MFB: May 1952

Introduction for newcomers

Red Snow

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1952

Vol. 19 No. 220

Ace Lucky
Feudin' Rhythm
USA - 1949 - 65m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Angels One Five
UK - 1952 - 98m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U) (cut)
D: George More O'Ferrall

Bambino
Taxi di notte
Italy/France - 1950 - 98m - bw
Films de France (U)
D: Carmine Gallone

Belles on Their Toes: The Further Adventures of the Gilbreth Family
USA - 1952 - 89m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Levin
Series: Cheaper by the Dozen (1950, Apr-May/1950).

The Big Trees
USA - 1952 - 89m - col
Warner (A)
D: Felix E. Feist

Billy the Kid Wanted
USA - 1941 - 54m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Boots Malone
USA - 1952 - 103m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Dieterle

The Music Box...

...and Oliver the Eighth, two of the classic Laurel & Hardy
shorts included in the feature compilation Escapade.

Conquest of Annapurna
Victoire sur l'Annapurna
(USA: Annapurna)
France - 1950 - 56m - col
Wilfrid van Wyck
D: Marcel Ichac

Cry, the Beloved Country
UK - 1951 - 103m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Zoltan Korda

The Devil's Weed
Wild Weed
(aka: She Shoulda Said 'No'!)
USA - 1949 - 70m - bw
International (Banned)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]
The MFB reports: "The film has been refused a censor's certificate and banned by various local authorities in this country". Presumably it played under licence in some areas, hence the magazine's review.

Distant Drums
USA - 1951 - 99m - col
Warner (U)
D: Raoul Walsh

Escapade
USA - 1952 - 60m - bw
Equity (U)
D: James Parrott, Lloyd French
Compilation of three short films: The Music Box (1932), The Chimp (1932), Oliver the Eighth (1933).

Finders Keepers
USA - 1951 - 74m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Frederick De Cordova

Flesh and Fury
USA - 1952 - 82m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Pevney

Flight to Mars
USA - 1951 - 71m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Force of Arms
USA - 1951 - 98m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Michael Curtiz

Fort Worth
USA - 1951 - 80m - col
Warner (U)
D: Edwin L. Marin

Ghost Chasers
USA - 1951 - 67m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Gunslingers

USA - 1950 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Wallace Fox

The Happy Family
(USA: Mr. Lord Says No)
UK - 1952 - 86m - bw
Apex (U)
D: Muriel Box

Harem Girl
USA - 1952 - 70m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Here's to the Memory!
UK - 1952 - 55m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Jack Howells

The Highwayman
USA - 1951 - 82m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lesley Selander

Hoodlum Empire
USA - 1952 - 98m - bw
Republic (A)
D: Joseph Kane

Indian Territory
USA - 1950 - 69m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John English
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1938, May/1954).

It's a Joke, Son!
USA - 1947 - 75m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Benjamin Stoloff

Jet Men of the Air
Air Cadet
USA - 1951 - 83m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Joseph Pevney

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
USA - 1952 - 64m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

The Las Vegas Story
USA - 1952 - 88m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Robert Stevenson

The Lone Rider
The Lone Rider in Texas Justice
(aka: Texas Justice)
USA - 1942 - 53m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: The Lone Rider Rides On (1941).

The Magic Face
USA - 1951 - 88m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Frank Tuttle

Never Look Back
UK - 1952 - 73m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Francis Searle

Okinawa
USA - 1952 - 67m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Leigh Jason

Rancho Notorious
USA - 1952 - 89m - col
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Fritz Lang

Rashomon
羅生門
(aka: In the Woods)
Japan - 1950 - 88m - bw
London Films (X)
D: Akira Kurosawa

Red Snow
USA - 1952 - 75m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Boris Petroff, Harry S. Franklin

The Sellout
USA - 1951 - 82m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Gerald Mayer

Singin' in the Rain
USA - 1952 - 102m - col
MGM (U)
D: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

S.O.S. Submarine

Uomini sul fondo
Italy - 1940 - 94m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Francesco De Robertis

Storm Over Tibet
USA - 1951 - 87m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Andrew Marton

The Tall Headlines
(USA: The Frightened Bride)
UK - 1952 - 100m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Terence Young

Texans Never Cry
USA - 1951 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1938, May/1954).

Thunder Across the Pacific
The Wild Blue Yonder
USA - 1952 - 97m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Allan Dwan

Tromba
(aka: Tromba the Tiger Man)
Germany/Italy - 1948 - 96m - bw
Regent (X)
D: Helmut Weiss

MFB: April 1952

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1952

Vol. 19 No. 219

13 East Street
UK - 1952 - 71m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Robert S. Baker

5 Fingers
USA - 1952 - 108m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Barefoot Mailman
USA - 1951 - 82m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Earl McAvoy

The Battle for Heavy Water
Kampen om tungtvannet
(aka: Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water)
Norway/France - 1947 - 98m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Titus Vibe-Müller, Jean Dréville

Behind Closed Shutters
Persiane chiuse
Italy - 1950 - 88m - bw
Archway (X) (cut)
D: Luigi Comencini

The Belle of New York
USA - 1952 - 81m - col
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters

Border Badmen
USA - 1945 - 52m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Brandy for the Parson
UK - 1951 - 79m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: John Eldridge

The Card
(USA: The Promoter)
UK - 1952 - 91m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ronald Neame

Chicago Calling
USA - 1951 - 75m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: John Reinhardt

Council of the Gods
Der Rat der Götter
E.Germany - 1950 - 106m - bw
Contemporary (A) (cut)
D: Kurt Maetzig

The Dark Page
Scandal Sheet
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Phil Karlson

F.B.I. Girl
USA - 1951 - 74m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: William Berke

Fingerprints Don't Lie
USA - 1951 - 53m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Sam Newfield

The First Time
USA - 1952 - 89m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank Tashlin

The Frightened Man
UK - 1951 - 69m - bw
Eros (A)
D: John Gilling

The Girl on the Bridge
USA - 1951 - 76m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Hugo Haas

Guerilla Woman
Krus ng digma
(aka: Outrages of the Orient)
(aka: Sunset Over Corregidor)
Philippines - 1948 - 69m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: Carlos Vander Tolosa
This appears to have been shot in both Tagalog (Krus ng digma) and English (Sunset Over Corregidor) versions, with the same cast and crew for each edition. UK viewers were given the latter print, under a different title. Here's where it gets complicated: The film was subsequently bought by a US distributor and used as the raw materials for an entirely different production entitled Atrocities of the Orient. This was achieved by combining footage from an edited version of Corregidor (known as Outrages of the Orient) with material from another Filipino film, He Promised to Return (1949, more popularly known as Beasts of the East), to create an entirely new narrative.

Here Come the Nelsons
USA - 1952 - 75m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Frederick De Cordova

His Brother's Ghost
USA - 1945 - 50m - bw
New Realm (U) (cut)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Hunted
(USA: The Stranger In Between)
UK - 1952 - 84m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles Crichton

Hurricane Island
USA - 1951 - 71m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers

I Believe in You
UK - 1951 - 95m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Michael Relph, Basil Dearden

Invitation
USA - 1952 - 85m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Gottfried Reinhardt

I Was a Dancer
UK - 1949 - 50m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: Frank Richardson

Japanese War Bride
USA - 1951 - 91m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: King Vidor

Judgment Deferred
UK - 1951 - 88m - bw
Associated-British (A) (cut)
D: John Baxter

Just This Once
USA - 1951 - 90m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Don Weis

The Lady Says No
USA - 1951 - 83m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Frank Ross

The Magic Carpet
USA - 1951 - 83m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Lew Landers

Murder in the Cathedral
UK - 1951 - 136m - bw
Film Traders (U)
D: George Hoellering

No Time for Tears
Purple Heart Diary
USA - 1951 - 73m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Quine

On the Loose
USA - 1951 - 74m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Charles Lederer

Red Skies of Montana
USA - 1952 - 99m - col
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Joseph M. Newman

Roberto
Prélude à la gloire
(aka: Prelude to Glory)
France - 1950 - 95m - bw
Continental Concorde (U)
D: Georges Lacombe

Sailor Beware
USA - 1952 - 104m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Hal Walker

Saturday Island
(aka: Island of Desire)
UK - 1951 - 102m - col
RKO Radio (A)
D: Stuart Heisler

Savage Splendor
USA - 1949 - 60m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lewis Cotlow, Armand Denis

Sing Along With Me
UK - 1952 - 79m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Peter Graham Scott

So Little Time
UK - 1952 - 88m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Compton Bennett

Song of Paris
(USA: Bachelor in Paris)
UK - 1952 - 80m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: John Guillermin

Sons of the Musketeers
At Sword's Point
USA - 1952 - 81m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lewis Allen

Starlift
USA - 1951 - 102m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth

State Police
Whirlwind Raiders
USA - 1948 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Vernon Keays
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Steel Town
USA - 1952 - 83m - col
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
UK - 1952 - 84m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Ken Annakin

Sunny Side of the Street
USA - 1951 - 71m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Quine

Viva Zapata!
USA - 1952 - 113m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Elia Kazan

Warpath
USA - 1951 - 93m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Byron Haskin

The Well
USA - 1951 - 85m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: Leo Popkin, Russell Rouse

Where the River Bends
Bend of the River
USA - 1952 - 91m - col
General Film (U)
D: Anthony Mann

White Hell
Föhn
(USA: The White Hell of Pitz Palu)
W.Germany - 1950 - 107m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Rolf Hansen

Wild Boy
Le garçon sauvage
(USA: Savage Triangle)
France - 1951 - 116m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Jean Delannoy

With a Song in My Heart
USA - 1951 - 117m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Lang

MFB: March 1952

Introduction for newcomers

A Streetcar Named Desire

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1952

Vol. 19 No. 218

Close to My Heart
USA - 1951 - 90m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William Keighley

Come Fill the Cup
USA - 1951 - 110m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas

Dead Man's Gold
USA - 1948 - 55m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Followed by: Mark of the Lash (1948), Frontier Revenge (1948, below), Outlaw Country (1949, Mar/1951), Son of a Badman (1949, Mar/1952), The Daltons' Women (1950, Aug/1952), King of the Bullwhip (1950, May/1953), The Thundering Trail (1951, May/1953), The Vanishing Outpost (1951, Apr/1954), The Black Lash (1952, Mar/1954), The Frontier Phantom (1952).

Death of an Angel
UK - 1951 - 64m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Charles Saunders

Flame of Araby
USA - 1951 - 76m - col
General Film (U)
D: Charles Lamont

Frontier Revenge
USA - 1948 - 56m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Dead Man's Gold (1948, above).

The Greatest Show on Earth
USA - 1952 - 154m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

His Excellency
UK - 1951 - 84m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Robert Hamer

Home at Seven
(USA: Murder on Monday)
UK - 1952 - 85m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Ralph Richardson

Hong Kong
USA - 1951 - 91m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Lewis R. Foster

Idols in the Dust
Saturday's Hero
USA - 1951 - 110m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: David Miller

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison: Photographed For the First Time in Its 100-Year History
USA - 1951 - 87m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Crane Wilbur

Isle of Sinners
Dieu a besoin des hommes
France - 1950 - 100m - bw
Regent (A)
D: Jean Delannoy

The Law of Vengeance
Faddija: La legge della vendetta
Italy - 1949 - 101m - bw
Archway (A) (cut)
D: Roberto Bianchi Montero

Lonely Heart Bandits

USA - 1950 - 60m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: George Blair

Lost Continent
USA - 1951 - 79m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield

The Marriage of Figaro
Figaros Hochzeit
W.Germany - 1949 - 107m - bw
Continental Concorde (U)
D: George Wildhagen

Night Riders of Montana
USA - 1951 - 58m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Fred C. Brannon
Series: The Wild Frontier (1947).

On Moonlight Bay
USA - 1951 - 94m - col
Warner (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth
Followed by: By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953, Aug/1953).

Phone Call From a Stranger
USA - 1952 - 95m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Jean Negulesco

Quo Vadis
USA - 1951 - 167m - col
MGM (A)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

The Rebel
The Bushwhackers
USA - 1951 - 70m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Rod Amateau

Remember That Face
The Mob
USA - 1951 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Robert Parrish

Richer Than the Earth
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
USA - 1951 - 95m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert Siodmak

Royal Journey
Canada - 1951 - 52m - col
General Film (U)
D: David Bairstow, Roger Blais, Gudrun Parker

Savage Drums
USA - 1951 - 65m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: William Berke

The Sea Hornet
USA - 1951 - 82m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Secret People
UK - 1951 - 96m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Thorold Dickinson

Something to Live For
USA - 1952 - 89m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: George Stevens

Son of a Badman
USA - 1949 - 64m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Dead Man's Gold (1948, above).

Son of Billy the Kid
(aka: The Hole in the Wall Gang)
USA - 1949 - 65m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ray Taylor

St. Benny the Dip
USA - 1951 - 79m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

Street Bandits
USA - 1951 - 53m - bw
Republic (A)
D: R.G. Springsteen

A Streetcar Named Desire
USA - 1951 - 121m - bw
Warner (X) (cut)
D: Elia Kazan

Sunset in the West
USA - 1950 - 64m - bw
Republic (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Ten Tall Men
USA - 1951 - 97m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Willis Goldbeck

Three Steps North
USA/Italy - 1951 - 82m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: W. Lee Wilder

Tomorrow is Another Day
USA - 1951 - 90m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Felix E. Feist

The Treasure of Lost Canyon
USA - 1952 - 81m - col
General Film (U)
D: Ted Tetzlaff

Whispering Smith Hits London
(USA: Whispering Smith Investigates)
(aka: Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard)
UK - 1951 - 82m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Francis Searle

The Wild North
USA - 1951 - 95m - col
MGM (U)
D: Andrew Marton

Woman in Brown
The Vicious Circle
USA - 1948 - 77m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: W. Lee Wilder