Tuesday, 4 August 2015

MFB: September 1952





Monthly Film Bulletin
September 1952
Vol. 19 No. 224


Aan
आन
(aka: Pride)
India - 1952 - 161m - col
All India (A) (cut)
D: Mehboob Khan

Affair in Trinidad
USA - 1952 - 98m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Vincent Sherman

The Big Top
На арене цирка
(USA: In the Circus Arena)
USSR - 1951 - 120m - col
Continental Concorde (U)
D: Leonid Varlamov
Distributed in the UK by Continental Concorde as a short film, running 45 mins.

The Brave Don't Cry
UK - 1952 - 90m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Philip Leacock

Brave Warrior
USA - 1952 - 73m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet

The Brigand
USA - 1952 - 93m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Phil Karlson

Captain Blood, Fugitive
Captain Pirate
USA - 1952 - 85m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

Captive Wild Woman
USA - 1943 - 60m - bw
Eros (X) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk
Followed by: Jungle Woman (1944), The Jungle Captive (1944, Dec/1946).

Castle in the Air
UK - 1952 - 90m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Henry Cass

Clash by Night
USA - 1952 - 105m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Fritz Lang

The Crime of the Century
Walk East on Beacon!
USA - 1952 - 97m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Alfred L. Werker

Crow Hollow
UK - 1952 - 69m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Michael McCarthy

Cuban Fireball
USA - 1951 - 73m - bw
Republic (U)
D: William Beaudine

Dreamboat
USA - 1952 - 84m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Claude Binyon

A Family Story
Mom and Dad
USA - 1944 - 97m - bw
Monarch (X) (cut)
D: William Beaudine
Screened under licence in UK cinemas in 1950 without a BBFC certificate. The version eventually given a general release by Monarch was shorn of 27 minutes worth of footage! It isn't known how much of this material was excised in advance by a nervous distributor, and how much was sacrificed to the censor's ridiculous demands.

Father Unknown
Né de père inconnu
(aka: Born of Unknown Father)
France/Italy - 1950 - 85m - bw
Regent (A)
D: Maurice Cloche

Girdle of Gold
UK - 1952 - 62m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Montgomery Tully

The Golden Hawk
USA - 1952 - 82m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Sidney Salkow

The Happy Time
USA - 1952 - 94m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Richard Fleischer

Hidden Secret
A Yank in Indo-China
USA - 1952 - 67m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Wallace Grissell

His Majesty Mr. Jones
Prima comunione
(USA: Father's Dilemma)
Italy - 1950 - 90m - bw
International (U)
D: Alessandro Blasetti

Indian Uprising
USA - 1951 - 75m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro

Jet Job
USA - 1952 - 63m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine

Just for You
USA - 1952 - 104m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Elliott Nugent

Little Big Shot
UK - 1952 - 90m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Jack Raymond

Loan Shark
USA - 1952 - 78m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Seymour Friedman




The Lone Rider Ambushed
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: The Lone Rider Rides On (1941).

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Equity British (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: The Lone Rider Rides On (1941).

The Lost Hours
(USA: The Big Frame)
UK - 1952 - 72m - bw
Eros (U)
D: David MacDonald

Lovely to Look At
USA - 1952 - 102m - col
MGM (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Mandy
(USA: Crash of Silence)
(aka: The Story of Mandy)
UK - 1952 - 93m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Alexander Mackendrick

The Marrying Kind
USA - 1952 - 92m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: George Cukor

Montana Territory
USA - 1952 - 64m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro

My Death is a Mockery
UK - 1952 - 75m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Young

No Room for the Groom
USA - 1952 - 82m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Douglas Sirk

Penny Princess
UK - 1952 - 94m - col
General Film (U)
D: Val Guest

Rendezvous
Darling, How Could You!
USA - 1951 - 89m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Mitchell Leisen

River of Poison
South of Death Valley
USA - 1949 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Slaughter Trail
USA - 1951 - 77m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Irving Allen

Smoking Guns
[see: Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns]

Something Money Can't Buy
UK - 1952 - 83m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Pat Jackson

Son of Paleface
USA - 1952 - 95m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Frank Tashlin
Series: The Paleface (1948, Sep/1948).

The Sound Barrier
(USA: Breaking the Sound Barrier)
UK - 1952 - 118m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: David Lean

Sound Off
USA - 1952 - 83m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Quine

Time Gentlemen Please!
UK - 1952 - 83m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Lewis Gilbert

Unknown World
USA - 1951 - 74m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Terry O. Morse

You're Only Young Twice!
UK - 1952 - 81m - bw
Associated-British (U)
D: Terry Bishop

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