Thursday, 13 August 2015

MFB: June 1953




Monthly Film Bulletin
June 1953
Vol. 20 No. 233


Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
USA - 1952 - 76m - bw
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Charles Lamont

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
USA - 1952 - 70m - col
Warner (U)
D: Charles Lamont

The Avenging Rider
USA - 1943 - 55m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Sam Nelson

Call Me Madam
USA - 1953 - 114m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Walter Lang

Cattle Town
USA - 1952 - 70m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Noel Smith

The Cimarron Kid
USA - 1951 - 83m - col
General Film (U)
D: Budd Boetticher

Colonel March Investigates
UK - 1953 - 70m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Donald Ginsberg, Cy Endfield
Three episodes of the TV series Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1952-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Death Goes to School
UK - 1953 - 65m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Stephen Clarkson

Diary of a Country Priest
Journal d'un curé de campagne
France - 1950 - 120m - bw
GCT (U)
D: Robert Bresson

Every Minute Counts
Count the Hours
USA - 1952 - 74m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Mar 1984.

Four Sided Triangle
UK - 1952 - 81m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Terence Fisher


Hiawatha


Hiawatha
USA - 1952 - 80m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Kurt Neumann

House of Wax
USA - 1953 - 88m - col / 3-D
Warner (X) (cut)
D: André De Toth
Converted to 70mm 3-D for 1971 re-release.
WarnerPhonic Sound

Innocents in Paris
UK - 1953 - 102m - bw
Independent / British Lion (A)
D: Gordon Parry

Invasion USA
USA - 1952 - 73m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Alfred E. Green
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Kentucky Jubilee
USA - 1951 - 63m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ron Ormond

A Kingdom on the Waters
Vadvízország
Hungary - 1951 - 75m - col
Contemporary / G. and S. (U)
D: István Homoki-Nagy

The Lone Hand
USA - 1953 - 80m - col
General Film (U) (cut)
D: George Sherman

MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties
Pony Soldier
USA - 1952 - 82m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Joseph M. Newman

Man in the Dark
USA - 1953 - 70m - sepia / 3-D
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lew Landers


Diary of a Country Priest




Man on a Tightrope
USA - 1953 - 104m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Elia Kazan

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
USA - 1950 - 63m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Arthur Hilton

Noose for a Lady
UK - 1953 - 73m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Wolf Rilla

Outlaw Women
USA - 1952 - 74m - col
Exclusive (U) (cut)
D: Sam Newfield

Ramar of the Jungle
White Goddess
USA - 1952 - 77m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Wallace Fox
Three episodes of the TV series Ramar of the Jungle (1952-54), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Eyes of the Jungle (1953, Dec/1954), Thunder Over Sangoland (1955), Phantom of the Jungle (1955, Dec/1955).

Redwood Forest Trail
USA - 1950 - 76m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Philip Ford

The Steel Key
UK - 1953 - 69m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Robert S. Baker

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
(USA: Gilbert and Sullivan)
(aka: The Great Gilbert and Sullivan)
UK - 1953 - 109m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Sidney Gilliat

The System
USA - 1953 - 90m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Lewis Seiler

The Triangle
UK - 1953 - 77m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lance Comfort, Leslie Arliss, Bernard Knowles
Three episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Three's Company (1953, Aug/1953), Thought to Kill (1953, Nov/1953), The Red Dress (1954, Sep/1954), Destination Milan (1954, Jan/1955), The Genie (1954, Feb/1954), The Accused (1954, Feb/1954), The Death of Michael Turbin (1954, Mar/1955), Forever My Heart (1954, Mar/1955), The Last Moment (1954, Feb/1955).

Turn the Key Softly
UK - 1953 - 81m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Jack Lee

Two Pennyworth of Hope
Due soldi di speranza
(USA: Two Cents Worth of Hope)
Italy - 1952 - 101m - col
One World (A)
D: Renato Castellani

Varieties on Parade
USA - 1951 - 55m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Ron Ormond

La vie en rose
(USA: The Loves of Colette)
(aka: A Merry Life)
France - 1947 - 96m - bw
Films de France (A)
D: Jean Faurez

White Lightning
USA - 1953 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

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