Credits: Producer, Harry Joe Brown; director, Dorothy Arzner_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Elliott Arnold; screenplay, Lewis Meltzer, Melvin Levy; adaptation,

George Sklar; music, Ernst Toch; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film

editor, Viola Lawrence.

THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF LIFE. René A. Spitz, c1947. 15 min., si., b&w,

16mm.

THE FIRST GENTLEMAN. SEE Affairs of a Rogue.

FIRST OF THE FUTURAMIC CARS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by

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

Summary: Displays the 1948 Futuramic Oldsmobile club sedan.

27Jan48; MU2679.

FIRST PERFORMANCE. SEE Road to Happiness.

THE FIRST ROBIN. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,

c1939. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Connie Rasinski; story, John Foster; music,

Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.

THE FIRST SWALLOW. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 708 ft., sd., color. (An M G M Cartoon) A

Rudolf Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

FIRST YANK INTO TOKYO. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 88 min., sd.

Credits: Director, Gordon Douglas; original story, J. Robert Bren,

Gladys Atwater; written by J. Robert Bren; music, Leigh Harline;

music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Philip Martin, Jr.

FISH FOLLIES. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 574 ft.,

sd. (Phantasy, no. 5)

Credits: Story, Allen Rose; animation, Harry Love; music, Joe De

Nat.

FISH FRY. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt

Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walt Lantz; director, James Culhane; story, Ben

Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Emery Hawkins;

music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

14Jun44; MP15322.

FISHERETTE'S CATCH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1943. 1 reel, sd.

FISHERMAN'S LUCK. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Chevrolet

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

Summary: Two amateur fishermen compare their good luck in owning a

new Chevrolet to their good luck as fishermen.

23Apr48; MU2914.

FISHERMAN'S LUCK. Walter Lantz Productions, c1949. 1 reel, sd., color,

35mm. (Walter Lantz Cartune)

FISHERMAN'S NIGHTMARE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 8

min., sd., color, 35mm. (Lew Lehr's Dribble-Puss Parade)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music, L. DeFrancesco; film editor,

Arthur Lincer.

FISHER'S FUNNIES.

FISHERS OF MEN. c1942. 1 reel. sd.

Appl. author: George F. Santa.

FISHING. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 min., sd., color.

Credits: Technicolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

descr., & 13 prints, 26Apr40; MU10215.

THE FISHING BEAR. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 719 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolf

Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

FISHING FEVER. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland

Rice Sportlight)

Credit: Narrator, Ted Husing.

FISHING FOR FUN. Loew's Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pete

Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Summary: Game fish are caught by Gene Beilharz in Acapulco Bay.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; directed and written by

Lewis Ossi; music score, Scott Bradley; film editor, Joseph

Dietrick.

FISHING MADE EASY. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,

c1941. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd. (A Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John Foster; music, Philip

A. Scheib.

FISHING THE FLORIDA KEYS. Vitaphone Corp., c1947. 10 min., sd., color,

35mm. (The Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Credits: Director, Joseph Gibson; narration, Charles L. Tedford;

narrator, Knox Manning.

THE FISTIC MYSTIC. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 6 min., sd., color,

35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, I. Klein, Jack Ward.

FIT AND FAIR. c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Story, Ann Delafield; continuity, Eve Bristow; narration,

Ann Delafield, Bob Dixon.

FIT TO FIGHT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 972 ft., sd. (World of

Sports, no. 79)

Credits: Commentator, Bill Stern; music director. Jack Schaindlin;

photography, Charles Harten; editor, Harry Foster.

FIVE FATHOMS OF FUN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 10 min., sd.,

b&w, 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Director, Russell T. Ervin; commentary, Justin Herman;

narrator, Ted Husing.

FIVE FOOT TWO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1

reel, sd.

FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1943. 10 reels, sd.

Based on a play by Lajos Biro.

Credits: Associate producer, Charles Brackett; director, Billy

Wilder; screenplay, Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder; music score,

Miklos Rozsa; editor, Doane Harrison.

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. c1943. 1 reel, sd. George Pal

Productions; Inc. Based upon a story by Dr. Seuss.

Credits: Director, George Pal.

THE 5"/38 CALIBRE DOUBLE PURPOSE GUN. 3 reels, sd. U. S. Navy.

Appl. author: Harvey J. Plants.

MU13942.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AT HOME. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels,

sd. Based upon a book by Margaret Sidney.

Credits: Director, Charles Barton; screenplay, Harry Sauber; music

director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Viola Lawrence.

FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN TROUBLE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7

reels, sd. Based upon a book by Margaret Sidney.

Credits: Director, Charles Barton; screenplay, Harry Rebuas; film

editor, Robert Fantl.

FIVE MEN WANTED. Presented by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. 3 reels,

b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

12Sep41; MU11528.

FIVE SALTED PEANUTS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1945. 1 reel, sd.

FIVE YEARS OF DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY. Presented by The

Electro-Motive Corporation, a subsidiary of General Motors. 1 reel,

sd.

Organization; title, descr., & 165 prints, 24Jul40; MU10382.

FIXIN' TRICKS. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

871 ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty) Based on an article by

Clara Belle Thompson and Margaret Lukes Wise.

Credits: Director, Will Jason; screenplay, Richard Landau, Jameson

Brewer; film editor, Philip Anderson.

THE FLAG OF HUMANITY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 20 min., color.

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco; story, Charles L. Tedford.

Technicolor.

FLAG OF MERCY. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

931 ft., sd., sepia. (John Nesbitt's Passing Parade)

Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; screenplay, Herman Boxer; music

score, David Snell; film editor, Mildred Rich.

THE FLAG SPEAKS. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

2 reels, sd., color.

Credits: Director, David Miller; screenplay, Robert Lees, Fred

Rinaldo; narrator, John Nesbitt; music score, David Snell; film

editor, Ralph E. Goldstein. Technicolor.

THE FLAME. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 97 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Based on a story by Robert T. Shannon.

Credits: Associate producer and director, John H. Auer; screenplay,

Lawrence Kimble; music, Heinz Roemheld; music director, Cy Feuer;

film editor, Richard L. Van Enger.

Cast: John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford,

Henry Travers.

FLAME CULTIVATION WITH THE SIZZ-WEEDER. Presentation Associates, for

Fijelen Research & Development Co., with the cooperation of the

Mississippi Agriculture Experiment Station—Delta Branch Station.

Appl. author: Richard A. Wilson, Richard H. Lyford.

18Aug45; MU16205.

FLAME OF BARBARY COAST. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 10

reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer and director, Joseph Kane; original

screenplay, Borden Chase; music director, Morton Scott;

orchestrations, Dale Butts; photographer, Robert DeGrasse; film

editor, Richard L. Van Enger.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 8

reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Joe Pasternak; director, Rene Clair; written by

Norman Krasna; photography, Rudolph Mate; film editor, Frank Gross.

FLAME OF THE WEST. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1945. 8 reels, sd. Based

on a story by Bennett Foster.

Credits: Producer, Scott R. Dunlap; director, Lambert Hillyer;

screenplay, Adele Buffington; photographer, Harry Neumann; film

editor, Danny Milner.

FLAME OF YOUTH. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: A melodrama about a gang of juvenile delinquents.

Credits: Associate producer, Lou Brock; director, R. G. Springsteen;

story, Albert DeMond; screenplay, Robert Libott, Frank Burt,

Bradford Ropes; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Robert Leeds.

Cast: Barbra Fuller, Ray McDonald, Danni Nolan, Tony Barrett, Carol

Brannan.

FLAMING BULLETS. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Alexander; direction and original

screenplay, Harry Fraser; music director, Lee Zahler.

FLAMING FURY. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: A criminal ring which sets fire to business establishments

in order to share the profits from the insurance is apprehended by

the Arson Bureau of Los Angeles. Based on a combination of actual

cases.

Credits: Associate producer, Sidney Picker; director, George Blair;

written by John K. Butler; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Tony

Martinelli.

Cast: Roy Roberts, George Cooper, David Wolfe, Billy Wayne, Peter

Brocco.

FLAMINGO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel,

sd.

FLAMINGO ROAD. Michael Curtiz Productions. Released through Warner

Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 94 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a

play by Robert and Sally Wilder.

Summary: A melodrama of unrequited love, political corruption, and

violence. Setting, a small town in the South.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Wald; director, Michael Curtiz; screenplay,

Robert Wilder; original music, Max Steiner; music director, Ray

Heindorf; film editor, Folmar Blangsted.

Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian,

Gladys George.

FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc.,

c1940, 2 reels each. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.

Credits: Directors, Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor; screenplay, George H.

Plympton, Basil Dickey, Barry Shipman.

Cast: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Frank Shannon, Charles

Middleton, Anne Gwynne.

1. The Purple Death! © 8Feb40; LP9444.

2. Freezing Torture! © 8Feb40; LP9445.

3. Walking Bombs! © 8Feb40; LP9446.

4. The Destroying Ray. © 21Feb40; LP9447.

5. The Palace of Horror. © 21Feb40; LP9448.

6. Flaming Death. © 21Feb40; LP9449.

7. The Land of the Dead. © 9Apr40; LP9526.

8. The Fiery Abyss. © 9Apr40; LP9527.

9. The Pool of Peril. © 9Apr40; LP9528.

10. The Death Mist. © 16Apr40; LP9556.

11. Stark Treachery! © 16Apr40; LP9557.

12. Doom of the Dictator. © 16Apr40; LP9558.

FLASHES TO DEALERS. Presented by Richfield Oil Corp. 1 reel, sd., b&w,

35mm.

prints, 13May46; MU563.

FLASHING BLADES. SEE Variety Views, no. 104.

FLASHING FINS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(The World of Sports)

Summary: Dolphin and sailfish are caught in a deep-sea fishing trip

off the coast of Florida.

Credits: Producer and director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill

Stern; music, Jack Shaindlin; editor, Dan Heiss.

FLASHING GUNS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1947. 59 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Credits: Producer, Barney A. Sarecky; director, Lambert Hillyer;

original screenplay, Frank H. Young; music director, Edward J. Kay;

film editor, Fred Maguire.

Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton.

FLASHING LIGHT SIGNALS. Presented by United States Navy. sd.

prints, 6Aug42; MU12739.

FLAT FEAT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Sterling Holloway joins the police force and captures

several notorious criminals.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Edward Bernds; story and

screenplay, Elwood Ullman.

Cast: Sterling Holloway.

FLATBOATMEN OF THE FRONTIER; Ohio Valley farmers: 1790–1820. Erpi

Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. With teacher's handbook.

FLAXY MARTIN. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1949. 86 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: A crime-melodrama which includes blackmail, theft, and

murder.

Credits: Producer, Saul Elkins; director, Richard Bare; written by

David Long; music, William Lava; film editor, Frank Magee.

Cast: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Tom D'Andrea,

Helen Westcott.

THE FLEA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel,

sd.

THE FLEET IS IN. Presented by Pontiac Motor Division. 2 reels, sd.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

& 209 prints, 10Oct40; LU9989.

THE FLEET'S IN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 9 reels, sd. Based on

a story by Monte Brice and J. Walter Ruben and a play by Kenyon

Nicholson and Charles Robinson.

Credits: Director, Victor Schertzinger; screenplay, Walter DeLeon,

Sid Silvers, Ralph Spence; photographer, William Mellor; film

editor, Paul Weatherwax.

FLEETS OF STREN'TH. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Dan Gordon, Jack Mercer.

FLESH AND FANTASY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 94 min., sd.

Based on stories by Oscar Wilde and Laszlo Vadnay.

Credits: Producers, Charles Boyer, Julien Duvivier; director, Julien

Duvivier; screenplay, Ernest Pascal, Samuel Hoffenstein, Ellis St.

Joseph; music score, Alexandre Tansman; music director, Charles

Previn; film editor, Arthur Hilton.

FLICKER MEMORIES. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 732 ft., sd., sepia. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Film editor, Philip Anderson.

FLIES AIN'T HUMAN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

FLIGHT ANGELS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 8 reels. A Warner

Bros.-First National picture. From an original story by Jerry Wald

and Richard Macaulay.

Credits: Director, Lewis Seiler; screenplay, Maurice Leo.

FLIGHT COMMAND. Loew's Inc. with the cooperation of the United States

Navy, c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w.

Based on the story by Harvey Haislip and John Sutherland.

Credits: Producer, J. Walter Ruben; director, Frank Borzage;

screenplay, Wells Root, Harvey Haislip; music score, Franz Waxman;

film editor, Robert J. Kern.

FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943. 102 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, David Hempstead; director, Lothar Mendes; story,

Horace McCoy; screenplay, Oliver H. P. Garrett, S. K. Lauren;

adaptation, Jane Murfin; music, Roy Webb; music director, C.

Bakaleinikoff; editor, Roland Gross.

FLIGHT FROM DESTINY. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 8 reels. A

Warner Bros.-First National picture. From a story by Anthony

Berkeley.

Credits: Director, Vincent Sherman; screenplay, Barry Trivers.

FLIGHT INTO TIME. Herbert Kerkow, Inc., c1948. Presented by Trans

World Airline, Inc. 28 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: A TWA Constellation takes its passengers on a tour of

Mediterranean countries.

Credits: Written by Frank Beckwith; editor, Stanley Cypher.

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, B. P. Schulberg; director, Sidney Salkow; story,

Richard Carroll, Betty Hopkins; screenplay, Michael Blankfort;

music, Werner R. Heymann; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film

editor, Charles Nelson.

FLIGHT TO NOWHERE. Screen Guild Productions, Inc. c1946. 8 reels.

Credits: Producer, William B. David; director, William Rowland;

screenplay, Arthur V. Jones.

FLIP FLAP. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm.

(Noveltoon)

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; animation, Myron Waldman, William B.

Pattengill.

FLIRTY BIRDY. c1945. 669 ft., sd., color. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cartoon) (An MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Irven

Spence, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson; music, Scott Bradley.

Technicolor.

FLIVVER FLYING. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 10 min., sd., color.

(Sports Parade)

Credits: Producers, Robert Gottschalk, Leonard Klein; narrator, Knox

Manning. Technicolor.

FLOATING ELEPHANTS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 790 ft., sd.

(Cinescope, no. 7)

Credits: Narration, Dan Seymour; narrative by Gordon Auchincloss;

editor, Harry Foster.

FLOATING ISLANDS. Central New York Power Corp. 1 reel, color, 16mm.

Credits: Animation, John Edward DeTore; photography, Jack Lunn

Mowers. Kodachrome.

MU14502.

FLOOD WATERS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., b&w,

35mm. (Answer Man Series, no. 4B)

Credits: Producer, Harry A. Kapit; director, Benjamin R. Parker;

editor, Charles R. Senf.

FLOOR SHOW. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1

reel, sd.

FLOP GOES THE WEASEL. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd.,

color, 35mm. (Blue Ribbon Cartoon) A re-release.

FLORA. Screen Gems, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Color

Rhapsody, no. 31)

Credits: Producers, Raymond Katz, Henry Binder; director, Alex Lony;

story, Cal Howard, Dave Monahan; animation, Grant Simmons, Paul

Sommer, Chuck Otterstrom, Jay Sarbry; music, Darrell Calker.

FLORIAN. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10

reels, sd., b&w. Based on the novel by Felix Salter.

Credits: Producer, Winfield Sheehan; director, Edwin L. Marin;

screenplay, Noel Langley, Geza Herczeg, James Kevin McGuinness;

music score, Franz Waxman; film editor, Frank Hull.

FLORIDA FROLICS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946.

1 reel, sd.

FLORIDA, LAND OF FLOWERS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 1

reel, sd., color. (Lowell Thomas' Magic Carpet of Movietone)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; described by Lowell Thomas; music

score, John Rochetti; photographer, Jack Painter; editor, Lew Lehr.

FLORIDA SHACK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1

reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

FLOTSAM. SEE So Ends Our Night.

THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY. Young America Films, Inc., c1946. 10 min.,

16mm.

Credits: Advisor, Gerald S. Craig.

FLOWING GOLD. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 9 reels. A Warner

Bros.-First National picture. Suggested by a story by Rex Beach.

Credits: Director, Alfred Green; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet.

FLUFFY, THE KITTEN. c1941. 15 min., si., 16mm.

Credits: Producers, Grayce Space, Kenneth F. Space.

FLUID FLOW IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS. c1944. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Raphael Gustave Wolff.

FLUNG BY A FLING. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 16 min., sd., b&w,

35mm. (All Star Comedy)

Summary: A slapstick comedy about two married men at a Legion

convention.

Credits: Producer and director, Jules White; story, John Grey;

screenplay, Jules White; film editor, Edwin Bryant.

Cast: Gus Schilling, Richard Lane.

FLUSH OF GOLD. SEE Alaska.

FLY-BY-NIGHT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 8 reels, sd. Based on a

story by Ben Roberts and Sidney Sheldon.

Credits: Producer, Sol C. Siegel; director, Robert Siodmak;

screenplay, Jay Dratler; photography, John Seitz; film editor,

Arthur Schmidt.

FLY FISHING. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 10 min., sd., color.

(Sports Parade)

Credits: Directed and written by Del Frazier; commentator, Wendell

Niles.

THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp.,

c1943. 610 ft., sd. (Phantasy, no. 28)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; director, Paul Sommer; story, Dun

Roman; animation, Jim Armstrong, Volus Jones; music, Paul Worth,

Maurice de Packk.

Credits: Producer, Harry Joe Brown; director, Dorothy Arzner; story,