Wednesday, 19 August 2015

MFB: December 1953



Monthly Film Bulletin
December 1953
Vol. 20 No. 239


99 River Street
USA - 1953 - 83m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson
Also reviewed: Jan 1982.

An Artist With the Ladies
Coiffeur pour dames
(USA: French Touch)
France - 1952 - 87m - bw
Cameo-Poly (X) (cut)
D: Jean Boyer

Back to God's Country
USA - 1953 - 77m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Pevney

The Band Wagon
USA - 1953 - 112m - col
MGM (U)
D: Vincente Minnelli

Behind the Headlines
UK - 1952 - 50m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

Black 13
UK - 1953 - 77m - bw
Archway (A) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

Blowing Wild
USA - 1953 - 88m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Hugo Fregonese
WarnerPhonic Sound

The Blue Gardenia
USA - 1953 - 90m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Fritz Lang

The Blue Parrot
UK - 1953 - 69m - bw
Monarch (A)
D: John Harlow

Captain Scarface
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Paul Guilfoyle

Charade
(aka: Duel at Dawn)
USA - 1953 - 83m - bw
Monarch (A)
D: Roy Kellino

The City is Dark
Crime Wave
USA - 1953 - 73m - bw
Warner (A)
D: André De Toth

Column South
USA - 1953 - 84m - col
General Film (U)
D: Frederick De Cordova

The Conquest of Everest
UK - 1953 - 78m - col
British Lion (U)
D: George Lowe

The Dog and the Diamonds
UK - 1953 - 55m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Ralph Thomas

Feet First
USA - 1930 - 93m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Clyde Bruckman

From Here to Eternity
USA - 1953 - 114m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Fred Zinnemann
3-channel stereo




The Girl Next Door
USA - 1953 - 92m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Richard Sale

The Good Beginning
UK - 1953 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Gilbert Gunn

Gun Belt
USA - 1953 - 78m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Ray Nazarro

The Heart of the Matter
UK - 1953 - 105m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: George More O'Ferrall

Houdini
USA - 1953 - 106m - col
Paramount (U)
D: George Marshall

The Intruder
UK - 1953 - 84m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Guy Hamilton

Julius Caesar
USA - 1953 - 121m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Converted to 70mm for a 1969 UK re-release, though this involved cropping the original 1.37:1 frame.
3-channel stereo

Ladies Crave Excitement
USA - 1935 - 58m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Nick Grinde

The Marines Are Coming
USA - 1934 - 73m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: David Howard
Original UK release: 1935 (Associated-British).

The Marshal's Daughter
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: William Berke

Mogambo
USA - 1953 - 116m - col
MGM (U) (cut)
D: John Ford
3-channel stereo

One Frightened Night
USA - 1935 - 56m - bw
Associated-British (A)
D: Christy Cabanne

A Perilous Journey
USA - 1953 - 87m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue
UK - 1953 - 81m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Harold French

Sea of Lost Ships
USA - 1953 - 85m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Joseph Kane

Second Chance
USA - 1953 - 82m - col / 3-D
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Rudolph Maté
The UK version distributed by RKO Radio was 2-D only.
3-channel stereo

Small Town Story
UK - 1953 - 69m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Montgomery Tully

South Sea Woman
USA - 1953 - 89m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Arthur Lubin

Spartacus the Gladiator
Spartaco
(USA: Sins of Rome)
Italy/France - 1953 - 103m - bw
International (A) (cut)
D: Riccardo Freda

Spring on Ice
Frühling auf dem Eis
Austria - 1951 - 95m - col
Gala (U)
D: Georg Jacoby

The Straw Man
USA - 1953 - 74m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Donald Taylor

The Veils of Bagdad
USA - 1953 - 80m - col
General Film (U)
D: George Sherman

Vicki
USA - 1953 - 85m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Harry Horner

The Village Teacher
Сельская Учительница
(aka: The Teacher From Shatryj)
USSR - 1947 - 105m - bw
Gala (U)
D: Mark Donskoy

Warning at Sea
Havets son
(USA: Son of the Sea)
(aka: Storm Warning)
Sweden - 1949 - 80m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Rolf Husberg

Wife for a Night
Moglie per una notte
Italy - 1952 - 86m - bw
International (A) (cut)
D: Mario Camerini

World Without End
UK - 1953 - 60m - bw
BFI (U)
D: Basil Wright, Paul Rotha

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