MFB: October 1974

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1974

Vol. 41 No. 489

Bird on a Wire

UK - 1972 - 92m - col

EMI (AA) (cut)

D: Tony Palmer

Black Eye

USA - 1973 - 97m - col

Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Jack Arnold

Blackmail

UK - 1929 - 82m - bw

Wardour (A)

D: Alfred Hitchcock

Born to Swing

UK - 1973 - 50m - col

TCB

D: John Jeremy

The Castaway of Providence Street

El náufrago de la Calle Providencia

(USA: The Castaway on the Street of Providence)

Mexico - 1970 - 50m - col

Contemporary

D: Arturo Ripstein, Rafael Castanedo

Charley-One-Eye

UK - 1972 - 107m - col

Saga (X) (cut)

D: Don Chaffey

The Chicago Kid
The Fabulous Bastard From Chicago

USA - 1969 - 95m - col
Cinecenta (X)
D: Greg Corarito

Claudine

USA - 1974 - 92m - col

Fox-Rank (AA)

D: John Berry

College

USA - 1927 - silent - tinted

Universal (U)

D: James W. Horne

Daisy Miller

USA - 1974 - 92m - col

CIC (U)

D: Peter Bogdanovich

Dance of Love

Reigen

(USA: Merry-Go-Round)

(aka: Dance of Love: La Ronde)

W.Germany - 1973 - 122m - col

Cinecenta (X)

D: Otto Schenk

Drummer of Vengeance

Il giorno di giudizio

(USA: Day of Judgment)

(aka: Doomsday)

(aka: An Eye for an Eye)

Italy - 1971 - 89m - col / scope

Saga (AA) (cut)

D: Mario Gariazzo (and Robert Paget)

Emmanuelle

France - 1974 - 94m - col

SF (X) (cut)

D: Just Jaeckin
Followed by: Emmanuelle 2 (1975, Dec/1976), Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977, Feb/1978), Emmanuelle IV (1984, Sep/1984), Emmanuelle 5 (1987), Emmanuelle 6 (1988), Emmanuelle's 7th Heaven (Emmanuelle au 7ème ciel, 1993).

Faccia d’angelo

[see: Killer Likes Candy, The]

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

(aka: Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe)

USA - 1940 - 214m - 12 chapters - bw

General Film (U)

D: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Subsequently re-edited and screened on US TV in two separate feature length editions, Peril From the Planet Mongo (1966, 83 mins) and Purple Death From Outer Space (1966, 88 mins).
Series: Flash Gordon (1936 / Condensed feature-length version: Feb 1945 / Full-length serial: Aug 1972).

Hospital

USA - 1970 - 84m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Frederick Wiseman

How Sweet is Her Valley

Unterm Dirndl wird gejodelt

(USA: The Erotic Adventures of Heidi)

(aka: Yodeling Under the Dirndl)

W.Germany - 1974 - 90m - col

Border (X) (cut)

D: Alois Brummer

Juggernaut

(aka: Terror on the Britannic)

UK - 1974 - 110m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Richard Lester

The Killer Likes Candy

Un killer per sua maestà

Italy/France/W.Germany - 1968 - 89m - col / scope

Saga (AA) (cut)

D: Federico Chentrens [as: Richard Owens], Maurice Cloche

The Kiss

USA - 1929 - 64m - bw

Ron Harris (A)

D: Jacques Feyder

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

Le petit théâtre de Jean Renoir

France/Italy/W.Germany (TV) - 1969 - 100m - col

Contemporary (U)

D: Jean Renoir

The Marseille Contract

(USA: The Destructors)

UK/France - 1974 - 90m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Robert Parrish

The Naughty Stewardesses

(aka: Fresh Air)

USA - 1973 - 104m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Al Adamson

Paperback Hero

(aka: Last of the Big Guns)

Canada - 1972 - 94m - col

Saga (X)

D: Peter Pearson

Persecution

(USA: Terror of Sheba)

UK - 1974 - 96m - col

Doverton (AA)

D: Don Chaffey

Phase IV

UK - 1974 - 84m - col

CIC (A)

D: Saul Bass

Private Club

Club privé pour couples avertis

(USA: House of 1000 Pleasures)

(aka: Sextime in Paris)

France - 1974 - 90m - col

Border (X) (cut)

D: Max Pécas

Stardust

UK - 1974 - 111m - col

EMI (AA)

D: Michael Apted
Series: That'll Be the Day (1973, May/1973).

Superdad

USA - 1974 - 95m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Vincent McEveety

Swinging Models

Bettkarriere

(USA: Bed Career)

(aka: Immoral Story)

W.Germany - 1972 - 90m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Ralf Gregan [as: Ilja von Anutroff]

The Take

USA - 1974 - 92m - col

Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)

D: Robert Hartford-Davis

Temple of the Dragon
Heroes Two
方世玉與洪熙官
(aka: Bloody Fists)
(aka: Kung Fu Invaders)
Hong Kong - 1973 - 94m - col / scope
Saga (X) (cut)
D: Chang Cheh

That’s Entertainment!

USA - 1974 - 137m - col and bw

CIC (U)

D: Jack Haley Jr.
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: That's Entertainment, Part II (1976, Jun/1976), That's Entertainment! III (1994, Jan/1995).
6-channel stereo

Thieves Like Us

USA - 1973 - 123m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Robert Altman

Toni

France - 1934 - 90m - bw

Contemporary (A)

D: Jean Renoir

The Valley

La vallée

(USA: The Valley [Obscured By Clouds])

France - 1972 - 114m - col / scope

Mike Kaplan (X)

D: Barbet Schroeder

Why -

Detenuto in attesa di giudizio

(aka: In Prison Awaiting Trial)

Italy - 1971 - 102m - col

Variety (AA)

D: Nanni Loy