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rescued by English forces attacking the fort. George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Jay Silverheels, Walter Kingsford, Elena Verdugo. Director: Sidney Salkow. ©Prince of Pirates. ...524.... (80) Mar. Technicolor Costume Drama. Netherlands prince of 16th century outwits the Spaniards and his brother, the king, who had imprisoned him. Escaping, the prince marries the king’s fiancee to learn the Spaniards’ plans, and destroys their fleet. John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda, Whitfield Connor. Director: Sidney Salkow. Problem Girls . . 526.... (70) Apr. Melodrama. Young ex-GI doctor, waiting for a license to practice, takes a job in secret reform school for daughters of wealthy parents. He uncovers a murder and plot to gain control of a fortune. Helen Walker, Ross Elliott, Susan Morrow, Anthony Jochim, James Seay. Director: E. A. Dupont. ©Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder.. . 503 (78) Sept. ’52 Technicolor Musical. Girl singer, thwarted in her stage ambitions by a prejudiced grandmother, runs away from home. The two become reconciled when girl appears with professional singers on a charity show sponsored by the grandmother. Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Charlotte Austin, Arthur Franz. Director: Richard Quine. Saginaw Trail.. ..576. .. (56) Sept. Western. Michigan territory’s fur empire is threatened in 1827 by homesteaders, so fur trader has henchman disguise himself and lead renegade Delawares on raids, but hero rounds up the villains. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Connie Marshall, Eugene Borden, Ralph Reed. Director: George Archainbaud. (A Gene Autry Production.) ©Salome. ..545.... (103) Special Technicolor Drama. Galilean princess dances before King Herod and asks, at her mother’s request, for the head of John the Baptist. Later she repudiates her mother’s schemes and becomes a Christian. Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Director: William Dieterle. (A Beckworth Corp. Production.) Savage Mutiny.. ..539.... (73) Mar. Melodrama. (Jungle Jim series.) British authorities get Jungle Jim to help clear an island of natives for atom bomb tests. Subversives persuade superstitious natives to return, hoping they will be annihilated, but Jungle Jim saves them. Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, Lester Matthews, Nelson Leigh. Director: Spencer G. Bennet. ©Serpent of the Nile. ...538.. ..(81) May Technicolor Costume Melodrama. Mark Antony and Octavius seize power when Caesar is assassinated but spare a young officer who becomes Mark’s lieutenant. Using her wiles on Antony, Cleopatra schemes against Rome, killing herself when thwarted by the lieutenant. Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Raymond Burr, Jean Byron, Michael Ansara. Director: William Castle. ©Siren of Bagdad.. ..540.. ..(72) June Technicolor Comedy Drama. Dancing girls from magician’s troupe are abducted by desert marauders. In Bagdad to recover them, magician meets the deposed sultan, helps him and his daughter recover the throne, and wins the girl. Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Hans Conried, Charles Lung, Laurette Luez. Director: Richard Quine. Strange Fascination.. ..505.... (80) Dec. ’52 Melodrama. Middle-aged pianist comes to America, meets and marries a young dancer, whose flirtations cause him to maim his hand for insurance. He is found on “skid row” by a benefactress. Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Mona Barrie. Director: Hugo Haas. Target Hong Kong.. ..517.... (66) Feb. Action Drama. An American who loses his money in a gambling salon run by a woman under Red influence, joins the Nationalist underground in Hong Kong. He forces her to reveal a bomb plot and saves the city. Richard Denning, Nancy Gates, Richard Loo, Soo Yong, Michael Pate. Director: Fred F. Sears. Voodoo Tiger.... 518.... (67) Nov. ’52 Action Melodrama. Jungle Jim accompanies an expedition to find a Nazi war criminal in the African jungle. Plane, containing a night club dancer with her trained tiger, crashes among the Headhunters. Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, James Seay, Jeanne Dean. Director: Spencer G. Bennet. Winning of the West... 571. .. (57) Jan. Western. A territorial Ranger has an outlaw brother and is fired because he is believed to have let him escape. The brother loses his life helping the ex-Ranger prove his innocence. Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Smiley Burnette, Richard Crane, Robert Livingston. Director: George Archainbaud. (A Gene Autry Production.) (REISSUES) Bandit of Sherwood Forest, The.. ..544 (87) Mar. Historical Drama. Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan. (Originally released in Technicolor but is being reissued in black and white.) Ladies of the Chorus.. ..514.... (61) Nov. ’52 Musical. Marilyn Monroe, Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant. Mine With the Iron Door, The.. ..510 (66) „ Sept. ’52 Melodrama. Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker, Henry B. Walthall. Thunderhoof....530.„. (77) June Melodrama. Preston Foster, Mary Stuart, William Bishop. CHARLES STARRETT WESTERNS (Reissues) Bullets for Rustlers.. ..586 (58) Man From Sundown, The... 584 (59) Riders of Black River... .585 (59) Spoilers of the Range... 582 (58) Texas Stampede.. ..581 (57) Two-Fisted Sheriff. ...588 (59) West of Abilene.. ..587 (57) Western Caravans.. ..583 (58) Lippert (October 31, 1952 through July 17, 1953) Bachelor in Paris. ...5213 (83) .Apr. 17 Comedy Farce. British-made. English pill manufacturer helps a night club star in Paris when she loses her dress in public. She follows him to England, becomes his secretary, and eventually wins his love. Dennis Price, Anne Vernon, Mischa Auer, Hermione Braddeley, Joan Kenny. Director: John Guillermin. (A Van Dyke Production.) Bad Blonde... .5211. .. (80) Apr. 10 Crime Drama. British-made. Young prize fighter, training on his manager’s estate, succumbs to wiles of manager’s wife. She persuades him to kill her husband, then poisons him before being trapped through her mother-in-law’s suspicions. Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater, Sidney James, Tony Wright. Director: Reginald LeBorg. (An Exclusive Films Production.) Eyes of the Jungle.. ..5229.... (79) July 1 Melodrama. Two medical research workers in India, seeking the cause of a strange malady afflicting the natives, clash with criminal castes and face many dangers before the mystery is cleared up. Jon Hall, Ray Montgomery, Robert Shayne, Alyce Lewis, Edgar Barrier. Director: Paul Landres. (An Arrow Production.) Gambler and the Lady.. . 5204.... (71) ..Dec. 26, ’52 Melodrama. British-made. An American has become London’s gambling king but wants to be accepted socially. Jilting a dancer, he has a romance with a socialite which ends in financial and personal disaster. Dane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi Chance. Directors: Patrick Jenkins, Sam Newfield. (An Exclusive Films Production.) Ghost Ship . .5228 . (69) June 12 Melodrama. British-made. Ex-navy officer and wife buy haunted yacht for floating home, learn the story of murders committed on it, and ferret out the “ghost,” who is the murderer. Hazel Court, Dermot Walsh, Hugh Burden, John Robinson, Joss Ambler. Director: Vernon Sewell. (A Herman Cohen Presentation.) ©Great Jesse James Raid, The.. ..5221 (73) July 17 Ansco Color Western. Notorious bandit is persuaded by former companion to loot gold mine for enough to leave the country. The robbery fails because of a gang doublecross, and gun battle leaves only two survivors. Willard Parker, Barbara Payton, Tom Neal, Wallace Ford, Jim Bannon. Director: Reginald LeBorg. I’ll Get You... .5206.... (79) Jan. 16 Drama. FBI agent, posing as a fugitive, enters England illegally after several atom scientists disappear. Helped by a girl in military intelligence and the police radio system, he captures the spy chief. George Raft, Sally Gray, Clifford Evans, Reginald Tate. Director: Seymour Friedman. (An Eros Films Production.) ©Johnny the Giant Killer....5205 (70) June 5 Technicolor Animated Cartoon Fantasy. (French-made with English-dubbed dialog.) Johnny and friends visiting castle are captured by giant owner. A bird helps Johnny escape, a Queen bee gives him a silver sting, and all overcome the giant. Directors : Jean Image, Charles Frank. (A Jean Image Films Production.) Mr. Walkie-Talkie....5203 ... (65) Nov. 28, ’52 Comedy. Humorous escapades of GI buddies who wind up in Korea, where the Walkie-Talkie enables them to communicate with an embattled unit and emerge as heroes. Joe Sawyer, William Tracy, Margia Dean, Robert Shayne. Director: Fred Guiol. (A Rockingham Production.) Perils of the Jungle. ...5214. ...(63) Mar. 20 Adventure Drama. Doctor born of missionary parents returns to Africa for research on native medicines used by “white goddess” to stay young. He rescues a trader’s daughter from rival natives wanting a goddess. Clyde Beatty, Stanley Farrar, Phyllis Coates, John Doucette, Leonard Mudie. Director: George Blair. Scotland Yard Inspector.. ..5202 (73) Oct. 31, ’52 Melodrama. British-made. American newspaperman helps a girl convince Scotland Yard that her brother was murdered. The woman responsible runs down her accomplice who had confessed, then dies when 98 BAROMETER Section