MFB: March 1957

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1957

Vol. 24 No. 278

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
UK - 1956 - 105m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Sidney Franklin
4-channel stereo

Battle Hymn
USA - 1957 - 108m - col / scope
Rank (U)
D: Douglas Sirk

The Beast of Hollow Mountain
USA/Mexico - 1956 - 77m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Edward Nassour, Ismael Rodríguez

The Black Sleep
(aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret)
USA - 1956 - 81m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Reginald Le Borg

The Boy Kumasenu
Ghana - 1951 - 63m - bw
New Realm (U) (cut)
D: Sean Graham

Bundle of Joy
USA - 1956 - 98m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Norman Taurog
Badly cropped from 1.85:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as 'RKO-Scope'.

Cartouche
Le avventure di Cartouche
Italy/France/USA - 1954 - 85m - col
RKO Radio (U)
D: Gianni Vernuccio, Steve Sekely

The Counterfeit Plan
UK - 1956 - 87m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Montgomery Tully

Don't Knock the Rock
USA - 1956 - 84m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Fred F. Sears

Folies-Bergère
France - 1956 - 104m - col
Films de France (A) (cut)
D: Henri Decoin

Four Boys and a Gun
USA - 1956 - 74m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: William Berke

Garden of Eden
USA - 1954 - 67m - col
Orb (U - London)
D: Max Nosseck
Nudist film, rejected by the BBFC in 1955. However, it was passed for exhibition by various councils throughout the UK. Given the inevitable lack of social 'consequences', the BBFC relented in 1958 and passed the film uncut, with an A certificate.

The German Story
Du und mancher Kamerad
E.Germany - 1956 - 110m - bw
Plato (A) (cut)
D: Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike

The Girl Can't Help It
USA - 1956 - 97m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Frank Tashlin
4-channel stereo

The Great American Pastime
USA - 1956 - 89m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Herman Hoffman

The Great Man
USA - 1956 - 92m - bw
Rank (A)
D: José Ferrer

Hit and Run
USA - 1956 - 85m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Hugo Haas

Ill Met by Moonlight
(USA: Night Ambush)
UK - 1956 - 104m - bw / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Is Anna Anderson Anastasia?
Anastasia: Die letzte Zarentochter
(USA: Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter)
W.Germany - 1956 - 107m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Falk Harnack

Julie
USA - 1956 - 97m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Andrew L. Stone

The King and Four Queens
USA - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Raoul Walsh

Kismet
USA - 1955 - 113m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Vincente Minnelli
4-channel stereo

Lust for Life
USA - 1956 - 122m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli
4-channel stereo

Mister Cory
USA - 1957 - 92m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Blake Edwards

No Road Back
UK - 1956 - 83m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Montgomery Tully

Pharaoh's Curse
USA - 1956 - 63m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lee Sholem

The Rainmaker
USA - 1956 - 122m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Joseph Anthony

Reprisal!
USA - 1956 - 74m - col
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: George Sherman

Roman Signorina
La bella di Roma
(aka: The Belle of Rome)
Italy - 1955 - 102m - bw
Archway (A)
D: Luigi Comencini

The Secret Place
UK - 1956 - 98m - bw
Rank (A)
D: Clive Donner

Slander
USA - 1956 - 80m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Roy Rowland

Suspended Alibi
(aka: Suspected Alibi)
UK - 1956 - 64m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Alfred Shaughnessy

Three Brave Men
USA - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Philip Dunne
4-channel stereo

Too Bad She's Bad
Peccato che sia una canaglia
Italy - 1955 - 96m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Alessandro Blasetti

Town on Trial
UK - 1956 - 96m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: John Guillermin

Treasure at the Mill
UK - 1957 - 60m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Max Anderson

West of Suez
(USA: The Fighting Wildcats)
UK - 1956 - 85m - bw
Astral (A) (cut)
D: Arthur Crabtree

The Wrong Man
USA - 1956 - 105m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Alfred Hitchcock