MFB: August 1949

Introduction for newcomers

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
Series: Blondie (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
Series: The 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
Series: The 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