MFB: April 1949

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1949

Vol. 16 No. 184

3 Godfathers
USA - 1948 - 106m - col
MGM (U) (cut)
D: John Ford

Adventure Island
USA - 1947 - 67m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Peter Stewart]

Aux yeux du souvenir
France - 1948 - 102m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: Jean Delannoy

The Bad Lord Byron
UK - 1948 - 85m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: David MacDonald

Billy the Kid in Texas
USA - 1940 - 54m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Peter Stewart]
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals
USA - 1941 - 60m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Black Eagle
USA - 1948 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert Gordon

Bless 'Em All
UK - 1948 - 79m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Robert Jordan Hill

Blondie's Secret
USA - 1948 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).

Blood on My Hands
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
USA - 1948 - 78m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Norman Foster

The Blue Lagoon
UK - 1948 - 103m - col
General Film (A)
D: Frank Launder

Campus Sleuth
USA - 1948 - 57m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Will Jason
Series: Junior Prom (1946, Dec/1946).

Cardboard Cavalier
UK - 1948 - 97m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Walter Forde

The Case of Charles Peace
UK - 1948 - 88m - bw
Monarch (A) (cut)
D: Norman Lee

Chinese Venture
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
USA - 1949 - 59m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Seymour Friedman
Series: Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Jun/1941).

The Crime Doctor's Diary
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Seymour Friedman
Series: Crime Doctor (1943, Nov/1943).

Criss Cross
USA - 1948 - 87m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Robert Siodmak

Dick Barton Strikes Back
UK - 1949 - 73m - bw
Exclusive (U) (cut)
D: Godfrey Grayson
Series: Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948, Apr/1948).

Driftin' River
USA - 1946 - 57m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Robert Emmett Tansey
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, Jan-Feb/1950).

The Eagle
USA - 1925 - silent - bw
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Clarence Brown
Also reviewed: May 1976.

Edward, My Son
USA/UK - 1948 - 112m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George Cukor

El Paso
USA - 1949 - 102m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis R. Foster

Enchantment
USA - 1948 - 99m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Irving Reis

Every Girl Should Be Married
USA - 1948 - 85m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Don Hartman

Floodtide
UK - 1949 - 90m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Frederick Wilson

Goupi mains rouges
(USA: It Happened at the Inn)
France - 1942 - 104m - bw
GCT (A)
D: Jacques Becker

It Happened in Leicester Square
UK - 1949 - 56m - bw
Geoffrey Benstead (U)
D: Geoffrey J. Benstead

Jiggs and Maggie in Society
USA - 1947 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Edward F. Cline
Series: Bringing Up Father (1946, Aug/1947).

John Loves Mary
USA - 1948 - 87m - bw
Warner (A)
D: David Butler

June Bride
USA - 1948 - 96m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Bretaigne Windust

Key Largo
USA - 1948 - 100m - bw
Warner (A)
D: John Huston

The Kid's Last Ride
USA - 1941 - 58m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: S. Roy Luby
Series: The Range Busters (1940, Mar/1949).

Kilroy on Deck
French Leave
USA - 1948 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Frank McDonald

The Kissing Bandit
USA - 1948 - 100m - col
MGM (U)
D: Laslo Benedek

Law of the Barbary Coast
USA - 1949 - 66m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lew Landers

The Lone Rider and the Bandit
USA - 1942 - 55m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: The Lone Rider Rides On (1941).

The Lone Wolf and His Lady
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Hoffman
Series: The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, Mar/1936).

A Man's Affair
UK - 1948 - 62m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Jay Gardner Lewis

Melody in the Dark
UK - 1948 - 67m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: Robert Jordan Hill

Million Dollar Weekend
USA - 1948 - 72m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Gene Raymond

Miss Mink of 1949
USA - 1948 - 69m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Glenn Tryon

Miss Tatlock's Millions
USA - 1948 - 100m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Richard Haydn

Pitfall
USA - 1948 - 87m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: André De Toth

Prairie Express
USA - 1947 - 55m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades
UK - 1948 - 90m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Thorold Dickinson

Rusty Saves a Life
USA - 1949 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Seymour Friedman
Series: Adventures of Rusty (1945, Dec/1945).

The Scar
Hollow Triumph
USA - 1948 - 83m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Steve Sekely

Siren of Atlantis
USA - 1948 - 74m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Gregg G. Tallas (and John Brahm & Arthur Ripley)

Station West
USA - 1948 - 92m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Sidney Lanfield

Sword of the Avenger
USA - 1948 - 74m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Sidney Salkow

The Tinderbox
Fyrtøjet
(USA: Magic Lighter)
Denmark - 1948 - 67m - col
Adelphi (U)
D: Svend Methling

Trailing Double Trouble
USA - 1940 - 56m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: S. Roy Luby
Series: The Range Busters (1940, Mar/1949).

Trouble Preferred
USA - 1948 - 63m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

Tulsa
USA - 1949 - 88m - col
General Film (A)
D: Stuart Heisler

West of Pinto Basin
USA - 1940 - 60m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: S. Roy Luby
Series: The Range Busters (1940, Mar/1949).

Whiplash
USA - 1948 - 83m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Seiler