MFB: July 1956

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

July 1956

Vol. 23 No. 270

Battle Stations
USA - 1956 - 81m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Lewis Seiler

The Birds and the Bees
USA - 1956 - 94m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Norman Taurog

The Bold and the Brave
USA - 1956 - 87m - bw / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Lewis R. Foster

Card of Fate
Le grand jeu
(USA: Flesh and the Woman)
France/Italy - 1953 - 102m - col
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Robert Siodmak

Diary of a Married Woman
Tagebuch einer Verliebten
W.Germany - 1953 - 93m - bw
Gala (A) (cut)
D: Josef von Báky

Every Day's a Holiday
L'oro di Napoli
(USA: The Gold of Naples)
Italy - 1954 - 138m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Vittorio De Sica
Also reviewed: Oct 1959.

First Start
Pierwszy start
Poland - 1950 - 103m - bw
Synchro-Cine (U)
D: Leonard Buczkowski

The First Texan
USA - 1956 - 82m - col / scope
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Byron Haskin

Guilty?
Je plaide non coupable
France/UK - 1956 - 93m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Edmond T. Gréville

Hilda Crane
USA - 1956 - 87m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

The Houston Story
USA - 1956 - 80m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: William Castle

I'll Cry Tomorrow
USA - 1955 - 119m - bw
MGM (X)
D: Daniel Mann

The Intimate Stranger
(USA: Finger of Guilt)
UK - 1956 - 95m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Joseph Losey [as: Joseph Walton], Alec C. Snowden

It's Great to Be Young!
UK - 1956 - 93m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Cyril Frankel

Jacqueline
UK - 1956 - 93m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Roy Ward Baker

Jungle Boy
Jungle Hell
USA - 1955 - 85m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Norman A. Cerf
Comprised of material from a TV series which never aired.

The Leather Saint
USA - 1955 - 86m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Alvin Ganzer

The Long Arm
(USA: The Third Key)
UK - 1956 - 96m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Charles Frend

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
USA - 1956 - 152m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Nunnally Johnson
4-channel stereo

The Maverick Queen
USA - 1955 - 90m - col / scope
Republic (U)
D: Joseph Kane

My Teenage Daughter
(USA: Teenage Bad Girl)
UK - 1956 - 100m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Herbert Wilcox

The Naked Sea
USA - 1955 - 69m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Allen H. Miner

Pacific Destiny
UK - 1956 - 97m - col / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Wolf Rilla

Port Afrique
UK - 1956 - 92m - col
Columbia (A)
D: Rudolph Maté

Port of Escape
UK - 1955 - 76m - bw
Renown (A)
D: Anthony Young

Pride, Love and Suspicion
La fiammata
(aka: The Flame)
Italy - 1952 - 89m - bw
Leontine (A)
D: Alessandro Blasetti

Raw Edge
USA - 1956 - 74m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: John Sherwood

Reach for the Sky

UK - 1956 - 135m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Lewis Gilbert

The Shawl
El rebozo de Soledad
(aka: Soledad's Shawl)
Mexico - 1952 - 110m - bw
Curzon (A) (cut)
D: Roberto Gavaldón

Storm Center
USA - 1956 - 86m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Daniel Taradash

Thérèse Raquin
(USA: The Adulteress)
France - 1953 - 108m - bw
Astarte (X) (cut)
D: Marcel Carné

Together
UK - 1956 - 52m - bw
Connoisseur (U)
D: Lorenza Mazzetti, Denis Horne

Top Banana
USA - 1954 - 100m - col / 3-D
United Artists (A)
D: Alfred E. Green
Filmed in 3-D, but previewed and released in 2-D only.

Toy Tiger
USA - 1956 - 88m - col
Rank (U)
D: Jerry Hopper

The Undefeated
Robinson warszawski
Poland - 1950 - 86m - bw
Synchro-Cine (A) (cut)
D: Jerzy Zarzycki

Uranium Boom
USA - 1956 - 67m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle

Walk Into Paradise
Australia - 1955 - 93m - col
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Lee Robinson, Marcello Pagliero

Wedding Breakfast
The Catered Affair
USA - 1956 - 94m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Richard Brooks

Wicked as They Come
UK - 1956 - 94m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

Woman of the River
La donna del fiume
(USA: The River Girl)
Italy/France - 1955 - 105m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Mario Soldati