MFB: August 1940

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1940
Vol. 7 No. 80

Anne of Windy Willows
Anne of Windy Poplars
USA - 1940 - 86m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Jack Hively
Series: Anne of Green Gables (1934, Jan/1935).

Boy Meets Girl
USA - 1938 - 86m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Lloyd Bacon

The Boys From Syracuse
USA - 1940 - 73m - bw
General Film (U)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
USA - 1940 - 77m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Eugene Forde
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

The Crooked Road
USA - 1940 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Phil Rosen

Crooks' Tour
UK - 1940 - 80m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: John Baxter
Series: The Lady Vanishes (1938, Aug/1938).

Cross-Country Romance
USA - 1940 - 68m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Frank Woodruff

Gangs of Chicago
USA - 1940 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Arthur Lubin

The Ghost Breakers
USA - 1940 - 85m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: George Marshall

Grandpa Goes to Town
USA - 1940 - 66m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Gus Meins
Series: The Higgins Family (1938, Dec/1938).

I Take This Oath
(aka: Police Rookie)
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]

King of the Lumberjacks
USA - 1940 - 58m - bw
Warner (A)
D: William Clemens

Lucky Cisco Kid
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone
Series: Return of the Cisco Kid (1939, Jun/1939).

Manhattan Heartbeat
USA - 1940 - 72m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: David Burton

Millionaires in Prison
USA - 1940 - 64m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Ray McCarey

The Mortal Storm
USA - 1940 - 100m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Frank Borzage

New Moon
USA - 1940 - 105m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Nous les Jeunes
Altitude 3.200
(USA: Youth in Revolt)
France - 1938 - 91m - bw
Cosmopolitan (A)
D: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein

On the Spot
USA - 1940 - 62m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Howard Bretherton
Followed by: Laughing at Danger (1940, Sep/1940).

Phantom Raiders
USA - 1940 - 70m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Jacques Tourneur
Series: Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939, Mar/1940).

Pop Always Pays
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins

Pride and Prejudice
USA - 1940 - 118m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Queen of the Mob
USA - 1940 - 61m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: James P. Hogan

The Rangers' Round-Up
USA - 1938 - 55m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Sailor's Lady
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Allan Dwan

Secret Enemy
Enemy Agent
USA - 1940 - 64m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Lew Landers
Also reviewed: Nov 1940.

Shooting High
USA - 1940 - 65m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Alfred E. Green

Somewhere in England
UK - 1940 - 79m - bw
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: John E. Blakeley
Followed by: Somewhere in Camp (1942, Feb/1942), Somewhere On Leave (1942, Dec/1942), Somewhere in Civvies (1943, Sep/1943), Somewhere in Politics (1948, Dec/1948).

Songs and Bullets
USA - 1938 - 57m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Tomboy
USA - 1940 - 70m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Robert F. McGowan

Tom Brown's School Days
(aka: Adventures at Rugby)
USA - 1940 - 86m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Robert Stevenson

Turnabout
USA - 1940 - 83m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Hal Roach

Two Smart Men
UK - 1940 - 52m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Widgey R. Newman

The Villain Still Pursued Her
(aka: He Done Her Wrong)
USA - 1940 - 66m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Edward F. Cline
Also reviewed: Mar 1953.

Wagons Westward
USA - 1940 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lew Landers

Waterloo Bridge
USA - 1940 - 108m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

The Way of All Flesh
USA - 1940 - 86m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Louis King

The Westerner
USA - 1940 - 100m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: William Wyler

Young Buffalo Bill
USA - 1940 - 59m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Zanzibar
USA - 1940 - 70m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Howard D. Schuster