MFB: July 1934

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1934
Vol. 1 No. 6

The Battle
(USA: Thunder in the East)
(aka: Hara-Kiri)
UK/Fr - 1934 - 83m - bw
Gaumont-British (A)
D: Nicolas Farkas, Viktor Tourjansky
Also reviewed: Aug 1945.

Beloved
USA - 1934 - 85m - bw
Universal (U)
D: Victor Schertzinger

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
USA - 1934 - 83m - bw
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Catherine the Great
[see: Rise of Catherine the Great, The]

Chu Chin Chow
(aka: Ali Baba Nights)
UK - 1934 - 103m - bw
Gaumont-British (U)
D: Walter Forde

The Circus Clown
USA - 1934 - 64m - bw
First National (U)
D: Ray Enright

Danny Boy
UK - 1934 - 80m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Oswald Mitchell

George White's Scandals
USA - 1934 - 80m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman, George White

The Great Defender
UK - 1934 - 72m - bw
British International (A) (cut)
D: Thomas Bentley

The Great Schnozzle
Palooka
USA - 1934 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Benjamin Stoloff

Hi, Nellie!
USA - 1934 - 75m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

House of Connelly
Carolina
USA - 1934 - 85m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Henry King

I Like It That Way
USA - 1934 - 67m - bw
Universal (A)
D: Harry Lachman

I'll Tell the World
USA - 1934 - 77m - bw
Universal (A)
D: Edward Sedgwick

It's a Cop
UK - 1934 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Maclean Rogers

Let's Fall in Love
USA - 1933 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: David Burton

Lilies of the Field
UK - 1934 - 75m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Norman Walker

Lost in the Legion
UK - 1934 - 65m - bw
Wardour (U)
D: Fred C. Newmeyer

The Lost Jungle
USA - 1934 - 68m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: David Howard, Armand Schaefer
Condensed version of the same-named 12-chapter serial (1934). The full version doesn't appear to have been released in the UK at any time.

Mandalay
USA - 1934 - 65m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Michael Curtiz

The Man With the Electric Voice
Fifteen Wives
USA - 1934 - 65m - bw
Gaumont-British (A)
D: Frank R. Strayer

Many Happy Returns
USA - 1934 - 64m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Norman Z. MacLeod

Men in White
USA - 1934 - 81m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Richard Boleslawski

Midnight Alibi
USA - 1934 - 58m - bw
First National / Vitaphone (A)
D: Alan Crosland

The Most Precious Thing in Life
USA - 1934 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

No Greater Glory
USA - 1934 - 74m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank Borzage
Also reviewed: Nov 1934.

One is Guilty
USA - 1934 - 63m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Lambert Hillyer

One Night of Love
USA - 1934 - 84m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Victor Schertzinger

The Rise of Catherine the Great
UK - 1934 - 95m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Paul Czinner (and Alexander Korda)

Sadie McKee
USA - 1934 - 93m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Clarence Brown

Search for Beauty
USA - 1934 - 78m - bw
Universal (U)
D: Erle C. Kenton

Spy 13
Operator 13
USA - 1934 - 85m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Richard Boleslawski

The Thin Man
USA - 1934 - 91m - bw
MGM (A)
D: W.S. Van Dyke
Followed by: After the Thin Man (1936, Feb/1937), Another Thin Man (1939, Jan/1940), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941, Jan/1942), The Thin Man Goes Home (1945, Feb/1945), Song of the Thin Man (1947, Sep/1947).
Also reviewed: Jan 1940

Twentieth Century
USA - 1934 - 91m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Howard Hawks
Also reviewed: Apr 1979.