Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

PRODUCTIO N S 19 4 9 475 raphy, Winton Hoch. Second unit photography, Charles Boyle. Technicolor direction. Natalie Kalmus, Morgan Padeltord. Special effects, Jack Cattee. Operating comeraman, Harvey Could. Art direction, James Basevi. Set decorations, Joe Kish. Orchestrations. Lucien Cailliet. Musical director, C. Bakaleinikott. Edited by Jack Murray. Sound technicians, Frank Webster. Clem Portman. Assistant directors, Wingate Smith, Edward O'Fearna. Script supervisor, Meta Sterne. Hair stylist, Anna Malin. Makeup, Don Cash. Crip. Tom Clement. Gaffer, Robert Campbell. Technical advisors. Major Philip Kieter, Cliff Lyons. Still man. Alex Kahle. CAST — John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, George O'Brien, Arthur Shields, Harry Woods Chief Big Tree, Nobel Johnson, Cliff Lyons, Tom Tyler. Michael Dugan, Mickey Simpson, Frank McGrath, Don Summers, Fred Libby, Jack Pennick, Billy Jones, Bill Goettinger, Fred Graham, Fred Kennedy, Rudy Bowman. Post Park. Ray Hyke, Lee Bradley. SUMMARY — Frontier fort, U. S. regulars' unceasing vigilance; lose their lives to keep Indians on their reservations, after massacre of Gen. Custer. Days in production. 31. Reviewed 7-27-49. THE SHERIFF OF MEDICINE BOW MONO. Producer. Barney A. Sarecky. Director, Lambert Hillyer. Original screenplay, ). Benton Cheney. Photography, Harry Neumann. Operating cameraman, Len Powers. Art direction. Vin Taylor. Musical director, Edward Kay. Edited by Carl Pierson. Sound technician, Tom Lambert. Assistant directors. Eddie Davis, Harry Jones. Script supervisor. Helen McCaffrey. Grip, George Booker. Gaffer, Wm. D. King. Still man, James Fullerton. CAST — Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune. Evelyn Finley, Bill Kennedy, Frank LaRue. George Lewis, Peter Perkins, Carol Henry, Bob Woodward. SUMMARY — Paroled bank bandit and daughter own valuable land. Crooks try to implicate parolee in robbery to get control of land. Sheriff breaks up plot and cleans out crooks, treeing parolee and daughter who had been kidnapped. Days in production, 6. Reviewed 2-25-49. SHERIFF OF WITCHITA REP. Associate producer, Gordon Kay. Director, R. G. Springsteen. Original screenplay. Bob Williams. Photography, John MacBurnie. Special effects, Howard and Theodore Lydecker. Operating cameraman, Herb Kirkpatrick. Art direction, Frank Arrigo. Set decorations, John McCarthy, Jr., Charles Thompson. Musical score, Stanley Wilson. Edited by Tony Martinelli. Sound technician, Earl Crain, Sr. Assistant director. Jack Lacey. Script supervisor, Joan Eremin. Hair stylist, Louise Landemier. Makeup, Howard Smit. Grip. Whitey Lawrence. Gatfer, Hap Hodges. Still man. Mickey Marigold. CAST — Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller. Roy Barcroft. Lynn Wilde, Clayton Moore, Eugene Roth, Trevor Bardette. House Peters, Jr., Earle Hodgins. Edmund Cobb, |ohn Hamilton, Steve Raines, Jack O'Shea, Black Jack Ihorse). SUMMARY — Former army lieutenant escapes from prison for rendezvous with gang, brought together by daughter of vanished Maior thought by authorities to be thief. Through daughter's plan, real thief is found, also body of her father; lieutenant freed, marries girl. Days in production. 9 Reviewed 2-25-49. SHOCKPROOF COL. Producer. S. Sylvan Simon. Associate producer, Earl McEvoy. Director, Douglas Sirk. Original screenplay, Helen Deutsch, Samuel Fuller. Photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. Operating cameraman, Vic Schurich. Art direction, Carl Anderson. Set decorations, Louis Diage. Music score, George Duning. Musical director, M. W. Stoloff. Edited by Gene Havlick. Sound technician, Lodge Cunningham. Production manager, Jack Fier. Assistant director, Earl Bellamy. Script supervisor, Rose Loewinger. Hair stylist, Helen Hunt. Makeup, Clay Campbell. Grip, E Blaisdell. Costumes designed by Jean Louis. Gaffer, Ollie Hileman. Still man. Irving Lippman. CAST — Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight. John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti, Howard St. John, Russell Collins, Charles Bates, Gilbert Barnett, Frank Jaquet, Frank Ferguson, Ann Shoemaker, King Donovan, Claire Carleton. Al Eben. SUMMARY — Parolee Patricia Knight, helped by adviser, Cornel Wilde, having affair again with man who caused her to be jailed originally. Wilde discovers intrigue and breaks it up, with girl shooting and killing gambler. She and Wilde try to escape, then return to face music. Days in production, 35. Reviewed 1-24-49. THE SICKLE OR THE CROSS Roland Reed-O.D.D. Producer, Roland D. Reed. Associate producer, Guy V. Thayer, Jr. Director. Frank Strayer. Screenplay, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. Photography, Walter Strenge. Music score, Alberto Colombo. Edited by Roy Luby. CAST — Kent Taylor, Gloria Holden, Gene Lockhart, Emmett Vogan, Kathleen Lockhart, Arthur Stone, Margaret Kerry, David Bruce, Dudley Dickerson, Gayne Whitman, John Eldredge, Adeline deWalt Reynolds, Ivan Triesault, Gene Roth, Charles Halton. Anne O'Neal, Dian Fauntelle, Robert Keane, Philip Ahn, Victor Sen Yung, Jack Rice, Joe Hinds. Nan Boardman, Stephen Chase. SUMMARY — Anti-Communist picture for Lutheran Layman's League. Missionary imprisoned by Reds in China with imposter returning to States to put over Red line but tine people he lives with reform him and he denounces Communism. Reviewed 7-5-49. SIDE STREET MCM. Producer, Sam Zimbalist. Director, Anthony Mann. Original screenplay, Sydney Boehm. Photography, Joseph Ruttenberg. Special effects, A. Arnold Gillespie. Operating cameraman, Herbert Fischer. Art direction, Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart. Set decorations, Edwin B. Willis, Charles de Crof. Music score, Lennie Hayton. Edited by Conrad A. Nervig. Sound, Douglas Shearer, Charles E. Wallace. Production manager, Charles Hunt. Assistant director, H. Koch. Script supervisor, Don MacDougall. Hair stylist, Sydney Guilaroff. Makeup, Jack Dawn. Grip, Leo Monlon. Still man, S. C. Monatt. CAST — Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey. Edmon Ryan, Charles McGraw, Ed Max, Adele Jergens, Henry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim. SUMMARY — Needy temporary postal clerk Farley steals what he thinks is $200; turns out to be $30,000-extortion money as price of keeping quiet about big shot's g. f. Girl is killed and in order to clear himself of theft, clerk uncovers plot. Days in production, 32. Reviewed 12-22-49. SKY DRAGONS Burkett-MONO. Producer, James S. Burkett. Director, Lesley Selander. Screenplay, Oliver Drake Original, Clint Johnston. Photography, William Sickner. Operating cameraman, John Martin. Art direction, David Milton Set decorations, Ray Boltz. Musical director, Edward Kay. Edited by Roy Livingston. Sound technicians, Tom Lambert, John Kean. Production manager, Allen K. Wood. Assistant directors, Wesley Barry, Ed Morey, |r. Script supervisor, llona Vas. Hair stylist, Lela Chambers. Makeup. Webb Overlander. Grip. Harry Lewis. Gafter, Bob Campbell. Still man, Bud Graybill. CAST — Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Milburn Stone, Joel Marston, Noel Neill, Elena Verdugo, Iris Adrian, Lyle Talbot, Paul Maxey, John Eldredge, Eddie Parkes, Lyle Latell, Gaylord Pendelton, Emmett Vogan, Edna Holland, )oe Whitehead, Lee Phelps, Frank Cady, Charlie Jordan, Louise Franklin, Suzette Harbin, George Eldredge, Bob Curtis. SUMMARY — Quarter of a million dollars vanishes on airplane over Pacific after pilot and passengers served drugged coffee. Chan, who did not drink his, investigates and finds that investigator tor bonding company, Maxey, was thief. Days in production, 7. Reviewed 4-28-49. SKY LINER Lippert-SCREEN GUILD Executive producer, Robert Lippert. Producer, William Stephens. Director, William Berke. Screenplay, Maurice Tombragel. Original, John Wilste. Photography. Carl Berger. Special effects, Howard Weeks. Art direction, Martin Obzina. Musical director-score, Raoul Kraushaar. Music supervision, David Chudnow. Edited by Edward Mann Sound technician, William Randall. Assistant di