© Republic Pictures Corp.; 14Feb41; LP10303._Motion pictures, 1940-1949

PHANTOM EMPIRE. SEE Radio Ranch.

THE PHANTOM FILLY. SEE Home in Indiana.

PHANTOM KILLER. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, A. W. Hackel; director, William Beaudine;

screenplay, Karl Brown; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor,

Jack Ogilvie.

PHANTOM LADY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 9 reels, sd. Based

on the novel by William Irish.

Credits: Associate producer, Joan Harrison; director, Robert

Siodmak; screenplay, Bernard C. Schoenfeld; music director, Don

George; photographer, Elwood Bredell; film editor, Arthur Hilton.

PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Paul Malvern; director, Phil Rosen; original

story, Ralph Bettinson; screenplay, Joseph West; photographer, Fred

Jackman, Jr.; film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

PHANTOM OF 42nd STREET. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 6 reels, sd.

Based on the novel by Jack Harvey and Milton Raison.

Credits: Associate producers, Martin Mooney, Albert Herman;

director, Albert Herman; screenplay, Milton Raison; music, Karl

Hajos; film editor, Hugh Winn.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 10

reels, sd., color. Based on the composition by Gaston Leroux.

Credits: Producer, George Waggner; director, Arthur Lubin;

screenplay, Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein; music director, Edward

Ward; cameraman, Hal Mohr. Technicolor.

PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,

sd. Based on Red Harman's comic "Red Ryder."

Credits: Associate producer, R. G. Springsteen; director, Lesley

Selander; original screenplay, Earle Snell, Charles Kenyon; music

director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film

editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM PINTO. Ellkay Productions, c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Richard C. Kahn.

THE PHANTOM PLAINSMEN. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,

sd. Based on an original story by Robert Yost. Based on characters

"The Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, John English;

screenplay, Robert Yost, Barry Shipman; music score, Cy Feuer;

photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, William Thompson.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PHANTOM RAIDERS. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

7 reels, sd., b&w. (A Nick Carter Adventure)

Credits: Producer, Frederick Stephani; director, Jacques Tourneur;

original story, Jonathan Latimer; screenplay, William R. Lipman;

music score, David Snell; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

THE PHANTOM RIDER. c1945–46. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels

each, sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; [no. 1–6], 26Oct45; LP13678;

no. 7–12, 8Jan46; LP106.

Credits: Associate producer, Ronald Davidson; directors, Spencer

Bennet, Fred Brannon; original screenplay, Albert DeMond, Basil

Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Lynn Perkins, Barney Sarecky; music director,

Richard Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editors, Cliff

Bell, Harold R. Minter.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Avenging Spirit.

2. Flaming Ambush.

3. Hoofs of Doom.

4. Murder Masquerade.

5. Flying Fury.

6. Blazing Peril.

7. Gauntlet of Guns.

8. Behind the Mask.

9. The Captive Chief.

10. Beasts at Bay.

11. The Death House.

12. The Last Stand.

THE PHANTOM SPEAKS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels,

sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Donald H. Brown; director, John

English; original screenplay, John K. Butler; music director,

Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film editor, Arthur

Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM SUBMARINE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Ralph Cohn; director, Charles Barton; story,

Augustus Muir; screenplay, Joseph Krumgold; music director, M. W.

Stoloff; photography, Barney McGill; film editor, William Lyon.

THE PHANTOM THIEF. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd. Based

upon the character created by Jack Boyle.

Credits: Producer, John Stone; director, D. Ross Lederman; story, G.

A. Snow; screenplay, Richard Wormser, Richard Weil; music director,

Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

PHANTOM VALLEY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 6 reels, sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: In attempting to bring peace to warring ranchers and

homesteaders, the Durango Kid discovers that the leader of the

troublemakers is a young girl trying to obtain by murder all the

lands in Phantom Valley.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; original

screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Hunter, Ozie

Waters and his Colorado Rangers.

PHANTOMS INC. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2

reels, sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject)

Credits: Director, Harold Young; original story, Brainerd Duffield;

screenplay, Edward Bock; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Harry

Komer.

THE PHARMACIST. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

(Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 12 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the play by Philip

Barry.

Credits: Producer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz; director, George Cukor;

screenplay, Donald Ogden Stewart; music score, Franz Waxman; film

editor, Frank Sullivan.

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Eastman Kodak Co., c1942. 954 ft. Revised.

Appl. author: George W. Hoke.

THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC. SEE The March of Time, 1946.

THE PHILIPPINES 1898–1946. SEE The March of Time, v. 6, no. 10.

PHILMONT ADVENTURE. Boy Scouts of America, c1949. 1,275 ft., b&w,

16mm.

Summary: The significance of the phrase "Scouting in the

out-of-doors" is illustrated by the activities of the Philmont Scout

Ranch in New Mexico.

PHILO VANCE RETURNS. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 64 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, William Beaudine;

original screenplay, Robert E. Kent; music, Albert Glasser; music

director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Gene Fowler, Jr.

Cast: William Wright, Terry Austin, Leon Belasco.

PHILO VANCE'S GAMBLE. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 62 min., sd.,

b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Basil Wrangell; original

story, Lawrence Edmund Taylor; screenplay, Eugene Conrad, Arthur St.

Claire; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, W. Donn Hayes.

Cast: Alan Curtis, Terry Austin, Frank Jenks, Tala Birell.

PHILO VANCE'S SECRET MISSION. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 58 min.,

sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Reginald Le Borg;

original screenplay, Lawrence Edmund Taylor; film editor, W. Donn

Hayes.

Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell.

PHONEY BALONEY. Screen Gems, Inc., c1945. 670 ft., sd., color. (A Fox

and Crow)

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Sid Marcus; animation,

Paul Sommer, Ben Lloyd; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PHONOGRAPH. Gateway Productions, Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w,

16mm. (The Pirro Series, no. 10)

Summary: Pat shows his puppet, Pirro, how to play records on the

phonograph.

Credits: Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon.

PHONY CRONIES. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,492 ft., sd.

Credits: Producers, Del Lord, Hugh McCollum; direction, story, and

screenplay, Harry Edwards; film editor, Burton Kramer.

PHONY EXPRESS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,562 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Del Lord; story and screenplay, Elwood Ullman,

Monty Collins.

PHOTO FRENZY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 16 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This

Is America, no. 5)

Summary: A film on photography that shows technical procedures,

members of a camera club on a field trip, and some of the

masterpieces that camera enthusiasts produce.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Larry O'Reilly; script,

Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; editor, David Cooper.

PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY. Eastman Kodak Co. 44 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Presents to photo-lithographers the advantages that result

from using Kodak products.

Appl. author: Lloyd Reber.

PHOTOGRAPHY. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life

Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF NORMAL MENSTRUATION. Schering Corp., c1948. 29 min.,

color, sd., 16mm.

Summary: A scientific presentation of the basic physiology of

menstruation. A film for the medical profession to be used as a

review of the subject for professional groups and as an aid in the

instruction of students.

Appl. author: Norman L. Heminway.

PIANO MOONER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,572 ft., sd.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Harry Edwards; story and

screenplay, Harry Langdon; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

PIANO RHYTHM. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(Screenliner, no. 1)

Summary: Presents Jan August who plays "Malaguena" and "Nola" and

Kitty Kallen who sings "Kiss Me Sweet."

Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director, Herman Fuchs; editor,

Isaac Kleinerman.

PIANO SERENADE. Distributed by Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,

Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. A Filmcraft production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

PICK A PECK OF PLUMBERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 1,575 ft.,

sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Felix Adler.

PICKLE PUSS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1

reel, sd.

PICKLED PUSS. Screen Gems, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.

(Color Rhapsody, no. 133)

Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Cal Howard; animation, Grant

Simmons, Paul Sommers, Morey Reden.

PICKUPS PAY OFF. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by General

Motors Corp., Chevrolet Division. 1 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows the diversified uses that can be made of a 1949

Chevrolet pickup truck.

prints, 31May49; MU4180.

PICNIC PANIC. Screen Gems, Inc., c1946. 857 ft., sd., color, 35mm. (A

Color Rhapsody)

Credits: Direction and story, Bob Wickersham; animation, Chick

Otterstrom, Paul Sommer; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w with color sequences. Based

on the novel by Oscar Wilde.

Credits: Producer, Pandro S. Berman; direction and screenplay,

Albert Lewin; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, Ferris

Webster.

PICTURE PIONEER. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.,

35mm. (Person-Oddity, no. 153)

Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; script, Frank Kelly; narration,

Douglas Browning.

PICTURESQUE MASSACHUSETTS. c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photography, William

Steiner. Technicolor.

PICTURESQUE PATZCUARO. c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 846

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

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer,

Wilfrid Cline. Technicolor.

PIE IN THE EYE. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 20 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Warner Bros.

Summary: A slapstick comedy adapted from the old Mack Sennett

comedies.

Credits: Narration, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Art Gilmore; film

editor, DeLeon Anthony.

PIED PIPER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1

reel, sd.

THE PIED PIPER. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 7,859 ft.

Based on the novel by Nevil Shute.

Credits: Director, Irving Pichel; written for the screen by Nunnally

Johnson; music, Alfred Newman.

THE PIED PIPER OF BASIN STREET. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel,

sd., color. (A Walt Lantz Swing Symphony) (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

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

Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Pat Matthews;

music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

27Nov44; MP15492.

PIER 13. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 5,970 ft., sd. Based

on a story by Barry Conners and Philip Klein.

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

Andrews; music director, Cyril J. Mockridge.

PIERRE OF THE PLAINS. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the play by Edgar

Selwyn.

Credits: Producer, Edgar Selwyn; director, George B. Seitz;

screenplay, Lawrence Kimble, Bertram Millhauser; music score, Lennie

Hayton; film editor, George White.

PIG FOOT PETE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1

reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PIG MEAT THROWS THE BULL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,

Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PIGEON PATROL. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walter

Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Alex Lovy; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer;

animation, Ralph Somerville; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

17Jul42; MP12691.

PIGS AND ELEPHANTS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The characteristics and habits of domestic pigs, of foreign

relatives of the domestic pig, of hippopotami, and of African and

Indian elephants.

Credits: Collaborators, Eliot C. Williams, Donald M. Hatfield.

MP2586.

PIGS IN A POLKA. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd.,

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

PIGSKIN PASSES. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 20 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Warner Bros.

Summary: Spectacular plays from outstanding football games of the

past and present.

Credits: Directed and written by Robert Youngson; narrator, Dan

Donaldson; editor, Albert Helmes.

PIGSKIN SKILL. Loew's Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pete

Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Summary: Presents the skill and talents of football players who have

brought fame to the Los Angeles Rams.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, Carl Dudley;

film editor, Joseph Dietrick.

PIGTAIL PILOT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

(Person-Oddity, no. 138)

Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; narrator, Irwin

Darlington.

LA PILA SIMPLE. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration

with Morris Meister, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Spanish version

of "The Primary Cell."

THE PILGRIM LADY. c1946. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.,

35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, William J. O'Sullivan; director, Lesley

Selander; original screenplay, Dane Lussier; music director, Richard

Cherwin; cinematographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Arthur

Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PILGRIM PORKY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Warren Foster; animation, Norman McCabe.

A PILGRIMAGE TO AMSTERDAM FOR THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, 1948. 900

ft., color, 16mm.

Summary: Scenes of a trip from New York to the meeting of the World

Council of Churches in Amsterdam, including views of Paris, London,

Stockholm, and Copenhagen.

Credits: Produced, photographed, and narrated by Edwin L. Whisler.

A PILHA ELÉTRICA. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in

collaboration with Morris Meister, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Portuguese version of "The Primary Cell."

PILLOW OF DEATH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Wallace Fox; original story, Dwight V. Babcock;

screenplay, George Bricker; photographer, Jerry Ash; film editor,

Edward Curtis.

PILLOW TO POST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 92 min., sd. A

Warner Bros.-First National picture. From the stageplay by Rose

Simon Kohn.

Credits: Producer, Alex Gottlieb; director, Vincent Sherman;

screenplay, Charles Hoffman; music, Frederick Hollander; music

director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Jerome Moross;

film editor, Alan Crosland, Jr.

THE PIL'O MONEY PENCIL; or, THE PAY-OFF PENCIL. c1940. 1 reel.

PILOT NO. 5. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7

reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, B. P. Fineman; director, George Sidney; original

story and screenplay, David Hertz; music score, Lennie Hayton; film

editor, George White.

PILOTING. Springer Pictures, Inc. for the United States Navy.

Appl. author: John H. Obold.

pt. 1, MU13705; pt. 2, MU13706.

PIN GAMES. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

(Sportscope, no. 4)

Summary: An explanation of different types of bowling; scenes of

bowling at Worcester, Massachusetts, and of the bowling stars and

champions, Michael Litrenta, Elizabeth Barger, Ralph Keeney, and Joe

Norris.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; narrator,

Red Barber; editor, David Cooper.

PIN MARIN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1

reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

PIN UP GIRL. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 7,450 ft., sd.

Based on a story by Libbie Block.

Credits: Director, Bruce Humberstone; screenplay, Robert Ellis,

Helen Logan, Earl Baldwin; music directors, Emil Newman, Charles

Henderson.

PIN-UP POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1

reel, sd.

PIN-UPS ON PARADE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1943. 1 reel, sd.

A PINCH IN TIME. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 16 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: Hugh Herbert is mistaken for a pearl thief.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Del Lord; screenplay,

Edward Ullman; film editor, Henry DeMond.

Cast: Hugh Herbert.

PINKY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 102 min., sd., b&w,

35mm. Based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's novel, "Quality."

Summary: A drama dealing with the racial question as it affects a

light-skinned Negress who returns to the South after being accepted

as a white girl in Boston.

Credits: Producer, Darryl F. Zanuck; director, Elia Kazan;

screenplay, Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols; music director, Alfred

Newman; film editor, Harmon Jones.

Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan,

Basil Ruysdael.

PINKY TOMLIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1

reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Leslie Roush; written by Justin Herman;

photographers, George Webber, J. Burgi Contner.

PINOCCHIO. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 10 reels. From the story by

Collodi.

PINS AND CUSHIONS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 1 reel,

sd. (Paul Douglas' Sports Review)

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

photographer, Jack Kuhne; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

THE PINTO BANDIT. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Alfred Stern; direction and original screenplay,

Elmer Clifton; music director, Lee Zahler; photographer, Edward

Kull; film editor, Charles Henkel, Jr.

THE PINTO KID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, Fred Myton;

film editor, Mel Thorsen.

PIO PIO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel,

sd.

PIONEER DAYS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Harry S. Webb; story, Forrest

Sheldon; screenplay, Bennett Cohen; photographer, Edward Kull; film

editor, Robert Golden.

A PIONEER HOME. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A general view of pioneer life showing the furnishings and

physical surroundings of the home, the hard work and simple

pleasures of family life. For primary and intermediate grades.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Viola Theman.

PIONEER JUSTICE. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 55 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Thomas; director, Ray Taylor; original

screenplay, Adrian Page; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: "Lash" La Rue, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, Jennifer Holt.