MFB: May 1955

Introduction for newcomers



Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1955

Vol. 22 No. 256

Above Us the Waves
UK - 1955 - 99m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Ralph Thomas

Armand and Michaela Denis on the Barrier Reef
UK - 1955 - 65m - col
General Film (U)
D: Armand Denis, Michaela Denis
Series: Below the Sahara (1953, Jul/1954).

Born for Trouble
UK - 1955 - 76m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Desmond Davis

The Brute
El bruto
Mexico - 1952 - 83m - bw
Gala-Cameo-Poly (X) (cut)
D: Luis Buñuel

A Bullet for Joey
USA - 1955 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

Captain Lightfoot
USA - 1955 - 91m - col / scope (2.55:1)
General Film (U)
D: Douglas Sirk
4-channel stereo

Children of Hiroshima
原爆の子
Japan - 1952 - 95m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Kaneto Shindō

The Constant Marriage
(USA: Marriage a la Mode)
UK - 1955 - 88m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Sidney Gilliat

Contraband Spain
UK - 1955 - 82m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lawrence Huntington, Julio Salvador

Count of Twelve
UK - 1955 - 51m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Paul Dickson
Two episodes of the TV series The Vise (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Three Cornered Fate (1954, Apr/1955).

Cult of the Cobra
USA - 1955 - 79m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Francis D. Lyon

Diamond Expert
UK - 1955 - 51m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: David MacDonald
Two episodes of the TV series The Vise (1954-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Three Cornered Fate (1954, Apr/1955).

The Eternal Sea
USA - 1955 - 96m - bw
Republic (U)
D: John H. Auer

Foxfire
USA - 1955 - 91m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Pevney

Gembaku no Ko
[see: Children of Hiroshima]

Hell's Island
(aka: The Ruby Virgin)
(aka: South Sea Fury)
USA - 1955 - 84m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Phil Karlson

The Last Bridge
Die letzte Brücke
Austria/Yugoslavia - 1953 - 102m - bw
Gala-Cameo-Poly (A)
D: Helmut Käutner

A Life in the Balance
USA - 1954 - 71m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Harry Horner

Lucretia Borgia
Lucrèce Borgia
France/Italy - 1952 - 120m - col
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Christian-Jaque

Mambo
Italy/USA - 1954 - 110m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Robert Rossen

A Man Called Peter
USA - 1955 - 119m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

The Man in My Life
L'homme de ma vie
France/Italy - 1952 - 98m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Guy Lefranc

Man Without a Star
USA - 1955 - 86m - col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: King Vidor

Many Rivers to Cross
USA - 1955 - 94m - col / scope (2.55:1)
MGM (U)
D: Roy Rowland
4-channel stereo

Midnight in Paris
Minuit, Champs-Élysées
France - 1954 - 90m - bw
Astral (A) (cut)
D: Roger Blanc

The Night My Number Came Up
UK - 1955 - 94m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Leslie Norman

The Overcoat
Il cappotto
Italy - 1952 - 101m - bw
Curzon (U)
D: Alberto Lattuada

Secret of the Mountain Lake
Тайна горного озера
USSR - 1954 - 69m - col
Gala (U)
D: Aleksandr Rou

Security Risk
USA - 1954 - 68m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Harold D. Schuster

The Sin of Anna
Il peccato di Anna
(aka: Anna's Sin)
Italy - 1952 - 85m - bw
Archway (A) (cut)
D: Camillo Mastrocinque

The Strange Desire of Monsieur Bard
L'étrange désir de Mons_ sieur Bard
France - 1953 - 108m - bw
Curzon (A)
D: Géza von Radványi

Third Party Risk
(USA: The Big Deadly Game)
(aka: The Deadly Game)
UK - 1955 - 70m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Daniel Birt

Track of the Cat
USA - 1954 - 102m - col / scope (2.55:1)
Warner (A) (cut)
D: William A. Wellman
4-channel stereo

The Truth About Our Marriage
La vérité sur Bébé Donge
(aka: The Truth About Bebe Donge)
France - 1952 - 110m - bw
Regent (X) (cut)
D: Henri Decoin

The Vanishing Prairie
USA - 1954 - 69m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: James Algar
Series: Seal Island (1948, short).

White Feather
USA - 1955 - 102m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert D. Webb
4-channel stereo

The White Orchid
USA - 1954 - 82m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Reginald Le Borg

Wild Fruit
Les fruits sauvages
France - 1953 - 98m - bw
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Hervé Bromberger

Winged Guardians
Крылатая защита
(aka: Defended by Birds)
USSR - 1953 - 68m - col
Gala (U)
D: Boris Dolin