Saturday 10 October 2015

MFB: February 1957





Monthly Film Bulletin
February 1957
Vol. 24 No. 277


Accused of Murder
USA - 1956 - 73m - col / scope
British Lion / Republic (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Kane

Anastasia
USA - 1956 - 105m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Anatole Litvak
4-channel stereo

Baby Doll
USA - 1956 - 115m - bw
Warner (X)
D: Elia Kazan

Behind the High Wall
USA - 1956 - 85m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Abner Biberman

Birth of a Baby
USA - 1938 - 72m/61m - bw
National Baby Welfare Council
D: Al Christie
New material was filmed in 1956 and added to the revised (and shortened) version of the film reviewed in this issue.
Also reviewed: May 1940.

Brink of Hell
Toward the Unknown
USA - 1956 - 115m - col
Warner (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
USA - 1956 - 78m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears

Chain of Evidence
USA - 1956 - 62m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Paul Landres
Series: Dial Red "0" (1955, Oct/1955).

Crime of Passion
USA - 1956 - 86m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Gerd Oswald

The Desperados Are in Town
USA - 1956 - 61m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Kurt Neumann

Everything But the Truth
USA - 1956 - 83m - col
Rank (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

Four Girls in Town
USA - 1956 - 85m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Jack Sher

Giant
USA - 1956 - 197m - col
Warner (A) (cut)
D: George Stevens

The Girl in the Picture
UK - 1956 - 63m - bw
Eros (U)
D: Don Chaffey

Godzilla
ゴジラ
(USA: Godzilla: King of the Monsters!)
Japan - 1954 - 96m - bw
Eros (X)
D: Ishirō Honda
The UK version distributed by Eros was a dubbed + rescored + re-edited print containing newly-shot footage, created for the US marketplace. The original version has since been restored worldwide.
Followed by: Gigantis the Fire Monster (1955, Apr/1960), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962, Nov/1963), Godzilla vs. the Thing (1964, Nov/1965), Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦, 1965), Monster Zero (怪獣大戦争, 1965), Ebirah: Horror of the Deep (1966, Aug/1969), Son of Godzilla (1967, Aug/1969), Destroy All Monsters (1968, Dec/1969), Godzilla's Revenge (ゴジラ • ミニラ • ガバラ オール 怪獣大進撃, 1969), Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1971, Apr/1975), War of the Monsters (1972, May/1977), Godzilla vs. Megalon (ゴジラ対メガロ, 1973), Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster (1974, Jun/1977), Monsters From an Unknown Planet (1975, Jun/1976), Godzilla 1985 (1984, Sep/1986), Godzilla vs. Biollante (ゴジラvsビオランテ, 1989), Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (ゴジラvsキングギドラ, 1991), Godzilla vs. Mothra (ゴジラvsモスラ, 1992), Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (ゴジラvsメカゴジラ, 1993), Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ, 1994), Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (ゴジラvsデストロイア, 1995), Godzilla 2000: Millennium (ゴジラ2000 ミレニアム, 1999), Godzilla x Megaguirus (ゴジラ×メガギラス G消滅作戦, 2000), Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ 大怪獣総攻撃, 2001), Godzilla x Mechagodzilla (ゴジラ×メカゴジラ, 2002), Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ SOS, 2003), Godzilla: Final Wars (ゴジラ ファイナルウォーズ, 2004), Shin Godzilla (2016, Oct/2017).




Gojira
[see: Godzilla]

Gun for a Coward
USA - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Abner Biberman

Hidden Guns
USA - 1956 - 62m - bw
Republic / British Lion (U)
D: Albert C. Gannaway

His Two Loves
Puccini
(USA: Two Loves Had I... Puccini)
Italy/France - 1953 - 119m - col
Films de France (A)
D: Carmine Gallone

The Hostage
UK - 1956 - 80m - bw
Eros (A)
D: Harold Huth

Kelly and Me
USA - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Robert Z. Leonard

Lisbon
USA - 1956 - 89m - col / scope
Republic / British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Ray Milland

Main Street to Broadway
USA - 1953 - 103m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Tay Garnett

The Man in the Sky
(USA: Decision Against Time)
UK - 1956 - 87m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Charles Crichton



Melbourne Olympiad
UK - 1956 - 66m - bw
Renown (U)
D: Ian K. Barnes

Mistress Du Barry
Madame du Barry
France/Italy - 1954 - 106m - col
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Christian-Jaque

Mother, Sir!
Navy Wife
USA - 1956 - 83m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Once Upon a Time
Une fée... pas comme les autres
(USA: The Secret of Magic Island)
France/Italy - 1956 - 63m - col
Gala (U)
D: Jean Tourane

Operation Murder
UK - 1956 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Ernest Morris

The Opposite Sex
USA - 1956 - 116m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: David Miller
4-channel stereo

The Power and the Prize
USA - 1956 - 97m - bw / scope
MGM (A)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

Rock Rock Rock!
USA - 1956 - 85m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Will Price

Scandal Incorporated
USA - 1956 - 79m - bw
Republic / British Lion (A) (cut)
D: Edward Mann

Shadow of the Guillotine
Marie Antoinette: Reine de France
France/Italy - 1956 - 127m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Jean Delannoy

Spring Reunion
USA - 1956 - 71m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Robert Pirosh

Three Men in a Boat
UK - 1956 - 94m - col / scope
Independent / British Lion (U) (cut)
D: Ken Annakin

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