MFB: March 1937

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1937
Vol. 4 No. 39

Beware of Ladies
USA - 1936 - 64m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Irving Pichel

Black Legion
USA - 1937 - 83m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Archie Mayo

Bulldog Drummond at Bay
UK - 1937 - 78m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Norman Lee

Calling All Ma's
UK - 1937 - 50m - bw
Fox (A) (cut)
D: Redd Davis

The Cheat
Le roman d'un tricheur
(USA: The Story of a Cheat)
(aka: Confessions of a Cheat)
Fr - 1936 - 81m - bw
Unity (A) (cut)
D: Sacha Guitry
Also reviewed: Jul 1938.

China Passage
USA - 1937 - 65m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Edward Killy

Darby and Joan
UK - 1937 - 75m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Syd Courtenay

A Doctor's Diary
USA - 1937 - 77m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Charles Vidor

Don't Get Me Wrong
UK - 1937 - 80m - bw
First National (U)
D: Arthur B. Woods, Reginald Purdell

Don't Tell the Wife
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Christy Cabanne

Fire Over England
UK - 1937 - 92m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: William K. Howard

For Valour
UK - 1937 - 95m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Tom Walls

Gold Diggers of 1937
USA - 1936 - 101m - bw
First National (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon
Series: Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933).

The Great O'Malley
USA - 1937 - 71m - bw
First National (U)
D: William Dieterle

Green Light
USA - 1937 - 85m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Frank Borzage

Head Over Heels
(USA: Head Over Heels in Love)
UK - 1937 - 84m - bw
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Sonnie Hale

Holiday's End
UK - 1937 - 70m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

I Promise to Pay
USA - 1937 - 68m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman

It's Not Cricket
UK - 1937 - 63m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Ralph Ince

Join the Marines
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ralph Staub

Jump for Glory
(USA: When Thief Meets Thief)
UK - 1937 - 85m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Raoul Walsh

King of the Royal Mounted
(aka: Romance of the Royal Mounted)
USA - 1936 - 61m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Howard Bretherton

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
USA - 1937 - 98m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Richard Boleslawski

Laughing at Trouble
USA - 1936 - 67m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Frank R. Strayer

Lawless Range
USA - 1935 - 53m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Robert N. Bradbury

Left-Handed Law
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Lloyd's of London
USA - 1936 - 118m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Henry King

Lucky Jade
UK - 1937 - 69m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Walter Summers

Mama Steps Out
USA - 1937 - 65m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George B. Seitz

The Mandarin Mystery
USA - 1936 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Ralph Staub

Mayfair Melody
UK - 1937 - 83m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Arthur B. Woods

Melody for Two
USA - 1937 - 60m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Louis King

Michael Strogoff
The Soldier and the Lady
(aka: The Bandit and the Lady)
USA - 1937 - 85m - bw
Radio (A)
D: George Nichols Jr.

Once a Doctor
USA - 1937 - 57m - bw
Warner (A)
D: William Clemens

On the Avenue
USA - 1937 - 89m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Outcast
USA - 1937 - 73m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Robert Florey

The Outer Gate
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Raymond Cannon

Pagliacci
(USA: A Clown Must Laugh)
UK/It - 1936 - 92m - bw and col
United Artists (A)
D: Karl Grune

Patricia Gets Her Man
UK - 1937 - 68m - bw
First National (A)
D: Reginald Purdell

Pearls Bring Tears
UK - 1937 - 63m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: H. Manning Haynes

The Price of Folly
UK - 1937 - 52m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Walter Summers

Sandflow
USA - 1937 - 58m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Sea Devils
USA - 1937 - 88m - bw
Radio (A) (cut)
D: Benjamin Stoloff

The Sequel to Second Bureau
Les loups entre eux
Fr - 1936 - 103m - bw
[Distributor unknown] (A)
D: Léon Mathot
Series: Second Bureau (1935, Jan/1936).

Side Street Angel
UK - 1937 - 64m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Ralph Ince

The Singing Cowboy
USA - 1936 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Mack V. Wright
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Smart Blonde
USA - 1937 - 59m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Frank McDonald
Followed by: Fly Away Baby (1937, Jul/1937), The Adventurous Blonde (1937, Nov/1937), Blondes at Work (1938, May/1938), Torchy Blane in Panama (1938, May/1938), Torchy Gets Her Man (1938, Feb/1939), Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939, Mar/1939), Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939, Apr/1939), Torchy Blane... Playing With Dynamite (1939, Dec/1939).

Stampede
USA/Can - 1936 - 57m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ford Beebe

Stolen Holiday
USA - 1937 - 80m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz

Stowaway
USA - 1936 - 87m - bw
Fox (U)
D: William A. Seiter

Three Smart Girls
USA - 1936 - 84m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Henry Koster
Followed by: Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939, Apr/1939), Hers to Hold (1943, Sep/1943).

Thunder in the City
UK - 1937 - 87m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Marion Gering

Two Wise Maids
USA - 1937 - 70m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Phil Rosen

Underneath the Arches
UK - 1937 - 71m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Redd Davis

Variety Hour
UK - 1937 - 66m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Redd Davis

We From Kronstadt
Мы из Кронштадта
(USA: We Are From Kronstadt)
(aka: The Sailors of Kronstadt)
USSR - 1936 - 88m - bw
The Film Society (A)
D: Efim Dzigan

We're on the Jury
USA - 1937 - 70m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Ben Holmes

White Death
Aus/USA - 1936 - 81m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Edwin G. Bowen

Wild Brian Kent
USA - 1936 - 57m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Howard Bretherton

The Windmill
UK - 1937 - 62m - bw
First National (A)
D: Arthur B. Woods

Woman-Wise
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Allan Dwan

You Only Live Once
USA - 1937 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Fritz Lang

MFB: February 1937

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1937
Vol. 4 No. 38

After the Thin Man
USA - 1936 - 112m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: W.S. Van Dyke
Series: The Thin Man (1934, Jul/1934).

Arizona Days
USA - 1937 - 57m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: John English

Arizona Mahoney
(aka: Arizona Thunderbolt)
USA - 1936 - 58m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: James P. Hogan

Auld Lang Syne
UK - 1937 - 72m - bw
MGM (A)
D: James A. FitzPatrick

Beloved Enemy
USA - 1936 - 90m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: H.C. Potter

The Big Show
USA - 1936 - 71m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Mack V. Wright
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

The Black Tulip
UK - 1937 - 57m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Alex Bryce

The Bold Cavalier
The Bold Caballero
USA - 1936 - 67m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Wells Root

Breezing Home
USA - 1937 - 64m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Milton Carruth

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: James P. Hogan

Camille
USA - 1936 - 109m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: George Cukor

Career Woman
USA - 1936 - 76m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Lewis Seiler

Children of the Fog
UK - 1935 - 59m - bw
National Provincial (A)
D: Leopold Jessner, John Quin

Counterfeit Lady
USA - 1936 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: D. Ross Lederman

Country Gentleman
USA - 1936 - 66m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ralph Staub

Crack-Up
USA - 1936 - 65m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Malcolm St. Clair

Criminal Lawyer
USA - 1937 - 72m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Christy Cabanne

Dangerous Number
USA - 1937 - 71m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Richard Thorpe

Dark Journey
(aka: The Anxious Years)
UK - 1937 - 77m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Victor Saville

The Devil's Playground
USA - 1937 - 74m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Erle C. Kenton

The Dominant Sex
UK - 1937 - 74m - bw
Wardour (A)
D: Herbert Brenon

Down to the Sea
USA - 1936 - 69m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Dreaming Lips
UK - 1937 - 94m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Paul Czinner

The Elder Brother
UK - 1937 - 67m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Frederick Hayward

Elephant Boy
UK - 1937 - 80m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltan Korda

The Gangster's Bride
Secret Valley
USA - 1937 - 60m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Howard Bretherton

Good Morning, Boys!
UK - 1937 - 79m - bw
Gaumont-British (A)
D: Marcel Varnel

The Great Barrier
(USA: Silent Barriers)
UK - 1937 - 83m - bw
Gaumont-British (U)
D: Milton Rosmer

Happy Go Lucky
USA - 1936 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Aubrey Scotto

Hélène
Fr - 1936 - 101m - bw
[No distributor or certificate]
D: Jean Benoît-Lévy

It's a Grand Old World
UK - 1937 - 71m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Herbert Smith

Kathleen Mavourneen
(USA: Kathleen)
UK - 1937 - 75m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Norman Lee

Killer at Large
(aka: Killer on the Loose)
USA - 1936 - 54m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: David Selman

King of the Pecos
USA - 1936 - 54m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Lady From Nowhere
USA - 1936 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Gordon Wiles

The Leavenworth Case
USA - 1936 - 66m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Lewis D. Collins
Rejected by the BBFC in 1936, then passed the same year, possibly with cuts.

Let's Make a Million
USA - 1936 - 61m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Ray McCarey

London Melody
(USA: Girl in the Street)
UK - 1937 - 75m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Herbert Wilcox

Maid of Salem
USA - 1937 - 85m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Frank Lloyd

Man of the People
USA - 1937 - 81m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Edwin L. Marin

Mazurka
Ger - 1935 - 91m - bw
[Distributor unknown] (A)
D: Willi Forst

The Mighty Treve
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

The Mighty Tundra
Tundra
USA - 1936 - 75m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Norman Dawn

Mind Your Own Business
USA - 1936 - 75m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod

More Than a Secretary
USA - 1936 - 77m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Alfred E. Green

One in a Million
USA - 1936 - 95m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Sidney Lanfield

The Plainsman
USA - 1936 - 113m - bw
Paramount (U) (cut)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

Pleaƨe Teacher
UK - 1937 - 75m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Stafford Dickens

Romance Rides the Range
USA - 1936 - 59m - bw
Pioneer (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser

The Song of the Road
UK - 1937 - 71m - bw
Sound City (U)
D: John Baxter

Splinters in the Air
UK - 1937 - 71m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Alfred J. Goulding
Series: Splinters (1929).

Texas Serenade
The Old Corral
USA - 1936 - 57m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).
Also reviewed: Sep 1937.

That Girl From Paris
USA - 1936 - 104m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Leigh Jason

Theodora Goes Wild
USA - 1936 - 94m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Richard Boleslawski

The Three Mesquiteers
USA - 1936 - 61m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Followed by: Ghost-Town Gold (1936, Aug/1937), Roarin' Lead (1936), The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937), Hit the Saddle (1937, Dec/1938), Gunsmoke Ranch (1937, Nov/1937), Come On, Cowboys (1937, Dec/1937), Range Defenders (1937, Feb/1938), Heart of the Rockies (1937, Jun/1938), The Trigger Trio (1937, Apr/1938), Wild Horse Rodeo (1937), The Purple Vigilantes (1938), Call the Mesquiteers (1938, Aug/1938), Outlaws of Sonora (1938), Riders of the Black Hills (1938, Feb/1939), Heroes of the Hills (1938, Mar/1939), Pals of the Saddle (1938), Overland Stage Raiders (1938, Mar/1939), Santa Fe Stampede (1938, Mar/1939), Red River Range (1938, Mar/1939), The Night Riders (1939), Three Texas Steers (1939, Jan/1940), Wyoming Outlaw (1939, Dec/1939), New Frontier (1939), The Kansas Terrors (1939), Cowboys From Texas (1939, Jul/1940), Heroes of the Saddle (1940, May/1941), Pioneers of the West (1940), Covered Wagon Days (1940, Sep/1940), Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940, Dec/1940), Oklahoma Renegades (1940), Under Texas Skies (1940, Jul/1941), The Trail Blazers (1940), Lone Star Raiders (1940), Prairie Pioneers (1941), Pals of the Pecos (1941), Saddlemates (1941), Gangs of Sonora (1941), Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941), Gauchos of El Dorado (1941), West of Cimarron (1941), Code of the Outlaw (1942), Raiders of the Range (1942), Westward Ho (1942), The Phantom Plainsmen (1942), Shadows on the Sage (1942), Valley of Hunted Men (1942, Jul/1949), Thundering Trails (1943, Sep/1949), The Blocked Trail (1943), Santa Fe Scouts (1943), Riders of the Rio Grande (1943).

Trail Dust
USA - 1936 - 77m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Nate Watt
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).

Under Cover of Night
USA - 1937 - 71m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George B. Seitz

Vengeance
(USA: What Price Vengeance?)
Can/USA - 1937 - 61m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Del Lord

The Vulture
UK - 1937 - 67m - bw
First National (A)
D: Ralph Ince
Followed by: The Viper (1938, Mar/1938).

Wanted!
UK - 1937 - 69m - bw
Sound City (U)
D: George King

The White Legion
(aka: The Hell-Hole Named Panama)
USA - 1936 - 81m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Karl Brown

Woman in Distress
USA - 1937 - 58m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Lynn Shores

MFB: January 1937

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1937
Vol. 4 No. 37

Aren't Men Beasts!
UK - 1936 - 66m - bw
Wardour (A) (cut)
D: Graham Cutts

Banjo on My Knee
USA - 1936 - 95m - bw
Fox (A) (cut)
D: John Cromwell

Champagne Waltz
USA - 1936 - 85m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

Charlie Chan at the Opera
USA - 1936 - 68m - bw
Fox (A) (cut)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

College Holiday
USA - 1936 - 86m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Frank Tuttle

Come Up Smiling
Sing Me a Love Song
USA - 1936 - 75m - bw
First National (U)
D: Ray Enright

Craig's Wife
USA - 1936 - 73m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Dorothy Arzner

Cross My Heart
UK - 1936 - 65m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Bernard Mainwaring

The Dawn
(USA: Dawn Over Ireland)
Ire - 1936 - 89m - bw
International (A) (cut)
D: Thomas Cooper

Ernte
(USA: Harvest)
Austria - 1936 - 89m - bw
The Film Society (U)
D: Géza von Bolváry

Fear
La peur
Fr - 1936 - 87m - bw
Reunion (A)
D: Viktor Tourjansky

Flying Hostess
USA - 1936 - 71m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Murray Roth

Four Days' Wonder
USA - 1936 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Sidney Salkow

The Glorious Sacrifice
The Glory Trail
USA - 1936 - 65m - bw
Fidelity (U)
D: Lynn Shores

Hats Off
USA - 1936 - 66m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Boris Petroff

Landslide
UK - 1936 - 67m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Donovan Pedelty

Love From a Stranger
(USA: A Night of Terror)
UK - 1936 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Rowland V. Lee

Mysterious Crossing
USA - 1936 - 57m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Arthur Lubin

Night Waitress
USA - 1936 - 57m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Lew Landers

O.H.M.S.
(USA: You're in the Army Now)
UK - 1936 - 87m - bw
Gaumont-British (U)
D: Raoul Walsh

Pluck of the Irish
Great Guy
USA - 1936 - 75m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: John G. Blystone

Polo Joe
USA - 1936 - 65m - bw
First National (U)
D: William C. McGann

Racing Lady
USA - 1936 - 59m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Wallace Fox

Rainbow on the River
(aka: It Happened in New Orleans)
USA - 1936 - 87m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Kurt Neumann

Regine
Ger - 1935 - 90m - bw
Tobis (A) (cut)
D: Erich Waschneck

Sinner Take All
USA - 1936 - 74m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Errol Taggart

The Song of the Sun
La canzone del sole
It - 1934 - 92m - bw
International Cinematograph (U)
D: Max Neufeld
Italian-language version of the German film Das Lied der Sonne (1933), both shot on the same sets with actors unique to each version.

Strange Experiment
UK - 1936 - 74m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Albert Parker

Tainted Money
Show Them No Mercy!
USA - 1935 - 76m - bw
Fox (A)
D: George Marshall
Rejected by the BBFC in 1935 when submitted as Show Them No Mercy!, then passed in 1936 - possibly with cuts - as Tainted Money.

La tendre ennemie
(USA: The Tender Enemy)
France - 1936 - 69m - bw
The Film Society (A)
D: Max Ophüls

They Wanted to Marry
USA - 1936 - 60m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Lew Landers

Wake Up Famous
UK - 1936 - 68m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Gene Gerrard

Well Done, Henry
UK - 1936 - 86m - bw
Butcher's (A)
D: Wilfred Noy

What Price Beauty?
False Faces
USA - 1932 - 73m - bw
Metropole (A)
D: Lowell Sherman
Rejected by the BBFC in 1932 when submitted by Gaumont under its original title, then passed in 1936 - possibly with cuts - as What Price Beauty?.

White Hunter
USA - 1936 - 65m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Irving Cummings

Yellow Cargo
(aka: Sinful Cargo)
USA - 1936 - 63m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Crane Wilbur
Followed by: Navy Spy (1937, Aug/1937), The Gold Racket (1937, Oct/1937), Bank Alarm (1937, Oct/1937).