Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

458 P R O D U C T I O NS 194 9 play. Lewis R. Foster, Whitman Chambers. Original, L. S. Goldsmith. Photography, Ernest Laszlo. Operating cameraman, George Clemens, Art direction, Lewis H. Creber. Set decorations, Alfred Keggeris. Music score, Darryl Calker. Musical director, David Chudnow. Edited by Howard Smith. Sound technician, William Fox. Production manager, Doc Merman. Assistant director, Howard Pine. Script supervisor, Sam Freedle. Hair stylist, Doris Harris. Makeup, Paul Stanhope. Emil Lavigne. Grip, Roy Vincent. Costumes designed by Edith Head, Odette Myrtil. Gaffer. Henry Schuster. Still man, Ed Henderson. CAST — Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden, Dan Duryea, Irene Hervey, Philip Reed, Harold Vermilyea, Alan Napier, Art Smith, Irving Bacon. SUMMARY — Wife murdered by perfume bottle after husband dreams he has done killing. Phoney doctor sets false trail, with secretary and private eye suspected; insurance detective breaks case. Doctor guilty. Days in production. 2 1 . Reviewed 41 2-49. MARY RYAN, DETECTIVE COL. Producer, Rudolph C. Flothow. Director, Abby Berlin. Screenplay, George Bricker. Original, Harry Fried. Photography, Vincent Farrar. Operating cameraman, Jimmy Goss. Art direction, George Brooks. Set decorations, William Kiernan. Musical director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff . Edited by James Sweeney. Sound technician, Howard Fogetti. Production manager, Jack Fier. Assistant director. Carter DeHaven, Jr. Script supervisor, Dorothy Cummings. Hair stylist. Greta Ardine. Makeup, Bob Meading. Grip, Pat Sutherland. Gaffer, Bill Johnson. Still man, Joe Walters. CAST — Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June Vincent, Harry Shannon, William "Bill" Phillips, Katharine Warren, Victoria Home. Arthur Space, John Dehner, Kernan Cripps, Chester Clute, Clancy Cooper, Robert B. Williams, Doreen McCann, Ben Welden, Paul Bryar, Jim Nolan, Charles Russell, Isabel Randolph, Robert Emmett Keane, Jimmy Lloyd, Ralph Dunn, Edward F. Dunn. SUMMARY — Jewels hidden in turkeys to go to fence, get mixed up and legitimate turkeys get them instead. Policewoman Hunt, posing as crook, gets mixed up in melee, finally saves crook's life bv removing slug. Days in production, 1 1 . Reviewed 12-9-49. MASKED RAIDERS RKO. Producer, Herman Scholm. Director. Lesley Selander. Original screenplay, Norman Houston. Photography, George E. Diskant. Operating cameraman, Emmett Bergholz. Art direction, Albert S. D'Agostino, Feild Gray. Set decorations, Darrell Silvera, Jack Mills. Music score, Paul Sawtell. Edited by Les Millbrook. Sound technician, John Cass, Clem Portman. Assistant director, John E. Pommer. Script supervisor, William Hole. Hair stylist, Fae Smith. Makeup, Jack Barron. Grip, Frank Williams. Gaffer, S. H. Barton. Still man, Oliver Sigurdson. CAST — Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Marjorie Lord, Gary Gray, Frank Wilcox, Charles Arnt, Tom Tyler, Harry Woods, Houseley Stevenson, Clayton Moore, Bill George. SUMMARY — "Robin Hood" slant of outlaw l masked l turns out to be girl robbing bank to get money for victimized ranchers to pay off mortgages held by unscrupulous banker. Days in production, 12. Reviewed 9-22-49. MASSACRE RIVER Windsor-ALLIED ARTISTS. Producers, Julian Lesser, Frank Melford. Director, John Rawlins, Screenplay, Louis Stevens. Original novel, "When a Man's a Man," Harold Bell Wright. Additional dialog. Otto Englander. Photography, Jack McKenzie. Art direction. Lucius Croxton. Musical director, Lud Gluskin. Edited by Richard Cahoon. Sound technician, Jean L. Speak. Assistant directors, Clem Beauchamp, Bert Briskin. Grip, Morris Rosen. CAST — Guy Madison, Rory Calhoun, Carole Mathews, Cathy Downs, Johnny Sands, Art Baker, Iron Eyes Cody, J. W. Cody, Steve Brodie, Emory Parnell, Olin Howland. SUMMARY — Conflict between buddies after Civil war when one takes girl away from other; during fiancee's absence, 1st pal goes tor sexy, shady lady. In ensuing quarrel, 2nd pay kills lady's crooked partner. Indian fight causes enmity to be forgotten. Reviewed 3-29-49. MASTER MINDS MONO. Producer, Jan Grippo. Director, Jean Yarbrough. Screenplay. Charles R. Marion. Additional dialog, Bert Lawrence. Photography, Marcel LePicard. Operating cameraman. Bill Marguiles. Art direction, Dave Milton. Set decorations, Raymond Boltz. Jr. Musical director, Edward J. Kay. Edited by William Austin. Sound technician, Dean Spencer. Production manager, Allen K. Wood. Assistant director, William Calihan. Script supervisor, llona Vas. Makeup, Jack P. Pierce. Grip, Harry Lewis. Gaffer, Lloyd Garnell. Still man. Ed Jones. CAST — Loe Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Glenn Strange, Gabriel Dell, Alan Napier, Jane Adams, Billy Benedict. Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, David Gorcey, Skelton Knaggs. William Yetter, Minerva Urecal, Chester Clute, Pat Goldin, Robert Coogan. SUMMARY — Maniacal scientist uses Huntz Hall's powers of prophecy, when he has a toothache, to apparently switch brains from Hall to monster created by scientist. Bowery boys finally free pal. Days in production, 8. Reviewed 11-30-49. MIGHTY JOE YOUNC Arko-RKO. Producers. John Ford, Merian C. Cooper. Director, Ernest B. Schoedsack. Screenplay. Ruth Rose. Original. Merian C. Cooper. Technical creator, Willis O'Brien. Photography, ). Roy Hunt. Special Effects, Harold Stine, Bert Willis. Optical photography, Linwood Dunn. Operating cameraman. Emmett Bergholz. Art direction, James Basevi, Howard Richmond. Set decorations, James Altwies. Music score. Roy Webb. Musical director, C. Bakaleinikoff. Edited by Ted Cheesman. Sound technicians, John L. Cass, Clem Portman. Production manager, Lloyd Richards. Assistant director, Samuel Ruman. Script supervisor. Dorothy Cormack. Hair stylists. Hazel Rogers, Fae Smith. Makeup, Gordon Bau, Harry Ray. Grip, Lou Anderson, Costumes designed by Adele Balkan. Caffer, Frank Uecker. Still man Alex Kahle. CAST — Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Douglas Fowley. Denis Green, Paul Guilfoyle, Nestor Paiva, Regis Toomey, Lora Lee Michel, James Flavin. SUMMARY — Nightclub producer brings colossus of apes and girl owner to Hollywood for show. Near tragedv but mostly corned" ensues. Days in production, 56. Reviewed 5-24-49. MR. BELVEDERE COES TO COLLECE 20th-FOX. Producer, Samuel G. Engel. Director, Elliott Nugent. Screenplay, Richard Sale, Mary Loos, Mary McCall, Jr. Original character, Gwen Davenport. Photography, Lloyd Ahern. Special effects. Fred Sersen. Operating cameraman, Paul Lockwood. Art direction, Lyle Wheeler, Richard Irvine. Set decorations, Thomas Little. Orchestrations, Edward Powell. Musical director-score, Alfred Newman. Edited by Harmon Jones. Sound technicians, E. Clayton Ward, Roger Heman. Production manager, Charles Hall. Assistant director, Arthur Jacobson. Script supervisor, Wesley Jones. Hair stylists, Irene Brooks, Annabell Levy, Marie Walters. Makeup, Ben Nye, William Riddle, Tom Tuttle. Grip, Edward Ledgerwood. Cosstumes designed by Bonnie Cashin. Gaffer, Charles Graham. Still man, Jerry Milligan. CAST — Clifton Webb. Shirley Temple, Tom Drake, Alan Young, Jessie Royce Landis, Kathleen Hughes, Taylor Holmes, Alvin Greenman, Paul Harvey. Barry Kelley, Bob Patten, Lee MacGregor, Helen Westcott, Jeff Chandler, Clancy Cooper, Evlynn Eaton, Judy Brubaker, Kathleen Freeman, Lotte Stein, Peggy Call, Ruth Tobey, Elaine Ryan, Pattee Chapman, Joyce Otis, Lonnie Thomas, Reginald Sheffield, Katherine Lang, Isabel Withers, Arthur Space, Gill Stratton, Jr. SUMMARY — Belvedere disposes of college entrance exam in 25 minutes in order to qualify for award given only to men with degrees. Aspiring newspaper girl wants to break sensational story about him which he thwarts, also bringing about reconciliation between girl and b.f. Days in production, 38. Reviewed 4-1-49. MR. SOFT TOUCH COL. Producer-original, Milton Holmes. Director, Henry Levin, Gordon Douglas. Screenplay. Orin Jannings. Photography, Joseph Walker, Charles Lawton, Jr. Operating cameraman, Fayte Brown. Art direction, George Brooks. Set decorations, Frank Tuttle. Music score, Heinz Roemhold. Musical director, M.