Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)

to above the pre-war level. It also tells how Great Britain has forged ahead of other countries in the development of radar, television and jet propulsion. But it also shows the troubles in the home country ; the lack of manpower for her industry; scenes of the chaotic winter when storms and blizzards took their toll in production, communication and the lives of the people, and finally the government's efforts in rebuilding its manpower resources. In its conclusion the subject poses the interesting question: "How long can Britain continue her present policy ?" Release date, April 18, 1947 18 minutes ICED LIGHTNING (Paramount) Spor flight (R6-8) Ice-hockey's growth since the start of the game at Montreal's McGill University in 1875 is traced in this short. It shows views of some of the city's 144 rinks where everyone displays his skill on skates. Highlighting the reel are shots showing the Montreal Canadians in fast and hard-hitting action. Portrayed also is the equipment used by the National Hockey League Champions. Release date, April 18, 1947 10 minutes A BUCKAROO BROADCAST (RKO Radio) Ray Whitley Western Musical (73,504) Ray Whitley and his boys decide to leave California but change their plans and play for a local radio station and work on a nearby ranch during which time they present several of their musical numbers. Release date, December 20, 1946 18 minutes THE STUPIDSTITIOUS CAT (Paramount) Noveltoon (P6-2) Superstition proves to be the downfall of the cat in this color short. Buzzy, the wise-guy bird, saves himself from being devoured by the cat by creating a number of supernatural situations. He finally escapes, but just as the film ends a black cat crosses his path, throwing fear into his heart. Release date, April 25, 1947 7 minutes McDOUGAL'S REST FARM (20th-Fox) Terry toon (7512) McDougal's rest farm for animals is a nice, quiet place until the magpies, those two fasttalking, screwball birds, decide to make one of the trees on the place their new home. From there on it's just one wild bout with the watchdog who first takes the rap, but then teaches the pair a lesson. In Technicolor. Release date, January 31, 1947 7 minutes LOOSE IN THE CABOOSE (Paramount) Little Lulu (D6-1) It's a sad day for the passengers when Little Lulu boards their train and loses her ticket. The conductor tries to put her off, but the little girl is determined to stay in her seat and she almost wrecks the train and drives everyone crazy before the color reel ends. Release date, May 23, 1947 8 minutes SOCIAL TERRORS (RKO Radio) Edgar Kennedy (73,402) Edgar Kennedy, the exponent of the "slowburn," runs into difficulty with a neighboringsinger and his landlord's efforts to have Edgar and his family vacate their apartment. Between the two Edgar again gets the poor end of the bargain. Release date, December 18, 1946 18 minutes WILBUR THE LION (Paramount) George Pal Puppetoon (U6-1) When Wilbur the lion, an old veteran of the circus, is retired from the limelight and returns to the jungle, the wild life does not appeal to him and so, knowing a good thing, he sets out to be captured by hunters. He has to hunt them before he is finally trapped and it doesn't take long before Wilbur is back at the circus. In Technicolor. Release date. April 18, 1947 10 minutes MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1947 MARINE MIRACLES (Paramount) Popular Science (J6-4) Shot in Magnacolor, the featured sequence in the reel shows scientists aboard the "Aquina," analyzing the plant and marine life found at the bottom of the sea. The camera focuses on grotesque marine creatures usually not seen by others but the explorers of the deep. Another part of the reel is taken up by a demonstration of what up-to-date conveniences can do for a lady's boudoir with a multitude of gadgets in operation preparing the lady for slumberland. Release date, April 4, 1947 10 minutes BEN HOGAN (RKO Pathe) Sportscope (64,311) Ben Hogan, one of the outstanding personalities of golf, demonstrates some of the newest and most valuable techniques performed on the famed National Golf Club course at Augusta, Ga. In this he takes the audience through a complete practice demonstration and shows how difficulties are overcome and title-winning shots are made. Release date, June 14, 1946 8 minutes GIRLS AND GAGS (20th-Fox) Movietone Adventure (7254) Colorful views of Florida's outstanding beauty spots, including Miami, Key West and St. Petersburg, provide the background for this short. Actually it deals with the activities of a publicity man, making up a picture ad for the state of Florida. Release date, November 22, 1946 8 minutes THE ENCHANTED SQUARE (Paramount) Noveltoon (P6-3) Something different in the line of cartoons. When a police officer presents a little blind girl with a doll, the child is told she could see if she used her imagination. When she does, the slum neighborhood is transformed into an enchanted fairyland, alive with beautiful colors and music. Release date, May 9, 1947 10 minutes ADVANCE SYNOPSES BULLDOG DRUMMOND AT BAY (Columbia) PRODUCERS: Lou Appleton, Jr., and Bernard Small. DIRECTOR: Sidney Salkow. PLAYERS: Ron Randell, Anita Louise, Terry Kilburn, Lester Matthews, David Thursby, Patrick O'Moore, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Oliver Thorndike. MELODRAMA. A Scotland Yard man disappears while en route from France to London with a fortune in diamonds in his possession. "Bulldog" Drummond investigates the case, rescues the missing agent from abductors intent on obtaining the diamonds, and finally locates the diamonds themselves, and turns them °ver to the police. PRAIRIE RAIDERS (Columbia) PRODUCER: Colbert Clark. DIRECTOR: Derwin Abrahams. PLAYERS: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders. WESTERN. A young man, trying to get started as a rancher, leases a tract of government land on which there are many wild horses. When he tries to round them up, however, he discovers that another man also holds a similar land lease. The latter is discovered to be a forgery, and its possessor finally confesses. FOR THE LOVE OF RUSTY (Columbia) PRODUCER: John Haggott. DIRECTOR: John Sturges. PLAYERS: Ted Donaldson, Tom Powers, Ann Doran, Audry Mather. 'DOG STORY. A little boy, feeling that he is misunderstood, leaves home accompanied by his dog, and camps out near a trailer in which lives a veterinary. During the night, gas escape* from a stove in the trailer, and almost asphyxiates the veterinary. He is rescued by the boy's dog, and as a result of the accident the boy and his parents are brought closer together. THE GUN FIGHTERS (Columbia) PRODUCER: Harry Joe Brown. DIRECTOR: George Waggner. PLAYERS: Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, Dorothy Hart, Bruce Cabot, Forrest Tucker, Charley Grapewin, John Miles. WESTERN. A gun fighter, after having shot his best friend, decides to start a new life in another territory. On this journey, he finds the body of another friend, riddled by bullets. He takes the body to a neighboring ranch, only to be accused of the murder by the ranch owner. A gang of rustlers has been operating in the neighborhood, and after some complications the gun fighter learns that the rancher and his foreman are behind the rustling. The sheriff obtains a confession from the foreman, and places the guilty men under arrest. TOO MANY WINNERS (Prod. Rel. Corp) PRODUCER: John Sutherland. DIRECTOR: William Beaudine. PLAYERS: Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn. MELODRAMA. Michael Shayne undertakes to investigate a gang that is counterfeiting winning pari-mutuel tickets. A woman, who offers Shayne information, is murdered and the police set out to find Shayne. The brains behind the counterfeiting is disclosed by Shayne to be one of the operators of the racin° plant and the case is solved. BACKFIRE (Monogram) PRODUCER: Barney A. Sarecky. DIRECTOR: Lambert Hillyer. PLAYERS: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Blair, Lanny Rees, William H. Ruhl, Zon Murray. WESTERN: Johnny Mack Brown arrives in Gunsight where he is mistaken by the mayor as a thug hired to run a gambler and his henchmen out of town. While there, Brown accepts the job of sheriff. When he closes their gambling casino, the outlaws attempt to kill him but their plan backfires and several are jailed. A snare is laid for the sheriff, but Johnny learns of the trap and rounds up the whole gang. THE MILLERSON CASE (Columbia) PRODUCER: Rudolph Flothow. DIRECTOR: George Archainbaud. PLAYERS: Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, James Bell, Mark Dennis. MELODRAMA. "Dr. Ordway," vacationing in a rural community which is swept by a typhoid epidemic, finds that one of the deaths was not caused by typhoid, but by poison. Later, a shooting occurs. The doctor pins the double murder on the right man, and forces him to confess. GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (MGM) PRODUCER: Carey Wilson. DIRECTOR: Victor Saville. PLAYERS: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen, Linda Christian, Gladys Cooper. PERIOD DRAMA. Two sisters, residents of one of the Channel Islands in the year 1840, fall in love with the same young man. He himself loves the younger, but, after he has left the island, he writes and asks for the hand of the elder by mistake. The elder sister joins him in New Zealand, and her business sense helps him to prosper. Many years later, she learns of his love for her sister, and offers to permit the two to find happiness together. The sister, however, has by this time decided to become a. nun, and the husband realizes that his marital love for his wife is far stronger than his adolescent affection for her sister. 3587