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Leading Productions
THE PURPLE HEART
20th Century-Fox
Produced by Darryl F. Zonuck Directed by Lewis Milestone
Principals Dana Andrews Richard Conte
Farley Granger Kevin O'Shea
Donald Barry
Production Credits
Screenplay ■ Jerome Cady
From a story by . Melville Grossman
Photography Arthur Miller
Technical Advisor Otto Tolischus
Music Alfred Newman
Art Direction . . James Basevi and Lewis Creber Special Photographic Effects ..... Fred Sersen
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Universal
Produced by Felix Jackson Associate Producer — Frank Shaw Directed by Robert Siodmak
Principals Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly
Richard Whorf Dean Harens
Gladys George Gale Sondergaard
Production Credits
Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz
From Somerset Maugham's novel,
"Christmas Holiday"
Photography Woody Bredell
Special Photography John Fulton
Art Direction John B. Goodman
and Robert Clatworthy Musical Score and Direction .... Harry J. Salter
Songs Frank Loesser,
Irving Berlin, Rev. Lucinio Refice
BUFFALO BILL
Technicolor
20th Century-Fox
Produced by Harry A. Sherman Directed by William A. Wellman
Principals
Joel McCrea Linda Darnell Edgar Buchanan Moroni Olsen Matt Briggs Frank Orth
Maureen O'Hara Thomas Mitchell Anthony Quinn Frank Fenton George Lessey George Chandler
THE GANG'S ALL HERE
Technicolor
20th Century-Fox
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Produced by William Le Baron
Principals Alice Faye Carmen Miranda
Phil Baker Eugene Pallette
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Charlotte Greenwood James Ellison Edward Everett Horton Tony De Marco
Production Credits
Screenplay Walter Bullock
Based on a story by Nancy Wintner, George Root, Jr. and Tom Bridges
Musical Direction Alfred Newman
and Charles Henderson
Photography .Edward Cronjager
Technicolor Director Natalie Kalmus
Lyrics and Music. . . .Leo Robin, Harry Warren Dances created and directed by
Busby Berkeley Art Direction . . James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright Special Photographic Effects Fred Sersen
Production Credits
Screenplay Aeneas MacKenzie,
Clements Ripley and Cecile Kramer
Based on a story by Frank Winch
Photography Leon Shamroy
Special Photographic Effects Fred Sersen
Art Direction James Basevi, Lewis Creber
Technicolor Director Natalie Kalmus
SONG OF RUSSIA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Produced by Joseph Pasternak Directed by Gregory RatoH
Principals Robert Taylor Susan Peters
John Hodiak Robert Benchley
Felix Bressart Michael Chekhov Darryl Hickman Jacqueline White Patricia Prest Joan Loring
Production Credits
Screenplay . . . Paul Jarrico and Richard Collins Based on a story by
Leo Mittler, Victor Trivas and Guy Endore
Music . Peter Ilyich Tschaikowsky
and Modern Russian Composers Adapted for the screen by Herbert Stothart
Photography Harry Strading
Art Director Cedric Gibbons
Special Effects Arnold Gillespie
Song, "And Russia Is Her Name," by
Jerome Kern, E. Y. Harburg
IN OLD OKLAHOMA
Republic Associate Producer — Robert North Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Principals John Wayne Martha Scott
Albert Dekker Marjorie Rambeau George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Grant Withers Sidney Blackmer
Production Credits
Screenplay ... Ethel Hill and Eleanore Griffin Based on Thomson Burtis' story,
"War of the Wildcats" Original story and adaptation by
Thomson Burtis
Photography Jack Marta
Special Effects Howard Lydecker, Jr.
Art Direction Russell Kimball
Musical Score Walter Scharf
THE DESERT SONG
Technicolor
Warner Bros. Directed by Robert Florey
Principals Dennis Morgan Irene Maiming
Bruce Cabot Victor Francen
Lynne Overman Gene Lockhart Faye Emerson
Production Credits
Based on the play by Lawrence Schwab, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, Sigmund Romberg and Frank Mandel
Photography Bert Glennon
Art Direction Charles Novi
Dance numbers staged and directed by
LeRoy Prinz
Special Effects Lawrence Butler
and Edwin B. DuPar
Music adapted by. H. Roemheld
Orchestral Arrangements Ray Heindorf
Songs Jack SchoU
and Sergei Walters, Sigmund Romberg
SHOW BUSINESS
RKO-Radio
Directed by Edwin L. Marin Produced by Eddie Cantor
Principals Eddie Cantor George Murphy
Joan Davis Nancy Kelly
Constance Moore Don Douglas
Production Credits
Screenplay. . .Joseph Quillan, Dorothy Bennett
Story Bert Granet
Musical Director C. Bakaleinikoif
Photography ■ . Robert de Grasse
Musical numbers created and staged by
Nick Castle
Art Direction . . Albert S. D'Agostlno, Jack Okey
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LEADERS of the MOTION PtCTURE INDUSTRY