screenplay, Olive Cooper, Lawrence Kimble; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; editor, Les Millbrook.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 12Jun46; LP435.
A BAND IS BORN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 895 ft., sd. (Famous
Bands, no. 2)
Credits: Director, Ted Lloyd; story, George B. Evans; narrator, Alan
Courtney; cameramen, George Hinners, Edward Hyland; editor, Harry
Glass.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 23Oct42; MP13428.
THE BAND PLAYED ON. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 22Sep41; MP11589.
THE BAND PLAYED ON. SEE Syncopation.
BANDIT KING OF TEXAS. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Rocky Lane outwits a gang of murdering racketeers who
operate on the western frontier.
Credits: Associate producer, Gordon Kay; director, Fred C. Brannon;
written by Olive Cooper; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Irving
M. Schoenberg.
Cast: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller, Helene Stanley, Jim Nolan,
Harry Lauter.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 17Aug49; LP2508.
THE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 9
reels, sd. Based upon the novel "Son of Robin Hood" by Paul A.
Castleton.
Credits: Producers, Leonard S. Picker, Clifford Sanforth; directors,
George Sherman, Henry Levin; story, Paul A. Castleton, Wilfrid H.
Pettitt; screenplay, Wilfrid H. Pettitt, Melvin Levy; music score,
Hugo Friedhofer; music direction, M. W. Stoloff.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 21Feb46; LP119.
BANDIT RANGER. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 56 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Lesley Selander; story,
Bennett R. Cohen; original screenplay, Bennett R. Cohen, Morton
Grant; music director, Paul Sawtell; editor, Les Millbrook.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 25Sep42; LP11729.
THE BANDIT TRAIL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 60 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Edward Killy; story,
Arthur T. Horman; screenplay, Norton S. Parker; music director, Paul
Sawtell; editor, Frederic Knudtson.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 6Oct41; LP10744.
BANDITS AND BALLADS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1939. 17 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Lou Brock; story, Hal
Yates, Lou Brock; photography, Harry Wild; film editor, Les
Millbrook.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 29Dec39; LP9359.
BANDITS OF DARK CANYON. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 59 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Allan "Rocky" Lane, as a Texas ranger, helps to establish
the innocence of a former gold miner convicted of murder.
Credits: Associate producer, Gordon Kay; director, Philip Ford;
original screenplay, Bob Williams; music director, Mort Glickman;
film editor, Les Orlebeck.
Cast: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Black Jack, Bob Steele.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 7Jan48; LP1484.
BANDITS OF EL DORADO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 6 reels, sd.,
b&w, 35mm.
Summary; A Western in which an undercover agent poses as a killer in
order to trap a gang of notorious criminals.
Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; written by
Barry Shipman; film editor, Paul Borofsky.
Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, George L. Lewis, Fred
Sears, John Dehner.
© Columbia Pictures Corp.; 30Sep49; LP2541.
BANDITS OF THE BADLANDS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6
reels, sd.
Credits: Associate producer, Bennett Cohen; director, Thomas Carr;
original screenplay, Doris Schroeder; music director, Richard
Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, Arthur Roberts.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 17Aug45; LP13495.
THE BANDMASTER. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Walter Lantz Cartune)
Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Webb Smith.
© Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.; 19Dec47; MP2900.
BANDS ACROSS THE SEA. The Vitaphone Corp, c1945. 10 min., sd. (Melody
Masters Bands)
Credits: Narrator, Truman Bradley; photography, U. S. Armed Forces.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 19Jun45; MP16037.
THE BANDWAGON. SEE Dancing in the Dark.
BANJO. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 68 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Credits: Produced and written by Lillie Hayward; director, Richard
O. Fleischer; music, Alexander Laszlo; music director, C.
Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Les Millbrook.
Cast: Sharyn Moffett, Jacqueline White, Walter Reed, Una O'Connor,
"Banjo."
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 23Apr47; LP987.
BANJO MANIA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 5Oct42; LP13077.
BANJO MEDLEY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 21Aug44; MP15118.
THE BANK DICK. c1940. Presented by Universal Studios. 8 reels, sd.
Credits: Director, Edward Cline; original screenplay, Mahatma Kane
Jeeves; music director, Charles Previn; photography, Milton Krasner;
film editor, Arthur Hilton.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 29Nov40; LP10080.
BANK OF KNOWLEDGE. Bank of Knowledge Distributing Co., c1948. 2 min.,
sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary; A trailer which advertises a quiz game for theatre
audiences.
© Bank of Knowledge Distributing Co.; 28Apr48; MP3123.
BANK OF LOVE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 3May43; MP13534.
BANKS AND CREDIT. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Shows the nature and activities of a commercial bank;
defines credit, showing how it is created, transferred, and put to
work by the bank to serve the needs of the community; and
illustrates how deposits help supply the funds which enable the bank
to fulfill its function.
Credits: Educational collaborator, James Harvey Dodd.
© Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc.; 17Jun48;
MP3708.
BANNISTER'S BANTERING BABIES. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 10 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. Warner Bros.
Summary: Constance Bannister, photographer of children, is shown at
work.
Credits: Director, Constance Bannister; written by Charles L.
Tedford; narrator, Art Gilmore.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 27Nov48; MP3608.
BANQUET BUSTERS. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff;
animation, Les Kline, Pat Matthews; music, Darrell Calker.
© Walter Lantz Productions, Inc.; 12Mar48 MP2800.
BANQUET OF MELODY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 2 reels, sd.
Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; music director, Milton
Rosen; orchestrations, Loyd Akridge; film editor, Ray Snyder.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 9Apr46; LP247.
BAR BABBLE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 23Aug43; MP13852.
BAR BUCKAROOS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 16 min., sd.
Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Lloyd French; story, Lloyd
French; film editor, John Lockert.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 8Nov40; LP10057.
BAR 20. Released thru United Artists Corp., c1943. Presented by Harry
Sherman Productions. 6 reels, sd. Based on characters created by
Clarence E. Mulford.
Credits: Producer, Harry Sherman; director, Lesley Selander;
screenplay, Morton Grant, Norman Houston, Michael Wilson; music
direction, Irvin Talbot; photography, Russell Harlan; editor, Carrol
Lewis.
© United Artists Productions, Inc.; 1Jun43; LP12252.
BARBARY COAST GENT. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 9 reels, sd., b&w. Based on an original story
by William R. Lipman and Grant Garrett.
Credits: Producer, Orville O. Dull; director, Roy Del Ruth;
screenplay, William R. Lipman, Grant Garrett, Harry Ruskin; music
score, David Snell; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.
© Loew's Inc.; 1Aug44; LP181.
BARBEE-CUES. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 977
ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty)
Credits: Director, Will Jason; original story and screenplay, Joe
Ansen; film editor, Philip Anderson.
© Loew's Inc.; 27May42; MP12627.
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd.,
color. (A Walt Lantz Cartune)
Credits: Director, James Culhane; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt
Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Les Kline; music, Darrell
Calker. Technicolor.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc. & Walter Lantz Productions; 31Mar44;
MP14708.
BARBER'S ITCH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; c1943. 1
reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 2Apr43; MP13436.
BARBERSHOP BALLADS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd.
(Featurette)
Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, Jack Scholl.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 1Oct45; LP13503.
THE BAREFOOT JUDGE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.
(Person Oddity, no. 129)
Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; narrator, Larry
Elliott.
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 4Feb44; MP14558.
BARGAIN COUNTER ATTACK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 1 reel.
Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Bill Turner, Otto Messmer.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 11Jan46; LP279.
BARKING DOGS DON'T FITE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd.,
color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)
Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Carl Meyer, Jack Mercer;
animation, Tom Johnson, John Gentiella; music, Winston Sharples.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 28Oct49; LP2606.
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY. Loew's Inc., c1949. 108 min., sd., color,
35mm. An MGM picture.
Summary: A musical comedy about show business and show people,
featuring a musical comedy star who, unknowingly coached by her
disguised husband, becomes a successful dramatic actress.
Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Charles Walters; original
screenplay, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; music, Harry Warren; music
director, Lennie Hayton; film editor, Albert Akst.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale
Robbins.
© Loew's Inc.; 15Mar49 (in notice: 1948); LP2204.
BARN DANCE FROLICS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1941. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 8Dec41; MP11915.
BARNACLE BILL. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
10 reels, sd., b&w. Based on an original story by Jack Jevne.
Credits: Producer, Milton Bren; director, Richard Thorpe;
screenplay, Jack Jevne, Hugo Butler; music score, Bronislau Kaper;
film editor, Frank E. Hull.
© Loew's Inc.; 3Jul41; LP10574.
BARNEY BEAR'S VICTORY GARDEN. Loew's Inc., c1943. 700 ft., sd., color.
(A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon) A Rudolf Ising production.
Credits: Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 5Jan43; LP11800.
BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH. SEE Private Snuffy Smith.
BARNYARD BABIES. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 682
ft., sd. (Fable, no. 4)
Credits: Story, Art Davis; animation, Sid Marcus; music, Joe De Nat.
© Screen Gems, Inc.; 12Jun40; LP9714.
BARNYARD BASEBALL. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,
c1939. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (Terrytoon)
Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip
A. Scheib.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 14Jul39; MP9929.
BARNYARD BLACKOUT. Terrytoons, Inc., c1943, 1 reel, sd., color. (A
Terrytoon)
Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster. Technicolor.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 5Mar43; MP14677.
BARNYARD BOUNCE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941.
1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 1Feb41; MP11163.
BARNYARD FOLLIES. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd.
Based on a story idea by Robert T. Shannon.
Credits: Associate producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Frank
McDonald; original screenplay, Dorrell and Stuart McGowan; music
director, Cy Feuer; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor,
Charles Craft.
Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.
© Republic Pictures Corp.; 6Dec40; LP10172.
BARNYARD WAAC. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942.
Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (Terrytoon)
Credits: Director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John Foster; music, Philip
A. Scheib. Technicolor.
© Terrytoons, Inc.; 18Dec42; MP13973.
THE BARON AND THE ROSE. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 985 ft., sd., sepia. (John Nesbitt's Passing
Parade)
Credits: Director, Basil Wrangell; original story, John Nesbitt,
Samuel H. Chain; screenplay, Robert Lopez; music score, Daniele
Amfitheatrof; film editor, Harry Komer.
© Loew's Inc.; 11Sep40; LP9996.
BARRICADE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1939. 6,380 ft., sd.
Credits: Director, Gregory Ratoff; story and screenplay, Granville
Walker; music director, David Buttolph.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 8Dec39; LP9574.
BASE BRAWL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(Screen Song)
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 23Jan48; LP1472.
BASEBALL BUGS. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1946. 7 min., sd., color,
35mm. (Looney Tunes) (Bugs Bunny Special)
Credits: Director, I. Freleng; story, Michael Maltese; animation,
Gerry Chiniquy; music director, Carl W. Stalling.
© Vitaphone Corp.; 26Dec46; MP1497.
BASEBALL FUNDAMENTALS. Coronet, c1942. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.
Credits: Educational author, Emmet Branch McCracken, in
collaboration with the Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids, Extension
Division, Indiana University.
© Coronet Productions, proprietorship of David A. Smart; 12May42;
MP2034.
THE BASHFUL BACHELOR, c1942. Presented by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. 77
min., sd. From an original story by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff.
Credits: Producer, Jack William Votion; director, Malcolm St. Clair;
screenplay, Chandler Sprague; music director, Lud Gluskin; editor,
Duncan Mansfield.
© Voco Productions, Inc.; 20Mar42; LP11225.
BASHFUL BULLFROG. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946.
1 reel, sd.
Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 8Apr46; MP428.
THE BASHFUL BUZZARD. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1945. 7 min., sd.,
color. (Looney Tunes)
Credits: Director, Robert Clampett; story, Michael Sasanoff;
animation, Robert McKimson; music director, Carl W. Stalling.
Technicolor.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 24Sep45; MP16310.
BASHFUL ROMEO. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 16 min., sd., b&w,
35mm. (Comedy Special, no. 2)
Summary: A traveling salesman becomes involved with a jealous
husband.
Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay,
Earl Baldwin; film editor, Edward W. Williams.
Cast: Gil Lamb, Betty Underwood, Lee Trent, Leonid Kinskey, Elaine
Riley.
© RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 25Nov49; LP2672.
BASIC ENGLISH. Time, Inc., c1945. 4 reels, sd. Text by I. A. Richards
from "The Pocket Book of Basic English."
Credits: Director, Len Lye.
© Time, Inc.; 7Aug45; MP16384.
BASIC FIBERS IN CLOTH. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: Two members of a high school class in home economics learn
about cloth fibers, and examine microscope slides of different basic
types. Fibers studied include cotton, wool, linen, silk, and rayon.
Credits: Collaborator, Florence M. King.
© Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc.; 22Apr48;
MP3276.
BASIC HYDRAULICS. c1944. 1 reel, sd.
Appl. author:el Gustave Wolff.
© Adel Precision Products Corp.; 30Aug44; MP15440.
BASIC MOTION PICTURE TECHNIQUE. Celluloid College, c1947. 49 min.,
si., b&w, 8mm.
Summary: A film designed for use with a visual education textbook of
the same title.
Credits: Directed and written by Roy George Creveling, Emil Edward
Brodbeck.
© Celluloid College; 8Dec47; MP2952.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HAIR SHAPING. Beauty Culture Films, Inc., c1948.
19 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.
Summary: A film for teaching hairdressers basic methods of shaping
the hair. As taught by John J. Mueller.
© Beauty Culture Films, Inc.; 1Aug48; MP3299.
BASIC TYPING. United States Navy, sd., 16mm. © De Frenes & Co.
Appl. authors: George W. Chapman, H. Bauernschmidt.
Methods. © title & descr., 15Nov43; 8 prints, 27Oct43; MU14140.
Machine Operations. © title & descr., 15Nov43; 8 prints, 27Oct43;
MU14139.
BASIN STREET BOOGIE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,
c1942. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 20Apr42; MP12457.
BASKETBALL FOR GIRLS—FUNDAMENTALS. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.
Summary: Demonstrates fundamental techniques of ball-handling,
passing, and shooting, with emphasis on the value of practice in
order to master these skills.
Credits: Educational collaborator, Mildred B. Wohlford.
© David A. Smart; 29Nov48; MP3711.
BASKETBALL FOR GIRLS—GAME PLAY. Coronet, c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w,
16mm.
Summary: Demonstrates individual player techniques in offense and
defense, emphasizing the importance of mastering skills and
practicing with the team.
Credits: Educational collaborator, Mildred B. Wohlford.
© David A. Smart; 29Nov48; MP3712.
BASKETBALL HEADLINERS OF 1948. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 18 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Important intercollegiate basketball contests of the
1947–48 season, played in New York's Madison Square Garden, are
reviewed. Closing scenes show the national Olympic championship game
in which the Bartlesville, Okla., Oilers won over Kentucky.
Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Burton Benjamin;
narrator, Connie Desmond.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 23Apr48; MP3185.
BASKETBALL HEADLINERS OF 1949. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 15 min., sd.,
b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Scenes of the outstanding basketball games of the 1949
season.
Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by
Burton Benjamin; editor, David Cooper.
© RKO Pathe, Inc.; 22Apr49; MP4273.
BATAAN. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11
reels, sd., b&w.
Credits: Producer, Irving Starr; director, Tay Garnett; original
screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film
editor, George White.
© Loew's Inc.; 25May43; LP12096.
BATH DAY. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney; animation,
Marvin Woodward, Murray McClellan, George Nicholas, Brad Case;
music, Oliver Wallace.
© Walt Disney Productions; 30Apr46; LP1123.
BATHING BEAUTY. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
11 reels, sd., color. Based on an original story by Kenneth Earl, M.
M. Musselman, and Curtis Kenyon.
Credits: Producer, Jack Cummings; director, George Sidney;
screenplay, Dorothy Kingsley, Allen Boretz, Frank Waldman;
adaptation, Joseph Schrank; music director, Johnny Green;
orchestrations, Ted Duncan, Calvin Jackson, Johnny Thompson; film
editor, Blanche Sewell. Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 29May44; LP12696.
BATHING BUDDIES. c1946. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color,
35mm. (A Walt Lantz Woody Woodpecker Cartune) A Walter Lantz
production.
Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer;
animation, Paul Smith, Bernard Garbutt; music, Darrell Calker.
Technicolor.
© Walter Lantz Productions & Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 13May46;
MP913.
BATHING THE BED PATIENT. Presented by The Bureau of Aeronautics for
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. sd.
Appl. author: James P. Prindle.
© Chicago Film Laboratory, Inc.; title & descr., 17Jun43; 3 prints,
7Jun43; MU13680.
BATHING TIME FOR BABY. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. Presented by
Johnson & Johnson. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm.
© Walt Disney Productions; 19Mar46 (in notice: 1945); MP1636.
BATMAN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 2 reels each. Based on the
"Batman" comic magazine feature. © Columbia Pictures Corp.
Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; screenplay, Victor McLeod,
Leslie Swabacker, Harry Fraser.
1. The Electrical Brain. © 16Jul43; LP12638.
2. The Bat's Cave. © 23Jul43; LP12530.
3. The Mark of the Zombies. © 30Jul43; LP12531.
4. Slaves of the Rising Sun. © 6Aug43; LP12538.
5. The Living Corpse. © 13Aug43; LP12539
6. Poison Peril. © 20Aug43; LP12540.
7. The Phoney Doctor. © 27Aug43; LP12552.
8. Lured by Radium. © 3Sep43; LP12639.
9. The Sign of the Sphinx. © 10Sep43; LP12553.
10. Flying Spies. © 17Sep43; LP12561.
11. A Nipponese Trap. © 24Sep43; LP12562.
12. Embers of Evil. © 1Oct43; LP12563.
13. Eight Steps Down, © 8Oct43; LP12568.
14. The Executioner Strikes. © 15Oct43; LP12569.
15. The Doom of the Rising Sun. © 22Oct43; LP12570.
BATMAN AND ROBIN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949–50. 2 reels each,
sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the cartoon strip characters created by Bob
Kane. © Columbia Pictures Corp.
Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Spencer Bennet; written by
George H. Plympton, Joseph P. Poland, Royal K. Cole.
1. © 26May49; LP2335.
2. © 2Jun49; LP2334.
3. © 10Jan50; LP6.
4. © 23Jun49; LP2397.
5. © 23Jun49; LP2398.
6. © 30Jun49; LP2456.
7. © 7Jul49; LP2399.
8. © 14Jul49; LP2400.
9. © 21Jul49; LP2436.
10. © 28Jul49; LP2474.
11. © 4Aug49; LP2475.
12. © 11Aug49; LP2654.
13. © 18Aug49; LP2490.
14. © 25Aug49; LP2543.
15. © 1Sep49; LP2544.
BATS IN THE BELFRY. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 639 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolf
Ising production.
Credits: Technicolor.
© Loew's Inc.; 1Jul42; LP11472.
BATTER UP. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sports
News Review) Warner Bros.
Summary: Traces the careers of famous baseball players and shows
some of the sensational plays of past years.
Credits: Directed and written by Robert Youngson; narrator, Dan
Donaldson.
© The Vitaphone Corp.; 17May49; MP4072.
BATTING FUNDAMENTALS. Coronet, c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.
Appl. author: James Smilgoff.
© Coronet Instructional Films, a division of Esquire, Inc.; 5Mar46;
MP2149.
THE BATTLE. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 974
ft., sd., b&w. (A Carey Wilson Miniature)
Credits: Music score, Daniele Amfitheatrof; film editor, Harry
Komer.
© Loew's Inc.; 4Jun41; LP10545.
A BATTLE FOR A BOTTLE. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942.
601 ft., sd. (Phantasy, no. 17)
Credits: Frank Tashlin, Abe Geiss, Jack Cosgriff, Ray Patterson,
Paul Worth.
© Screen Gems, Inc.; 29May42; MP12867.
THE BATTLE FOR THE MARIANAS. Distributed by Warner Bros. Studios for
U. S. Government Office of War Information, c1944.
Credits: Producer and director, Gordon Hollingshead; photographed by
U. S. Marine Corps cameramen; film editor, Rex Steele.
© Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 29Sep44; MP15209.
BATTLE OF CHAMPS. Vitaphone Corp., c1946. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.
(The Sports Parade) Warner Bros.
Credits: Director, Howard Hill; narrator, Knox Manning.
Cast: Howard Hill.
© Vitaphone Corp.; 29Dec46; MP1733.
THE BATTLE OF EUROPE. National Film Board of Canada, c1944. Presented
by United Artists. 2 reels, sd. (The World in Action)
Credits: Commentary, Stuart Legg.
© Warwick Pictures, Inc.; 5May44; MP14952.
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. in
cooperation with the Canadian and British Governments, c1941. 1
reel, sd. (The World Today)
Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; continuity, Russ Sheilds;
narrator, Quentin Reynolds.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 11Apr41; MP11073.
BATTLEGROUND. Loew's Inc., c1949. 118 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM
picture.
Summary: A war melodrama presenting a character study of
battle-wearied foot soldiers on the fighting front, depicting their
grumblings, disappointments, dreams, aspirations, and extraordinary
courage. Setting, the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne, in 1944.
Credits: Producer, Dore Schary; director, William A. Wellman; story
and screenplay, Robert Pirosh; music score, Lennie Hayton; film
editor, John Dunning.
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy,
the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division.
© Loew's Inc.; 19Oct49; LP2594.