Saturday, 18 July 2015

MFB: April 1951





Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1951
Vol. 18 No. 207


Ace in the Hole
(aka: The Big Carnival)
USA - 1951 - 111m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Billy Wilder

As Others See Us
Les casse-pieds
(aka: The Spice of Life)
France - 1948 - 83m - bw
Blue Ribbon (U)
D: Jean Dréville

At War With the Army
USA - 1950 - 92m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Hal Walker

Beyond the Forest
USA - 1949 - 97m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: King Vidor

Bomba on Panther Island
USA - 1949 - 76m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Ford Beebe
Series: Bomba the Jungle Boy (1949, Nov/1949).

Breakthrough
USA - 1950 - 91m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lewis Seiler




The Browning Version
UK - 1951 - 90m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Anthony Asquith

California Passage
USA - 1950 - 89m - bw
Republic (A)
D: Joseph Kane

Clochemerle
(USA: Scandals of Clochemerle)
France - 1948 - 93m - bw
Blue Ribbon (X) (cut)
D: Pierre Chenal

The Cupboard Was Bare
L'armoire volante
France - 1948 - 88m - bw
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Carlo Rim

Dark City
USA - 1950 - 97m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: William Dieterle

The Fighting Redhead
USA - 1950 - 60m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins
Series: The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).

Fine and Dandy
The West Point Story
USA - 1950 - 107m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Flesh & Blood
UK - 1951 - 102m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Kimmins

Fourteen Hours
USA - 1951 - 92m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Hathaway

Frontier Fury
USA - 1943 - 61m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield

The Gangster We Made
The Vicious Years
USA - 1950 - 80m - bw
International (A) (cut)
D: Robert Florey

Halls of Montezuma
USA - 1950 - 112m - col
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Milestone

Happy Go Lovely
UK - 1950 - 97m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone





Hi-Jacked
USA - 1950 - 67m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Sam Newfield

Holiday Rhythm
USA - 1950 - 55m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Jack Scholl

Hot Rod
USA - 1950 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Humphrey Takes a Chance
[see: Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance]

Jennie
Portrait of Jennie
(aka: Tidal Wave)
USA - 1948 - 86m - bw / tinted / sepia / col
British Lion (U)
D: William Dieterle
Some prints presented the climactic sequence in a magnified format (Magnascope) which enlarged the screen to massive dimensions, with some shots tinted green, others in sepia and one in full Technicolor. This sequence also employed multi-channel audio, promoted as Cyclophonic sound.

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
USA - 1950 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Series: Joe Palooka, Champ (1946, Oct/1946).

Kill or Be Killed
USA - 1950 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Max Nosseck

Letter From Korea
A Yank in Korea
USA - 1951 - 73m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Lew Landers

Lights Out
Bright Victory
USA - 1950 - 97m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Mark Robson

Molly
The Goldbergs
USA - 1950 - 83m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Walter Hart

Motor Patrol
USA - 1950 - 64m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Sam Newfield

Operation Pacific
USA - 1950 - 108m - bw
Warner (U)
D: George Waggner

Outlaws of the Rio Grande
USA - 1941 - 52m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Peter Stewart]



The Quiet Woman
UK - 1950 - 71m - bw
Eros (U)
D: John Gilling

Rocky Mountain
USA - 1950 - 82m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William Keighley

Roseanna McCoy
USA - 1949 - 89m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Irving Reis

Sideshow
USA - 1950 - 67m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Jean Yarbrough

The Smart Aleck
UK - 1951 - 58m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: John Guillermin

Snow Dog
USA - 1950 - 63m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: The Wolf Hunters (1949, Jun/1950).

Square Dance Jubilee
USA - 1949 - 61m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Paul Landres

The Steel Helmet
USA - 1951 - 84m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Samuel Fuller




Storm Warning
USA - 1950 - 89m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Stuart Heisler

A Tale of Five Cities
(USA: A Tale of Five Women)
UK/Italy/W.Germany/France/Austria - 1951 - 99m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Romolo Marcellini, Emil E. Reinert, Wolfgang Staudte, Montgomery Tully, Géza von Cziffra

This is My Affair
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
USA - 1951 - 89m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Michael Gordon

Thunder in the Dust
The Sundowners
USA - 1950 - 83m - col
Eros (U)
D: George Templeton

Tomorrow is Too Late
Domani è troppo tardi
Italy - 1950 - 101m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Léonide Moguy

The Tougher They Come
USA - 1950 - 68m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro

Vengeance Valley
USA - 1950 - 82m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Richard Thorpe

Wedding Bells
Royal Wedding
USA - 1951 - 93m - col
MGM (A)
D: Stanley Donen

White Legs
Pattes Blanches
(aka: White Shanks)
France - 1949 - 100m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: Jean Grémillon

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