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ZAMBA. Fortune Film Corporation. Released through Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1949. 72 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the story "The Girl and the Gorilla" by Maurice H. Conn.

Summary: The adventures of a small boy who is lost in the jungle and adopted by a gorilla.

Credits: Producer, Maurice H. Conn; director, William Berke; screenplay, Barbara Worth; music, Raoul Kraushaar; film editor, Martin G. Conn.

Cast: Jon Hall, June Vincent, George Cooper, Jane Nigh, Beau Bridges, N'Bonga.

ZANZIBAR. c1940. Presented by Universal Studios. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Harold Schuster; original screenplay, Maurice Tombragel, Maurice Wright; photography, Milton Krasner; film editor, Milton Carruth.

ZERO GIRL. Vitaphone Corp., c1947. 10 min., min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Melody Master Bands) Warner Bros.

Credits: Director, Lloyd French.

ZERO, THE HOUND. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Story, Carl Meyer; animation, Tom Johnson, Frank Endres.

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 13 reels, sd., color.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Vincente Minnelli; music direction, Lennie Hayton; orchestration, Conrad Salinger, Wally Heglin; film editor, Albert Akst. Technicolor.

ZIEGFELD GIRL. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 14 reels, sd, sepia.

Credits: Producer, Pandro S. Berman; director, Robert Z. Leonard; original story, William Anthony McGuire; screenplay, Marguerite Roberts, Sonya Levien; music score, Herbert Stothart; music director, Georgie Stoll; film editor, Blanche Sewell.

ZIG ME BABY WITH A GENTLE ZAG. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

ZING! WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

ZIS BOOM BAH. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1941. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, William Nigh; original story, Connie Lee, Harvey Gates; screenplay, Harvey Gates, Jack Henley; music directors, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Robert Golden.

ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1945. 68 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Ben Stoloff; director, Gordon Douglas; original story, Robert Faber, Charles Newman; screenplay, Lawrence Kimble; adaptation, Robert E. Kent; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Philip Martin, Jr.

HET ZONNESTELSEL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

THE ZOO. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: A visit to the Chicago Zoological Park, showing some of the animals found there, their characteristic actions, their unique coloration, and their feeding habits. For kindergarten, primary, and middle grades.

Credits: Collaborator, Robert Bean.

ZOOT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

THE ZOOT CAT. Loew's Inc., c1944. 659 ft., sd., color. (A MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon) A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon.

Credits: Directors, Bill Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Ray Patterson, Ken Muse, Irven Spence, Pete Burness; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

A ZOOT SUIT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

ZORINA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

ZORRO'S BLACK WHIP. c1944. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each (no. 1, 3 reels), sd. "Zorro" character created by Johnston McCulley. © Republic Pictures Corp.; no. 1–6, 15Nov44; LP13001; no. 7–12, 26Dec44; LP13069.

Credits: Associate producer, Ronald Davidson; directors, Spencer Bennet, Wallace Grissell; screenplay, Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Grant Nelson, Joseph Poland; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editors, Cliff Bell, Harold Minter.

Appl. author; Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Masked Avenger.

2. Tomb of Terror.

3. Mob Murder.

4. Detour to Death.

5. Take off That Mask.

6. Fatal Gold.

7. Wolf Pack.

8. The Invisible Victim.

9. Avalanche.

10. Fangs of Doom.

11. Flaming Juggernaut.

12. Trail of Tyranny.

ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION. c1939. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each (no. 1, 3 reels), sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; 16Dec39; no. 1–6. LP9407; no. 7–12, LP9437.

Credits: Associate producer, Hiram S. Brown, Jr.; directors, William Witney, John English; original screenplay, Ronald Davidson, Franklyn Adreon, Morgan Cox, Sol Shor, Barney A. Sarecky; music score, William Lava; photography, Reggie Lanning; film editors, Edward Todd, William Thompson, Bernard Loftus.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Golden God.

2. The Flaming "Z".

3. Descending Doom.

4. The Bridge of Peril.

5. The Decoy.

6. Zorro to the Rescue.

7. The Fugitive.

8. Flowing Death.

9. The Golden Arrow.

10. Mystery Wagon.

11. Face to Face.

12. Unmasked.

ZULULAND. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music, L. DeFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

Motion Pictures, 1940–1949