Tuesday 22 September 2015

MFB: August 1955





Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1955
Vol. 22 No. 259



Barbados Quest
(USA: Murder on Approval)
UK - 1955 - 70m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Bernard Knowles
Followed by: Breakaway (1956, Aug/1956).

The Bed
Secrets d’alcôve
(aka: The Secrets of the Bed)
France/Italy - 1954 - 96m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Gianni Franciolini, Ralph Habib

Bluebeard
Barbe-bleue
France - 1951 - 99m - col
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Christian-Jaque



The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships
L'amante di Paride
(USA: Loves of Three Queens)
Italy - 1954 - 81m - col
Republic (U)
D: Marc Allégret, Edgar G. Ulmer

Follow the Band
Mademoiselle s'amuse
(aka: Mademoiselle Has Fun)
France - 1947 - 95m - bw
Adelphi (A) (cut)
D: Jean Boyer

Footsteps in the Fog
UK - 1955 - 90m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Arthur Lubin

The Forty-Niners
USA - 1954 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Thomas Carr

Francis in the Navy
USA - 1955 - 80m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Arthur Lubin
Series: Francis (1949, Jan-Feb/1950).

Françoise Steps Out
Rue de l'Estrapade
France - 1953 - 97m - bw
Gala-Cameo-Poly (A) (cut)
D: Jacques Becker

A Golden Age
Een gouden eeuw-de kunst der Vlaamse primitieven
(aka: The Golden Age of Flemish Painting)
Belgium - 1953 - 70m - col
Film Traders (A)
D: Paul Haesaerts

Interrupted Melody
USA - 1955 - 106m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Curtis Bernhardt
4-channel stereo

John and Julie
UK - 1955 - 82m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: William Fairchild

Killer Leopard
USA - 1954 - 70m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Ford Beebe
Series: Bomba the Jungle Boy (1949, Nov/1949).

Kiss Me Deadly
USA - 1955 - 96m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich





Love Me or Leave Me
USA - 1955 - 122m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A)
D: Charles Vidor
4-channel stereo

Miss Tulip Stays the Night
(USA: Dead by Morning)
UK - 1955 - 68m - bw
Adelphi (U) (cut)
D: Leslie Arliss

The Naked Street
USA - 1955 - 83m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Maxwell Shane

No Rain at Timburi
Kenya/UK - 1954 - 61m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Alastair Scobie
Passed by the BBFC at 61 mins, but screened in UK cinemas in a shortened version, running only 43 mins.

Pearl of the South Pacific
USA - 1955 - 85m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan






The Prodigal
USA - 1955 - 106m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Richard Thorpe
4-channel stereo

The Richard Tauber Story
Du bist die Welt für mich
(USA: You Are the World for Me)
Austria - 1953 - 107m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Ernst Marischka

Rififi
Du rififi chez les hommes
France - 1955 - 122m - bw
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Jules Dassin

Room in the House
UK - 1955 - 74m - bw
Monarch (U)
D: Maurice Elvey

The Sea Chase
USA - 1955 - 117m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: John Farrow
4-channel stereo

See How They Run
UK - 1955 - 84m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Leslie Arliss

Un siècle d'or
[see: Golden Age, A]

Soldier of Fortune
USA - 1955 - 95m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk
4-channel stereo

Special Delivery
Vom Himmel gefallen
W.Germany - 1954 - 86m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: John Brahm

Strange Lady in Town
USA - 1955 - 118m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy
4-channel stereo




There's Always Tomorrow
USA - 1955 - 84m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Douglas Sirk

They Rode West
USA - 1954 - 84m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Phil Karlson

Thunder Pass
USA - 1954 - 80m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Frank McDonald

The Time of His Life
UK - 1955 - 74m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Leslie S. Hiscott

The Trial of Madame X
UK - 1948 - 54m - bw
Equity British (A)
D: Paul England

The Underdog
Der Untertan
(aka: The Kaiser's Lackey)
(aka: Man of Straw)
(aka: The Subject)
E.Germany - 1950 - 109m - bw
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Wolfgang Staudte

Yellowneck
USA - 1955 - 80m - col
Republic (A) (cut)
D: R. John Hugh

You Lucky People
UK - 1955 - 79m - bw / scope
Adelphi (U)
D: Maurice Elvey

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