MFB: March 1944

Introduction for newcomers

One of the most heartbreaking films ever made...
(Most reviews give away a significant plot development, which will
undoubtedly compromise any first-time viewing. Seek
this one out 'sight unseen' for maximum impact)

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1944

Vol. 11 No. 123

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
USA - 1944 - 87m - col
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Lubin

Bees in Paradise
UK - 1944 - 72m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Val Guest

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
USA - 1944 - 63m - bw
Ealing (A)
D: Phil Rosen
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Code of the Fearless
USA - 1939 - 56m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray [as: Raymond K. Johnson]

Dangerous Mission
Trigger Tom
USA - 1935 - 57m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Harry S. Webb

Demobbed
UK - 1944 - 96m - bw
Butcher's (U) (cut)
D: John E. Blakeley

The Falcon and the Co-eds
USA - 1943 - 67m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: William Clemens
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/1941).

Fighting Caballero
USA - 1935 - 65m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Elmer Clifton

For Whom the Bell Tolls
USA - 1943 - 170m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Sam Wood

The Ghost Ship
USA - 1943 - 69m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Jul 1981.

'Gung Ho!' The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
USA - 1943 - 88m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Ray Enright

A Guy Named Joe
USA - 1943 - 120m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Victor Fleming

Hands Across the Border
USA - 1944 - 72m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Joseph Kane
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Heart of a Nation
Untel père et fils
(USA: Immortal France)
France - 1943 - 113m - bw
Ealing (U)
D: Julien Duvivier

The Heavenly Body
USA - 1944 - 95m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Alexander Hall

His Butler's Sister
USA - 1943 - 87m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Frank Borzage

Just Like Heaven
USA - 1930 - 70m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Roy William Neill

Lena Rivers
(aka: The Sin of Lena Rivers)
USA - 1932 - 67m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Phil Rosen

Lifeboat
USA - 1944 - 97m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Hitchcock

Melody Parade
USA - 1943 - 73m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss

Minesweeper
USA - 1943 - 67m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: William Berke

The Mysterious Mr. Sheffield
The Law of 45's
USA - 1935 - 57m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: John P. McCarthy

Mystery Broadcast
USA - 1943 - 63m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George Sherman

Northwest Rangers
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Joseph F. Newman

O, My Darling Clementine
USA - 1943 - 68m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank McDonald

Rainbow Round the Corner
UK - 1944 - 52m - bw
Premier
D: Victor M. Gover

The Russian Story
USA - 1943 - 68m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (A) (cut)
Compiled by George Freedland

The Single Sin
USA - 1931 - 90m - bw
Gaumont (A)
D: William Nigh

Song of Russia
USA - 1944 - 107m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Gregory Ratoff

So's Your Uncle
USA - 1943 - 65m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

The Sullivans
(aka: The Fighting Sullivans)
USA - 1944 - 112m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Tiger Fangs
USA - 1943 - 59m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Sam Newfield

Time Flies
UK - 1944 - 88m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Walter Forde

Tunisian Victory: An Official Record
UK/USA - 1944 - 75m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart

The Uninvited
USA - 1944 - 99m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

Yanks Ahoy
USA - 1943 - 60m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Kurt Neumann
Series: Tanks a Million (1941, Nov/1941).