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MFB: May 1956





Monthly Film Bulletin
May 1956
Vol. 23 No. 268



The African Lion
USA - 1955 - 75m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: James Algar
Series: Seal Island (1948, short).

Alexander the Great
USA - 1955 - 135m - col / scope (2.55:1)
United Artists (U)
D: Robert Rossen
4-channel stereo

Beyond the River
The Bottom of the Bottle
USA - 1956 - 88m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Henry Hathaway
4-channel stereo

The Black Tent
UK - 1956 - 93m - col / VistaVision
Rank (U)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

Captain Thunderbolt
Australia - 1953 - 69m - bw
Archway (U)
D: Cecil Holmes

Carousel
USA - 1956 - 129m - col / CinemaScope 55
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Henry King
6-channel stereo




Comanche
USA - 1956 - 87m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: George Sherman

Crime Against Joe
USA - 1956 - 68m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Lee Sholem

A Day of Fury
USA - 1956 - 78m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Harmon Jones

The Extra Day
(USA: 12 Desperate Hours)
UK - 1956 - 83m - col
British Lion (A)
D: William Fairchild

The Feminine Touch
(USA: The Gentle Touch)
UK - 1956 - 91m - col
Rank (U)
D: Pat Jackson

Forever, Darling
USA - 1956 - 91m - col
MGM (U)
D: Alexander Hall

Great Day in the Morning
USA - 1955 - 91m - col / scope (2.00:1)
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Jacques Tourneur

The Harder They Fall
USA - 1956 - 107m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Mark Robson

Inside Detroit
USA - 1955 - 68m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Fred F. Sears

Jubal
USA - 1955 - 101m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Delmer Daves

The Killer is Loose
USA - 1955 - 73m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Budd Boetticher





Mad at the World
USA - 1955 - 76m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Harry Essex
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

The Man in the Road
UK - 1956 - 84m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Lance Comfort

Miracle in the Rain
USA - 1955 - 107m - bw
Warner (U)
D: Rudolph Maté

Nigeria Greets Her Queen
Nigeria - 1956 - 56m - col
Astral (U)
D: Lionel Snazelle

Oasis
France/W.Germany - 1955 - 104m - col / scope (2.55:1)
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Yves Allégret
4-channel stereo

On the Threshold of Space
USA - 1956 - 96m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert D. Webb
4-channel stereo

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Papa, maman, la bonne et moi...
France - 1954 - 96m - bw
Curzon (U)
D: Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Followed by: Papa, maman, ma femme et moi... (1955).

Race for Life
Si tous les gars du monde...
(USA: If All the Guys in the World...)
France - 1955 - 108m - bw
Films de France (U)
D: Christian-Jaque

Romeo and Juliet
Ромео и Джульетта
USSR - 1954 - 94m - col
Gala (U)
D: Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky

Safari
UK - 1956 - 92m - col / scope
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Terence Young

Scarlet and Black
Le rouge et le noir
(USA: Rouge et Noir)
France/Italy - 1954 - 185m - col
Films de France (X)
D: Claude Autant-Lara

The Scarlet Hour
USA - 1955 - 94m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Michael Curtiz



Supersonic Saucer
UK - 1956 - 50m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Guy Fergusson

The Swan
USA - 1956 - 108m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Charles Vidor
4-channel stereo

Tarantula
USA - 1955 - 80m - bw
Rank (X)
D: Jack Arnold

They Were So Young
Mannequins für Rio
W.Germany/USA - 1954 - 95m - bw
Exclusive (A) (cut)
D: Kurt Neumann

The Tomahawk and the Cross
Pillars of the Sky
USA - 1956 - 92m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: George Marshall
4-channel stereo

Tribute to a Bad Man
USA - 1956 - 91m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Robert Wise
4-channel stereo

The Trouble With Harry
USA - 1955 - 99m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Alfred Hitchcock

The Vagabond King
USA - 1956 - 89m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

I vitelloni
(aka: Spivs)
Italy/France - 1953 - 109m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Federico Fellini

While the City Sleeps
USA - 1956 - 100m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Fritz Lang
Badly cropped from 1.37:1 to scope dimensions for UK release, promoted as 'RKO-Scope'.

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