Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1949)

P R O D U CTIONS 1947 479 Ace Herman. Art direction, Dave Milton. Sound, Thomas Lambert. Musical director, Edward Kay. CAST — Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Frankie Darro, Warren Mills, Noel Neill, Milt Kibbee, Belle Mitchell, ]ohn Hart, Hugh Prosser, Terry Frost, Edythe Elliott, Claire James, Spade Cooley and orchestra, Jerry Wald and orchestra. Reviewed 3-31-47. Days in production, 12. VALLEY OF FEAR MONO. Director, Lambert Hillyer. Assistant director, Eddie Davis. Supervisor, Charles ). Bigelow. Screenplay, J. Benton Cheney. Photography, Harry Neumann. Edited by Roy Livingston. Settings, Vin Taylor. Music, Edward Kay. Sound technician, Tom Lambert. CAST — Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine Mclntyre, Ed Cassidy, Tristram Coffin, Ted Adams, Steve Darrell, Pierce Lyden, Eddie Parker, Gary Garrett, Cactus Mack, Robert O'Byrne. Reviewed 4-1 1 -47. Days in production, 7. VARIETY GIRL PARA. Producer, Daniel Dare. Director, George Marshall. Original screenplay, Edmund Hartman, Frank Tashlin, Robert Welch, Monte Brice. Photography, Lionel Lindon, Stuart Thompson. Special effects, Gordon Jennings. Process photography, Farciot Edouart. Art direction, Hans Dreier, Robert Clatworthy. Set decorations, Sam Comer, Ross Dowd. Puppetoon sequence in Technicolor, George Pal. Music score direction, Joseph J. Lilley. Music associate, Troy Sanders. Orchestration, N. Van Cleave. Music score for puppetoon sequence, Edward Plumb. Songs, Frank Loesser. Edited by LeRoy Stone. Sound technicians, Gene Merritt, John Cope. Assistant director, George Templeton. CAST — Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Sterling Hayden, Robert Preston, Veronica Lake, John Lund, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Cass Daley, Howard Da Silva, MacDonald Carey, Olga San Juan, Billy De Wolfe, Patric Knowles, William Demarest, Mona Freeman, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia Field, Richard Webb, Frank Faylen, De Forest Kelley, Cecil B. De Mille, Mitchell Leisen, Frank Butler, George Marshall, Pearl Bailey, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Mary Hatcher. Reviewed 7-14-47. Days in production, 88. VIGILANTES OF BOOMTOWN REP. Associate producer, Sidney Picker. Director, R. G. Springsteen. Original screenplay, Earl Snell, based on comic by Fred Harman. Photography, Alfred Keller. Art direction, Fred A. Ritter. Set decorations, John McCarthy, Jr., Bob Mark. Musical director, Mort Glickman. Edited by William P. Thompson. Sound technician, Fred Stahl. Assistant director, Eddie Stein. CAST — Allan Lane, Bobby Blake, Martha Wentworth, Roscoe Karns, Roy Barcroft, Peggy Stewart, George Turner, Eddie Lou Simms, George Chesebro, Bobby Barber, George Lloyd, Ted Adams, John Dehner, Earl Hodgins, Harlan Briggs, Budd Buster, Jack O'Shea. Reviewed 2-10-47. Days in production, 6. THE VIGILANTES RETURN UNIV. (Cinecolor.) Producer, Howard Welsch. Director, Ray Taylor. Original screenplay, Roy Chanslor. Photography, Virgil Miller. Cinecolor supervision, Arthur F. Phelps. Art direction, Jack Otterson, Frank A. Richards. Set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, Don Webb. Assistant director, William Tummel. Musical director, Paul Sawtell. Dialogue director, Willard Holland. Sound, Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgcock. Edited by Paul Landres. Songs, Milton Schwarzwald, Jack Brooks. Cast — Jon Hall, Margaret Lindsay, Paula Drew, Andy Devine, Robert Wilcox, Jack Lambert, Jonathan Hale, Arthur Hohl, Wallace Scott, Lane Chandler, Joan Fulton, John Hart, Monty Montaque, Bob Wilke. Reviewed 5-26-47. Days in production, 25. VIOLENCE Bernhard-Brandt-MONO. Producer, Jack Bernhard, Bernard Brandt. Director, Jack Bernhard. Original screenplay, Stanley Rubin, Louis Lantz. Photography, Henry Sharp. Music score-direction, Edward J. Kay. Edited by Jason Bernie. Assistant director, Eddie Davis. Sound, Earl Sitar. Art direction Oscar Yerge, Richard Streit. Set decoration, Otto Siegel. CAST — Michael O'Shea, Nancy Coleman, Sheldon Leonard, Emory Parnell, Peter Whitney, Pierre Watkin, Frank Reicher, Cay Forrester, John Hamilton, Richard Irving, Carol Donne, Jimmy Clark, William Gould. Reviewed 4-4-47. Days in production, 19. THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE WB. Producer-additional dialog, Charles Hoffman. Director, Irving Rapper. Screenplay, John van Druten, from his stage play presented by Alfred de Liagre, Jr. Photography, Sol Polito. Montages, James Leicester. Special effects, Harry Barndollar, directed by Edwin DuPar. Art direction, Robert Haas. Set decorations, William Kuehl. Music score. Max Steiner. Orchestration, Murray Cutter. Musical director, Leo F. Forbstein. Edited by Rudi Fehr. Sound technician, Stanley Jones. Assistant director, Les Guthrie. CAST — Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden, Wayne Morris, Kent Smith, John Emery, Erskine Sanford, John Holland. Reviewed 12-26-47. Days in production, 62. THE WEB Ul. Producer, Jerry Bresler. Director, Michael Gordon. Screenplay, William Bowers, Bertram Millhauser. Original, Harry Kurnitz. Photography, Irving Glassberg. Art direction, Bernard Herzbrun, James Sullivan. Set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, William L. Stevens. Music score, Hans J. Salter. Orchestrations, David Tamkin. Edited by Russell Schoengarth. Sound technicians, Charles Felstead, Charles Carroll. Assistant director, F. O. Collings. CAST — Edmond O'Brien, Ella Raines, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Maria Palmer, John Abbott, Fritz Leiber, Howland Chamberlin, Tito Vuolo, Wilton Graff, Robin Raymond. Reviewed 5-21-47. Days in production, 41. WEB OF DANCER REP. Associate producer, Donald H. Brown. Director, Philip Ford. Original screenplay, David Lang, Milton M. Raison. Photography, Alfred S. Keller. Special effects, Howard and Theodore Lydecker. Art direction, Gano Chittenden. Set decorations, John McCarthy, Jr., George Suhr. Musical director, Mort Glickman. Sound technician, Fred Stahl. Edited by William Thompson. Assistant director, Don Verk. CAST — Adele Mara, Bill Kennedy, Damian O'Flynn, Richard Loo, Victor Sen Yung, Roy Barcroft, William Hall, J. Farrell MacDonald, Michael Branden, Ed Gargan, Chester Clute, Ralph Sanford, Russell Hicks. Reviewed 61 1 -47. Days in production, 10. WELCOME STRANCER PARA. Producer, Sol C. Siegel. Director, Elliott Nugent. Screenplay, Arthur Sheekman. Original, Frank Butler. Adaptation, Arthur Sheekman, N. Richard Nash. Photography, Lionel Lindon. Art direction, Hans Dreier, Franz Bachelin. Songs, James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke. Music score, Robert Emmett DoIan. Edited by Everett Douglas. Editorial supervisor, LeRoy Stone. Set decorations, Sam Comer, John MacNeil. Dance director, Billy Daniels. Sound technicians, Stanley Cooley, Joel Moss. Assistant director, Richard McWhorter. CAST — Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Shayne, Larry Young, Percy Kilbride, Charles Dingle, Don Beddoe, Thurston Hall, Lillian Bronson, Mary Field, Paul Stanton, Pat McVey. Reviewed 4-28-47. Days in production, 63. WEST OF DODGE CITY COL. Producer, Colbert Clark. Director, Ray Nazarro. Original screenplay, Bert Horswell. Photography, George F. Kelley. Art direction, Charles Clague. Set decorations, Robert Bradfield. Edited by