MFB: February - March 1950

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February - March 1950

Vol. 17 No. 194

Adam's Rib
USA - 1949 - 101m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George Cukor

Africa Screams
USA - 1949 - 79m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Charles T. Barton

Alias the Champ
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: George Blair

Alimony
USA - 1949 - 70m - bw
Associated-British Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Zeisler

Un ami viendra ce soir...
(USA: A Friend Will Come Tonight)
France - 1949 - 125m - bw
Cameo-Polytechnic (A) (cut)
D: Raymond Bernard

L'amore
[see: Miracle, The]

The Angel With the Trumpet
UK - 1949 - 98m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Anthony Bushell

The Astonished Heart
UK - 1949 - 89m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough

Battleground
USA - 1949 - 121m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: William A. Wellman

But Not in Vain
UK/Netherlands - 1948 - 73m - bw
Butcher's (A)
D: Edmond T. Gréville

Chain Lightning
USA - 1949 - 94m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Stuart Heisler

Copper Canyon
USA - 1949 - 84m - col
Paramount (U)
D: John Farrow

A Dangerous Profession
USA - 1949 - 79m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Ted Tetzlaff

Forgotten Women
USA - 1949 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: William Beaudine

Free for All
USA - 1949 - 83m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Charles T. Barton

The Gamblers
The Judge
USA - 1949 - 72m - bw
International (A)
D: Elmer Clifton

Golden Salamander
UK - 1949 - 87m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ronald Neame

It's a Great Feeling
USA - 1949 - 84m - col
Warner (U)
D: David Butler

Leave It to Henry
USA - 1949 - 57m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Series: Henry, the Rainmaker (1948, Jun/1949).

Madeleine
UK - 1949 - 114m - bw
General Film (A)
D: David Lean

Massacre River
USA - 1949 - 77m  - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: John Rawlins

Massacre River

The Miracle
Il miracolo
Italy - 1948 - 46m - bw
Film Traders (X)
D: Roberto Rossellini
Originally a story in the compendium film L'amore (1948, Mar/1981), but distributed to UK cinemas as a standalone item.

Morning Departure
(USA: Operation Disaster)
UK - 1950 - 102m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Roy Ward Baker

Movie Crazy
USA - 1932 - 83m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Clyde Brickman

My Foolish Heart
USA - 1949 - 98m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Mark Robson

Northwest Stampede
USA - 1948 - 79m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell

On the Town
USA - 1949 - 98m - col
MGM (U)
D: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

Outpost in Morocco
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Robert Florey

A Piece of Earth
Talpalatnyi föld
(USA: Treasured Earth)
Hungary - 1948 - 97m - bw
[No distributor or certificate]
D: Frigyes Bán
Not submitted for UK release, but 'screened privately in London', as per the MFB.

The Red Danube
USA - 1949 - 119m - bw
MGM (A)
D: George Sidney

Riding High
USA - 1950 - 112m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Frank Capra

Ringside
USA - 1949 - 67m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Frank McDonald

Saddle Serenade
USA - 1945 - 55m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Oliver Drake

Shep Comes Home
USA - 1948 - 62m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ford Beebe
Series: My Dog Shep (1946, Aug/1949).

South of St. Louis
USA - 1949 - 87m - col
Warner (U)
D: Ray Enright

That Others May Live
Ulica Graniczna
(USA: Border Street)
Poland - 1948 - 112m - bw
Blue Ribbon (A)
D: Aleksandr Ford

Three Came Home
USA - 1949 - 106m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Jean Negulesco

Treasure of Monte Cristo
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: William Berke

Twelve O'Clock High
USA - 1949 - 133m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry King

Under Arizona Skies
USA - 1946 - 59m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer

Undertow
USA - 1949 - 70m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: William Castle

West to Glory
USA - 1947 - 59m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, Jan-Feb/1950).

Without Honor
USA - 1949 - 76m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Irving Pichel

Yes Sir, That's My Baby
USA - 1949 - 82m - col
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman

Your Witness
(USA: Eye Witness)
UK - 1950 - 100m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Robert Montgomery