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MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS

MY FOOLISH HEART. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., 1949. 98 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut," a story by J. D. Salinger.

Summary: Having vainly tried to escape in drink from an unhappy marriage and the memory of a tragic love affair, a young woman decides to begin life anew with her child.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Mark Robson; screenplay, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein; music director, Emil Newman; music, Victor Young; film editor, Daniel Mandell.

Cast: Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Lois Wheeler, Jessie Royce Landis.

MY FRIEND IRMA GOES WEST. Wallis-Hazen, Inc. Released by Paramount Pictures Corp., 1950. 10 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The irresponsible Irma and her friends, hopefully en route to Hollywood, encounter trouble in Las Vegas when Irma runs afoul of a gambling casino owner. Sequel to "My Friend Irma."

Credits: Producer, Hal B. Wallis; director, Hal Walker; screenplay, Cy Howard, Parke Levy. Cast: Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, John Lund.

MY LIFE. Gustav Machaty Productions. Released by Pix Distributing Corp., 1949. 66 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Released in 1950 under the title "My Ecstasy." Adopted from the film "Extase" produced in Czechoslovakia in 1933 by Elekta Film Slavia.

Summary: A young woman's second marriage brings her the happiness she vainly sought with her first husband. Credits: Producer, director, and author of screenplay, Gustav Machaty; narrator, Joy Williams; music, G. Becce; film editor, John L. Link. Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Z. Rogoz, Leopold Kramer.

MY OLD MAN. SEE Under My Skin. LP97.

MY PAL. Motion pictures in this series, produced by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., are entered separately under their respective titles.

MYSTERY STREET. Loew's Inc, 1950. An MGM picture. 93 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Working with the skeleton of a murdered young woman. Harvard University's Department of Legal Medicine uncovers information that leads to the arrest of the murderer.

Credits: Producer, Frank E. Taylor; director, John Sturges; story, Leonard Spigelgass; screenplay, Sydney Boehm, Richard Brooks; music, Rudolph G. Kopp; film editor, Ferris Webster. Cast : Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson.

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NANCY GOES TO RIO. Loew's Inc., 1950. An MGM picture. 99 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: A musical comedy which exploits a case of misunderstanding involving a successful actress, her young daughter who aspires to a stage, career, and a business man with whom both fall in love. Setting, Rio de Janeiro.

Credits; Producer, Joe Pasternak; director, Robert Z. Leonard; story, Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, Ralph Block; screenplay, Sidney Sheldon; music director, Georgie StoU; film editor, Adrienne Fazan. Cast: Ann Sothern, Jane Powell, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern.

NATIONAL INCOME. Pts. 1-2. A Transfilm production for McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1950. Filmstrips; pt. 1, 42 frames; pt. 2, 42 frames; b&w, 35mm. Correlated with Paul A. Samuelson's textbook "Economics, an Introductory Analysis."

Summary: Explains the meaning of national income and discusses the relationship between gross national product, net national product, and national income. Second and third in a series on economics for college classes.

Credits: Technical adviser, Paul A. Samuelson.

A NATION'S MEAT. Pat Dowling Pictures for Swift & Company, 1950. 26 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Traces the steps in the raising of livestock and the preparation and distribution of meat. Emphasizes how a large meat packing concern brings together the producers of livestock and consumers of meat.

NATURE STUDY ILLUSTRATED. Long Filmslide Service, 1947. Filmstrips, b&w, 35mm. © Gayle Pickwell.

Credits: Author, Gayle Pickwell.

Bills and Feet of Birds. 40 frames. Summary: Pictures the bills and feet of scavengers and other birds and shows how the bills and feet of various birds are used in securing food. © 9Jul47; JP143.
Bird Studies from Coast to Coast. 43 frames. Summary: Bird life in the United States, with emphasis on nesting habits . © 9Jul47; JP139.
Birds and Their Nests. 37 frames. Summary: Pictures the nests of a number of North American birds. © 9Jul47; JP138.
Bug-Eating and Blossom- Eating Lizards. 39 frames. Summary: Many North American lizards in their native habitats. © 9Jul47; JP142.
How Animals Get Air. 38 frames. Summary: Explains how various land and water animals breathe. © 9Jul47; JP141.
How Animals Get Food. 45 frames. Summary; Shows eating habits of various North American insects, reptiles, and mammals. © 9Jul47; JP144.
How Animals Protect Themselves. 41 frames. Summary: Illustrates the different ways in which various types of animals protect themselves from their enemies. © 9Jul47; JP140.

NEVADA TRAIL. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1949. 23 min., sd., b&w. 35mm.

Summary: A musical Western. Credits: "Producer and director. Will Cowan; screenplay, Ande Lamb; music arranged and conducted by Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Russell Schoengarth.

Cast: "Tex" Williams. "Smokey" Rogers. "Deuce" Spriggens. Donna Martell.

THE NEVADAN. A Scott-Brown Production. Released by Columbia Pictures Corp., 1950. 81 min., sd., color. 35mm.

Summary: To capture a bank-robber and recover his well-hidden loot, a U. S. marshal becomes the partner of his unsuspecting quarry.

Credits; Producer, Harry Joe Brown; director, Gordon Douglas; story and screenplay, George W. George, George E. Slavin; film editor, Richard Fantl. Cast : Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker, Frank Faylen, George Macready.

NEVER FEAR. The Filmakers. Released by Eagle Lion Films, Inc., 1949. 81 min. . sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A semi-documentary drama about a young dancer who, after being stricken with infantile paralysis, progresses step by step to physical and emotional rehabilitation through modern therapy at the Kabat-Kaiser Institute in Santa Monica.

Credits: Producer, Collier Young; director. Ida Lupino; screenplay, Ida Lupino, Collier Young; music, Leith Stevens; film editors, William H. Ziegler, Harvey Manger. Cast: Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle. Hugh O'Brian. Eve Miller, Lawrence Dobkin.

THE NEW CALIFORNIA. Time Inc., for the Bank of America, 1948. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Depicts the recent economic growth of California, emphasizing the part that branch banking has played in the development of the state's industrial and agricultural enterprises.

NEW ENGLAND: BACKGROUND OF LITERATURE. Coronet, 1950. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Relates the literature of New England to the physical and social background of the region. Presents some of the writings of the leading 19th century authors, including Bryant. Whittier. Emerson, Longfellow, Thoreau, and Hawthorne. For junior and senior high school, college, and adult groups.

Credits: Educational collaborator. J. Paul Leonard.

THE NEW FORT AT CHEKAGOU. Young America Films, Inc., 1950. Filmstrip, 48 frames, color, 35mm.

Summary: Presents the life of a frontier family, showing scenes of the soldiers at Fort Dearborn, the men at the trading post, and the friendly Indians. Setting, Chicago in 1819,

Credits: Author, Margaret Bradfield; illustrated by Margaret Bradfield & Associates.

A NEW YEAR'S GIFT FROM GENERAL JACKSON. Young America Films, Inc. . 1950. Filmstrip, 48 frames, color, 35mm.

Summary: When, in 1814, a New Orleans boy steals a ride to General Jackson's camp in order to see his father, the General rewards him by allowing his father to return home for the New Year holiday. Includes scenes of life in New Orleans at the time.

Credits: Author, Margaret Bradfield; written by Camilla Best; illustrator, Carlos Lopez.

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