MFB: March 1945

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1945

Vol. 12 No. 135

Behind Closed Doors
One Mysterious Night
USA - 1944 - 61m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Budd Boetticher
Series: Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Jun/1941).

Belle of the Yukon
USA - 1944 - 83m - col
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: William A. Seiter

Between Two Women
USA - 1945 - 83m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Willis Goldbeck
Series: Internes Can't Take Money (1937, May/1937).

The Big Bonanza
USA - 1944 - 70m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: George Archainbaud

Bluebeard
USA - 1944 - 71m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer
Also reviewed: Jul 1982.

Bowery Champs
USA - 1944 - 62m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine
Series: East Side Kids (1940).

Dangerous Passage
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: William Berke

Dr. Josser, K.C.
(aka: P.C. Josser)
UK - 1931 - 71m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Milton Rosmer

Preceded by a series of short films: The Raw Recruit (1928), The Orderly Room (1928), Nap (1928), Joining Up (1928), Spirits (1929), Josser, KC (1929), Doing His Duty (1929), Acci-Dental Treatment (1929). Followed by a series of feature films: Josser Joins the Navy (1932), Josser on the River (1932), Josser in the Army (1932), Josser on the Farm (1934), Love Up the Pole (1936, Sep/1936).

Eve Knew Her Apples
USA - 1945 - 64m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Will Jason

Faces in the Fog
USA - 1944 - 71m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: John English

The Falcon in Hollywood
USA - 1944 - 67m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Gordon Douglas
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/1941).

The Fighting Lady
USA - 1944 - 61m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Edward Steichen

Flame of Barbary Coast
USA - 1945 - 91m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Kane

For You Alone
UK - 1945 - 105m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Geoffrey Faithfull

Frenchman's Creek
USA - 1944 - 110m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Gentle Annie
USA - 1944 - 80m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Andrew Marton

Girl Rush
USA - 1944 - 65m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas

The Great Mike
(aka: Great Mike Wins)
USA - 1944 - 72m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Wallace Fox

The High Command
UK - 1937 - 84m - bw
Renown (A)
D: Thorold Dickinson
Original UK release: 1937 (Associated-British).
Also reviewed: Jan 1956.

Hollywood Canteen
USA - 1944 - 124m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Delmer Daves

I Accuse My Parents
USA - 1944 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield

Inside Information
The Lone Prairie
USA - 1942 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Berke

The Invisible Message
Gun Play
(aka: Lucky Boots)
USA - 1935 - 59m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Albert Herman

Laughing Irish Eyes
USA - 1936 - 70m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Santley
Original UK release: 1936 (Associated-British).

Law and Order
Fast Bullets
USA - 1936 - 58m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Harry S. Webb [as: Henri Samuels]

The Lone Troubador
Two Gun Troubador
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray [as: Raymond K. Johnson]

Man From Music Mountain
USA - 1938 - 58m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

The Man From Toronto
UK - 1932 - 77m - bw
Ideal (U) (cut)
D: Sinclair Hill

The Marked Man
The Mark of the Whistler
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: William Castle
Series: The Whistler (1944, Oct/1944).

Meet Miss Bobby Socks
USA - 1944 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Glenn Tryon

Minstrel Man
USA - 1944 - 70m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

The Missing Juror
USA - 1944 - 66m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Budd Boetticher

Moscow Skies
Небо Москвы
USSR - 1944 - 88m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (U)
D: Yuli Raizman

My Buddy
USA - 1944 - 67m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Steve Sekely

The Secret Stranger
Rough Riding Ranger
USA - 1935 - 56m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Elmer Clifton

See My Lawyer
(aka: In a Padded Cell)
USA - 1945 - 67m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Edward F. Cline

Sergeant Mike
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Henry Levin

Shadow of Suspicion
USA - 1944 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine

The Singing Sheriff
USA - 1944 - 63m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins

The Sport of Kings
UK - 1931 - 99m - bw
Ideal (U)
D: Victor Saville

Swing Hostess
USA - 1944 - 76m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Swing Out Sister
USA - 1945 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Edward C. Lilley

Tahiti Nights
USA - 1944 - 63m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Will Jason

Tall in the Saddle
USA - 1944 - 87m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Edwin L. Marin

This Man's Navy
USA - 1945 - 100m - bw
MGM (U)
D: William A. Wellman

To Have and Have Not
USA - 1944 - 100m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Howard Hawks

The Unseen
USA - 1944 - 80m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Lewis Allen

The Unwritten Code
USA - 1944 - 61m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Herman Rotsten

Welcome Stranger
Across the Sierras
USA - 1941 - 59m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman
Followed by: North From the Lone Star (1941), Hands Across the Rockies (1941), King of Dodge City (1941), Roaring Frontiers (1941), The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942, Nov/1943), Bullets for Bandits (1942), The Devil's Trail (1942, Nov/1943), Prairie Gunsmoke (1942).

West of the Rio Grande
USA - 1944 - 57m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer
Series: The Ghost Rider (1943, May/1944).

A Yank in Australia
Aus - 1942 - 65m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Alfred J. Goulding

Youth Runs Wild
USA - 1944 - 67m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Mark Robson