MFB: February 1951

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1951

Vol. 18 No. 205

The Adventurers
(USA: Fortune in Diamonds)
(aka: The Great Adventure)
UK - 1950 - 86m - bw
General Film (A)
D: David MacDonald

Bandit General
The Torch
USA/Mexico - 1950 - 78m - bw
International (A) (cut)
D: Emilio Fernández

Battle of Powder River
Tomahawk
USA - 1950 - 82m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: George Sherman

Belle of Old Mexico
USA - 1950 - 69m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Blackmailed
UK - 1950 - 85m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Marc Allégret

Brass Monkey
(aka: Lucky Mascot)
UK - 1948 - 84m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Thornton Freeland

Cinderella
USA - 1949 - 75m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
Followed by: Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002), Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007).

The Fat Man
USA - 1950 - 77m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: William Castle

The Fighting Renegade
USA - 1939 - 55m - bw
H. and S. (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936, Aug/1936).

Fools Awake
The Strawberry Roan
USA - 1948 - 79m - col
Columbia (U)
D: John English
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Forgery
Southside 1-1000
(aka: Union 1-1000)
USA - 1950 - 75m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Boris Ingster

Grand Canyon Trail
USA - 1948 - 69m - bw
Republic (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Grounds for Marriage
USA - 1950 - 90m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Hit Parade of 1951
USA - 1950 - 85m - bw
Republic (U)
D: John H. Auer
Series: The Hit Parade (1937, Aug/1937).

Into the Blue
(USA: Man in the Dinghy)
UK - 1950 - 83m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Herbert Wilcox

Jungle Stampede
USA - 1950 - 60m - bw
Republic (U)
D: George P. Breakston

Kim
USA - 1950 - 112m - col
MGM (U)
D: Victor Saville

Life Begins To-morrow
La vie commence demain
France - 1950 - 90m - bw
Blue Ribbon (X)
D: Nicole Védrès
The first film to receive an 'adults only' X certificate from the BBFC.

The Man Who Cheated Himself
USA - 1950 - 81m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Felix E. Feist

Midnight Episode
UK - 1950 - 78m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Gordon Parry

Radar Secret Service
USA - 1950 - 57m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Sam Newfield

The Return of Jesse James
USA - 1950 - 75m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Arthur Hilton

The Rossiter Case
UK - 1950 - 75m - bw
Exclusive (U) (cut)
D: Francis Searle

Samson and Delilah
USA - 1949 - 128m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Cecil B. DeMille

The Second Mate
UK - 1950 - 76m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: John Baxter

Straight Shooter
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
H. and S. (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936, Aug/1936).

Sunday in August
Domenica d'agosto
Italy - 1950 - 75m - bw
Film Traders (U)
D: Luciano Emmer

Surrender
USA - 1950 - 90m - bw
Republic (U) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan

Take Me to Paris
UK - 1950 - 72m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Jack Raymond

The Tattooed Stranger
USA - 1950 - 64m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Edward Montagne

Texas Wildcats
USA - 1939 - 58m - bw
H. and S. (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936, Aug/1936).

Traveller's Joy
UK - 1949 - 78m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Ralph Thomas

Trial Without Jury
USA - 1950 - 60m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: Philip Ford

Trigger Fingers
USA - 1939 - 56m - bw
H. and S. (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Undercover Girl
USA - 1950 - 76m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Joseph Pevney

Vi vil ha' et barn
(USA: We Want a Child!)
Denmark - 1949 - 99m - bw
Renown (Banned)
D: Alice O'Fredericks, Lau Lauritzen

Volpone
France - 1940 - 100m - bw
GCT (A)
D: Maurice Tourneur

Walk Softly, Stranger
USA - 1950 - 80m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Robert Stevenson

Wherever She Goes
Australia/UK - 1950 - 81m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Michael S. Gordon