Sunday, 31 May 2015

MFB: March 1947





Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1947
Vol. 14 No. 159


Angel and the Badman
USA - 1947 - 100m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: James Edward Grant

The Arnelo Affair
USA - 1947 - 86m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Arch Oboler

Bachelor Girl
The Bachelor's Daughters
USA - 1946 - 88m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Andrew L. Stone

Backlash
USA - 1947 - 66m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Eugene Forde

Blondie's Big Moment
USA - 1947 - 69m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Abby Berlin
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).

California
USA - 1946 - 97m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: John Farrow





The Chase
USA - 1946 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Arthur Ripley

Criminal Court
USA - 1946 - 63m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Robert Wise
Also reviewed: Nov 1979.

Dead Reckoning
USA - 1947 - 100m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Cromwell

The High Window
The Brasher Doubloon
USA - 1947 - 72m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: John Brahm

The Invisible Informer
USA - 1946 - 57m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Philip Ford

It Happened in Brooklyn
USA - 1947 - 104m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Richard Whorf

Jail Break
Gunning for Vengeance
USA - 1946 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
SeriesThe Durango Kid (1940).

Johnny O'Clock
USA - 1947 - 85m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Robert Rossen




Ladies' Man
USA - 1947 - 91m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: William D. Russell

Lady Luck
USA - 1946 - 97m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Edwin L. Marin

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
UK - 1947 - 108m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Alberto Cavalcanti

Lookin' for Someone
Singing on the Trail
USA - 1946 - 60m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro

Magnificent Doll
USA - 1946 - 95m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Frank Borzage

Man Alive
USA - 1945 - 70m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Ray Enright




Mr. District Attorney
USA - 1947 - 81m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Robert B. Sinclair

My Brother Talks to Horses
USA - 1946 - 92m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Fred Zinnemann

My Favorite Brunette
(aka: The Private Eye)
USA - 1947 - 87m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Elliott Nugent
Series: My Favorite Blonde (1942, Jun/1942).

Nicholas Nickleby
[see: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The]

Nocturne
USA - 1946 - 87m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Edwin L. Marin

Now It Can Be Told
(aka: School for Danger)
UK - 1946 - 88m/69m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Teddy Baird
Originally screened in cinemas in a short version entitled School for Danger. The longer version, Now It Can Be Told, is considered definitive.

The Pilgrim Lady
USA - 1947 - 67m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lesley Selander

The Root of All Evil
UK - 1947 - 110m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Brock Williams

Sioux City Sue
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Spook Busters
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).





Step by Step
USA - 1946 - 62m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Phil Rosen

Teheran
(aka: Appointment in Persia)
(aka: Conspiracy in Teheran)
UK/Italy - 1946 - 86m - bw
General Film (U)
D: William Freshman, Giacomo Gentilomo

The Turners of Prospect Road
UK - 1947 - 88m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Maurice J. Wilson

Under Nevada Skies
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Vow
Клятва
USSR - 1946 - 116m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (A)
D: Mikheil Chiaureli

While the Sun Shines
UK - 1947 - 81m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Asquith

White Cradle Inn
(USA: High Fury)
UK - 1947 - 83m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Harold French

White Tie and Tails
(aka: The Swindlers)
USA - 1946 - 81m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles T. Barton

A Woman Destroyed
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
USA - 1947 - 103m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Stuart Heisler

Saturday, 30 May 2015

MFB: February 1947





Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1947
Vol. 14 No. 158



Adventures of Don Quixote
Don Quixote
France/UK - 1933 - 73m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: G.W. Pabst

Apology for Murder
USA - 1945 - 67m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield

Behind the Mask
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Phil Karlson
Series: The Shadow Returns (1946, Oct/1946).

Boomerang!
USA - 1947 - 88m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Elia Kazan

The Bowery
USA - 1933 - 92m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Raoul Walsh
Also reviewed: Feb 1934.






Bowery Bombshell
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Phil Karlson
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Domino
France - 1943 - 100m - bw
Film Traders (A)
Roger Richebé

Don't Gamble With Strangers
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine

Easy Come, Easy Go
USA - 1947 - 77m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: John Farrow

Freddie Steps Out
USA - 1946 - 75m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Arthur Dreifuss
Series: Junior Prom (1946, Dec/1946).

Genius at Work
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Leslie Goodwins

Give and Take
Singin' in the Corn
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Del Lord

Green Fingers
UK - 1947 - 83m - bw
Anglo-American (A)
D: John Harlow

Hue and Cry
UK - 1946 - 82m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Charles Crichton

King Kong
USA - 1933 - 104m - bw
Radio (A) (cut)
D: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Followed by: The Son of Kong (1933, Dec/1979).

Lover Come Back
(aka: When Lovers Meet)
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
General Film (A)
D: William A. Seiter

Murder is My Business
(aka: Occupation Murder)
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940, Mar/1941).

Poil de carotte
(USA: The Red Head)
France - 1932 - 91m - bw
Film Traders (A)
D: Julien Duvivier
Rejected by the BBFC when submitted by British Lion in 1933, but passed uncut in 1947.

The Sea of Grass
USA - 1947 - 123m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Elia Kazan





The Secret of the Whistler
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: George Sherman
Series: The Whistler (1944, Oct/1944).

Shadows Over Chinatown
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Terry O. Morse
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

The Shop at Sly Corner
UK - 1946 - 92m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: George King

Stranger From Santa Fe
USA - 1945 - 57m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer
Series: The Ghost Rider (1943, May/1944).

The Strange Woman
USA - 1946 - 100m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

Suddenly It's Spring
USA - 1947 - 87m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Mitchell Leisen

La symphonie pastorale
(USA: Pastoral Symphony)
France - 1946 - 110m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Jean Delannoy

Till the Clouds Roll By
USA - 1946 - 132m - col
MGM (U)
D: Richard Whorf

Vacation in Reno
USA - 1946 - 60m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Leslie Goodwins

Friday, 29 May 2015

MFB: January 1947




Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1947
Vol. 14 No. 157


13 Rue Madeleine
USA - 1946 - 95m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Hathaway

Affairs of Geraldine
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George Blair

Behold Beatrice
Béatrice devant le désir
France - 1943 - 97m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Jean de Marguenat

Blackie and the Law
Boston Blackie and the Law
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman
Series: Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Jun/1941).

Cloak and Dagger
USA - 1946 - 106m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Fritz Lang

False Hero
Roaring Rangers
USA - 1946 - 56m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
SeriesThe Durango Kid (1940).

Gallant Journey
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William A. Wellman



A Game of Death
USA - 1945 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Robert Wise

Green for Danger
UK - 1946 - 91m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Sidney Gilliat

The House of Tao Ling
Dangerous Millions
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

Hungry Hill
UK - 1946 - 109m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

Inside Job
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

The Jester
דער פורים שפּילער
(aka: Der Purimshpiler)
Poland/USA - 1937 - 88m - bw
L. Jafir (U)
D: Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przyblski

Lady in the Lake
USA - 1946 - 105m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Robert Montgomery




The Late George Apley
USA - 1946 - 97m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Lion Man
USA - 1936 - 67m - bw
Renown (A)
D: John P. McCarthy

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
USA - 1946 - 95m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Willis Goldbeck
Series: A Family Affair (1937, Apr/1937).

Margie
USA - 1946 - 94m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry King

Meet Me at Dawn
(aka: The Gay Duellist)
UK - 1946 - 99m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Peter Creswell, Thornton Freeland

Melody Maker
Ding Dong Williams
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: William Berke

The Mighty McGurk
USA - 1946 - 85m - bw
MGM (A)
D: John Waters




Mysterious Mr. Nicholson
UK - 1947 - 78m - bw
Ambassador (A)
D: Oswald Mitchell

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
USA - 1946 - 56m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Philip Ford

Night Train to Memphis
USA - 1946 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Lesley Selander
Followed by: Smoky Mountain Melody (1948, Aug/1951), Home in San Antone (1949, Mar/1951).

Nobody Lives Forever
USA - 1946 - 100m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Jean Negulesco

Oliver Twist
USA - 1933 - 80m - bw
Pathé (U) (cut)
D: William J. Cowen



Der Purimshpiler


Rainbow Over Texas
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Razor's Edge
USA - 1946 - 145m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Edmund Goulding

The Secret Heart
USA - 1946 - 97m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Shadowed
USA - 1946 - 70m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Sturges

Splitface
Dick Tracy
(aka: Dick Tracy, Detective)
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: William Berke
Followed by: Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946, Nov/1947), Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947, Oct/1947), Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947, Feb/1949).

That Brennan Girl
(aka: Tough Girl)
USA - 1946 - 95m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Alfred Santell

That Way With Women
USA - 1947 - 84m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Frederick De Cordova

The Time, the Place and the Girl
USA - 1946 - 105m - col
Warner (A)
D: David Butler

Traffic in Crime
USA - 1946 - 56m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Lesley Selander

Thursday, 28 May 2015

MFB: December 1946



Les enfants du paradis

Monthly Film Bulletin
December 1946
Vol. 13 No. 156


Le bois sacré
(aka: Sacred Woods)
France - 1939 - 80m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: Léon Mathot

La cage aux rossignols
France - 1945 - 89m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jean Dréville

The Caravan Trail
USA - 1946 - 53m - col
Pathé (U)
D: Robert Emmett Tansey
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, Jan-Feb/1950).

Checkmate
The Desert Horseman
USA - 1946 - 57m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
SeriesThe Durango Kid (1940).

Crack-Up
USA - 1946 - 93m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Irving Reis


La cage aux rossignols


Danny Boy
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Terry O. Morse

Dark Alibi
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Phil Karlson
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Les enfants du paradis
(USA: Children of Paradise)
France - 1945 - 190m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Marcel Carné
Also reviewed: Sep 1993.

Friendly Enemies
USA - 1942 - 95m - bw
Ealing (U)
D: Allan Dwan

The Gay Cavalier
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: William Nigh
Series: Return of the Cisco Kid (1939, Jun/1939).

The Great Northern Mystery
The Great Alaskan Mystery
USA - 1944 - 223m - 13 chapters - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor

Great Expectations
UK - 1946 - 118m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: David Lean






In Fast Company
USA - 1946 - 63m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Del Lord
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Innocent Though Guilty
Без Вины Виноватые
USSR - 1945 - 100m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (A)
D: Vladimir Petrov

The Jungle Captive
(aka: Wild Jungle Captive)
USA - 1944 - 63m - bw
General Film (H)
D: Harold Young
Series: Captive Wild Woman (1943, Sep/1952).

Junior Prom
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss
Followed by: Freddie Steps Out (1946, Feb/1947), High School Hero (1946, May/1947), Vacation Days (1947, Nov/1947), Sarge Goes to College (1947, May/1948), Smart Politics (1948, Dec/1948), Campus Sleuth (1948, Apr/1949).

The Kid From Brooklyn
USA - 1946 - 113m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Norman Z. McLeod





The Killers
USA - 1946 - 102m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Robert Siodmak
Also reviewed: Oct 1981.

Little Mister Jim
USA - 1946 - 92m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Fred Zinnemann

The Mask of Diijon
(aka: Mask of the Maniac)
USA - 1946 - 73m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Lew Landers

Medicine Man
That Texas Jamboree
USA - 1946 - 59m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro




My Darling Clementine
USA - 1946 - 97m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: John Ford

The Navajo Trail
USA - 1945 - 56m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Howard Bretherton
Series: The Ghost Rider (1943, May/1944).

The Outlaw
USA - 1943 - 116m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Howard Hughes

Sister Kenny
USA - 1946 - 116m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Dudley Nichols

Song of the South
USA - 1946 - 94m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Wilfred Jackson, Harve Foster

A Son is Born
Australia - 1946 - 85m - bw
Ealing (A) (cut)
D: Eric Porter

Strange Journey
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

Temptation
USA - 1946 - 98m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Irving Pichel

Vautrin
(USA: Vautrin the Thief)
France - 1943 - 120m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Pierre Billon