Sunday 29 May 2016

MFB: June 1963



Monthly Film Bulletin
June 1963
Vol. 30 No. 353



The 5th Battalion
Signali nad gradom
(aka: Signal Over the City)
Yugoslavia - 1961 - 90m - bw / scope
Grand National (U)
D: Žvorad ‘Zika’ Mitrović

55 Days at Peking
USA/Spain - 1963 - 154m - col / Super Technirama 70
Rank (U)
D: Nicholas Ray
6-channel stereo

All This and Money Too
Love is a Ball
USA - 1962 - 112m - col / scope
United Artists (A)
D: David Swift

Calculated Risk
UK - 1963 - 72m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (A)
D: Norman Harrison

Captain Blood
Le capitan
(aka: The Invincible Swordsman)
France - 1960 - 115m - col / scope
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Andre Hunébelle

Come Blow Your Horn
USA - 1962 - 113m - col / scope
Paramount (A)
D: Bud Yorkin

Confess, Dr. Corda
Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda!
W.Germany - 1958 - 97m - bw
E.J. Fancey (X) (cut)
D: Josef von Báky

Daikaiju Baran
[see: Varan the Unbelievable]

The Day Mars Invaded Earth
USA - 1962 - 70m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Maury Dexter

Drops of Blood: MFB Jul 1963

The Demon Doctor
Gritos en la noche
(USA: The Awful Doctor Orlof)
(aka: The Awful Doctor Orlof [The Diabolical Doctor Satan])
Spain/Italy/France - 1962 - 86m - bw
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Jesus Franco
Followed by: El secreto del Dr. Orloff (1964), The Diabolical Dr. "Z" (1965, Nov/1967), El enigma del ataúd (1967), La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1970), Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff (1973), El siniestro doctor Orloff (1984).

The Devil's Children
USA (TV) - 1962 - 75m - col
Rank (U)
D: James Sheldon
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of The Virginian (1962-71).
Series: The Brazen Bell (1962, May/1963).

Duel of the Titans
Romolo e Remo
Italy/France - 1961 - 107m - col / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Sergio Corbucci

The Explosive Generation
USA - 1961 - 89m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Buzz Kulik

The Flood
UK - 1963 - 59m - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Frederic Goode

The Fur Collar
UK - 1962 - 71m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Lawrence Huntington





Fury of the Vikings
Gli invasori
(USA: Erik the Conqueror)
(aka: Viking Invaders)
Italy/France/W.Germany - 1961 - 98m - col / scope
Compton-Cameo (A) (cut)
D: Mario Bava

Gay Purr-ee
USA - 1962 - 85m - col
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Abe Levitow

The Gentle Terror
USA - 1961 - 67m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Frank Marshall

Guns of Wyoming
Cattle King
(aka: Cattle King of Wyoming)
USA - 1963 - 90m - col
MGM (U)
D: Tay Garnett

Hand of Death
USA - 1961 - 59m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Gene Nelson

Hud
USA - 1962 - 111m - bw / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Martin Ritt




Lancelot and Guinevere
(USA: Sword of Lancelot)
UK - 1962 - 117m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Cornel Wilde

The Legion's Last Patrol
Marschier und Krepier
(USA: Commando)
W.Germany/Italy/Spain/Belgium - 1962 - 101m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Frank Wisbar

Marcia o crepa
[see: Legion's Last Patrol, The]

The Mouse on the Moon
UK - 1963 - 85m - col
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Richard Lester
Series: The Mouse That Roared (1959, Aug/1959).

Murder at the Gallop
UK - 1963 - 81m - bw
MGM (U)
D: George Pollock
Series: Murder She Said (1961, Sep/1961).

My Six Loves
USA - 1962 - 105m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Gower Champion
Listed in many sources as having been filmed in VistaVision, though there is no evidence to support this claim, either on-screen or in contemporary ad-mats.

Mystery Submarine
UK - 1962 - 92m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (U)
D: C.M. Pennington-Richards





Nurse on Wheels
UK - 1963 - 86m - bw
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas

Queen of the Nile: Nefertite
Nefertiti: Regina del Nilo
Italy - 1961 - 106m - col / scope
SF (U)
D: Fernando Cerchio

The Quick and the Dead
USA - 1962 - 92m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Robert Totten

Salvatore Giuliano
Italy - 1961 - 125m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Francesco Rosi

Sammy the Way-Out Seal
USA - 1962 - 87m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Norman Tokar
Two episodes of the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-69), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Small World of Sammy Lee
UK - 1962 - 107m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston / Seven Arts (X) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
Le comte de Monte-Cristo
(aka: The Count of Monte Cristo)
France/Italy - 1961 - 180m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Claude Autant-Lara


Winter Light

Two Daughters
Teen Kanya
তিন কন্যা
India - 1961 - 171m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Satyajit Ray
Comprised of three separate stories. The original UK/US release omitted one of the stories in its entirety, subsequently released as a separate film in its own right, Monihara (মণিহারা, 1961). The complete version of Teen Kanya has since been restored for these territories.

Varan the Unbelievable
大怪獣バラン
Japan - 1959 - 87m - bw / scope
Grand National (A)
D: Ishirō Honda
The UK version distributed by Grand National was a hugely-revised print, devised for exhibition in the US, with entirely new footage involving American actors integrated with the original Japanese material.

The Very Edge
UK - 1962 - 89m - bw / scope
British Lion / Garrick (A) (cut)
D: Cyril Frankel

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
USA - 1962 - 133m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

The White Suit
Un traje blanco
Spain - 1956 - 79m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Rafael Gil

Winter Light
Nattvardsgästerna
Sweden - 1962 - 80m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Ingmar Bergman

Woman of Summer
The Stripper
USA - 1963 - 94m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Franklin J. Schaffner

The Yellow Canary
USA - 1963 - 93m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Buzz Kulik

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