MFB: April 1940

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1940
Vol. 7 No. 76

Arouse and Beware
The Man From Dakota
USA - 1940 - 75m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Leslie Fenton

The Blue Bird
USA - 1940 - 88m - col and bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Lang

The Briggs Family
UK - 1940 - 68m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Herbert Mason

Broadway Melody of 1940
(aka: Broadway Melody)
USA - 1940 - 102m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Norman Taurog
Series: The Broadway Melody (1929).

Cafe Hostess
USA - 1940 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Sidney Salkow

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
UK - 1940 - 75m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Walter Forde

Contraband
(USA: Blackout)
UK - 1940 - 92m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: Michael Powell

Forbidden Territory
UK - 1934 - 82m - bw
Gaumont (U)
D: Phil Rosen

For Freedom
UK - 1940 - 87m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Maurice Elvey, Castleton Knight

Two iconic images from
Gone With the Wind

Gone With the Wind
USA - 1939 - 226m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Victor Fleming
Converted to 70mm for a 1967 re-release, though this involved cropping the original 1.37:1 frame.
Followed by: Scarlett (1994).

Granny Get Your Gun
USA - 1940 - 56m - bw
Warner (U)
D: George Amy

The Grapes of Wrath
USA - 1940 - 129m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: John Ford

The Green Cockatoo
(aka: Race Gang)
UK - 1937 - 65m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: William Cameron Menzies

Hidden Enemy
USA - 1940 - 63m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Howard Bretherton

His Girl Friday
USA - 1940 - 92m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Howard Hawks
Also reviewed: Mar 1997.

Ils étaient neuf célibataires
(USA: Nine Bachelors)
France - 1939 - 125m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: Sacha Guitry

The Invisible Man Returns
USA - 1939 - 81m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Joe May
Series: The Invisible Man (1933, Apr/1934).

The Invisible Man Returns

Isle of Destiny
USA - 1940 - 95m - col
RKO Radio (A)
D: Elmer Clifton

Law and Disorder
UK - 1940 - 74m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: David MacDonald

Little Old New York
USA - 1940 - 100m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry King

The Marines Fly High
USA - 1940 - 68m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: George Nichols Jr., Benjamin Stoloff

La Marseillaise: Chronique de quelques faits ayant contribué à la chute de la Monarchie
France - 1937 - 145m - bw
Unity (A) (cut)
D: Jean Renoir
Also reviewed: Feb 1968.

Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
France - 1935 - 90m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Pierre Chenal

Northwest Passage (Book 1 -- Roger's Rangers)
USA - 1940 - 126m - col
MGM (A)
D: King Vidor

Northwest Passage (Book 1 -- Roger's Rangers)

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men
USA - 1939 - 106m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Lewis Milestone

Old Mother Riley in Society
UK - 1940 - 81m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: John Baxter
Series: Old Mother Riley (1937, Aug/1937).

Pack Up Your Troubles
UK - 1940 - 75m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Oswald Mitchell

Remember the Night
USA - 1940 - 94m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

The Second Mr. Bush
UK - 1940 - 56m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

Slightly Honorable
USA - 1939 - 85m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Tay Garnett

Strange Cargo
USA - 1940 - 113m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Frank Borzage

Swiss Family Robinson
USA - 1940 - 93m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Edward Ludwig

Swiss Family Robinson

Tilly of Bloomsbury
UK - 1940 - 83m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Leslie S. Hiscott

La tragédie impériale
(USA: Rasputin)
France - 1938 - 116m - bw
European (A) (cut)
D: Marcel L'Herbier

Years Without Days
Castle on the Hudson
USA - 1940 - 77m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Anatole Litvak

Young As You Feel
USA - 1940 - 60m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Malcolm St. Clair
Series: Every Saturday Night (1936).