Sunday 28 June 2015

MFB: June 1949




Monthly Film Bulletin
June 1949
Vol. 16 No. 186



Always Another Dawn
Aus - 1948 - 108m - bw
Eros (U)
D: T.O. McCreadie

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
UK - 1948 - 91m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ralph Smart

The Brute Man
USA - 1946 - 57m - bw
New Realm (A) (cut)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Series: House of Horrors (1946, Aug/1947).

The Dark Past
USA - 1948 - 74m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Rudolph Maté





Devil Monster
The Great Manta
(aka: The Sea Fiend)
USA/Mexico - 1935 - 56m/63m - bw
Mirror (U) (cut)
D: S. Edwin Graham
Also filmed in a Spanish-language version, El diablo del mar (1935), with some cast members shared between each edition. The version reviewed in this issue of MFB was a revised print, with an expanded running time achieved primarily through the addition of stock footage.
Also reviewed: Jan 1938.

Devil's Cargo
USA - 1948 - 56m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: John F. Link Sr.
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/1941).

Ditte: Child of Man
Ditte: Menneskebarn
Den - 1946 - 102m - bw
GCT (A)
D: Bjarne Henning-Jensen


Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
UK - 1949 - 73m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Godfrey Grayson

Force of Evil
USA - 1948 - 78m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Abraham Polonsky

Henry, the Rainmaker
USA - 1948 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Followed by: Leave It to Henry (1949, Feb-Mar/1950), Father Makes Good (1950), Father's Wild Game (1950, Aug/1951), Father Takes the Air (1951, Jan/1952).

Impact
USA - 1949 - 111m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Arthur Lubin

It's Not Cricket
UK - 1948 - 77m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Alfred Roome, Roy Rich

Jigsaw
(aka: Gun Moll)
USA - 1949 - 72m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Fletcher Markle





Jungle Jim
USA - 1948 - 72m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Berke
Followed by: The Lost Tribe (1949, Aug/1949), Mark of the Gorilla (1950, Mar-Apr/1950), Captive Girl (1950, Nov/1950), Pygmy Island (1950, May/1951), Fury of the Congo (1951, Aug/1951), Jungle Manhunt (1951, Dec/1951), Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952, May/1952), Voodoo Tiger (1952, Feb/1953), Savage Mutiny (1953, Apr/1953), Valley of Head Hunters (1953, Nov/1953), Killer Ape (1953, May/1954), Jungle Man Eaters (1954, Oct/1954), Cannibal Attack (1954, Jun/1957), Jungle Moon Men (1955, Mar/1955), Devil Goddess (1955, Feb/1956).

Last of the Redskins
Last of the Redmen
USA - 1947 - 79m - col
Columbia (U)
D: George Sherman

The Last Stand
Rewi's Last Stand
NZ - 1949 - 112m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Rudall C. Haywood

La maison du Maltais
(USA: Sirocco)
Fr - 1937 - 83m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: Pierre Chenal

The Man From Yesterday
(USA: Temptations)
UK - 1949 - 68m - bw
Renown (A)
D: Oswald Mitchell

Marry Me
UK - 1949 - 97m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Terence Fisher

Meet the Duke
UK - 1948 - 66m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: James Corbett

Mexican Hayride
USA - 1948 - 77m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles T. Barton





Michael O'Halloran
USA - 1948 - 80m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: John Rawlins

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
USA - 1949 - 83m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Elliott Nugent
Series: Sitting Pretty (1948, Jun/1948).

Now Barabbas
UK - 1949 - 87m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Parry

Now Barabbas Was a Robber
[see: Now Barabbas]

An Old-Fashioned Girl
USA - 1948 - 73m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss

Passport to Pimlico
UK - 1948 - 84m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Henry Cornelius

The Schemer
Swing the Western Way
USA - 1947 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Derwin Abrahams

The Sin of Abby Hunt
Song of Surrender
USA - 1949 - 85m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

The Snake Pit
USA - 1948 - 100m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Anatole Litvak

Sorrowful Jones
USA - 1948 - 88m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Sidney Lanfield

Stairway for a Star
USA - 1946 - 74m - bw
British Foundation (A)
D: Jack Reiger

The Sun Comes Up
USA - 1948 - 93m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Richard Thorpe
Series: Lassie Come Home (1943, Nov/1943).

The Valiant Hombre
USA - 1949 - 62m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Wallace Fox
Series: Return of the Cisco Kid (1939, Jun/1939).

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