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MFB: September 1969




Monthly Film Bulletin
September 1969
Vol. 36 No. 428




Alfred the Great
UK - 1969 - 122m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Clive Donner
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

The Babysitter
USA - 1968 -64m - bw
Orb (X) (cut)
D: Don Henderson
Followed by: Weekend With the Babysitter (1970, Jun/1972).

The Best House in London
UK - 1968 - 96m - col
MGM (X) (cut)
D: Philip Saville

The Blood Drinkers
Kulay dugo ang gabi
(aka: Blood is the Color of Night)
(aka: Color of Night)
(aka: The Vampire People)
Philippines - 1964 - 88m - bw and col
Westland (X)
D: Gerardo de Leon

Cinderella Italian Style
C'era una volta...
(USA: More Than a Miracle)
Italy/France - 1967 - 103m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Francesco Rosi

Daikyoju Gappa
[see: Gappa the Triphibian Monster]

The Dance of Death
UK - 1968 - 149m - col
Paramount (A)
D: David Giles


The Black Cat: Apr 1969


The Devil's 8
USA - 1968 - 98m - col
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Burt Topper

Don't Look Back
USA - 1967 - 95m - bw
Media Entertainment Analysis (X)
D: D.A. Pennebaker

Eye of the Cat
USA - 1969 - 102m - col
Rank (X) (cut)
D: David Lowell Rich

Fidelio
W.Germany - 1968 - 119m - col
Polytel (U)
D: Joachim Hess

Der Freischütz
W.Germany - 1968 - 127m - col
Polytel (U)
D: Joachim Hess

Gappa the Triphibian Monster
大巨獣ガッパ
(USA: Monster From a Prehistoric Planet)
Japan - 1967 - 90m - col / scope
Border (U)
D: Haruyasu Noguchi

The Great Train Robbery
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse
W.Germany (TV) - 1966 - 235m - 3 episodes - bw
Gala (U)
D: John Olden, Claus Peter Witt
The UK version distributed by Gala was a condensed feature-length print, running 104 mins.
Followed by: Hoopers letzte Jagd (1972).

Gunfight at Red Sands
Gringo
Spain/Italy - 1963 - 95m - col
British Lion (A)
D: Ricardo Blasco

Háry János
Hungary - 1965 - 115m - col
Eagle (U)
D: Miklós Szinetár

Innocence Unprotected
Nevinost bez zastite
Yugoslavia - 1968 - 78m - bw and col
Hunter (U)
D: Dusan Makavejev

Laughter in the Dark
UK/France - 1969 - 104m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Tony Richardson

The Marriage of Figaro
Die Hochzeit des Figaro
W.Germany - 1968 - 189m - col
Polytel (U)
D: Joachim Hess

Mr. Kinky
Il profeta
(USA: The Prophet)
Italy - 1967 - 100m - col
Border (A)
D: Dino Risi

Once Upon a Time in the West
C'era una volta il West
Italy - 1968 - 168m - col / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Sergio Leone
Also reviewed: Aug 1982.




The One Eyed Soldiers
USA/UK/Italy/Yugoslavia - 1966 - 83m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: John Ainsworth [as: Jean Christophe]

Ride a Northbound Horse
USA - 1969 - 79m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Robert Totten
Two episodes of the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-69), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Savage Pampas
Pampas salvaje
Spain - 1966 - 108m - col / Superpanorama 70
British Lion (A)
D: Hugo Fregonese
6-channel stereo

The Switchboard Operator
Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T.
(USA: Love Affair or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator)
(aka: An Affair of the Heart)
(aka: The Tragedy of a Switchboard Operator)
Yugoslavia - 1967 - 79m - bw
Hunter (X) (cut)
D: Dusan Makavejev

Therése and Isabelle
USA/W.Germany - 1968 - 118m - bw / scope
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Radley Metzger

Three Into Two Won't Go
UK - 1968 - 94m - col
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Peter Hall

The Trip
USA - 1967 - 85m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (banned)
D: Roger Corman
Rejected four times by the BBFC - in 1967, 1971, 1980 and 1988 - before finally being passed uncut for video in 2004 (the Board had 'approved' a similarly uncut version for TV two years earlier).

Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy
USA/Yugoslavia - 1966 - 152m - col / scope
Golden Era (U)
D: Harald Reinl
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Combines footage from Die Nibelungen (1966) and its sequel Die Nibelungen II. Teil: Kriemhilds Rache (1966), to create a new film intended for international distribution.
6-channel stereo

Woman of Darkness
Yngsjömordet
Sweden - 1966 - 120m - bw
Curzon (X) (cut)
D: Arne Mattsson

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