MFB: April 1942

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1942

Vol. 9 No. 100

Back-Room Boy
UK - 1942 - 82m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Herbert Mason

Bedtime Story
USA - 1941 - 85m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Alexander Hall

Blue, White and Perfect
USA - 1942 - 74m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Herbert I. Leeds
Series: Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940, Mar/1941).

The Bride Came C.O.D.
USA - 1941 - 92m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William Keighley

Cadets on Parade
USA - 1942 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers

Captains of the Clouds
USA - 1942 - 114m - col
Warner (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

The Carter Case
[see: Mr. District Attorney in The Carter Case]

China Caravan
A Yank on the Burma Road
USA - 1942 - 67m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George B. Seitz

The Devil Pays Off
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: John H. Auer

The Foreman Went to France
UK - 1942 - 87m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Charles Frend

Front Line Kids
UK - 1942 - 80m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

The Gang Made Good
Tuxedo Junction
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938).

Good Morning, Doctor
You Belong to Me
USA - 1941 - 94m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Wesley Ruggles

I Killed That Man
USA - 1941 - 71m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Phil Rosen

Jesse James at Bay
USA - 1941 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Ladies in Retirement
USA - 1941 - 91m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Charles Vidor

The Lady Has Plans
USA - 1942 - 77m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Sidney Lanfield

Lead Law
The Crooked Trail
USA - 1936 - 60m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: S. Roy Luby

Lone Star Ranger
USA - 1942 - 58m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: James Tinling

The Mad Doctor of Market Street
USA - 1942 - 61m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

"Genius - or fiend?"
Judging by the look on Atwill's face, I'd say fiend...

The Maltese Falcon

USA - 1941 - 100m - bw
Warner (A)
D: John Huston
Followed by: The Black Bird (1975, Apr/1976).

The Man Who Came to Dinner
USA - 1942 - 112m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William Keighley

The Men in Her Life
USA - 1941 - 89m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Gregory Ratoff

The Miracle Kid
USA - 1941 - 69m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine

The Missing Million
UK - 1942 - 84m - bw
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: Philip Brandon

Mr District Attorney in The Carter Case
USA - 1941 - 67m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Bernard Vorhaus
Series: Mr. District Attorney (1941, Sep/1941).

The Murder Ring
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: James P. Hogan
Series: Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940, Apr/1941).

The Night Has Eyes
(USA: Terror Eyes)
(aka: Moonlight Madness)
UK - 1942 - 79m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Leslie Arliss

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
USA - 1941 - 63m - bw
Warner (A)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

One Foot in Heaven
USA - 1941 - 108m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Irving Rapper

One of Our Aircraft is Missing
UK - 1942 - 102m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: Michael Powell

Reap the Wild Wind
USA - 1942 - 123m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

Secrets
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
USA - 1941 - 66m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Edward Dmytryk
Series: The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, Mar/1936).

Sierra Sue
USA - 1941 - 64m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Morgan
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Sing Your Worries Away
USA - 1942 - 70m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

Sky Bandits

USA - 1940 - 62m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Ralph Staub
Series: Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937, Apr/1938).

Stolen Paradise
(aka: Adolescence)
USA - 1940 - 79m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Louis J. Gasnier

The Stork Pays Off
USA - 1941 - 68m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Lew Landers

Those Kids From Town
UK - 1941 - 82m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: Lance Comfort

Top Sergeant Mulligan
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

Unpublished Story
UK - 1941 - 92m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Harold French

The Vanishing Virginian
USA - 1942 - 97m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Frank Borzage

We Were Dancing
USA - 1942 - 95m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Women in War
USA - 1940 - 71m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: John H. Auer

Young America
USA - 1942 - 73m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Louis King

You're in the Army Now
USA - 1941 - 79m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lewis Seiler

Zis Boom Bah
(aka: College Days)
USA - 1941 - 61m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: William Nigh