Tuesday 30 June 2015

MFB: September 1949





Monthly Film Bulletin
September 1949
Vol. 16 No. 189


Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
[see: Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Ghosts]

Air Hostess
USA - 1949 - 61m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers

Bad Men of Tombstone
USA - 1948 - 71m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Kurt Neumann

The Blum Affair
Affaire Blum
(USA: The Affair Blum)
Germany - 1948 - 109m - bw
Film Traders (A)
D: Erich Engel

Bride of the East
India Speaks
(aka: Bride of Buddha)
(aka: Captive Bride of Shangri-La)
USA - 1933 - 74m - bw
Eros
D: Walter Futter, Richard Halliburton

Rejected by the BBFC in 1933 when submitted by Radio as India Speaks, then released in 1949 as Bride of the East, under licence from individual counties throughout the UK. The MFB describes "scenes of sexual orgies, fights to the death by animals, and flagellation sequences", and dismisses the whole thing as "low pornography"! Aside from the animal stuff, sounds like my kinda picture!!...

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein


Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Ghosts
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
USA - 1948 - 79m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles T. Barton
Series: Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931, Jul/1938), The Wolf Man (1941, May/1942).

Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
UK - 1949 - 67m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Francis Earle

Chicago Deadline
USA - 1949 - 87m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

The Chiltern Hundreds
(USA: The Amazing Mr. Beecham)
UK - 1949 - 84m - bw
General Film (U)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

Dear Mr. Prohack
UK - 1949 - 91m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Thornton Freeland

The Enemy Within
The Red Menace
(aka: Underground Spy)
USA - 1949 - 87m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: R.G. Springsteen

The Feathered Serpent
USA - 1948 - 68m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Fighting Fools
USA - 1949 - 68m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Reginald Le Borg
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).






Film Without Title
Film ohne Titel
(USA: Film Without a Name)
Germany - 1947 - 100m - bw
GCT (A) (cut)
D: Rudolf Jugert

Flashing Guns
USA - 1947 - 58m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

The Fountainhead
USA - 1949 - 112m - bw
Warner (A)
D: King Vidor

Harpoon
USA - 1948 - 83m - bw
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: Ewing Scott


Harpoon



House of Strangers
USA - 1948 - 101m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Interrupted Journey
UK - 1949 - 80m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Daniel Birt

Jiggs and Maggie in Court
USA - 1948 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Bringing Up Father (1946, Aug/1947).

Johnny Stool Pigeon
USA - 1949 - 75m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: William Castle

Last of the Wild Horses
USA - 1948 - 67m - col
Exclusive (U)
D: Robert L. Lippert

The Lost People
UK - 1949 - 89m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Bernard Knowles (and Muriel Box)

Lust for Gold
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: S. Sylvan Simon

Mary Lou
USA - 1948 - 65m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss

Melody Club
UK - 1948 - 65m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman

Money Madness
USA - 1948 - 75m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Peter Stewart]

Mother Knows Best
Mother is a Freshman
USA - 1949 - 81m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

The Mutineers
USA - 1948 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Jean Yarbrough

My Dream is Yours
USA - 1949 - 99m - col
Warner (A)
D: Michael Curtiz

Parole, Inc.
USA - 1949 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Zeisler




Rain Follows the Dew
Driver dagg faller regn
(USA: Sunshine Follows Rain)
Sweden - 1946 - 102m - bw
Cattermoul (A) (cut)
D: Gustaf Edgren

Red, Hot and Blue
USA - 1949 - 84m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: John Farrow

The Red Pony
USA - 1949 - 88m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Lewis Milestone

Roses Are Red
(aka: Double Cross)
USA - 1947 - 67m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

Le secret de Mayerling
(USA: The Secret of Mayerling)
France - 1949 - 90m - bw
Blue Ribbon (A)
D: Jean Delannoy

The Secret of St. Ives
USA - 1949 - 75m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Phil Rosen




Slattery's Hurricane
USA - 1949 - 83m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: André De Toth

So Dear to My Heart
USA - 1948 - 83m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Harold D. Schuster

Sofia
USA - 1948 - 85m - col
Associated-British (A)
D: John Reinhardt

Song of the Range
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Wallace Fox

Songs and Saddles
USA - 1938 - 65m - bw
Associated British (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser

The Strange Mrs. Crane
USA - 1948 - 65m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]

Strike It Rich
USA - 1948 - 80m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Lesley Selander


Take One False Step
USA - 1949 - 94m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Chester Erskine




The Third Man
UK - 1949 - 93m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Carol Reed
Also reviewed: Apr 1994.

Thundering Trails
USA - 1943 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U) (cut)
D: John English
Series: The Three Mesquiteers (1936, Feb/1937).

Top o' the Morning
USA - 1949 - 100m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: David Miller

Train of Events
UK - 1949 - 89m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole

Trottie True
(USA: The Gay Lady)
UK - 1948 - 96m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

Under California Stars
(aka: Under California Skies)
USA - 1948 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Undercover Man
USA - 1949 - 85m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Mar 1980.

What a Carry On!
UK - 1949 - 93m - bw
Mancunian (U)
D: John E. Blakeley

When My Baby Smiles at Me
USA - 1948 - 98m - col
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Walter Lang

Monday 29 June 2015

MFB: August 1949





Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1949
Vol. 16 No. 188



Appassionata
Sweden - 1944 - 93m - bw
Cattermoul (A)
D: Olof Molander

Arctic Manhunt
USA - 1949 - 69m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Ewing Scott

The Barkley's of Broadway
USA - 1949 - 109m - col
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters

The Big Deal
Blondie's Big Deal
USA - 1949 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
SeriesBlondie (1938, Feb/1939).

Black Bart, Highwayman
Black Bart
USA - 1948 - 80m - col
Eros (U)
D: George Sherman



Blood on the Moon
USA - 1948 - 87m - bw
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: Robert Wise
Also reviewed: Nov 1979.

Buffalo Bill Rides Again
USA - 1946 - 56m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray

Champion
USA - 1949 - 97m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Mark Robson

The Cheat
The Lone Hand Texan
USA - 1947 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
SeriesThe Durango Kid (1940).

City Across the River
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Maxwell Shane

Colorado Territory
USA - 1949 - 93m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Raoul Walsh

Command Decision
USA - 1948 - 111m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Sam Wood

Conspirator
UK - 1949 - 87m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Victor Saville




A Date With Destiny
The Return of October
USA - 1948 - 88m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

The Decision of Christopher Blake
USA - 1948 - 74m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Peter Godfrey

Don't Ever Leave Me
UK - 1949 - 85m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Crabtree

Escape Me Never
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Peter Godfrey

Everybody's Cheering
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
USA - 1948 - 93m - col
MGM (U)
D: Busby Berkeley

The Fabulous Joe
USA - 1947 - 60m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Harve Foster

Family Honeymoon
USA - 1948 - 90m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Claude Binyon

Fighter Squadron
USA - 1948 - 96m - col
Warner (U)
D: Raoul Walsh

Follow Me Quietly
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Richard Fleischer

The Forger
Prairie Raiders
USA - 1947 - 54m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Derwin Abrahams
SeriesThe Durango Kid (1940).




Good Sam
USA - 1947 - 115m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Leo McCarey

Helter Skelter
UK - 1949 - 75m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Ralph Thomas

Hideout
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Philip Ford

I Cheated the Law
USA - 1948 - 72m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Edward L. Cahn

Illegal Entry
USA - 1949 - 84m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Fredereick De Cordova

I Shot Jesse James
USA - 1948 - 72m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Samuel Fuller

Joan of Arc
USA - 1948 - 148m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Victor Fleming

Lady Windermere's Fan
The Fan
USA - 1949 - 80m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger



Letter From an Unknown Woman
USA - 1947 - 86m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Max Ophüls

Little Women
USA - 1949 - 122m - col
MGM (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

The Lost Tribe
USA - 1949 - 72m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Berke
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

Louisiana Story
USA - 1948 - 70m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Robert Flaherty

Madness of the Heart
UK - 1949 - 105m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles Bennett

My Dog Shep
USA - 1946 - 66m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ford Beebe
Followed by: Shep Comes Home (1948, Feb-Mar/1950).

The New Adventures of Don Juan
Adventures of Don Juan
USA - 1948 - 110m - col
Warner (A)
D: Vincent Sherman

No Way Back
UK - 1949 - 72m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Stefan Osiecki

Obsession
(USA: The Hidden Room)
UK - 1948 - 98m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk

Old Mother Riley's New Venture
(aka: Mother Riley's New Venture)
(aka: A Wild Irish Night)
UK - 1949 - 79m - bw
Renown (U)
D: John Harlow
Series: Old Mother Riley (1937, Aug/1937).

Paysans noirs
France - 1948 - 100m - bw
GCT (A) (cut)
D: Georges Régnier

Le père tranquille ou La vie d'une famille française pendant l'occupation
(USA: Mr. Orchid)
France - 1946 - 100m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: René Clément

Red Canyon
USA - 1948 - 81m - col
Eros (U)
D: George Sherman




Rogues' Regiment
USA - 1948 - 80m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Robert Florey

Rope of Sand
USA - 1949 - 105m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: William Dieterle

The Secret Garden
USA - 1949 - 92m - col
MGM (A)
D: Fred M. Wilcox

The Set-Up
USA - 1948 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Robert Wise

Two Blondes and a Redhead
USA - 1947 - 70m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Arthur Dreifuss

Two Texas Knights
Two Guys From Texas
USA - 1948 - 84m - col
Warner (A)
D: David Butler

Variety Time
USA - 1948 - 59m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Hal Yates

Vengeance is Mine
UK - 1948 - 60m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Alan Cullimore

The Walking Hills
USA - 1949 - 78m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: John Sturges

We Were Strangers
USA - 1949 - 105m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: John Huston

The Younger Brothers
USA - 1949 - 75m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Edwin L. Marin

Sunday 28 June 2015

MFB: July 1949





Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1949
Vol. 16 No. 187


Adam and Evelyn
UK - 1948 - 93m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Harold French

Anna Lans
(USA: The Sin of Anna Lans)
Sweden - 1943 - 111m - bw
Cattermoul (A) (cut)
D: Rune Carlsten

Christopher Columbus
UK - 1948 - 104m - col
General Film (A)
D: David MacDonald

Code of the Saddle
USA - 1947 - 53m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

The Devil's Hand
La main du diable
(USA: Carnival of Sinners)
France - 1943 - 82m - bw
New Realm (A) (cut)
D: Maurice Tourneur

Duke of Chicago
USA - 1949 - 59m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George Blair

Flamingo Road
USA - 1949 - 94m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz

The Golden Eye
USA - 1948 - 69m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).





Homicide
USA - 1949 - 76m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Felix Jacoves

Incident
USA - 1948 - 68m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: William Beaudine

Iris
Iris och löjtnantshjärta
(USA: Iris and the Lieutenant)
Sweden - 1946 - 86m - bw
Cattermoul (A)
D: Alf Sjöberg

It's a Wonderful Day
UK - 1948 - 50m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Hal Wilson

Kidnapped
USA - 1948 - 75m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine




Kind Hearts and Coronets
UK - 1949 - 106m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Robert Hamer

The Lady Gambles
USA - 1949 - 98m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Michael Gordon

The Last Days of Dolwyn
UK - 1949 - 95m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Emlyn Williams

The Lucky Stiff
USA - 1948 - 101m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Lewis R. Foster

Magic Town
USA - 1947 - 103m - bw
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: William A. Wellman

The Devil's Hand

Make Believe Ballroom
USA - 1949 - 78m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Joseph Santley

Manhandled
USA - 1949 - 96m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis R, Foster

Maytime in Mayfair
UK - 1949 - 95m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Herbert Wilcox

Murder at the Windmill
(aka: Mystery at the Burlesque)
UK - 1949 - 70m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Val Guest




Music Man
USA - 1948 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Will Jason

Night Time in Nevada
USA - 1948 - 66m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Oriental Romance
Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani
डॉ कोटनिस की अमर कहानी
India - 1946 - 127m - bw
New Realm (A)
D: Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram

The Plunderers
USA - 1948 - 86m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Poet's Pub
UK - 1949 - 79m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Frederick Wilson

Private Angelo
UK - 1949 - 106m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Peter Ustinov, Michael Anderson

Race Street
USA - 1948 - 79m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Edwin L. Marin

Reign of Terror
(aka: The Black Book)
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Mann
Also reviewed: Jan 1982.


Renegade Girl
USA - 1946 - 67m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: William Berke

Robin Hood of Monterey
USA - 1947 - 56m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Christy Cabanne
Series: Return of the Cisco Kid (1939, Jun/1939).

Rose of the Yukon
USA - 1948 - 59m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: George Blair

Saints and Sinners
UK - 1948 - 85m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Leslie Arliss

Shanghai Chest
USA - 1948 - 65m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Smuggler's Cove
USA - 1948 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

A Song is Born
USA - 1948 - 112m - col
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Howard Hawks

Springtime in Texas
USA - 1945 - 55m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Oliver Drake

Stop Press Girl
UK - 1949 - 77m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Michael Barry

Strange Bargain
USA - 1949 - 68m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Will Price

The Talisman
Galgmannen
Sweden - 1945 - 99m - bw
Cattermoul (A) (cut)
D: Gustaf Molander

Too Late for Tears
USA - 1949 - 104m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Byron Haskin

Tuna Clipper
USA - 1949 - 77m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine

Valley of Hunted Men
USA - 1942 - 55m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: John English
Series: The Three Mesquiteers (1936, Feb/1937).

Whisky Galore!
(USA: Tight Little Island)
UK - 1948 - 82m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Alexander Mackendrick
Followed by: Rockets Galore! (1958, Nov/1958).