THE BLACKBOARD. Gateway Productions, Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. (The Pirro Series, no. 9) Summary: Pat teaches his puppet, Pirro, how to draw pictures on the blackboard. Credits: Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon. © Gateway Productions, Inc.; 26Jan49 (in notice: 1948); LP2338. BLACKBOARD REVUE. Released by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 644 ft., sd., color. (A Color Rhapsody) Credits: Director, Ub Iwerks; music, Eddie Kilfeather; music director, Joe De Nat. Technicolor. © Screen Gems, Inc.; 25Mar40; LP9478. BLACKMAIL. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 67 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Credits: Associate producer, William J. O'Sullivan; director, Lesley Selander; original story, Robert Leslie Bellem; screenplay, Royal K. Cole; music director, Mort Glickman; film editor, Tony Martinelli. Cast: William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez, Grant Withers. © Republic Pictures Corp.; 15Jul47; LP1209. BLACKOUT. Released thru United Artists, c1940. 10 reels, sd. A British National film. Published in London under title "Contraband." Credits: Producer, John Corfield; director, Michael Powell; original story and screenplay, Emeric Pressburger; scenario, Michael Powell, Brock Williams; music director, Muir Mathieson; photography, F. A. Young; editor, John Seabourne. Appl. author: British National Films, Ltd. © United Artists Corp.; 10Jul40; LP9909. BLACKOUTS. SEE Bill and Coo. THE BLACKSMITH SONG. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd. © Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 24Aug42; MP12880. BLANCHE FURY. Cineguild, Ltd., London, 1947. Released in the U. S. by Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1949. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 93 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on the novel by Joseph Shearing. Summary: A drama of greed, illicit love, and murder on an English estate in the early 19th century. Based on the famous Rush murder. Credits: Producer, Anthony Havelock-Allan; director, Marc Allegret; screenplay, Audrey Lindop, Cecil McGivern; music score, Clifton Webb; music director, Muir Mathieson; editor, Jack Harris. Cast: Stewart Granger, Valerie Hobson, Walter Fitzgerald, Michael Gouch, Maurice Denham. © Independent Producers, Ltd.; 28Jan49 (in notice: 1947); LP2469. THE BLANK WALL. SEE The Reckless Moment. BLANKING SHEET METAL ON THE SQUARING SHEAR. Division of Visual Aids for War Training. 2 reels, sd. Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc. © The U. S. Office of Education; title, descr., & 176 prints, 26Jul43; MU13773. BLAZE OF NOON. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 91 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Ernest K. Gann. Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, John Farrow; screenplay, Frank Wead, Arthur Sheekman; music score, Adolph Deutsch.