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but his clever wife meets the situation in neat fashion. Philip Dorn, Mary Astor, Felix Bressart, Gloria Grahame. Director: Richard Whorf.
IlCIock, The.. ..524.... (90) Group 11 — May
Romance. A khaki-clad lad with 48 hours of freedom, and a shy, sensitive girl, are swept into a whirlwind romance. Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn. Director: Vincente Minnelli.
Dragon Seed. ...500.. ..(148) Special. ...Aug. ’44
Drama. From Pearl Buck’s novel of modern China, with a poignant love story of two Orientals whose romance blossoms amid tyranny and warfare. Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff. Directors: Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet.
Gentle Annie....523.... (80) Group 11 — May
Drama. From MacKinlay Kantor’s novel of the Goss family, consisting of two “Robin Hood” brothers, whose one redeeming feature is their love for their mother. James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Henry Morgan, Barton MacLane. Director: Andrew Marton.
Keep Your Powder Dry.. . 520
(93) Group 10 — Mar.
Comedy Drama. A general’s daughter and a wealthy play girl are Wacs in the same outfit. Their temperaments clash and both face dismissal. Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Susan Peters, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Johnson, Natalie Schafer, Lee Patrick. Director: Edward Buzzell.
©Kismet.. ..506.... (100) Group 9 — Oct. ’44
Dramatic Fantasy. The romantic days of ancient Bagdad, where a pauper became a prince and his daughter, the Caliph’s bride. Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Hugh Herbert. Director: William Dieterle.
Lost in a Harem. ...509.. (89) ..Group 9 — Dec. ’44 Comedy With Music. The wacky adventures of a stranded musical troupe in the Mystic East. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille, Jimmy Dorsey and band. Director : Charles Riesner.
Main Street After Dark.. . 514
(56) Group 10 — Jan.
Drama. Petty crooks who prey upon service men and how civilian and military police combat the problem. Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn. Director: Edward Cahn.
Maisie Goes to Reno.. ..504
(90) Group 9 — Sept. ’44
Comedy Drama. Maisie thwarts a plotting pair and saves a marriage headed for divorce. Ann Sothern, John Hodiak, Tom Drake, Marta Linden, Paul Cavanagh. Director: Harry Beaumont.
Marriage Is a Private Affair.. ..505
(117) Group 9 — Oct. ’44
Drama. The worries and indecisions of a bride in adjusting herself to married life. Lana Turner, James Craig, Hugh Marlowe, Keenan Wynn, John Hodiak, Frances Gifford. Director: Robert Z. Leonard.
©Meet Me in St. Louis— -512
(113) Special — Jan.
Comedy With Music. A musical romance of the 1903-04 era, story centering around the adventures of a lively, middle class family in St. Louis. Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer,* Leon Ames, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main. Director: Vincente Minnelli.
yMrs. Parkington....507
(124) Group 9 — Nov. ’49
Drama. The rise and fall of a family in three generations from 1879 to 1938. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Agnes Moorehead, Gladys Cooper. Director: Tay Garnett.
Music for Millions. ...515.. (117) ..Group 10 — Feb. Comedy Drama With Music. A child’s faith in God brings comfort to her sister, who is expecting a baby and whose soldier-husband has been reported dead. Margaret O’Brien, Jose Iturbi, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante, Marsha Hunt, Hugh Herbert. Director: Henry Koster.
i#s©National Velvet. ...521
(123) Special — April
Drama. An embittered lad regains faith in people through the love of a kindly family and his love for a spirited horse. Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere. Director: Clarence Brown.
Naughty Marietta.. ..508
(105) Group 9 — Nov. ’44 — Reissue
Musical. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy.
Nothing But Trouble. ...519
(69) Group 10 — Mar.
Comedy. Laurel and Hardy as servants in a wealthy household get mixed up in the kidnaping plot of a young king by a villainous uncle. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Philip Merivale, Henry O’Neill, David Leland, John Warburton. Director: Sam Taylor.
Picture of Dorian Gray, The.. ..525
(110) Group 11 — June
Drama. From Oscar Wilde’s classic story of the man who remained young while his portrait grew old. George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury. Director : Albert Lewin.
4^Seventh Cross, The.. . 501
(112) Group 9 — Sept. ’44
War Drama. Six of seven men escaping from a German concentration camp are caught and die on crosses. How the seventh cross is cheated of its victim is re'ated in the rest of the story. Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Felix Bressart, George Zucco. Director: Fred Zinnemann.
©Son of Lassie.. ..526.... (100) ....Group 11 — June Drama. Lassie’s son is rejected by the army for inaptness, but he proves himself smart enough to outwit the entire Gestapo. Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, Leon Ames, Nils Asther, Robert Lewis. Director: S. Sylvan Simon.
Thin Man Goes Home, The. ...513
(101) Group 10 — Jan.
Mystery Drama. While on vacation, the famous couple unravel a couple of murders involving an espionage ring. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Helen Vinson. Director: Richard Thorpe.
I^Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.. ..511
(138) Special — Jan.
War Drama. Prom Capt. Ted Lawson’s book on the bombing of Tokyo and how the wounded crew reached safety behind the Chinese lines. Van Johnson, Spencer Tracy, Robert Walker, Phyllis Thaxter. Director: Mervyn LeRoy.
This Man’s Navy. ...517.. (100) ..Group 10 — Feb. Drama. The adventures of a veteran seadog and a young lad he takes under his wing in the navy’s unsung branch, the lighter-than-air service. Wallace Beery, James Gleason, Tom Drake, Jan Clayton. Director: William A. Wellman.
©Thrill of a Romance. ...528
(104) Group 12 — July
Musical Romance. A bride, deserted right after the wedding ceremony by a businessabsorbed groom, meets a lonesome major, and romance blossoms. Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lauritz Melchior, Prances Gifford, Henry Travers, Spring Byington, Tommy Dorsey and orchestra. Director: Richard Thorpe.
Twice Blessed... .529.... (76) Group 12 — July
Comedy. How a pair of twins bring their divorced parents together, after a chain of hilarious complications. Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, the Wilde Twins, Jimmy Lydon, Richard Gaines. Director: Harry Beaumont.
yValley of Decision, The. ...527
(119) Special — June
Drama. The lives of an entire family are swayed by the charm, wit and nobility of an Irish servant lass. Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Marsha Hunt, Gladys Cooper. Director: Tay Garnett.
Waterloo Bridge. ...503
(108) Group 9 — Sept. ’44 — Reissue
Drama. Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor.
Without Love. ...522. ...(Ill) Group 11 — May
Comedy Drama. A society girl and a scientist are two disillusioned people about love until they meet. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Carl Esmond, Patricia Morison, Felix Bressart. Director: Harold S. Bucquet.
Monogram
(October 28, 1944, thru September 29, 1945)
A WAVE, a Wac, and a Marine. ...408
(70) Oct. 28, ’44
Comedy. Produced by Biltmore Productions. A mixup between an agent, a pair of understudies and a Hollywood producer results in uproarious chaos. Elyse Knox, Anne Gillis, Sally Eilers, Richard Lane, Marjorie Woodworth, Ramsay Ames, Alan Dinehart. Director: Phil Karlstein.
Adventures of Kitty O’Day, The. ...420
(63) Jan. 19
Mystery. A telephone operator and a travel bureau clerk in the same hotel get themselves involved in a series of mysterious homicides. Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Tim Ryan, William Forrest. Director: William Beaudine.
Alaska... .403. .. (76) Dec. 30, ’44
Melodrama. Organized claim jumpers in the Yukon country try to cheat the miners out of their properties. Kent Taylor, Margaret Lindsay, John Carradine, Dean Jagger, Nils Asther. Director: George Archainbaud.
Army Wives....414.... (68) Jan. 12
Romantic Comedy. The heartbreak of army couples living on the run, trying to make every moment count before shipsailing time. Elyse Knox, Marjorie Rambeau, Rick Vallin, Dorothea Kent. Director: Phil Rosen.
Bowery Champs. ...409..., (62) Dec. 9, ’44
Comedy Drama. The East Side Kids are working in a newspaper office when a murder breaks. They pick up the clue that saves an innocent woman and solves the murder. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Benedict, Jimmy Strand, Bobby Jordan. Gabriel Dell, Evelyn Brent, Ian Keith. Director: William Beaudine.
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