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Howard Keel, Polly Bergen, Marjorie Main, Nina Foch, Robert Burton. Director: John Sturges. Girl Who Had Everything, The.. . 328 (69) Mar. 27 Drama. Lawyer’s daughter plans to marry a criminal her father has freed but does not want for a son-in-law. The lawyer threatens to expose the criminal but his own mob shoots him down. Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young, James Whitmore. Director: Richard Thorpe. Hoaxters, The . . 319 . (36) Jan. 30 Documentary Featurette. Traces Communism from its beginning in 1917 down to the present time, showing the striking similarity between aggressive Communism today and the same methods that characterized the evil forces of Nazism, Fascism and Militarism. Narrators: Marilyn Erskine, Howard Keel, George Murphy, Walter Pidgeon, Barry Sullivan, Robert Taylor, James Whitmore, Dore Schary. (Personally produced by Dore Schary.) Hour of 13, The... .309.. ..(80) Nov. 21, ’52 Drama. Filmed in England. Society thief steals a famous emerald and throws away the clasp near the latest “terror” victim’s body. The thief traps the murderer to save himself from a murder charge. Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond. Director: Harold French. Cl Love Melvin.. ..323.... (77) Mar. 20 Technicolor Musical. Look magazine photographer, in love with a Broadway chorine, tries unsuccessfully to get her picture on the cover. She manages it by telling in a feature article why she loves him. Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Allyn Joslyn. Director: Don Weis. ©Ivanhoe....307... (106) Feb. 20 Technicolor Costume Drama. Based on Sir Walter Scott’s immortal classic, and filmed in England. Plot deals with Ivanhoe’s efforts to raise ransom money to free Richard the Lion-Hearted, and his bout with a conniving Norman knight. Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams. Director: Richard Thorpe. (Pre-released Aug. 29, 1952.) Jeopardy... .317.... (70) Feb. 27 Drama. Man becomes pinned under heavy timbers in a lonely section of Mexico. His wife goes for help, meets a desperate criminal, but persuades him to stop for this one humane act. Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker. Director: John Sturges. ©Latin Lovers.... 348.... (104) Aug. 28 Technicolor Comedy. Wealthy girl, pursued by wealthier suitor, is irked by his failure to propose. Following him to Brazil, she and a Latin attache, frankly overjoyed about her wealth, fall in love. Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. t>©Lili...342.... (81) July 10 Technicolor Drama. Homeless girl loses job as waitress with a carnival troupe and attempts suicide. Saved by the puppeteer, an embittered, war-injured dancer, they fall in love as she works with his puppets. Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kurt Kasznar. Director: Charles Walters. Main Street to Broadway . . 344. .. (102) . ..July 31 Drama. Aspiring playwright quarrels with girl friend who goes back to Terre Haute and he follows to write play for a Broadway star. Romanced by another, girl chooses playwright when he gets into trouble and his play flops. Tallulah Bankhead, Tom Morton, Herb Shriner, Mary Murphy, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Booth. Director: Tay Garnett. (A Lester Cowan Production.) HCMerry Widow, The.. ..301.... (105). ...Sept. 5, ’52 Technicolor Musical. From the Franz Lehar operetta. Wealthy widow exchanges identities with her maid. Complications develop when a count falls in love with the real widow but is forced by the king to propose to the pseudo heiress. Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, Richard Haydn, Thomas Gomez. Director: Curtis Bernhardt. ©Million Dollar Mermaid. ...312 (115) Dec. 26, ’52 Technicolor Musical. Based on the life of Australian-born Annette Kellerman, who had polio as a child. Cured by swimming, she becomes a professional in America, introducing the one-piece bathing suit. Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian. Director: Mervyn LeRoy. My Man and I... .303.... (99) Sept. 26, ’52 Drama. Tale of a simple Mexican farm laborer who takes great pride in his American citizenship and a letter from the President. Framed by a ruthless rancher, he is cleared by friends and finally appreciated by the girl he loves. Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Robert Burton. Director: William A. Wellman. ©Naked Spur, The... .318 ... (91) Feb. 6 Technicolor Western Drama. Three men needing money to buy a ranch capture a murderer to collect the reward, and an orphaned girl. They fight Indians and each other until one man and the girl, both in love, survive. James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Millard Mitchell, Ralph Meeker. Director: Anthony Mann. Never Let Me Go....327....(94) May 1 Drama. American correspondent married to Russian ballet dancer is unable to take her back with him. In London he encounters the husband of his wife’s friend and together they rescue their wives. Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita. Director: Delmer Daves. ^©Plymouth Adventure....310 (104) Nov. 28, ’52 Technicolor Historical Drama. Cynical captain of the Mayflower is bribed to land Pilgrims at Cape Cod instead of Virginia. Through his love for the wife of a religious zealot, he becomes converted to the cause. Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Dawn Addams. Director: Clarence Brown. ©Prisoner of Zenda, The.. ..308 (100) Nov. 14, ’52 Technicolor Adventure Drama. Britisher on holiday in small European kingdom doubles for the king, imprisoned by his half-brother before the coronation. He saves the throne and a princess for the king. Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Louis Calhem, Jane Greer. Director: Richard Thorpe. Remains to Be Seen.... 331.... (88) .....May 15 Mystery Comedy. Dance band vocalist scorns fortune left by uncle she despised, finally accepting it. Her romance with the apartment manager, an amateur drummer, is complicated by helping the police capture her uncle’s murderer. June Allyson, Van Johnson, Louis Calhem, Angela Lansbury, John Beal. Director: Don Weis. ©Ride, Vaquero!....343....(90) July 17 Ansco Color Western Drama. Ruthless Mexican bandit terrorizes a Texas community after the Civil War, aided by embittered orphan raised by bandit’s mother. Young ranch couple capture him, enlist his aid, and he and bandit die in a gun battle. Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn, Kurt Kasznar. Director: John Farrow. (Photographed in Ansco Color; print by Technicolor.) Rogue’s March. ...320.. ..(84) Feb. 13 Drama. An officer in Queen Victoria’s Royal Midland Fusileers is charged with treason, court-martialed and discharged. Enlisting as a private under an assumed name, he clears himself by heroic action. Peter Lawford, Richard Greene, Janice Rule, Leo G. Carroll, John Abbott. Director: Allan Davis. ©Scandal at Scourie....336. .. (90) June 12 Technicolor Comedy Drama. Young orphan girl, accidentally setting fire to a Quebec orphanage, is adopted by Protestant couple promising to rear her as a Catholic, which incenses Protestant neighbors. When the schoolhouse burns, she is accused but vindicated. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Corcoran, Agnes Moorehead, Philip Ober. Director: Jean Negulesco. Sky Full of Moon.. ..311.... (73) ....Dec. 12, ’52 Drama. Plot is a mixture of rodeo action with romantic yearnings in a gambling casino. A young cowboy makes his rodeo entrance fees in Las Vegas — but loses in the arena. Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton. Director: Norman Foster. Slight Case of Larceny, A.... 334.... (71) ....June 5 Comedy. Ex-GIs operating a gas station are caught stealing gas from a sub-street pipeline. After serving a six-months’ jail sentence, they start as dishwashers in a restaurant run by their wives. Mickey Rooney, Eddie Bracken, Elaine Stewart, Marilyn Erskine, Douglas Fowley. Director: Don Weis. ©Small Town Girl....325....(93) Apr. 10 Technicolor Musical. Wealthy young speeder, jailed in small town, makes love to the judge’s daughter to get out and elope with musical comedy queen, but instead loses his heart to the small town girl. Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S. Z. Sakall, Robert Keith, Billie Burke. Director: Leslie Kardos. ©Sombrero.. ..324.... (103) Apr. 3 Technicolor Comedy. Based on novel, “A Mexican Village,” by Josefina Niggli. Keen rivalry between two Mexican villages over a monument to the valley's hero is resolved by an inter-village romance, parish priest overtures, a rigged cock-fight, and a boundary-line statue. Ricardo Montalban, Pier Angeli, Vittorio Gassman, Yvonne De Carlo, Cyd Charisse. Director: Norman Foster. ©Story of Three Loves, The....338 (121) June 26 Technicolor Drama. Three separate stories blended into one romantic, shipboard film. The first is about a dancer inspiring an impresario, the second, a fantasy about a young boy, the third about a trapeze performer. Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, Farley Granger, James Mason, Moira Shearer, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt. ©Young Bess.. ..333.... (112) May 29 Technicolor Historical Drama. Young daughter of England’s Henry VIII falls in love with the lord admiral, who is in love with Catherine Parr, Henry’s sixth queen. When both father and half-brother die, Elizabeth becomes queen. Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles 102 BAROMETER Section