MFB: February 1938

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1938
Vol. 5 No. 50

All Over Town
USA - 1937 - 63m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: James W. Horne

Arsène Lupin Returns
USA - 1938 - 81m - bw
MGM (U)
D: George Fitzmaurice
Series: Arsène Lupin (1932).

The Awful Truth
USA - 1937 - 91m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Leo McCarey

The Big Broadcast of 1938
USA - 1938 - 91m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Mitchell Leisen
Series: The Big Broadcast (1932).

The Black Doll
USA - 1938 - 66m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Otis Garrett
Series: The Westland Case (1937, Dec/1937).

Born to the West
(aka: Hell Town)
USA - 1937 - 57m - bw
Paramount (U) (cut)
D: Charles T. Barton

The Broken Jug
Der zerbrochene Krug
Ger - 1937 - 86m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Emil Jannings, Gustav Ucicky

The Buccaneer
USA - 1938 - 126m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

Change of Heart
USA - 1938 - 59m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: James Tinling

Checkers
USA - 1937 - 79m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

City Girl
USA - 1938 - 63m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Alfred L. Werker

Crashing Hollywood
USA - 1938 - 61m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lew Landers

Daughter of the Orient
Daughter of Shanghai
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Robert Florey

Dead Men Tell No Tales
UK - 1938 - 70m - bw
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: David MacDonald

Everybody's Doing It
USA - 1938 - 67m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Christy Cabanne

Everybody Sing
USA - 1938 - 91m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Edwin L. Marin

Glamour Girl
UK - 1938 - 68m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Arthur B. Woods

The Hurricane
USA - 1937 - 110m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: John Ford

International Settlement
USA - 1938 - 75m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Eugene Forde

I See Ice!
UK - 1938 - 84m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Anthony Kimmins

Janitzio
Mex - 1935 - 56m - bw
Unity
D: Carlos Navarro

The Jury's Secret
USA - 1938 - 65m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Edward Sloman

Just Like a Woman
UK - 1938 - 78m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Paul L. Stein

Make It Three
UK - 1938 - 78m - bw
MGM (U)
D: David MacDonald

Manhattan Music Box
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
USA - 1937 - 89m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Charles Reisner

Manhattan Shakedown
Can/USA - 1937 - 56m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Leon Barsha

Mannequin
USA - 1937 - 95m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Frank Borzage

Merry Go Round of 1938
USA - 1937 - 87m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Irving Cummings

Midnight Intruder
USA - 1938 - 68m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Lubin

La mort du cygne
(USA: Ballerina)
Fr - 1937 - 100m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jean Benoît-Lévy

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
USA - 1938 - 63m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Norman Foster
Series: Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937, Jul/1937).

Mr. Satan
UK - 1938 - 79m - bw
First National (A)
D: Arthur B. Woods

Murder in the Family
UK - 1938 - 75m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Albert Parker

Murder is News
Can/USA - 1937 - 55m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Leon Barsha

Murder Tomorrow
UK - 1938 - 69m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Donovan Pedelty

Nothing Sacred
USA - 1937 - 77m - col
United Artists (A)
D: William A. Wellman

Not Wanted on Voyage
(USA: Treachery on the High Seas)
UK - 1936 - 72m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Emil A. Reinert

Of Human Hearts
USA - 1938 - 103m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Clarence Brown

Oh Boy!
UK - 1938 - 73m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Albert de Courville

Paid in Error
UK - 1938 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

Paid to Dance
(aka: Hard to Hold)
USA - 1937 - 55m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Charles C. Coleman

Quiet Please
UK - 1938 - 67m - bw
First National (A)
D: Roy William Neill

Range Defenders
USA - 1937 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U) (cut)
D: Mack V. Wright
Series: The Three Mesquiteers (1936, Feb/1937).

The Reverse Be My Lot
UK - 1937 - 68m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Raymond Stross

The Riding Avenger
USA - 1936 - 58m - bw
Liberty (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser

Sea Racketeers
USA - 1937 - 64m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Hamilton MacFadden

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
UK - 1938 - 70m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George King
Series: Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935, Jul/1935).

She's Got Everything
USA - 1937 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Joseph Santley

The Singing Cop
UK - 1938 - 78m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Arthur B. Woods

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
USA - 1937 - 83m - col
Walt Disney (A) (cut)
Supervising D: David Hand
Also reviewed: Aug 1994.

Springtime in the Rockies
USA - 1937 - 60m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

The Spy Ring
USA - 1938 - 61m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

Swing It, Sailor!
USA - 1938 - 57m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Raymond Cannon

The Villiers Diamond
UK - 1938 - 50m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Bernard Mainwaring

We're in the Legion Now
USA - 1936 - 56m - col
Associated-British (U)
D: Crane Wilbur
Also filmed in a Spanish-language version, De la sartén al fuego (1935), on the same sets, with actors exclusive to each edition.

Wise Girl
USA - 1937 - 70m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Leigh Jason

Youth on Parole
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Phil Rosen