MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS
An alphabetical list under title of complete entries of the motion pictures and film-strips which were registered for copyright during the period covered by this catalog.
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ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN.
Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1949. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Abbott and Costello encounter Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man.
Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director. Charles T. Barton; screenplay, Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant; film editor, Frank Gross. Cast : Bud Abbott. Lou Costello, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc. ; 8Sep49 (in notice: 1948); LP2719.
ACT YOUR AGE: EMOTIONAL MATURITY.
Coronet, 1949. 14 min., sd. , b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Depicts various forms of emotional immaturity, showing how they continue into adolescence. The film offers a method of self-evaluation to help students overcome the social handicaps that come with the inability to "grow up." For junior and senior high school, college, and adult groups.
Credits: Educational collaborator, Wendell W. Wright.
© David A. Smart; 22Dec49; MP114.
ADULT EDUCATION SERIES.
Filmstrips in this series, produced by A. E. Films, are entered separately under their respective titles.
THE ADVENTURES OF SIR GALAHAD.
Columbia Pictures Corp. 2 reels each, sd., b&w, 35mm. © Columbia Pictures Corp.
Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director. Spencer Bennet; screenplay, George H. Plympton, Lewis Clay, David Mathews; film editor, Earl Turner, Dwight Caldwell.
- 2. © 29Dec49; LP2755.
- 3. Prisoners of Ulric. © 5Jan50; LP2767.
- 5. Galahad to the Rescue. © 19Jan50; LP2768.
- 6. Passage of Peril. © 17Jan50; LP2839.
- 7. Unknown Betrayer. © 24Jan50; LP2840.
- 8. Perilous Adventure. © 31Jan50; LP2884.
- 9. Treacherous Magic. © 7Feb50; LP2841.
- 10. The Sorcerer's Spell. © 14Feb50; LP2842.
- 11. Valley of No Return. © 21Feb50; LP2883.
- 12. Castle Perilous. © 28Feb50; LP2885.
- 13. The Wizard's Vengeance. ® 6Mar50; LP2889.
- 14. Quest for the Queen. © 14Mar50; LP2915.
- 15. Galahad's Triumph. ©21Mar50; LP2916.
AESOP'S FABLE—FOILING THE FOX.
(Terrytoon) Terrytoons, Inc. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,1950. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Connie Rasinski; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 11Mar50; LP2961.
AFRICA SCREAMS.
Nassour Studios, Inc. Released through United Artists Corp., 1949. 80 min., sd., b&w. 35mm.
Summary: A slapstick comedy in which Abbott and Costello penetrate darkest Africa.
Credits: Producer, Edward Nassour; director. Charles Barton; story and screenplay. Earl Baldwin; music. Walter Schumann; film editor, David Gross.
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Max Baer.
© Nasbro Pictures, Inc.; 27May49; LP2771.
AGE OF DISCOVERY: SPANISH & PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION.
Coronet. 1950. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Describes the achievements of 15th century Spanish and Portuguese explorers, including Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and the Conquistadores.
Credits: Educational collaborator, George I. Sanchez.
© David A. Smart; 13Mar50; MP199.
AGGRESSIVE SELLING SERIES.
Filmstrips in this series, produced by Rocket Pictures, Inc., are entered separately under their respective titles.
AIR HOSTESS.
Columbia Pictures Corp., 1949. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: The experiences of three young women attending a training school for airline hostesses.
Credits: producer, Wallace McDonald; director. Lew Landers; story, Louise Rousseau; screenplay, Robert Libott, Frank Burt; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor. James Sweeney.
Cast : Gloria Henry, Ross Ford, Audrey Long, Marjorie Lord, William Wright. © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 25Aug49; LP103.
ALBERT IN BLUNDERLAND.
John Sutherland Productions, Inc., 1950. 10 min., sd., color, 16mm.
Summary : An animated cartoon in which life in an ant colony is used to interpret the importance of freedom and justice in American labor.
© Harding College; 3Jan50; MP5112.
ALL I CAN DO.
Wilding Picture Productions, Inc., for Coopers. Inc. , 1949. 24 min., sd., b&w. 16mm.
Summary: A training film designed to show salesmen the proper methods of retailing men's wear, with emphasis on Cooper Jockey merchandise. Stresses four points in selling: attention, interest, conviction, and desire.
Credits: Director, Edward Grabill; story, Albert L. Weeks; film editor, John Cook.
© Coopers. Inc.; 16Dec49; LP2796.
ALL STAR COMEDY.
Motion pictures in this series, produced by Columbia Pictures Corp., are entered separately under their respective titles.
ALL THE KING'S MEN.
Columbia Pictures Corp., 1950. 109 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Robert Penn Warren's novel of the same title.
Summary: It can happen here is the theme of this story of the rise and fall of an American dictator, governor of a Southern state, who comes to believe that every man has his price and that the end justifies the means.
Credits: Producer, Shirley Miller; director and author of screenplay, Robert Rossen; music director, Morris Stoloff; music, Louis Gruenberg; film editor, Al Clark. Cast: Broderick Crawford. Joanne Dru, John Ireland. John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 5Jan50; LP2764.
ALPINE CHAMPIONS. (Sports Parade)
Vitaphone Corp., 1950. A Warner Bros, short subject. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Summary: Scenes of Alpine climbers attempting to climb the snow-crested heights of Mount Blanc.
Credits: Written by Charles L. Tedford; narrator. Art Gilmore.
© The Vitaphone Corp. ; 29May50; MP140.
ALWAYS HOT.
Jam Handy Organization, Inc. , for Hotpoint. Inc. © 1950. Film- strip, 68 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Demonstrates the features of the Hotpoint water heater.
©Hotpoint, Inc.; © 19Jun50; JU6468.
THE AMAZING MR. BEECHAM.
Two Cities Films, Ltd., London. 1949. Released in U. S. by Eagle Lion Films, Inc., 1950. 86 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Released in England under the title, "The Chiltern Hundreds. "Based on William Douglas Home's play. "The Chiltern Hundreds."
Summary: The present-day British political scene is satirized in this comedy about a parliamentary by-election in which a young nobleman is defeated by his own butler.
Credits: Producer, George H. Brown; director, John Paddy Carstairs; screenplay, William Douglas Home, Patrick Kirwan; music, Benjamin Frankel; film editor, George Clark. Cast : Cecil Parker, A. E. Matthews, David Tomlinson, Lana Morris, Marjorie Fielding.
© Two Cities Films, Ltd.; 3Feb50; LP2964.
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