MFB: May 1934

Introduction for newcomers

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

Monthly Film Bulletin
May 1934
Vol. 1 No. 4

Advice to the Lovelorn
USA - 1933 - 62m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Alfred L. Werker

Black Magic
Insel der Dämonen
(USA: Wajan: Son of a Witch)
(aka: Black Magic: A Story of Bali Island)
Ger - 1933 - 78m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Friedrich Dalsheim
Reduced to 35 minutes for its original UK release, and exhibited as a short film. Later re-released at 62 minutes, entitled Black Magic: A Story of Bali Island.

Bottoms Up
USA - 1934 - 85m - bw
Fox (U)
D: David Butler

By Candlelight
USA - 1933 - 70m - bw
Universal (A) (cut)
D: James Whale

Convention City
USA - 1933 - 69m - bw
First National (A) (cut)
D: Archie Mayo

Counsellor at Law
USA - 1933 - 82m - bw
Universal (A) (cut)
D: William Wyler

Crainquebille
Fr - 1934 - 65m - bw
The Film Society (U)
D: Jacques de Baroncelli

A Cup of Kindness
UK - 1934 - 81m - bw
Gaumont-British (A) (cut)
D: Tom Walls

Design for Living
USA - 1933 - 91m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Ernst Lubitsch
Also reviewed: Dec 1978.

Evergreen
UK - 1934 - 94m - bw
Gaumont-British (A) (cut)
D: Victor Saville

Female
USA - 1933 - 60m - bw
First National (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz (and William Dieterle & William A. Wellman)

Girl Without a Room
USA - 1933 - 78m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Ralph Murphy

His Double Life
USA - 1933 - 68m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Arthur Hopkins

The House of Rothschild
USA - 1934 - 88m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Alfred L. Werker (and Sidney Lanfield)

Lady Killer
USA - 1933 - 76m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Lady of the Boulevards
Nana
USA - 1934 - 90m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice

Look for the Silver Lining
Sally
USA - 1929 - 103m - col
First National (U)
D: John Francis Dillon
Reduced in length for UK release, and exhibited as a short film (running time unknown).

Man of Aran
UK - 1934 - 76m - bw
Gaumont-British (U)
D: Robert J. Flaherty

Meet the Baron
USA - 1933 - 68m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Walter Lang

Melody in Spring
USA - 1934 - 75m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod

A Modern Hero
USA - 1934 - 71m - bw
First National (A)
D: G.W. Pabst

Pêcheur d'islande
(USA: Iceland Fisherman)
Fr - 1934 - 75m - bw
Beacon (U)
D: Pierre Guerlais

Princess Charming
(USA: Alexandra)
UK - 1934 - 78m - bw
Gaumont-British (A)
D: Maurice Elvey

Rapt
(USA: The Kidnapping)
(aka: The Mystic Mountain)
Swz/Fr - 1934 - 102m - bw
Mentor Films (A)
D: Dimitri Kirsanoff

Red Ensign
(USA: Strike!)
UK - 1934 - 69m - bw
Gaumont-British (U)
D: Michael Powell
Also reviewed: Sep 1981.

Riptide
USA - 1934 - 92m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Edmund Goulding

The Romantic Age
Sisters Under the Skin
USA - 1934 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: David Burton

Sing and Like It
USA - 1934 - 72m - bw
Radio (A)
D: William A. Seiter

Spitfire
USA - 1934 - 87m - bw
Radio (A)
D: John Cromwell

Stand Up and Cheer!
USA - 1934 - 81m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Hamilton MacFadden

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
(USA: The Crimes of Dr. Mabuse)
(aka: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse)
Ger - 1933 - 122m - bw
The Film Society (A) (cut)
D: Fritz Lang
Also reviewed: Sep 1934 + Jan 1954.

Twenty Million Sweethearts
USA - 1934 - 89m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Ray Enright

Viva Villa!
USA - 1934 - 115m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Jack Conway (and Howard Hawks & William A. Wellman)

Whirlpool
USA - 1934 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Roy William Neill

The Women in His Life
USA - 1933 - 75m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George B. Seitz

You're Telling Me!
USA - 1934 - 66m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Erle C. Kenton