MFB: December 1949

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

December 1949

Vol. 16 No. 192

The 20 Questions Murder Mystery
(aka: Murder on the Air)
UK - 1949 - 95m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Paul L. Stein

The Adventures of Jane
UK - 1949 - 55m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Edward G. Whiting

After Midnight
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
USA - 1949 - 83m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Bait
UK - 1949 - 72m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: Frank Richardson

The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend
USA - 1949 - 77m - col
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Preston Sturges

Bicycle Thieves
Ladri di biciclette
Italy - 1948 - 90m - bw
GCT (U) (cut)
D: Vittorio De Sica

The Big Cat
USA - 1949 - 75m - col
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson

Border Incident
USA - 1949 - 96m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Anthony Mann
Also reviewed: Jan 1982.

Boys in Brown
UK - 1949 - 84m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Montgomery Tully

The Doctor and the Girl
USA - 1949 - 98m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Curtis Bernhardt

East of the Rising Sun
Malaya
USA - 1949 - 95m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Richard Thorpe

Die Fledermaus
(USA: The Bat)
Germany - 1945 - 100m - col
Archway (A)
D: Géza von Bolváry

Hounded
Johnny Allegro
USA - 1949 - 81m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Ted Tetzlaff

Innocence is Bliss
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
USA - 1949 - 89m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

It Concerns Us All
Det gælder os alle
Denmark - 1948 - 96m - bw
Film Traders (U)
D: Alice O'Fredericks

It Happens Every Spring
USA - 1949 - 82m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Jolson Sings Again
USA - 1949 - 96m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Henry Levin
Series: The Jolson Story (1946, Nov/1946).

Lost Boundaries
USA - 1949 - 105m - bw
International (A)
D: Alfred L. Werker

Lucky Terror
USA - 1936 - 60m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Alan James

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
USA - 1934 - 80m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Edward Ludwig

Martin Roumagnac
(USA: The Room Upstairs)
France - 1946 - 99m - bw
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Georges Lacombe

The Masked Pirate
I pirati di Capri
(USA: Pirates of Capri)
(aka: Captain Sirocco)
Italy/USA - 1949 - 89m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer, Giuseppe Maria Scotese

A Matter of Murder
UK - 1949 - 59m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: John Gilling

Met Simon Cherry: "The Rev"
UK - 1949 - 67m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Godfrey Grayson

Midnight
(aka: Call It Murder)
USA - 1934 - 67m - bw
Universal (A) (cut)
D: Charles Erskine

Miss Pilgrim's Progress
UK - 1949 - 82m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Val Guest

Neptune's Daughter
USA - 1949 - 93m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Edward Buzzell

Pinky
USA - 1949 - 102m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Elia Kazan

Post Office Investigator
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: George Blair

The Reckless Moment
USA - 1949 - 82m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Max Ophüls

Ride 'Em, Cowgirl
USA - 1938 - 55m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Samuel Diege

The Rocking Horse Winner
UK - 1949 - 90m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Anthony Pelissier

The Romantic Age
(USA: Naughty Arlette)
UK - 1949 - 86m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Edmond T. Gréville

Sand
USA - 1949 - 78m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Louis King

The Story of Molly X
USA - 1949 - 81m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Crane Wilbur

The Strangers Came
(aka: You Can't Fool an Irishman)
UK/Ireland - 1949 - 71m - bw
Grand National (A)
D: Alfred Travers

Tell It to the Judge
USA - 1949 - 87m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Norman Foster

Thieves' Highway
USA - 1949 - 94m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Jules Dassin

Torment
(USA: Paper Gallows)
UK - 1949 - 78m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: John Guillermin

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
[see: 20 Questions Murder Mystery, The]

The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
USA - 1947 - 285m - 15 chapters - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Wallace Fox