MFB: October 1941

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1941

Vol. 8 No. 94

49th Parallel
UK - 1941 - 123m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Michael Powell
Also reviewed: Nov 1984.

Affectionately Yours
USA - 1941 - 88m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Bachelor Daddy
USA - 1941 - 61m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Harold Young
Series: Unexpected Father (1939, Oct/1939).

La bête humaine
(aka: Judas Was a Woman)
France - 1938 - 100m - bw
United Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Jean Renoir
Also reviewed: May 1939 + Apr 1991.

Blossoms in the Dust
USA - 1941 - 99m - col
MGM (A)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Charlie Chan in Rio
USA - 1941 - 60m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Harry Lachman
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

The Common Touch
UK - 1941 - 104m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: John Baxter

Criminals Within
(aka: Army Mystery)
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

Down in San Diego
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert B. Sinclair

Dressed to Kill
USA - 1941 - 74m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Eugene Forde
Series: Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940, Mar/1941).

Father Steps Out
USA - 1941 - 63m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

The Gay Vagabond
USA - 1941 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: William Morgan

Gert and Daisy's Week-end
UK - 1941 - 79m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Maclean Rogers
Followed by: Gert and Daisy Clean Up (1942, Jun/1942), It's in the Bag (1943, Dec/1943).

The Great Awakening
New Wine
(aka: Melody Master)
(aka: One Romantic Night)
USA - 1941 - 87m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Reinhold Schünzel

Hello Sucker
USA - 1941 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Edward F. Cline

Here Comes Happiness
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Noel M. Smith

Hold Back the Dawn
USA - 1941 - 125m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Hurricane Smith
(aka: Double Identity)
USA - 1941 - 68m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Bernard Vorhaus

Ice-Capades
(aka: Music in the Moonlight)
USA - 1941 - 88m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Santley

International Squadron
USA - 1941 - 85m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lothar Mendes, Lewis Seiler

In the Night
The Gang's All Here
USA - 1941 - 61m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

I Thank You
UK - 1941 - 83m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Marcel Varnel

Mary Names the Day
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
USA - 1941 - 83m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Harold S. Bucquet
Series: Internes Can't Take Money (1937, May/1937).

Meet John Doe
(aka: John Doe, Dynamite)
USA - 1941 - 122m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Frank Capra

Nothing But the Truth
USA - 1941 - 90m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Elliott Nugent

Our Russian Allies
USSR? - 1941 - 57m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: [uncredited]
Obscure compilation of newsreel footage recorded by the Soviet Central Newsreel Studio (Советской Центральной студии кинохроники), listed by the BFI and Complete Index to World Film as a Russian production. However, it's possible this was a British and/or American production, comprised of material from Russian sources. Without further references, it is impossible to know one way or the other. The English version was narrated (in part) by J.B. Priestley.

Paper Bullets
(aka: Gangs, Inc.)
(aka: Gang War)
USA - 1941 - 72m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Phil Rosen

The Parson of Panamint
USA - 1941 - 84m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: William C. McGann

Pirates on Horseback
USA - 1941 - 69m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).

Private Nurse
USA - 1941 - 61m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: David Burton

The Saint Meets the Tiger
UK - 1941 - 70m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Paul L. Stein
Series: The Saint in New York (1938, Jul/1938).

Sheepdog of the Hills
UK - 1941 - 76m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Germain Burger

The Shepherd of the Hills
USA - 1941 - 98m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Henry Hathaway

A Shot in the Dark
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: William C. McGann

Singapore Woman
USA - 1941 - 64m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Jean Negulesco

Skylark
USA - 1941 - 92m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mark Sandrich

They Dare Not Love
USA - 1941 - 75m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: James Whale

They Meet Again
USA - 1941 - 69m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Erle C. Kenton
Series: Meet Dr. Christian (1939, Feb/1940).

This Woman is Mine
(aka: Fury at Sea)
USA - 1941 - 92m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Frank Lloyd

Tight Shoes
USA - 1941 - 68m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Tower of Terror
UK - 1941 - 78m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Lawrence Huntington

Unfinished Business
USA - 1941 - 96m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Gregory La Cava

The Wagons Roll at Night
USA - 1941 - 84m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Ray Enright

West Point Widow
USA - 1941 - 63m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Robert Siodmak

Whistling in the Dark
USA - 1941 - 78m - bw
MGM (A)
D: S. Sylvan Simon
Followed by: Whistling in Dixie (1942, Nov/1942), Whistling in Brooklyn (1943, Aug/1944).

Wild Geese Calling
USA - 1941 - 77m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: John Brahm