MFB: July 1939

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1939
Vol. 6 No. 67

The Arizona Wildcat
USA - 1939 - 69m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Herbert I. Leeds

Beethoven
Un grand amour de Beethoven
(USA: The Life and Loves of Beethoven)
(aka: Beethoven's Great Love)
France - 1936 - 139m - bw
United Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Abel Gance

Blind Alley
USA - 1939 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Charles Vidor

Bridal Suite
USA - 1939 - 70m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Wilhelm Thiele

Captain Fury
USA - 1939 - 92m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Hal Roach

Charlie Chan in Reno

Charlie Chan in Reno
USA - 1939 - 70m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Norman Foster
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Clipped Wings
USA - 1936 - 63m - bw
Curry (U)
D: Stuart Paton

Code of the Secret Service
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
First National (A)
D: Noel M. Smith
Series: Secret Service of the Air (1938, May/1939).

Dead Man's Shoes
UK - 1939 - 70m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Thomas Bentley

Dodge City
USA - 1939 - 104m - col
First National (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz

Five Came Back
USA - 1939 - 75m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: John Farrow

The Girl and the Gambler
USA - 1939 - 63m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lew Landers

The Girl From Mexico
USA - 1939 - 71m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins
Followed by: Mexican Spitfire (1940, Feb/1940), Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940, Dec/1940), Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941, Nov/1941), Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942, Mar/1942), Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942, Jun/1942), Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942), Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943, Aug/1943).

Golden Gloves
Ex-Champ
USA - 1939 - 64m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Phil Rosen

The Headleys at Home
(UK: Among Those Present)
USA - 1938 - 69m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Chris Beute

The House of Fear
USA - 1939 - 67m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Joe May

Juarez
USA - 1939 - 132m - bw
Warner (A)
D: William Dieterle

The Kid From Kokomo
(UK: Orphan of the Ring)
USA - 1939 - 93m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lewis Seiler

Let Us Live
USA - 1939 - 68m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Brahm

Maisie
USA - 1939 - 75m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Edwin L. Marin
Followed by: Congo Maisie (1940, Mar/1940), Gold Rush Maisie (1940, Sep/1940), Maisie Was a Lady (1941, Jun/1941), Ringside Maisie (1941, Nov/1941), Maisie Gets Her Man (1942, Aug/1942), Swing Shift Maisie (1943, Jul/1943), Maisie Goes to Reno (1944, Oct/1944), Up Goes Maisie (1946, Mar/1946), Undercover Maisie (1947, Apr/1947).

Man of Conquest
USA - 1939 - 105m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: George Nichols Jr.

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
USA - 1939 - 68m - bw
First National (A)
D: William Clemens
Series: Nancy Drew-- Detective (1938, Feb/1938).

North of Shanghai
USA - 1939 - 59m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman

-Only Angels Have Wings
USA - 1939 - 121m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Howard Hawks

The Oregon Trail
(aka: Trail's End)
USA - 1936 - 59m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Scott Pembroke
Also reviewed: Apr 1936.

Panama Lady
USA - 1939 - 65m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Jack Hively

Poison Pen
UK - 1939 - 79m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Paul L. Stein

Retour à l'aube
(USA: She Returned at Dawn)
France - 1938 - 80m - bw
Studio One (A) (cut)
D: Henri Decoin

Riding High
(USA: Remember When)
UK - 1937 - 68m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: David MacDonald

Romance of the Redwoods
USA - 1939 - 61m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Charles Vidor

The Saint in London
USA - 1939 - 77m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: John Paddy Carstairs
Series: The Saint in New York (1938, Jul/1938).

The Sun Never Sets
USA - 1939 - 97m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Rowland V. Lee

Sweepstakes Winner

USA - 1939 - 59m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William C. McGann

Tarzan Finds a Son!
USA - 1939 - 82m - bw
MGM (U) (cut)
D: Richard Thorpe
Series: Tarzan the Ape Man (1932, Dec/1955).

There Ain't No Justice
UK - 1939 - 83m - bw
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: Pen Tennyson

This Man in Paris
(USA: Shadows of the Underworld)
UK - 1939 - 86m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: David MacDonald
Series: This Man is News (1938, Sep/1938).

Tomorrow at Midnight
For Love or Money
USA - 1939 - 76m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Albert S. Rogell