MFB: December 1957

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

December 1957

Vol. 24 No. 287

Above All Things
Flood Tide
USA - 1957 - 82m - bw / scope
Rank (A)
D: Abner Biberman

The Birthday Present
UK - 1957 - 100m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Pat Jackson

Both Ends of the Candle
The Helen Morgan Story
USA - 1957 - 118m - bw / scope
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz

Davy
UK - 1957 - 85m - col / Technirama
MGM (U)
D: Michael Relph

The Deerslayer
USA - 1957 - 76m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Kurt Neumann
4-channel stereo

The Devil's Hairpin
USA - 1957 - 83m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Cornel Wilde

An Eye for an Eye
Oeil pour oeil
(aka: Eyes of the Sahara)
France/Italy - 1956 - 113m - col / VistaVision
Films de France (A)
D: André Cayatte

A Face in the Crowd
USA - 1957 - 122m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Elia Kazan

Forty Guns
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Samuel Fuller
Also reviewed: Dec 1980.
4-channel stereo

Gate of Lilacs
Porte des Lilas
(USA: Gates of Paris)
France/Italy - 1957 - 95m - bw
Films de France (U)
D: René Clair

Hell on Devil's Island
USA - 1957 - 73m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Christian Nyby

He Who Must Die
Celui qui doit mourir
France/Italy - 1957 - 122m - bw / scope
Miracle (X)
D: Jules Dassin

Jet Pilot
USA - 1957 - 112m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Josef von Sternberg
Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as 'RKO-Scope'.

Johnny Tremain
USA - 1957 - 81m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Robert Stevenson

The Joker is Wild
USA - 1957 - 126m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Charles Vidor

Les Girls
USA - 1957 - 114m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: George Cukor
4-channel stereo

Lost Lagoon
USA - 1957 - 68m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: John Rawlins

The Man in the Raincoat
L'homme à l'impérmeable
France/Italy - 1956 - 106m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

The Miller's Wife
La bella mugnaia
(USA: The Miller's Beautiful Wife)
Italy - 1955 - 95m - col / scope
Gala (A)
D: Mario Camerini

Miss Body Beautiful
The Body Beautiful
USA - 1953 - 68m - bw
Orb (A) (cut)
D: Max Nosseck

Mister Rock and Roll
USA - 1957 - 86m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: Charles Dubin

My Man Godfrey
USA - 1957 - 92m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Henry Koster

Not Wanted on Voyage
UK - 1957 - 82m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Maclean Rogers

Sail Into Danger
UK/Spain - 1957 - 72m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Kenneth Hume, Ricardo Gascón

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
USA - 1957 - 103m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Arnold Laven

Slim Carter
USA - 1957 - 81m - col
Rank (U)
D: Richard H. Bartlett

Son of the Hunchback
Il figlio di Lagardère
Italy - 1952 - 78m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Fernando Cerchio

Strangers' Meeting
UK - 1957 - 64m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Robert Day

The Sun Also Rises
USA - 1957 - 130m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry King
4-channel stereo

Three Sundays to Live
UK - 1957 - 71m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Ernest Morris

The Tijuana Story
USA - 1957 - 70m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Leslie Kardos

Time for Action
Tip on a Dead Jockey
USA - 1957 - 98m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Richard Thorpe

Time Limit
USA - 1957 - 120m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Karl Malden

The Tin Star
USA - 1957 - 93m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Anthony Mann

Under Fire
USA - 1957 - 78m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: James B. Clark