BELLE STARR. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 7,809 _Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Credits: Director, Irving Cummings; story, Niven Busch, Cameron

Rogers; screenplay, Lamar Trotti; music director, Alfred Newman.

BELLE STARR'S DAUGHTER. Alson Productions, Inc. Released through

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 86 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western melodrama of the 1880's about a girl who seeks to

avenge the murder of her mother, the notorious bandit queen, Belle

Starr.

Credits: Producer, Edward L. Alperson; director, Lesley Selander;

original screenplay, W. R. Burnett; music, Edward Kilenyi; film

editor, Jason Bernie.

Cast: George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford,

Charles Kemper.

BELLS OF CAPISTRANO, c1942. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, William Morgan;

original screenplay, Lawrence Kimble; photographer, Reggie Lanning;

film editor, Edward Mann.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BELLS OF ROSARITA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, Frank McDonald;

original screenplay, Jack Townley; music score, Joseph Dubin; music

director, Morton Scott; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor,

Arthur Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S. Rainbow Productions, Inc., c1945. 126 min.,

sd.

Credits: Direction and story, Leo McCarey; screenplay, Dudley

Nichols; music score, Robert Emmett Dolan; editor, Harry Marker.

BELLS OF SAN ANGELO. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 71 min., sd.,

color, 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, Edward J. White; director, William

Witney; original story, Paul Gangelin; screenplay, Sloan Nibley;

music director, Morton Scott; orchestrations, Mort Glickman; film

editor, Les Orlebeck.

Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, Bob Nolan.

BELLS OF SAN FERNANDO. Hillcrest Productions, Inc., c1947. 74 min.,

sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Terry Morse; original story and screenplay, Jack

De Witt, Renault Duncan.

THE BELLS OF SAN RAQUEL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BELLUM PUNICUM SECUNDUM (THE SECOND PUNIC WAR). Bald Eagle Film

Productions, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Alfred E. Porter.

Appl. author: Joseph Einhorn.

BELOW THE BORDER. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Scott R. Dunlap; director, Howard P. Bretherton;

original screenplay, Jess Bowers; photography, Harry Neumann; film

editor, Carl Pierson.

BELOW THE DEADLINE. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd.,

35mm.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, William Beaudine;

original story, Ivan Tors; screenplay, Harvey Gates, Forrest Judd;

music director, Edward J. Kay; photographer, Harry Neumann; editor,

Ace Herman.

BELVEDERE. SEE Mr. Belvedere Goes to College.

BEN HOGAN. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1946. 8 min., sd., 35mm. (Sportscope, no.

11)

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by

Burton Benjamin; narrator, Red Barber; music, Robert W. Stringer;

photographer, Neil Sullivan; editor, David Cooper.

BEND DOWN SISTER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941.

1 reel, sd.

BENDING TO A CLEAT. Presented by United States Navy. sd., b&w.

21Feb44; MU14517.

BENEATH WESTERN SKIES. c1944. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,

sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Spencer Bennet;

original story, Albert DeMond; screenplay, Albert DeMond, Bob

Williams; music score, Mort Glickman; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BENJAMIN BLAKE. SEE Son of Fury.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Emerson Film Corp. Released by Encyclopaedia

Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Portrays highlights in the life of Benjamin Franklin,

depicting his early struggles as an apprentice, his later successes

as publisher and author, his experiments in science, his growing

ability as a statesman and diplomat, and his experiences as American

representative to England and France. For junior and senior high

school and adult groups.

Credits: Collaborator, Carl Van Doren.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 996 ft., sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Herbert Glazer; screenplay, Hal Law, Robert

McGowan; film editor, Leon Bourgeau.

BERLIN. Eastman Kodak Co., Teaching Films Division, c1939. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Kenneth R. Edwards.

BERLIN CORRESPONDENT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 6,380

ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Eugene Forde; original screenplay, Steve Fisher,

Jack Andrews; music director, Emil Newman.

BERLIN EXPRESS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 86 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: On a Paris-Berlin express, a German on a mission of peace

is threatened by the Nazi underground. American, French, and British

citizens and a Soviet officer unite to save his life. Actual scenes

in Frankfurt and Berlin were filmed by permission of armies of

occupation.

Credits: In charge of production, Dore Schary; producer, Bert

Granet; director, Jacques Tourneur; story, Curt Siodmak; screenplay,

Harold Medford; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; music, Frederick

Hollander; film editor, Sherman Todd.

Cast: Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas.

BERLIN POWDERKEG. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 19 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(This Is America, no. 3)

Summary: A documentary story of the Berlin airlift, the cold war,

and living conditions in post-war Berlin.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director and photographer, William

Deeke; written by Richard Hanser; narrator, Dwight Weist; editor,

David Cooper.

BERMUDA. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8 min., sd., color,

35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: The scenery of Bermuda and the sports that are enjoyed

there. Includes views of the capitol city, Hamilton, and the ancient

town of St. George.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Leon Shelly; narrator, Ed.

Thorgersen; music, L. DeFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

BERMUDA MYSTERY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 5,850 ft.,

sd. From a story by John Larkin.

Credits: Director, Benjamin Stoloff; screenplay, W. Scott Darling;

music director, Emil Newman.

THE BERTH OF A QUEEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 975 ft., sd.

(Cinescope)

Credits: Narration, Geoffrey Sumner; photography, Reginald H. Wyer;

editor, Ronald Haines.

BESAME MUCHO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1

reel, sd.

THE BEST DEFENSE. Presented by Chevrolet.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

descr., 21Feb42; 165 prints. 24Feb42; MU12194.

BEST FOOT FORWARD. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., color. Based on the book by John

Cecil Holm; music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and

produced on the stage by George Abbott.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Edward Buzzell;

screenplay, Irving Brecher, Fred Finklehoffe; music direction,

Lennie Hayton; orchestration. Jack Matthias, Leroy Holmes, Conrad

Salinger, George Bassman, Leo Arnaud; film editor, Blanche Sewell.

Technicolor.

BEST IN SHOW. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(The World of Sports, no. 124)

Credits: Director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill Stern.

THE BEST MAN WINS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 8 reels, sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: A small Missouri town in 1853 is the setting for this

comedy about a footloose gambler and his estranged family. Greyhound

racing and frog-jumping contests provide an outlet for the hero's

talents.

Credits: Producer, Ted Richmond; director, John Sturgess;

screenplay, Edward Huebsch.

Cast: Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Gary Gray, Bob Shayne, Stanley

Andrews.

BEST OF BREED. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm.

(Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Summary: This film, which shows the champion, Liberation, and other

collies, emphasizes the high intelligence of the breed.

Credits: Narrator, Bill Slater.

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of

America, Inc., c1942, 1 reel, sd.

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Inc., c1946.

172 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel "Glory for Me" by MacKinlay

Kantor.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, William Wyler;

screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood; music, Hugo Friedhofer; music

director, Emil Newman; film editor, Daniel Mandell.

Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright,

Virginia Mayo.

BESTED BY A BEARD. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940, 20 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Charles E. Roberts; story,

Arthur S. Kane; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, George Jeske; film

editor, John Lockert.

BET YOUR LIFE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1947. 18 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: Leon finds himself in trouble when he bets on the horses.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay,

Charles E. Roberts; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

Cast: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Suzi Crandall, Charles Halton,

Phil Warren.

BETRAYAL FROM THE EAST. RKO Radio Pictures. Inc., c1945. 82 min., sd.

Based on the novel by Alan Hynd.

Credits: Producer, Herman Schlom; director, William Berke;

screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Aubrey Wisberg; adaptation, Aubrey

Wisberg; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor,

Duncan Mansfield.

BETTER BOWLING. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland

Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

THE BETTER HALF. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942.

1 reel, sd.

BETTER—LONGER. Presented by Sun Oil Co. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

BETTER NOT ROLL THOSE EYES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,

Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

BETTER WORK METHODS. Ralph M. Barnes, c1949. 49 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates procedures for performing simple tasks

efficiently.

BETTY CO-ED. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Arthur Dreifuss; original

screenplay, Arthur Dreifuss, George H. Plympton; music director,

Paul Mertz; film editor, Henry Batista.

Cast: Jean Porter, Shirley Mills, William Mason, Rosemary LaPlanche,

Jan Savitt.

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA. Soundies Distributing Corp.

of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BETWEEN TWO WOMEN. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the characters

created by Max Brand [pseud. of Frederick Faust]

Credits: Director, Willis Goldbeck; original screenplay, Harry

Ruskin; music score, David Snell; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 112 min., sd.

A Warner Bros.-First National picture. Based on a play by Sutton

Vane.

Credits: Producer, Mark Hellinger; director, Edward A. Blatt;

screenplay, Daniel Fuchs; music, Erich Wolfgang Korngold; music

director, Leo F. Forbstein; photographer, Carl Guthrie; film editor,

Rudi Fehr.

BETWEEN US GIRLS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 9 reels, sd.

Based on "Le Fruit Vert" by Regis Gignoux and Jacques Théry.

Credits: Producer-director, Henry Koster; screenplay, Myles

Connolly, True Boardman; adaptation, John Jacoby; photography,

Joseph Valentine; film editor, Frank Gross.

BEWARE OF REDHEADS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and screenplay, Hal

Yates; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

BEWITCHED, Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7

reels, sd., b&w. From Arch Oboler's original story "Alter Ego."

Credits: Producer, Jerry Bresler; direction and adaptation, Arch

Oboler; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Harry Komer.

BEYOND. SEE The Other Love.

BEYOND CIVILIZATION TO TEXAS. Impossible Pictures, Inc., c1949. 8

min., sd., color, 35mm. (Jerky Journeys)

Summary: Senator Claghorn presents a bill in Congress to move the

United States to Texas.

Credits: Produced, directed, and written by Leonard Louis Levinson;

BEYOND GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 82 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: When a West Point cadet faces charges of cowardice and

criminality, his vindication hinges on the question of his

responsibility for a comrade's death in a Tunisia battle. Actual

scenes of West Point life are included.

Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, John Farrow; original

screenplay, Jonathan Latimer, Charles Marquis Warren, William Wister

Haines; music score, Victor Young.

Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready, George Coulouris,

Harold Vermilyea.

BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 8 reels, sd.,

color. Based on a story by E. Lloyd Sheldon and Jack DeWitt.

Credits: Director, Alfred Santell; screenplay, Frank Butler;

photographer, William Mellor; film editor, Doane Harrison.

Technicolor.

BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BEYOND THE FOREST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 96 min., sd.,

b&w, 35mm. Based on Stuart Engstrand's novel.

Summary: A selfish and ruthless woman, bored by her life as the wife

of a lumbertown doctor, commits adultery and murder in her vain

attempt to attain wealth and excitement in Chicago.

Credits: Producer, Henry Blanke; director. King Vidor; screenplay,

Lenore Coffee; music, Max Steiner; orchestral arrangements, Murray

Cutter; film editor, Rudi Fehr.

Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor

Watson.

BEYOND THE LAND. Tomlin Film Productions, Inc. for Consumers

Cooperative Association, c1949. 32 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Outlines the growth and development of the Consumers

Cooperative Association.

Credits: Director, Frederick A. Tomlin; story and commentary, Mary

D. Tomlin; music arranger, Harry Glass; film editor, Karl A.

Barleben.

Cast: Harold Barrett, Lilia Barrett, Tommy Barrett, Linda Killion,

Douglas Tomlin.

BEYOND THE LAST FRONTIER. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6

reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Howard

Bretherton; original screenplay, John K. Butler, Morton Grant; music

score, Mort Glickman; photography, Bud Thackery; film editor,

Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. Produced with the cooperation of the War

Dept., c1942. 22 min., sd. (Broadway Brevities)

Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; narrator, Ronald Reagan.

BEYOND THE LINE OF DUTY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w,

16mm.

Summary: Dramatizes the volunteer work done under the supervision of

the American Red Cross, and points out that the services of trained

nurses and of nurses' aids are valuable.

Credits: Written by Dudley Hale; narrated by Dwight Weist.

BEYOND THE PECOS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate Producer, Oliver Drake; director, Lambert

Hillyer; original story, Jay Karth; screenplay, Bennett R. Cohen;

music director, Paul Sawtell; film editor, Ray Snyder.

BEYOND THE SACRAMENTO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, Luci Ward;

film editor, James Sweeney.

BEYOND TOMORROW. c1940. 84 min., sd. An RKO Radio picture.

Credits: Producer, Lee Garmes; director, A. Edward Sutherland;

original story, Mildred Cram, Adele Comandini; screenplay, Adele

Comandini; music, Frank Tours; film editor, Otto Ludwig.

B-I-BI. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel,

sd.

A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1941. 1 reel, sd.

THE BIG BEEF. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; direction and original screenplay,

Charles E. Roberts; film editor, Marston Fay.

BIG BILL TILDEN. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd.,

color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Written and directed by Del Frazier.

THE BIG BONANZA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, George

Archainbaud; original story, Robert Presnell, Leonard Praskins;

screenplay, Dorrell and Stuart McGowan, Paul Gangelin; music

director, Morton Scott; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor,

Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE BIG BOSS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Charles Barton;

original screenplay, Howard J. Green; film editor, Viola Lawrence.

THE BIG BUILD-UP. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,

c1942. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Mannie Davis; story, John Foster; music, Philip

A. Scheib.

A BIG BUSINESS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

descr., 18Aug41; 66 prints, 23Aug41; MU11495.

THE BIG CAT. William Moss Pictures, Inc. Released through Eagle-Lion

Films, Inc., c1949. 76 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: An action melodrama about the hunting and killing of a

vicious cougar in the Rocky Mountain country during the depression

and drought of 1932.

Credits: Producer, William Moss; director, Phil Karlson; story,

Morton Grant; screenplay, Morton Grant, Dorothy Yost; music score,

Paul Sawtell; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Harvey

Manger.

Cast: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster, Forrest

Tucker, Skip Homeier.

BIG CITY. Loew's Inc., c1948. 103 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An MGM

picture. Based on a story by Miklos Laszlo, as adapted by Nanette

Kutner.

Summary: A young orphan girl living in New York is unofficially

adopted by an Irish policeman, a minister, and a Jewish cantor.

Their agreement that the first to marry will legally adopt the child

creates both comedy and drama.

Credits: Producer, Joe Pasternak; director, Norman Taurog;

screenplay, Whitfield Cook, Anne Morrison Chapin; music director,

Georgie Stoll; film editor, Gene Ruggiere.

Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy,

Karin Booth.

THE BIG CLOCK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 95 min., sd., b&w,

35mm. Based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing.

Summary: A crime melodrama, in which a man finds himself hired to

solve a murder which he knows his employer committed. A metropolitan

publishing house provides the setting.

Credits: Producer, Richard Maibaum; director, John Farrow;

screenplay, Jonathan Latimer; music score, Victor Young.

Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George

Macready; Rita Johnson.

BIG DAY. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Chevrolet Division,

General Motors Corp. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Four small children, dressed in fairy costumes, are driven

quickly and safely to a school entertainment by their mother in a

Chevrolet sedan.

23Apr48; MU3023.

THE BIG DRIP. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color,

35mm. (Screen Song)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Larz Bourne, Larry Riley;

animation, Myron Waldman, Nick Taufri; music, Winston Sharples.

BIG FAT BUTTERFLY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1944. 1 reel, sd.

BIG FAT MAMA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1

reel, sd.

BIG FAT MAMAS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1

reel, sd.

THE BIG FIX. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 63 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based

on an original story by Sonia Chernus and George Ross.

Credits: Associate producer, Marvin D. Stahl; director, James Flood;

screenplay, George Bricker, Aubrey Wisberg; adaptation, Joel Malone;

music, Emil Cadkin; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor,

Norman Colbert.

Cast: James Brown, Sheila Ryan, Noreen Nash, Regis Toomey.

THE BIG FLAME-UP. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color,

35mm. (Screen Song)

BELLE STARR. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 7,809 ft., sd.