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MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS

35mm.

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Larz Bourne; animation, Al Eugster, William B. Pattengill; music, Winston Sharpies. © Paramount Pictures Corp.; 13Jan50; MP4965.

BLUE HOLES OF ANDROS.

Summary: Under-water scenes show the fauna and flora found in the inland lakes which are fed by subterranean openings called "blue holes." Filmed in Middle Bight, Andros Islands, The Bahamas.

BODYHOLD.

Columbia Pictures Corp., 1950. 63min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A melodrama about an honest wrestling champion who exposes his crooked promoter.

Credits: Producer, Rudolph C. Flothow; director, Seymour Friedman; screenplay, George Bricker; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, James Sweeney. Cast : Willard Parker, Lola Albright, Hillary Brooke, Allen Jenkins, Roy Roberts.

BOMBA ON PANTHER ISLAND.

Monogram Pictures Corp., 1949. 76 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on characters created by Roy Rockwood.

Summary: Bomba insures the future of an African experimental farm by destroying the murderous black panther that terrorized the farm employees.

Credits; Producer, Walter Mirisch; director. Ford Beebe; screenplay. Ford Beebe; music director, Edward J. Kay; film editor, Richard Heermance. Cast Johnny Sheffield, Allene Roberts. Lita Baron, Bill Walker, Charles Irwin.

BOOBS IN THE WOODS. (Merrie Melodies)

Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., 1950. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Robert McKimson; story, Warren Foster; animation, Phil DeLara, J. C. Melendez, Emery Hawkins, Charles McKimson, Pete Burness; music director, Carl Stalling.

BORDERLINE.

Borderline Pictures Corp. Released by Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1950. 88 min., sd., b&w, 35 mm.

Summary: A melodrama about two federal agents who, unknown to each other, have both been assigned to breaking the same Mexican narcotics ring.

Credits: Producer, Milton H. Bren; director, William A. Seiter; story and screenplay, Devery Freeman; music, Hans J. Salter; film editor, Harry Keller. Cast : Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Roy Roberts, Jose Torvay.

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.

Young America Films, Inc., 1949. Filmstrip, 46 frames, color, 35mm.

Summary: A young boy aids the Boston patriots in their rebellion against the British policy of taxation without representation. Dressed as Indians, the patriots raid the British ships and dump chests of heavily-taxed tea into the harbor.

Credits: Written and illustrated by Margaret Bradfield.

THE BOTTLE IMP.

SEE The Imp in the Bottle. LP2888.

BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED. (Variety View, no. 184)

Universal Pictures Co., Inc., in cooperation with Associated Screen Studios, Montreal, 1949. 9min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Presents incidents about people who live on the boundary line between the United States and Canada, emphasizing how the people of these nations live together in mutual friendship and respect, sharing their 3, 000-mile border.

Credits: Director, Gordon Sparling; music, Lucio Acastini.

BOY FROM INDIANA.

Ventura Pictures Corp. Released through Eagle Lion Films, Inc., 1950. 67 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A jockey's care reveals the championship status of a supposedly run- down "quarter" horse, doped by its owner to win races.

Credits: Producer, Frank Melford; director, John Rawlins; screenplay. Otto Englander; music director, Lud Gluskin; film editor, Merrill White. Cast: Lon McCallister, Lois Butler, Billie Burke, George Cleveland, Texas Dandy (horse).

THE BRAVE ENGINEER.

Walt Disney Productions. Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 19S0. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. Based on the ballad of Casey Jones by T. Lawrence Seibert and Eddie Newton.

Credits: Director, Jack Kinney; story, Dick Kinney, Dick Shaw; animation. Milt Kahl, Fred Moore, Al Bertino; narrators, Jerry Colonna, The Kings Men; music. Ken Darby.

BREAKING THE TAPE. (Variety View, no. 174)

Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1949. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Demonstrates the techniques of starting, sprinting, hurdling, and baton passing in relay racing.

Credits: Producer, Edmund L. Dorfman; script, Arthur Cohen; narrator. Bob Stanton.

BREAST CANCER: THE PROBLEM OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS.

Audio Productions, Inc., for the American Cancer Society, Inc., 1950. 36 min., sd. , b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Through the medium of animation and clinical photography, the film describes the methods of diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Designed for use by medical groups.

BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION.

Audio Productions, Inc., for the American Cancer Society, Inc., 1950. 16 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Instructs women in the proper method of examining breasts in order to detect a growth at an early stage. For medical and public groups.

Credits: Director, Alexander Gansell; script. Earl Pierce; editor, Murray Margolin.

BRIGHT LEAF.

Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., 1950. 110 min., sd., 35mm. Based on the novel of the same title by Foster Fitz-Simons.

Summary: Possession of a cigarette-manufacturing machine combined with ruthless eradication of competition brings a tenant farmer's son into control of a tobacco empire. Setting: A Southern state in the late nineteenth century.

Credits: Producer, Henry Blanke; director, Michael Curtiz; screenplay, Ranald MacDougall; music, Victor Young; orchestrations, Leo Shuken, Sid Cutner; film editor, Owen Marks. Cast: Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson, Donald Crisp.

BRINGING UP FATHER.

SEE Jiggs and Maggie Out West. LP170.

BROKEN JOURNEY.

Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd., London, 1948. Released in the U. S. by Eagle Lions Films, Inc., 1949. 89 min. , sd. , b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The thirteen passengers of a plane wrecked on an Alpine peak learn a great deal about themselves and each other before help arrives.

Credits: Producer, Sydney Box; director. Ken Annakin; screenplay, Robert Westerby; music composed by John Greenwood and played by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Muir Mathieson; film editor, Alfred Roome. Cast : Phyllis Calvert, Margot Grahame, James Donald, Francis L. Sullivan, Raymond Huntley.

BROOKLYN BUCKAROOS. (Comedy Special, no. 5)

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1950. 18 min., sd. , b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Two vaudeville actors stranded in a western town put their act to use in capturing a dangerous outlaw and his gang.

Credits: Producer. George Bilson; director, Leslie Goodwins; screenplay. Elwood UUman; film editor. Edward W. Williams. Cast: Wally Brown, Jack Kirkwood, Lynn Davies. Richard Emory, Gene Roth.

BUCCANEER'S GIRL.

Universal Pictures Co., Inc., 1950. 77 min., sd., color. 35mm.

Summary: A singer who unwittingly has learned the true identity of the pirate Baptiste aids him in securing his freedom when his disguise is exposed.

Credits: Producer. Robert Arthur; director, Frederick de Cordova; story, Joe May. Samuel R. Golding; screenplay, Harold Shumate, Joseph Hoffman; music, Walter Scharf; film editor. Otto Ludwig. Cast : Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Elsa Lanchester, Andrea King.

BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW.

2 reels, b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A performance of the original Buffalo Bill Wild West Show filmed about 1913, featuring Col. William F. Cody and his troupe of cowboys and Indians. © William J. Garlow, Fred H. Garlow, Jane Garlow Mallehan; title, descr. , & 18 prints, 22Jun50; LU2976.

BUG-EATING AND BLOSSOM-EATING LIZARDS.

JP142. SEE Nature Study Illustrated.

BUGS BUNNY SPECIAL.

Motion pictures in this series, produced by Vitaphone Corp., are entered separately under their respective titles.

BUILDING A FUTURE.

Summary: Presents the advantages of working for the Century Metalcraft Corporation, makers of Dual-Purpose Guardian