MFB: August 1953

Introduction for newcomers

Sadko

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1953

Vol. 20 No. 235

African Treasure
USA - 1952 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Ford Beebe
Series: Bomba the Jungle Boy (1949, Nov/1949).

Autobus 84
Le 84 prend des vacances
France - 1950 - 93m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Léo Joannon

Battle Zone
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Bomba and the African Treasure
[see: African Treasure]

The Broken Horseshoe
UK - 1953 - 79m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Martyn C. Webster

By the Light of the Silvery Moon
USA - 1953 - 101m - col
Warner (U)
D: David Butler
Series: On Moonlight Bay (1951, Mar/1952).

Colorado Ambush
USA - 1951 - 52m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Cruisin' Down the River
USA - 1953 - 80m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Quine

Dangerous Crossing
USA - 1953 - 76m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Joseph M. Newman

Dangerous When Wet
USA - 1953 - 95m - col
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters

Desert Pursuit
USA - 1952 - 56m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: George Blair

The Desert Song
USA - 1953 - 110m - col
Warner (U) (cut)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

The Flanagan Boy
(USA: Bad Blonde)
UK - 1953 - 81m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Reginald Le Borg

Girls of the Spanish Steps
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
(USA: Three Girls From Rome)
Italy - 1952 - 99m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Luciano Emmer

Gold Fever
USA - 1952 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins

Island of Monte Cristo
Sword of Venus
USA - 1952 - 73m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Harold Daniels

It Happens Every Thursday
USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Joseph Pevney

Little Boy Lost
USA - 1953 - 95m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: George Seaton

The Loves of Don Juan
Don Juan
Spain - 1950 - 124m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

Malta Story
UK - 1953 - 103m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

The Master of Ballantrae
UK - 1953 - 88m - col
Warner (U)
D: William Keighley

Men Against the Sun
UK/Kenya - 1952 - 65m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Brendan J. Stafford

Montana Desperado
USA - 1951 - 51m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Wallace Fox

Operation Secret
USA - 1952 - 108m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Lewis Seiler

Powder River
USA - 1953 - 78m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Louis King

Sadko
Садко
(USA: The Magic Voyage of Sinbad)
USSR - 1952 - 89m - col
Gala (U)
D: Aleksandr Ptushko

Sangaree
USA - 1953 - 95m - col / 3-D
Paramount (U)
D: Edward Ludwig

A Slight Case of Larceny
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Don Weis

Split Second
USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Dick Powell

The Square Ring
UK - 1953 - 83m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Michael Relph, Basil Dearden

Star of Texas
USA - 1953 - 67m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Storm Over Wyoming
USA - 1950 - 60m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Followed by: Rider From Tucson (1950, Mar/1958), Law of the Badlands (1951), Saddle Legion (1951).

Three's Company
UK - 1953 - 78m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Terence Fisher, Charles Saunders
Three episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Triangle (1953, Jun/1953).

Thunder Bay
USA - 1953 - 102m - col
General Film (U)
D: Anthony Mann
3-channel stereo

The Vanquished
USA - 1953 - 87m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Edward Ludwig

Vienna Waltzes
Wien Tanzt
Austria/Liechtenstein - 1951 - 102m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Emil E. Reinert