THE PIONEERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd. F_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

Credits: Producer, Edward Finney; director, Al Herman; screenplay,

Charles Andersen; music score and direction, Frank Sanucci;

photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Fred Bain.

THE PIONEERS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1

reel, sd.

PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Sam Nelson; original screenplay, Fred Myton; film

editor, James Sweeney.

PIONEERS OF THE PLAINS. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

With teacher's handbook.

PIONEERS OF THE WEST. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels,

sd. Based on the characters "The Three Mesquiteers" created by

William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, Lester Orlebeck;

original screenplay, Jack Natteford, Karen DeWolf, Gerry Geraghty;

music score, Cy Feuer; photography, Jack Marta; film editor, Tony

Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PIP-EYE, PUP-EYE, POOP-EYE AND PEEP-EYE. Paramount Pictures Inc.,

c1942. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Seymour Kneitel;

animation, Seymour Kneitel, George Germanetti.

PIPE DREAMS. Distributed by Soundies Distributing Corp. of America,

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

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

THE PIPE OF PLENTY. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Michigan

Consolidated Gas Company. 811 ft., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates how the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company

serves the community, and features the planning and construction of

a new pipe line.

prints, 31May49; MU4181.

THE PIRATE. Loew's Inc., c1948. 102 min., sd., color, 35mm. An MGM

picture. Based on the play by S. N. Behrman.

Summary: In this musical comedy, with the setting laid in a mythical

Caribbean seaport, a clever traveling actor and his troupe detect

the disguise of a pirate and rescue a maiden from his power.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Vincente Minnelli;

screenplay, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich; music director, Lennie

Hayton; film editor, Blanche Sewell.

Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper,

Reginald Owen.

THE PIRATES OF CAPRI. Film Classics, Inc., c1949. 94 min., sd., b&w,

35mm.

Summary: An historical adventure drama filmed in Italy about a

nobleman who secretly leads the people of Naples to revolt against

the tyrannical Bourbon rule in 1799.

Credits: Producer, Victor Pahlen; director, Edgar G. Ulmer; story

and adaptation, G. A. Colonna, George Moser, B. Valeri; screenplay,

Sidney Alexander; music, Nina Rota; film editor, R. Lucidi.

Cast: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti, Rudolph Serato,

Alan Curtis.

PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 57 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Howard Bretherton; story,

Berne Giler; screenplay, Doris Schroeder, J. Benton Cheney; music

director, Paul Sawtell; editor, John Lockert.

PIRATES ON HORSEBACK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford.

Credits: Producer, Harry Sherman; director, Lesley Selander;

screenplay, Ethel La Blanche, J. Benton Cheney; photography, Russell

Harlan; film editor, Sherman A. Rose.

PIRATE'S TREASURE. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. for the Coca-Cola

Company, c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: After digging madly all over the beach, the pirates find a

treasure chest containing ice-cold Coca-Cola. An animated cartoon.

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA. c1943. 7 reels, sd. Based on the song by Al

Dexter.

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

original story, Arthur Caesar, Edward Dein; screenplay, Edward Dein,

Fred Schiller; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Reggie

Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PISTOL PACKIN' NITWITS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 1,558 ft., sd.

Credits: Direction and screenplay, Harry Edwards; story, Edward

Bernds, Harry Langdon.

PISTOL PACKIN' PAPA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PITCH A BOOGIE WOOGIE. Lord-Warner Pictures, Inc., c1948. 4 reels,

sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Musical short, with a brief plot that offers an opportunity

for slapstick.

Credits: Director, William Lord.

PITCHIN' IN THE KITCHEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,671 ft.,

sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Clyde

Bruckman.

PITCHIN' WOO AT THE ZOO. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Bill Turner, Jack Ward.

PITFALL. Regal Films, Inc. Released through United Artists Corp.,

c1948. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Jay Dratler.

Summary: A crime melodrama in which an insurance agent, bored with

the routine of domesticity and business, seeks excitement and finds

disaster.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Bischoff; director, Andre de Toth;

screenplay, Karl Kamb; music director, Louis Forbes; film editor,

Walter Thompson.

Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John

Litel.

PITTSBURGH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, Lewis Seiler; original

story, George Owen, Tom Reed; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed;

music director, Charles Previn; photography, Robert DeGrasse; film

editor, Paul Landers.

THE PITTSBURGH KID. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels,

sd. Based on a novel by Octavus Roy Cohen.

Credits: Associate producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Jack

Townley; screenplay, Earl Felton, Houston Branch; music director, Cy

Feuer; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Ernest Nims.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PIXIE PICNIC. Walter Lantz Productions, c1948. 7 min., sd., color,

35mm. (Musical Miniatures)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff;

animation, Verne Harding, Fred Moore; music, Darrell Calker.

PLA-LADY. 1 reel, 16mm.

Summary: Performed by children under eight years of age who imitate

the actions of their elders when they dress and rehearse for a

musical show and attend a banquet.

Credits: Produced and written by William M. Riddick.

MU4838.

PLAIN FACTS. American Social Hygiene Association, c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Narrator, Walter Clarke.

PLAIN FACTS. SEE La Escueta Verdad.

PLAIN TURNING ON 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.

PLAINSMAN AND THE LADY. c1946. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Joseph Kane; original story, Michael Uris, Ralph

Spence; screenplay, Richard Wormser; music, George Antheil; music

director, Cy Feuer.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; original story and screenplay, Karl

Kamb, John C. Higgins; music score, Nathaniel Shilkret; film editor,

Harry Komer.

PLANE DAFFY. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1944. 7 min., sd., color.

(Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Frank Tashlin; story, Warren Foster; animation,

Cal Dalton; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

PLANE GOOFY. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940.

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

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

A. Scheib. Technicolor.

PLANER AND SHAPER OPERATION. Film Productions Co., c1941. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Roy Arthur Clapp.

PLANES OF THE U. S. NAVY. Time, Inc., c1942. 2 reels.

PLANES WITHOUT PILOTS, sd., 16mm.

PLANNING FOR GOOD EATING. Walt Disney Productions, for the Institute

of Inter-American Affairs, c1946. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (Health

for the Americas)

Summary: A film showing that variety in diet is necessary for good

health.

PLANT A LITTLE GARDEN IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. Soundies Distributing

Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PLANTATION MELODIES. Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd. (Featurette)

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, LeRoy Prinz;

screenplay, Jack Scholl.

A PLANTER OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA (1740–1765) Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.,

c1940. 1 reel, sd.

PLANTS AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES OF HOUDRY. The Jam Handy

Organization, Inc. Presented by Houdry Process Corp. 1–1/2 reels,

sd. Narration in Russian.

17Jun45; MU16034.

PLASTIC ART. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

PLASTIC ART. SEE Escultura.

PLASTICS. Caravel Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel each, 16mm. © Caravel

Films, Inc.

1. Origin and Synthesis of Plastics Materials. © 1Feb46; MP434.

2. Methods of Processing Plastics Materials. © 1Feb46; MP435.

3. Compression Molding. pt. 1: Preparing the Charge and Loading the

Mold. © 1Feb46; MP436.

5. Transfer Molding, Molding a Part with Inserts. © 1Feb46; MP437.

6. Semi-Automatic and Hand Molding of Intricate Parts. © 1Feb46;

MP438.

7. Injection Molding. pt. 1: Setting Up the Press and Molding a

Part. © 1Feb46; MP439.

9. Finishing Molded Parts. © 1Feb46; MP440.

10. Machining Laminated Plastics. © 1Feb46; MP441.

THE PLASTICS INVENTOR. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944.

1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt Disney Donald Duck)

Credits: Director, Jack King; story, Jack Hannah, Dick Shaw;

animation, Don Towsley, Bill Justice, Paul Allen, Brad Case; music,

Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

PLAY AND PLENTY. SEE Variety Views, no. 162.

PLAY BALL, SON! Herb Lamb Productions, Inc., c1946. 3 reels, sd. &

si., 16mm. Based on the book by Bert V. Dunne.

PLAY GIRL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 77 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Frank Woodruff; story and

screenplay, Jerry Cady; music director, Paul Sawtelle; editor, Harry

Marker.

PLAY IN THE SNOW. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1945. 1 reel.

PLAY TIME POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945.

1 reel, sd.

PLAYBILL. Presented by Chevrolet. sd.

10Oct40; MU10531.

PLAYFUL PELICAN. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd.,

color, 35mm. (Walter Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff;

animation, Ed Love, Ken O'Brien; music, Darrell Calker.

THE PLAYFUL PEST. Screen Gems, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Paul Sommer; story, Sam Cobean.

PLAYGIRL POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1

reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

THE PLAYGIRLS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd.

(Melody Masters Band)

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco.

PLAYGROUND SAFETY. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Vivian Weedon.

MP2496.

PLAYING BY EAR. Loew's Inc., c1946. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Pete

Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, David O'Brien;

screenplay, David Barclay, Joe Ansen; music, Max Terr; film editor,

Joseph Dietrick.

PLAYING GROWNUPS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 min., sd., color.

Credits: Technicolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

descr., & 22 prints, 26Apr40; MU10219.

PLAYING IN THE PARK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.,

c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PLAYING THE PIED PIPER. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941.

641 ft., sd. (Fable, no. 14)

Credits: Director, Lou Lilly; music, Eddie Kilfeather.

PLAYING WITH NEPTUNE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1 reel,

sd. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

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

described by Ed Thorgersen.

PLAYLANDS OF MICHIGAN. Loew's Inc., c1949. 9 min., sd., color, 35mm.

(James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks) An MGM picture.

Summary: Views of the wonders of Michigan's resort towns, rivers,

and lakes.

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

Virgil Miller; music arranger, Joseph Nussbaum.

PLAYMATES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 96 min., sd.

Credits: Producer and director, David Butler; story, James V. Kern,

M. M. Musselman; screenplay, James V. Kern; music, James Van Heusen;

music director, Roy Webb; music arrangements, George Duning; editor,

Irene Morra.

PLAYMATES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1

reel, sd.

PLAYMATES FROM THE WILD. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

(Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

PLAYTIME IN HAWAII. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1 reel,

sd. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; music score, L. DeFrancesco;

photography, Al Brick; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

PLAYTIME IN RIO. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm.

(Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: Rio de Janeiro is the setting of this film in which golf,

swimming, soccer, horse racing, and the rigorous training of members

of the Brazilian police force are featured.

Credits: Narration, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman Bradley;

film editor, L. Lindsay.

PLAYTIME IN SCANDINAVIA. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8

min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: At Soliden, the summer capital of Sweden, King Gustav,

nonagenarian sportsman, plays croquet, and his subjects enjoy the

favorite summer sports of Sweden—gymnastics, swimming, and skiing.

Scenes of the yacht race for Kattegat Cup, between Swedish and

Norwegian boats, are included.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Earl Allvine; narrator,

Mel Allen; music score, L. deFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

PLAYTIME'S JOURNEY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 8 min.,

sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; narrator, Mel Allen; music, L.

DeFrancesco; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

PLEASE ANSWER. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1

reel, sd., sepia. (What's Your I.Q., no. 3) (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Roy Rowland; screenplay, E. Maurice Adler; film

editor, Ferris Webster.

PLEASE TAKE A LETTER, MISS BROWN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of

America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PLEASED TO MITT YOU. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Ewart Adamson,

Clyde Bruckman.

PLEASUREBOUND IN CANADA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 797 ft., sd.

(A Columbia Tour, series 3, no. 7)

Credits: Narrator, John Martin; editor, Harry Foster.

PLEDGE TO BATAAN. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, David Griffin;

narration, Ralph Schoolman, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman

Bradley. Technicolor.

PLENTY BELOW ZERO. c1943. Presented by Columbia. 653 ft., sd., color.

(A Color Rhapsody) (Fox and Crow)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; director, Bob Wickersham; story,

Leo Salkin; animation, Howard Swift; music, Eddie Kilfeather.

Technicolor.

THE PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT. Selected Films, Inc., England. Released in

the U. S. by United Artists Corp., c1948. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Originally entitled "Teheran."

Summary: A ficticious melodrama about an English war correspondent

who thwarts a Persian plot to murder Roosevelt at the Teheran

Conference in 1943.

Credits: Director, William Freshman.

Cast: Derek Farr, Marta Labarr, Manning Whiley, Pamela Stirling,

John Slater.

PLUMBING. c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational

Guidance Films, Inc.

THE PLUNDERERS. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 87 min., sd.,

color, 35mm.

Summary: A U.S. Cavalry officer, having disguised himself as a

badman, apprehends a desperado and his gang. Sioux Indians attack

the party and kill the outlaw, thereby relieving the officer of the

unhappy task of hanging him. Setting, the West of 1870.

Credits: Associate producer-director, Joseph Kane; original story,

James Edward Grant; screenplay, Gerald Geraghty, Gerald Adams;

music, Dale Butts; music director, Morton Scott; film editor, Arthur

Roberts.

Cast: Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker,

George Cleveland.

PLUTO AND THE ARMADILLO. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd.

(A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO AT THE ZOO. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt

Disney Pluto)

PLUTO, JUNIOR. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt

Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S BLUE NOTE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color,

35mm. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Jack

Huber; animation, Jerry Hathcock, George Kreisl, George Nicholas,

Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

PLUTO'S DREAM HOUSE. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 1 reel. (A Walt

Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S FLEDGLING. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color,

35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Eric

Gurney; animation, Phil Duncan, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Jack

Boyd; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S HOUSEWARMING. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 7 min., sd.,

color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Bill de la

Torre; animation, George Nicholas, Jerry Hathcock, Marvin Woodward,

Blaine Gibson.

PLUTO'S KID BROTHER. Walt Disney Productions, c1945. 1 reel. (A Walt

Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Harry Reeves, Jesse

Marsh; animation, George Nicholas, Gerry Hathcock, Robert

Youngquist, Jack Boyd; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S PLAYMATE. Walt Disney Productions, c1941. 1 reel. (A Walt

Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S PURCHASE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 1 reel, sd., color,

35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Bill de la

Torre; animation, George Nicholas, Robert Youngquist, George Kreisl,

Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S SURPRISE PACKAGE. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 1 reel, sd.,

color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Eric

Gurney; animation, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Hugh Fraser,

George Rowley; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S SWEATER. Walt Disney Productions. Distributed by RKO Radio

Pictures, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Milt

Schaffer; music, Oliver Wallace; animation, Phil Duncan, Hugh

Fraser, George Nicholas, Dan MacManus.

PNEUMONIA. Encyclopaedia Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm. In

Chinese.

PNEUMONIA. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. With

teacher's handbook.

POBYEDA. SEE Counter-Attack.

THE POCKET BOOK OF BASIC ENGLISH. SEE Basic English.

POEME. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel,

sd.

POET AND PEASANT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945.

1 reel, sd.

THE POET AND PEASANT, c1946. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd.,

color, 35mm. (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walter Lantz; director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben

Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Les Kline, Paul Smith; music,

Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

MP786.

THE PIONEERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd. From the