PAISAN. Made for Organization Films International in collaboration with Foreign Film Productions, Italy, c1947. Released in the U. S. by Mayer-Burstyn, Inc., 1947. 90 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. In Italian with English titles.
Summary: Six episodes which show the relationship between the Italian people and the men of various nationalities who invaded their homeland during World War II.
Credits: Producer and director, Roberto Rossellini; screenplay, Alfred Hayes, Frederico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcelloa Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini; scenario and dialogue, Sergio Amidei; American version, Stuart Legg, Raymond Spottiswoode; English titles, Herman G. Weinberg; music, Renzo Rossellini.
Cast: Carmela Salzo, Robert Von Loon, Dots M. Johnson, Alfonsino, Maria Michi.
© Mayer-Burstyn, Inc.; 1Dec47; LP2486.
THE PALEFACE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 91 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: A burlesque of the horse opera. A timid, traveling dentist, mistaken for a federal agent, despite gun duels and an attempted burning at the stake, escapes the Indians on the warpath, outwits the outlaws, and wins the love of a gun-toting cowgirl.
Credits: Producer, Robert L. Welch; director, Norman Z. McLeod; original screenplay, Edmund Hartmann, Frank Tashlin; music score, Victor Young; editor, Ellsworth Hoagland.
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian, Robert Watson.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 24Dec48; LP2183.