MFB: February 1953

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1953

Vol. 20 No. 229

Angel Face
USA - 1952 - 91m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger

Apache War Smoke
USA - 1952 - 67m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Harold F. Kress

Arrow in the Dust
Trail of the Arrow
USA - 1952 - 53m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Thomas Carr
Two episodes of the TV show Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon (1952).

Babes in Bagdad
USA - 1952 - 77m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

The Bad and the Beautiful
USA - 1952 - 118m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli

Botany Bay
USA - 1952 - 94m - col
Paramount (A)
D: John Farrow

Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere
(aka: Captain Video, Hero of Outer Space!)
USA - 1951 - 287m - 15 chapters - bw and tinted
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell

Caribbean Gold
Caribbean
USA - 1952 - 94m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Edward Ludwig

Confidence Girl
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Andrew L. Stone

Cops and Robbers
Guardie e ladri
Italy - 1951 - 109m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Steno, Mario Monicelli

Cosh Boy
(USA: The Slasher)
UK - 1952 - 75m - bw
Independent / British Lion (X)
D: Lewis Gilbert

Cripple Creek

USA - 1952 - 76m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro

Decameron Nights
UK/Spain - 1952 - 94m - col
Eros (A)
D: Hugo Fregonese

Desperate Search
USA - 1952 - 70m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

Double Trouble
L'inafferrabile 12
Italy - 1950 - 95m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Mario Mattoli

Eight Iron Men
USA - 1952 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk

The Elstree Story
UK - 1952 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Gilbert Gunn

Gala Festival
Большой концерт
(USA: The Grand Concert)
USSR - 1951 - 108m - col
Continental Concorde (U)
D: Vera Stroyeva

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
USA - 1952 - 112m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Charles Vidor

Hello, Elephant
Buongiorno elefante!
(aka: Pardon My Trunk)
Italy - 1952 - 83m - bw
International (U)
D: Gianni Franciolini

The Hills of Utah
USA - 1951 - 69m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John English
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Jeux interdits
(USA: Forbidden Games)
(aka: The Secret Game)
France - 1952 - 84m - bw
International (X)
D: René Clément

John of the Fair
UK - 1952 - 62m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Michael McCarthy

The Jungle
USA/India - 1952 - 74m - sepia
Exclusive (U)
D: William Berke

The Lawless Breed
USA - 1952 - 82m - col
General Film (A)
D: Raoul Walsh

The Long Memory
UK - 1952 - 96m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Robert Hamer

Marching Along
Stars and Stripes Forever
USA - 1952 - 90m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Koster

Military Policemen
Off Limits
USA - 1952 - 89m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: George Marshall

Miss Robin Hood
UK - 1952 - 78m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: John Guillermin

Montana Belle
USA - 1952 - 82m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Allan Dwan

My Cousin Rachel
USA - 1952 - 99m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Koster

One Minute to Zero
USA - 1952 - 106m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Tay Garnett

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
UK - 1952 - 75m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Dallas Bower

Strange Fascination
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Hugo Haas

Suspected
Texas Dynamo
USA - 1950 - 56m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Target Hong Kong
USA - 1952 - 65m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears

There Was a Young Lady
UK - 1952 - 84m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Lawrence Huntington

Untamed Women
USA - 1952 - 70m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: W. Merle Connell

Valley of Fire
USA - 1951 - 63m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John English
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Voodoo Tiger
USA - 1952 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

Without Warning!
USA - 1952 - 73m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Arnold Laven

Yukon Gold
USA - 1952 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: The Wolf Hunters (1949, Jun/1950).