Motion pictures, 1940-1949, Motion Pictures 1940–1949 (continued 3) — Read Online

BATTY BASEBALL. Loew's Inc., c1944. 594 ft., sd., color. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Tex Avery; animation, Ray Abrams, Preston Blair, Ed Love; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE. SEE Hi Beautiful.

BE ON YOUR GUARD FOR CARD CHEATERS.

BE PATIENT, PATIENT. c1944. Presented by Columbia. 625 ft., sd., color. (A Fox and Crow)

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Dun Roman; animation, Chic Otterstrom, Phil Duncan; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

BE YOUR AGE. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in cooperation with the American Heart Assn. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm.

29BEACH COMMAND. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

BEACH DAYS. c1946. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm. (The Sports Parade)

Credits: Director, Andre De La Varre; narration, Saul Elkins; narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

THE BEACH NUT. 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 Harlaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Dick Lundy, Les Kline; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

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

BEACHHEAD TO BERLIN. The Vitaphone Corp. in cooperation with the United States Coast Guard, c1945, 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Narration, Charles Linton Tedford; photographers, the United States Coast Guard; film editor, Louis Hesse. Technicolor.

BEANSTALK JACK. Terrytoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Terrytoon)

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

THE BEAR AND THE BEAN. Loew's Inc., c1948, 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, Michael Lah, Preston Blair; animation, Ray Abrams, Don Patterson, Ed Barge, Gil Turner; music, Scott Bradley.

THE BEAR AND THE BEAVERS. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 782 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolph Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

THE BEAR AND THE HARE. Loew's Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; animation, Don Patterson, Ray Abrams, Irving Levine, Gil Turner; music, Scott Bradley.

BEAR FACTS. SEE Variety Views, no. 141.

BEAR FEAT. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Michael Maltese; animation, Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe.

BEAR MOUNTAIN GAME. SEE Variety Views, no. 134.

BEAR RAID WARDEN. Loew's Inc., c1944. 614 ft., sd., color. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

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

BEARCAT MOUNTAIN GAL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE BEAR'S TALE. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Story, J. B. Hardaway; animation, Rod Scribner.

THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1947. 88 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From the story by William Fryer Harvey.

Credits: Producer, William Jacobs; director, Robert Florey; screenplay, Curt Siodmak; music, Max Steiner; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Hugo Friedhofer; film editor, Frank Magee.

Cast: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish.

BEAT ME DADDY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

BEAT ME DADDY, EIGHT TO THE BAR. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BEAT ME, DADDY, EIGHT TO THE BAR! Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Will Cowan; director, Larry Ceballos; music director, Charles Previn; orchestrations, Milton Rosen; film editor, Paul Landres.

BEAT THE BAND. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 67 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the musical stage play by George Abbott, with music and lyrics by John Green and George Marion, Jr.

Credits: Producer, Michael Kraike; director, John H. Auer; screenplay, Lawrence Kimble; adaptation, Arthur Ross, Lawrence Kimble; music, Leigh Harline; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.

Cast: Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Phillip Terry, Gene Krupa.

BEAU TIES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Carl Meyer, Joe Stultz.

LA BEAUTÉ DU DIABLE (THE BEAUTY OF THE DEVIL). Presented by Universalia Productions. 10 reels, sd.

Summary: A retelling of the old legend in which Faust, the aging professor, sells his soul to the devil in exchange for youth and love.

Credits: Producer, Salvo d'Angelo; screenplay, René Clair, Armand Salacrou.

Cast: Michel Simon, Gerard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Simone Valere, Carlo Ninchi.

BEAUTIFUL BALI. c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 772 ft., sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; music score, Nat Finston, C. Bakaleinikoff; photographer, Bob Carney. Technicolor.

BEAUTIFUL BALI. Vitaphone Corp., c1946. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. Warner Bros.

Credits: Directed and written by Deane Dickason; narrator, Knox Manning.

THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 77 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on a story by Earl Felton.

Summary: A slapstick musical about a trigger-happy gambling-hall queen. Setting, the West in 1885.

Credits: Produced, directed, and written by Preston Sturges; music, Cyril Mockridge; film editor, Robert Fritch.

Cast: Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan, Sterling Holloway.

BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 953 ft., sd., color. (Columbia Tour, s. 4, no. 6)

Credits: Producer, Leon C. Shelly; narration, Gayne Whitman; music, James Dietrich; photographer, Ray Fernstrom; film editor, Ed Taylor. Cinecolor.

BEAUTIFUL BUT BROKE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 8 reels, sd. Based on a story by Arthur Housman.

Credits: Producer, Irving Briskin; director, Charles Barton; screenplay, Monte Brice; adaptation, Manny Seff; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Richard Fantl.

THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY, VIRGINIA. c1941. 800 ft., color, 16mm.

Credits: Kodachrome.

Appl. author; Robert C. Harnsberger.

THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY, VIRGINIA. Luray Caverns Corp., c1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Director, LeRoy Anderson; script, Kelli Williams; narrator, Dan Donaldson.

THE BEAUTIFUL CHEAT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 59 min., sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Charles Barton; original story, Manny Seff, Fritz Rotter; screenplay, Ben Markson; film editor, Ray Synder.

BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES (MAKE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS). Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

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

BEAUTIFUL OHIO IN ITS MAKING. si., color, 8mm.

Credits: Kodachrome.

BEAUTIFUL ONTARIO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 852 ft., sd. (Columbia Tour, no. 10)

Credit: Commentator, John Martin.

BEAUTY AND THE BANDIT. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 8 reels, sd., 35mm. Based on the character "Cisco Kid" created 30by O. Henry [pseud. of Wm. Sydney Porter]

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

BEAUTY AND THE BEACH. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (A Paramount Headliner)

Credits: Producer and director, Leslie Roush; continuity, Justin Herman; photographer, William Steiner.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE). André Paulve, France, c1946. Released in the U.S. by Lopert Films, Inc., 1947. 90 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. In French with English titles. Based on the tale by Madame Leprince de Beaumont.

Summary: A fantasy in which a household drudge is delivered into the hands of a monster who falls in love with her and is eventually revealed as a handsome prince.

Credits: Director of production, Emile Darbon; director, story, dialogue, Jean Cocteau; music, Georges Auric; editor, Claude Iberia.

Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André, Mila Parely, Nane Germon.

BEAUTY AND THE BLADE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sports Review)

Summary: A demonstration of the ice-skating skill of the Olympic champions, Barbara Ann Scott and Dick Button, in the six types of School Figures and Figure Skating.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; narrator, Ed Thorgersen; music, Lucio Agostini; film editor, Arthur Lincer.

BEAUTY AT THE WINDOW. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Kirsch Co. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows an interior decorator's study in which women shoppers are watching a Kirsch SunAire venetian-blind demonstration.

BEAUTY FOR SALE. RKO Pathe, Inc., in collaboration with the editors of This Week Magazine, c1946. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This Is America, no. 1)

Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; director, Larry O'Reilly; written by Phil Reisman, Jr., Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Nathaniel Shilkret; editor, David Cooper.

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

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

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

Summary: After posing for her picture, a young girl is taken by her escort for a ride in a Chevrolet convertible.

BEAUTY IN THE ROOM. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Kirsch Co. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Women shoppers observe a Kirsch SunAire venetian-blind demonstration in a decorator's studio.

THE BEAUTY OF IT. Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

THE BEAUTY OF THE DEVIL. SEE La Beauté du Diable.

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BECAUSE OF HIM. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Felix Jackson; director, Richard Wallace; original story, Edmund Beloin, Sig Herzig; screenplay, Edmund Beloin; music score, Miklos Roza; film editor, Ted J. Kent.

BEDELIA. John Corfield Productions, Ltd., England, c1947. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Vera Caspary's novel.

Credits: Director, Lance Comfort; screenplay, Vera Caspary, Herbert Victor, I. Goldsmith.

BEDLAM. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 79 min., sd., 35mm. Suggested by the William Hogarth painting "Bedlam," plate no. 8, "The Rake's Progress."

Credits: Producer, Val Lewton; director, Mark Robson; screenplay, Carlos Keith, Mark Robson; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Lyle Boyer.

BEDS AND APPLIANCES. Presented by The Bureau of Aeronautics for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. sd.

Appl. author: James P. Prindle.

BEDSIDE MANNER. Released through United Artists, c1945. Presented by Andrew Stone. 72 min., sd. From the Saturday Evening Post story by Robert Carson.

Credits: Producer and director, Andrew Stone; screenplay, Frederick Jackson, Malcolm Stuart Boylan; music director, Emil Newman; film editor, James Smith.

BEDTIME FOR SNIFFLES. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Story, Rich Hogan; animation, Robert Cannon.

BEDTIME STORY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, B. P. Schulberg; director, Alexander Hall; story, Horace Jackson, Grant Garrett; screenplay, Richard Flournoy; music, Werner R. Heymann; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Viola Lawrence.

THE BEE-DEVILED BRUIN. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Michael Maltese; animation, Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan.

BEER BARREL POLECATS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Gilbert W. Pratt.

BEER BARREL POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BEES A' BUZZIN'. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min., sd. (Vitaphone Variety)

Credits: Narrator, Lou Marcelle.

BEES AND HONEY. 920 ft., color, 16mm.

Summary: Shows various stages in the life of a bee, and explains how to raise honey successfully.

BEFORE I HANG. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Nick Grinde; story, Karl Brown, Robert D. Andrews; screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; music director, M. W. Stoloff; photography, Benjamin Kline; film editor, Charles Nelson.

BEFORE THE DOCTOR COMES. Presented by The American Red Cross. 4 reels, sd. A William J. Ganz production.

BEFORE THE FACT. SEE Suspicion.

BEGGARS ARE COMING TO TOWN. SEE I Walk Alone.

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

THE BEGINNING OR THE END. Loew's Inc., c1947. 112 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM picture.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Marx; director, Norman Taurog; original story, Robert Considine; screenplay, Frank Wead; music score, Daniele Amfitheatrof; film editor, George Boemler.

Cast: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake.

BEGINNING TUMBLING. c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Revised version.

Appl. authors: Karl W. Bookwalter, Otto Ryser.

BEHIND CITY LIGHTS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Joseph Bercholz; director, John English; screenplay, Richard Weil; adaptation, Gertrude Walker; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film editor, Fred Allen.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BEHIND GREEN LIGHTS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Otto Brower; original screenplay, W. Scott Darling, Charles G. Booth; music direction, Emil Newman.

31BEHIND LOCKED DOORS. ARC Productions, Inc. Released by Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1948. 61 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A private detective is committed to a mental hospital in order to apprehend an ex-judge who is hiding there.

Credits: Producer, Eugene Ling; director, Oscar Boetticher; original story, Malvin Wald; screenplay, Malvin Wald and Eugene Ling; film editor, Norman Colbert.

Cast: Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley; Ralf Harolde; Tom Brown Henry.

BEHIND PRISON WALLS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 7 reels, sd. Based on an original story by W. A. Ullman, Jr.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Ripley; director, Steve Sekely; screenplay, Van Norcross; music director, David Chudnow; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BEHIND THE BIG TOP. c1943. 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Producers, Blumenthal, Heilner; director, Andre De Lavarre; narrator, Art Gilmore. Technicolor.

BEHIND THE 8–BALL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Edward F. Cline; original story, Stanley Roberts; screenplay, Stanley Roberts, Mel Ronson.

BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 35mm. (Movietone's Feminine World)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Vyvyan Donner; narrator, Paul Douglas; music score, L. DeFrancesco; photography, William Storz; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

BEHIND THE LENS.

BEHIND THE MASK. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Joe Kaufman; director, Phil Karlson; original story, Arthur Hoerl; screenplay, George Callahan; photographer, William A. Sickner; film editor, Ace Herman.

BEHIND THE MEAT BALL. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1945. 7 min., sd., color. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Melvin Millar; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

BEHIND THE NEWS. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Robert North; director, Joseph Santley; original story, Dore Schary, Allen Rivkin; screenplay, Isabel Dawn, Boyce De Gaw; music director, Cy Feuer; photography, Jack Marta; film editor, Ernest Nims.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BEHIND THE RISING SUN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943, 88 min., sd. Based on the book by James R. Young.

Credits: Director, Edward Dmytryk; original screenplay, Emmet Lavery; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Joseph Noriega.

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE AIRPORT. Teaching Films, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Writer, Hall.

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE 29TH NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP. Florez, Inc., c1948. Presented by the Michigan Section of the Professional Golf Association of America, 22 min., sd., b&w and color, 16mm.

Summary: At the Plum Hollow Golf Club, Detroit, crowds gather for the 1947 national championship contest. Henry Ransom defeats Bobby Locke, the South African champion; such champions as Sammy Snead, Jimmy Demaret and Chick Harbert show their skill.

Credits: Director, Al Bradish; script, John Kleene; narrator, John Harrington.

BEHIND THE SHOP DRAWING.

BEHOLD THE MAN. SEE Ecce Homo.

BEL AMI. sd., b&w, 16mm.

Appl. author: Tobis Zeigt.

BEL AMI. c1947. Presented by Levinson-Finney Enterprises, Inc. 10 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel by Guy de Maupassant.

Credits: Director, Willi Forst; adapted for the screen by Willi Forst and Axel Eggebrecht; music, Theo Mackeben.

Cast: Olga Tschechova, Ilse Werner, Hilde Hildebrand, Lizzi Waldmueller, Willi Forst.

Appl. author: Tobis Zeigt.

BEL AMI. Released in Vienna, c1938. 10 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. A Willi Forst production. Based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant. In German with English titles.

Credits: Director, Willi Forst; adapted for the screen by Willi Forst, Axel Eggebrecht.

Cast: Olga Tschechowa, Ilse Werner, Hilde Hildebrandt, Lizzi Waldmueller, Willi Forst.

BEL AMI. SEE The Private Affairs of Bel Ami.

BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

A BELL FOR ADANO. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1945. 9,376 ft., sd. Based on the novel by John Hersey.

Credits: Director, Henry King; screenplay, Lamar Trotti, Norman Reilly Raine; music director, Alfred Newman.

BELL HELICOPTER. Bell Aircraft Corp., Motion Picture Division. 17 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Directed and written by Norman Mathews, Julian Townsend; cameramen, Julian Townsend, Edward Bollinger. Kodachrome.

BELLA DONNA. SEE Temptation.

BELLBOY DONALD. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Donald Duck)

LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE. SEE Beauty and the Beast.

BELLE OF THE YUKON. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. Presented by International Pictures, Inc. 84 min., sd., color.

Credits: Director, William A. Seiter; story, Houston Branch; written for the screen by James Edward Grant; music direction, Arthur Lang; film editor, Ernest Nims. Technicolor.

BELLE STARR. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 7,809 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Irving Cummings; story, Niven Busch, Cameron Rogers; screenplay, Lamar Trotti; music director, Alfred Newman.

BELLE STARR'S DAUGHTER. Alson Productions, Inc. Released through Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 86 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western melodrama of the 1880's about a girl who seeks to avenge the murder of her mother, the notorious bandit queen, Belle Starr.

Credits: Producer, Edward L. Alperson; director, Lesley Selander; original screenplay, W. R. Burnett; music, Edward Kilenyi; film editor, Jason Bernie.

Cast: George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford, Charles Kemper.

BELLS OF CAPISTRANO, c1942. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, William Morgan; original screenplay, Lawrence Kimble; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Edward Mann.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BELLS OF ROSARITA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, Frank McDonald; original screenplay, Jack Townley; music score, Joseph Dubin; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor, Arthur Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S. Rainbow Productions, Inc., c1945. 126 min., sd.

Credits: Direction and story, Leo McCarey; screenplay, Dudley Nichols; music score, Robert Emmett Dolan; editor, Harry Marker.

BELLS OF SAN ANGELO. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 71 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, Edward J. White; director, William Witney; original story, Paul Gangelin; screenplay, Sloan Nibley; music director, Morton Scott; orchestrations, Mort Glickman; film editor, Les Orlebeck.

Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, Bob Nolan.

32BELLS OF SAN FERNANDO. Hillcrest Productions, Inc., c1947. 74 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Terry Morse; original story and screenplay, Jack De Witt, Renault Duncan.

THE BELLS OF SAN RAQUEL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BELLUM PUNICUM SECUNDUM (THE SECOND PUNIC WAR). Bald Eagle Film Productions, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Alfred E. Porter.

Appl. author: Joseph Einhorn.

BELOW THE BORDER. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Scott R. Dunlap; director, Howard P. Bretherton; original screenplay, Jess Bowers; photography, Harry Neumann; film editor, Carl Pierson.

BELOW THE DEADLINE. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd., 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, William Beaudine; original story, Ivan Tors; screenplay, Harvey Gates, Forrest Judd; music director, Edward J. Kay; photographer, Harry Neumann; editor, Ace Herman.

BELVEDERE. SEE Mr. Belvedere Goes to College.

BEN HOGAN. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1946. 8 min., sd., 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 11)

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by Burton Benjamin; narrator, Red Barber; music, Robert W. Stringer; photographer, Neil Sullivan; editor, David Cooper.

BEND DOWN SISTER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

BENDING TO A CLEAT. Presented by United States Navy. sd., b&w.

BENEATH WESTERN SKIES. c1944. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Spencer Bennet; original story, Albert DeMond; screenplay, Albert DeMond, Bob Williams; music score, Mort Glickman; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BENJAMIN BLAKE. SEE Son of Fury.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Emerson Film Corp. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Portrays highlights in the life of Benjamin Franklin, depicting his early struggles as an apprentice, his later successes as publisher and author, his experiments in science, his growing ability as a statesman and diplomat, and his experiences as American representative to England and France. For junior and senior high school and adult groups.

Credits: Collaborator, Carl Van Doren.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 996 ft., sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Herbert Glazer; screenplay, Hal Law, Robert McGowan; film editor, Leon Bourgeau.

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

Appl. author: Kenneth R. Edwards.

BERLIN CORRESPONDENT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 6,380 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Eugene Forde; original screenplay, Steve Fisher, Jack Andrews; music director, Emil Newman.

BERLIN EXPRESS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 86 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: On a Paris-Berlin express, a German on a mission of peace is threatened by the Nazi underground. American, French, and British citizens and a Soviet officer unite to save his life. Actual scenes in Frankfurt and Berlin were filmed by permission of armies of occupation.

Credits: In charge of production, Dore Schary; producer, Bert Granet; director, Jacques Tourneur; story, Curt Siodmak; screenplay, Harold Medford; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; music, Frederick Hollander; film editor, Sherman Todd.

Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas.

BERLIN POWDERKEG. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 19 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This Is America, no. 3)

Summary: A documentary story of the Berlin airlift, the cold war, and living conditions in post-war Berlin.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director and photographer, William Deeke; written by Richard Hanser; narrator, Dwight Weist; editor, David Cooper.

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

Summary: The scenery of Bermuda and the sports that are enjoyed there. Includes views of the capitol city, Hamilton, and the ancient town of St. George.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Leon Shelly; narrator, Ed. Thorgersen; music, L. DeFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

BERMUDA MYSTERY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 5,850 ft., sd. From a story by John Larkin.

Credits: Director, Benjamin Stoloff; screenplay, W. Scott Darling; music director, Emil Newman.

THE BERTH OF A QUEEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 975 ft., sd. (Cinescope)

Credits: Narration, Geoffrey Sumner; photography, Reginald H. Wyer; editor, Ronald Haines.

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

THE BEST DEFENSE. Presented by Chevrolet.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

BEST FOOT FORWARD. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color. Based on the book by John Cecil Holm; music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and produced on the stage by George Abbott.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Edward Buzzell; screenplay, Irving Brecher, Fred Finklehoffe; music direction, Lennie Hayton; orchestration. Jack Matthias, Leroy Holmes, Conrad Salinger, George Bassman, Leo Arnaud; film editor, Blanche Sewell. Technicolor.

BEST IN SHOW. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (The World of Sports, no. 124)

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

THE BEST MAN WINS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 8 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A small Missouri town in 1853 is the setting for this comedy about a footloose gambler and his estranged family. Greyhound racing and frog-jumping contests provide an outlet for the hero's talents.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, John Sturgess; screenplay, Edward Huebsch.

Cast: Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Gary Gray, Bob Shayne, Stanley Andrews.

BEST OF BREED. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Summary: This film, which shows the champion, Liberation, and other collies, emphasizes the high intelligence of the breed.

Credits: Narrator, Bill Slater.

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942, 1 reel, sd.

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., c1946. 172 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel "Glory for Me" by MacKinlay Kantor.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, William Wyler; screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood; music, Hugo Friedhofer; music director, Emil Newman; film editor, Daniel Mandell.

Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo.

BESTED BY A BEARD. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940, 20 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Charles E. Roberts; story, Arthur S. Kane; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, George Jeske; film editor, John Lockert.

BET YOUR LIFE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 18 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Leon finds himself in trouble when he bets on the horses.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Suzi Crandall, Charles Halton, Phil Warren.

33BETRAYAL FROM THE EAST. RKO Radio Pictures. Inc., c1945. 82 min., sd. Based on the novel by Alan Hynd.

Credits: Producer, Herman Schlom; director, William Berke; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Aubrey Wisberg; adaptation, Aubrey Wisberg; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Duncan Mansfield.

BETTER BOWLING. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

THE BETTER HALF. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BETTER—LONGER. Presented by Sun Oil Co. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

BETTER NOT ROLL THOSE EYES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BETTER WORK METHODS. Ralph M. Barnes, c1949. 49 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates procedures for performing simple tasks efficiently.

BETTY CO-ED. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Arthur Dreifuss; original screenplay, Arthur Dreifuss, George H. Plympton; music director, Paul Mertz; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Jean Porter, Shirley Mills, William Mason, Rosemary LaPlanche, Jan Savitt.

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BETWEEN TWO WOMEN. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the characters created by Max Brand [pseud. of Frederick Faust]

Credits: Director, Willis Goldbeck; original screenplay, Harry Ruskin; music score, David Snell; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 112 min., sd. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. Based on a play by Sutton Vane.

Credits: Producer, Mark Hellinger; director, Edward A. Blatt; screenplay, Daniel Fuchs; music, Erich Wolfgang Korngold; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; photographer, Carl Guthrie; film editor, Rudi Fehr.

BETWEEN US GIRLS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 9 reels, sd. Based on "Le Fruit Vert" by Regis Gignoux and Jacques Théry.

Credits: Producer-director, Henry Koster; screenplay, Myles Connolly, True Boardman; adaptation, John Jacoby; photography, Joseph Valentine; film editor, Frank Gross.

BEWARE OF REDHEADS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal Yates; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

BEWITCHED, Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. From Arch Oboler's original story "Alter Ego."

Credits: Producer, Jerry Bresler; direction and adaptation, Arch Oboler; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Harry Komer.

BEYOND. SEE The Other Love.

BEYOND CIVILIZATION TO TEXAS. Impossible Pictures, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Jerky Journeys)

Summary: Senator Claghorn presents a bill in Congress to move the United States to Texas.

Credits: Produced, directed, and written by Leonard Louis Levinson; designed by Art Heinemann; painted by Peter Alvarado, Jr.

BEYOND GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 82 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: When a West Point cadet faces charges of cowardice and criminality, his vindication hinges on the question of his responsibility for a comrade's death in a Tunisia battle. Actual scenes of West Point life are included.

Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, John Farrow; original screenplay, Jonathan Latimer, Charles Marquis Warren, William Wister Haines; music score, Victor Young.

Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready, George Coulouris, Harold Vermilyea.

BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 8 reels, sd., color. Based on a story by E. Lloyd Sheldon and Jack DeWitt.

Credits: Director, Alfred Santell; screenplay, Frank Butler; photographer, William Mellor; film editor, Doane Harrison. Technicolor.

BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BEYOND THE FOREST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 96 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Stuart Engstrand's novel.

Summary: A selfish and ruthless woman, bored by her life as the wife of a lumbertown doctor, commits adultery and murder in her vain attempt to attain wealth and excitement in Chicago.

Credits: Producer, Henry Blanke; director. King Vidor; screenplay, Lenore Coffee; music, Max Steiner; orchestral arrangements, Murray Cutter; film editor, Rudi Fehr.

Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson.

BEYOND THE LAND. Tomlin Film Productions, Inc. for Consumers Cooperative Association, c1949. 32 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Outlines the growth and development of the Consumers Cooperative Association.

Credits: Director, Frederick A. Tomlin; story and commentary, Mary D. Tomlin; music arranger, Harry Glass; film editor, Karl A. Barleben.

Cast: Harold Barrett, Lilia Barrett, Tommy Barrett, Linda Killion, Douglas Tomlin.

BEYOND THE LAST FRONTIER. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Howard Bretherton; original screenplay, John K. Butler, Morton Grant; music score, Mort Glickman; photography, Bud Thackery; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. Produced with the cooperation of the War Dept., c1942. 22 min., sd. (Broadway Brevities)

Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; narrator, Ronald Reagan.

BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Dramatizes the volunteer work done under the supervision of the American Red Cross, and points out that the services of trained nurses and of nurses' aids are valuable.

Credits: Written by Dudley Hale; narrated by Dwight Weist.

BEYOND THE PECOS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate Producer, Oliver Drake; director, Lambert Hillyer; original story, Jay Karth; screenplay, Bennett R. Cohen; music director, Paul Sawtell; film editor, Ray Snyder.

BEYOND THE SACRAMENTO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, Luci Ward; film editor, James Sweeney.

BEYOND TOMORROW. c1940. 84 min., sd. An RKO Radio picture.

Credits: Producer, Lee Garmes; director, A. Edward Sutherland; original story, Mildred Cram, Adele Comandini; screenplay, Adele Comandini; music, Frank Tours; film editor, Otto Ludwig.

B-I-BI. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

THE BIG BEEF. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and original screenplay, Charles E. Roberts; film editor, Marston Fay.

BIG BILL TILDEN. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd., color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Written and directed by Del Frazier.

34THE BIG BONANZA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, George Archainbaud; original story, Robert Presnell, Leonard Praskins; screenplay, Dorrell and Stuart McGowan, Paul Gangelin; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE BIG BOSS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Charles Barton; original screenplay, Howard J. Green; film editor, Viola Lawrence.

THE BIG BUILD-UP. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.

A BIG BUSINESS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

THE BIG CAT. William Moss Pictures, Inc. Released through Eagle-Lion Films, Inc., c1949. 76 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: An action melodrama about the hunting and killing of a vicious cougar in the Rocky Mountain country during the depression and drought of 1932.

Credits: Producer, William Moss; director, Phil Karlson; story, Morton Grant; screenplay, Morton Grant, Dorothy Yost; music score, Paul Sawtell; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Harvey Manger.

Cast: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Skip Homeier.

BIG CITY. Loew's Inc., c1948. 103 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM picture. Based on a story by Miklos Laszlo, as adapted by Nanette Kutner.

Summary: A young orphan girl living in New York is unofficially adopted by an Irish policeman, a minister, and a Jewish cantor. Their agreement that the first to marry will legally adopt the child creates both comedy and drama.

Credits: Producer, Joe Pasternak; director, Norman Taurog; screenplay, Whitfield Cook, Anne Morrison Chapin; music director, Georgie Stoll; film editor, Gene Ruggiere.

Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy, Karin Booth.

THE BIG CLOCK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 95 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing.

Summary: A crime melodrama, in which a man finds himself hired to solve a murder which he knows his employer committed. A metropolitan publishing house provides the setting.

Credits: Producer, Richard Maibaum; director, John Farrow; screenplay, Jonathan Latimer; music score, Victor Young.

Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready; Rita Johnson.

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

Summary: Four small children, dressed in fairy costumes, are driven quickly and safely to a school entertainment by their mother in a Chevrolet sedan.

THE BIG DRIP. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Screen Song)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Larz Bourne, Larry Riley; animation, Myron Waldman, Nick Taufri; music, Winston Sharples.

BIG FAT BUTTERFLY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BIG FAT MAMA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BIG FAT MAMAS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

THE BIG FIX. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 63 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on an original story by Sonia Chernus and George Ross.

Credits: Associate producer, Marvin D. Stahl; director, James Flood; screenplay, George Bricker, Aubrey Wisberg; adaptation, Joel Malone; music, Emil Cadkin; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Norman Colbert.

Cast: James Brown, Sheila Ryan, Noreen Nash, Regis Toomey.

THE BIG FLAME-UP. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Screen Song)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, I. Klein; music, Winston Sharples; animation, Dave Tendlar, Martin Taras.

BIG GAME ANGLING. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Summary: Fishing for tuna off the Nova Scotia peninsula at the International Tuna Tournament, for blue marlin off the Bahamas, and for trout, channel bass, and sail fish.

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

THE BIG HARVEST: THE STORY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. (Our Land and People Series)

Summary: Hard work, scientific research, and modern machinery make it possible for the farmers of America to reclaim wasted farm lands and increase production.

Credits: Producers, Edmund Reek, Boris Vermont; script, Robert M. Hertzberg; narrator, Hugh James; collaborators, Walter A. Anderson, Eric H. Haight, John E. Ivey, Gordon N. McKenzie, Robert Lee Morton, Samuel R. Powers, Howard E. Wilson, George L. White, J. Wallace Page, Jr., Miller McClintock; editor, John Oser.

BIG HEEL-WATHA. Loew's Inc., c1944. 712 ft., sd., color. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Tex Avery; story, Heck Allen; animation, Ray Abrams, Preston Blair, Ed Love; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

BIG HOUSE BLUES. Screen Gems, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (Flippy Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Roy Jenkins; animation, Grant Simmons, Jay Sarbry; music director, Eddie Kilfeather.

BIG JACK. Loew's Inc., c1949. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM picture.

Summary: A comedy-melodrama about the exploits of bank-robbing outlaws and a grave-robbing doctor. Setting, the backwoods of Maryland in 1802.

Credits: Producer, Gottfried Reinhardt; director, Richard Thorpe; story, Robert Theoren; screenplay, Gene Fowler, Marvin Borowsky, Osso Van Eyss; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, George Boemler.

Cast: Wallace Beery, Richard Conte, Marjorie Main, Edward Arnold, Vanessa Brown.

BIG LEAGUE GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Summary: A panorama of baseball from its beginnings a century ago at Cooperstown, N. Y., to modern major league competition. Among the immortals of the game shown in action are Carl Hubbell, Walker Cooper, Johnny Mize, and Mel Ott, of the Giants. A Giants-Dodgers game at the Polo Grounds and a visit to the game's Hall of Fame are included.

Credits: Directors, Russell T. Ervin, Rod Warren; narrator, Ted Husing; music arranger, Harry D. Glass.

BIG LEAGUE GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Summary: A panorama of baseball from its beginnings a century ago at Cooperstown, N. Y., to modern major league competition. Among the immortals of the game shown in action are Carl Hubbell, Walker Cooper, Johnny Mize, and Mel Ott, of the Giants. A Giants-Dodgers game at the Polo Grounds and a visit to the game's Hall of Fame are included.

Credits: Directors, Russell T. Ervin, Rod Warren; narrator, Ted Husing; music arranger, Harry D. Glass.

BIG MAN FROM THE SOUTH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BIG MOUTH BASS. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 9)

Summary: Al McLane, fishing editor of Field and Stream magazine, and his wife go fishing in Sandy Hollow Lake, near New London, Conn.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by Burton Benjamin; narrator, Andre Baruch.

THE BIG NEW PLUS IN ENGINEERING REPRODUCTION. Eastman Kodak Co. 9 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates how Kodak Autopositive paper can be exposed and automatically processed in a modern blueprinting machine. For technicians in the field of engineering.

Appl. author: John Mills, Jr.

THE BIG NOISE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Mal St. Clair; screenplay, W. Scott Darling; music director, 35Emil Newman.

THE BIG PARTY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This Is America, no. 7)

Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; director, Howard Winner; writer, Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Nathaniel Shilkret; editor, David Cooper.

THE BIG PREMIERE. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 964 ft., sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; screenplay, Hal Law, Robert McGowan; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.

THE BIG PUNCH. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1948. 80 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From a story by George Carleton Brown.

Summary: A melodrama in which a football star becomes a small-town minister and helps a professional boxer clear himself of a murder charge.

Credits: Producer, Saul Elkins; director, Sherry Shourds; screenplay, Bernard Girard; music, William Lava; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Charles Maxwell; film editor, Frank Magee.

Cast: Wayne Morris, Louis Maxwell, Gordon MacRae, Mary Stuart, Anthony Warde.

THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAINS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE BIG SHOT. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1942. 82 min., sd. A Warner Bros.-First National picture.

Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; original screenplay, Bertram Millhauser, Abem Finkel, Daniel Fuchs; music, Adolph Deutsch; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; film editor, Jack Killifer.

THE BIG SHOW-OFF. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sydney M. Williams; director, Howard Bretherton; original screenplay, Leslie Vadnay, Richard Weil; music director, David Chudnow; photographer, Jack Greenhalgh.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BIG SISTER BLUES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 14 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Musical Parade Featurette)

Summary: A musical short in which two teen-aged daughters bring their estranged parents together.

Credits: Producer, Harry Grey; director, Alvin Ganzer; original screenplay, Jack Roberts; music director, Joseph J. Lilley; editor, Eda Warren.

Cast: John Ridgely, Lee Patrick, Virginia Maxey, Ann Mae Slaughter, Kathryn Card.

THE BIG SLEEP. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1946. 114 min., sd., 35mm. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From the novel by Raymond Chandler.

Credits: Director, Howard Hawks; screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett; Jules Furthman; music, Max Steiner; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; photographer, Sid Hickox; film editor, Christian Nyby.

BIG SNOOZE. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Bugs Bunny Special)

Credits: Technicolor.

THE BIG SOMBRERO. Gene Autry Productions, c1948. 7 reels, sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: Gene Autry, foreman of a Mexican ranch, protects the ranch owner and her neighbors from the schemes of a dishonest manager.

Credits: Producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Frank McDonald; original screenplay, Olive Cooper; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Stephen Dunne, George J. Lewis, Champion, the horse.

THE BIG STEAL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 71 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the story "The Road to Carmichael's" by Richard Wormser.

Summary: A mystery melodrama in which an army payroll thief is pursued to his hiding place in the Sierra Madre mountains. Filmed in Mexico.

Credits: Producer, Jack J. Gross; director, Don Siegel; screenplay, Geoffrey Homes, Gerald Drayson Adams; music, Leigh Harline; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro.

THE BIG STORE. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, Louis K. Sidney; director, Charles Riesner; original story, Nat Perrin; screenplay, Sid Kuller, Hal Fimberg, Ray Golden; music direction, Georgie Stoll; music adaptation, Earl Brent; vocal and orchestrations, Leo Arnaud, George Bassman, Herb Taylor, Robert Van Eps; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

THE BIG STREET. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 88 min., sd. From the story "Little Pinks" by Damon Runyon.

Credits: Producer, Damon Runyon; director, Irving Reis; screenplay, Leonard Spigelgass; music score, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, William Hamilton.

BIG TIME REVUE. Vitaphone Corp., c1947. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Melody Master Bands) Warner Bros.

BIG TOWN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the radio program.

Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director, William C. Thomas; original story, Geoffrey Homes, Maxwell Shane; screenplay, Geoffrey Homes; editor, Henry Adams.

Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery.

BIG TOWN. SEE

Big Town after Dark.

Big Town Scandal.

I Cover Big Town.

So This is New York.

BIG TOWN AFTER DARK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 70 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the radio program "Big Town."

Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director, William C. Thomas; original screenplay, Whitman Chambers; film editor, Howard Smith.

Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Anne Gillis, Vince Barnett.

BIG TOWN SCANDAL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 62 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the radio program "Big Town."

Summary: In his efforts to save five boys from a life of crime, Steve Wilson, Big Town's crime-fighting newspaperman, tangles with fur thieves, juvenile delinquents, and basketball racketeers.

Credits: Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director, William C. Thomas; original screenplay, Milton Raison; music, Darrell Calker; film editor, Howard Smith.

Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.

THE BIG WASH. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (A Walt Disney Goofy)

Credits: Director, Clyde Geronimi; story, Bill Berg, Milt Banta; animators, John Sibley, Cliff Nordberg, Hugh Fraser, George Rowley; music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

THE BIGAMIST (QUATTRO PASSI FRA LE NUVOLE). Produced in Italy, c1943. Released in the U. S., 1949. Presented by Pax Enterprise, Inc. 88 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. With English titles.

Summary: A comedy about a sentimental, henpecked traveling salesman who befriends a pregnant girl who is afraid to go home without a husband.

Credits: Director, Allessandro Blasetti; screenplay, Giuseppe Amato; English adaptation, Giorgi Curti; music, Allessandro Cicognini; cameraman, Waclaw Vick.

Cast: Gino Cervi, Adriana Benetti, Enrico Viarisio, Carlo Romano, Giuditta Rissone.

Appl. authors: Giuseppe Amato, Geo. Curti.

THE BIGGEST ASPIDASTRA IN THE WORLD. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BIKES AND SKIS. Released by Warner Bros., c1944. 10 min., sd., color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Producers, A. Pam Blumenthal, Van Campen Heilner; director, Andre De La Varre; narrator, Sam Balter. Technicolor.

BIKINI—THE ATOM ISLAND. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 950 ft., sd., b&w. (A Carey Wilson Miniature)

Credits: Music score, Tax Terr; film editor, George Boemler.

BILATERAL CLEFT-LIP RECONSTRUCTION—SCHULTZ METHOD. 400 ft., color, 16mm.

Appl. author: Merrill James Shepro.

BILL AND COO. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 61 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on an idea from Ken Murray's "Blackouts."

Summary: A drama about two love birds, Bill and his sweetheart, Coo, and a villainous crow. The cast includes 273 love birds and a few small animals who live in the bird village, Chirpendale.

Credits: Producer, Ken Murray; director, Dean Riesner; screenplay, Royal Foster, Dean Riesner; music, David Buttolph; music director, Lionel Newman; film editor, Harold Minter.

Cast: George Burton's love birds, Curley 36Twiford's Jimmy the Crow, George Burton, Elizabeth Walters.

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

A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 74 min., sd. From the play by Clemence Dane.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sisk; director, John Farrow; screenplay, Dalton Trumbo; music score, Roy Webb; editor, Harry Marker.

BILLBOARD BILL. Bert Gold, c1948. 6 min., b&w, 16mm. A filmstrip for television.

Summary: A signpainter, facing the camera, prints commercial messages on glass for a television broadcast.

BILLIE GETS HER MAN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A slapstick comedy evolves from a series of misunderstandings.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Edward Bernds; story and screenplay, Edward Bernds; film editor, Henry De Mond.

Cast: Billie Burke.

BILLIONS FOR MILLIONS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Frigidaire Division, General Motors Corp. 5 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The new Frigidaire advertising program.

BILLPOSTERS. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 1 reel. (A Walt Disney Donald Duck)

BILLY MOUSE'S AKWAKADE. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Terrytoon)

Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.

BILLY ROSE'S DIAMOND HORSESHOE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1945. 9,511 ft., sd. Suggested by a play produced by Charles L. Wagner and written by John Kenyon Nicholson.

Credits: Directed and written for the screen by George Seaton; music direction, Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson; orchestral arrangements, Herbert Spender.

BILLY THE KID. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color. Suggested by the book "The Saga of Billy the Kid" by Walter Noble Burns.

Credits: Producer, Irving Ascher; director, David Miller; story, Howard Emmett Rogers, Bradbury Foote; screenplay, Gene Fowler; music score, David Snell; film editor, Robert J. Kern. Technicolor.

BILLY THE KID IN SANTA FE. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; original screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID IN TEXAS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart; original screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music director, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID OUTLAWED. Producers Releasing Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart; original screenplay, Oliver Drake; music director, Lou Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID TRAPPED. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; original screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID WANTED. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; original screenplay, Fred Myton; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID'S FIGHTING PALS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; story, George Plympton; music director, Dave Chudnow; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID'S GUN JUSTICE. Producers Releasing Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart; original screenplay, Tom Gibson; music director, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID'S RANGE WAR. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Peter Stewart; original screenplay, William Lively; music director, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID'S ROUND-UP. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; original screenplay, Fred Myton; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BILLY THE KID'S SMOKING GUNS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sherman Scott; original screenplay, George Milton; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BIM, BAM, BUM. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BIRCH BAILEY, CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER. Tele-Comic Productions. sd., b&w, 35mm. A filmstrip for television.

Summary: Birch Bailey, cartoon character, goes to the island of Matasuki, a Chinese supply base, in order to construct storehouses.

Credits: Produced and written by Ronald E. Buchanan, Robert A. Jones.

THE BIRD CAME C.O.D. c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Merrie Melodies, no. 351) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, E. S. Pierce; animation, Ken Harris; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

A BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

A BIRD IN THE HEAD. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 2 reels.

Credits: Directed and written by Edward Bernds.

THE BIRD TOWER. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Terrytoon)

Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.

BIRDIE AND THE BEAST. Released by Warner Bros., c1944. 7 min., sd., color. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; director, Robert Clampett; animation, Tom McKimson. Technicolor.

THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS WERE THERE. Released by Warner Bros., c1945. 10 min., sd., color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Producers, Blumenthal, Heilner; director, Andre de LaVarre; narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

BIRDS IN WINTER. Coronet, c1946. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Philip A. DuMont.

BIRDS MAKE SPORT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, John Kieran.

BIRDS OF PREY. SEE Aves de Rapiña.

BIRDS ON THE WING. Columbia Pictures Corp. in cooperation with the New York Zoological Society, c1943. 875 ft., sd. (A Columbia Panoramic)

Credits: Director, Irving Jacoby; commentator, Raymond Morgan; editor, John Ferno.

BIRTH OF A NOTION. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Robert McKimson; story, Warren Foster.

THE BIRTH OF A STAR. Astor Pictures Corp., c1944. 4 reels, sd. Adapted from "Dime a Dance," "Cupid Takes a Holiday," and "Getting an Eyeful," by Art Jarrett, Marcy Klauber, and Billy K. Wells.

Credits: Director, Bud Pollard.

37BIRTH OF AN OIL FIELD. George Pal, in collaboration with the Production Department of Shell Oil Company, Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (This Is Oil)

Summary: This film, part of a series on the petroleum industry, explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oil wells.

Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldstone; story, Norman Vizents; music director, Clarence Wheeler; animation, Miles Pike.

Cast: Victor Jory, Knox Manning, Gayne Whitman, William Forrest, Smiley Burnette.

BIRTH OF THE AEROPROP. Presented by Aero Products Division, General Motors Corp. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

BIRTH OF THE BLUES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, B. G. De Sylva; director, Victor Schertzinger; story, Harry Tugend; screenplay, Harry Tugend, Walter De Leon; photographer, William Mellor; film editor, Paul Weatherwax.

BIRTH OF THE SOIL. The Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, c1948. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm. (The Living Earth Series, pt. 1)

Summary: An explanation of how nature produces topsoil from the basic raw materials of rock, water, air, and sunlight. The film emphasizes the necessity for an organized conservation program to save our natural resources. Includes animated drawings. For high school students and adult groups.

Credits: Director, George E. Brewer, Jr.; story, John H. Storer.

BIRTHDAY. SEE Heaven Can Wait.

BIRTHDAY BLUES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal Yates; film editor, Lyle Boyer.

THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA. Marshall Grant-Realm Television Productions, c1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on the story by Oscar Wilde.

Summary: A dwarf, captured from his forest home to become the companion of the beautiful young Infanta of Spain, dies of a broken heart when he sees a mirrored reflection of his own hideousness.

Credits: Producers, Stanley Rubin, Louis Lantz; director, Sobey Martin; screenplay, Oscar Saul; editor, Edward Mann.

BIRTHPLACE OF ICEBERGS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1939. 1 reel, sd. (Father Hubbard's Adventures)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; narrators, Father Hubbard, Lowell Thomas.

THE BISCUIT EATER. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 8 reels, sd. Based on a story by James Street.

Credits: Producer, Jack Moss; director, Stuart Heisler; screenplay, Stuart Anthony, Lillie Hayward; photography, Leo Tover; film editor, Edward Douglas.

THE BISHOP'S EXPERIMENT. Marshall Grant-Realm Television Productions, c1949, 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. Based on an incident in the novel "Les Misérables" by Victor Hugo.

Summary: An ex-convict, embittered by poverty, inhumanity, and brutality, is reclaimed through a stubborn bishop's trust in him. Setting, a French village in 1860.

Credits: Producer, Stanley Rubin; director, Charles Haas; screenplay, Bess Taffel; editor, Jodie Copelan.

THE BISHOP'S WIFE. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., c1947. 109 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel by Robert Nathan.

Summary: An angel, coming to earth in the guise of a man, restores happiness to an overworked young bishop and his neglected family.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Henry Koster; screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici; music, Hugo Friedhofer; music director, Emil Newman; film editor, Monica Collingwood.

Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason.

A BIT OF BLARNEY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series, no. 3)

Credits: Director, Harold James Moore.

BITTER SWEET. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color.

Credits: Producer, Victor Saville; director, W. S. Van Dyke II; original play, music, & lyrics, Noel Coward; screenplay, Lesser Samuels; music director, Herbert Stothart; film editor, Harold F. Kress. Technicolor.

BLACK ALIBI. SEE The Leopard Man.

THE BLACK ANGEL. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 80 min., sd., 35mm. Based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich.

Credits: Producers, Tom McKnight, Roy William Neill; director, Roy William Neill; screenplay, Roy Chanslor; music score, Frank Skinner; film editor, Saul A. Goodkind.

BLACK ARROW. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944–45. 2 reels each (no. 1, 3 reels), sd. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

Credits: Director, Lew Landers; original screenplay, Sherman Lowe, Jack Stanley, Leighton Brill, Royal K. Cole.

1. The City of Gold. © 20Oct44; LP13281.

2. Signal of Fear. © 27Oct44; LP13290.

3. The Seal of Doom. © 3Nov44; LP13308.

4. Terror of the Badlands. © 10Nov44; LP13315.

5. The Secret of the Vault. © 17Nov44; LP13326.

6. Appointment with Death. © 24Nov44; LP13350.

7. The Chamber of Horror. © 1Dec44; LP13359.

8. The Vanishing Dagger. © 8Dec44; LP13372.

9. Escape from Death. © 15Dec44; LP13387.

10. The Gold Cache. © 22Dec44; LP13407.

11. The Curse of the Killer. © 29Dec44; LP13420.

12. Test by Torture. © 5Jan45; LP13433.

13. The Sign of Evil. © 12Jan45; LP13441.

14. An Indian's Revenge. © 19Jan45; LP13443.

15. The Black Arrow Triumphs. © 26Jan45; LP13452.

THE BLACK ARROW. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 7 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. An Edward Small production. Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Summary: A romantic drama in which a young knight returns to his castle and avenges the murder of his father. Setting, 15th century England at the close of the War of the Roses.

Credits: Producer, Grant Whytock; director, Gordon Douglas; screenplay, Richard Schayer, David P. Sheppard, Thomas Seller; film editor, Jerome Thoms.

Cast: Louis Hayward, Janet Blair, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams.

BLACK BART. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 80 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: A Western melodrama in which a bandit attempts to ruin the Wells Fargo Company by a series of stagecoach robberies. Lola Montez provides the love interest, and Sacramento in the '70's, the setting.

Credits: Producer, Leonard Goldstein; director, George Sherman; original story, Luci Ward, Jack Natteford; screenplay, Luci Ward, Jack Natteford, William Bowers; music, Frank Skinner; film editor, Russell Schoengarth.

Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Jeffrey Lynn, Percy Kilbride, Lloyd Gough.

BLACK BEAR TWINS. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Ernest Horn.

BLACK BEAUTY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 6,874 ft., sd., 35mm. Original story by Anna Sewall.

Credits: Director, Max Nosseck; screenplay, Lillie Hayward, Agnes Christine Johnson; music director, Dimitri Tiomkin.

THE BLACK CAT. c1941. Presented by Universal Studios. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Burt Kelly; director, Albert S. Rogell; original screenplay, Robert Lees, Fred Rinaldo, Eric Taylor, Robert Neville; music director, Charles Previn; photography, Stanley Cortez; film editor, Ted Kent.

BLACK DIAMONDS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 6 reels.

Credits: Director, Christy Cabanne; original story, Sam Robins; screenplay, Clarence Upson Young, Sam Robins.

BLACK DRAGONS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, William Nigh; original story and screenplay, Harvey H. Gates; photography, Art Reed; film editor, Carl Pierson.

BLACK DUCKS AND BROADBILLS. RKO Pathe, Inc. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 8 min., sd., 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 8)

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, William Deeke; written by Jerry Brondfield; narrator, Andre Baruch; music, Robert W. Stringer; editor, David Cooper.

Appl. author: Pathe News, Inc.

BLACK EAGLE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 8 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the story, "The Passing of Black Eagle," by 38O. Henry [pseud. of William Sydney Porter]

Summary: A young hobo becomes involved in a quarrel between a girl rancher and a group of swindlers who have made trouble for her in a horse trade. When one of the horses, Black Eagle, kills a ringleader of the gang, and another outlaw dies under the hoofs of stampeding horses, the hobo is free to return to the open road.

Credits: Producer, Robert Cohn; director, Robert Gordon; screenplay, Edward Huebsch, Hal Smith; adaptation, Edward Huebsch; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, James Sweeney.

Cast: William Bishop, Virginia Patton, Gordon Jones, James Bell, Trevor Bardette.

BLACK EYES AND BLUES. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 2 reels.

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

BLACK FRIDAY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 7 reels.

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

BLACK GOLD. Allied Artists Productions, Inc., c1947. 90 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Jeffrey Bernerd; director, Phil Karlson; original story, Caryl Coleman; screenplay, Agnes Christine Johnston; Indian history and ethnology, Nipo Strongheart; film editor, Roy Livingston.

Cast: Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, Elyse Knox.

BLACK GOLD AND CACTUS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 1 reel, sd., color. (Lowell Thomas' Movietone Adventures)

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

BLACK HILLS. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 59 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Thomas; director, Ray Taylor; original screenplay, Joseph Poland; incidental music, Walter Greene; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: Eddie Dean, White Cloud, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson.

THE BLACK HILLS EXPRESS. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, John English; original story, Fred Myton; screenplay, Norman Hall, Fred Myton; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor, Harry Keller.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BLACK LIMELIGHT. Released by Alliance Films Corp., c1938. 6 reels. From the play by Gordon Sherry.

Credits: Director, Paul L. Stein; screenplay, Dudley Leslie, Walter Summers; photography, Claude Friese-Greene; film editor, Lionel Tomlinson.

Appl. author: Associated British Picture Corp., Ltd.

BLACK MAGIC. Edward Small Productions, Inc., Released through United Artists Corp., c1949. 105 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Mémoires d'un Médecin" by Alexandre Dumas.

Summary: The hypnotist, Cagliostro, pursues a flamboyant course in 18th-century France. Filmed in Italy.

Credits: Producer and director, Gregory Ratoff; screenplay, Charles Bennett; music score, Paul Sawtell; film editors, James McKay, Fred Feitshans.

Cast: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore, Valentina Cortese.

BLACK MAGIC. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1944. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Philip N. Krasne, James S. Burkett; director, Phil Rosen; original screenplay, George Callahan; photographer, Arthur Martinelli; film editor, John Link.

BLACK MARKET BABIES. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1945. 7 reels, sd. Suggested by the article by Virginia Reid.

Credits: Producer, Jeffrey Bernerd; director, William Beaudine; original story, George Morris; screenplay, George Wallace Sayre; photographer, Harry Neumann; film editor, William Austin.

BLACK MARKET RUSTLERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, George W. Weeks; director, S. Roy Luby; original screenplay, Patricia Harper; music director, Frank Sanucci; film editor, Roy Claire.

BLACK MIDNIGHT. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1949. 66 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western about a young rancher and a wild stallion.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, Oscar Boetticher; story, Clint Johnston; screenplay, Erna Lazarus, Scott Darling; music editor, Edward Kay; film editor, Ace Herman.

Cast: Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lynn Thomas, Kirby Grant, Gordon Jones.

BLACK NARCISSUS. The Archers Film Productions, London. Released in the U. S. by Universal-International, c1948. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 99 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden.

Summary: A drama about five Anglican nuns who organize a convent school in an abandoned palace in the Himalayan mountains. They experience loneliness and ultimate failure in attempting to cope with ignorance, delinquency, cynicism, and human passions.

Credits: Produced, directed and written by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger; editor, Reginald Mills; music, Brian Easdale.

Cast: Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight.

Appl. author: Universal Pictures Co., Inc.

THE BLACK PARACHUTE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Fier; director, Lew Landers; story, Paul Gangelin; screenplay, Clarence Upson Young; film editor, Otto Meyer.

THE BLACK PATH OF FEAR. SEE The Chase.

THE BLACK RAVEN. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

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

THE BLACK RIDER. Junior Western Productions. 22 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Producers, Abraham Gladstone, Charles Moore; director, Kenneth Allen.

Cast: Shirley Cowan, Jerry Moore.

THE BLACK SWAN. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 7,859 ft., sd. From the novel by Rafael Sabatini.

Credits: Director, Henry King; screenplay, Ben Hecht, Seton I. Miller; adaptation, Seton I. Miller; music director, Alfred Newman.

THE BLACK WIDOW. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 2 reels each, sd., b&w, 35mm. © Republic Pictures Corp.; no. 1–5, 28Jul47; LP1164; no. 6–13, 2Sep47; LP1217.

Credits: Associate producer, Mike Frankovich; directors, Spencer Bennet, Fred C. Brannon; original screenplay, Franklin Adreon, Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Sol Shor; music director, Mort Glickman; film editors, Cliff Bell, Sam Starr.

Cast: Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lindley.

1. Deadly Prophecy.

2. The Stolen Formula.

3. Hidden Death.

4. Peril in the Sky.

5. The Spider's Lair.

6. The Glass Guillotine.

7. Wheels of Death.

8. False Information.

9. The Spider's Venom.

10. The Stolen Corpse.

11. Death Dials a Number.

12. The Talking Mirror.

13. A Life for a Life.

BLACKBIRD FANTASY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE BLACKBOARD. Gateway Productions, Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. (The Pirro Series, no. 9)

Summary: Pat teaches his puppet, Pirro, how to draw pictures on the blackboard.

Credits: Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon.

BLACKBOARD REVUE. Released by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 644 ft., sd., color. (A Color Rhapsody)

Credits: Director, Ub Iwerks; music, Eddie Kilfeather; music director, Joe De Nat. Technicolor.

BLACKMAIL. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 67 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, William J. O'Sullivan; director, Lesley Selander; original story, Robert Leslie Bellem; screenplay, Royal K. Cole; music director, Mort Glickman; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Cast: William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez, Grant Withers.

BLACKOUT. Released thru United Artists, c1940. 10 reels, sd. A British National film. Published in London under title "Contraband."

Credits: Producer, John Corfield; director, Michael Powell; original story and screenplay, Emeric Pressburger; scenario, Michael Powell, Brock Williams; music director, Muir Mathieson; photography, F. A. Young; editor, John Seabourne.

39Appl. author: British National Films, Ltd.

BLACKOUTS. SEE Bill and Coo.

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

BLANCHE FURY. Cineguild, Ltd., London, 1947. Released in the U. S. by Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1949. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 93 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the novel by Joseph Shearing.

Summary: A drama of greed, illicit love, and murder on an English estate in the early 19th century. Based on the famous Rush murder.

Credits: Producer, Anthony Havelock-Allan; director, Marc Allegret; screenplay, Audrey Lindop, Cecil McGivern; music score, Clifton Webb; music director, Muir Mathieson; editor, Jack Harris.

Cast: Stewart Granger, Valerie Hobson, Walter Fitzgerald, Michael Gouch, Maurice Denham.

THE BLANK WALL. SEE The Reckless Moment.

BLANKING SHEET METAL ON THE SQUARING SHEAR. Division of Visual Aids for War Training. 2 reels, sd.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

BLAZE OF NOON. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 91 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Ernest K. Gann.

Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, John Farrow; screenplay, Frank Wead, Arthur Sheekman; music score, Adolph Deutsch.

Cast: Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny Tufts, William Bendix, Sterling Hayden, Howard Da Silva.

BLAZING ACROSS THE PECOS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The Durango Kid helps a sheriff in foiling the efforts of a gambler to seize control of a western town.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark, director, Ray Nazarro; screenplay, Norman S. Hall; film editor, Richard Fantl.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Charles Wilson, Thomas Jackson, Patricia White.

BLAZING FRONTIER. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Sam Newfield; original story and screenplay, Patricia Harper; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BLAZING GUNS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Robert Tansey; original story and screenplay, Frances Kavanaugh; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Fred Bain.

BLAZING SIX SHOOTERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels.

Credits: Director, Joseph H. Lewis; original screenplay, Paul Franklin.

BLAZING THE WESTERN TRAIL. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 56 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Vernon Keays; original screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; film editor, Henry Batista.

THE BLAZING TRAIL. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 57 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western in which the Durango Kid unmasks the killer of a wealthy rancher.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; screenplay, Barry Shipman; editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Marjorie Stapp, Fred Sears, Steve Darrell.

BLESS 'EM ALL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BLI-BLIP. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BLIND ALLEY. SEE The Dark Past.

BLIND SPOT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 73 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a story by Barry Perowne.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, Robert Gordon; screenplay, Martin Goldsmith; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray, Sid Tomack.

BLIND WORKMEN IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY. John H. McAulay. Distributed by The National Society for the Blind, c1942. 1 reel.

BLITHE SPIRIT. Released through United Artists, c1945. 10 reels, sd., color. A Noel Coward-Cineguild production. A Two Cities film.

Credits: Producer, Noel Coward; director, David Lean; musical score, Richard Addinsell; music director, Muir Mathieson; photographer, Ronald Neame; cameraman, William McLeod; film editor, Jack Harris. Technicolor.

A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,667 ft., sd.

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

BLITZ WOLF. Loew's Inc., c1942. 897 ft., sd., color. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Tex Avery; story, Rich Hogan; animation, Ray Abrams, Irven Spence, Preston Blair, Ed Love; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

THE BLITZKISS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 2 reels, sd.

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

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

BLOCK BUSTERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1944. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Sam Katzman, Jack Dietz; director, Wallace Fox; original story and screenplay, Houston Branch; photographer, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Carl Pierson.

BLOCK PARTY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Screenliner, no. 2)

Summary: A Block Party on Mulberry Street in New York, with a religious parade, carnival, and side shows, re-creates the atmosphere of an Italian festival.

Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director, Victor D. Solow; written by Sumner Lyon; narrator, Ward Wilson; music, Nathaniel Shilkret; editor, Isaac Kleinerman.

BLOCK PARTY REVELS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

THE BLOCKED TRAIL. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. Based on the characters "The Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Elmer Clifton; original screenplay, John K. Butler, Jacquin Frank; music score, Mort Glickman; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, Edward Schroeder.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BLOCKING IN FOOTBALL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Collaborator, Andrew Kerr.

BLONDE ALIBI. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 7 reels, sd. Based on an original story by Gordon Kahn.

Credits: Producer, Ben Pivar; director, Will Jason; written for the screen by George Bricker; music director, Edgar Fairchild; cinematography, Maury Gertsman; film editor, Edwin Curtiss.

BLONDE AND GROOM. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Harry Edwards; story and screenplay, Harry Langdon.

BLONDE COMET. Producers Releasing Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, T. H. Richmond; director, William Beaudine; original story, Philip Juergens, Robin Daniels; screenplay, Martin Mooney; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

BLONDE FEVER. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a play by Ferenc Molnar.

Credits: Producer, William W. Wright; director, Richard Whorf; screenplay, Patricia Coleman; music score, Nathaniel Shilkret; film editor, George Hively.

BLONDE FOR A DAY. c1946. Presented by P.R.C. Pictures, Inc. 7 reels, sd., 35mm. Based upon original characters and story by Brett Halliday.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sam Newfield; screenplay, Fred Myton; music director, Leo Erdody; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

40BLONDE FROM BROOKLYN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, Del Lord; original screenplay, Erna Lazarus; film editor, Jerome Thoms.

THE BLONDE FROM SINGAPORE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Jack Fier; director, Edward Dmytryk; story, Houston Branch; screenplay, George Bricker; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Richard Fantl.

BLONDE ICE. Martin Mooney Productions, Inc., c1948. 74 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel "Once too Often," by Elwyn Whitman Chambers.

Summary: A newspaper woman turns to murder in her quest for money and power.

Credits: Producer, Martin Mooney; director, Jack Bernhard; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet; music, Irving Gertz; film editors, Jason H. Bernie, Douglas W. Bagier.

Cast: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks, Russ Vincent, Michael Whalen, James Griffith.

BLONDE INSPIRATION. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a play by John Cecil Holm.

Credits: Producer, B. P. Fineman; director, Busby Berkeley; screenplay, Marion Parsonnet; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Gene Ruggiero.

BLONDE RANSOM. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Gene Lewis; director, William Beaudine; original story, Robert T. Shannon; screenplay, M. Coates Webster; music director, Frank Skinner; film editor, Paul Landres.

BLONDE SAVAGE. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., for Ensign Productions of California, c1947, 62 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Lionel J. Toll; director, S. K. Seeley; original story and screenplay, Gordon Bache; music, Erdody; film editor, Paul Landres.

Cast: Leif Erickson, Gale Sherwood.

THE BLONDE STAYED ON. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 2 reels.

Credits: Directed and written by Harry Edwards.

BLONDES AND BLUNDERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

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

BLONDES AWAY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

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

Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger.

BLONDIE. SEE

Blondie for Victory.

Blondie Goes Latin.

Blondie Goes to College.

Blondie Has Servant Trouble.

Blondie Hits the Jackpot.

Blondie in the Dough.

Blondie Knows Best.

Blondie on a Budget.

Blondie Plays Cupid.

Blondie's Anniversary.

Blondie's Big Deal.

Blondie's Big Moment.

Blondie's Blessed Event.

Blondie's Holiday.

Blondie's Lucky Day.

Blondie's Reward.

Footlight Glamour.

It's a Great Life.

Leave It to Blondie.

Life with Blondie.

BLONDIE FOR VICTORY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 8 reels, sd. Based upon the comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sparks; director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Fay Kanin; screenplay, Karen DeWolf, Connie Lee; music, John Leipold; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Al Clark.

BLONDIE GOES LATIN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd. Based on the comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sparks; director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Quinn Martin; screenplay, Richard Flournoy, Karen De Wolf; music director, Morris Stoloff; film editor, Gene Havlick.

BLONDIE GOES TO COLLEGE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 8 reels, sd. Based upon the comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sparks; director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Warren Wilson, Clyde Bruckman; screenplay, Lou Breslow; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Otto Meyer.

BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd. Based on the comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sparks; director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Albert Duffy; screenplay, Richard Flournoy; music, Leigh Harline; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Gene Havlick.

BLONDIE HITS THE JACKPOT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 66 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Chic Young's "Blondie" comic.

Summary: A comedy about the firing and rehiring of Dagwood.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, Edwards Bernds; story and screenplay, Jack Henley; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Jerome Cowan.

BLONDIE IN SOCIETY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sparks; director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Eleanore Griffin; screenplay, Karen DeWolf; photography, Henry Freulich; film editor, Charles Nelson.

BLONDIE IN THE DOUGH. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 69 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Chic Young's "Blondie" comic.

Credits: Director, Abby Berlin; story, Arthur Marx; screenplay, Arthur Marx, Jack Henley; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Hugh Herbert.

BLONDIE KNOWS BEST. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd. Based on the comic strip "Blondie" created by Chic Young.

Credits: Director, Abby Berlin; story, Edward Bernds; screenplay, Edward Bernds, Al Martin; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

BLONDIE ON A BUDGET. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd. Based upon the comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Charles Molyneux Brown; screenplay, Richard Flournoy; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Gene Havlick.

BLONDIE PLAYS CUPID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd. Based on comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Director, Frank R. Strayer; story, Karen DeWolf, Charles M. Brown; screenplay, Richard Flournoy, Karen DeWolf; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Gene Milford.

BLONDIE'S ANNIVERSARY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 7 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Chic Young's "Blondie" comic.

Summary: Dagwood's boss, hoping to obtain a large building contract from the local bank president, asks Dagwood to deliver a watch as a gift to the president's secretary. Complications arise when Blondie mistakes the watch for her own anniversary present.

Credits: Director, Abby Berlin; original screenplay, Jack Henley; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Al Clark.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Daisy.

BLONDIE'S BIG DEAL. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Chic Young's "Blondie" comic.

Summary: Dagwood invents a fireproof paint and demonstrates it on his boss' summer home with sure-fire results.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, Edward Bernds; story and screenplay, Lucile Watson Henley; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Jerome Cowan.

BLONDIE'S BIG MOMENT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 63 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Chic Young's comic strip "Blondie."

Credits: Director, Abby Berlin; original screenplay, Connie Lee; director of music, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Jerome Thoms.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Anita Louise.

BLONDIE'S BLESSED EVENT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 8 reels, sd. Based upon the comic strip created by Chic Young.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sparks; director, Frank R. Strayer; screenplay, Connie Lee, Karen DeWolf, Richard Flournoy; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Charles Nelson.

41BLONDIE'S HOLIDAY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 67 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Chic Young's "Blondie" comic.

Credits: Producer, Burt Kelly; director, Abby Berlin; original screenplay, Constance Lee; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Jerome Thoms.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms.

BLONDIE'S LUCKY DAY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd. Based upon the comic strip "Blondie" created by Chic Young.

Credits: Director, Abby Berlin; original screenplay, Connie Lee; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

BLONDIE'S REWARD. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 7 reels, sd., b&w. 35mm. Based on Chic Young's "Blondie" comic.

Summary: A shaky real estate transaction turns out well for Dagwood.

Credits: Director, Abby Berlin; original screenplay, Edward Bernds; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Al Clark.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Daisy.

BLONDIE'S SECRET. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 68 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Complications involving office pranks, a robbery, and counterfeit money delay the Bumsteads' vacation.

Credits: Director, Edward Bernds; original screenplay, Jack Henley; film editor, Richard Fantl.

Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan, Jack Rice.

BLOOD AND SAND. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 11,227 ft., sd. Based on the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibanez.

Credits: Director, Rouben Mamoulian; screenplay, Jo Swerling; music director, Alfred Newman.

BLOOD ON HER SHOE. SEE The Girl Who Dared.

BLOOD ON THE MOON. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 88 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel, "Gunman's Chance," by Luke Short [pseud. of Frederick Dilley Glidden].

Summary: A Western in which a Texas cowpuncher settles a feud between cattlemen and homesteaders.

Credits: Producer, Theron Warth; director, Robert Wise; screenplay, Lillie Hayward; adaptation, Harold Shumate, Luke Short; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Samuel E. Beetley.

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter.

BLOOD ON THE SUN. Released through United Artists, c1945. 94 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From a story by Garrett Fort.

Credits: Producer, William Cagney; director, Frank Lloyd; screenplay, Lester Cole; music, Miklos Rozsa; film editors, Truman K. Wood, Walter Hannemann.

BLOOD PRESSURE. Presented by The Bureau of Aeronautics for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. sd.

Appl. author: James P. Prindle.

BLOSSOMS IN THE DUST. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color. A Mervyn LeRoy production.

Credits: Producer, Irving Asher; director, Mervyn LeRoy; story, Ralph Wheelwright; screenplay, Anita Loos; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, George Boemler. Technicolor.

BLOW, GABRIEL, BLOW. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BLOW THE MAN DOWN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. Presented by RCM Productions, Inc. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

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

BLOW THE WHISTLE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945, 1 reel, sd.

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

BLUE BARRON AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (A Paramount Headliner)

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

THE BLUE BIRD. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 7,426 ft., sd. Based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck.

Credits: Director, Walter Lang; screenplay, Ernest Pascal; music director, Alfred Newman.

THE BLUE DAHLIA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946, 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, John Houseman; director, George Marshall; screenplay, Raymond Chandler; music director, Victor Young.

THE BLUE DANUBE. Loew's Inc., c1939. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 666 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Hugh Harman; music, Johann Strauss; arranger, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

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

BLUE GRASS GENTLEMEN. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 1 reel, sd., color. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Tom Cummiskey; music score, L. deFrancesco; film editor, Arthur Lincer. Technicolor.

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

BLUE MOON. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

THE BLUE RIBBON LEADER. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A horse, having won a blue ribbon at the State Fair, is led into a Chevrolet high-rack truck, and driven safely and rapidly home.

BLUE SIERRA. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Robert Sisk; director, Fred M. Wilcox; original screenplay, Lionel Houser; music score, Scott Bradley, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig. Technicolor.

BLUE SKIES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 104 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on an original idea by Irving Berlin.

Credits: Producer, Sol C. Siegel; director, Stuart Heisler; screenplay, Arthur Sheekman; adaptation, Allan Scott; lyrics and music, Irving Berlin; director of music, Robert Emmett Dolan; editor, LeRoy Stone. Technicolor.

Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe, Olga San Juan.

THE BLUE STREAK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940, 1 reel, sd. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

BLUE WARRIORS OF THE PACIFIC. c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Director and photographer, Van Campen Heilner.

BLUE, WHITE AND PERFECT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 6,779 ft., sd. Based on the story by Borden Chase and the character "Michael Shayne," created by Brett Halliday.

Credits: Director, Herbert I. Leeds; screenplay, Samuel G. Engel; music director, Emil Newman.

BLUE WINNERS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Director, R. T. Erwin; narrator, Ted Husing.

BLUEBEARD. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Edgar G. Ulmer; original story, Arnold Phillips, Werner H. Furst; screenplay, Pierre Gendron.