Motion pictures, 1940-1949, Motion Pictures 1940–1949 (continued 25) — Read Online

28. Dec. 1, 1948. Aviation's mighty mite: Wee-Bee plane in debut. Amazing salt harvest, Puerto Rico. 1948 touchdown review; the season's All-America plays.

29. Dec. 4, 1948. Army vs. Navy. Underdog Navy ties unbeaten Army [in football game.] President Truman sees game.

30. Dec. 8, 1948. Flight tests prove worth of air brakes [at Caldwell, N.J.] "Yankee Doodle" in Tokyo [children play tunes learned from GI's]. [Baby six months old floats in swimming pool.] From Hollywood sheer nonsense [stockings]. Reds claim Suchow. Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek seeks aid for China's government. From Suchow [combat pictures of crucial battle].

31. Dec. 11, 1948. New spy evidence. Government seizes microfilms of stolen data [found in pumpkin]. Stars over London [screen luminaries, Billy de Wolfe and others, meet the Royal Family]. President salutes the "Mighty Mo" at Norfolk, Virginia. Christmas comes but once a year. Upset! USC ties mighty Notre Dame.

32. Dec. 15, 1948. World's biggest warplane, B–36, gets screen test. Washington: new sensations at spy inquiry [by House Un-American Activities Committee]. Bogus $10 and $20 bills flood big cities. Report from China: evacuation of U.S. civilians from Shanghai; 1200 U.S. marines arrive at Tsingtao.

33. Dec. 18, 1948. [Kaman] helicopter magic. Preview of tomorrow's flight [in Windsor Locks, Conn.]. Women [Wacs and Waves] in uniform make news. Quebec welcomes a favorite son [Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada]. Newfoundland signs to join Canada. Pre-holiday visit with President Truman. Palm Desert, Calif.—wasteland to wonderland.

34. Dec. 22, 1948. Gloves in bloom; from New York sidewalks to boxing fame [Madison Square Boys' Clubs]. "Sinbad" [gorilla] makes debut [in Chicago zoo]. China ship [Kianyga] disaster. UN ends Paris session. Charity at Yuletide [Cardinal Spellman at New York foundling hospital].

35. Dec. 25, 1948. Kitty Hawk presented to National Museum. Baby Prince [Charles of Edinburgh] makes debut before cameras [at christening]. Movie celebrities [Alan Ladd, Sue Carol, and Joan Caulfield] home for the holidays. Attorney General Clark urges stronger espionage laws. Pro grid finals: Cleveland routs Buffalo; "Snow Bowl" Eagles down Cardinals in blizzard [at Philadelphia].

36. Dec. 29, 1948. Intersectional basketball thrills big city [at Madison Square Garden]. French raze Red radio towers [in Berlin]. From Paris, a hat to fit your profile. Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremonies [in Georgia; Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt cites child membership as hate-breeding].

37. Jan. 1, 1949. Headline news stories of 1948: Harry S. Truman, man of the year; revolt in Bogota; Hiss versus Chambers; Oksana Kosenkina; Olympic games; Gandhi, India's last tribute; Palestine, a state is born; the Berlin crisis; the airlift; the UN in 1948.

38. Jan. 5, 1949. Atom ore; pitchblende bonanza in Colorado. U.S. returns original Magna Carta to England. Pact signed ending ban on recordings. 1948 in sports.

39. Jan. 8, 1949. Football welcomes New Year. 1949 Bowl games: [The Longhorns of Texas meet the Bulldogs of Georgia in the Orange Bowl; Northwestern and California fight in Rose Bowl; Southern Methodists triumph over Oregon in the Cotton Bowl]. Stars over Berlin: Operation Good Cheer. [Prominent American entertainers and public figures bring a touch of home to the men of the Berlin Airlift].

40. Jan. 12, 1949. Nature hits hard across the nation. [Blizzard strikes in the Rocky Mountain states, sweeping eastward across the Middle West. 120 homes demolished by tornado in Warren, Ark.] Truman asks: Tax boost, inflation control, Labor Act repeal. President outlines "Fair Deal" program as Congress meets with Democrats in control. Sports highlights: Clemson noses out Missouri [at Jacksonville's Gator Bowl]; Skiing—at your door [on the slopes of Mt. Hood, Oregon].

41. Jan. 15, 1949. Rockies area hit anew in worst winter. Cairo: last rites for [Nokrashy Pasha], Egypt's slain premier. George C. Marshall—a statesman steps down. Child minister's wedding rite stirs debate.

42. Jan. 19, 1949. Russia's big show; 31st anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution. Weather flash; snow in California. Dean Acheson testifies before Senate Committee. U.S. tightens patrol on Mexico border [to check illegal immigration of Mexican laborers]. Curtain time for kiddies [Punch and Judy shows in Austria].

43. Jan. 22, 1949. Pilotless jet [Gorgon IV] in longest flight. Rocket ship climbs 13,000 feet in a minute. Lookin' to spring, "Miss Budget" picks cotton. Washington: Truman "joins" a union [American Federation of Musicians]. Paris: Garry Davis opens drive for "world citizens." New York: top U.S. Reds go on trial. Ski jump classic [Fox River Grove, Ill.]; Olympic champ from Norway wins U.S. meet.

44. Jan. 26, 1949. The inauguration of Harry S. Truman.

45. Jan. 29, 1949. China at the crossroads [Chiang Kai-Shek leaves for a self-imposed exile and General Li Tsung-jen, successor to Chiang, sues for peace with Communists]. Rhodes: Egypt-Israel armistice talks. Palestine: Israel air force at rites for RAF pilot. Near Haifa [young people from Canada, United States, and Mexico arrive to build "All-American" Israel settlement]. Acheson officially takes over [as Secretary of State]. Skate festival [Hollywood Ice Revue].

46. Feb. 2, 1949. Film record of Russia's "peace offensive." "Cold war" over best seller ["I Chose Freedom" by Victor Kravchenko]. News on the novel side: [Willa Worthington makes bathing suits of metalic fabrics. Tiny Koala bears in Australia.] Fastest bomber [XB–47] in super-jet take-off.

47. Feb. 5, 1949. Israel 8 months after statehood [holds first election]. Canadian Parliament opens. Report from the western blizzard front. Distance Stars from Europe in Millrose meet [at Madison Square Garden].

48. Feb. 9, 1949. French say 'merci' for our bounty [with Gratitude Train]. UN commission pushed search for Palestine peace. Senate debates new labor bill. First pictures: Soviet moves all troops from Korea. Norwegian wings 290 feet in U.S. ski meet.

49. Feb. 12, 1949. Baseball's $100,000 success story; a guy named Joe [DiMaggio]. Tokyo: Royall begins tour of Pacific defenses. Pilots who fled Russia start tour. Marshall Plan youth [high school students from 14 nations] meet President Truman. Capital hails 'thank you' train [from Paris]. Dramatic first films: retreat from Nanking.

50. Feb. 16, 1949. Protests grow over sentencing of Mindszenty. Washington: Dewey gives formula for saving G.O.P. India: one year after death of Gandhi. "Most popular star": fans again pick Crosby. A salute to Brotherhood Week.

51. Feb. 19, 1949. Bridge collapses on trains near Paris. Boy Scouts report to the "Boss" [twelve Eagle Scouts visit President Truman]. Cairo students study world's oldest pyramid. Canada's Premier visits Washington for major talks. Bowling Congress [annual tournament in Atlantic City]. Varsity skiing: Washington U. wins from Canada's best [Banff, Alberta]. Yachting special: rough winter skippers in Miami classic [16th annual Lipton Cup Race].

52. Feb. 23, 1949. Consistory in Rome [denounces the Hungarian trial of Cardinal Mindszenty]. Baseball's Gardella case. A night at the dog show [73rd Westminster Kennel Club show in New York]. Sky power: President sees Air Force's biggest show [at Andrews Field, Maryland].

53. Feb. 26, 1949. Royall reports on the Far East. For Milady, scarves set new style note. Romance rumor links Princess Margaret to a commoner [former Army Captain Tom Egerton]. Bob Hope receives "Achievement Award" [presented by Look Magazine]. Israel makes history: First Assembly convenes in Jerusalem.

54. Mar. 2, 1949. 300,000 hear Pope denounce Communism. Israel, Egypt sign armistice. [First films of the inaugural of Dr. Chaim Weizmann as President of Israel]. The economic state of the Union [Leon H. Keyserling surveys America's economic condition].

55. Mar. 5, 1949. War report from Greece. Israel, Arabs begin exchange of prisoners. News from Germany: Red troops mark Army Day in Berlin; Fritz Kuhn freed, seeks U.S. citizenship. Fashion debate—hemlines long or short?

56. Mar. 9, 1949. Spring and baseball, they'll soon be here [New York Yankees at St. Petersburg, Fla.] Cardinal Spellman leads students digging graves. B–50 hops around globe non-stop. The champ hangs up his gloves [Joe Louis officially retires and turns promoter].

32157. Mar. 12, 1949. Baseball's world champions [Cleveland Indians] look to '49—with [Bob] Hope. Soviet mission forced to quit U.S. zone [Frankfurt]. News diary of the First Family [President Truman receives outgoing and incoming Secretaries of Defense; leaves for Key West, Fla. Margaret Truman christens the "Clipper America."] Security Council votes Israel's admission to UN. Sports spectacle; basketball's greatest "freeze" [Minnesota Lakers vs. Harlem Globe Trotters].

58. Mar. 16, 1949. Odom flies Hawaii-N.J.; gas costs $75. Russia returns lend-leased U.S. cruiser [the Milwaukee]. Danish minister [Gustav Rasmussen] in U.S. for pact talks. Axis Sally guilty of treason. Modern version: Great train robbery! [Two desperadoes rob a B&O express near Martinsburg, W. Va.] Smallest engine, smallest car [makes its debut in Munich, Germany].

59. Mar. 19. 1949. Baseball's "elder statesman" [Connie Mack in Florida with the Philadelphia Athletics]. Restore temple [at Karnak on the Nile] destroyed by 'quake in 27 B.C. "Canada Day" at West Point. Science news: world's lightest solid [plastic foam]. Czechoslovakia, one year after the Red seizure. Speed in sports: 200–mile cycle derby [Daytona Beach, Fla.]; amateur Grand National [Hunt Steeplechase at Cheltenham, Eng.].

60. Mar. 23, 1949. Springtime on skis in Alberta [new ski lift opens at Banff]. Israel's first trans-Atlantic cargo ship [the S. S. Haifa is dedicated in New York. Moshe Sharett, Israeli Foreign Minister, comes to U.S. for conference on the United Jewish Appeal]. For atom workers: remote control hands [shown at the Argonne National laboratory in Chicago]. Russians transfer "Milwaukee." [Lend-leased vessel reverts to the American Navy]. Spectacular waterfront fire in California [Army dock and warehouse at Oakland become smoking ruins].

61. Mar. 26, 1949. The Atlantic Pact. An analysis of the significant aims embodied in the proposed twenty-year treaty.

62. Mar. 30, 1949. West Berlin outlaws Red currency. Graphic report on China's "Last Bastion" [on the island of Formosa]. Easter fashions are "ooh la la." Welcome for Winnie [Churchill arrives in America]. When in Greece, Yankee sees, Yankee does [members of American armed forces sight-see in Athens].

63. Apr. 2, 1949. Peace parley [of the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace meeting in New York]. Oscars: Hollywood makes annual awards. Peron takes oath of new constitution. Grand National: 66–1 shot wins classic at Aintree [England].

64. Apr. 6, 1949. Water artistry [at Cypress Gardens, Fla., by Willa Worthington, water-ski champion]. Queen Mary docks in New York with Andrei Gromyko and foreign ministers of Belgium, Luxembourg and England aboard. New Defense chief [Louis Johnson] meets the press. UN seeks peace for the entire Middle East. "Gorilla" flees zoo; climbs Eiffel Tower.

65. Apr. 9, 1949. Newcomers win titles in National AAU swim meet. Newfoundland welcomed as 10th province. For the cause of peace, twelve nations sign [North Atlantic] pact in Washington.

66. Apr. 13, 1949. Nation salutes men in khaki: Army Day, 1949. Tragic hospital fire in [Effingham] Illinois. Mailman makes "gem" of a delivery [$1,500,000 worth of precious stones]. Pope Pius XII marks 50 years of priesthood. General Assembly [of UN] meets in New York.

67. Apr. 16, 1949. The Kathy drama [body of Kathy Fiscus recovered from abandoned well at San Marino, Calif.] Greek King re-opens historic Corinth Canal. China: tension mounts amid bids for peace. Speed in sports: break-neck cycle race [at the Montreuil motor course, France]; dressy turf opening at Longchamp [in Paris].

68. Apr. 20, 1949. What price housing? [Analysis of the need for new homes, as Congressional debate on the Government's housing bill is opened].

69. Apr. 23, 1949. Acting UN mediator, Ralph Bunche, arrives in New York from Palestine. Stephen T. Early appointed first Undersecretary of Defense. Burt Lancaster returns to the circus. A day of devotions [Easter]. Baseball gets down to business [President Truman throws the first pitch in the 1949 season; Red Cross distributes booklet "Care and Protection of Dodger Fans"; Grantland Rice selects Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates].

70. Apr. 27, 1949. DP's stage anti-Communist demonstration [Munich]. Taxes slashed in Canada. News portraits of Farouk and beautiful sisters. Truman rallies nation to bond drive. Erin hails birth of Republic of Ireland.

71. Apr. 30, 1949. Olympia wins Wood Memorial by a neck [at Jamaica race-track]. World's record: [96 painters] paint vet's house in 2 min., 32 seconds. New "cure" reported [Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus visits Bellevue Hospital]. China: decisive stage of civil war.

72. May 4, 1949. California fliers set endurance mark [1008 hours in the air]. Philip Jessup and Andrei Gromyko arrive to open negotiations on lifting Berlin blockade. Secretary of State Acheson speaks before Senate Foreign Relations Committee for ratification of North Atlantic Pact. World Congress of Partisans of Peace assembles in Paris. Steve Belloise scores technical knockout over Jean Stock [Paris].

73. May 7, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted! May Day, U.S. and abroad: orations delivered by Communists and pro-Allies at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin; Communists' parade, and DeGaulle's rightists stage rally in Paris; parades in New York City. Runnin' on water; zany skiers skip over the waves [Cypress Gardens, Fla.] Shanghai—the great exodus. Blossom Festival [Winchester, Va.]; [Bob] Hope bobs for the apple.

74. May 18, 1949. Berlin blockade lifted: [preparations being made in Berlin; New York City is scene of historic agreement.] Freedom's timetable: European Recovery Program; Western European defensive unity; North Atlantic Pact; agreement on Berlin. Frankfort, Germany: report on steps toward Western German Republic. Exclusive interview with Gen. Lucius D. Clay. Tribute to the men of the Berlin airlift.

75. May 21, 1949. $5,000,000 race track fire [Hollywood Park]. Variety Clubs honor [Herbert] Hoover. Report from Shanghai; last-ditch defenses. "Little Four" [Collins quadruplets] born in New York. Ponder, 16–1 wins Kentucky Derby.

76. May 25, 1949. Executions in streets of Shanghai. Hague machine smashed in Jersey City. Israel wins United Nations membership. Marines test "invasion" with helicopters [at Quantico war games]. The amazing Acrojets [F–80 Jet planes presented by Air Force].

77. May 28, 1949. Thrill-packed Preakness: Capot beats Palestinian by a head. Berlin freed from the blockade. I am an American: we reaffirm faith in our government. [U.S. citizens restate their allegiance on "I am an American Day."]

78. June 1, 1949. [Hollywood] stars help launch big bond drive [in Independence, Mo.] Washington greets Brazil's chief executive [Eurico Gaspar Dutra]. F.D.R., Jr. [of New York] elected to Congress. U.S. salutes hero of the peace: General Clay honored as he retires.

79. June 4, 1949. Big Four open talks on Germany. Nation mourns Forrestal. Border fiesta; eyes of Texas on Laredo. Names and events on the sports scene: crown new Mr. America; one-woman track team [Fanny Blankers-Koen winner at Ninth Annual Coliseum Relays at Los Angeles]; Dempsey referees mat title bout.

80. June 8, 1949. Key issues debated by Big Four Council in Paris. Lest we forget [program on Memorial Day and the fifth anniversary of D-Day].

81. June 11, 1949. West Germany constitution comes into force. Newest [trailer] coaches hit the open road. President Dutra Inspects TVA installations. Admiral Kirk sworn in as ambassador to Russia. Lilienthal testifies at atom probe. News on the novel side: unicycle demonstrated in Bordeaux, France; 55 Hamadryads arrive at the Munich, Germany, zoo.

82. June 15, 1949. Snead wins PGA title 2nd time. Eisler freed; will not return to U.S. General Clay bids the army farewell. British royalty sees "trooping the colors." Rita [Hayworth] and Aly [Khan] take their vows.

83. June 18, 1949. Crosby, Hope tee off with Capital "brass." Marshall honored for aid to world. Russia's biggest show of might [May Day parade in Moscow].

84. June 22, 1949. Soviet aims enforced at Czech Congress. Workers' protest rally turns into riot [Tokyo]. Franco opens Spanish Parliament. Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., in Israel. First woman U.S. Treasurer takes over [Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark]. Next heavy champ—Walcott or Charles? Tuna stalkers have field day in Bahamas.

85. June 25, 1949. Close finish in National Open golf. Truman meets buddies [in Little Rock, Ark.]; makes major address. Will Rogers Hospital taken over by Variety Clubs. Britain honors George VI on 53rd birthday.

86. June 29, 1949. Ku Klux Klan in headlines again [initiates new members at Stone Mountain, Ga.] "Little England" puts on the dog [annual dog show at Hyde Park, London]. Mr. [Franklin D.] Roosevelt [Jr.] goes to Washington. Stand up and be counted, a preview of the 1950 census.

87. July 2, 1949. Cyclists from U.S. and Canada ride in New Hampshire. Financial page: how a crisis in wheat was averted. Gaullist, Red rallies bring out 20,000 police. Cleveland: baseball fan a pole-sitter 'til tribe leads. Beach styles in a "glass" by themselves. Mister, your hat 322[hats for men by West Coast designer].

88. July 6, 1949. Ezzard Charles beats Walcott in title bout. July Fourth, a salute to our country—a special documentary-newsreel production.

89. July 9, 1949. U.S. stars aid French charity drive. Texan weds granddaughter of late Kaiser [Wilhelm]. Florida Governor [Fuller Warren] weds girl from California. Greatest show of man-made lightning [General Electric's high-voltage engineering laboratory at Pittsfield, Mass.] Premier Tito bids for trade with the West. Regatta: Golden Bears win on the Hudson.

90. July 13, 1949. Unique rites mark feast of St. Paulinus [at Nola, Italy]. U.S. mobilization plan urged by Baruch. Canada votes; Liberal Party wins in landslide. Baseball: Joe DiMaggio returns to line-up. Square dancing by moonlight [New York Central Park].

91. July 16, 1949. Nocturnal aquatics in Puerto Rico. New president of World Bank [Eugene R. Black]. Irene Dunne receives award from Notre Dame. Judith Coplon convicted of espionage. American GI [welcomes] Chinese orphan [in New York].

92. July 20, 1949. 2900–mile bike race; 120 cyclists begin grueling "Tour de France." Western Europe unites in mass fleet maneuvers. New Red menace for Japan [2,000 Japanese soldiers return from Soviet prison camps]. Lake Placid, N.Y., ice-cold ski jumping. Wimbledon: America's Ted Schroeder wins tennis final.

93. July 23, 1949. "All star" baseball; movie favorites go to bat for hospital fund. New drive on for cuts in luxury taxes [Senator Edwin C. Johnson explains the bill]. Automatic drive in; hamburgers a la push button. Crippling dock strikes [in Honolulu and London].

94. July 27, 1949. Tragic air crashes in California and India. Truman reports on economic state of the nation. American League All Stars whip Nationals.

95. July 30, 1949. Gay Paris celebrates Bastille Day. Fire destroys big movie stage in Munich. Tokyo receives gift of animals from Salt Lake City. President signs bill for vast building program. Rare films of a future king [Prince Charles of England].

96. Aug. 3, 1949. Truman speech follows 5–hour Shriner parade [in Chicago]. Jackie Robinson testifies on Negro loyalty. Airliner crashes into homes [Seattle]. France bids for return to sea power [luxury liner, Ile de France returns to trans-Atlantic passenger service].

97. Aug. 6, 1949. Latest films from strike waterfronts: London walkout ends; Hawaii sees violence. President Truman signs North Atlantic Treaty. Israel honors heroes on first Army Day [in Tel Aviv]. Minnesota celebrates Aquatennial [in Minneapolis]. Argentina hails 133rd year of independence [in Buenos Aires]. U.S. Tars make flat top their training field [the football squad of the Pacific Fleet on the U.S.S. Boxer].

98. Aug. 10, 1949. Ile de France makes Atlantic postwar debut. 1,000,000 attend funeral of Korean patriot [Kim Koo, in Seoul]. Churchill blasts British Labor Party. Sport news around the globe: Charles, Lesnevich set for bout for heavyweight crown; new swim stars thrill Japan [Konishin Furuhashi and Shirou Hashizume, in Tokyo].

99. Aug. 13, 1949. 1,000,000 hear Pandit Nehru hit Communism. Danes re-invade Britain after 1,500 years [a mock raid at Broadstairs, England]. Probe "buzzing" in fatal air collision [above New Jersey]. Sports: U.S. retains international speedboat trophy [the Harmsworth Trophy]; Ponder wins rich turf classic [at Arlington].

100. Aug. 17, 1949. U.S. declares war on grasshoppers. Local boys meet their government [100 boys of the American Legion Forum, in Washington]. Greece: guerilla power wanes; refugees flock back home. A 75th birthday salute [to] Herbert Hoover, only living ex-president of the United States.

101. Aug. 20, 1949. Watercade thrills 3,000 at benefit show [for the Lou Costello Jr. Youth Foundation, in Hollywood]. Sawdust trail to the silver screen [Cecil B. DeMille studies the Ringling Brothers' Circus, in Chicago]. China, the story of a nation's defeat: State Department's "White Paper" on China reveals failure of Nationalist regime; new course charted for America's anti-Communist policy in Far East.

102. Aug. 24, 1949. The tops in sports. "Miss Tilly" trots off with the Hambletonian. Mangrum wins rich golf prize by a 3–foot putt [in Chicago]. President of Philippines [Elpidio Quirino] in New York. Monkey vs. parrot [at the Parrot Jungle, in Miami]. On-the-spot-coverage: Ecuador earthquake.

103. Aug. 27, 1949. Hometown boy winner of Soapbox Derby [Freddie Derks of Akron]. Syria's President [Husni Zayim] and Premier [Muhsen Berazi] are executed. Dame fashion says, ties right. Barkley dedicates airport [Paducah, Ky.] West Germany goes to the polls.

104. Aug. 31, 1949. World's biggest rodeo [Los Angeles Coliseum]. The Senate "5 percenter" investigation. Atlanta mourns a first citizen [Margaret Mitchell]. [Dr. Otis Barton goes] down under the sea in a steel ball [off Santa Cruz Island, Calif.] New steps toward a unified Europe [at the Alsatian city of Strasbourg].

1949.

1. Sept. 3, 1949. Greatest swim performance on record [Tokyo team at the National AAU meet]. Harry Truman's busy day: Washington to Miami [to attend the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars] and back. First tests for Gar Wood's "no-roll" boat. Honor baseball's "elder statesman" [Connie Mack].

2. Sept. 14, 1949. Forest fires hit southwest France. Theodor Herzl reburied in Jerusalem. President Truman [signs proclamation for the Atlantic Pact]. Tom C. Clark [sworn in as member of Supreme Court]. Philip Mickman [youngest person to swim the English channel]. Ecuador—how a stunned nation is digging out [from an earthquake].

3. Sept. 17, 1949. The great Florida hurricane. Canada opens biggest "show window" [70th annual National Exhibition in Toronto]. Truman tells aims of British-U.S. dollar talks. "Little World Series" [Pensacola, Fla., vs. Hammonton, N.J.]. U.S. retains Davis Cup.

4. Sept. 21, 1949. [American] Legion "invades" Philadelphia [at their 31st annual convention]. Drama on the Washington scene [Senate Committee investigating five-percenters questions John Maragon and Major General Vaughan]. Fancy blades in hot capers on frozen stage [Ice Capades of 1950 at Atlantic City].

5. Sept. 24, 1949. Football back in headlines [Notre Dame, the New York Giants, and University of Georgia]. Shoes to conquer dame fashion. Spotlight on the Balkans [Marshal Tito closes Yugoslav-Greek frontier; Greek Army fights Communist guerrillas].

6. Sept. 28, 1949. President Truman [makes a policy address in Pittsburgh]. Shirley May France [fails in attempt to swim English Channel]. Robeson concert erupts into violence [Peekskill, N.Y.] [British officials arrive in New York to discuss] the big dollar question. Gonzales beats Schroeder for U.S. singles title.

7. Oct. 1, 1949. Sports special. Baseball's big push. [Behind the scenes with the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox; last-minute predictions.]

8. Oct. 5, 1949. Mercy mission in the Arctic [supplies parachuted to polar explorers marooned for three months]. New German Parliament gets down to business. Theatre owners get together in movie capital. "World Series" of the dance [Harvest Moon Ball].

9. Oct. 8, 1949. Vishinsky speaks (in English) for stronger UN. "Wrestling on wheels" hits big time [Roller Derby at Madison Square Garden]. Defense Secretary [Louis Johnson] praises record of film industry. Tragic ship fire at Toronto pier.

10. Oct. 12, 1949. UN tackles problems of the hour. King Abdullah of Jordan hailed in Spain. The pound; the story behind devaluation. Navy previews newest in "soot suits" [fireproof suits]. Remove wraps from [Peruvian] mummy 3,000 years old. Wired for high thrills [European aerialists in Bavaria].

11. Oct. 15, 1949. Russia and the atom. Football season opens with spectacular performances; USC vs. Navy; Michigan vs. Michigan State; Notre Dame vs. Indiana; Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt.

12. Oct. 19, 1949. Football; Rose Bowl champ wins opener [Northwestern vs. Purdue]. Film industry pledges to guard freedom. Fashions: Paris and New York. Yoga experts in fantastic gymnastics. Unification aboard a carrier [Defense chiefs meet on the aircraft carrier, Franklin D. Roosevelt].

13. Oct. 22, 1949. New York gets a subway series [New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers to meet in 1949 World Series]. Royal family goes to the wedding [of the Earl of Harewood]. Football: Penn State vs. Army; Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern; North Carolina vs. Georgia.

14. Oct. 26, 1949. 82nd Airborne puts on show for President [at Fort Bragg, N.C.] 1949 World Series: Yankees win opening game; Dodgers win second.

15. Oct. 29, 1949. World Series finale: Yankees defeat Dodgers in 5th game to win title. Football: Navy vs. Duke; West Point vs. Michigan.

16. Nov. 2, 1949. Wild West goes to prison [18th Annual Texas Prison Rodeo]. A report on American films abroad. Nehru here on visit of state. Air Force-Navy controversy gets hearing.

17. Nov. 5, 1949. Report on Communism. Eleven leaders of U.S. Communist party found guilty; parade welcomes Nehru to New York. The British authorities prepare for possible Communist difficulties 323in Hong Kong; liner arrives in Hong Kong with pictures of the Communist entry into Shanghai. Football: Notre Dame 46, Tulane 7.

18. Nov. 9, 1949. Russia protests, but Yugoslavia wins UN seat. What's swimmin' for '50? [California styles]. B–36 rebuttal; airmen and Army answer charges of Navy. Football: Minnesota vs. Ohio State; Southern Methodist vs. Rice.

19. Nov. 12, 1949. Truman attends UN cornerstone ceremony. Eyeful of stars at Hollywood premiere [of "The Heiress"]. Portugal cheers visit of Franco. Football: Michigan vs. Minnesota; Army vs. Columbia.

20. Nov. 16, 1949. Tennis: Gonzales loses to Kramer in pro debut. Oldest known Bible scrolls on display [at the Library of Congress, Washington]. Highlights of Franco's visit to Portugal. Newest in aviation: new channel wing plane is shown in Maryland; two Italian pilots introduce an air-car in Milan. Eisenhower urges parley on nation's welfare.

21. Nov. 19, 1949. King leads Greece in war remembrance. Bidault takes over reins of French government. First U.S. woman ambassador sworn in [Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, Ambassador to Denmark]. Barkley and Mrs. Hadley set the date. Eric Johnston reports on tour of Europe. [Direct broadcast from the delivery room to fathers-to-be at California hospital.] Football: Irish roll over Navy.

22. Nov. 23, 1949. Horse is king at big show [61st National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden]. Pre-wedding portraits: Barkley and Mrs. Hadley. New Navy chief Sherman succeeds Denfeld. America's worst civil air crash [airliner and P–38 crash over Washington's National Airport]. The height of diving thrills [at Miami Beach].

23. Nov. 26, 1949. Defense chiefs attend big firepower show. Minnesota "wild about Harry" [President Truman celebrates two anniversaries in St. Paul and Minneapolis]. First tests for the water-walker [in Bavaria]. Bathing suits "arty." Football: Army 35, Fordham 0; Notre Dame 34, Michigan State 21.

24. Nov. 30, 1949. Big top goes to college [Florida State University studies about the circus]. Coal strike truce. The top political story of '49 [November elections]. Soviet embassy [in Washington] stages lavish reception. Pro grid thriller [Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams].

25. Dec. 3, 1949. Student riders in Texas "Bronco Bowl." Acheson promises Germany support. Washington: tribute to Unknown Soldier. Football: Ohio State 30, Illinois 17; Army 14, Penn 13; Notre Dame 42, North Carolina 6.

26. Dec. 7, 1949. Pioneer days recalled at photo museum [the home of George Eastman]. The meaning of Thanksgiving, featuring At home, The pilgrim, and The spirit of Thanksgiving.

27. Dec. 10, 1949. Happy ending to search for B–29 [northeast of Bermuda]. Vice President Barkley and bride win hearts of nation. Gridiron climax: California 33, Stanford 14; Ohio State 7, Michigan 7; North Carolina 21, Duke 20.

28. Dec. 14, 1949. Honors for promoting American Way. The hot dog makes a hit in Tokyo. 1949 All-America football team.

29. Dec. 17, 1949. Santa Claus Lane opens in Hollywood. Stanton Griffis, new Ambassador to Argentina, presents credentials to President Peron. Vice President Barkley and bride at Sea Island, Ga. Princess Elizabeth joins Duke of Edinburgh. Broadway says its farewell to Bill Robinson. The Army-Navy game.

30. Dec. 21, 1949. Baseball in December; behind the scenes with Big League performers during the off-season.

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

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

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

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

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

2. Tonsorial Trouble. © 9Aug40; MP10412.

6. © 16Feb40; MP9985.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cast: The Three Stooges.

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

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

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

Summary: Broad comedy antics occur in the kitchen.

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

Cast: Gus Schilling, Richard Lane, Dorothy Granger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

Credits: Directed and written by Edward Bernds.

Cast: Schilling and Lane.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

324© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 20Nov44; MP15397.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summary: A Columbia All-Star comedy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Leslie Coleman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PASO POR AQUI. SEE Four faces west.

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE PASSING OF BLACK EAGLE. SEE Black Eagle.

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

325© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 12Aug43; LP12386.

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

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

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

Appl. author: Charter Film Productions.

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

Credits: Narration, Jesse William Stitt.

Appl. author: Donn Marvin.

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

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

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

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

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

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

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

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

PATIO MUSEUM. SEE Variety Views, no. 164.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

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

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

PAY DIRT. Presented by Dow Chemical Co.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

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

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

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

PAY TO LEARN. SEE The Navy Comes Through.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PEACE MARSHAL. SEE The Kansan.

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

Credits: Technicolor.

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

PEACHY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT—.

PEACOCK'S FEATHER. SEE Night in Paradise.

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

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

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

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

326PEARL OF DEATH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 7 reels, sd. Based on "The Six Napoleons" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PEDESTRIAN PATTERNS. 400 ft.

Credits: Producer and director, Edward Thomas Myers.

PEDRO. SEE Saludos Amigos.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PELICAN PRANKS. SEE Variety Views, no. 158.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PEOPLE OF HAWAII. SEE Habitantes del Hawaii.

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

Appl. author: Wallace W. Atwood.

PEOPLE OF MEXICO. SEE A Vida Rural No México.

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

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick.

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

Appl. author: CIF Staff.

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

Appl. author: James P. Chapin.

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

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

PEOPLE OF WESTERN CHINA. SEE Los Chinos Occidentales.

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Robert Spencer Carr.

PEPE LE MOKO. SEE Casbah.

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

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

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

327Credits: Educational collaborator, H. C. Christofferson.

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

Credits: Cinecolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

THE PERFECT CASE. SEE Boomerang.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. Desert Intrigue.

2. Death's Chariot.

3. Devil's Crucible.

4. Ascending Doom.

5. Fatal Second.

6. Human Sacrifice.

7. Monster's Clutch.

8. Tuareg Vengeance.

9. Burned Alive.

10. Treacherous Trail.

11. Unknown Peril.

12. Underground Tornado.

13. Thundering Death.

14. Blazing Barrier.

15. Satan's Fury.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. Underwater Gold. © 22Jun42; LP11449.

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

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

9. Into the Trap. © 13Jul42; LP11500.

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

11. Blazing Beacons. © 27Jul42; LP11497.

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Collaborator, Lawrence K. Frank.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PERSONS IN HIDING. SEE

Parole Fixer.

Queen of the Mob.

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

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

Credits: Collaborator, Earle K. James.

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

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

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

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

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

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

328© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 8Aug41; MP11436.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Film editor, Philip Anderson.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PETROLEUM. SEE Erdoel.

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. Jungle Whispers. © 29Jan44; LP12608.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PHANTOM EMPIRE. SEE Radio Ranch.

THE PHANTOM FILLY. SEE Home in Indiana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

Credits: Director, Richard C. Kahn.

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Avenging Spirit.

2. Flaming Ambush.

3. Hoofs of Doom.

4. Murder Masquerade.

5. Flying Fury.

6. Blazing Peril.

7. Gauntlet of Guns.

8. Behind the Mask.

9. The Captive Chief.

10. Beasts at Bay.

11. The Death House.

12. The Last Stand.

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

329Credits: Producer, John Stone; director, D. Ross Lederman; story, G. A. Snow; screenplay, Richard Wormser, Richard Weil; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: George W. Hoke.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cast: William Wright, Terry Austin, Leon Belasco.

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

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

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

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

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

Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell.

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

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

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

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

Credits: Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Lloyd Reber.

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

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

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

Appl. author: Norman L. Heminway.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

330Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer, Wilfrid Cline. Technicolor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE PIED PIPER OF BASIN STREET. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt Lantz Swing Symphony) (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walt Lantz; director, James Culhane; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Pat Matthews; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

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

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: John H. Obold.

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

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

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

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

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

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

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

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

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

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

Summary: Hugh Herbert is mistaken for a pearl thief.

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

Cast: Hugh Herbert.

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

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

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

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

331PINKY TOMLIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Educational collaborator, Viola Theman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

Credits: Director, William Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

332Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, Lewis Seiler; original story, George Owen, Tom Reed; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed; music director, Charles Previn; photography, Robert DeGrasse; film editor, Paul Landers.

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

PLA-LADY. 1 reel, 16mm.

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

Credits: Produced and written by William M. Riddick.

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

Credits: Narrator, Walter Clarke.

PLAIN FACTS. SEE La Escueta Verdad.

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Roy Arthur Clapp.

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

PLANES WITHOUT PILOTS, sd., 16mm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

PLASTIC ART. SEE Escultura.