MFB: May 1949

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1949

Vol. 16 No. 185

Angelina
L'onorevole Angelina
Italy - 1947 - 98m - bw
Film Traders (A) (cut)
D: Luigi Zampa

Angel in Exile
USA - 1948 - 89m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan, Philip Ford

Apache Rose
USA - 1947 - 64m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Babe Ruth Story
USA - 1948 - 105m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Big Jack
USA - 1948 - 85m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Richard Thorpe

Blonde Ice
USA - 1948 - 66m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Jack Bernhard

Blue Scar
UK - 1948 - 102m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Jill Craigie

Brand of the Devil
USA - 1944 - 59m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser
Series: The Rangers Take Over (1942).

The Bribe
USA - 1948 - 98m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Bride of Vengeance
USA - 1949 - 93m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Caught
USA - 1948 - 88m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Max Ophüls

Chicken Every Sunday
USA - 1948 - 94m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: George Seaton

The Contact Man
Alias Nick Beal
USA - 1948 - 93m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: John Farrow

Cover Up
USA - 1948 - 85m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Alfred E. Green

Daredevils of the Clouds
USA - 1948 - 59m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George Blair

Down to the Sea in Ships
USA - 1948 - 111m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Hathaway

The Dude Goes West
USA - 1948 - 87m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Kurt Neumann

For Them That Trespass
UK - 1949 - 95m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Alberto Cavalcanti

Germany: Year Zero
Germania: Anno zero
Italy/France/Germany - 1947 - 74m - bw
GCT (A) (cut)
D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Nov 1980.

The Golden Madonna
UK/Italy - 1948 - 91m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Ladislao Vajda, Luigi Carpentieri

Hollywood Bound
USA - 1947 - 55m - bw
British Foundation (U)
D: Jean Haines, Ronald Haines

The Huggetts Abroad
UK - 1949 - 87m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ken Annakin
Series: Holiday Camp (1947, Aug/1947).

It's Magic
Romance on the High Seas
USA - 1948 - 99m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Michael Curtiz

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
USA - 1948 - 65m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Reginald Le Borg
Series: Joe Palooka, Champ (1946, Oct/1946).

King of the Gamblers
USA - 1948 - 59m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George Blair

Knock on Any Door
USA - 1948 - 100m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray

Law Comes to Gunsight
Backfire
USA - 1946 - 56m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

Man on the Run
UK - 1948 - 82m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Lawrence Huntington

One Last Fling
USA - 1948 - 83m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Peter Godfrey

Paper Orchid
UK - 1949 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Roy Ward Baker

The Perfect Woman
UK - 1949 - 89m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Bernard Knowles

Rolling Home
USA - 1946 - 62m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: William Berke

Shockproof
USA - 1949 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Douglas Sirk

Song of India
USA - 1948 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Special Agent
USA - 1948 - 70m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: William C. Thomas

The Stratton Story
USA - 1949 - 106m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Sam Wood

Streets of Laredo
USA - 1948 - 92m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Leslie Fenton

That Dangerous Age
UK - 1949 - 98m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Gregory Ratoff

Three Dawns to Sydney
UK - 1948 - 58m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: John Eldridge

The Three Musketeers
USA - 1948 - 125m - col
MGM (U)
D: George Sidney

Wake of the Red Witch
USA - 1948 - 105m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Edward Ludwig

Winner Take All
[see: Joe Palooka in Winner Take All]

Words and Music
USA - 1948 - 121m - col
MGM (U)
D: Norman Taurog

Yellow Sky
USA - 1948 - 97m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: William A. Wellman