MFB: August 1937

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1937
Vol. 4 No. 44

Back in Circulation
USA - 1937 - 81m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Ray Enright

Between Two Women
(aka: Surrounded by Women)
USA - 1937 - 88m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George B. Seitz

Born Reckless
USA - 1937 - 59m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Malcolm St. Clair

Captain Calamity
USA - 1936 - 66m - col
Associated-British (A)
D: John Reinhardt
Also filmed in a Spanish-language version entitled El capitan Tormenta (1936), with some cast members exclusive to each edition.

A Castle in Flanders
Das Schloß in Flandern
Ger - 1936 - 93m - bw
Tobis (U)
D: Géza von Bolváry

Command Performance
UK - 1937 - 84m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Sinclair Hill

Confession
USA - 1937 - 87m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Joe May

The Cowboy Star
USA - 1936 - 56m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: David Selman

The Devil's Saddle Legion
USA - 1937 - 52m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Bobby Connolly

Doctor Syn
UK - 1937 - 78m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Roy William Neill

Easy Living
USA - 1937 - 88m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

The Emperor's Candlesticks
USA - 1937 - 89m - bw
MGM (U)
D: George Fitzmaurice

Farewell Again
(USA: Troopship)
UK - 1937 - 85m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Tim Whelan

Flying Fists
(aka: The Last Comeback)
USA - 1937 - 63m - bw
Fidelity (U)
D: Robert F. Hill

The Footloose Heiress
USA - 1937 - 59m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William Clemens

For You Alone
When You're in Love
USA - 1937 - 110m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert Riskin

Gangway
UK - 1937 - 90m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Sonnie Hale

Ghost-Town Gold
USA - 1936 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U) (cut)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: The Three Mesquiteers (1936, Feb/1937).

The Girl in the Taxi
UK - 1937 - 70m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: André Berthomieu
Also filmed in a French-language version entitled La chaste Suzanne (1937), with some cast members exclusive to each edition.

Headin' for the Rio Grande
USA - 1936 - 60m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Robert N. Bradbury

High, Wide, and Handsome
USA - 1937 - 110m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Rouben Mamoulian

His Fighting Blood
USA - 1935 - 57m - bw
Palladium (U)
D: John English

The Hit Parade
(aka: I'll Reach for a Star)
USA - 1937 - 83m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Gus Meins
Followed by: Hit Parade of 1941 (1940, Feb/1941), Hit Parade of 1943 (1943, Jun/1943), Hit Parade of 1947 (1947, May/1947), Hit Parade of 1951 (1950, Feb/1951).

It's Love I'm After
USA - 1937 - 90m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Archie Mayo

Keep Fit
UK - 1937 - 82m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Anthony Kimmins

The Lady Escapes
USA - 1937 - 63m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Eugene Forde

Larceny on the Air
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Irving Pichel

Lawless Riders
USA - 1935 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet

London by Night
USA - 1937 - 69m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Wilhelm Thiele

Mad Girl
Quelle drôle de gosse!
Fr - 1935 - 85m - bw
Denning (A)
D: Léo Joannon

Marry the Girl
USA - 1937 - 68m - bw
Warner (A)
D: William C. McGann

Michael O'Halloran
USA - 1937 - 68m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Karl Brown

A Million to One
USA - 1937 - 68m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Lynn Shores

The Minstrel Boy
(USA: The Melody Maker)
UK - 1937 - 79m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Sidney Morgan

Navy Blues
USA - 1937 - 68m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ralph Staub

Navy Spy
USA - 1937 - 72m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Crane Wilbur
Series: Yellow Cargo (1936, Jan/1937).

New Faces of 1937
USA - 1937 - 100m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Leigh Jason

North of the Rio Grande
USA - 1937 - 70m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Nate Watt
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).

Old Mother Riley
(aka: The Return of Old Mother Riley)
UK - 1937 - 75m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Oswald Mitchell
Followed by: Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938, Aug/1938), Old Mother Riley M.P. (1939, Aug/1939), Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1939), Old Mother Riley in Society (1940), Old Mother Riley in Business (1940, Oct/1940), Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1940), Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941, Nov/1941), Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943, Feb/1944), Old Mother Riley: Detective (1943, Jan/1943), Old Mother Riley at Home (1945, May/1945), Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949, Aug/1949), Old Mother Riley, Headmistress (1950, Jun/1950), Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951), Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952, Aug/1952).

One Mile From Heaven
USA - 1937 - 67m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Allan Dwan

Over She Goes
UK - 1937 - 74m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Graham Cutts

Reported Missing
USA - 1937 - 63m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Milton Carruth

The Road Back
USA - 1937 - 97m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: James Whale
Series: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930, Oct/1950).

Round-Up Time in Texas
USA - 1937 - 61m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Rustlers' Valley
USA - 1937 - 61m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Nate Watt
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).

Saratoga
USA - 1937 - 92m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Jack Conway

School for Husbands
UK - 1937 - 71m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Andrew Marton

The Singing Marine
USA - 1937 - 105m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Ray Enright

S.O.S. Clipper Island
USA - 1937 - 72m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright
Condensed feature-length version of the 14-chapter serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936). The full-length serial was submitted to the BBFC by Grand National in 1966, but it doesn't appear to have been screened in UK cinemas. Also in 1966, another feature version was fashioned from narrative threads within the serial and screened on US TV under the title Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island.

The Squeaker
(USA: Murder on Diamond Row)
UK - 1937 - 77m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: William K. Howard

Stradivarius
Fr/Ger - 1935 - 100m - bw
Denning (U)
D: Albert Valentin, Géza von Bolváry
French-language version of German film Stradivari (1935), both shot on the same sets with actors exclusive to each edition.

Studio Romance
Talent Scout
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
First National (U)
D: William Clemens

Tarzan and the Green Goddess: The Amazing Sequel to The New Adventures of Tarzan
USA - 1937 - 72m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Edward A. Kull
Condensed feature-length version of the 12-chapter serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935, Aug/1935 + Oct/1946).

Topper
USA - 1937 - 97m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod
Followed by: Topper Takes a Trip (1938, Feb/1939), Topper Returns (1941, Jun/1941).

Twin Faces
UK - 1937 - 67m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Lawrence Huntington

Under a Cloud
UK - 1937 - 67m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: George King

Under the Red Robe
UK - 1937 - 80m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Victor Sjöström

West Bound Limited
USA - 1937 - 66m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ford Beebe

Wise Guys
UK - 1936 - 67m - bw
Fox (A)
D: Harry Langdon

You Can't Beat Love
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
Radio (U)
D: Christy Cabanne

You Can't Have Everything
USA - 1937 - 100m - bw
Fox (U)
D: Norman Taurog