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died with her husband. Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen, Julie Bishop, Leon Ames. Director: Louis King. Shoot First....5304....(88) „...May 15 Spy Drama. Filmed in England. From novel, “A Rough Shoot” by Geoffrey Household, and released in England under that title. American colonel, living in England with his wife, shoots at a poacher on his land. This sets off a series of cloak-anddagger incidents, with the colonel helping the secret service trap a spy ring. Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes, Herbert Lom, Marius Goring, Roland Culver, Karel Stepanek. Director: Robert Parrish. (Raymond Stross.) Son of the Renegade ...1259.... (57) Mar. 27 Western. Young man returns to claim the ranch taken from his father when outlawed, and encounters opposition. He is framed for a series of robberies, but wipes out the renegades and is vindicated. John Carpenter, Lori Irving, Joan McKellen, Valley Keene, Jack Ingram. Director: Reg Brown. (A Jack Schwarz Presentation.) Steel Lady, The....5331 (84) Oct. 9 Drama. Four American employes of Arabian oil company fight off an Arab attack by using an abandoned Nazi tank containing the Sheik’s stolen jewels. They trade these for oil rights. Rod Cameron, Tab Hunter, John Dehner, Richard Erdman. John Abbott. Director: E. A. Dupont. (An Edward Small Production.) That Man From Tangier.. . 5303. .. (88) ...May 8 Romantic Comedy Drama. In Tangier, young woman marries a bogus count who disappears after the ceremony. To spare her grandmother humiliation, the real count poses as her husband and they fall in love. Nils Asther, Roland Young, Nancy Coleman, Margaret Wycherly. Director: Robert Elwyn. (Elemsee Overseas Productions.) Twonky, The . . 5311... (72) June 10 Science-Fiction Comedy Drama. Professor encounters in his television set the “twonky,” which has dropped from the future into the present. With a football coach’s aid, the professor saves mankind by destroying the set and all ends well. Hans Conried, Billy Lynn, Gloria Blondell, Ed Max, Janet Warren. Director: Arch Oboler. (Arch Oboler Productions.) Vice Squad.. .5321 (87) July 31 Melodrama. Based on novel, “Harness Bull,” by Leslie T. White. A routine day in the life of a police captain as he copes with problems of crime. He solves a murder, averts a bank robbery and rescues a girl from kidnapers. Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard, Porter Hall, K. T. Stevens, Edward Binns. Director: Arnold Laven. (A Sol Lesser Presentation.) Village, The... .5333. ... (98) Oct. 23 Drama. (Swiss-made with multi-lingual dialog, predominantly English.) In a children’s village in Switzerland, some 200 war orphans from Europe are cared for by two devoted teachers. Depicts the fright and bewilderment of the children by the world around them, and presents dramatic situations in their lives. John Justin, Eva Dahlbeck, Mary Hinton, Krystina Bragiel, Voytek Dolinsky. Director: Leopold Lindtberg. (A Lazar Wechsler Production.) Volcano. ...5307.... (106) June 5 Drama. (Italian-made with English-dubbed dialog.) Sisters on volcanic island assist diver who convinces the younger girl her fiance will not return. Knowing his reputation, the older girl ignores his signals to be brought up, then kills herself as volcano erupts. Anna Magnani, Geraldine Brooks, Rossano Brazzi, Eduardo Ciannelli, Enzo Staiola. Director: William Dieterle. (Artists Associates-Panaria Films.) ©War Paint . .5325 . (89) Aug. 28 Pathe Color Historical Western. Deals with the hardships encountered by cavalry lieutenant and his detachment to deliver a treaty that would stop Indian warfare. Sabotage and mutiny decimate the group, but the treaty is delivered in time to bring peace. Robert Stack, Joan Taylor, Charles McGraw, Keith Larsen, Peter Graves. Director: Lesley Selander. (A K-B Production.) (REISSUES) Africa Screams. .. 1196. .. (79) Apr. 15 Adventure Comedy. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Hillary Brooke. (A Huntington Hartford Production.) Love Happy. .1197. .. (85) Apr. 15 Comedy. Marx Bros., Ilona Massey, VeraEllen, Marion Hutton. (A Lester Cowan Production.) Universal (October 1952 through October 1953) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars . . 316 (77) Apr. Comedy. The two comedians accidentally take off in a space ship and believe they are on Mars when they land in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Forced by bandits to take off again, they visit womaninhabited Venus, returning as heroes. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Robert Paige, Martha Hyer. Director: Charles Lamont. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . . 329 . ..(77) Aug. Comedy. Two American police officers in London, studying law enforcement methods, help search for a monster terrorizing the city. One is accidentally injected with serum a doctor has perfected for metamorphosis, and monster chases monster. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens, Helen Westcott, Reginald Denny. Director: Charles Lamont. ©Against All Flags....305.... (83) Dec. ’52 Technicolor Drama. Swashbuckling story of 18th century piracy and a femme buccaneer. Romance is interspersed with swordswinging and sea action scenes, Errol Flynn, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, Mildred Natwick. Director: George Sherman. All American, The.. ..333.... (83) Oct. Drama. All-American quarterback gives up football when parents are killed on way to game. Girl friend revives his interest but he is benched for helping another player and reinstated in time to win the big game. Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren, Gregg Palmer. Director: Jesse Hibbs. All I Desire....325.... (7914) July Drama. Returning to deserted husband and family at the request of one daughter, woman finds balance of family and the community hostile. Her accidental shooting of the town’s Lothario proves her decency. Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O’Sullivan. Director: Douglas Sirk. Because of You. ...302 (95) Nov. ’52 Drama. Innocent girl serves prison term because of boy friend’s smuggling, then becomes a nurses’ aide and marries jet pilot. The former boy friend makes trouble again, and couple separate, but their child reconciles them. Loretta Young, Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Frances Dee. Director: Joseph Pevney. Black Castle, The....304....(81) Dec. ’52 Horror Melodrama. Laid in the Black Forest of Germany. Battles with wild beasts are interspersed with romantic intrigue, as a pair of drugged lovers lie in coffins while preparations are being made to bury them alive. Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Paula Corday, Lon Chaney. Director: Nathan Juran. ©City Beneath the Sea.. ..308.... (87) Mar. Technicolor Drama. Two deep-sea divers who work together run into intrigue, an undersea earthquake, and peppy gals to romance while trying to recover sunken treasure off the coast of Jamaica. Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball. Director: Budd Boetticher. ©Column South. ...320... (84) June Technicolor Melodrama. TJ.S. cavalry captain, accompanied by sister, assumes command of New Mexico fort at outbreak of Civil War. A young lieutenant saves the fort from treason and the Navajos, winning the captain’s sister. Audie Murphy, Joan Evans, Robert Sterling, Ray Collins, Palmer Lee. Director: Frederick de Cordova. Crash of Silence (formerly “The Story of Mandy”) ....383.... (93) Feb. 23 Drama. British-made. Parents of child born deaf and dumb disagree about the best method of education for normal living. This is resolved when, after lip-reading lessons, she joins other children at play. Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Mandy Miller, Marjorie Fielding. Director: Alexander Mackendrick. (J. Arthur Rank.) Cruel Sea, The.. . (121) Aug. Drama. British-made. A tale depicting the character, lives and loves of a British navy crew on the high seas during World War II. Contrasts man’s violence with the cruelty of the sea. Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Liam Redmond, Virginia McKenna. Director: Charles Frend. (J. Arthur Rank.) ©Desert Legion. ...315. .. (86) ..Apr. Technicolor Drama. Wounded survivor of a trapped French Legion patrol is saved by the beautiful daughter of the ruler of an Algerian desert Utopia. Protecting the city from raiders, he returns to rule it. Alan Ladd, Arlene Dahl, Richard Conte, Akim Tamiroff, Oscar Beregi. Director: Joseph Pevney. Desperate Moment. ...386.. . (88) Aug. 31 Melodrama. British-made. Based on novel by Martha Albrand and filmed in western Germany. Tricked into confessing to a murder he did not commit, and failing to convince authorities, innocent man escapes from prison to round up three witnesses to the original crime in an attempt to clear himself. Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven. Director: Compton Bennett. (J. Arthur Rank.) ©East of Sumatra... .334.... (82) Oct. Technicolor Drama. American mining engineer arrives on Pacific island, makes deal with island ruler to trade supplies for native labor. When company sends machinery instead, antagonized natives burn plane and he and his men escape through the jungle. Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, John Sutton. Director: Budd Boetticher. Francis Covers the Big Town.. ..324.... (86) ....July Comedy Fantasy. New York newspaperman gets scoops from Francis, his talking mule who fraternizes with police horses. Accused of murdering a racketeer, the reporter is cleared by Francis and becomes a hero. Donald O’Connor, Yvette Dugay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild. Director: Arthur Lubin. Gentle Gunman, The.. ..388.... (85) Sept. 30 Melodrama. British-made. Terrorists, fighting for Irish independence in 1941, brand 118 BAROMETER Section