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- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsKen MurrayDorothy LeeChick Chandler
- DirectorGeorge BlakeStarsMiklos GafniThis Columbia short (part of their "Two-Reel Special" series) tells the story of the Hungarian tenor, Miklos Gafni, who learned to sing while being confined in a Nazi slave-labor/concentration camp during World War II, and who had just made a successful New York City concert-hall debut. Mr. Gafni sings "The Return to Sorrento," "Vesti la Guiba," and an Hungarian love song.
- StarsLowell ThomasThis 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip from Medicine Hat in southern Utah down the rapids of the San Juan River ending with a view of the Rainbow Bridge, hence the title and the use of Tehnicolor.
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsTed Husing
- DirectorJack EatonStarsWard WilsonThis Grantland Rice Sportlight visits the internationally famous Mexican Army Equestrian Teams as it puts on a demonstration if the finest in horsemanship.
- DirectorJean Dasque
- DirectorLeslie M. RoushStarsJohnny LongJohnny Long and His OrchestraHelen YoungThis Paramount Headliner short (in-house number A1-1) was filmed at Jones Beach and features a background of pretty girls, bathing suits and the ocean. Johnny Long and His Orchestra provide the music for five songs, including "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", and Helen Young and Bob Huston provide the vocals.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- StarsJames F. ClemengerThrough the adorably persuasive antics of a menagerie of cats, dogs, monkeys, lion cubs, and other animals great and small, Bosom Friends delivers a species-transcending message of tolerance. (Source: UCLA Film & Television Archive)
- DirectorGeoffrey BoothbyDavid Eady
- DirectorJohn A. HaeselerStarsFrank CrumitThree bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house.
- StarsGraham McNamee
- DirectorLarry SturhahnStarsPau CasalsWhile at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert performance.
- StarsEd ThorgersenA documentary about how American sports figures are contributing to the war effort.
- DirectorIrving Allen
- DirectorVincenzo Lucci-ChiarissiPrimitive sculptures trace the evolution of religious motives in early man.
- DirectorIrving AllenStarsWarren DouglasIring Allen was filming High Conquest when he shot this short film. Locale villagers rescue a couple trapped om the mountain.
- DirectorRichard GayerStarsEric ThompsonA look at the one-man cottage industry of Martin Burgess, a man who has revived the medieval craft of ornamental clock-making and who is solely responsible, for his bizarre, often gargantuan , but always strikingly elegant timepieces.
- DirectorGeorge TempletonStarsPat PhelanNoel NeillAudrey YoungTom Cannon, a tap-dancer senior at State University sets out to find a College Queen for the upcoming competition. He selects Cindy Harris, a girl who is working her way through college as a waitress and can sing and dance. They win and she is named College Queen. Songs include "I'm Learning a Lot in College" and "Down the Old Ox Road."
- DirectorMatt PalmieriStarsEd Begley Jr.Sean PennMax Perlich
- DirectorJacques-Yves CousteauStarsJacques-Yves Cousteau
- DirectorRobert P. DavisStarsEzra R. BakerAn extremely funny film of abstract-expressionist painting.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsWillie BestDaisy BuffordJesse Graves
- DirectorJack Kuhne
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsPhil HarrisLeah RayHarry Tyler
- DirectorFrank P. DonovanStarsAlexander WoollcottAnnette DionneCecile DionneCecile, Annette, Yvonne, Emile and Marie, the Dionne Quintuplets, turn five years old and have a private birthday party in their garden. Other than the five little French-Canadian princesses-of-the-world, the other attendees at the party for the sheltered sisters are their doctor-and-mentor, Roy Dafoe; a priest and two nurses; radio's "Town Crier," Alexander Woollcott; and RKO-Newsreel cameraman Harry Smith. Happy Fifth Birthday, girls.
- DirectorTom CummiskeyStarsEd Thorgersen
- DirectorRoger GoldbyStarsElizabeth BradleyMartin ClunesDiane FletcherFive people have trouble with telephones.
- DirectorJean Oser
- StarsGraham McNameeJoseph CottenDocumentary describing the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies, destroying 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago.
- DirectorJean OserAn innovative profile of the painter Johannes Vermeer.
- DirectorRichard MasurStarsJohn Simon JonesJoanna KernsJudge ReinholdAn awkward, lovable girl goes after her crush.
- DirectorHugh BennettStarsBetty Jane RhodesJohnny JohnstonVal SetzThe first of a series of six two-reel "Musical Parade" shorts produced in Technicolor for the Paramount 1943-44 production season. The series would continue into 1948, and then were reissued in the early 50's. In addition to listed cast, dancers Adriana & Charly were on hand, as were The Rogers Dancers. Songs included "All the Way" and "At the Mardi Gras."
- DirectorFred WallerStarsYasha Bunchuk
- DirectorDel LordStarsMonte CollinsTom KennedyRuth HiattMonty's nerves are shot, so he decides to go on a nice, relaxing trip to the country. Unfortunately, his brother-in-law Tom brings along the rest of the family. Comic chaos ensues. "Oh, My Nerves" was remade by the 3 Stooges as "Idiots Deluxe" (1945) and "Guns a Poppin'" (1957).
- DirectorJoan Stein SchimkeStarsErika MarozsánAttila SzatmáriZoltán Gábor TóthIn the middle of the Holocaust, a Hungarian Jewish girl, posing as a Christian, tries to save her family from the Nazis.
- DirectorRobert CarlisleStarsGayne WhitmanConsiders marvels of modern science: contact lenses, kitchen gadgets, bubble bath (with cheesecake), diatoms, Boulder Dam.
- This program looks at the people, history, culture and geography of: Portugal.
- DirectorJohn AstinStarsJohn AstinGabor NagyMitch PersonsA man meets his dream girl. When he can't win her over, he learns to appreciate his reality.
- DirectorHarry W. Smith
- DirectorFrank Hurley
- DirectorBilly DanielStarsLita BaronRuss VincentBilly DanielNight club owner Russ Vincent hires boogie-woogie dancer Betty Hannon for a spot in a South American revue which is headed by Lita Baron (as Isabelita). The latter is wary of Hannon's motives, but Vincent dismisses her feelings as jealousy.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBobby ClarkPaul McCulloughJames FinlaysonA couple of down-at-heel specimens (Clark and McCullough) take on the job of insurance men, and, after exploiting their wrestling powers, manage to sell insurance to the president of the company employing them and to one who has hitherto proved unapproachable.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsEddie AlbertDesi ArnazGene AutrySeveral prominent actors are seen in their new roles as WWII military officers and enlisted men. Highlights include Robert Stack (a former amateur skeet shooting champion) displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone Power as a Marine drill instructor; Rudy Vallee leading a military band; and Glenn Ford in the everyday grind of a Marine private.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsCecil B. DeMilleLouella ParsonsWalt DisneyA look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in the series are featured, along with a montage of film greats who have passed away in the intervening years.
- Old silent movies were edited and given silly soundtracks in this Paramount short subject series that ran from1931 to 1934. Of interest is that some now lost films are included here and are at least partially saved.
- DirectorRobert SieglerStarsSal CatenaKevin MichaelCarolyn SchultzA genie grants three wishes to a plumbing store owner and his wife. When unexpected consequences arrive, will the couple really get what they want?
- DirectorChristopher MilesStarsSarah MilesNicol WilliamsonBill MeilenA husband comes home and finds his wife with her lover.
- DirectorArthur CohenStarsMel AllenWinter sports in the Rocky Mountains.
- DirectorBryan FoyStarsFrank FayLew CodyLaura La PlanteThis Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead...the Villain holding the Mortgage...the pure-as-snow Hero with IDEALs...and the Old Saw Mill with the Heroine tied to a log rapidly approaching the the Old (but sharp) Buzz Saw. All with the Keystone Kops thrown in.
- DirectorAnthony Muto
- DirectorLouis Clyde StoumenStarsAnne LockhartDocumentary short subject featuring some tumbleweed that moves through a small town in the desert and interacts with people and animals.
- DirectorWalker StuartStarsAlan ArkinAndrew DuncanA Puerto Rican guitar player finds the difficulties of living in New York City so a social worker tries to help him.
- DirectorWilliam LaskyDickie MooreStarsDickie MooreA crippled boy discovers a wounded bald eagle, nurses it back to health, tames and teaches it to fly. One day, a rattlesnake is about to strike the boy, when the bird attacks the snake and a vicious fight erupts between the snake and the bird. In the excitement, the boy forgets his crutches and finds himself able to walk without them...
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsAlex Montoya
- DirectorHayward AndersonStarsJames HamptonMolly ScottBetty Walker
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsRobert UrquhartRikki FultonJonathan McNeilLight-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned, which quickly earns him a small fortune.
- DirectorMerrell GageStarsMerrell Gage
- DirectorGeorge TempletonStarsOlga San JuanBob GrahamAdeline De Walt ReynoldsOlga San Juan is the singing and dancing star of a night club in a South America country,and is in love with Bob Graham, the orchestra leader and vocalist, whose wealthy parents are unaware of his club and musical activities. The parents, when told of the romance, think the girl is after the son's future inheritance. A Paramount "Musical Parade" short.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMatt McHughMarjorie KaneFranklin PangbornDel Lord, famous director of the Three Stooges shorts, directed this story of one man in various comical vignettes playing the "loud mouth" - a guy who can't keep a secret and is always getting himself in trouble with everyone he comes in contact with by shouting out his opinions and criticizing strangers to their face.
- DirectorWanda JakubowskaStanislaw WohlStacy WoodardStarsGayne WhitmanA variety of sea creatures are filmed in their natural habitat. Included are seaweed, a sea snail, crabs, a starfish opening a mussel, a sea anemone eating an eel, a sea urchin, hermit crab, an octopus fleeing a crab, and a sea cucumber.
- StarsBill SkinnerA short documentary showing athletes in action at the 1966 National Amateur Athletic Union track carnival in New York.
- DirectorAndré de la VarreStarsMarvin Miller"Scope Gem" tour of Dinkelsbuhl, Germany.
- DirectorOtto LangThe first travelogue released by Twentieth Century-Fox in CinemaScope, produced and directed by Otto Lang, is a photographic record of a journey from Milan to Naples, through Florence and Rome, on a streamlined passenger train. En route, the film takes time out in the cities mentioned to take a look at the landmarks---past and present---with the climax on the edge of Vesuvius' smoldering crater.
- DirectorRussell T. ErvinStarsWard Wilson
- DirectorJohn JayStarsArt Gilmore
- The film traces the progress of four autistic children over one year in a behavioral modification program conducted by psychologist Ivar Lovaas.
- DirectorJoseph KrumgoldStarsJohn KieranMichael O'ConnellYoung Boy Visits the Bronx Zoo
- DirectorLianne Klapper-McNallyStarsSharon GansRosie O'Donnell
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsLee AakerNeville BrandHelen BrownAn orthopedic pediatrician wants to cure a scoliosis patient, but first he needs to convince the parents, who have rejected the child because of his disabilities.
- DirectorVince DiPersioBill GuttentagStarsAlfre Woodard
- DirectorJohn Korty
- The Air Force Thunderbirds present air shows for civilians in Southeast Asia as a gesture of U.S. goodwill.
- DirectorKit Thomas
- DirectorFrank P. Donovan
- DirectorMichael AhnemannAt a ranch in Tehachapi, California, a husband and father lives the life of a modern cowboy.
- DirectorPaul RothaStarsHarry BroganEileen CroweMaureen DelaneyA short reminiscence about the 1904 Abbey Theatre, the national theatre founded by WB Yeats and Lady Gregory, as well as the actors and productions involved.
- DirectorHerbert MorganStarsDel KuhnA motorcycle cop buys a used car to take his family on vacation to the East Coast. Minor car trouble along the way causes him to meet first a reckless driver, and then a highway patrolman who shares stories of bad drivers with him. Various dangers of careless driving - both fictional and real - are depicted as the patrolman continues on the job, later crossing paths with the reckless driver again. When the police officer makes the return trip from his vacation, he finds that the situation has changed in a surprising way.
- At eighty-four, Bill Underwood is a specialist in his own brand of self defense, which he still teaches to police, students and senior citizens.
- A profile of physically handicapped adults in various productive jobs at the Hughes Aircraft Company in California.
- DirectorAugust Cinquegrana
- DirectorIzak Ben-MeirA look at homelessness in Los Angeles.
- DirectorGiorgio Treves
- DirectorTom Cummiskey
- DirectorDee Dee HalleckIt follows the building of a ceramic mural, from the initial sketch classes to the final installation at 305 Henry Street.
- DirectorGian Luigi PolidoroThe tenth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in 1948, is observed in a tribute honoring the Soviet filmmaking technique of montage.
- A film on cigarette smoking and health, designed to give young people a wholly new way of looking at cigarette smoking and its health hazards.