MFB: June 1944

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1944

Vol. 11 No. 126

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
USA - 1944 - 107m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Rowland V. Lee

A Canterbury Tale
UK - 1944 - 124m - bw
Eagle-Lion (U)
D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Also reviewed: Nov 1984.

Cobra Woman
USA - 1944 - 71m - col
General Film (A)
D: Robert Siodmak

Cover Girl
USA - 1944 - 107m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Charles Vidor

The Falcon Out West
USA - 1944 - 64m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: William Clemens
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/1941).

Follow the Boys
USA - 1944 - 122m - bw
General Film (U)
D: A. Edward Sutherland

Going My Way
USA - 1944 - 126m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Leo McCarey
Followed by: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945, Jul/1946).

Here Comes Elmer
USA - 1943 - 74m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Santley

Home in Indiana
USA - 1944 - 106m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Hathaway

Hotel Reserve
UK - 1944 - 90m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lance Comfort, Mutz Greenbaum [as: Max Green], Victor Hanbury

Java Head
UK - 1934 - 85m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Thorold Dickinson, J. Walter Ruben
Original UK release: 1934 (Associated-British).

The Jungle Woman
Nabonga
USA - 1944 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield

Lady in the Dark
USA - 1944 - 100m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Mitchell Leisen

The Lone Star Trail
USA - 1943 - 58m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ray Taylor

My Best Gal
USA - 1944 - 67m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Anthony Mann

No Greater Love
Она защищает Родину
USSR - 1943 - 80m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Fridrikh Ermler

No Greater Love

None Shall Escape
USA - 1943 - 85m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: André De Toth

Pin Up Girl
USA - 1944 - 84m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

Rookies in Burma
USA - 1943 - 62m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins
Series: The Adventures of a Rookie (1943, Jan/1944).

Seeds of Freedom
USA/USSR - 1943 - 67m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (A) (cut)
D: Hans Buger, Sergei M. Eisenstein
Combines newly-shot footage with material from Battleship Potemkin (1925, Jun/1944 + Mar/1954), thereby creating an entirely new narrative.

The Story of Dr. Wassell
USA - 1944 - 140m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
USA - 1943 - 62m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Tropicana
The Heat's On
USA - 1943 - 79m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Gregory Ratoff

Two Girls and a Sailor
USA - 1944 - 124m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Richard Thorpe

The Way Ahead
(aka: The Immortal Battalion)
UK - 1944 - 115m - bw
Eagle-Lion (U)
D: Carol Reed

Weekend Pass
USA - 1944 - 65m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

Weird Woman
USA - 1944 - 63m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Reginald Le Borg
Series: Calling Dr. Death (1943, Apr/1944).