Sunday 31 July 2016

MFB: September 1968




Monthly Film Bulletin
September 1968
Vol. 35 No. 416




The Battle for Anzio
Lo sbarco di Anzio
(USA: Anzio)
Italy/USA - 1968 - 117m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti

The Big City
Mahanagar
মহানগর
India - 1963 - 131m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Satyajit Ray

The Biggest Bundle of Them All
USA - 1967 - 98m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Ken Annakin

The Bride Wore Black
La mariée était en noir
France/Italy - 1967 - 107m - col
United Artists (A)
D: François Truffaut

Daring Game
USA - 1967 - 101m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Laslo Benedek

The Devil's Brigade
USA - 1968 - 128m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen

The Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo
La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo
(USA: Marco the Magnificent)
(aka: Kublai Khan)
France/Yugoslavia/Egypt/Afghanistan - 1964 - 115m - col / scope
Golden Era (U)
D: Denys de La Patellière, Noel Howard

For Love of Ivy
USA - 1968 - 100m - col
CIRO (A)
D: Daniel Mann

Gentle Giant
USA - 1967 - 93m - col
Paramount (U)
D: James Neilson

The Graduate
USA - 1967 - 108m - col / scope
United Artists (X)
D: Mike Nichols
4-channel stereo

The Green Berets
USA - 1968 - 141m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: John Wayne, Ray Kellogg

A Little of What You Fancy
UK - 1968 - 75m - col
Border (U)
D: Robert D. Webb

Man Called Gringo
La ley del forastero
Spain/W.Germany - 1965 - 93m - col / scope
Gala (U)
D: Roy Rowland

Nobody Runs Forever
(USA: The High Commissioner)
UK/USA - 1968 - 101m - col
Rank (A)
D: Ralph Thomas

Order of the Daisy
Les compagnons de la marguerite
France/Italy - 1966 - 90m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Jean-Pierre Mocky

Prudence and the Pill
UK - 1968 - 92m - col
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Fielder Cook

A Question of Rape
Le viol
France/Switzerland - 1967 - 84m - col
Miracle (X)
D: Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Sie nannten ihn Gringo
[see: Man Called Gringo]

Star!
(aka: Those Were the Happy Times)
USA - 1968 - 174m - col / Todd-AO
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert Wise
6-channel stereo

Swan Lake
Schwanensee
W.Germany - 1966 - 112m - col
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Truck Branss

They Came From Beyond Space
UK - 1967 - 85m - col
Planet (A) (cut)
D: Freddie Francis

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
USA - 1968 - 90m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Hy Averback

Yellow Submarine
UK - 1968 - 87m - col
United Artists (U)
D: George Dunning

Saturday 30 July 2016

MFB: August 1968




Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1968
Vol. 35 No. 415



Bandolero!
USA - 1968 - 106m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen
4-channel stereo

Blue
USA - 1968 - 113m - col / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Silvio Narizzano

Colossus and the Headhunters
Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste
Italy - 1962 - 81m - col / scope
Grand National (U)
D: Guido Malatesta

Crocodile Safari
UK - 1967 - 82m - col
New Realm (U)
D: Malcolm Fancey

Dead Run
Deux billets pour Mexico
France/W.Germany/Italy - 1967 - 92m - col
SF (X)
D: Christian-Jaque

Death Curse of Tartu
(aka: Curse of Death)
USA - 1967 - 85m - col
Grand National (X)
D: William Grefé




The Fantastic Three
I fantastici 3 $upermen
(USA: The Three Fantastic Supermen)
Italy/W.Germany/France/Yugoslavia - 1967 - 94m - col
Miracle (U)
D: Gianfranco Parolini [as: Frank Kramer]
Followed by: 3 Supermen a Tokyo (1968), Supermen (1970, Jun/1977), Çılgın kız ve üç süper adam (1973), ...e così divennero i 3 supermen del west (1973), Crash! Che botte strippo strappo stroppio (1973), Return of the Barbarian Women (Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte, 1974), Süpermenler (1979), Üç süpermen olimpiyatlarda (1984), 3 Supermen in S. Domino (1986).

The Flesh Eaters
USA - 1964 - 88m - bw
Grand National (X)
D: Jack Curtis

Hour of the Wolf
Vargtimmen
Sweden - 1967 - 89m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: Ingmar Bergman

How to Seduce a Playboy
Bel Ami 2000 oder Wie verführt man einen Playboy?
Austria/Italy - 1966 - 101m - col
New Realm (X)
D: Michael Pfleghar

How to Steal the World
USA (TV) - 1968 - 89m - col
MGM (A)
D: Sutton Roley
Series: To Trap a Spy (1964, Jun/1965).

Katerina Ismailova
[see: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk]

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Катерина Измайлова
(USA: Katerina Izmailova)
(aka: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District)
USSR - 1966 - 116m - col / Sovscope 70
Connoisseur (A)
D: Mikhail Shapiro
6-channel stereo

The Lost Continent
UK - 1968 - 98m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Michael Carreras

Never a Dull Moment
USA - 1967 - 100m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Jerry Paris

The Odd Couple
USA - 1967 - 105m - col / scope
Paramount (A)
D: Gene Saks
Followed by: The Odd Couple II (1998, Dec/1998).

Oedipus the King
UK - 1967 - 97m - col
Rank (A)
D: Philip Saville

Petulia
UK - 1968 - 105m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Richard Lester


Hour of the Wolf



Play Time
France - 1967 - 152m - col / 70mm
Screenspace (U)
D: Jacques Tati

Reflections in a Golden Eye
USA - 1967 - 109m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: John Huston

Rogue's Gallery
USA - 1968 - 82m - col / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Leonard Horn

Rondo
Yugoslavia - 1966 - 94m - bw
Academy / Connoisseur (A)
D: Zvonimir Berković

Separation
UK - 1967 - 93m - bw and col
London Independent Producers (X)
D: Jack Bond

Skin Skin
Käpy selän alla
(USA: Under Your Skin)
Finland - 1967 - 88m - bw
Antony Balch (X) (cut)
D: Mikko Niskanen

Slave Girls
(USA: Prehistoric Women)
UK - 1966 - 95m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Michael Carreras

Speedway
USA - 1968 - 94m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Norman Taurog

Sting of Death
USA - 1965 - 75m - col
Border (X) (cut)
D: William Grefé

Sweet November
USA - 1968 - 113m - col
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Robert Ellis Miller

Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
USA/Switzerland - 1968 - 90m - col / scope
Paramount (U)
D: Robert Gordon
Series: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966, Jan/1967).

Thunderbird 6
UK - 1968 - 90m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: David Lane
Series: Thunderbirds Are Go (1966, Feb/1967).

Two a Penny
UK - 1967 - 98m - col
World Wide Films (A)
D: James F. Collier

Vengeance of the Vikings
Erik il vichingo
(aka: Erik the Viking)
Italy/Spain - 1965 - 95m - col / scope
Miracle (U)
D: Mario Caiano

Villa Rides!
USA - 1968 - 124m - col / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Buzz Kulik

Wait Until Dark
USA - 1967 - 108m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Terence Young

Week End
France/Italy - 1967 - 95m - col
Connoisseur (X)
D: Jean-Luc Godard

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
USA - 1968 - 94m - col
Rank (A)
D: George Seaton

Friday 29 July 2016

MFB: July 1968




Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1968
Vol. 35 No. 414



Angeklagt Nach § 218
[see: Doctor Speaks, The]

The Blood Beast Terror
(USA: The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood)
UK - 1967 - 88m - col
Tigon (X)
D: Vernon Sewell

The Charge of the Light Brigade
UK - 1968 - 141m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Tony Richardson
4-channel stereo

Chubasco
USA - 1967 - 98m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Allen H. Miner

Conqueror Worm
[see: Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General]

Dark Nights in St. Pauli
Mädchenjagd in St. Pauli
W.Germany - 1965 - 86m - bw
Amanda (X) (cut)
D: Gunter Schlesinger

Death on the Run
Bersaglio mobile
Italy - 1967 - 95m - col
Golden Era (A) (cut)
D: Sergio Corbucci

The Devil Rides Out
(USA: The Devil's Bride)
UK - 1967 - 95m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Terence Fisher

The Doctor Speaks
Der Arzt stellt fest...
(USA: The Doctor Says)
(aka: The Price of Sin)
(aka: The Right to Be Born)
(aka: Wages of Sin)
Switzerland/W.Germany - 1966 - 89m - bw and col
Animated Motion Pictures (X) (cut)
D: Aleksandr Ford

Fantomas Strikes Back
Fantomas se déchaine
(aka: The Phantom)
(aka: The Vengeance of Fantomas)
France/Italy - 1965 - 94m - col / scope
Compton (U)
D: André Hunebelle
Series: Fantomas (1964, Jun/1968).

Forbidden Volcano
Le volcan interdit
France - 1965 - 80m - col
Animated Motion Pictures (U)
D: Haroun Tazieff

Girls, Girls
Mädchen, Mädchen
W.Germany - 1966 - 104m - bw
Amanda (X) (cut)
D: Roger Fritz

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
USA - 1968 - 102m - col / scope
Columbia (X)
D: Fielder Cook




A Lovely Way to Go
A Lovely Way to Die
USA - 1968 - 103m - col / scope
Rank (A)
D: David Lowell Rich

Luv
USA - 1967 - 96m - col / scope
Columbia (X)
D: Clive Donner

Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General
(USA: Matthew Hopkins: Conqueror Worm)
UK - 1968 - 87m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Michael Reeves

Only When I Larf
UK - 1968 - 103m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Basil Dearden

The Pink Jungle
USA - 1968 - 93m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Delbert Mann

Revenge of the Vampire
La maschera del demonio
(USA: Black Sunday)
(aka: The Mask of Satan)
Italy - 1960 - 86m - bw
Border (X) (cut)
D: Mario Bava
Rejected by the BBFC in 1961 when submitted by Anglo-Amalgamated, then passed with cuts in 1968. The uncut version finally premiered on video in 1986 as Black Sunday.

Strike First Freddie
Slå første, Frede!
Denmark - 1965 - 99m - col
Compton (U)
D: Erik Balling
Followed by: Slap af Frede (1966).

Unfaithful Night
La nuit infidèle
France - 1967 - 80m - col
SF (X) (cut)
D: Antoine d'Ormesson

Virgin Youth
La grand dadais
(aka: The Big Softie)
France/W.Germany - 1967 - 90m - col
New Realm (A)
D: Pierre Granier-Deferre

The Winter's Tale
UK - 1966 - 151m - col
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Frank Dunlop

Witchfinder General
[see: Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General]

Work is a 4-Letter Word
UK - 1967 - 93m - col
Rank (U)
D: Peter Hall

Young Törless
Der junge Törless
W.Germany/France - 1966 - 87m - bw
Amanda / Hunter (X)
D: Volker Schlöndorff

Thursday 28 July 2016

MFB: June 1968




Monthly Film Bulletin
June 1968
Vol. 35 No. 413



2001: A Space Odyssey
UK - 1968 - 141m - col / Super Panavision 70
MGM (U)
D: Stanley Kubrick
Some prints screened in 70mm Cinerama. Converted to IMAX and IMAX-D/L (with 12-track audio) for 2018 re-release.
Followed by: 2010 (1984, Mar/1985).
6-channel stereo

Amsterdam Affair
UK - 1968 - 91m - col
London Independent Producers (A)
D: Gerry O'Hara

Assignment to Kill
USA - 1967 - 73m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Sheldon Reynolds

Clambake
USA - 1967 - 98m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Arthur Nadel

Closely Observed Trains
Ostře sledované vlaky
Czechoslovakia - 1966 - 92m - bw
Curzon (X)
D: Jiri Menzel

Counterpoint
USA - 1967 - 107m - col / scope
Rank (A)
D: Ralph Nelson

Day of the Evil Gun
USA - 1968 - 93m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Jerry Thorpe

Eight on the Run
Eight on the Lam
USA - 1966 - 107m - col
United Artists (U)
D: George Marshall

Fantomas
France/Italy - 1964 - 105m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Andre Hunebelle
Followed by: Fantomas Strikes Back (1965, Jul/1968), Fantomas contre Scotland Yard (1967).

Fitzwilly Strikes Back
Fitzwilly
USA - 1967 - 102m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Delbert Mann

The Fox
USA - 1967 - 110m - col
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Mark Rydell

Herostratus
UK - 1967 - 142m - col
BFI (X)
D: Don Levy

The Hunch
UK - 1967 - 56m - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Sarah Erulkar

I Need a Woman
Adamsson i Sverige
(aka: Adam in Sweden)
Sweden - 1966 - 91m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Stig Ossian Ericson

The Man Outside
UK - 1967 - 98m - col / scope
London Independent Producers (A) (cut)
D: Samuel Gallu

No Way to Treat a Lady
USA - 1967 - 108m - col
Paramount (X)
D: Jack Smight

Pleasures of the Bath
So badet die Welt
Switzerland - 1964 - 89m - col
Miracle (A)
D: Werner Kunz, Alexander Swiagenin

The Power
USA - 1967 - 108m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Byron Haskin

The Shakiest Gun in the West
USA - 1967 - 100m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Alan Rafkin

Track of Thunder
USA - 1967 - 85m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Up to His Ears
Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine
(aka: Chinese Adventures in China)
France/Italy - 1965 - 110m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Philippe de Broca

Woman Times Seven
USA/France - 1967 - 100m - col
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Vittorio De Sica

Wednesday 27 July 2016

MFB: May 1968




Monthly Film Bulletin
May 1968
Vol. 35 No. 412




Arizona Bushwhackers
USA - 1967 - 86m - col / scope
Paramount (A)
D: Lesley Selander

The Ballad of Josie
USA - 1967 - 102m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Beach Red
USA - 1967 - 105m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Cornel Wilde

Coppelia
El fantástico mundo del doctor Coppelius
(USA: Dr. Coppelius)
(aka: The Mysterious House of Dr. C)
Spain/USA - 1966 - 97m - col / Superpanorama 70
Gala (U)
D: Ted Kneeland
6-channel stereo

A Dandy in Aspic
UK - 1968 - 107m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: Anthony Mann

The Departure
Le départ
Belgium - 1966 - 93m - bw
Contemporary (A) (cut)
D: Jerzy Skolimowski

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
La grande vadrouille
France/UK - 1966 - 132m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Gérard Oury

The Doomsday Flight
USA (TV) - 1966 - 97m - col
Rank (A)
D: William A. Graham




Elvira Madigan
Sweden - 1967 - 95m - col
Academy / Connoisseur (A)
D: Bo Widerberg

The Four Keys
4 Schlüssel
W.Germany - 1965 - 107m - bw
Planet (A)
D: Jürgen Roland

Guns for San Sebastian
La bataille de San Sebastian
France/Italy/Mexico - 1967 - 111m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Henri Verneuil

The Happiest Millionaire
USA - 1967 - 164m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Norman Tokar
4-channel stereo

Das Haus des tausend Freuden
[see: House of 1,000 Dolls]

House of 1,000 Dolls
La casa de las mil muñecas
Spain/W.Germany - 1967 - 98m - col / scope
Planet (X) (cut)
D: Jeremy Summers

Hugs and Kisses
Puss & kram
Sweden - 1966 - 94m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Jonas Cornell

The Human Dutch
Alleman
Netherlands - 1963 - 90m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Bert Haanstra

I, a Woman
Jeg: En kvinde
Denmark/Sweden - 1965 - 98m - bw
Compton (banned)
D: Mac Ahlberg
Followed by: Jeg, en kvinde II (1968), I, a Woman - 3 (1970, Sep/1971).

In Cold Blood
USA - 1967 - 134m - bw / scope
Columbia (X)
D: Richard Brooks
Released with a mono soundtrack, though the original multichannel audio was later restored for home video.
3-channel stereo

Killers Are Challenged
A 077: Sfida ai killers
Italy/France - 1965 - 93m - col / scope
Planet (A) (cut)
D: Antonio Margheriti [as: Anthony M. Dawson]
Series: The Spy Killers (1965, Jun/1966).




Nobody's Perfect
USA - 1967 - 102m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Alan Rafkin

Operation Kid Brother
OK Connery
(aka: Operation Double 007)
(aka: Secret Agent 00)
Italy - 1967 - 105m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Alberto De Martino

Rosie!
USA - 1967 - 98m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: David Lowell Rich

The Scorpio Letters
USA (TV) - 1966 - 97m - col
MGM (A)
D: Richard Thorpe

Sex From a Stranger
L'étrangère
(USA: Sin With a Stranger)
France - 1966 - 85m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Sergio Gobbi

The Sky Bike
UK - 1967 - 62m - col
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Charles Frend

Thunder Alley
USA - 1967 - 90m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Richard Rush

The Tramplers
Gli uomini dal passo pesante
Italy - 1966 - 105m - col
Planet (A) (cut)
D: Albert Band, Mario Sequi [as: Anthony Wileys]

The Vengeance of She
UK - 1967 - 101m - col
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Cliff Owen
Series: She (1965, May/1965).

Vier Schlüssel
[see: Four Keys, The]

Virtue Runs Wild
Dyden går amok
Denmark - 1966 - 107m - col
Bargate (X) (cut)
D: Sven Methling