MFB: March 1956

Introduction for newcomers

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