Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

P R O D U C T I O N S 19 4 8 501 director, Charles O'Curran. Crip, S. H. Browell. Costumes designed by Orry Kelly. Still man, Art Say. CAST — Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas, Robert Coote, Reinhold Schunzel, Roman Toporow, Peter Von Zerneck, Otto Waldis, Fritz Kortner, Michael Harvey, Richard Powers. Days in production, 98. Reviewed 4-6-48. BEST MAN WINS COL. Producer, Ted Richmond. Director, John Sturges. Screenplay, Edward Huebsch. Original based on "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaberas County" by Mark Twain. Photography, Vincent Farrar. Operating cameraman, Irving Klein. Art direction, Walter Holscher. Set decorations, James Crowe. Musical director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff . Edited by James Sweeney. Sound technician, Howard Fogetti. Assistant director, Paul Donnelly. Script supervisor, Rose Loewinger. Hair stylist, Helen Hunt. Crip, Pat Sutherland. CAST — Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Robert Shayne, Gary Cray, Hobart Cavanaugh, Stanley Andrews, George Lynn, Bill Sheffield, Marietta Canty, Paul E. Burns. Days in production, 16. Reviewed 5-13-48. BEYOND CLORY PARA. Producer, Robert Fellows. Director, John Farrow. Original screenplay. Jonathan Latimer, Charles Marquis Warren, William Wister Haines. Photography John Seitz. Special effects, Farciot Edouart. Operating cameraman, Otto Pierce. Art direction, Hans Dreier, Franz Bachelin. Set decorations, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer. Musical director-score, Victor Young. Edited by Eda Warren. Sound technicians, Hugo Grenzbach, Walter Oberst. Assistant director, William H. Coleman. Production manager, Harry Caplan. Script supervisor, Irving Cooper. Makeup, Wally Westmore. Grip, Fred True. Costumes designed by Edith Head. Stillman, Jack Koffman. CAST — Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready, Ceorge Coulouris, Harold Vermilyea. Henry Travers, Luis Van Rooten, Tom Neal, Conrad Janis, Margaret Field, Paul Lees, Dick Hogan, Audie Murphy, Geraldine Wall, Charles Evans, Russell Wade, Vincent Donahue, Steve Pendleton, Harland Tucker. Days in production, 40. Reviewed 6-15-48. THE BIG CITY MCM. Producer, Joe Pasternak. Director, Norman Taurog. Screenplay. Whitfield Cook, Anne Morrison Chapin. Original, Miklos Laszlo. Adaptation, Nanette Kutner. Additional dialog, Aben Kandel. Photography, Robert Surtees. Operating cameraman, Al Lane. Art direction, Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames. Set decorations, Edwin B. Willis, Alfred E. Spencer. Orchestrations, Leo Arnaud. Musical director, Georgie Stoll. Edited by Gene Ruggiero. Sound, Douglas Shearer, Jospeh Edmondson. Production manager. Jack Gertsman. Assistant director, Sid Sidman. Script supervisor, John Banse. Hair stylist, Sydney Guilaroff. Makeup, Jack Dawn. Dance director, Stanley Donen. Grip, Albert Hunter. Costumes designed by Helen Rose. Still man, Frank Shugrue. CAST — Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas. George Murphy, Karin Booth, Edward Arnold, Butch Jenkins, Betty Garrett, Lotte Lehmann, Page Cavanaugh trio, Connie Gilchrist. Days in production, 45. Reviewed 3-23-48. THE BIG CLOCK PARA. Producer, Richard Maibaum. Director, John Farrow. Screenplay, Jonathan Latimer. Original novel, Kenneth Fearling. Photography, John Seitz. Special effects. Gordon Jennings. Process, Farciot Edouart. Operating cameraman. Otto Pierce. Art direction, Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Albert Nozaki. Set decorations, Sam Comer, Ross Dowd. Music score, Victor Young. Edited by Eda Warren. Sound technicians, Hugo Grenzbach, Gene Garvin. Production manager, Harry Caplan. Assistant director. William H. Coleman. Script supervisor, Donald Lubin. Makeup. Wally Westmore. Grip. Charles Sickler. Costumes desienpd bv Edith Head Still man, Jack Koffman. CAST — Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lancaster. Harold Vermilyea, Dan Tobin, Henry Morgan, Richard Webb, Tad Van Brunt, Elaine Riley, Luis Van Rooten, Lloyd Corrigan, Margaret Field, Phihp Van Zandt, Henri Letondal, Douglas Spencer. Days in production, 45. Reviewed 2-16-48. THE BIG PUNCH WB. Producer, Saul Elkins. Director Sherry Shourds. Screenplay, Bernard Girard. Original. George Carleton Brown. Dialog director, John Maxwell. Photography, Carl Guthrie. Special effects, William McCann, H. F. Koenekamp. Operating cameraman, Lou Jennings. Technical adviser, Clair B. Gahagen. Art direction, Charles H. Clarke. Set decorations, William Wallace. Music score, William Lava. Orchestrations, Charles Maxwell. Musical director, Leo F. Forbstein. Edited by Frank Magee. Sound technician, Charles Lang. Production manager, Don Page. Script supervisor, Rita Michaels. Hair stylist Tillie Starriett. Makeup, Perc Westmore. Grip, Herschel Brown. Still man, Fred Morgan. CAST — Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae, Mary Stuart, Anthony Warde, Jimmy Ames, Marc Logan, Eddie Dunn, Charles Marsh. Days in production, 35. Reviewed 5-25-48. BIG TOWN SCANDAL Pine-Thomas-PARA. Producers. William Pine, William Thomas. Director, William Thomas. Original screenplay. Milton Raison. Original based on radio program, "Big Town." Photography, Ellis W. Carter. Operating cameraman, Kit Carson. Art direction. F. Paul Sylos. Set decorations, Glenn Thompson, Alfred Keggeris. Musical supervision, Dave Chudnow. Musical score, Darrell Calker. Edited by Howard Smith. Sound technician, Frank McWhorter. Assistant director, Howard B. Pine. Hair stylist, Lillian Burkhart. Makeup. Webb Overlander. Grip, Karl Reed. Still man, Eddie Henderson. CAST — Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Roland de Pree. Tommy Bond, Vince Barnett, Charles Arnet, Joe Allen, Jr., Donna de Mario, John Phillips, Reginald Bilado. Days in production, 13. Reviewed 5-24-48. THE BISHOP'S WIFE Coldwyn-RKO. Producer, Samuel Goldwyn. Director, Henry Koster. Screenplay, Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici. Original novel, Robert Nathan. Photography, Gregg Toland. Operating cameraman, Bert Shipham. Art direction, George Jenkins, Perry Ferguson. Set decorations, Julia Heron. Music score, Hugo Friedhofer. Musical director, Emil Newman. Edited by Monica Collingswood. Sound technician, Fred Lau. Production manager, Raoul Pagel. Assistant director, Joe Boyle. Script supervisors, Irene Carson, Sam Freedle. Hair stylist, Marie Clark. Makeup, Robert Stephanoff. Grip, Ralph Goge. Still man, Hal McAlpin. CAST — Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Karolyn Grimes, Tito Vuolo, Regis Toomey, Sara Edwards, Ann O'Neal, Margaret McWade, Ben Erway, Erville Alderson, Teddy Infuhr, Eugene Borden, Almira Sessions, Claire DuBrey, Florence Auer, Margaret Wells, Kitty O'Neill, Isobel Jewell. David Leonard, Dorothy Vaughn, Edgar Dearing, the Mitchell Boychoir. Days in production, 60. Reviewed 1 1 -1 7-47. THE BLACK ARROW Edward Small-COL. Producer, Grant Whvtock. Director, Gordon Douglas. Screenplay, Richard Schayer, David P. Sheppard, Thomas Seller. Original story, Robert Louis Stevenson. Photography. Charies Lawton. Jr. Ooerating cameraman, Irving Klein. Art direction, Stephen Goosson, A. Leslie Thomas. Set decorations, Wilbur Menefee, James Crowe. Music score, Paul Sawtell. Edited by Jerome Thorns. Sound technician, Lambert Day. Assistant director, Carl Hiecke. Script supervisor, Helen McCaffery. Hair stylist, Helen Hunt. Makeup, Don Cash. Grip, Ed Blaisdell. Costumes designed by Jean Louis. Still man, Homer van Pelt. CAST — Louis Hayward. Janet Blair, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Walter Kingsford, Lowell Gilmore, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Cavanagh, Rav Teal Russell Hicks, Leslie Denison. Betty Fairfax, Billy Bevan. Days in production, 26. Reviewed 6-30-48. BLACK BART Ul. (Technicolor). Producer, Leonard Goldstein. Director, George Sherman. Screenplay, Luci Ward, Jack Natteford, William Bowers. Original. Luci Ward, jack Natteford. Photography, Irving Classberg.