Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

P R O D U C T I O N S 19 4 9 457 by Basil WrangeM, Al Joseph. Production manager, Ray Heinze. Hair stylist, Scotty Rackin. Makeup, Fred Philips. Dance director, Billy Daniel. CAST — Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Nona Massey, Vera Ellen, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Melville Cooper, Paul Valentine, Leon Belasco, Eric Blore, Bruce Cordon, Marilyn Monroe, Graucho Marx. SUMMARY — When Harpo inadvertently makes ott with sardine can in which Massey had secreted stolen necklace, mad chase ensues to backstage at charity show for broken down actors. Reviewed 10-10-49. THE LUCKY STIFF Amusement EnterprisesU A. Producer, Jack Benny. Associate producer, William T. Lackey. Directorscreenplay, Lewis R. Foster. Original novel, Craig Rice. Photography, Ernest Laszlo. Art direction, Lewis H. Crebar. Set decorations, Alfred Kegerris. Music score, Heinz Roemheld. Musical director, David Chudnow. Song, "Loneliness," Victor Young, Ned Washington. Edited by Howard Smith. Sound technician. William Fox. CAST — Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Irene Hervey, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong. Billy Vine, Warner Anderson, Virginia Patton, Richard Gaines, Joe Sawyer, Larry Blake, Bob Hopkins, Sidney Miller, Charles Meredith, Jimmy Ames. SUMMARY — Mystery comedy has girl, accused of murder, pretending to be ghost to unravel protection racket and expose actual murderer. Reviewed 1-1 7-49. MA AND PA KETTLE Ul. Producer, Leonard Goldstein. Director, Charles Lamont. Screenplay, Herbert Margolis, Louis Morheim, Al Lewis. Original characters from "The Egg and I" by Betty MacDonald. Photography, Maury Gertsman. Operating cameraman, Harry Davis. Art direction, Bernard Herzbrun, Emrich Nicholson. Set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, Oliver Emert. Musical director-orchestrations, Milton Schwarzwald. Edited by Russell Schoengarth. Sound, Leslie I. Carey, Richard DeWeese. Production manager, Howard Christie. Assistant director, William Holland. Hair stylists, Carmen Dirigo, Emmy Eckhardt. Makeup, Bud Westmore, Jack Kevan. Grip, Russ Frank. Costumes designed by Rosemary Odell. Gaffer, Johnny Brooks. Still man, Bert Anderson. CAST — Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Patricia Alphin, Esther Dale, Barry Kelley Harry Antrim, Isabel O'Madigan, Ida Moore, Emory Parnell, Boyd Davis, O. Z. Whitehead, Ray Bennett, Alvin Hammer, Lester Allen, Chief Yowlachie, Rex Lease. SUMMARY — When Pa Kettle wins a contest and gets a new model home, he dislikes the gadgets but Ma and the 15 kids thrive. Then jealous neighbors imply he stole original idea; company to take back house but Ma holds off sheriffs until newspaper gal discloses Pa was no thief. Days in production, 26. Reviewed 3-23-49. MADAME BOVARY MCM. Producer, Pandro S. Berman. Director, Vincente Minnelli. Screenplay, Robert Ardrey. Original novel, Gustave Flaubert. Photography, Robert Planck. Special effects. Warren Newcombe. Operating cameraman, Harkness Smith. Art direction, Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith. Set decoration, Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle. Music score, Miklos Rozsa. Edited by Ferris Webster. Sound, Douglas Shearer, Standish J. Lambert. Production manager, Al Shenberg. Assistant director, Al Raboch. Script supervisor, Jack Aldworth. Hair styles designed by Sydney Guilaroff; Miss Jones' hair styles by Larry Germain. Makeup, Jack Dawn. Dance director, Jack Donohue. Grip, Tom Long. Costumes designed by Walter Plunkett Valles. Still man, S. C. Manatt. CAST — Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Christopher Kent, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper, John Abbott, Henry Morgan, George Zucco, Ellen Corby, Eduard Franz, Henri Letondal, Esther Somers, Frederic Tozere, Paul Cavanagh, Larry Simms, Dawn Kinney, Vernon Steele. SUMMARY — Woman seeks escape from provincial town to which her doctor husband brings her, by Masons with unscrupulous men and by prodding husband into operations of which he is incapable. She is unmasked and husband disillusioned. Days in production, 61. Reviewed 8-1-49. MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM COL. Producer, Ted Richmond. Director Joseph Santley. Screenplay, Albert Duffy, Karen DeWolf. Original, Albert Duffy, based on radio program of Al Jarvis and Marvin Block. Photography, Henry Freulich. Operating cameraman, Gert Anderson. Art direction, Paul Palmentola. Set decorations, James Crowe. Songs, "Make Believe Ballroom" Al Jarvis, Leon Renee, Johnny Mercer. Edited by Jerome Thorns. Sound technician, Frank Goodwin. Production manager, Jack Fier. Assistant director, Jack Corrick. Script supervisor, Polly Craus. Hair stylist, Ida Fogette. Makeup, Bob Medling. Grip, Walter Meins. Gaffer, Paul Seckler. Still man, Joe Walters. CAST — Jerome Courtland, Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles, Al Jarvis, Adele Jergens, Paul Harvey, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Orth, Sid Tomack, Vernon Dent, Frankie Laine, King Cole Trio, Toni Harper, Jack Smith, Kay Starr, the Sportsmen, Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Jan Garber, Pee Wee Hunt, Gene Krupa, Ray McKinley. SUMMARY — Promotion scheme on radio brings out group of young car hops. Friendly rivalry turns serious with trickery injected by engineer who wants to tip off leading contender results of nightly tryouts. Contestants have tie win and money is enough for them to marry. Days in production, 13. Reviewed 4-13-49. MAKE MINE LAUCHS RKO. Producer, George Bilson. Director, Richard O. Fleischer, Hal Yates. Screenplay, Hal Yates (Errol sequence). Photography, Jack MacKenzie, Robert de Grasse. Art direction, Feild Gray, Charles F. Pyke. Musical director, Constantine Bakaleinikof f . Edited by Robert Swink, Edward W. Williams. Sound technician, John Tribby. Makeup, Gordon Bau. CAST — Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley, Dennis Day, Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Leon Errol, Frances Langford, Frankie Carle and orchestra, Robert LaMouret, Manuel and Marita Viera, Rosario and Antonio, Freddie Fisher and his Schnickelf ritz band, the Titans, Myrna Dell, Dorothy Grainger, Gil Lamb. SUMMARY— Vaudeville show. Days in production, 3. Reviewed 8-9-49. MALAYA MCM. Producer, Edwin H. Knopf. Director, Richard Thorpe. Screenplay, Frank Fenton. Original, Manchester Boddy. Photography, George Folsey. Special effects, A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe. Operating cameraman, Robert Bronner. Art direction, Gedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown. Set decorations, Edwin B. Willis, Henry W. Grace. Music score, Bronislau Kaper. Musical director, Andre Previn. Edited by Ben Lewis. Production manager, S. Petschnikoff . Assistant director, Bert Glazer. Script supervisor, Bill Shanks. Hair stylist, Sydney Guilaroff. Makeup, Jack Dawn. Grip, Howard Bradner. Costumes designed by Irene, Valles. Still man, Bert Lynch. CAST — Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortesa, Sydney Greenstreet, John Hodiak, Lionel Barrymore, Gilbert Roland, Roland Winters, Richard Loo, Ian MacDonald, Tom Helmore. SUMMARY — Newspaperman convinces "brass" he can get secret stocks of rubber out of Malaya after Japs take over. Helped by adventurous Tracy, Stewart gets all but one stockpile out, is killed getting that out with Tracy's help. Days in production, 33. Reviewed 12-7-49. THE MAN ON THE EIFFEL TOWER A Cr T-RKO (Ansco). Producer Irving Allen. Assistant to producer. Ruby Rosenberg. Director, Burgess Meredith. Screenplay, Harry Brown. Original story, "A Battle of Nerves," Georges Simeon. Photography, Stanley Cortez. Operating cameraman, Tony Braun. Art direction, Rene Renoux. Music score, Michel Michelet. Musical director, C. Bakaleinikoff. Edited by Louis Sackin. Sound technician. Josh Westmoreland. Assistant director, Mark Evans. Costumes designed by Robert Piguet, Jacque Griffe. CAST — Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace, Patricia Roc, Belita, George Thorpe, William Phipps, William Ottrell, Chaz Chase, Wilfrid Hyde-White. SUMMARY — Small time burgler framed for murder of wealthy woman actually killed by nephew, saved by clever detective. Killer finally cornered on Eiffel tower. Days in production, 60. Reviewed 12-14-49. MANHANDLED Pine-Thcmas-PARA. Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas. Director, Lewis R. Foster. Screen