MFB: May 1975

Introduction for newcomers

The Phantom of the Opera

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1975

Vol. 42 No. 496

Andy Warhol’s Dracula

[see: Blood for Dracula]

Bed Bunnies

Frühreife Betthäschen

W.Germany - 1972 - 85m - col

Cinecenta (X)

D: Ralf Gregan [as: Ilja von Anutroff]

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant

W.Germany - 1972 - 124m - col

Cinegate (X)

D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Blood for Dracula

Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete!!!

Italy/France - 1973 - 103m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Paul Morrissey

Blood Money

La dove non batte il sole

(USA: The Stranger and the Gunfighter)

Italy/Hong Kong/USA/Spain - 1974 - 100m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Antonio Margheriti [as: Anthony M. Dawson]

The Blue Knight

USA (TV) - 1973 - 4 episodes - col

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: Robert Butler
UK theatrical release reduced to 102 mins in length, from an original running time of approximately 200 minutes.

A Brief Vacation

Una breve vacanza

Italy/Spain - 1973 - 112m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Vittorio De Sica

The Cars That Ate Paris

(USA: The Cars That Eat People)

(aka: Car Wars)

Australia - 1974 - 88m - col / scope

Crawford (X)

D: Peter Weir

Confessions of a Teenage Virgin

Wenn die prallen Möpse hüpfen

(USA: Intimate Playmates)

(aka: Bedtime Stories for Grownups)

W.Germany - 1974 - 75m - col

Mark Associates (X) (cut)

D: Ernst Hofbauer

Deadly Strangers

UK - 1974 - 93m - col

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: Sidney Hayers

Distant Thunder
Ashani Sanket
অশনি সংকেত
India - 1973 - 101m - col
Intercontinental (A)
D: Satyajit Ray

Dodes’ka-den

どですかでん

Japan - 1970 - 140m - col

Essential Cinema / BFI (A)

D: Akira Kurosawa

Double Agent 73

USA - 1974 - 72m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Doris Wishman

Dracula vuole vivere: Cerca sangue di vergine!

[see: Blood for Dracula]

Dragons of Death
Fist to Fist
除霸
(USA: Fists of the Double K)
(aka: Hong Kong Face-Off)
Hong Kong - 1973 - 91m - col / scope
Golden Era (X) (cut)
D: Jimmy L. Pascual

Escape to Witch Mountain

USA - 1974 - 97m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: John Hough
Followed by: Return From Witch Mountain (1978, Mar/1979), Beyond Witch Mountain (1982).

Freelance

(USA: Con Man)

UK - 1970 - 81m - col

Butcher's (A) (cut)

D: Francis Megahy

Funny Lady

USA - 1974 - 138m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Herbert Ross
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Funny Girl (1968, Mar/1969).
6-channel stereo

The Godfather of Hong Kong
The Notorious Bandit
大惡寇
(USA: The Tongfather)
(aka: Hands of Death)
Taiwan - 1974 - 92m - col / scope
Crawford (X) (cut)
D: Tien Peng [as: Roc Tien]

The Great Waldo Pepper

USA - 1975 - 108m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: George Roy Hill

The Hideaways
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

USA - 1973 - 105m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Fielder Cook

Lady Godiva Rides Again
Lady Godiva Rides

(aka: Lady Godiva Meets Tom Jones)

USA - 1968 - 104m - col

Amanda (X)

D: Stephen Apostolof [as: A.C. Stephen]

The Lady Without Camellias

La signora senza camelie

Italy - 1953 - 105m - bw

BFI

D: Michelangelo Antonioni

Last Grave at Dimbaza

S.Africa/UK - 1973 - 54m - bw

Cinegate (A)

D: Nana Mahamo

Lenny

USA - 1974 - 111m - col

United Artists (X)

D: Bob Fosse

Lovin’ Molly

USA - 1973 - 98m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Sidney Lumet

Lust and Desire

Le désir et la volupté

France - 1973 - 84m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Lucien Duval [as: Julien Saint-Clair]

The Lust Seekers
Good Morning and Goodbye!

(aka: Confessions of a Sexy Supervixen)
USA - 1967 - 78m - col
Mark Associates (X) (cut)
D: Russ Meyer

Naked Are the Cheaters
The Politicians

USA - 1970 - 82m - col
Tigon (X)
D: Bob Augustus [as: Derek Ashburne]

Naughty Nurses
Tender Loving Care

USA - 1973 - 102m - col
Target (X) (cut)
D: Don Edmonds

Night Moves

USA - 1975 - 99m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Arthur Penn

Occasional Work of a Female Slave

Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin

(aka: Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave)

W.Germany - 1973 - 91m - bw

Cinegate (X)

D: Alexander Kluge

The Phantom of the Opera

USA - 1925 - silent - bw and col

EMP (U)

D: Rupert Julian

Phantom of the Paradise

USA - 1974 - 91m - col

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: Brian De Palma
4-channel stereo

The Point

USA (TV) - 1970 - 75m - col

Connoisseur

D: Fred Wolf

The Rainbow Boys

(aka: Logan)

(aka: The Rainbow Gang)

Canada - 1972 - 90m - col / scope

EMI (AA)

D: Gerald Potterton

The Refusal

Die Verweigerung

Austria - 1972 - 94m - bw

Connoisseur (A)

D: Alex Korti

Robin Hood Junior

UK - 1975 - 60m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Matt McCarthy

Scream Blacula Scream

USA - 1973 - 96m - col

Gala (X) (cut)

D: Bob Kelljan
Series: Blacula (1972, Sep/1973).

The Seductress

Les filles de Malemort

France - 1973 - 90m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Daniel Daërt

The Sex Adventures of the Three Musketeers

Die Sexabenteuer der drei Musketiere

(aka: The Three Musketeers and Their Sexual Adventures)

W.Germany - 1970 - 78m - col

Amanda (X)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed uncut.

Sex for Free

Junge Mädchen mögen’s heiß, Hausfrauen noch heißer

(USA: Sex Clinic ’74)

(aka: Crackajacks)

W.Germany - 1973 - 83m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Eberhard Schröder
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Compton-Cameo, then passed with cuts.

Sex macht happy

[see: Sex for Free]

Sexual Desire
The Dark Side of Tomorrow

(aka: Girls in Love)
(aka: Just the Two of Us)
USA - 1970 - 84m/74m - col
London International (X)
D: Barbara Peeters, Jack Deerson [as: Jacque Beerson]

Shampoo

USA - 1975 - 110m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Hal Ashby

Shanghai Lil
The Champion
豪客
(USA: Shanghai Lil and the Sunluck Kid)
(aka: Karate Champion)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 91m - col / scope
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Chu-got Ching-wan, Yeung Jing-chan

They Love Sex

Sams

Sweden - 1974 - 95m - col

English Film Company (X) (cut)

D: Calvin Floyd

Uptown Saturday Night

USA - 1974 - 104m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Sidney Poitier
Followed by: Let's Do It Again (1975, Aug/1976), A Piece of the Action (1977, May/1978).

Voodoo Girl
Sugar Hill

USA - 1974 - 91m - col
Gala (X)
D: Paul Maslansky

What Changed Charley Farthing?

(USA: The Bananas Boat)

(aka: The Swindler)

UK - 1974 - 101m - col

Fox-Rank (A) (cut)

D: Sidney Hayers

Your Three Minutes Are Up

USA - 1973 - 92m - col

EMI (X)

D: Douglas N. Schwartz