Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

PRODUCTIO N S 19 4 9 437 director, C. Bakaleinikof f . Edited by Samuel E. Beetley. Sound technicians, Richard van Hessen, Roy Granville. Assistant directors, John Pommer, Harry Templeton. Script supervisor, Mercy Weireter. Hair stylist, Kay Shea. Makeup, jack Barron. Crip, Tom Clement. Gaffer, R. L. Buddie. Still man, Alex Kahle. CAST — Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Steve Brodie, Virginia Cox, Carol Forman, Richard Powers, Stanley Andrews, Robert Bray, Francis McDonald, Emmett Vogan, Monte Montague. SUMMARY — Brodie borrows from his fiancee to gamble; accuses gambler of cheating and shoots him, saying gambler tried to shoot first. Trial brings out that gambler had no gun. Brodie, escaping with help of brother who thinks him innocent, turns on brother. Brodie finally killed. Days in production, 13. Reviewed 2-9-49. CALAMITY JANE AND SAM BASS Ul. (Technicolor). Producer, Leonard Goldstein. Associate producer, Aaron Rosenberg. Director-original, George Sherman. Screenplay, Maurice Geraghty, Melvin Levy. Photography, Irving Glassberg. Technicolor direction, Natalie Kalmus, Monroe Burbank. Operating cameraman, Dick Towers. Art direction, Bernard Herzbrun, Richard Riedel. Set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, Al Fields. Musical directororchestrations, Milton Schwarzwald. Edited by Edward Curtiss. Sound, Leslie I. Carey, Genn E. Anderson. Production manager, Edward Dodds. Assistant director, John Sherwood. Script supervisor, Pat Betz. Hair styists, Carmen Dirigo, Olga Collings. Makeup. Bud Westmore, )ohn Holden. Grip, Everett Brown. Costumes designed by Yvonne Wood. Gaffer, Norton Kurland. Still man, Sherman Clark. CAST — Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Willard Parker, Norman Lloyd, Lloyd Bridges, Marc Lawrence, Houseley Stevenson, Milburn Stone, Clifton Young, John Rodney, Roy Roberts, Ann Doran, Charles Cane, Walter Baldwin. SUMMARY — Indian tenderfoot's gambling gets him fired by sheriff and he teams up with gambling cowboys, who race their horses on the trail. Sam's horse is killed in fixed race; he takes money by force. Calamity Jane is his gal until he is killed by sheriff. Days in production, 38. Reviewed 6-3-49. CANADIAN PACIFIC Nat Holt-20th-FOX (Cinecolor). Producer, Nat Holt. Associate producer, Harry Howard. Director, Edwin L. Marin. Second unit director, George Archainbaud. Screenplay, )ack DeWitt, Kenneth Garnet. Original, lack DeWitt. Photography, Fred Jackman, Jr. Cinecolor consultant, Clifford Shanks. Operating cameraman, Joe Jackman. Art direction, Ernest Fegte. Musical director-score, Dimitri Tiomkin. Edited by Philip Martin. Sound technician, William Lynch. Production manager, Harold Godsoe. Assistant director, Lee Valle. Script supervisor, Jim Yarbrough. Makeup, Lee Greenway. Grip, B. P. Jaques. Gaffer, Bill McLellan. Still man, Rod Tolmie. CAST — Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish, Victor Jory, Nancy Olson, Robert Barrat, Walter Sande, Don Haggarty, Brandon Rhodes, Mary Kent, John Parrish, John Hamilton, Richard Wessel, Howard Negley. SUMMARY — Trail blazer for incoming railroads, Scott, is attacked by opposing trappers who enlist aid of Indians to fight progress. Battle climax. Days in production, 36. Reviewed 3-9-49. CAPTAIN CHINA Pine-Thomas-PARA. Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas. Director, Lewis R. Foster. Original screenplay, Lewis R. Foster, Gwen Bagni. Photography, John Alton. Special effects, Alex Weldon. Operating cameraman, Les Shorr. Art direction, Hans Dreier, Lewis H. Creber. Set decorations, Sam Comer, Al Kegerris. Music score, Lucien Cailliet. Musical director, David Chudnow. Song, "Oh Brandy Leave Me Alone," Josef Marais. Edited by Howard Smith. Sound technician, William Fox. Production manager, Doc Merman. Assistant director, Howard Pine. Script supervisor, Sam Freedle. Hair stylist, Delia Barnes. Makeup, Paul Stanhope, Harry Ray. Crip, Lou Kusley. Gaffer, Wilson R. Wooten. CAST — John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney, Edgar Bergen, Michael O'Shea, Ellen Corby, Robert Armstrong, John Qualen, Ilka Gruning, Keith Richards, John Bagni, Ray Hyke. SUMMARY — Sea captain, losing command thru loss of ship and false testimony by first mate, books passage on ship where mate is; mate has to call on him for help during storm and eventually confesses false testimony. Days in production, 19. Reviewed 10-31-49. CAUCHT EnterpriseMCM. Producer, Wolfgang Reinhardt. Director, Max Opuls. Screenplay, Arthur Laurents. Original novel, "Wild Calendar," Libbie Block. Photography, Lee Garmes. Montages, Michael Luciano. Process, Mario Castegnaro. Art direction, Frank Sylos. Set decorations, Edward C. Boyle. Music score, Frederick Hollander. Musical director, Rudolph Polk. Edited by Robert Parrish. Sound technician, Max Hutchinson. Production manager, Joe C. Gilpin. Assistant director, Albert van Schmus. Hair stylist, Larry Germain. Makeup, Cus Norin. Wardrobe, Louise Wilson. Technical advisor: Dr. Leo Morton Schulman. CAST — James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Ruth Brady, Curt Bois, Frank Ferguson, Natalie Schaefer, Art Smith, Sonia Darrin, Bernadene Hayes, Ann Morrison, Wilton Graff, Jim Hawkins, Vicki Raw Stiener. SUMMARY — Car hop goes to charm school in order to snare millionaire. But marriage is farce and she leaves to work for two doctors, one James Mason. Girl and Mason romance but when she learns husband to father her child, she wants to return. Finally she and doctor united Reviewed 2-16-49. CHALLENGE OF THE RANCE COL. Producer, Colbert Clark. Director, Ray Nazarro. Original screenplay, Ed Earl Repp. Photography, Rex Wimpy. Operating cameraman, Fayte Brown. Art direction, Charles Clague. Set decorations, David Montrose. Edited by Paul Borofsky. Sound technician, Russell Malmgren. Production manager, Jack Fier. Assistant director, Paul Donnelly. Script supervisor, Frances McDowell. Hair stylist, Dotha Hippe. Makeup, Gordon Hubbard. Grip, Al Becker. Gaffer, Bill Johnson. Still man, Warner Crosby. CAST — Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Paula Raymond, William Halop, Steve Darrell, Henry Hall, Robert Filmer, George Chesebro, John McKee, Frank McCarroll, John Cason, the Sunshine Boys. SUMMARY — Range war between farmers and cattlemen, in order for cattlemen's leader to control water rights, discovered by Starrett, who, as Durango Kid, straightens everything out. Days in production, 8. Reviewed 3-11-49. CHALLENGE TO LASSIE MCM (Technicolor) . Producer, Robert Sisk. Director, Richard Thorpe. Screenplay, William Ludwig. Original novel, "Greyfriars Bobby," Eleanor Atkinson. Photography, Charles Schoenbaum. Technicolor consultants, Henri Jaffa, James Gooch. Special effects, Warren Newcombe. Operating cameraman, John Schmitz. Art direction, Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu. Set decorations, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt. Music score, Andre Previn. Edited by George White. Sound, Douglas Shearer, John A. Williams. Production manager, Charles Hunt. Assistant director, Al Jennings. Script supervisor, John Banse. Hair stylist, Sydney Guilaroff. Makeup, Jack Dawn. Grip, Jack Tranzen. Men's costumes designed by Valles. Still man, Newton J. Rapraft. CAST — Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginal Owen, Alan Webb, Ross Ford, Henry Stephenson, Alan Napier, Sara Allgood, Edmond Breon, Arthur Shields, Lumsden Hare, Charles Irwin, Lassie (dog). SUMMARY — Grieving Lassie, unmovable beside grave of master sheepherder whose beating, resulting in death, dog had witnessed. Law insists dog be put to death as she has no owner, but tavern keeper wins her reprieve. Days in production, 27. Reviewed 10-27-49. CHAMPION Screen Plays-UA. Producer, Stanley Kramer. Associate producer, Robert Stillman. Director, Mark Robson. Screenplay, Carl Foreman. Original short story, Ring Lardner. Photography, Frank Planer. Operating cameraman, Dave Ragin. Production design, Rudolph Sternad. Set decorations, Edward G. Boyle. Musical director-score, Dimitri Tiomkin. Edited by Harry Gerstad. Sound technician, Jean Speak. Production manager, Clem Beauchamp. Assistant director, Ivan