MFB: October 1949

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1949

Vol. 16 No. 190

Abandoned
USA - 1949 - 78m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Joseph M. Newman

The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
UK - 1949 - 67m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Godfrey Grayson
Followed by: A Case for P.C. 49 (1951, Aug/1951).

Any Number Can Play
USA - 1949 - 102m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Appointment With Murder
USA - 1948 - 69m - bw
International Film Renters (A)
D: Jack Bernhard
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/1941).

Au grand balcon
France - 1949 - 123m - bw
Films de France (U)
D: Henri Decoin

Bagarres
(USA: Wench)
France - 1948 - 95m - bw
Blue Ribbon (A)
D: Henri Calef

The Big Steal
USA - 1949 - 71m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Feb 1984.

Children of Chance
UK - 1949 - 99m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Luigi Zampa

Dark Secret
UK - 1949 - 85m - bw
Butcher-Nettlefold (A)
D: Maclean Rogers

Diamond City
UK - 1949 - 90m - bw
General Film (U)
D: David MacDonald

Entre onze heures et minuit
(USA: Between Eleven and Midnight)
France/Italy - 1948 - 105m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: Henri Decoin

The File on Thelma Jordon
USA - 1949 - 100m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Robert Siodmak

Give Us This Day
UK - 1949 - 120m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Edward Dmytryk

The Great Lover
USA - 1949 - 80m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Alexander Hall

The Hasty Heart
USA - 1949 - 104m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Vincent Sherman

Hitting the Jackpot
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
USA - 1949 - 66m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).

The House Across the Street
USA - 1948 - 69m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Richard L. Bare

Inner Sanctum
USA - 1948 - 63m - bw
International Film Renters (A)
D: Lew Landers

In the Good Old Summertime
USA - 1949 - 103m - col
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Kazan
USA - 1949 - 61m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Will Jason

Liebelei

Liebelei
Germany - 1932 - 85m - bw
Cinema House (A)
D: Max Ophüls

The Lovable Cheat
USA - 1949 - 78m - bw
International Film Renters (A)
D: Richard Oswald

Madame Bovary
USA - 1949 - 114m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli

Marius
France - 1931 - 120m - bw
GCT (A) (cut)
D: Alexander Korda
Followed by: Fanny (1932, Aug/1950), César (1936, Mar/1951).

Mighty Joe Young
USA - 1949 - 93m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Ernest B. Schoedsack

Miraculous Journey
USA - 1948 - 76m - col
International Film Renters (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Peter Stewart]

Not Wanted
USA - 1949 - 94m - bw
International Film Renters (U)
D: Elmer Clifton

Overland Riders
USA - 1946 - 54m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Queen of the Amazons
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Edward Finney

Scene of the Crime
USA - 1949 - 94m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Roy Rowland

Tokyo Joe
USA - 1949 - 88m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Stuart Heisler

The Tragic Pursuit
Caccia tragica
Italy - 1947 - 89m - bw
Film Traders (A) (cut)
D: Giuseppe De Santis

Under Capricorn
UK - 1948 - 116m - col
Warner (A)
D: Alfred Hitchcock

You Can't Sleep Here
I Was a Male War Bride
USA - 1949 - 105m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Howard Hawks