MFB: March - April 1950

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March - April 1950

Vol. 17 No. 195

Adventures of Gallant Bess
USA - 1948 - 73m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lew Landers

All the King's Men
USA - 1949 - 109m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Robert Rossen
Also reviewed: Feb 1986.

Always Leave Them Laughing
USA - 1949 - 93m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Roy Del Ruth

Amazon
Amazon Quest
USA - 1949 - 75m - bw
International (U)
D: Steve Sekely

Ambush
USA - 1949 - 89m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Sam Wood

And Baby Makes Three
USA - 1949 - 84m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Henry Levin

Angels in Disguise
USA - 1949 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Jean Yarbrough
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Anna Lucasta
USA - 1949 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Irving Rapper

Appointment With Danger
USA - 1949 - 89m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

Au dela des Grilles
[see: Beyond the Gates]

Bagdad
USA - 1949 - 81m - col
General Film (U)
D: Charles Lamont

Beware of Blondie
USA - 1950 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).

Beyond the Gates
Le mura di Malapaga
(USA: The Walls of Malapaga)
Italy/France - 1949 - 90m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: René Clément

Bitter Rice
Riso amaro
Italy - 1949 - 103m - bw
Gelardi, Rashbrooke (A) (cut)
D: Giuseppe De Santis

Black Magic
USA - 1949 - 104m - bw
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Gregory Ratoff

Borderline
USA - 1949 - 88m - bw
General Film (A)
D: William A. Seiter

The Captain's Daughter
La figlia del capitano
Italy - 1947 - 102m - bw
Archway (A)
D: Mario Camerini

Chance of a Lifetime
UK - 1950 - 89m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Bernard Miles

Le colonel Chabert
France - 1943 - 105m - bw
Montana (A)
D: René Le Hénaff

Dancing in the Dark
USA - 1949 - 92m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Irving Reis

Death Valley
USA - 1946 - 68m - col
Exclusive (U)
D: Lew Landers

East Side, West Side
USA - 1949 - 108m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Father Was a Fullback
USA - 1949 - 79m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: John M. Stahl

The Girl From Jones Beach
USA - 1949 - 76m - bw
Warner (A)
D: David Butler

Guilt is My Shadow
UK - 1950 - 85m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Roy Kellino

The Happiest Days of Your Life
UK - 1950 - 81m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Frank Launder

The Happiest Days of Your Life

House of Settlement

Mr. Soft Touch

USA - 1950 - 93m - bw

Columbia (A)

D: Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin

A Kiss in the Dark

USA - 1948 - 86m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Delmer Daves

Long is the Road
Lang ist der Weg
Germany/USA - 1947 - 75m - bw
Adelphi (A)
D: Herbert B. Fredersdorf, Marek Goldstein

Mark of the Gorilla
USA - 1950 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Berke
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

Mary Ryan, Detective
USA - 1950 - 67m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Abby Berlin

Once More, My Darling
USA - 1949 - 92m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Robert Montgomery

Prairie Rustlers
USA - 1945 - 55m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Pride of Kentucky
The Story of Seabiscuit
USA - 1949 - 93m - col
Warner (U)
D: David Butler

Room to Let
UK - 1949 - 68m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Godfrey Grayson

Should Parents Tell?
Bob and Sally
(aka: The Story of Bob and Sally)
(aka: Tell Our Parents)
USA - 1949 - 66m - bw
Eros (Adults Only - London)
D: Erle C. Kenton
Initially screened in London with a local rating, then passed by the BBFC with an X certificate - apparently uncut - in 1951.

Stars in My Crown
USA - 1949 - 89m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Jacques Tourneur

Tension
USA - 1949 - 91m - bw
MGM (A)
D: John Berry

There's a Girl in My Heart
USA - 1949 - 79m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss

When Willie Comes Marching Home
USA - 1949 - 82m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: John Ford

Wild Country
USA - 1946 - 57m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Ray Taylor
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, Jan-Feb/1950).

Young Man of Music
Young Man With a Horn
USA - 1949 - 112m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Michael Curtiz