Monday, 10 August 2015

MFB: March 1953





Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1953
Vol. 20 No. 230


Alf's Baby
(USA: Her Three Bachelors)
UK - 1952 - 75m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

Appointment in London
(USA: Raiders in the Sky)
UK - 1952 - 96m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Philip Leacock

Blackbeard, the Pirate
USA - 1952 - 98m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Raoul Walsh

The Black Castle
USA - 1952 - 80m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Nathan Juran

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
USA - 1952 - 65m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Bernard B. Ray

The Case of the Missing Brides
The Corpse Vanishes
USA - 1942 - 63m - bw
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Wallace Fox
Rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Pathé in 1942, then passed with cuts in 1946 and given an H certificate. However, the film doesn't appear to have been released in the UK until 1953 (as The Case of the Missing Brides), with an X certificate and similar cuts.

Doctor Knock
Knock
France - 1951 - 100m - bw
GCT (U)
D: Guy Lefranc

The Emperor's Nightingale
Císařův slavík
Czechoslovakia - 1949 - 72m - col
Bond Films (U)
D: Jiří Trnka, Milos Makovec

The Fabulous Senorita
USA - 1952 - 80m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

The Fort
Renegades of the Sage
USA - 1949 - 56m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Frank James Rides Again
Gunfire
USA - 1950 - 60m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: William Berke

The Great Game
UK - 1952 - 80m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Maurice Elvey

The Happy Vineyard
Der fröhliche Weinberg
(USA: The Grapes Are Ripe)
W.Germany - 1952 - 95m - bw
London Films (A)
D: Erich Engel

Heart of the Rockies
USA - 1951 - 66m - bw
Republic (U)
D: William Witney
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

The I Don't Care Girl
USA - 1952 - 78m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

Jeopardy
USA - 1952 - 69m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: John Sturges

The Little World of Don Camillo
Don Camillo
France/Italy - 1952 - 106m - bw
London Films (U)
D: Julien Duvivier
Followed by: The Return of Don Camillo (1953, Sep/1954), Don Camillo's Last Round (1955, Nov/1956), Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo (1961), Il compagno Do Camillo (1965).

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
USA - 1952 - 79m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Lee Sholem
Not released in the US until 1955.
Series: The Egg and I (1947, Aug/1947).

Maclovia
Mexico - 1948 - 103m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Emilio Fernández

Man From Sonora
USA - 1951 - 54m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
E.Germany - 1950 - 95m - bw
Bond Films (U)
D: Georg Wildhagen

The Mississippi Gambler
USA - 1952 - 98m - col
General Film (U)
D: Rudolph Maté

The Naked Spur
USA - 1952 - 91m - col
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Mann

The Net
(USA: Project M7)
UK - 1953 - 86m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Anthony Asquith

The Night is My Kingdom
La nuit est mon royaume
France - 1951 - 110m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Georges Lacombe

Le petit monde de Don Camillo
[see: Don Camillo]

Le plaisir
France - 1952 - 97m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Max Ophüls

Randy Rides Alone
USA - 1934 - 53m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Harry L. Fraser

The Redhead From Wyoming
USA - 1952 - 80m - col
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Lee Sholem

Riders of Destiny
USA - 1933 - 54m - bw
Pathé (U) (cut)
D: Robert N. Bradbury

Ruby Gentry
USA - 1952 - 82m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: King Vidor

The Silver Whip
USA - 1953 - 74m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Harmon Jones

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Ça c’est du cinéma
France - 1951 - 89m - bw
Adelphi (U)
D: Claude Accursi, Raymond Bardonnet

The Sniper
USA - 1952 - 81m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk

Springfield Rifle
USA - 1952 - 93m - col
Warner (U) (cut)
D: André De Toth

Taxi
USA - 1952 - 77m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Gregory Ratoff

Texas Lawmen
USA - 1951 - 54m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lewis D. Collins

Texas Terror
USA - 1935 - 52m - bw
Pathé (U) (cut)
D: Robert N. Bradbury

Thunderbirds
USA - 1952 - 99m - bw
Republic (A) (cut)
D: John H. Auer

Thunder in God's Country
USA - 1951 - 66m - bw
Republic (U)
D: George Blair

Time Bomb
(aka: Terror on a Train)
UK - 1952 - 72m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Ted Tetzlaff

Toughest Man in Arizona
USA - 1952 - 90m - col
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Treasure of the Golden Condor
USA - 1952 - 93m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Delmer Daves

The Villain Still Pursued Her
(aka: He Done Her Wrong)
USA - 1940 - 66m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Edward F. Cline
Also reviewed: Aug 1940.

Wagons West
USA - 1952 - 70m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Ford Beebe

Wozzeck
E.Germany - 1947 - 98m - bw
Continental Concorde (X) (cut)
D: Georg C. Klaren

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