Saturday, 4 July 2015

MFB: January - February 1950





Monthly Film Bulletin
January - February 1950
Vol. 17 No. 193



Adventures of Captain Marvel
(aka: Return of Captain Marvel)
USA - 1941 - 216m - 12 chapters - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney, John English
Also reviewed: Nov 1974.

Bachelor Bait
Adventure in Baltimore
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Richard Wallace

The Big Wheel
USA - 1949 - 92m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Edward Ludwig

Blondie's Hero
USA - 1950 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).



The Blue Lamp
UK - 1949 - 84m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Basil Dearden

Border Roundup
USA - 1942 - 57m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: The Lone Rider Rides On (1941).

Bride for Sale
USA - 1949 - 87m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: William D. Russell

Canzone Eterna
Mamma
Italy/Germany - 1941 - 74m - bw
Montana (A)
D: Guido Brignone

Challenge to Lassie
USA - 1949 - 76m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Richard Thorpe
Series: Lassie Come Home (1943, Nov/1943).




Cheyenne Wildcat
USA - 1944 - 56m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).

The Cure for Love
UK - 1949 - 98m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Robert Donat

The Daring Caballero
USA - 1949 - 60m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Wallace Fox
Series: Return of the Cisco Kid (1939, Jun/1939).

Daughter of the Jungle
USA - 1949 - 79m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: George Blair

Deputy Marshal
USA - 1949 - 68m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: William Berke

Down Dakota Way
USA - 1949 - 66m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The Fighting Vigilantes
USA - 1947 - 61m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Song of Old Wyoming (1945, May/1946).

Flame of Youth
USA - 1949 - 59m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: R.G. Springsteen




Francis
USA - 1949 - 91m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Lubin
Followed by: Francis Goes to the Races (1951, Sep/1951), Francis Goes to West Point (1952, Jan/1953), Francis Covers the Big Town (1953, Jan/1954), Francis Joins the WACS (1954, Nov/1954), Francis in the Navy (1955, Aug/1955), Francis in the Haunted House (1956, Jan/1957).

Gigi
France - 1948 - 109m - bw
Blue Ribbon (A)
D: Jacqueline Audry

The Girl Who Couldn't Quite
UK - 1949 - 85m - bw
Monarch (A) (cut)
D: Norman Lee

The Gorbals Story
UK - 1949 - 74m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: David MacKane

The Great Manhunt
The Doolins of Oklahoma
USA - 1949 - 90m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Gordon Douglas

Great Stagecoach Robbery
USA - 1945 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).

The Hawk of Powder River
USA - 1948 - 53m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, below).

Hold That Baby!
USA - 1949 - 63m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Reginald Le Borg
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).




Holiday Affair
USA - 1949 - 87m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Don Hartman

Intruder in the Dust
USA - 1949 - 86m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Clarence Brown

A Kiss for Corliss
USA - 1949 - 88m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Richard Wallace

Loaded Pistols
USA - 1948 - 79m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John English
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Lone Texas Ranger
USA - 1945 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Series: The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).

Lumière d'eté
France - 1943 - 112m - bw
Fairsham (A)
D: Jean Grémillon




Man in Black
UK - 1949 - 75m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Francis Searle

The Marines Come Thru
USA - 1937 - 50m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Louis Gasnier

No Place for Jennifer
UK - 1949 - 90m - bw
Associated British-Pathe (A)
D: Henry Cass

Phantom of the Plains
USA - 1945 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lesley Selander
Series: The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940).

Pioneer Justice
USA - 1947 - 55m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Song of Old Wyoming (1945, May/1946).


Sons of Matthew


La règle du jeu
(aka: The Rules of the Game)
France - 1938 - 85m - bw
New London Film Society (A)
D: Jean Renoir
Also reviewed: Nov 1961 + Sep 1996.

Return of the Bad Men
USA - 1948 - 90m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Ray Enright

Return of the Lash
USA - 1947 - 51m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Song of Old Wyoming (1945, May/1946).

Le roi
(USA: A Royal Affair)
France - 1949 - 93m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon

The Rugged O'Riordans
Sons of Matthew
Australia - 1949 - 107m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles Chauvel

Search for Danger
USA - 1949 - 62m - bw
International (A)
D: Jack Bernhard
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/1941).

Shadow on the Wall
USA - 1949 - 84m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Patrick Jackson

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
USA - 1949 - 103m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: John Ford





Take the Stage
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
USA - 1949 - 83m - col
Eros (U)
D: Charles Lamont

Tarzan's Magic Fountain
USA - 1949 - 71m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lee Sholem
Followed by: Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950, Oct/1950), Tarzan's Peril (1951, Jun/1951), Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952, Jul/1952), Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953, Jul/1953).

Tornado Range
USA - 1947 - 56m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, below).

Trapped
USA - 1949 - 78m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Richard Fleischer

The Vengeance of Gregory Walters
Feud of the West
USA - 1936 - 65m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser

White Stallion
Harmony Trail
USA - 1944 - 54m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Robert Emmett Tansey
Followed by: Song of Old Wyoming (1945, May/1946), Romance of the West (1946, Aug/1947), The Caravan Trail (1946, Dec/1946), Colorado Serenade (1946, Aug/1946), Tumbleweed Trail (1946), Driftin' River (1946, Apr/1949), Stars Over Texas (1946, Jan/1952), Wild West (1946, Apr/1948), Wild Country (1946, Mar-Apr/1950), Range Beyond the Blue (1946), West to Glory (1947, Feb-Mar/1950), Black Hills (1947, Jul/1950), Shadow Valley (1947), Check Your Guns (1948), Tornado Range (1948, below), The Westward Trail (1948), The Hawk of Powder River (1948, below), The Tioga Kid (1948, Nov/1950).

Woman in Hiding
USA - 1949 - 91m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Michael Gordon

You're My Everything
USA - 1949 - 94m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Lang

No comments:

Post a Comment