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MFB: February 1954





Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1954
Vol. 21 No. 241


The Accused
UK - 1954 - 52m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Lawrence Huntington, Charles Saunders
Two 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).

Bad for Each Other
USA - 1953 - 82m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Irving Rapper

Battles of Chief Pontiac
USA - 1952 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Felix E. Feist

Bright Road
USA - 1953 - 68m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Gerald Mayer

Calamity Jane
USA - 1953 - 100m - col
Warner (U)
D: David Butler

Champ for a Day
USA - 1953 - 86m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: William A. Seiter

The Clue of the Missing Ape
UK - 1953 - 58m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: James Hill

Concert of Stars
Концерт мастеров искусств
(aka: Song and Dance Concert)
USSR - 1952 - 83m - col
Gala (U)
D: Aleksandr Ivanovsky, Gerbert Rappaport




Devil's Canyon
USA - 1953 - 90m - col / 3-D
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Alfred L. Werker
The UK version distributed by RKO Radio was 2-D only.

Donovan's Brain
USA - 1953 - 78m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Felix E. Feist

Don't Blame the Stork
UK - 1953 - 80m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: Ákos Ráthonyi

Escape by Night
UK - 1953 - 79m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: John Gilling

Fangs of the Arctic
USA - 1953 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Rex Bailey
Series: The Wolf Hunters (1949, Jun/1950).

Flight Nurse
USA - 1953 - 83m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan

Front Page Story
UK - 1953 - 99m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Gordon Parry

The Genie
UK - 1954 - 75m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Lance Comfort, Lawrence Huntington
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).

Give a Girl a Break
USA - 1953 - 82m - col
MGM (U)
D: Stanley Donen

The Glass Web
USA - 1953 - 82m - bw / 3-D
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Jack Arnold
The UK version distributed by General Film was 2-D only.





The Glenn Miller Story
USA - 1953 - 116m - col
General Film (U)
D: Anthony Mann
3-channel stereo

Goldtown Ghost Riders
USA - 1953 - 59m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Archainbaud
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

The Great Diamond Robbery
USA - 1953 - 69m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

How to Marry a Millionaire
USA - 1953 - 96m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Jean Negulesco
4-channel stereo

I, the Jury
USA - 1953 - 87m - bw / 3-D
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Harry Essex
The UK version distributed by United Artists was 2-D only.
3-channel stereo

It Must Not Happen Again
(see: The Eva Braun and Hitler Story)
USA - 1948 - 60m - bw
New Realm (U) (cut)
D: [uncredited]

The Jazz Singer
USA - 1952 - 105m - col
Warner (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

Love in the Vineyard
Ils sont dans les vignes
France - 1952 - 92m - bw
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Robert Vernay

Marry Me Again
USA - 1953 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Frank Tashlin

The Maverick
USA - 1952 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Meet Mr. Malcolm
UK - 1953 - 65m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Daniel Birt

The Million Pound Note
(USA: Man With a Million)
UK - 1953 - 91m - col
General Film (U)
D: Ronald Neame

The Moon is Blue
USA - 1953 - 95m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger

The Moonlighter
USA - 1953 - 75m - bw / 3-D
Warner (U)
D: Roy Rowland
The UK version distributed by Warner was 2-D only.

Oklahoma Justice
USA - 1951 - 56m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Powered Flight: The Story of the Century
UK - 1953 - 54m - bw
Petroleum Film Bureau
D: Stuart Legg

Private Eyes
USA - 1953 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).





"Women... barred from men!"
"About bleedin' time, an'all!" say most of 'em (probably...).
Run for the Hills
USA - 1953 - 73m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lew Landers

The Sabre and the Arrow
Last of the Comanches
USA - 1953 - 84m - col
Columbia (U)
D: André De Toth

The Secret Cave
UK - 1953 - 62m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: John Durst

Serpent of the Nile: The Loves of Cleopatra
USA - 1953 - 79m - col
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle

So Big
USA - 1953 - 100m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Robert Wise

Son of Belle Starr
USA - 1953 - 69m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Frank McDonald

Stryker of the Yard
UK - 1953 - 67m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Arthur Crabtree
Two episodes of the TV series Stryker of Scotland Yard (1953-54), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Companions in Crime (1954, Jul/1954).

Thunder Over the Plains
USA - 1953 - 83m - col
Warner (U)
D: André De Toth

The Weak and the Wicked
(USA: Young and Willing)
UK - 1953 - 88m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: J. Lee Thompson

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