MFB: April 1943

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1943

Vol. 10 No. 112

Arizona Bound
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Followed by: The Gunman From Bodie (1941, below), Forbidden Trails (1941, May/1943), Below the Border (1942, Jun/1943), Ghost Town Law (1942, Feb/1944), Down Texas Way (1942, Dec/1947), Riders of the West (1942, Jun/1947), West of the Law (1942).

The Bells Go Down
UK - 1943 - 90m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Basil Dearden

Call of the Canyon
USA - 1942 - 71m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Santley
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

City of Silent Men
USA - 1942 - 64m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Nigh

Commandos Strike at Dawn
USA - 1942 - 98m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Farrow

Criminal Investigator
USA - 1942 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Jean Yarbrough

The Crystal Ball
USA - 1943 - 81m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Elliott Nugent

Fires Were Started
UK - 1943 - 63m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Humphrey Jennings

Flying Tigers
USA - 1942 - 102m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: David Miller

The Gentle Sex
UK - 1943 - 92m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Leslie Howard

Get Cracking
UK - 1943 - 96m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Marcel Varnel

The Gunman From Bodie
USA - 1941 - 62m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Series: Arizona Bound (1941, above).

Heart of the Golden West
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Hello Beautiful
The Powers Girl
USA - 1943 - 93m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod

House of Mystery
Night Monster
USA - 1942 - 73m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Ford Beebe

Jacaré
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Charles E. Ford

Laugh Your Blues Away
USA - 1942 - 63m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Charles T. Barton

The Light of Heart
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
USA - 1942 - 85m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Irving Pichel

The Little Humpback Horse
Конек-горбунок
USSR - 1941 - 76m - col
Soviet Film Agency (U)
D: Aleksandr Rou

Man and His Mate
One Million B.C.
(aka: Battle of the Giants)
(aka: The Cave Dwellers)
(aka: Cave Man)
USA - 1940 - 80m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Hal Roach Jr.

The Man on America's Conscience
Tennessee Johnson
USA - 1942 - 103m - bw
MGM (U)
D: William Dieterle

The Meanest Man in the World
USA - 1943 - 57m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Sidney Lanfield
Also reviewed: May 1943.

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
(aka: New York Mystery)
USA - 1942 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Wallace Fox
Series: East Side Kids (1940).

A Night to Remember
USA - 1943 - 91m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Richard Wallace

No Time for Love
USA - 1943 - 83m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Off the Beaten Track
Behind the Eight Ball
USA - 1942 - 60m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Edward F. Cline

One Dangerous Night
USA - 1943 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Michael Gordon
Series: The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, Mar/1936).

Over My Dead Body
USA - 1942 - 68m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Malcolm St. Clair

Playtime for Workers
UK - 1943 - 51m - bw
Federated (U)
D: Harold Baim

Romance on the Range
USA - 1942 - 63m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Secrets of the Underground
USA - 1942 - 70m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: William Morgan
Series: Mr. District Attorney (1941, Sep/1941).

Sons of the Pioneers
USA - 1942 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Spider Returns
USA - 1941 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: James W. Horne
Condensed feature-length version of the same-named 15-chapter serial (1941).
Series: The Spider's Web (1938).

Strange Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident
USA - 1942 - 75m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: William A. Wellman

Sunset Serenade
USA - 1942 - 58m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Thursday's Child
UK - 1943 - 81m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Rodney Ackland

Undercover Man
USA - 1942 - 68m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).
Also reviewed: Oct 1942.

Youth on Parade
USA - 1942 - 72m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell