MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS
HANDS TELL THE STORY. © The Vitaphone Corp.; 15Mar50; MP5053.
H'ANT IT AWFUL. Tele-Movie Pictures Inc., 1950. 12 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: A slapstick comedy concerning the adventures of a group of children in a haunted house.
Credits: Producer, director, and author of screenplay. Rick Williams.
© Tele-Movie Pictures Inc.; 1Apr50; LP32.
THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE.
Individual Pictures, Ltd., London.
A Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat production. Released in the U. S. by London
Film Productions, Inc., 1950. 81 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on John Dighton's
play of the same title.
Summary: Confusion triumphs when, by mistake, the British Ministry of Education billets a girl's school at a boy's college.
Credits: Producer and director, Frank Launder; screenplay, Frank Launder, John Dighton; film editor, Oswald Hafenrichter. Cast : Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Grenfell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Aked.
© London Film Productions, Inc.; 10Jan50; LP151.
THE HAPPY YEARS. Loew's Inc, 1950.
An MGM picture.110mnin., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on "The Lawrenceville
School Stories" by Owen Johnson.
Summary: The humorous story of a defiant young boy who, with the help of an understanding head master, finds himself.
Credits: Producer, Carey Wilson; director, William A. Wellman; screenplay, Harry Ruskin; music, Leigh Harline; film editor, John Dunning. Cast: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore.
© Loew's Inc.; 24May50; LP133.
HARBOR LADY. (Screenliner, no. 5) RKO
Pathe, Inc., 1949. 8 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: Presents the activities of the 238-ton tugboat "Grace Moran, "showing life aboard, communication with shore headquarters, and the part the tug plays in helping the "Queen Elizabeth" reach her pier.
Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director and photographer, William Deeke; narrator, Andre Baruch; music, Clare Grundman; editor, Isaac Kleinerman.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 30Dec49; MP5108.
HARBOR OF MISSING MEN. Republic
Productions, Inc., 1950. 60 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Moved by the friendship of an industrious sponge-fisher family, a Florida fishing boat captain who is engaged in diamond-smuggling decides to reform.
Credits: Associate producer, Sidney Picker; director, R. G. Springsteen; screenplay, John K. Butler; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Arthur Roberts.
Cast: Richard Denning, Barbra Fuller, Steven Geray, Aline Towne, Percy Helton.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 31Mar50; LP14.
THE HASTY HEART. Warner Brothers
Pictures, Inc., 1950. 99 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. Based on the play of the same title
by John Patrick.
Summary: Five men in a Burmese hospital teach a dying Scottish soldier, embittered by an unhappy childhood, the meaning of friendship.
Credits: Director, Vincent Sherman; screenplay, Ranald MacDougall; music director, Louis Levy; film editor, E. B. Jarvis. Cast: Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd, Anthony NichoUs, Howard Crawford.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 14Jan50 (in notice: 1949); LP2929.
HAT TACTICS. Brett Ours Drager.
© 1950. 6,000 ft., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Demonstrates the various steps taken in the making of hats. Photographed in Manila, using an Oriental background.
© Brett Ours Drager; title, descr., & 9 prints. 3Apr50; MU5139.
HE WHO IS GREATEST. Jam Handy
Organization, Inc., for The Evangelical
United Brethren Church. © 1950. Filmstrip, 65 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Explains the role of the church in the community.
© The Evangelical United Brethren Church; 1c 2Feb50; JU6168.
HEADLINE NEWS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc., for Chevrolet Motor Division,
General Motors Corp. © 1950. Filmstrip, 35 frames, b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Presents the new Chevrolet and its concentric bowl carburetor.
© Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp.; 1c 2Feb50; JU6166.
HEARTBEAT. General Television Enterprises, Inc., 1950. 2 reels, sd., b&w,
16mm. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short
story "The Telltale Heart."
Summary: The insistent beat of a murdered man's heart drives his insane murderer to reveal his guilt.
Credits; Producer, director, and author of screenplay, Frank Wisbar; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.
© General Television Enterprises, Inc.; 15Apr5 (in notice: 1949); LP45.
HEAT ENERGY AND PROPERTIES OF
MATTER. JU6462. SEE The Fundamentals of Refrigeration, No. 1.
HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK COMPARISON:
CHEVROLET VS. FORD AND DODGE.
Pts. 1-2. Jam Handy Organization, Inc.,
for Chevrolet Motor Division, General
Motors Corp. © 1950. Filmstrip,
114 frames, b&w, 35mm.
© Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp.; 1c 2Feb50; JU6181.
HECKLE AND JECKLE, THE TALKING
MAGPIES, IN A MERRY CHASE. (Terrytoon) Terrytoons, Inc. Distributed by
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 1950.
7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.
© Terrytoons. Inc.; 21Feb50; LP2962.
HECKLE AND JECKLE, THE TALKING
MAGPIES, IN DANCING SHOES. (Terrytoon) Terrytoons, Inc. Distributed by
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 1949.
7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 1Dec49; LP2960.
HECKLE AND JECKLE, THE TALKING
MAGPIES, IN THE FOX HUNT. (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.; 17Feb50 (in notice: 1949); LP96.
THE HEIRESS. Paramount Pictures Inc.,
1949. 115 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based
on Henry James' novel, "Washington
Square."
Summary: A rich but homely girl achieves a lonely triumph over both her stern father, who shattered her illusions, and a fortune- hunting suitor, who jilted her. Setting, New York in 1850.
Credits: Producer and director, William Wyler; written for the screen by Ruth and Augustus Goetz from their play, "The Heiress"; music. Aaron Copland; film editor. William Hornbeck. Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift. Ralph Richardson. Miriam Hopkins. Mona Free- man.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 28Dec49; LP2725.
HERBERT. Helen Alfaretta Schane, 1949.
Filmstrip. 27 frames, color, 35mm.
Summary: The adventures of a little boy and his imaginary playmate, a yellow tiger.
Credits: Story, Helen A. Schane; illustrations, George Fisher,
©Helen A. Schane; 15Nov49; JP6067.
HERITAGE OF THE MAYA. Presented
by the editors of Life, 1949. Filmstrip,
44 frames, color, 35mm. Prepared
from the photographic essay, "The Maya,"
which appeared in Life magazine and which
was based on the book "The Ancient Maya"
by Dr. Sylvanus Griswold Morley.
Summary: Compares the advanced culture of the ancient Mayas with the simple life of the Maya-speaking Indians of today. Credits: Technical production by Science Pictures, Inc.; photographs by Dmitri Kessel.
© Time Inc.; 20Dec49; AA148523.
HE'S GONE AWAY. Ace Pictures, Inc.,
1950. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: A young American girl rejoices when her faith in her absent French lover is justified by his return to America to fight for the Colonies.
Credits: Producer, Louis Brandt; director, Lewis D. Collins; screenplay. Lewis Allan; film editor, Henry Adams.
© General Television Enterprises. Inc.; 15Apr50 (in notice: 1949); LP39.
THE HIDDEN ROOM. Independent Sovereign
Films. Ltd.. London. 1949. Released in
U.S. by Eagle Lion Films. Inc.. 1950.
98min., sd., b&w. 35mm. Previously
entitled, "Obsession, " Based on Alec Coppel's novel, "A Man About a Dog."
Summary: The jealous husband of a wayward wife decides to even the score by murdering her current lover in a particularly grisly fashion.
Credits: Producer. H. A. Bronsten; director. Edward Dmjrtryk; screenplay. Alec Coppel; music. Nino Rota; conductor. Louis Levy; film editor, Lito Carruthers. Cast : Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Naunton Wayne. Phil Brown, Ronald Adam.
© Independent Sovereign Films, Ltd.; 10Feb50 (in notice: 1949); LP2907.
HIGH AND DIZZY. (Leon Errol, no. 3)
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1950. 17 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.
Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay. Earl Baldwin; film editor. Edward W. Williams. Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Betty Underwood, Willie Best, Mario Dwyer.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 17Feb50; LP2939.
HIGHLIGHTS OF LONG AGO. (Songs of
America) Attwood Productions, Inc.
Released through United Artists Corp.,
1950. 9min., sd., b&w, 35mm,
Summary: Presents the songs "Go Down Moses" and "Let the Church Roll On."
Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder; vocal arrangements. Jester J. Hairston.
© Attwood Productions, Inc.; 9Jun50 (in notice: 1949); LP166.
HILLS OF OKLAHOMA. Republic Productions. Inc.. 1950. 67 min., sd., b&w,
35mm.
Summary: When the owner of a local railroad line proposes to charge exorbitant fees for loading cattle. Rocky Lane, head of the Cattlemen's Association, arranges a cattle drive to a distant main line railroad.
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