MFB: July 1958

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

July 1958

Vol. 25 No. 294

10 North Frederick
[see: Ten North Frederick]

The Big Money
UK - 1956 - 86m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: John Paddy Carstairs

Camelia
Mexico - 1953 - 110m - bw
Mondial (A) (cut)
D: Roberto Gavaldón

China Doll
USA - 1958 - 99m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Frank Borzage

Dracula
(USA: Horror of Dracula)
UK - 1958 - 82m - col
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Terence Fisher
Followed by: The Brides of Dracula (1960, Aug/1960), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965, Feb/1966), Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968, Dec/1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969, Jun/1970), Scars of Dracula (1970, Nov/1970), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972, Nov/1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973, Mar/1974).

Empire of the Sun
L'impero del sole
(USA: Empire in the Sun)
Italy/France - 1956 - 93m - col / scope
Archway (U) (cut)
D: Enrico Gras

Fort Dobbs
USA - 1958 - 89m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Gordon Douglas

Fort Massacre
USA - 1958 - 81m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Joseph W. Newman

Fraülein
USA - 1958 - 97m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Koster
4-channel stereo

Fugitive in Saigon
Mort en fraude
France - 1957 - 105m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Marcel Camus

Heaven Fell That Night
Les bijoutiers du clair de lune
(USA: The Night Heaven Fell)
France/Italy - 1958 - 95m - col / scope
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Roger Vadim

Hot Spell
USA - 1958 - 86m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Delbert Mann

Kanał

I Married a Woman

USA - 1956 - 85m - bw and col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Hal Kanter
Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as 'RKO-Scope'.

It Happened in Aden
C'est arrivé à Aden
France - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Michel Boisrond

Kanał
(aka: Canal)
Poland - 1956 - 97m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Andrzej Wajda

The Key
UK - 1958 - 134m - bw / scope
Columbia (A)
D: Carol Reed

The Last of the Fast Guns
USA - 1958 - 82m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: George Sherman

Law and Disorder
UK - 1958 - 76m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Charles Crichton

The Law and Jake Wade
USA - 1958 - 86m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: John Sturges

Manhunt
From Hell to Texas
USA - 1958 - 98m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry Hathaway
4-channel stereo

Maracaibo
USA - 1958 - 88m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A)
D: Cornel Wilde

Marjorie Morningstar
USA - 1958 - 122m - col
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Irving Rapper

Mother India
भारत माता
India - 1957 - 172m - col
Columbia (U) (cut)
D: Mehboob Khan

Two dramatic images from
Mother India.

No Time for Sergeants
USA - 1958 - 110m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

On the Run
UK - 1957 - 70m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Ernest Morris

The Price of Love
Interdit de séjour
France - 1954 - 85m - bw
Films de France (X) (cut)
D: Maurice de Canonge

A Question of Adultery
UK - 1958 - 84m - bw
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Don Chaffey

Raintree County
USA - 1957 - 166m - col / MGM Camera 65
MGM (A)
D: Edward Dmytryk
Though photographed in 65mm, the film was released in 35mm only, with 4-channel stereo sound.

Raw Wind in Eden
USA - 1958 - 93m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Richard Wilson

Run Silent Run Deep
USA - 1958 - 93m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Robert Wise

She Didn't Say No!
UK - 1958 - 97m - col
Associated British-Pathé (A)
D: Cyril Frankel

The Spaniard's Curse
UK - 1958 - 80m - bw
Independent / British Lion (U)
D: Ralph Kemplen

Ten North Frederick
USA - 1958 - 102m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

There's Always a Price Tag
Retour de manivelle
France/Italy - 1957 - 118m - bw
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Denys de La Patellière

Thundering Jets
USA - 1958 - 73m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Helmut Dantine

Tread Softly Stranger
UK - 1958 - 90m - bw
Renown (A) (cut)
D: Gordon Parry

When the Devil Drives
Sait-on jamais...
(USA: No Sun in Venice)
France/Italy - 1957 - 96m - col / scope
Cross-Channel (X) (cut)
D: Roger Vadim

The Wind Cannot Read
UK - 1958 - 115m - col
Rank (U)
D: Ralph Thomas

Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich
USA - 1958 - 123m - col / Cinemiracle
Rank (U)
D: Louis de Rochemont III, Bill Colleran
7-channel stereo

Wolf Dog
Canada - 1958 - 69m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Sam Newfield

Woman of Evil
La reine Margot
(aka: Queen Margot)
France/Italy - 1954 - 93m/125m - col
Archway (X) (cut)
D: Jean Dréville

Wonderful Things!
UK - 1957 - 84m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
D: Herbert Wilcox