MFB: December 1939

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin
December 1939
Vol. 6 No. 72

At the Circus
USA - 1939 - 87m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Edward Buzzell

Babes in Arms
USA - 1939 - 94m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Busby Berkeley
Followed by: Babes on Broadway (1941, Mar/1942).

Boy Friend
USA - 1939 - 70m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
USA - 1939 - 72m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Norman Foster
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Chicken Wagon Family
USA - 1939 - 63m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Herbert I. Leeds

Disputed Passage
USA - 1939 - 87m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Frank Borzage

The Escape
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Ricardo Cortez

Eternally Yours
USA - 1939 - 95m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Tay Garnett

Every Other Inch a Lady
Dancing Co-Ed
USA - 1939 - 84m - bw
MGM (U)
D: S. Sylvan Simon

Fast and Furious
USA - 1939 - 73m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Busby Berkeley
Series: Fast Company (1938, Aug/1938).

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Charles T. Barton
Followed by: Five Little Peppers at Home (1940, Jul/1940), Out West With the Peppers (1940, Dec/1940), Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940, May/1941).

Frontier Marshal
USA - 1939 - 71m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Allan Dwan

The Gates of Alcatraz
Those High Grey Walls
USA - 1939 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Charles Vidor

Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence
USA - 1939 - 62m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Ricardo Cortez

Here I Am a Stranger
USA - 1939 - 82m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Hollywood Cavalcade
USA - 1939 - 97m - col and bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Irving Cummings

Husbands or Lovers
Honeymoon in Bali
(aka: My Love for Yours)
USA - 1939 - 95m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Edward H. Griffith

Inquest
UK - 1939 - 60m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Roy Boulting

Jailbirds
UK - 1939 - 73m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Oswald Mitchell

Konga, the Wild Stallion
USA - 1939 - 65m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Sam Nelson

Melody of Youth
They Shall Have Music
(aka: Ragged Angels)
USA - 1939 - 105m - bw
United Artists (U)

D: Archie Mayo (and William Wyler)

The Middle Watch
UK - 1939 - 87m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Thomas Bentley

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
USA - 1939 - 129m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank Capra

Our Neighbors: The Carters
USA - 1939 - 85m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

The Real Glory
USA - 1939 - 96m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Henry Hathaway

Sky Patrol
USA - 1939 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Howard Bretherton
Series: Tailspin Tommy (1934).

The Stars Look Down
UK - 1939 - 110m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Carol Reed

They Shall Have Music
(UK: Melody of Youth)

Three Sons
USA - 1939 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Jack Hively

Torchy Plays With Dynamite
Torchy Blane... Playing With Dynamite
USA - 1939 - 59m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Noel M. Smith
Series: Smart Blonde (1937, Mar/1937).

Traitor Spy
(USA: The Torso Murder Mystery)
UK - 1939 - 70m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Walter Summers

We're in the Army Now
Pack Up Your Troubles
USA - 1939 - 75m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

When Tomorrow Comes
USA - 1939 - 91m - bw
General Film (U)
D: John M. Stahl
Also reviewed: Nov 1981.

The Women
USA - 1939 - 133m - bw and col
MGM (A)
D: George Cukor

Wyoming Outlaw
USA - 1939 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: George Sherman
Series: The Three Mesquiteers (1936, Feb/1937).

The Zero Hour
USA - 1939 - 65m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Sidney Salkow