MFB: June 1954

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1954

Vol. 21 No. 245

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
USA - 1952 - 88m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Roy Rowland
3-channel stereo

Adventure in the Hopfields
UK - 1954 - 60m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: John Guillermin

Bad Men of Marysville
USA - 1953 - 51m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Lew Landers
Two episodes of the TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Prince of Padua Hills (1953).

Beachhead
USA - 1953 - 90m - col
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Stuart Heisler

The Boy From Oklahoma
USA - 1953 - 88m - col
Warner (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

Carnival Story
USA/W.Germany - 1954 - 93m - col
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Kurt Neumann
English-language version of German film Rummelplatz der Liebe (1954), shot on the same sets with actors exclusive to each edition.

China Venture
USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Don Siegel

Devil Girl From Mars
UK - 1954 - 76m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: David MacDonald

The Diamond
(USA: The Diamond Wizard)
UK - 1954 - 83m - bw / 3-D
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Montgomery Tully
The UK version distributed by United Artists was 2-D only.

The Diamond Queen
USA - 1953 - 79m - col
Warner (U)
D: John Brahm

Forbidden Cargo
UK - 1954 - 85m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Harold French

Fort Dodge Stampede
USA - 1951 - 60m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Harry Keller
Series: The Wild Frontier (1947).

The Fortune Hunter
USA - 1954 - 88m - col
Republic (U)
D: William Witney

The French Line
USA - 1953 - 102m - col / 3-D
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon
The UK version distributed by RKO Radio was 2-D only.

Go Man Go

USA - 1954 - 83m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: James Wong Howe

Heidi
Switzerland - 1952 - 97m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Luigi Comencini
Followed by: Heidi and Peter (1955, Feb/1956).

Hell and High Water
USA - 1954 - 103m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U) (cut)
D: Samuel Fuller
4-channel stereo

Henriette
La fête à Henriette
(USA: Holiday for Henriette)
France - 1952 - 118m - bw
Cameo-Poly (A) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

His Majesty O'Keefe
UK - 1953 - 90m - col
Warner (U)
D: Byron Haskin

The Living Desert
USA - 1953 - 72m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: James Algar
Series: Seal Island (1948, short).

Lost Women
Mesa of Lost Women
USA - 1952 - 69m - bw
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos

The Man in the Attic
USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Hugo Fregonese

The Marskman
USA - 1953 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Men Behind Bars
Duffy of San Quentin
USA - 1954 - 78m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Walter Doniger
Compiled from material intended for a TV anthology series which never aired.
See also: The Steel Cage (1954, Apr/1956).

Night Club
Boîte de nuit
(USA: Hotbed of Sin)
France - 1951 - 91m - bw
Astarte (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Rode

No Time for Flowers
USA - 1952 - 83m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Don Siegel

Paris Model
USA - 1953 - 78m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Alfred E. Green

Paris Playboys
USA - 1954 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Playgirl
USA - 1954 - 85m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Pevney

Prince Valiant
USA - 1954 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Hathaway
4-channel stereo

A frame which demonstrates the full potential of the CinemaScope image.
Click for the full impact. (Prince Valiant)

The Proud Ones
Les orgueilleux
France/Mexico - 1953 - 104m - bw
Curzon (X) (cut)
D: Yves Allégret

Rails Into Laramie
USA - 1954 - 81m - col
General Film (U)
D: Jesse Hibbs

Riders to the Stars
USA - 1954 - 80m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Richard Carlson

The Secret Conclave
Gli uomini non guardano il cielo
Italy - 1952 - 95m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Umberto Scarpelli

The Siege at Red River
USA - 1954 - 86m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Rudolph Maté

Stormswept
UK - 1954 - 51m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Ivan Barnett

Taza, Son of Cochise
USA - 1954 - 77m - col / 3-D
General Film (U)
D: Douglas Sirk
The UK version distributed by General Film was 2-D only.

Tembo

USA - 1951 - 80m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Howard Hill

Tobor the Great
USA - 1954 - 77m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Lee Sholem

Witness to Murder
USA - 1954 - 81m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Roy Rowland