Production Encyclopedia 1952 (1952)

PRODUCTIONS 1951 437 STAGECOACH DRIVER Frontier MONO. Producer, Vincent M. Fennelly. Director, Lewis Collins. Screenplay, Joseph O'Donnell. Photography, Ernest Miller. Set decorations, Harry Reif. Edited by Sam Fields. Sound technician, Charles Cooper. Assistant director, Melville Shyer. Wardrobe, Riley Womack. CAST — Whip Wilson, Jim Bannon, Fuzzy Knight, Gloria Winters, Barbara Wooddell, Leonard Penn, Pierce Lyden, Lane Bradford, John Hart, Marshall Reed, George DeNormand, Stanley Price. Released 7-15-51. STARLIFT WB. Producer, Robert Arthur. Director, Roy Del Ruth. Screenplay, John Klorer, Karl Kamb. Original, John Klorer. Photography, Ted McCord. Art direction, Charles H. Clarke. Set decorations, C. W. Berntsen. Musical director, Ray Heindorf. Musical numbers staged and directed by LeRoy Prinz. Edited by William Ziegler. Sound technicians, Francis J. Scheid, David Forrest. Assistant director, Mel Dellar. Hair stylist, Gertrude Wheeler. Makeup, Cordon Bau. Costumes designed by Leah Rhodes. Technical advisors, Maj. James G. Smith, USAF; Maj. George E. Andrews, USAF. CAST — Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Ruth Roman, Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Ron Hagerthy, Richard Webb, Hayden Rorke, Howard St. John. (Guest stars) : James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Virginia Gibson, Phil Harris, Frank Lovejoy, Lucille Norman, Louella Parsons, Randolph Scott, Jane Wyman, Patrice Wymore. Reviewed 11-1-51. STOP THAT CAB Spartan-LIPPERT. Producer, Abrasha Haimson. Director, Eugenio De Liguoro. Original screenplay by Louella McFarlane, Walter Abbott. Photography, Carl Berger. Music score, John Sentesi. Edited by Michael Luciano. Sound technician, Glen Glenn. Assistant director, Maurice Vaccarino. Makeup, Robert Littlefield. CAST — Sid Melton, Iris Adrian, Marjorie Lord, Tom Neal, William Haade, Greg McClure, Caria Martin, Chester Clute, Minerva Urecal, Glenn Denning, Diane Garrett, Mario Siletti, Renata Vanni, Larry Olson, Robin Fletcher, Jack Roper, Ed East, Michael McHale, Joe Devlin, Jesse B. Kirkpatrick, Vito Scotti. Reviewed 5-25-51 . STORM OVER TIBET Summit-COL. Producers, Ivan Tors, Laslo Benedek. Director, Andrew Marton. Screenplay, Ivan Tors, Sam Meyer, Photography, George E. Diskant, Richard Angst. Special effects, Harry Redmond, Jr. Set decorations, Al Orenbach. Music score, Arthur Honegger, Leith Stevens. Musical director, Leith Stevens. Edited by John Hoffman. Sound technician, Dick Van Hessen. Production supervisor, Herman E. Webber. Production design, George Van Marter. Assistant director, Marty Moss. Makeup, Ernest Young. Wardrobe, Jack Miller. CAST — Rex Reason, Diana Douglas, Myron Healey, Robert Karnes, Struther Martin, Harold Fong, Harold Dyrenforth, Jarmila Marton, William Schallert, John Dodsworth, M. Concepcion. Reviewed 12-19-51. STORMBOUND (Made in Italy) REP. Producer, Aldo Raciti. Executive producer, William J. O'Sullivan. Director, Luigi Capuano. Screenplay, Comenico Meccoli, Fulvio Palmieri, Corrado Pavolini. Based on original story by Luigi Capuano. Photography, Gabor Pogany. Music director, and composed by Alessandro Cicognini. Edited by Robert M. Leeds. CAST — Constance Dowling, Andrea Checchi, Aldo Silvani, Bianca Doria, Mirko Ellis, Tino Buazzelli, Paola (juattrini. Released 12-15-51. THE STRANGE DOOR III. Producer, Ted Richmond. Director, Joseph Pevney. Screenplay, Jerry Sackheim. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Sir de Maletroit's Door." Photgoraphy, Irving Glassberg. Art direction, Bernard Herzbrun, Eric Orbom. Set decorations, Russell A. Causman, Julie Heron. Musical director, Joseph Ger shenson. Edited by Edward Curtiss. Sound technicians, Leslie 1. Carey, Glenn E. Anderson. Assistant director, Jesse Hibbs. Hair stylist, Joan St. Oegger. Makeup, Bud Westmore. Costumes by Rosemary Odell. CAST — Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Stapley, Michael Pate, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Napier, William Cottrell. Reviewed 10-30-51. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN WB. Producer-director, Alfred Hitchcock. Production associate, Barbara Keon. Screenplay, Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde. From novel by Patricia Highsmith. Adaptation, Whitfield Cook. Photography, Robert Burks. Special effects, H. F. Koenekamp. Art direction, Ted Haworth. Set decorations, George James Hopkins. Music score, Dimitri Tiomkin. Musical director, Ray Heindorf. Edited by William H. Ziegler. Sound technician, Dolph Thomas. Assistant director, Mel Dellar. Makeup, Gordon Bau. Wardrobe, Leah Rhodes. CAST — Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Laura Elliott, Marion Lome, Jonathan Hale, Howard St. John, John Brown, Norma Varden, Robert Gist, John Doucette. Reviewed 6-14-51. STREET BANDITS REP. Associate Producer, William Lackey. Director, R. G. Springsteen. Original screenplay, Milton Raison. Photography, John MacBurnie. Special effects, Theodore and Howard Lydecker. Art direction, Frank Arrigo. Music score, Stanley Wilson. Edited by Arthur Roberts. Sound technician, Earl Grain, Sr. Assistant director, Johnny Grubbs. Makeup, Bob Mark. Costumes designed by Adele Palmer. CAST — Penny Edwards, Robert Clarke, Ross Ford, Roy Barcroft, John Eldredge, Helen Wallace, Arthur Walsh, Harry Hayden, Emmett Vogan, Jane Adams, Charles Wagenheim, Richard Bartlett, Norman Field, Robert Long, Dick Cogan. Reviewed 1 1-14-51 ■ A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE WB. Producer, Charles K. Feldman. Director, Elia Kazan. Screenplay, Tennessee Williams. Based upon play by Tennessee Williams. Adaptation, Oscar Saul. Photography, Harry Stradling. Art direction, Richard Day. Set decorations, George James Hopkins. Music score, Alex North. Musical director, Ray Heindorf. Edited by David Weisbart. Sound technician, C. A. Riggs. Assistant director, Don Page. Makeup, Gordon Bau. Wardrobe, Lucinda Ballard. CAST — Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Maiden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis, Peg Hillias, Wright King, Richard Garrick, Ann Dere, Edna Thomas. Reviewed 6-14-51. STRICTLY DISHONORABLE MCM. Producers-directors-writers, Melvin Frank, Norman Panama. Based on the play by Preston Sturges. Photography, Ray June. Art direction, Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters. Set decorations, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt. Opera sequences staged by Vladimir Rosing. Original operatic scene, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Musical director, Lennie Hayton. Edited by Irvine Warburton. Recording super., Douglas Shearer. Assistant director, Joel Freeman. Makeup, William Tuttle. Costumes designed by Helen Rose. CAST — Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins, Maria Palmer, Esther Minciotti, Silvio Minciotti, Arthur Franz, Sandro Giglio, Hugh Sanders. Mario Siletti. Reviewed 6-29-51 THE STRIP MCM. Producer, joe Pasternak. Director, Leslie Kardos. Original screenplay, Allen Rivkin. Photography, Robert Surtees. Special effects, A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe. Montage sequences, Peter Ballbusch. Art direction. Cedric Gibbons, Leonid Vasian. Set decorations, Edwin B. Willis, Alfred E. Spencer. Orchestrations, Leo Arnaud, Pete Rugolo. Musical director, Ceorgie Stoll. Songs, "A Kiss To Build a Dream On," "Shadrack," "La Bota," "Basin Street Blues," "Don't Blame Me." Edited by Albert Akst. Recording super., Douglas Shearer. Assistant