MFB: March 1941

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1941

Vol. 8 No. 87

Arise, My Love
USA - 1940 - 110m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

The Bank Detective
The Bank Dick
USA - 1940 - 72m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Edward F. Cline

Beyond Tomorrow
(aka: Beyond Christmas)
USA - 1940 - 84m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

Black Diamonds
USA - 1940 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Christy Cabanne

Circonstances atténuantes
France - 1939 - 85m - bw
Studio One (A) (cut)
D: Jean Boyer

City for Conquest
USA - 1940 - 104m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Anatole Litvak

Comrade X
USA - 1940 - 104m - bw
MGM (U)
D: King Vidor

Down Argentine Way
USA - 1940 - 89m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Irving Cummings

East of the River

USA - 1940 - 74m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Alfred E. Green

Escape to Glory
USA - 1940 - 64m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Brahm

Flight Command
USA - 1940 - 116m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Frank Borzage

Four Mothers
USA - 1941 - 86m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William Keighley
Series: Four Daughters (1938, Nov/1938).

Friendly Neighbors
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Nick Grinde
Series: Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938).

The Ghost Train
UK - 1941 - 85m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Walter Forde

Here We Go Again
Pride of the Bowery
USA - 1940 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Series: East Side Kids (1938).

Her First Romance
(aka: The Right Man)
USA - 1940 - 77m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Edward Dmytryk

Honeymoon for Three
USA - 1941 - 75m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Hot Steel
USA - 1940 - 64m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Christy Cabanne

I Married Adventure
USA - 1940 - 78m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: [uncredited]

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
(USA: Mail Train)
UK - 1941 - 87m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Forde
Series: Inspector Hornleigh (1939, Mar/1939).

Let's Make Music
USA - 1941 - 84m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins

The Letter
USA - 1940 - 95m - bw
Warner (A)
D: William Wyler

Little Men
USA - 1940 - 84m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
USA - 1940 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Sidney Salkow
Series: The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, Mar/1936).

Marx Brothers Go West
Go West
USA - 1940 - 80m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Edward Buzzell

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
USA - 1940 - 77m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Eugene Forde
Followed by: Sleepers West (1941, Jun/1941), Dressed to Kill (1941, Oct/1941), Blue, White and Perfect (1942, Apr/1942), The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942, Jul/1942), Just Off Broadway (1942, Dec/1942), Time to Kill (1942, Mar/1943), Murder is My Business (1946, Feb/1947), Larceny in Her Heart (1946, Aug/1947), Blonde for a Day (1946, Oct/1947), Three on a Ticket (1947, Nov/1947), Too Many Winners (1947, Jun/1948).

Misbehaving Husbands
USA - 1940 - 65m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine

A Modern Hero
Knute Rockne: All American
USA - 1940 - 98m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
USA - 1941 - 95m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Alfred Hitchcock

The Mummy's Hand
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Christy Cabanne
Followed by: The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944, May/1947), The Mummy's Curse (1944, Aug/1946).

Murder Over New York
USA - 1940 - 65m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Harry Lachman
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

The Philadelphia Story
USA - 1940 - 112m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George Cukor

Port-Arthur
(USA: I Give My Life)
France - 1936 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Nicolas Farkas
French-language version of the German/French/Czech co-production Port Arthur (1936), shot on the same sets, with some actors exclusive to each edition.

The Prime Minister
UK - 1941 - 109m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Thorold Dickinson

Quiet Wedding
UK - 1940 - 80m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Asquith

Remedy for Riches
USA - 1940 - 60m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Erle C. Kenton
Series: Meet Dr. Christian (1939, Feb/1940).

Ride Kelly Ride
USA - 1941 - 59m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Norman Foster

Sandy Gets Her Man!
USA - 1940 - 74m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Otis Garrett, Paul Girard Smith
Series: Unexpected Father (1939, Oct/1939).

San Francisco Docks
USA - 1940 - 66m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Arthur Lubin

The Son of Monte Cristo
USA - 1940 - 102m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Rowland V. Lee
Series: The Count of Monte Cristo (1934, Nov/1934).

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
USA - 1940 - 77m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lewis Seiler
Series: Tugboat Annie (1933).

When Youth Conspires
The Old Swimmin' Hole
USA - 1940 - 81m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Robert F. McGowan

World in Flames
USA - 1940 - 70m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Albert J. Richard