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MFB: January 1953





Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1953
Vol. 20 No. 228


Above and Beyond
USA - 1952 - 122m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Assignment: Paris
USA - 1952 - 84m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert Parrish

The Birth of a Nation
(aka: The Clansman)
(aka: In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan)
USA - 1915 - silent - bw
Western Import (U)
D: D.W. Griffith
Also reviewed: May 1979.

The Blazing Forest
USA - 1952 - 91m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Edward Ludwig

Bloodhounds of Broadway
USA - 1952 - 90m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Harmon Jones

Breakdown
USA - 1952 - 77m - bw
Apex (A)
D: Edmond Angelo

The Devil Makes Three
USA - 1952 - 90m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Andrew Marton

Duel Without Honour
Duello senza onore
Italy - 1949 - 105m - bw
Studio One (A)
D: Camillo Mastrocinque

Escape Route
(USA: I'll Get You)
UK - 1952 - 79m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Seymour Friedman, Peter Graham Scott

Everything I Have is Yours
USA - 1952 - 91m - col
MGM (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Folly to Be Wise
UK - 1952 - 91m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Frank Launder

Forbidden City
Sorrows of the Forbidden City
清宮秘史
(aka: Secrets of the Qing Court)
Hong Kong - 1948 - 120m - bw
GCT (U)
D: Zhu Shi-lin

The Four Poster
USA - 1952 - 100m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Irving reis

Francis Goes to West Point
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Arthur Lubin
Series: Francis (1949, Jan-Feb/1950).

Frontier Outpost
USA - 1949 - 55m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

The Gambler and the Lady
UK - 1952 - 74m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Patrick Jenkins

Gene Autry and the Mounties
USA - 1951 - 70m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John English
Series: In Old Santa Fe (1934, May/1954).

Golden Arrow
(USA: The Gay Adventure)
UK - 1949 - 82m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Gordon Parry

High Tension
Sånt händer inte här
(aka: This Can't Happen Here)
Sweden - 1952 - 84m - bw
International (A) (cut)
D: Ingmar Bergman

Hot Ice
UK - 1952 - 85m - bw
Apex (A)
D: Kenneth Hume

Lost Property
Souvenirs perdus
(aka: Lost Souvenirs)
France - 1950 - 121m - bw
Grand National (X)
D: Christian-Jaque

My Man and I
USA - 1952 - 99m - bw
MGM (A)
D: William A. Wellman



My Pal Gus
USA - 1952 - 84m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Robert Parrish

The One Piece Bathing Suit
Million Dollar Mermaid
USA - 1952 - 115m - col
MGM (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

The Outlaw and the Lady
Waco
USA - 1952 - 68m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

The Paris Express
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
UK - 1952 - 80m - col
Eros (A)
D: Harold French

Plymouth Adventure
USA - 1952 - 104m - col
MGM (U)
D: Clarence Brown

The Prisoner of Zenda
USA - 1952 - 100m - col
MGM (U)
D: Richard Thorpe

Retreat, Hell!
USA - 1952 - 95m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Apr 1980.

The Return of Rin Tin Tin
USA - 1947 - 63m - col
Grand National (U)
D: Max Nosseck

The Ringer
UK - 1952 - 78m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Guy Hamilton

Road to Bali
USA - 1952 - 92m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Hal Walker
Series: Road to Singapore (1940, May/1940).

The Seven Deadly Sins
Les sept péchés capitaux
France/Italy - 1952 - 148m - bw
International (X) (cut)
D: Eduardo de Filippo, Jean Dréville, Yves Allégret, Roberto Rossellini, Carlo Rim, Claude Autant-Lara, Georges Lacombe

Sky Full of Moon
USA - 1952 - 73m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Norman Foster

Somebody Loves Me
USA - 1952 - 97m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Irving Brecher

Something for the Birds
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert Wise

The Stars Who Made the Cinema
UK - 1952 - 51m - bw
BFI (A)
D: Karel Reisz

The Steel Trap
USA - 1952 - 85m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Andrew L. Stone

Sword of D'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
USA (TV) - 1950 - 50m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Budd Boetticher
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of The Magnavox Theatre (1950).

Those People Next Door
UK - 1952 - 77m - bw
Eros (U)
D: John Harlow

Tread Softly
UK - 1952 - 70m - bw
Apex (A)
D: David MacDonald

The Treasure
Skarb
Poland - 1949 - 102m - bw
Bond Films (U)
D: Leonard Buczkowski [as: Marian Leonard]

Tropical Heat Wave
USA - 1952 - 73m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

The Voice of Merrill
(USA: Murder Will Out)
UK - 1952 - 84m - bw
Eros (A)
D: John Gilling

What Price Glory
USA - 1952 - 110m - col
20th Century Fox (A)
D: John Ford

Yankee Buccaneer
USA - 1952 - 85m - col
General Film (U)
D: Frederick De Cordova

The Yellow Balloon
UK - 1952 - 80m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: J. Lee Thompson

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