8 reels, sd. Based on the stage play by Otto
Harbach and Wilson Collison.

Credits: Producer, Edward Small; director, Allan Dwan; screen
adaptation, Tom Reed; music, Michael Michelet; music director,
Edward Paul; film editor, Richard Heermance.

UP IN THE AIR. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, Howard Bretherton;
screenplay and original story, Edmund Kelso; music director, Edward
Kaye; photography, Fred Jackman, Jr.; film editor. Jack Ogilvie.

UP 'N' ATOM. Screen Gems, Inc., c1947. 6 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Color Rhapsody, no. 128)

Credits: Director, Sid Marcus; animation, Ray Jenkins, Ben Lloyd;
music, Eddie Kilfeather.

UP-STANDING SITTER. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

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

THE UPTURNED GLASS. Released by Universal-International, c1947.
Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 87 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. A Sidney Box
production. From an original story by John P. Monaghan.

Summary: A melodrama in which a surgeon commits murder to avenge the
death of the woman he loved. An English country house provides the
setting.

Credits: Producers, Sydney Box, James Mason; director, Lawrence
Huntington; original story, John P. Monaghan; screenplay, John P.
Monaghan, Pamela Kellino; music, Bernard Stevens; cameraman, Bernie
Lewis; editor, Alan Osbiston.

Cast: James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Kellino, Ann Stevens,
Moreland Graham.

Appl. author: Universal Pictures Co., Inc.

USE AND PROCESSING OF EKTACHROME FILM. Eastman Kodak Co. sd., color,
16mm.

Appl. author: Lloyd Reber.

THE USE OF DIGITALIS IN HEART FAILURE. Transfilm, Inc. for Wyeth, Inc.
1 reel, sd.

Summary: Shows how digitalis and its glycosides act directly on the
heart muscle to increase the force of its contraction; explains how
to make a satisfactory choice among various preparations of the
drug; and illustrates methods of giving the medicine to patients. A
film for members of the medical profession.

USE OF FORESTS. Coronet, c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Describes the variety of products which are made from wood,
shows how forests are used for recreation, and stresses the
importance of protecting forests from fire and disease.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Thomas F. Barton.

USE OF PARACHUTES. Presented by the United States Navy. 2 reels, sd.,
b&w.

THE USE OF TOOLS. Coronet, c1941. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Script, Mary Greer.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1944. 1 reel, sd.

USEFUL KNOTS. U. S. Navy.

USING A STEADY REST WHEN BORING.

Appl. author: John G. Curtis.

USING THE BANK. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1947. 11 min.,
sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The film shows how an individual is served by his bank. He
makes use of savings and checking accounts, of the bank's loan
department, and of its facilities for supplying change. Live action
and animation. For upper elementary grades, junior high school, and
adult groups.

Credits: Collaborators, John H. Lewis, John R. Clark.

USING THE CLASSROOM FILM. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1945.
1 reel.

USING THE CLASSROOM FILM. SEE

Empleo de Peliculas en las Aulas.

Der Film in der Klasse.

De Film in het Schoollokaal.

Skolfilmen Användning.

Utilisation du Film en Classe.

O USO DO FILMO PARA AS CLASSES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1946. 2 reels, sd., 16mm.

UTAH. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd. Based on a
story by Gilbert Wright and Betty Burbridge.

Credits: Associate producer, Donald H. Brown; director, John
English; screenplay, Jack Townley, John K. Butler; music director,
Morton Scott; orchestrations, Dale Butts; photographer, William
Bradford; film editor, Harry Keller.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

UTAH KID. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Vernon Keays; screenplay, Victor Hammond;
photography, Harry Neuman; film editor, John C. Fuller.

UTILISATION DU FILM CLASSE. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. A French version of "Using the
Classroom Film" which introduces "The Wheat Farmer" as a film text.

UTOPIA OF DEATH. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
908 ft., sd., sepia. (John Nesbitt's Passing Parade)

Credits: Music score, Daniele Amfitheatrof; film editor, Adrienne
Fazan.

V-MAIL FROM A FEMALE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1943. 1 reel, sd.

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