Friday, 17 July 2015

MFB: March 1951





Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1951
Vol. 18 No. 206


The 13th Letter
USA - 1951 - 84m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger

The Admiral Was a Lady
USA - 1950 - 87m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Adventures of Sir Galahad
USA - 1950 - 252m - 12 chapters - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet






Atom Man vs. Superman
USA - 1950 - 252m - 15 chapters - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Series: Superman (1948, Sep/1953).

Born Yesterday
USA - 1950 - 102m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: George Cukor

César
France - 1936 - 168m - bw
GCT (A)
D: Marcel Pagnol
Series: Marius (1931, Oct/1949).

Curley
(aka: The Adventures of Curley and His Gang)
USA - 1947 - 53m - col
Eros (U)
D: Bernard Carr
Followed by: Who Killed Doc Robbin (1948, Dec/1951).

The Dark Man
UK - 1950 - 91m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Jeffrey Dell

Down With Riches!
Abbasso la ricchezza!
(USA: Peddlin' in Society)
Italy - 1945 - 100m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Gennaro Righelli

Forbidden Jungle
USA - 1950 - 66m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Robert Emmett Tansey





The Franchise Affair
UK - 1950 - 88m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Lawrence Huntington

Gambling House
USA - 1950 - 80m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Ted Tetzlaff

Girls Behind Bars
Mädchen hinter Gittern
Germany - 1948 - 85m - bw
Blue Ribbon (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Braun

The Great Missouri Raid
USA - 1950 - 81m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Douglas

Harmony Inn
Home in San Antone
USA - 1950 - 62m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: Night Train to Memphis (1946, Jan/1947).

I'll Get You for This
(USA: Lucky Nick Cain)
UK - 1950 - 83m - bw
Independent (A)
D: Joseph M. Newman

Kansas Raiders
USA - 1950 - 79m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Ray Enright

Korea Patrol
USA - 1950 - 61m - bw
Monarch (A)
D: Max Nosseck

The Late Edwina Black
(USA: The Obsessed)
UK - 1951 - 78m - bw
Independent / British Lion (A)
D: Maurice Elvey

The Long Dark Hall
UK - 1951 - 86m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Anthony Bushell, Reginald Beck



The Mask and the Sword
Singoalla
(USA: The Wind is My Lover)
(aka: Gypsy Fury)
France/Sweden - 1949 - 104m - bw
International (U)
D: Christian-Jaque
Three versions of this film were shot simultaneously - in French, Swedish and English - with some cast members involved in a number of different versions.

The Mating Season
USA - 1950 - 101m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Mitchell Leisen

Mister Drake's Duck
UK - 1950 - 85m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Val Guest

The Murder of Father Christmas
L'assassinat du Père Noël
(USA: Who Killed Santa Claus?)
France - 1941 - 100m - bw
Blue Ribbon (A)
D: Christian-Jaque, Roger Chapatte

Murder Without Crime
UK - 1950 - 76m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: J. Lee Thompson

The Mysterious Desperado
USA - 1949 - 61m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Lesley Selander

One Wild Oat
UK - 1951 - 78m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Charles Saunders

Our Very Own
USA - 1950 - 93m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: David Miller

Outlaw Country
USA - 1949 - 72m - bw
Falcon (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Dead Man's Gold (1948, Mar/1952).





Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
UK - 1950 - 122m - col
Independent (A) (cut)
D: Albert Lewin
Also reviewed: Aug 1985.

Pool of London
UK - 1950 - 85m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Basil Dearden

Rawhide
USA - 1950 - 86m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Henry Hathaway

Red Stallion in the Rockies
USA - 1949 - 83m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

Rimfire
USA - 1949 - 65m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: B. Reeves Eason

Ski Patrol
USA - 1940 - 67m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Lew Landers

The Third Visitor
UK - 1950 - 85m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Maurice Elvey

Three Guys Named Mike
USA - 1950 - 90m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Charles Walters


To Have and to Hold
UK - 1950 - 63m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Godfrey Grayson

Under the Gun
USA - 1950 - 83m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Ted Tetzlaff

A Walk in the Sun
USA - 1945 - 116m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Lewis Milestone

The Wanton
Manèges
France - 1950 - 90m - bw
Films de France (X)
D: Yves Allégret

Watch the Birdie
USA - 1950 - 71m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Jack Donohue

Woman Hunt
Au royaume des cieux
(USA: The Sinners)
France - 1949 - 108m - bw
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

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