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MFB: March 1959






Monthly Film Bulletin
March 1959
Vol. 26 No. 302



Afraid to Live
Das Bekentnnis der Ina Kahr
(USA: Afraid to Love)
W.Germany - 1954 - 111m - bw
Gala (X)
D: G.W. Pabst

Alaska Passage
USA - 1958 - 72m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Edward L. Bernds

The Angry Hills
UK - 1959 - 114m - bw
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

As Young As We Are
USA - 1958 - 76m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Bernard Girard

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
USA - 1958 - 66m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: Nathan Hertz




The Baited Trap
The Trap
USA - 1958 - 84m - col
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Norman Panama

The Black Orchid
USA - 1958 - 96m - bw / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Martin Ritt

The Blob
USA - 1958 - 83m - col
Paramount (X)
D: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Followed by: Beware! The Blob (1972, Aug/1974).

The Brain Eaters
USA - 1958 - 60m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Bruno VeSota

The Cry Baby Killer
USA - 1958 - 75m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Jus Addiss

Danger Within
(USA: Breakout)
UK - 1958 - 101m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Don Chaffey




Fortunella
Italy/France - 1958 - 100m - bw
Mondial (A)
D: Eduardo de Filippo

The Geisha Boy
USA - 1958 - 94m - col / VistaVision
Paramount (U)
D: Frank Tashlin

Giant From the Unknown
USA - 1957 - 77m - bw
Orb (A) (cut)
D: Richard E. Cunha

Gigi
USA - 1958 - 115m - col / scope
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli
4-channel stereo

The Girl From Hamburg
La fille de Hambourg
(aka: Port of Desire)
France - 1958 - 87m - bw
Mondial (X) (cut)
D: Yves Allégret

Girl in the Woods
USA - 1957 - 71m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Tom Gries


A couple of points of interest from High School Confidential!...



Great Van Robbery
UK - 1958 - 70m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Max Varnel

The Hanging Tree
USA - 1958 - 107m - col
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Delmer Daves

Hidden Homicide
UK - 1958 - 72m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Anthony Young

High School Confidential!
(aka: Trouble at Sixteen)
(aka: Young Hellions)
USA - 1958 - 85m - col / scope
MGM (X) (cut)
D: Jack Arnold
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
4-channel stereo

The Horse's Mouth
UK - 1958 - 95m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Ronald Neame

I Married a Monster From Outer Space
USA - 1958 - 78m - bw
Paramount (X)
D: Gene Fowler Jr.

New Year Sacrifice

The Lady is a Square
UK - 1958 - 99m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (U)
DF: Herbert Wilcox

Make Mine a Million
UK - 1959 - 82m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Lance Comfort

The Man Who Liked Funerals
UK - 1958 - 60m - bw
Rank (U)
D: David Eady

The Most Wonderful Moment
Il momento più bello
(aka: Wasted Lives)
Italy/France - 1957 - 92m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Luciano Emmer

New Year Sacrifice
祝福
China - 1956 - 97m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: Sang Hu

No Trees in the Street
UK - 1958 - 96m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: J. Lee Thompson

Nudist Paradise
(USA: Nature's Paradise)
UK - 1958 - 72m - col / scope
Orb (A) (cut)
D: Charles Saunders




Operation Amsterdam
UK - 1959 - 104m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Michael McCarthy

Paprika
Vasvirág
(aka: Iron Flower)
Hungary - 1958 - 101m - bw
Gala (X)
D: János Herskó

Passport to Shame
(USA: Room 43)
UK - 1958 - 91m - bw
British Lion (X) (cut)
D: Alvin Rakoff

Rally Round the Flag, Boys
USA - 1958 - 106m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Leo McCarey
4-channel stereo

Separate Tables
USA - 1958 - 99m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Delbert Mann

Song of the Forest
L'incanto della foresta
(aka: Ringo's World)
Italy/Spain - 1958 - 80m - col
Rank (U)
D: Alberto Ancilotto

The Spider
Earth vs the Spider
USA - 1958 - 72m - bw
Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Bert I. Gordon



A Stranger in My Arms
USA - 1958 - 88m - bw / scope
Rank (A)
D: Helmut Käutner

Subway in the Sky
UK - 1958 - 86m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (A) (cut)
D: Muriel Box

These Thousand Hills
USA - 1958 - 95m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Richard Fleischer
4-channel stereo

Too Many Crooks
UK - 1958 - 87m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Mario Zampi

Unwed Mother
USA - 1958 - 73m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Walter Doniger

War Shock
A Woman's Devotion
(aka: Battle Shock)
USA - 1956 - 88m - col
Eros (A) (cut)
D: Paul Henreid

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