Tuesday 3 May 2016

MFB: August 1961




Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1961
Vol. 28 No. 331



Action J
Aktion J
E.Germany - 1961 - 81m - bw
Plato (Banned)
D: Walter Heynowski

Battle on the Beach
Battle at Bloody Beach
USA - 1961 - 79m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Herbert Coleman

Children of Divorce
Los hijos del divorcio
Mexico - 1960 - 87m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Mauricio de la Serna

A Cold Wind in August
USA - 1960 - 80m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Alexander Singer

Date With Death
(aka: Blood of the Man Devil)
USA - 1959 - 81m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Harold Daniels

Dentist on the Job
(USA: Get On With It!)
UK - 1961 - 88m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Series: Dentist in the Chair (1960, Jul/1960).

Fanny
USA - 1960 - 133m - col
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Joshua Logan

The Flute and the Arrow
En djungelsaga
Sweden - 1957 - 75m - col / scope
Gala (U)
D: Arne Sucksdorff

Follow That Man
UK - 1960 - 84m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Jerry Epstein

The Fourth Square
UK - 1961 - 57m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Allan Davis
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

Goliath and the Dragon
La vendetta di Ercole
Italy/France - 1960 - 95m - col / scope
Anglo-Amalgamated (U) (cut)
D: Vittorio Cottafavi
Series: Hercules (1957, Jun/1959).



The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity


Gunfight at Sandoval
Gundown at Sandoval
USA - 1961 - 72m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Harry Keller
Two episodes of the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-69), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Hoodlum Priest
USA - 1961 - 100m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Irvin Kershner

The Horsemasters
USA - 1961 - 87m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: William Fairchild
Two episodes of the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-69), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity
人間の条件 第三部望郷篇、第四部戦雲篇
Japan - 1959 - 181m - bw / scope
Gala (X)
D: Masaki Kobayashi
Series: Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959, Mar/1961).

The Keepers
La tête contre les murs
(USA: Head Against the Wall)
France - 1958 - 98m - bw
Cross-Channel (X)
D: Georges Franju

Last Day of Summer
Ostatni dzień lata
Poland - 1958 - 62m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Tadeusz Konwicki

The Last Sunset
USA - 1961 - 112m - col
Rank / Universal-International (A)
D: Robert Aldrich


Lileya
Лилея
(USA: Lileia)
USSR - 1958 - 126m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Vakhtang Vronsky, Vasili Lapoknysh, Nikolai Topchiy

Love is When You Make It
Le bel âge
France - 1959 - 100m - bw
British Lion (X)
D: Pierre Kast

The Lovers of Montparnasse
Les amants de Montaparnasse (Montparnasse 19)
France/Italy - 1957 - 103m - bw
Mondial (A)
D: Jacques Becker

The Man in the Back Seat
UK - 1961 - 57m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Vernon Sewell

Mary Had a Little...
UK - 1961 - 84m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Edward Buzzell

The Middle Course
UK - 1960 - 60m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Montgomery Tully

Moderato cantabile
[see: Six Days... Seven Nights]

Montparnasse 19
[see: Lovers of Montparnasse, The]

On the Double
USA - 1961 - 92m - col / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Melville Shavelson


Queen of Spades

On Trial
L'affaire Maurizius
France/Italy - 1953 - 115m - bw
New Realm (A) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

Othello
Венецианский мавр
(USA: The Ballet of Othello)
(aka: The Moor of Venice)
USSR - 1960 - 94m - col
Plato / Sovexportfilm (U)
D: Vakhtang Chabukiani

Passport to the World
Passeport pour le monde
France - 1959 - 93m - col
Mondial (U)
D: Victor Stoloff (and Pete Townsend)

Pikovaya Dama
[see: Queen of Spades]

Playtime
La récréation
(USA: Love Play)
France - 1960 - 89m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Francois Moreuil, Fabien Collin

Queen of Spades
Пиковая дама
USSR - 1960 - 106m - col
Plato / Sovexportfilm (U)
D: Roman Tikhomirov

A Question of Suspense
UK - 1961 - 62m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Max Varnel

The Richest Girl in the World
Verdens rigeste pige
Denmark - 1960 - 110m - bw
Unifilms (U)
D: Lau Lauritzen, Alice O'Fredericks

Saint Tropez Blues
France/Italy - 1960 - 110m - col
Hillcrest (X)
D: Marcel Moussy

A Shot in the Dark
USA (TV) - 1960 - 50m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: David Greene
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Five Fingers (1959-60).
Series: Counterfeit (1960, Jan/1961).




Six Days... Seven Nights
Moderato contabile
(aka: Soft Singing)
Italy - 1960 - 90m - bw / scope
Mondial (A)
D: Peter Brook
The film's original title is widely listed in many sources as Moderato cantabile, but the on-screen title Moderato contabile.

The Steel Claw
USA - 1961 - 96m - col
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: George Montgomery

Stop! Look! and Laugh!
USA - 1960 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Jules White, Lou Brandt

Ten Who Dared
USA - 1960 - 92m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: William Beaudine

Thin Ice
USA (TV) - 1960 - 50m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lamont Johnson
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of Five Fingers (1959-60).
Series: Counterfeit (1960, Jan/1961).

The Treasure of Monte Cristo
(USA: The Secret of Monte Cristo)
UK - 1960 - 95m - col / scope
Regal (U)
D: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman

Two Rode Together
USA - 1961 - 109m - col
Columbia (A)
D: John Ford

Watch It, Sailor!
UK - 1961 - 81m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Wolf Rilla

Wild in the Country
USA - 1961 - 114m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

The Young Savages
USA - 1961 - 103m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: John Frankenheimer

Zoku ningen no joken
[see: Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity]

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