NIGHTMARE ALLEY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 121 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham.
Summary: Against a background of sordidness and tragedy, the film depicts the career of a carnival barker who cheats everyone he meets, pretends to be a spiritualist in order to exploit the wealthy, and sinks to the lowest depths as a carnival freak.
Credits: Producer, George Jessel; director, Edmund Goulding; screenplay, Jules Furthman; music director, Cyril J. Mockridge.
Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes.
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 18Oct47; LP1399.
NIGHTMARE OF A GOON. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 996 ft., sd.
Credits: Director, Josef Berne.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 22Apr42; LP11268.
NIGHTTIME IN NEVADA. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 67 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Summary: A dishonest rancher and his attorney seek to steal Roy Rogers' cattle in order to replenish a trust fund they have looted. Rogers disposes of both villains and settles the affairs of the young woman for whom the fund was created.