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CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT ENTRIES

THE LORD'S WAY. General Church Welfare Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1950. 22 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Shows how the facilities of the Church Welfare Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have helped to teach the fundamental principles of work, thrift, and industry.

Credits: Producers and directors, Wetzel Whitaker, Eric Larson; story, Scott Whitaker, W. Cleon Skousen; narrator, Wendell Noble.

LOST IN PENN'S WOODS. Young America Films, Inc., 1949. Filmstrip, 46 frames, color, 35min.

Summary: The story of a young boy's search for his lost lamb is used to show the relationship between the Indians and the Quaker settlers in 1683.

Credits: Story, Margaret Bradfield; illustrator, Carl Guldburg.

LOVE AT THE FIRST BITE. Columbia Pictures Corp., 1950. 17 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Three Stooges comedy. Credits: Producer and director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Felix Adler; film editor. Edwin Bryant. Cast: The Three Stooges: Shemp, Larry and Moe.

LOVE HAPPY. Artists Alliance, Inc. Released by United Artists Corp., 1950. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The Marx Brothers in a slapstick comedy involving, a stolen sardine can containing smuggled diamonds, a hungry theatrical troupe, and a "private eye" who solves the case.

Credits: Producer, Lester Cowan; director, David Miller; story, Harpo Marx; screenplay, Frank Tashlin, Mac Benoff; music, Ann Ronell; orchestrations, Harry Geller; film editors, Basil Wrangell, Al Joseph. Cast: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Uona Massey, Vera-Ellen.

©Artists Alliance, Inc.; 3Mar50 (in notice: 1949); LP2937.

Summary: A satire about the people who work in the movies .

LUCKY LOSERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., 1950. 70 min., sd., b&w. 35mm.

Summary: A slapstick comedy in which the Bowery Boys, disguised as gamblers, obtain the evidence necessary to convict a murderer.

Credits: Producer, Jan Grippo; director, William Beaudine; screenplay, Charles R. Marion; additional dialogue, Bert Lawrence; music director, Edward J. Kay; editors, Otho Levering, William Austin. Cast : Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Hillary Brooke, Gabriel Dell. Lyle Talbot.

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MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN. Universal Pictures Company. Inc., 1949. 79 min., sd., b&w. 35mm.

Summary: Ma and Pa Kettle, on a visit to New York as contest winners, discover after much confusion that the man they left in charge of their 15 children is a bank robber and the bag they were to deliver contains his loot.

Credits: Producer, Leonard Goldstein; director, Charles Lament; story and screenplay, Martin Ragaway, Leonard Stern; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Russell Schoengarth. Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall. Gregg Martell.

MacARTHUR'S JAPAN. MP4874. SEE March of Time. v. 15. no. 11.

MACHINE SEWING. Key Productions. Inc., for the Singer Manufacturing Co., 1950. Filmstrips, b&w, 35min. © The Singer Manufacturing Co.

[1] Instructions for Using the Type 66 Machine. 42 frames. © 10Apr50;

JP106.

[2] Instructions for Using the Type 15-91 Machine. 42 frames. © 10Apr50; JP107.

MACHINES DO WORK. Young America Films. Inc., 1949. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm.

Summary: Discusses the use of the lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and pulley; illustrates how machines help make our work easier. For elementary school science classes.

Credits: Advisers, Gerald S. Craig, Helen Warrin.

THE MAGIC LADY. Telemount Pictures, Inc., 1949. 9 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A television film in which the Magic Lady demonstrates magic rings and the Hindu rope trick.

THE MAGIC SKIN. Ace Pictures. Inc., 1950. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary; A moving dream brings a desperate young man to the realization that material things are valueless if love and friendship are lost.

Credits: Producer, George Moskov; director. Lewis D. Collins; screenplay, Don Martin.

Summary: An explanation of the Frigidaire security sales plan.

MAKING ATOMIC ENERGY HELP MANKIND. (Teach-O-Filmstrip) Popular Science Publishing Co., 1950. Developed in cooperation with Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and Radio Isotope Unit, Radio Therapy Dept., Veteran's Administration Hospital. Filmstrip, 43 frames, b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows how atomic energy in radioactive isotopes can be used in medical treatment and scientific research. Emphasizes that atomic energy can be made to improve life instead of destroying it.

MAKING SENSE WITH SENTENCES. Coronet, 1950. 11 min., sd., b&w. 16mm.

Summary: Illustrates the importance of using complete sentences which express ideas clearly.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Viola Theman.

THE MALE LOOK. MP 104 SEE The March of Time, v. 16, no. 2.

A MAN ABOUT A DOG. SEE The Hidden Room. LP2907.

THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER. A & T Film Productions, Inc. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1949. 97 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on Georges Simenon's novel, "La tête d'un homme."

Summary; The streets, cafes, parks, and boulevards of Paris are the scenes of a grim battle of nerves between a shrewd but phlegmatic police inspector and a psychopathic killer.

Credits: Producer, Irving Allen; director. Burgess Meredith; screenplay, Harry Brown; music director, C. Baka- leinikoff; music, Michel Michelet; film editor, Louis H. Sackin. Cast: Charles Laughton. Franchot Tone. Burgess Meredith. Robert Button. Jean Wallace.

MAN ON THE RUN. Associated British Picture Corp., Ltd., London. Released in the U. S. through Stratford Pictures Corp., 1950. 82 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A hunted British Army deserter, cleared of complicity in a holdup-murder, returns to Germany to complete his Army term in order to regain his self-respect.

Credits; Producer, Gerry Mitchell; director and author of screenplay, Lawrence Huntington; music, Philip Green; music or orchestra conducted by Louis Levy; film editor, Monica Kimick. Cast : Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins. Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey. John Bailey.

MAN'S USE OF POWER. JP129. SEE Matter and Energy.

Volume 15.

11. MacArthur's Japan. Summary: An account of the results of American occupation in Japan, showing the new status of women, the land reforms, new methods of education. General MacArthur's efforts in behalf of the American people to stem Communism in Japan, and how the Japanese are encouraged to govern themselves. Includes pictures of the Japanese Imperial Family in informal poses. © 11Nov49; MP4874.
12. A Chance To Live. Traces the early organization and growth of the Boy's Republic of Santa Marinella, Italy. Shows how the "Shoeshine Hotel," which was organized by an Irish priest, has grown into a community governed in democratic fashion by the homeless boys themselves. © 23Dec49; MP5052.

Volume 16.

1. Mid-Century: Half Way to Where? Examines the present state of the world, with glances backward and to the future, emphasizing that the United Nations is the only hope for a lasting peace. Prominent personalities who present their views on the future include General Omar Bradley, Winston Churchill, Britain's Herbert Read. Britain's Communist chief Harry Pollitt, CIO leader Walter Reuther, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, BCA chairman David Sarnoff and French philosopher Jacques Maritain. © 17Mar50; MP97.
2. The Male Look. Portrays women's influence on mens' clothing. Includes scenes of men's-wear shops in New

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