Wednesday, 30 September 2015

MFB: April 1956





Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1956
Vol. 23 No. 267


1984
UK - 1955 - 90m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: Michael Anderson

Ali Baba
Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs
(USA: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves)
(aka: Dance of Desire)
France - 1954 - 92m - col
Republic (U)
D: Jacques Becker

Alone in the Streets
Soli per le strade
Italy - 1954 - 115m - bw
Adelphi / Grand National (U)
D: Silvio Siano

Apache Woman
USA - 1955 - 69m - col
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Roger Corman

Backlash
USA - 1956 - 84m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: John Sturges

The Barbarians
Il sacco di Roma
(USA: The Pagans)
Italy - 1953 - 87m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Ferruccio Cerio

Billy the Kid's Round-Up
USA - 1941 - 57m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Bobby Ware is Missing
USA - 1955 - 64m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

The Brave and the Beautiful
The Magnificent Matador
USA - 1955 - 93m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Renown (A) (cut)
D: Budd Boetticher
4-channel stereo

Charley Moon
UK - 1956 - 92m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Guy Hamilton

Cry Vengeance
USA - 1954 - 82m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Mark Stevens
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Day the World Ended
USA - 1955 - 81m - bw / scope (2.00:1)
Anglo-Amalgamated (X) (cut)
D: Roger Corman

Fire in the Skin
La feu dans la peau
(USA: Fire Under Her Skin)
France - 1954 - 108m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Marcel Blistène

Frou-Frou
(aka: The Toy Wife)
France/Italy- 1955 - 112m - col / scope
Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Augusto Genina

The Gelignite Gang
(USA: The Dynamiters)
UK - 1956 - 75m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Francis Searle

Hell on Frisco Bay
USA - 1955 - 98m - col / scope
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Frank Tuttle

Her
Sie
W.Germany - 1954 - 95m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Rolf Thiele

Hot Blood
USA - 1955 - 84m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray

The Indian Fighter
USA - 1955 - 86m - col / scope
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: André De Toth

Indian Scout
Davy Crockett: Indian Scout
USA - 1949 - 70m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lew Landers

The Lie
Menzogna
Italy - 1952 - 98m - bw
Gala (U) (cut)
D: Ubaldo Maria del Colle

The Light Across the Street
La lumière d'en face
(aka: Female and the Flesh)
France - 1955 - 99m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Georges Lacombe

One Man Mutiny
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
USA - 1955 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: Otto Preminger
4-channel stereo

Othello
[see: Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, The]

The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues
USA - 1955 - 81m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Dan Milner

Private's Progress
UK - 1956 - 102m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Boulting

Ransom!
USA - 1955 - 109m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Alex Segal

Return to the Desert
UK - 1955 - 60m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Denis Kavanagh

The Scarlet Coat
USA - 1955 - 99m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: John Sturges
4-channel stereo

The Secret of the Forest
UK - 1955 - 61m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Darcy Conyers

Seminole Uprising
USA - 1955 - 72m - col
Eros (U)
D: Earl Bellamy

Soho Incident
(USA: Spin a Dark Web)
UK - 1956 - 77m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Vernon Sewell

Star in the Dust
USA - 1956 - 80m - col
Rank (U)
D: Charles Haas

The Steel Cage
USA - 1954 - 77m - bw
Adelphi / Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Walter Doniger
Compiled from material intended for a TV anthology series which never aired.
See also: Duffy of San Quentin (1954, Jun/1954).

Sudden Danger
USA - 1955 - 65m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Hubert Cornfield

Time Table
USA - 1955 - 80m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Mark Stevens

Tons of Trouble
UK - 1956 - 77m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Leslie S. Hiscott

A Town Like Alice
UK - 1956 - 117m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Jack Lee

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
USA/Italy/France/Morocco - 1952 - 91m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Orson Welles

When Gangland Strikes
USA - 1956 - 69m - bw
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Who Done It?
UK - 1955 - 85m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Michael Relph, Basil Dearden

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

MFB: March 1956



Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1956
Vol. 23 No. 266


The Adventures of Quentin Durward
[see: Quentin Durward]

Bel Ami
Austria/France/W.Germany - 1954 - 100m - col
Synchro-Cine (X) (cut)
D: Louis Daquin
Filmed simultaneously in both French and German versions, with cast members exclusive to each edition.

The Benny Goodman Story
USA - 1955 - 116m - col
Rank (U)
D: Valentine Davies

Blood Alley
USA - 1955 - 110m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: William A. Wellman
4-channel stereo

Cinerama Holiday
USA - 1955 - 119m - col / Cinerama
Cinerama (U)
D: Robert L. Bendick, Philippe De Lacey
7-channel stereo

Cloak Without Dagger
(USA: Operation Conspiracy)
UK - 1955 - 69m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Joseph Sterling

Come Next Spring
USA - 1955 - 92m - col
Republic (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

The Conqueror
USA - 1955 - 112m - col / scope (2.55:1)
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Dick Powell
4-channel stereo

The Court Jester
USA - 1955 - 102m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank

Diane
USA - 1956 - 110m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: David Miller
4-channel stereo

Doublecross
UK - 1956 - 71m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Anthony Squire

The Gamma People
UK - 1955 - 79m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Gilling


Helen of Troy
USA/Italy - 1955 - 114m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U) (cut)
D: Robert Wise
4-channel stereo

Illegal
USA - 1955 - 87m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

Jaguar
USA - 1955 - 63m - bw
Republic (U)
D: George Blair

Jumping for Joy
UK - 1955 - 88m - bw
Rank (U)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

The Kid From Broken Gun
USA - 1952 - 55m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Killer's Kiss
USA - 1955 - 67m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Stanley Kubrick
Also reviewed: Jul 1984.

The Last Frontier
(aka: Savage Wilderness)
USA - 1955 - 97m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Anthony Mann

A Lawless Street
USA - 1955 - 77m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
USA - 1955 - 99m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Frank Tashlin
4-channel stereo

Lost
(USA: Tears for Simon)
UK - 1955 - 89m - col
Rank (A)
D: Guy Green

Maddalena
Italy/France - 1954 - 102m - col
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Augusto Genina

The Man Who Never Was
UK - 1955 - 103m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Ronald Neame
4-channel stereo

Monster From the Ocean Floor
USA - 1954 - 51m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Wyott Ordung

Mountain Desperadoes
Laramie Mountains
USA - 1952 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

The Narrowing Circle
UK - 1955 - 66m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Charles Saunders

Not So Dusty
UK - 1956 - 81m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

Now and Forever
UK - 1955 - 91m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Mario Zampi

Picnic
USA - 1955 - 113m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Columbia (A)
D: Joshua Logan
4-channel stereo

Jumping for Joy


Prairie Badmen
USA - 1946 - 55m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).

Quentin Durward
UK - 1955 - 100m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Richard Thorpe
4-channel stereo

Red Sundown
USA - 1955 - 81m - col
Rank (U)
D: Jack Arnold

The Rose Tattoo
USA - 1955 - 114m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Daniel Mann

The Secret Tent
UK - 1956 - 69m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Don Chaffey

The Twinkle in God's Eye
USA - 1955 - 68m - bw
Republic (U)
D: George Blair

Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
(USA: The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi)
Italy - 1953 - 121m - col
Gala (A)
D: Raffaello Matarazzo

World in My Corner
USA - 1955 - 82m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Jesse Hibbs

You Can't Escape
UK - 1955 - 77m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Wilfred Eades

Monday, 28 September 2015

MFB: February 1956





Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1956
Vol. 23 No. 265


All for Mary
UK - 1955 - 79m - col
Rank (U)
D: Wendy Toye
Also reviewed: Sep 1986.

The Big Bluff
USA - 1955 - 71m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: W. Lee Wilder

The Big Combo
USA - 1955 - 84m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Apr 1980.

The Big Knife
USA - 1955 - 104m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

Big Leaguer
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Aldrich
Also reviewed: Dec 1977.

The Cobweb
USA - 1955 - 124m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli
4-channel stereo

The Crooked Web
USA - 1955 - 77m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Nathan Juran

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
USA - 1955 - 93m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Norman Foster
Three episodes of the TV series Disneyland (1954-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956, Dec/1956).

The Desperate Hours
USA - 1955 - 113m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: William Wyler

Devil Goddess
USA - 1955 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Series: Jungle Jim (1948, Jun/1949).

The Drifter
USA - 1944 - 61m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Sam Newfield
Series: Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940).




Flight From Vienna
(USA: Escape From the Iron Curtain)
UK - 1955 - 58m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Denis Kavanagh

Fruits of Summer
Les fruits de l'été
France - 1954 - 107m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Raymond Bernard

Fun at St. Fanny's
UK - 1955 - 80m - bw / scope
Grand Alliance / British Lion (U)
D: Maurice Elvey

Glory
USA - 1955 - 100m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (U)
D: David Butler

Good Morning, Miss Dove
USA - 1955 - 107m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

Les grandes manoeuvres
(USA: The Grand Maneuver)
(aka: Summer Manoeuvres)
France/Italy - 1955 - 106m - col
Films de France (A)
D: René Clair




Heidi and Peter
Heidi und Peter
Switzerland - 1955 - 95m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Franz Schnyder
Series: Heidi (1952, Jun/1954).

It's a Dog's Life
The Bar Sinister
(aka: Wildfire)
USA - 1955 - 82m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Herman Hoffman
4-channel stereo

It's a Great Day
UK - 1955 - 71m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: John Warrington

Johnny You're Wanted
UK - 1955 - 71m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Vernon Sewell

Laughing in the Sunshine
UK/Sweden - 1955 - 81m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Daniel Birt

The Man With the Golden Arm
USA - 1955 - 118m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Otto Preminger

Murder Ad Lib
UK - 1956 - 53m - bw
Butcher's (A) (cut)
D: Paul Garrison
Two episodes of the TV series The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: The Brass Key (1953).

Never Say Goodbye
USA - 1955 - 96m - col
Rank (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

No Man's Woman
USA - 1955 - 70m - bw
Republic (A)
D: Franklin Adreon

The Phenix City Story
USA - 1955 - 87m/100m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson
Also reviewed: Jan 1982.

The Rains of Ranchipur
USA - 1955 - 104m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Jean Negulesco
4-channel stereo

Rebel Without a Cause
USA - 1955 - 111m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (X) (cut)
D: Nicholas Ray
4-channel stereo

Rebel Without a Cause




Revenge of the Creature
USA - 1955 - 81m - bw / 3-D
Rank (X)
D: Jack Arnold
The UK version distributed by Rank was 2-D only.
Series: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954, Jan/1955).

Secret Interlude
The View From Pompey's Head
USA - 1955 - 97m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

Sincerely Yours
USA - 1955 - 113m - col
Warner (U)
D: Gordon Douglas

The Square Jungle
USA - 1955 - 85m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Jerry Hopper

Target Zero
USA - 1955 - 92m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Harmon Jones

Top Gun
USA - 1955 - 74m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Ray Nazarro

Torreani
USA - 1952 - 101m - bw
Renown (A) (cut)
D: Gustav Fröhlich

The Treasure of Pancho Villa
USA - 1955 - 95m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (U)
D: George Sherman


Sunday, 27 September 2015

MFB: January 1956





Monthly Film Bulletin
January 1956
Vol. 23 No. 264


An Alligator Named Daisy
UK - 1955 - 88m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: J. Lee Thompson

Artists and Models
USA - 1955 - 109m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Frank Tashlin

The Beginning Was Sin
Am Anfang war es Sünde
W.Ger/Yug - 1954 - 96m - bw
Astral (A) (cut)
D: Frantisek Cáp

The Blue Peter
(USA: Navy Heroes)
UK - 1954 - 93m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Wolf Rilla

Bread, Love and Jealousy
Pane, amore e gelosia
(USA: Frisky)
It - 1954 - 98m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Luigi Comencini
Series: Bread, Love and Dreams (1953, Dec/1954).

The Cockleshell Heroes
UK - 1955 - 98m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: José Ferrer

Count Three and Pray
USA - 1955 - 92m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: George Sherman

Les diaboliques
(USA: Diabolique)
(aka: The Devils)
(aka: The Fiends)
Fr - 1954 - 114m - bw
Films de France (X)
D: Henri-Georges Clouzot





Dial 999
(USA: The Way Out)
UK - 1955 - 86m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Montgomery Tully

Fire One
USA/W.Ger - 1954 - 52m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Dallas Bower

Five Boys From Barksa Street
Piątka z ulicy Barskiej
(USA: Five From Barska Street)
Pol - 1953 - 115m - col
Synchro-Cine (A)
D: Aleksandr Ford

Flame of the Islands
USA - 1955 - 87m - col
Republic (A) (cut)
D: Edward Ludwig

Gang Busters
USA - 1954 - 70m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Bill Karn
Three episodes of the same-named TV series (1952-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Gentle Sergeant
Three Stripes in the Sun
USA - 1955 - 85m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Richard Murphy



The High Command
UK - 1937 - 84m - bw
New Realm (A)
D: Thorold Dickinson
Original UK release: 1937 (Associated-British).
Also reviewed: Mar 1945.

I Died a Thousand Times
USA - 1955 - 109m - col / scope
Warner (A)
D: Stuart Heisler

If I Had Seven Daughters
J'avais sept filles
(USA: My Seven Little Sins)
Fr/It - 1954 - 98m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Jean Boyer

Isle of the Dead
USA - 1945 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (X) (cut)
D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Jun 1981.

Jail Busters
USA - 1955 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: William Beaudine
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).



The Ladykillers
UK - 1955 - 97m - col
Rank (U)
D: Alexander Mackendrick

Man of Africa
UK - 1955 - 73m - col
Regent (U)
D: Cyril Frankel
Distributed in the UK by Regent as a short film, running 44 mins.

The Night of the Hunter
USA - 1955 - 90m - bw
United Artists (X)
D: Charles Laughton

Oh... Rosalinda!!
UK - 1955 - 101m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Portrait of Alison
(USA: Postmark for Danger)
UK - 1955 - 84m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Guy Green

Richard III
UK - 1955 - 161m - col / VistaVision
Independent / British Lion (U)
D: Laurence Olivier

Running Wild
USA - 1955 - 79m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Abner Biberman

Secret Women
Les clandestines
(USA: Vice Dolls)
Fr - 1954 - 93m - bw
Astarte (X) (cut)
D: Raoul André


Five Boys From Barska Street

Simon and Laura
UK - 1955 - 91m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: Muriel Box

Storm Fear
USA - 1955 - 80m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Cornel Wilde

La strada
(aka: The Road)
It - 1954 - 108m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Federico Fellini

The Tender Trap
USA - 1955 - 111m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A)
D: Charles Walters
4-channel stereo

Treasure of Ruby Hills
USA - 1955 - 73m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Frank McDonald

Trial
USA - 1955 - 108m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Mark Robson

Utah Wagon Train
USA - 1951 - 65m - bw
Republic (U)
D: Philip Ford

Villa Borghese
(USA: It Happened in the Park)
It/Fr - 1953 - 98m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Gianni Franciolini, Vittorio de Sica

The Wayward Wife
La provinciale
It - 1953 - 114m - bw
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Mario Soldati

A Yank in Ermine
UK - 1955 - 85m - col
Monarch / British Lion (U)
D: Gordon Parry