MFB: July 1935

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1935
Vol. 2 No. 18

Abyssinia
(USA: Wings Over Ethiopia)
(aka: Flight Over Abyssinia)
Swz - 1934 - 80m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: L. Wenschler

Air Hawks
USA - 1935 - 68m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Alibi Ike
USA - 1935 - 72m - bw
First National (U)
D: Ray Enright

Barcarolle
Fr/Ger - 1935 - 78m - bw
Gaumont-British (A) (cut)
D: Gerhard Lamprecht, Roger Le Bon
French-language version of German film Barcarole (1935), both shot on the same sets with some actors unique to each version.

Becky Sharp
(aka: Lady of Fortune)
USA - 1935 - 84m - col
Radio (A)
D: Rouben Mamoulian

Black Sheep
USA - 1935 - 76m - bw
Fox (A) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan

Border Brigands
USA - 1935 - 56m - bw
Universal (U)
D: Nick Grinde

Bride of Frankenstein
USA - 1935 - 75m - bw
Universal (A) (cut)
D: James Whale
Series: Frankenstein (1931, Jul/1938).

The Call of the Wild
USA - 1935 - 95m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: William A. Wellman

Calm Yourself
USA - 1935 - 70m - bw
MGM (U)
D: George B. Seitz

Chandu on the Magic Island
USA - 1935 - 70m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Chandu the Magician (1932).

Charlie Chan in Egypt
USA - 1935 - 73m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Louis King
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Chinatown Squad
USA - 1935 - 75m - bw
Universal (A)
D: Murray Roth

Circumstantial Evidence
USA - 1935 - 67m - bw
PDC (A) (cut)
D: Charles Lamont

The Clock Strikes 8
College Scandal
USA - 1935 - 76m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Elliott Nugent

Cock o'the North
UK - 1935 - 84m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Oswald Mitchell, Challis Sanderson

Cross Currents
UK - 1935 - 68m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Adrian Brunel

The Dawn of Life
Life Begins
USA - 1932 - 71m - bw
First National (A)
D: James Flood
Rejected by the BBFC in 1932 when submitted under its original title, the film was passed in 1935 as The Dawn of Life, a version which appears to have been substantially cut by distributors prior to submission.

Death From a Distance
USA - 1935 - 68m - bw
PDC (A)
D: Frank R. Strayer

The Divine Spark
UK/It - 1935 - 82m - bw
Gaumont-British (U)
D: Carmine Gallone
English-language version of Italian film Casta diva (1935), both shot on the same sets with some actors unique to each version.

Doubting Thomas
USA - 1935 - 73m - bw
Fox (U)
D: David Butler

Eight Bells
USA - 1935 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Roy William Neill

Escape Me Never
UK - 1935 - 95m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Paul Czinner

Farewell Party
Morals for Women
(aka: Big City Interlude)
USA - 1931 - 65m - bw
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: Mort Blumenstock
Rejected by the BBFC in 1931 when submitted by Gaumont as Morals for Women, then passed with cuts in 1935 as Farewell Party.

Four Hours to Kill!
USA - 1935 - 70m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Mitchell Leisen
Also reviewed: May 1935.

The Girl Who Came Back
USA - 1935 - 65m - bw
PDC (A)
D: Charles Lamont

The Healer
(aka: Little Pal)
USA - 1935 - 76m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Reginald Barker

The Mad Hatters
UK - 1935 - 70m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Ivar Campbell

McGlusky the Sea Rover
(USA: Hell's Cargo)
UK - 1935 - 58m - bw
Wardour (A)
D: Will Summers

Men of the Hour
USA - 1935 - 57m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

Men Without Names
USA - 1935 - 66m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Ralph Murphy
Followed by: Women Without Names (1940, Jun/1940).

Mississippi
USA - 1935 - 73m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

The Nitwits
USA - 1935 - 81m - bw
Radio (A)
D: George Stevens

No More Ladies
USA - 1935 - 80m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Edward H. Griffith

Oil for the Lamps of China
USA - 1935 - 97m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Paris Love Song
Paris in Spring
USA - 1935 - 82m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Milestone

Party Wire
USA - 1935 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Erle C. Kenton

The Phantom Light
UK - 1935 - 76m - bw
Gaumont-British (U) (cut)
D: Michael Powell

Private Worlds
USA - 1935 - 84m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Gregory La Cava

Public Hero #1
USA - 1935 - 89m - bw
MGM (A)
D: J. Walter Ruben

The Raven
USA - 1935 - 61m - bw
Universal (A) (cut)
D: Lew Landers

Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
UK - 1935 - 64m - bw
MGM (U)
D: George A. Cooper
Followed by: Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935), Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938, Feb/1938).

Someday
UK - 1935 - 68m - bw
Warner (U) (cut)
D: Michael Powell

The Stoker
(aka: Shovel Up a Bit More Coal)
UK - 1935 - 70m - bw
Gaumont-British (A) (cut)
D: Leslie Pearce

St. Petersburg
Петербургская ночь
(USA: Petersburg Nights)
USSR - 1934 - 104m - bw
Reunion (A)
D: Grigori Roshal, Vera Stroyeva

The Student's Romance
UK - 1935 - 70m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Otto Kanturek

Twenty Dollars a Week
USA - 1935 - 80m - bw
Zenifilms (A)
D: Wesley Ford

Under the Pampas Moon
USA - 1935 - 78m - bw
Fox (U)
D: James Tinling

Vintage Wine
UK - 1935 - 81m - bw
Gaumont-British (A)
D: Henry Edwards

Volga in Flames
Volga en flammes
(USA: Olga in Flames)
Fr/Czech - 1934 - 86m - bw
Wardour (A)
D: Viktor Tourjansky

What Price Crime
USA - 1935 - 63m - bw
Universal (A)
D: Albert Herman