MFB: October 1947

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1947

Vol. 14 No. 166

Bataille du rail
(USA: The Battle of the Rails)
France - 1946 - 85m - bw
Film Traders (A)
D: René Clément

Behind These Walls
Jericho
(aka: Derrière ces murs)
France - 1945 - 139m - bw
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: Henri Calef
Also reviewed: Sep 1948.

Blonde for a Day
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940, Mar/1941).

Blondie in the Dough
USA - 1947 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Abby Berlin
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).

Bataille du rail

Circus Boy
UK - 1947 - 50m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Cecil Musk

Copacabana
USA - 1947 - 92m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Alfred E. Green

Desert Fury
USA - 1947 - 96m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

Desperate
USA - 1947 - 73m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Mann
Also reviewed: Jan 1982.

Don Ricardo Returns
USA - 1946 - 63m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Terry O. Morse

Douce
(USA: Love Story)
France - 1943 - 104m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Claude Autant-Lara

Dusty Bates
(USA: The Adventures of Dusty Bates)
UK - 1947 - 100m - 5 chapters - bw
General Film (U)
D: Darrell Catling

Fame is the Spur
UK - 1947 - 116m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Roy Boulting

Gas House Kids
USA - 1946 - 71m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield
Followed by: Gas House Kids Go West (1947, Aug/1948), The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947, Dec/1948).

The Gentleman From Texas
USA - 1946 - 55m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

Ginger
USA - 1946 - 67m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Oliver Drake

Golden Earrings
USA - 1947 - 95m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Heartaches
USA - 1947 - 71m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Basil Wrangell

A Likely Story
USA - 1947 - 80m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: H.C. Potter

The Little Ballerina
UK - 1947 - 61m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lewis Gilbert

The Long Night
USA - 1947 - 101m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Anatole Litvak

The Macomber Affair
(aka: The Great White Hunter)
USA - 1947 - 89m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Zoltan Korda

Mark of the Claw
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
USA - 1947 - 60m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: John Rawlins
Series: Dick Tracy (1946, Jan/1947).

Murder at Malibu Beach
The Trap
USA - 1946 - 62m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Howard Bretherton
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

Les portes de la nuit
(USA: Gates of the Night)
France - 1946 - 120m - bw
London Film Productions (A) (cut)
D: Marcel Carné

Pride of the Bowery
Mr. Hex
USA - 1946 - 63m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Striking images from Les portes de la nuit.

Return of the Vigilantes
The Vigilantes Return
USA - 1947 - 67m - col
General Film (U)
D: Ray Taylor

Ride Tonight!
Rid i natt!
Sweden - 1942 - 106m - bw
Film Traders (A) (cut)
D: Gustaf Molander

Second Chance
USA - 1947 - 63m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

Singapore
USA - 1947 - 79m - bw
General Film (A)
D: John Brahm

Sortilèges
(aka: The Sorcerer)
France - 1945 - 100m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Christian-Jaque

They Won't Believe Me
USA - 1947 - 95m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Irving Pichel

Wake Up and Dream
USA - 1946 - 92m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon