MFB: June 1947

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1947

Vol. 14 No. 162

Alias Mr. Twilight
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Sturges

Black Memory
UK - 1947 - 73m - bw
Ambassador (A)
D: Oswald Mitchell

Boule de suif
(USA: Angel and Sinner)
France - 1945 - 103m - bw
GCT (A) (cut)
D: Christian-Jaque

Bush Christmas
UK/Australia - 1947 - 80m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Ralph Smart

Bush Christmas

Calendar Girl
(aka: Stardust and Sweet Music)
USA - 1947 - 88m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Allan Dwan

Child of Divorce
USA - 1946 - 62m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Richard Fleischer

Cigarette Girl
USA - 1947 - 67m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Gunther von Fritsch

Dear Murderer
UK - 1947 - 90m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Arthur Crabtree

Death Rides the Range
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Dual Alibi
UK - 1947 - 81m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Alfred Travers

The Fabulous Dorseys
(aka: The Fighting Dorseys)
USA - 1947 - 88m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Alfred E. Green

For the Love of Rusty
USA - 1947 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John Sturges
Series: Adventures of Rusty (1945, Dec/1945).

Fun on a Week-End
(aka: The Pretenders)
USA - 1947 - 93m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Andrew L. Stone

Gambling Hell
Macao: "L'enfer du jeu"
(aka: Mask of Korea)
France - 1942 - 90m - bw
Renown (A)
D: Jean Delannoy

The Great Promise
דמעת הנחמה הגדולה
Palestine - 1947 - 50m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Joseph Lejtes

The Hangman Waits
UK - 1947 - 63m - bw
Butcher's (A)
D: A. Barr-Smith

Her Sister's Secret
USA - 1946 - 86m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

Home in Oklahoma
USA - 1946 - 72m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Idea Girl
USA - 1946 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Will Jason

Jungle Flight
USA - 1947 - 67m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Peter Stewart]

King of the Wild
[see: King of the Wild Horses]

King of the Wild Horses
USA - 1947 - 79m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Archainbaud

La loi du nord
France - 1939 - 110m - bw
Film Traders (A) (cut)
D: Jacques Feyder

The Lone Wolf in Mexico
USA - 1947 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman
Series: The Lone Wolf Returns (1935, Mar/1936).

The Loves of Joanna Godden
UK - 1947 - 89m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles Frend (and Robert Hamer)

The Melting Pot
Betty Co-Ed
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss

Millie's Daughter
USA - 1947 - 74m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Sidney Salkow

Mr. Mouse
Monsieur La Souris
(USA: Midnight in Paris)
France - 1942 - 106m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: Georges Lacombe

On Boot Hill
Galloping Thunder
USA - 1946 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U) (cut)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

The Perils of Pauline
USA - 1947 - 96m - col
Paramount (U)
D: George Marshall

Phantom Rancher
USA - 1940 - 61m - bw
Associated-British (U) (cut)
D: Harry L. Fraser

The Return of Monte Cristo
(UK: Monte Cristo's Revenge)
USA - 1946 - 91m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Henry Levin
Series: The Count of Monte Cristo (1934, Nov/1934).

Riders of the West
USA - 1942 - 58m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Howard Bretherton
Series: Arizona Bound (1941, Apr/1943).

The Royal Mounted Rides Again
USA - 1945 - 221m -13 chapters - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor

Sinbad, the Sailor
USA - 1946 - 116m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Richard Wallace

Talk about under-selling a picture! This gets my vote as
the least inspiring ad-mat of 1947...

Son of Dracula

USA - 1943 - 80m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Robert Siodmak
Series: Dracula (1931).

Southern Love
(USA: A Woman's Secret)
UK - 1924 - silent - bw
New Realm (A) (cut)
D: Herbert Wilcox
Originally released in 1924 by Graham - Wilcox. The version reviewed by MFB appears to constitute a revised edition of the original film. This included a newly-created soundtrack, with musical accompaniment and a running commentary by Lionel Gamlin.

Tarzan and the Huntress
USA - 1947 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Kurt Neumann
Series: Tarzan the Ape Man (1932, Dec/1955).

The Thirteenth Hour
USA - 1947 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: William Clemens
Series: The Whistler (1944, Oct/1944).

Trail Street
USA - 1947 - 84m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Ray Enright

Two-Fisted Stranger
(UK: High Stakes)
USA - 1946 - 53m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Two Men and a Girl
Honeymoon
USA - 1947 - 74m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: William Keighley

The Upturned Glass
UK - 1947 - 90m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Lawrence Huntington

The Yearling
USA - 1946 - 128m - col
MGM (U)
D: Clarence Brown

Young Widow
(aka: The Naughty Widow)
USA - 1946 - 100m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Edwin L. Marin