Sunday 4 October 2015

MFB: August 1956


Introduction for newcomers



Yield to the Night

Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1956
Vol. 23 No. 271


23 Paces to Baker Street
USA - 1956 - 103m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Hathaway
4-channel stereo

Alias John Preston
UK - 1955 - 66m - bw
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: David MacDonald

Apache Ambush
USA - 1955 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears

Assignment Abroad
USA - 1955 - 73m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss
Three episodes of the TV series Secret File, U.S.A. (1954), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Secret File (1955, below).

Away All Boats!
USA - 1956 - 114m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: Joseph Pevney

The Baby and the Battleship
UK - 1956 - 96m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Jay Lewis

The Big Tip Off
USA - 1955 - 71m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Frank McDonald

Boris Godunov
Борис Годунов
USSR - 1954 - 110m - col
Plato (U)
D: Vera Stroyeva

Breakaway
UK - 1956 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Henry Cass
Series: Barbados Quest (1955, Aug/1955).

Congo Crossing
USA - 1956 - 85m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Pevney

Creature With the Atom Brain
USA - 1955 - 69m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Edward L. Cahn




D-Day: The Sixth of June
USA - 1956 - 106m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

The Devil's Pass
Czarci żleb
Poland - 1950 - 90m - bw
Synchro-Cine (A)
D: Aldo Vergano, Tadeusz Kanski

The Eddy Duchin Story
USA - 1956 - 123m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: George Sidney
4-channel stereo

Eyewitness
UK - 1956 - 82m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Muriel Box

Fire Maidens From Outer Space
(USA: Fire Maidens of Outer Space)
UK - 1956 - 80m - bw
Eros (U) (cut)
D: Cy Roth

The First Traveling Saleslady
USA - 1956 - 92m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Arthur Lubin

Foreign Intrigue
USA - 1956 - 100m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Sheldon Reynolds

Good-bye, My Lady
USA - 1956 - 95m - bw
Warner (U)
D: William A. Wellman

Honour Among Thieves
Touchez pas au grisbi
(aka: Grisbi)
(aka: Hands Off the Loot)
France/Italy - 1953 - 94m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Jacques Becker

Huk!
USA - 1956 - 83m - col
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: John Barnwell

Jackboot Mutiny
Es geschah am 20. Juli
(USA: It Happened on July 20th)
W.Germany - 1955 - 77m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: G.W. Pabst

The Killing
USA - 1956 - 84m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Stanley Kubrick
Also reviewed: Jul 1984.




Lady Chatterley's Lover
L'amant de Lady Chatterley
France - 1955 - 101m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Marc Allégret

The Lie
USA/W.Germany (TV) - 1954 - 65m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Harold Young

The Littlest Outlaw
USA - 1955 - 72m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Roberto Gavaldón

Mohawk
USA - 1956 - 79m - col
Renown (U)
D: Kurt Neumann

The Mountain
USA - 1956 - 105m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Edward Dmytryk

Night Freight
USA - 1955 - 79m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Jean Yarbrough

Odongo
UK - 1956 - 85m - col / scope
Columbia (U)
D: John Gilling

Oh, la-la Chéri!
Paris canaille
(USA: Maid in Paris)
France - 1955 - 100m - bw
Gala (U) (cut)
D: Pierre Gaspard-Huit

Outlaw Treasure
USA - 1955 - 65m - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Oliver Drake

Outside the Law
USA - 1956 - 81m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Jack Arnold

The Parasites
M'sieur la Caille
(USA: No Morals)
France - 1955 - 82m - bw / scope
Astarte (X) (cut)
D: André Pergament

Paris Follies of 1956
USA - 1955 - 73m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Leslie Goodwins

Peril for the Guy
UK - 1956 - 55m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: James Hill

Project Moon Base
USA - 1953 - 51m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Richard Talmadge

The Proud and Profane
USA - 1956 - 112m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: George Seaton

The Proud Ones
USA - 1956 - 94m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert D. Webb
4-channel stereo

The Revolt of Mamie Stover
USA - 1956 - 86m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Raoul Walsh
4-channel stereo

Rock Around the Clock
USA - 1956 - 74m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Fred F. Sears

The Safety Match
Шведская спичка
USSR - 1954 - 52m - col
Plato (A)
D: Konstantin Yudin

The Searchers
USA - 1956 - 117m - col / VistaVision
Warner (U)
D: John Ford







Secret File
USA - 1955 - 74m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Arthur Dreifuss
Three episodes of the TV series Secret File, U.S.A. (1954), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Assignment Abroad (1955, above).

Shack Out on 101
USA - 1956 - 74m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Edward Dein

Slightly Scarlet
USA - 1956 - 92m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Allan Dwan

Smiley
UK - 1956 - 97m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Anthony Kimmins
Followed by: Smiley Gets a Gun (1958, Jun/1958).

Spy Chasers
USA - 1955 - 61m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds
Series: Live Wires (1946, Jun/1946).

Superman Flies Again
USA - 1953 - 77m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Thomas Carr, George Blair
Three episodes of the TV series Adventures of Superman (1952-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Superman's Peril (1953, Nov/1954).

Ten Days to Die
Der letzte Akt
(USA: The Last Ten Days)
(aka: The Last Act)
Austria - 1955 - 101m - bw
Intercontinental (A)
D: G.W. Pabst

Traffic in Souls
Cargaison blanche
(USA: Woman Racket)
France - 1936 - 100m - bw
Adelphi (X)
D: Robert Siodmak

Trapeze
USA - 1956 - 106m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Carol Reed
4-channel stereo

The Werewolf
USA - 1956 - 79m - bw
Columbia (X)
D: Fred F. Sears

Women Without Men
UK - 1956 - 73m - bw
Exclusive (A)
D: Elmo Williams, Herbert Glazer

World Without End
USA - 1956 - 80m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Yield to the Night
(USA: Blonde Sinner)
UK - 1956 - 99m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: J. Lee Thompson

No comments:

Post a Comment