MFB: July 1938

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1938
Vol. 5 No. 55

13 Men and a Gun
UK/It - 1938 - 64m - bw
British Independent (U)
D: Mario Zampi

Air Devils
USA - 1938 - 58m - bw
General Film (U)
D: John Rawlins

Bar 20 Justice
USA - 1938 - 70m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).

Black Limelight
(USA: Footsteps in the Sand)
UK - 1938 - 70m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Paul L. Stein

Blond Cheat
USA - 1938 - 62m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Joseph Santley

The Boy From Barnardo's
Lord Jeff
USA - 1938 - 85m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Sam Wood

Calling All Crooks
USA - 1938 - 85m - bw
Ambassador (A) (cut)
D: George Black

Call of the Yukon
USA - 1938 - 70m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: B. Reeves Eason

The Case of the Missing Blonde
The Lady in the Morgue
USA - 1938 - 67m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Otis Garrett
Series: The Westland Case (1937, Dec/1937).

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: Mar 1937.

The Devil on Horseback
USA - 1936 - 70m - col
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: Crane Wilbur

A Farewell to Arms
USA - 1932 - 89m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Frank Borzage

Frankenstein
USA - 1931 - 70m - bw
Universal (A) (cut)
D: James Whale
Followed by: Bride of Frankenstein (1935, Jul/1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939, Feb/1939), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942, Jun/1942), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943, May/1946), House of Frankenstein (1944, Aug/1946), House of Dracula (1945, Apr/1957), Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948, Sep/1949).

Having Wonderful Time
USA - 1938 - 70m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Alfred Santell

His Lordship Regrets
UK - 1938 - 78m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
USA - 1936 - 70m - bw
British Screen Service (A)
D: Phil Rosen

Law and Lead
USA - 1936 - 57m - bw
Metropole (U)
D: Robert F. Hill

Little Miss Thoroughbred
USA - 1938 - 65m - bw
First National (U)
D: John Farrow

Night Alone
UK - 1938 - 76m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Thomas Bentley

No Parking
UK - 1938 - 72m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Jack Raymond

The Nurse From Brooklyn
USA - 1938 - 65m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: S. Sylvan Simon

One Wild Night
USA - 1938 - 72m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Eugene Forde

Partly Confidential
Thanks for Listening
USA - 1937 - 62m - bw

Fidelity (U)
D: Marshall Neilan

The Private Life of Henry VIII.
UK - 1933 - 97m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Alexander Korda

Professor Beware
USA - 1938 - 93m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Elliott Nugent

Reckless Living
USA - 1938 - 65m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Frank McDonald

Romance and Rhythm
Cowboy From Brooklyn
USA - 1938 - 77m - bw
First National (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Romance of the Limberlost
USA - 1938 - 75m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: William Nigh

Runaway Ladies
UK - 1935 - 56m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Jean de Limur
Also filmed in a French-language version, Le voyage imprévu (1935), shot on the same sets, with some actors exclusive to each edition.

The Saint in New York
USA - 1938 - 69m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Ben Holmes
Followed by: The Saint Strikes Back (1939, May/1939), The Saint in London (1939, Jul/1939), The Saint's Double Trouble (1940, Jun/1940), The Saint Takes Over (1940, Jul/1940), The Saint in Palm Springs (1941, Mar/1942), The Saint's Vacation (1941, Feb/1941), The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941, Oct/1941), The Saint's Return (1953, Oct/1953).

The Thirteen
Тринадцать
USSR - 1936 - 86m - bw
Progressive (A)
D: Mikhail Romm

Thirteen Men and a Gun
[see: 13 Men and a Gun]

Three Blind Mice
USA - 1938 - 75m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: William A. Seiter

When Were You Born
USA - 1938 - 65m - bw
First National (A)
D: William C. McGann

Woman Against Woman
USA - 1938 - 61m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Robert B. Sinclair

Yellow Sands
UK - 1938 - 68m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Herbert Brenon