Credits: Director, Will Cowan; music director, Milton Rosen;_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

editor, Edward Curtiss.

MELODY TAKES A HOLIDAY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1943. 1 reel, sd.

MELODY TIME. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 18 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(Musical Featurette, no. 1)

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Jack Scholl; film

editor, Edward W. Williams.

MELODY TIME. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 75 min., sd., color,

35mm.

Summary: Using live action and animated cartoons, the film tells

seven stories: "Once Upon a Wintertime," a sleighing adventure of

bygone days; "Bumble Boogie," the reactions of a bee to a piano

rendition of "The Flight of the Bumblebee;" "Johnny Appleseed," the

semi-legendary tale of a pioneer benefactor; "Little Toot," the

activities of a small tugboat in New York Harbor; "Trees," a cartoon

fantasy based on Joyce Kilmer's poem; "Blame It on the Samba," in

which Donald Duck and José Carioca cavort to Brazilian rhythms; and

"Pecos Bill," a folk tale of the western plains.

Credits: Production supervisor, Ben Sharpsteen; cartoon directors,

Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney; story,

Winston Hibler, Harry Reeves, Ken Anderson [and others]; directing

animators, Eric Larson, Ward Kimball [and others]; musical

directors, Eliot Daniel, Ken Darby; film editors, Donald Halliday,

Thomas Scott.

Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, the Andrews Sisters, Fred

Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Freddy Martin, Ethel Smith.

MÉMOIRES D'UN MÉDECIN. SEE Black Magic.

MEMORIES OF AUSTRALIA. c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 893

ft., sd., color. (A Miniature)

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer, Hone

Glendinning; music score, Nathaniel Shilkret. Technicolor.

MEMORIES OF COLUMBUS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1945. 1 reel,

sd., color. (Lowell Thomas' Movietone Adventures)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; continuity, Valeska Weidig; music

score, L. deFrancesco; photographer, Jack Painter. Technicolor.

MEMORIES OF EUROPE. c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 776 ft.,

sd., color.

Credits: Produced and narrated by James A. FitzPatrick; music score,

Nat Finston; photographers, Winton Hoch, Ray Fernstrom. Technicolor.

MEMORIES OF SHAKESPEARE. Hoffberg Productions, Inc., c1949. 30 min.,

sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The story of the life of Shakespeare presented with scenes

of the actual places where he lived and worked.

Credits: Producer, Edwin J. Fancey; commentary, John Snagge;

photographer, Cecil H. Williamson.

MEMORY TRICKS. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

795 ft., sd., sepia. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Will Jason; original idea, Harry Kahne;

screenplay, E. Maurice Adler; film editor, Philip Anderson.

MEMPHIS BLUES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1

reel, sd.

MEN AGAINST THE SKY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 76 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Howard Benedict; director, Leslie Goodwins;

story, John Twist; screenplay, Nathanael West; music director, Frank

Tours; editor, Desmond Marquette.

MEN AND MACHINES. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 1 reel,

sd., b&w, 16mm. (The World Today)

Summary: Shows that the invention and use of modern machines have

made life easier and happier for mankind. The film describes the

cotton gin, the locomotive, and the steamboat; the machinery used in

the mining of coal and in the production of steel ingots; and

machinery used in the manufacture of drugs, electric appliances,

synthetic rubber, and rayon and nylon products.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; script, Robert H. Hertzberg;

narrator, Hugh James; editor, John Oser.

MEN AND MONEY. Jam Handy Organization. Presented by The Research

Department of Household Finance Corp. 3 reels, sd.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

MU10015.

MEN FOR THE FLEET. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 1 reel,

sd. (Adventures of the Newsreel Cameraman)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; continuity, Russ Sheilds;

narrator, Paul Douglas; music score, L. de Francesco; photographer,

Jack Kuhne; editor, Jack Darrock.

MEN I'D LIKE TO HIRE. Presented by Chevrolet.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

descr., & 165 prints, 4Mar40; LU9460.

MEN IN HER DIARY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 8 reels, sd.

From an original story by Kerry Shaw.

Credits: Director, Charles Barton; screenplay, F. Hugh Herbert,

Elwood Ullman; adaptation, Lester Cole; music score and direction,

Milton Rosen; film editor, Paul Landres.

THE MEN IN HER LIFE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 9 reels, sd.

Based on the novel "Ballerina" by Lady Eleanor Smith.

Credits: Producer and director, Gregory Ratoff; screenplay,

Frederick Kohner, Michael Wilson, Paul Trivers; continuity, Barbara

Keon; music director, David Raksin; film editor, Francis D. Lyon.

MEN IN WASHINGTON—1942. SEE The March of Time, v. 8, no. 12.

MEN MAKE STEEL; prologue, sd., color.

Credits: Technicolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

21Dec40; MU10685.

MEN OF BOYS TOWN. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 10 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, John W. Considine, Jr.; director, Norman Taurog;

original screenplay, James Kevin McGuinness; music score, Herbert

Stothart; film editor, Fredrick Y. Smith.

MEN OF LIGHTSHIP "61". Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1,748

ft., sd.

Credits: Script, Hugh Gray; music, Richard Addinsell; score, Ken

Cameron; camera, Jonah Jones; editor, S. McAllister.

MEN OF MEDICINE. Time, Inc., c1945. 1 reel. (Forum Edition)

MEN OF SAN QUENTIN. Producers Releasing Corp., c1942. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Martin Mooney, Max King; director, William

Beaudine; original story, Martin Mooney; screenplay, Ernest Booth;

film editor, Dan Milner.

MEN OF TEXAS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, George Waggner; director, Ray Enright;

original screenplay, Harold Shumate; film editor, Clarence Kolster.

MEN OF THE F. B. I. SEE The March of Time, v. 7, no. 9.

MEN OF THE FLEET. SEE The March of Time, v. 8, no. 13.

MEN OF THE SEA. Released by P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 5 reels, sd.

A G. H. W. production.

Credits: Director, Norman Walker; story, Manning Haynes; scenario,

Harold Simpson; continuity, Phyllis Crocker; music director, Albert

Cazabon; photographer, Eric Cross; editor, Sam Simmonds.

MEN OF THE SHOOTING STARS. RKO Pathe, Inc., with the cooperation of

the United States Air Force, c1949. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(Screenliner, no. 4)

Summary: Explains the basic principles in the construction of jet

planes, and displays them in action. Shows a final checkup of the

Shooting Star for a flight from Andrews Field to New York.

Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director and photographer,

Howard Winner; narrator, Arthur Hannes; music, Nathaniel Shilkret;

editor, Isaac Kleinerman.

MEN OF THE SKY. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., in cooperation with the

United States Army Air Forces, c1942. 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Director, B. Reeves Eason; written and narrated by Owen

Crump. Technicolor.

MEN OF THE TIMBERLAND. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 7 reels,

sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Ben Pivar; director, John Rawlins;

original story, Paul Jarrico; screenplay, Maurice Tombragel, Griffin

Jay; cameraman, John Boyle; film editor, Milton Carruth.

MEN OF THE U. S. NAVY. Time, Inc., c1942. 3 reels.

MEN OF TOMORROW. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd., color,

35mm.

Credits: Directed and written by Saul Elkins; narrator, Knox

Manning. Technicolor.

MEN OF WEST POINT. Movietone. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox

Film Corp., c1942. 1 reel, sd. (The World Today)

Credits: Continuity, Dave Cooper; narrator, Hugh James; music score,

L. DeFrancesco; photography, Jack Painter.

MEN ON HER MIND. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Alfred Stern; director, Wallace W. Fox; original

screenplay, Raymond L. Schrock; music director, Lee Zahler; film

editor, Charles Henkel, Jr.

MEN WANTED. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1940. 10 min., sd., color.

(The Color Parade)

Credits: Written and directed by Ira Genet; commentator, John

Deering.

MEN WITHOUT SOULS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Nick Grinde; original story, Harvey Gates;

screenplay, Robert D. Andrews, Joseph Carole; music director, M. W.

Stoloff; film editor, James Sweeney.

MEN, WOMEN, AND MOTION. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. Presented

by Albert Mitchell. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 35mm. (Answer Man Series)

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

editor, Charles R. Senf.

MEN WORKING TOGETHER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 992 ft., sd.

(Victory Short)

Credits: Narration, William M. Nelson; narrator, Walter E. Sickles;

photography, James L. Baker.

MENACE OF THE RISING SUN. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 2

reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; script, Henry C.

Bate, Allan F. Kitchel, Jr.; narrator, Graham McNamee.

MERCHANT CONVOY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 956 ft., sd. (A

Columbia Panoramic) Adapted from a British Government film "Merchant

Seaman."

Credits: Director, J. B. Holmes; commentator, Howard St. John;

photographer, N. E. Fowle; editor, Harry Foster.

MERCHANT SEAMAN. SEE Merchant Convoy.

MERCY ISLAND. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd. From

the novel by Theodore Pratt.

Credits: Associate producer, Armand Schaefer; director, William

Morgan; screenplay, Malcolm Stuart Boylan; music director, Cy Feuer;

photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Ernest Nims.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

MERIDA AND CAMPECHE. c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 751 ft.,

sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; music score, Nat Finston.

Technicolor.

MERMAIDS ON PARADE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

(Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

MERMAID'S PARADISE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 865 ft., sd. (The

World of Sports)

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

photographer, William Kelly.

MERRILY WE SING. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.,

35mm. (Sing and Be Happy Series, no. 2)

Credits: Director, Harold James Moore.

MERRY ANDREW. SEE The Jones Family in Young As You Feel.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. Ambassador Films, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w,

16mm.

Summary: At the palace of Augarten in Vienna, the Vienna Choir Boys

make preparations for Christmas and join in singing carols.

Credits: Producer, Eugen Sharin; director and screenplay, Leopold

Halnisch; story, Stephen Vas.

MERRY-GO-ROUNDUP. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941.

1 reel, sd.

MERRY MADCAPS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 2 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Will Cowan; director, Reginald Le Borg;

music director, Charles Previn; orchestrations, Milton Rosen; film

editor, Charles Maynard.

THE MERRY MONAHANS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producers, Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano; director,

Charles Lamont; original screenplay, Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano;

photography, Charles Van Enger; film editor, Charles Maynard.

THE MERRY MOUSE CAFE. Screen Gems, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Phantasy,

no. 13)

Credits: Story, Allen Rose; animation, Lou Lilly.

MERTON OF THE MOVIES. Loew's Inc., c1947. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An

MGM picture. Based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the play by

George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

Credits: Producer, Albert Lewis; director, Robert Alton; screenplay,

George Wells, Lou Breslow; music score, David Snell; film editor,

Frank E. Hull.

Cast: Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames, Alan

Mowbray.

MESS PRODUCTION. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Bill Turner, Otto

Messmer.

A MESSAGE TO WOMEN. Hugh Harman Productions, Inc., c1945. 1,750 ft.,

sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Richard C. Kahn. Technicolor.

METAL CRAFT. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

METAL CRAFT. SEE

Arte Metálica.

Metalisteria.

THE METAL WORKING LATHE. Burton Holmes Films, Inc. for South Bend

Lathe Works, c1941. 1 reel, sd. Based on the handbook "How To Run a

Lathe."

Appl. authors: John J. O'Brien, Russel E. Frushour.

METALISTERIA. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration

with Forest Grant, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Spanish version of

"Metal Craft."

METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Joseph Dephoure Studio, c1948. 1 min.,

sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: An "MTA" film commercial.

Appl. author: Joseph Dephoure.

MEUBELMAKERS. SEE Furniture Craftsmen.

MEXICALI ROSE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1

reel, sd.

MEXICAN CHILDREN. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1938. 1 reel, sd. With

primary grade teacher's handbook.

MEXICAN HAT DANCE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1941. 1 reel, sd.

MEXICAN HAYRIDE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 77 min., sd.,

b&w, 35mm. Based on the play by Dorothy and Herbert Fields.

Summary: A slapstick comedy about the misadventures which follow

when a fugitive from American justice is selected, by mistake, as

the hero of Amigo Americano week in Mexico.

Credits: Producer, Robert Arthur; director, Charles T. Barton;

screenplay, Oscar Brodney, John Grant; music arranged and conducted

by Walter Scharf; film editor, Frank Grose.

Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey, Luba Malina, John

Hubbard.

MEXICAN JOY RIDE. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1947. 7 min., sd.,

color, 35mm. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Arthur Davis; story, Dave Monahan.

THE MEXICAN JUMPING BEAN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,

Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

MEXICAN JUMPING BEANS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 10 min., sd.,

(Hollywood Novelty)

Credits: Director, Eddie M. Davis; written by DeLeon Anthony;

narrator, Knox Manning.

MEXICAN MAJESTY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 1 reel, sd.,

color. (Lowell Thomas' Movietone Adventures)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music score, L. deFrancesco;

photographer, Jack Kuhne; film editor, Russ Sheilds. Technicolor.

MEXICAN MELODY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1

reel, sd.

MEXICAN POLICE ON PARADE, c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 801

ft., sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer, Wilfrid

Cline. Technicolor.

MEXICAN SEA SPORTS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 10 min., sd., color.

(Sports Parade)

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, Luis Osorno

Barona; narrator, Knox Manning; photographer, Luis Osorno Barona.

Technicolor.

MEXICAN SPITFIRE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 67 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Leslie Goodwins; story,

Joseph A. Fields; screenplay, Joseph A. Fields, Charles E. Roberts;

music director, Roy Webb; editor, Desmond Marquette.

MEXICAN SPITFIRE AT SEA. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 73 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Leslie Goodwins; original

screenplay, Jerry Cady, Charles E. Roberts; music director, C.

Bakaleinikoff; editor, Theron Warth.

MEXICAN SPITFIRE OUT WEST. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 76 min.,

sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Leslie Goodwins; story,

Charles E. Roberts; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, Jack Townley;

music score, Roy Webb; editor, Desmond Marquette.

MEXICAN SPITFIRE SEES A GHOST. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 70

min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Leslie Goodwins; original

screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, Monte Brice; music director, C.

Bakaleinikoff; editor, Theron Warth.

THE MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BABY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 69 min.,

sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Leslie Goodwins; original

screenplay, Jerry Cady, Charles E. Roberts; music director,

Bakaleinikoff; editor, Theron Warth.

MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BLESSED EVENT. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943. 63

min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Leslie Goodwins; story,

Charles E. Roberts; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, Dane Lussier;

music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Harry Marker.

MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S ELEPHANT. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 64 min.,

sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Leslie Goodwins; story,

Charles E. Roberts, Leslie Goodwins; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts;

music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Harry Marker.

MEXICAN SPORTLAND. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 10 min., sd.,

color. (Sports Parade)

Credits: Director, Luis Osorno Barona; narrator, Knox Manning.

Technicolor.

MEXICANA. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Alfred Santell; original screenplay,

Frank Gill, Jr.; music, Gabriel Ruiz; music director, Walter Scharf;

orchestral arrangements; Joseph Dubin; photographer, Jack Marta;

film editor, Arthur Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

MÉXICO—ARTES POPULARES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in

collaboration with M. D. C. Crawford, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Spanish version of "Arts and Crafts of Mexico."

MEXICO—GOOD NEIGHBOR'S DILEMMA. SEE March of Time, v. 7, no. 3.

MEXICO RURAL—NIÑOS. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1

reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborators: Ernest Horn, Arthur I. Gates, Celeste C.

Pearson.

MI ESPAÑA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1

reel, sd.

MI LINDA AMOR. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1

reel, sd.

MI RUMBA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel,

sd.

MICHAEL O'HALLORAN. Windsor Pictures Corp., c1948. 79 min., sd.,

color, 35mm. Based on the novel by Gene Stratton-Porter.

Summary: A story about a young girl who is crippled by fear and

cured by love.

Credits: Producers, Julian Lesser, Frank Melford; director, John

Rawlins; screenplay, Erna Lazarus; music director, Lud Gluskin;

editor, Merrill White.

Cast: Scotty Beckett, Allene Roberts, Tommy Cook, Isabel Jewell,

Charles Arnt.

MICHAEL SHAYNE, PRIVATE DETECTIVE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,

c1941. 6,870 ft., sd. Based on a novel by Brett Halliday.

Credits: Director, Eugene Forde; screenplay, Stanley Rauh, Manning

O'Connor; music director, Emil Newman.

MICHIGAN KID. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1947. 69 min., sd.,

color, 35mm. Suggested by Rex Beach's story.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Ray Taylor; story and

screenplay, Roy Chanslor; music, Hans J. Salter; film editor, Paul

Landres. Technicolor.

Cast: Jon Hall, Victor McLaglen, Rita Johnson, Andy Devine.

MICHIGAN SKI-DADDLE. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 10 min., sd., color,

(Sports Parade)

Credits: Producers, Blumenthal and Heilner; director, Andre de La

Varre; narrator, Knox Manning. Technicolor.

MICKEY. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1948. Presented by David W. Siegel.

87 min., sd., color, 35mm. A Bryan Foy production. Based on the

novel "Clementine" by Peggy Goodin.

Summary: A musical comedy in which the principal character is a

fifteen-year-old tomboy. Small town setting.

Credits: Producer, Aubrey Schenck; director, Ralph Murphy;

screenplay, Muriel Roy Bolton, Agnes Christine Johnston; music

director, Irving Friedman; music score, Marlin Skiles; film editor,

Norman Colbert.

Cast: Lois Butler, Bill Goodwin, Irene Hervey, John Sutton, Rose

Hobart.

MICKEY AND THE SEAL. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 1 reel, sd.,

color, 35mm. (Mickey Mouse Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Will Cowan; music director, Milton Rosen; film