MFB: August 1963

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1963

Vol. 30 No. 355

30 Years of Fun
USA - 1962 - 85m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Robert Youngson

Aliki My Love
UK/Greece - 1962 - 100m - bw
Golden Era (U)
D: Rudolph Maté

Canaris: Master Spy
Canaris
(aka: Deadly Decision)
W.Germany - 1954 - 113m - bw
Golden Era (U)
D: Alfred Weidenmann

Candide
Candide, ou L'optimisme au XXe siècle
France - 1960 - 90m - bw
Connoisseur (X)
D: Norbert Carbonnaux

The Cracksman
UK - 1963 - 112m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Peter Graham Scott

Death on the Arena
Maciste: Il gladiatore più forte del mondo
(USA: Colossus of the Arena)
Italy - 1962 - 98m - col / scope
Golden Era (A) (cut)
D: Michele Lupo

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Le diable et les dix commandements
France/Italy - 1962 - 143m - bw / scope
Compton-Cameo (X) (cut)
D: Julien Duvivier

The Double
UK - 1963 - 56m - bw
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Lionel Harris
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

Drums of Africa
USA - 1963 - 92m - col
MGM (U)
D: James B. Clark

Flight of the White Stallions
Miracle of the White Stallions
USA - 1962 - 118m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Arthur Hiller

Flipper
USA - 1963 - 87m - col
MGM (U)
D: James B. Clark
Followed by: Flipper's New Adventure (1964, Oct/1964).

The Four Days of Naples
Le quattro giornate di Napoli
Italy - 1962 - 124m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Nanni Loy

Freaks
USA - 1932 - 61m - bw
Antony Balch (X)
D: Tod Browning
Rejected by the BBFC in 1932 (submitted by MGM) and 1952 (Adelphi), then finally passed uncut in 1963.

A Gathering of Eagles
USA - 1962 - 115m - col
Rank (A)
D: Delbert Mann

Girl With a Suitcase
La ragazza con la valigia
Italy/France - 1960 - 135m - bw
Compton-Cameo (A)
D: Valerio Zurlini

The Glass Tower
Der gläserne Turm
W.Germany - 1957 - 104m - bw
Golden Era (A)
D: Harald Braun

The Great Escape
USA - 1963 - 173m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: John Sturges
Followed by: The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988).

A Guy Called Caesar
UK - 1962 - 62m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Frank Marshall

Isle of Sin
Flitterwochen in der Hölle
(aka: Isle of Fear)
W.Germany - 1960 - 95m - bw
E.J. Fancey (A)
D: Johannes Kai

The Little Soldier
Le petit soldat
France - 1960 - 88m - bw
Academy Cinema (X) (cut)
D: Jean-Luc Godard

Marilyn
USA - 1963 - 83m - col  and bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Harold Medford

The Marked One
UK - 1963 - 65m - bw
Planet (A)
D: Francis Searle

The Mongols
I mongoli
Italy/France/USA - 1960 - 115m - col / scope
British Lion (A) (cut)
D: André De Toth, Leopoldo Savona

My Dog, Buddy
USA - 1959 - 76m - bw
Golden Era (U)
D: Ray Kellogg

The Nutty Professor
USA - 1963 - 107m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Jerry Lewis

The Purple Hills
USA - 1961 - 60m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Maury Dexter

Ricochet
UK - 1963 - 64m - bw
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: John Llewellyn Moxey
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

Rome in Flames
Il crollo di Roma
(USA: The Fall of Rome)
(aka: Centurion)
Italy - 1962 - 87m - col / scope
Compton-Cameo (U)
D: Antonio Margheriti [as: Anthony M. Dawson]

The Running Man
UK - 1963 - 103m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: Carol Reed

Satan Conducts the Dance
Et Satan conduit le bal
France - 1962 - 82m - bw
Compton-Cameo (X)
D: Grisha Dabat, Bernard Paul

The Scarlet Blade
(USA: The Crimson Blade)
UK - 1963 - 82m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: John Gilling

Seduction of the South
I briganti italiani
(USA: The Italian Brigands)
Italy/France - 1961 - 110m - bw / scope
Gala (A)
D: Mario Camerini

The Son of Captain Blood
Il figlio del capitano Blood
Italy/Spain - 1962 - 95m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Tulio Demicheli

The Spanish Sword
UK - 1962 - 63m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Ernest Morris

Spencer's Mountain
USA - 1963 - 121m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A) (cut)
D: Delmer Daves
4-channel stereo

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
USA - 1961 - 88m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Edward L. Bernds

Tom Jones
UK - 1963 - 128m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Tony Richardson

Tomorrow at Ten
UK - 1962 - 80m - bw
Planet (A) (cut)
D: Lance Comfort

Two Brothers
Gunga Jumna
गूंगा जुमना
India - 1960 - 178m - col
Bargate (A)
D: Nitin Bose

The Tyrant of Syracuse
Il tiranno di Siracusa
(USA: Damon and Pythias)
Italy/USA - 1962 - 101m - col
MGM (U)
D: Curtis Bernhardt

Who Stole the Body?
Les bricoleurs
France - 1962 - 92m - bw
Miracle (A)
D: Jean Girault

The Yellow Teddy Bears
(USA: Gutter Girls)
(aka: Thrill Seekers)
UK - 1963 - 85m - bw
Compton-Cameo (X) (cut)
D: Robert Hartford-Davis

MFB: July 1963

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

July 1963

Vol. 30 No. 354

All the Gold in the World
Tout l'or du monde
France/Italy - 1961 - 90m - bw
Connoisseur (U)
D: René Clair

The Black Buccaneer
Gordon il pirata nero
(USA: Rage of the Buccaneers)
(aka: The Black Pirate)
Itlay - 1961 - 88m - col / scope
Grand National (U) (cut)
D: Mario Costa

The Break
UK - 1962 - 76m - bw
British Lion / Planet (A) (cut)
D: Lance Comfort

Days of Wine and Roses
USA - 1962 - 116m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Blake Edwards

Diamond Head
USA - 1962 - 106m - col / scope
Columbia (A)
D: Guy Green

Divorce - Italian Style
Divorzio all'italiana
Italy - 1961 - 108m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Pietro Germi

Donovan's Reef
USA - 1963 - 108m - col
Paramount (U)
D: John Ford

Drops of Blood
Il mulino delle donne di pietra
(USA: Mill of the Stone Women)
Italy/France - 1960 - 95m - col
E.J. Fancey (X) (cut)
D: Giorgio Ferroni

First Spaceship on Venus
Der schweigende Stern
(aka: The Silent Star)
E.Germany/Poland - 1960 - 78m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Kurt Maetzig
4-channel stereo

The Fury of Hercules
La furia di Ercole
(aka: Fury of Samson)
Italy/France - 1962 - 95m - col / scope
Miracle (U)
D: Gianfranco Parolini
Series: Hercules (1957, Jun/1959).

The Giant of Metropolis
Il gigante di Metropolis
Italy - 1962 - 82m - col
Continental Art Films (A) (cut)
D: Umberto Scarpelli

Heavens Above!
UK - 1963 - 118m - bw
British Lion / Romulus (A) (cut)
D: John Boulting, Roy Boulting

Impact
UK - 1963 - 61m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Peter Maxwell

It Happened at the World's Fair
USA - 1962 - 104m - col / scope
MGM (U)
D: Norman Taurog

It's All Happening
(USA: The Dream Maker)
UK - 1963 - 101m - col
British Lion / Magna (U)
D: Don Sharp

The Judge and the Sinner
Der Jugendrichter
(USA: Judge and Juvenile)
W.Germany - 1960 - 94m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Paul Verhoeven

The List of Adrian Messenger
USA - 1963 - 97m - bw
Rank / Universal-International (A)
D: John Huston

Master Spy
UK - 1962 - 74m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: Montgomery Tully

Murder by Signature
Eichmann und das Dritte Reich
Switzerland/W.Germany - 1961 - 90m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Erwin Leiser

The Murder Men
USA - 1962 - 75m - bw
MGM (X) (cut)
D: John Peyser

The Night of the Prowler
UK - 1962 - 60m - bw
Butcher's (U)
D: Francis Searle

The Rebel Gladiator
Ursus: Gladiatore ribelle
Italy - 1962 - 98m - col / scope
Miracle (U)
D: Domenico Paolella
Series: Ursus (1961, Oct/1971).

Reptilicus
USA/Denmark - 1961 - 90m - col
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (A) (cut)
D: Sidney W. Pink

Return to Sender
UK - 1963 - 61m - bw
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (A)
D: Gordon Hales
Series: Urge to Kill (1960, May/1960).

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan
Italy/France - 1961 - 95m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Riccardo Freda

Seven Daring Girls
Die Insel der Amazonen
W.Germany - 1960 - 88m - bw
E.J. Fancey (A) (cut)
D: Otto Meyer

Showdown
USA - 1963 - 79m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Sons of Thunder
Arrivano i titani
(USA: My Son, the Hero)
(aka: The Titans)
Italy/France - 1962 - 110m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Duccio Tessari

The Steppe
La steppa
Italy/France/Yugoslavia - 1962 - 110m - col / scope
Gala (A)
D: Alberto Lattuada

Summer Magic
USA - 1962 - 104m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: James Neilson

Take Me Over
UK - 1962 - 60m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Robert Lynn

The Three Fables of Love
Les quatre vérités
France/Italy/Spain - 1962 - 110m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Alessandro Blasetti, Hervé Bromberger, René Clair, Luis Berlanga

The Ugly American
USA - 1962 - 120m - col
Rank (U)
D: George Englund

The War Lover
UK - 1962 - 105m - bw
Columbia (X) (cut)
D: Philip Leacock

Wings of Mystery
UK - 1963 - 55m - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Gilbert Gunn

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
USA - 1962 - 134m - col / Cinerama
MGM / Cinerama (U)
D: Henry Levin, George Pal
7-channel stereo

MFB: June 1963

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1963

Vol. 30 No. 353

The 5th Battalion
Signali nad gradom
(aka: Signal Over the City)
Yugoslavia - 1961 - 90m - bw / scope
Grand National (U)
D: Žvorad ‘Zika’ Mitrović

55 Days at Peking
USA/Spain - 1963 - 154m - col / Super Technirama 70
Rank (U)
D: Nicholas Ray
6-channel stereo

All This and Money Too
Love is a Ball
USA - 1962 - 112m - col / scope
United Artists (A)
D: David Swift

Calculated Risk
UK - 1963 - 72m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston (A)
D: Norman Harrison

Captain Blood
Le capitan
(aka: The Invincible Swordsman)
France - 1960 - 115m - col / scope
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Andre Hunébelle

Come Blow Your Horn
USA - 1962 - 113m - col / scope
Paramount (A)
D: Bud Yorkin

Confess, Dr. Corda
Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda!
W.Germany - 1958 - 97m - bw
E.J. Fancey (X) (cut)
D: Josef von Báky

Daikaiju Baran
[see: Varan the Unbelievable]

The Day Mars Invaded Earth
USA - 1962 - 70m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Maury Dexter

Drops of Blood: MFB Jul 1963

The Demon Doctor
Gritos en la noche
(USA: The Awful Doctor Orlof)
(aka: The Awful Doctor Orlof [The Diabolical Doctor Satan])
Spain/Italy/France - 1962 - 86m - bw
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Jesus Franco
Followed by: El secreto del Dr. Orloff (1964), The Diabolical Dr. "Z" (1965, Nov/1967), El enigma del ataúd (1967), La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1970), Los ojos siniestros del doctor Orloff (1973), El siniestro doctor Orloff (1984).

The Devil's Children
USA (TV) - 1962 - 75m - col
Rank (U)
D: James Sheldon
Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of The Virginian (1962-71).
Series: The Brazen Bell (1962, May/1963).

Duel of the Titans
Romolo e Remo
Italy/France - 1961 - 107m - col / scope
British Lion (U)
D: Sergio Corbucci

The Explosive Generation
USA - 1961 - 89m - bw
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Buzz Kulik

The Flood
UK - 1963 - 59m - bw
Children's Film Foundation (U)
D: Frederic Goode

The Fur Collar
UK - 1962 - 71m - bw
Rank (U)
D: Lawrence Huntington

Fury of the Vikings
Gli invasori
(USA: Erik the Conqueror)
(aka: Viking Invaders)
Italy/France/W.Germany - 1961 - 98m - col / scope
Compton-Cameo (A) (cut)
D: Mario Bava

Gay Purr-ee
USA - 1962 - 85m - col
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Abe Levitow

The Gentle Terror
USA - 1961 - 67m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Frank Marshall

Guns of Wyoming
Cattle King
(aka: Cattle King of Wyoming)
USA - 1963 - 90m - col
MGM (U)
D: Tay Garnett

Hand of Death
USA - 1961 - 59m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Gene Nelson

Hud
USA - 1962 - 111m - bw / scope
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Martin Ritt

Lancelot and Guinevere
(USA: Sword of Lancelot)
UK - 1962 - 117m - col / scope
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Cornel Wilde

The Legion's Last Patrol
Marschier und Krepier
(USA: Commando)
W.Germany/Italy/Spain/Belgium - 1962 - 101m - bw
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Frank Wisbar

Marcia o crepa
[see: Legion's Last Patrol, The]

The Mouse on the Moon
UK - 1963 - 85m - col
United Artists (U) (cut)
D: Richard Lester
Series: The Mouse That Roared (1959, Aug/1959).

Murder at the Gallop
UK - 1963 - 81m - bw
MGM (U)
D: George Pollock
Series: Murder She Said (1961, Sep/1961).

My Six Loves
USA - 1962 - 105m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Gower Champion
Listed in many sources as having been filmed in VistaVision, though there is no evidence to support this claim, either on-screen or in contemporary ad-mats.

Mystery Submarine
UK - 1962 - 92m - bw
British Lion / Britannia (U)
D: C.M. Pennington-Richards

Nurse on Wheels
UK - 1963 - 86m - bw
Warner-Pathé / Anglo-Amalgamated (U)
D: Gerald Thomas

Queen of the Nile: Nefertite
Nefertiti: Regina del Nilo
Italy - 1961 - 106m - col / scope
SF (U)
D: Fernando Cerchio

The Quick and the Dead
USA - 1962 - 92m - bw
Grand National (A) (cut)
D: Robert Totten

Salvatore Giuliano
Italy - 1961 - 125m - bw
Gala (X)
D: Francesco Rosi

Sammy the Way-Out Seal
USA - 1962 - 87m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Norman Tokar
Two episodes of the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-69), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

The Small World of Sammy Lee
UK - 1962 - 107m - bw
British Lion / Bryanston / Seven Arts (X) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
Le comte de Monte-Cristo
(aka: The Count of Monte Cristo)
France/Italy - 1961 - 180m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (U)
D: Claude Autant-Lara

Winter Light

Two Daughters
Teen Kanya
তিন কন্যা
India - 1961 - 171m - bw
Contemporary (U)
D: Satyajit Ray
Comprised of three separate stories. The original UK/US release omitted one of the stories in its entirety, subsequently released as a separate film in its own right, Monihara (মণিহারা, 1961). The complete version of Teen Kanya has since been restored for these territories.

Varan the Unbelievable
大怪獣バラン
Japan - 1959 - 87m - bw / scope
Grand National (A)
D: Ishirō Honda
The UK version distributed by Grand National was a hugely-revised print, devised for exhibition in the US, with entirely new footage involving American actors integrated with the original Japanese material.

The Very Edge
UK - 1962 - 89m - bw / scope
British Lion / Garrick (A) (cut)
D: Cyril Frankel

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
USA - 1962 - 133m - bw
Warner-Pathé (X) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich

The White Suit
Un traje blanco
Spain - 1956 - 79m - bw
E.J. Fancey (U)
D: Rafael Gil

Winter Light
Nattvardsgästerna
Sweden - 1962 - 80m - bw
Gala (A)
D: Ingmar Bergman

Woman of Summer
The Stripper
USA - 1963 - 94m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (X) (cut)
D: Franklin J. Schaffner

The Yellow Canary
USA - 1963 - 93m - bw / scope
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: Buzz Kulik