MFB: October 1942

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1942

Vol. 9 No. 106

Atlantic Convoy
USA - 1942 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers

Big Boy Rides Again
USA - 1935 - 57m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Albert Herman

Black Dragons
USA - 1942 - 64m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Nigh

Cairo
USA - 1942 - 101m - bw
MGM (U)
D: W.S. Van Dyke

Coastal Command
UK - 1942 - 72m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: J.B. Holmes

Code of the Rangers
USA - 1938 - 56m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Cyclone of the Saddle
USA - 1935 - 53m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Elmer Clifton

The Dawn Express
USA - 1942 - 54m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Albert Herman

Gallant Lady
(aka: Prison Girl)
USA - 1942 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine

The Gay Sisters
USA - 1942 - 110m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Irving Rapper

Giants A'Fire
The Royal Mounted Patrol
USA - 1941 - 59m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

Give Out, Sisters
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Edward F. Cline

The Glass Key
USA - 1942 - 85m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Stuart Heisler

Go West, Young Lady
USA - 1941 - 70m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank R. Strayer

The Great Mr. Handel
UK - 1942 - 89m - col
General Film (U)
D: Norman Walker

Highways by Night
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Peter Godfrey

House of Errors
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray

Inside the Law
USA - 1942 - 62m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Hamilton MacFadden

In This Our Life
USA - 1942 - 97m - bw
Warner (A)
D: John Huston

King's Row
USA - 1942 - 127m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Sam Wood

Larceny, Inc.
USA - 1942 - 95m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Let's Pretend We're Sweethearts
In Paris, A.W.O.L.
(aka: They Went to War)
USA - 1936 - 67m - bw
Butcher's (U) (cut)
D: Roland D. Reed

The Magnificent Ambersons
USA - 1942 - 88m/131m/148m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Orson Welles
The director's original cut was 148 minutes, the film was previewed at 131m and finally released at 88m.

The Magnificent Dope
USA - 1942 - 83m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Lang

Man From Montana
(UK: Montana Justice)
USA - 1941 - 59m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ray Taylor

Meet the Stewarts
USA - 1942 - 73m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Alfred E. Green

Moonlight Masquerade
USA - 1942 - 67m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John H. Auer

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
USA - 1942 - 80m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

Mr. Wise Guy
USA - 1942 - 70m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Nigh
Series: East Side Kids (1940).

My Favorite Spy
USA - 1942 - 86m - bw
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: Tay Garnett

Not a Ladies' Man
USA - 1942 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Lew Landers

Panama Hattie
USA - 1942 - 79m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod

The Panther's Claw
USA - 1942 - 70m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine

The Pride of the Yankees
USA - 1942 - 128m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Sam Wood

Priorities on Parade
USA - 1942 - 79m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Scattergood Survives a Murder
(aka: Cat's Claw Mystery)
(aka: The Cat's Claw Murder Mystery)
USA - 1942 - 66m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Christy Cabanne
Series: Scattergood Baines (1941, Apr/1941).

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
USA - 1942 - 80m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Roy William Neill
Series: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939, May/1939).

She's in the Army
USA - 1942 - 63m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

She's My Lovely
Get Hep to Love
USA - 1942 - 71m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Charles Lamont

The Silver Bullet
USA - 1942 - 58m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

Somewhere I'll Find You
USA - 1942 - 108m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Wesley Ruggles

SOS Coast Guard
USA - 1942 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney, Alan James
Condensed feature-length version of the same-named 12-chapter serial (1937).

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

Stardust on the Sage
USA - 1942 - 65m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Morgan
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Strictly in the Groove
USA - 1942 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Vernon Keays

Submarine Raider
USA - 1942 - 64m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers

That Certain Something
Australia/USA - 1941 - 90m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Clarence G. Badger

There's One Born Every Minute
USA - 1942 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Harold Young

Through the Storm
Prairie Schooners
USA - 1940 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Sam Nelson

Thunder Rock
UK - 1942 - 112m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Roy Boulting

Timber!
USA - 1941 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Christy Cabanne

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
USA - 1942 - 79m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: William C. McGann

Undercover Man
USA - 1942 - 68m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935, Oct/1935).
Also reviewed: Apr 1943.

The Unseen Enemy
Ridin' On
USA - 1936 - 56m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray

We'll Smile Again
UK - 1942 - 93m - bw
Anglo-American (U)
D: John Baxter

A Yank at Eton
USA - 1942 - 88m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Norman Taurog