MFB: April 1937

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1937
Vol. 4 No. 40

The Academy Decides
UK - 1937 - 50m - bw
MGM (A)
D: John Baxter

Against the Tide
UK - 1937 - 67m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Alex Bryce

Burgtheater
(USA: Burg Theatre)
Austria - 1936 - 122m - bw
Unity (U)
D: Willi Forst

California Straight Ahead
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Arthur Lubin

The Cavalier of the Streets
UK - 1937 - 70m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Harold French

Clarence
USA - 1937 - 64m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: George Archainbaud

The Compulsory Wife
UK - 1937 - 57m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Arthur B. Woods

The Crime Nobody Saw
USA - 1937 - 63m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Charles T. Barton

Crime's Highway
Desert Justice
USA - 1936 - 58m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: William Berke

Did I Betray?
Black Roses
(aka: Flaming Hearts)
Ger - 1935 - 93m - bw
National Provincial (A) (cut)
D: Paul Martin
English-language version of German film Schwarze Rosen (1935), shot on the same sets with some actors exclusive to each edition.

Espionage
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Kurt Neumann

Fair Warning
USA - 1937 - 70m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Norman Foster

A Family Affair
USA - 1937 - 69m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George B. Seitz
Followed by: You're Only Young Once (1937, Jan/1938), Judge Hardy's Children (1938, Apr/1938), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938, Aug/1938), Out West With the Hardys (1938, Jan/1939), The Hardys Ride High (1939, May/1939), Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939, Aug/1939), Judge Hardy and Son (1939, Feb/1940), Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940, Sep/1940), Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941, May/1941), Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941, Nov/1941), The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942, Jun/1942), Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942, Mar/1943), Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944, May/1944), Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946, Jan/1947), Andy Hardy Comes Home (1949, Dec/1958).

Farewell to Cinderella
UK - 1937 - 64m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

Find the Witness
USA - 1937 - 55m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: David Selman

The Five Pound Man
UK - 1937 - 76m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Albert Parker

The Frog
UK - 1937 - 75m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Jack Raymond
Followed by: Return of the Frog (1938, Jan/1939).

The Gang Show
(USA: The Gang)
UK - 1937 - 69m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Alfred J. Goulding

Girl Overboard
USA - 1937 - 64m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Sidney Salkow

God's Country and the Woman
USA - 1937 - 85m - col
First National (U)
D: William Keighley

The Golem
Golem
(aka: The Legend of Prague)
Czech/Fr - 1936 - 100m - bw
Metropolis (A) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier
Also reviewed: Apr 1938 + Jul 1979.

The Good Earth
USA - 1937 - 138m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Sidney Franklin

Guns and Guitars
USA - 1936 - 57m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Hearts in Reunion
Reunion
USA - 1936 - 80m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Norman Taurog
Series: The Country Doctor (1936, Apr/1936).

Her Husband's Secretary
USA - 1937 - 61m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Frank McDonald

History is Made at Night
USA - 1937 - 97m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Frank Borzage

John Meade's Woman
USA - 1937 - 80m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Richard Wallace

Knights for a Day
UK - 1937 - 69m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Norman Lee, Aveling Ginever

Land Beyond the Law
USA - 1937 - 54m - bw
Warner (U)
D: B. Reeves Eason

The Lonely Trail
USA - 1936 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Lost Horizon
USA - 1937 - 132m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank Capra

The Man in Possession
Personal Property
USA - 1937 - 84m - bw
MGM (U)
D: W.S. Van Dyke

Member of the Jury
UK - 1937 - 61m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Bernard Mainwaring

Men in Exile
USA - 1937 - 58m - bw
First National (A)
D: John Farrow

Midnight Court
USA - 1937 - 63m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Frank McDonald

Millionaire Playboy
Park Avenue Logger
(aka: Tall Timber)
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
Radio (U)
D: David Howard

The Mounties Are Coming
The Vigilantes Are Coming
USA - 1936 - 229m - 12 chapters - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright

Mr. Stringfellow Says No
UK - 1934 - 76m - bw
National Provincial (U)
D: Randall Faye

Murder Goes to College
USA - 1937 - 77m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Charles Reisner
Followed by: Partners in Crime (1937, Oct/1937).

Nancy Steele is Missing!
USA - 1937 - 84m - bw
Fox (A) (cut)
D: George Marshall

Off to the Races
USA - 1937 - 58m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Frank R. Strayer
Series: Every Saturday Night (1936).

O-Kay for Sound
UK - 1937 - 86m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Marcel Varnel

Our Fighting Navy
(USA: Torpedoed)
UK - 1937 - 66m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Norman Walker

Pépé le Moko
Fr - 1937 - 94m - bw
Denning (A) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

Quality Street
USA - 1937 - 83m - bw
Radio (U)
D: George Stevens

Rangle River
Aus - 1936 - 86m - bw
Columbia (U) (cut)
D: Clarence G. Badger

Rich Relations
USA - 1937 - 65m - bw
Independence (U)
D: Clifford Sanforth

Rose of Tralee
Ire - 1937 - 78m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Oswald Mitchell

Seventh Heaven
USA - 1937 - 102m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Henry King

The Show Goes On
UK - 1937 - 93m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Basil Dean

Song of the City
USA - 1937 - 68m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Errol Taggart

Strange Laws
The Cherokee Strip
USA - 1937 - 55m - bw
First National (U)
D: Noel M. Smith

Swing High, Swing Low
USA - 1937 - 92m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Take My Tip
UK - 1937 - 74m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Herbert Mason

Time Out for Romance
USA - 1937 - 72m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Malcolm St. Clair

Top of the Town
USA - 1937 - 86m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

The Vicar of Bray
UK - 1937 - 68m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Henry Edwards

Waikiki Wedding
USA - 1937 - 89m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Frank Tuttle

When's Your Birthday?
USA - 1937 - 75m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Harry Beaumont

When the Devil Was Well
UK - 1937 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

The Wife of General Ling
UK - 1937 - 72m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Ladislao Vajda

Wild Mustang
USA - 1935 - 62m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser