MFB: August 1976

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1976

Vol. 43 No. 511

Bed Hostesses

Mädchen, die sich selbst bedienen

(USA: Tempting Roommates)

(aka: Self Service Girls)

W.Germany/Switzerland - 1974 - 73m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich

Breaking Point

Canada - 1976 - 92m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Bob Clark

Céline and Julie Go Boating

Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris

France - 1974 - 192m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Jacques Rivette

Confessions of a Sexy Photographer

Charlys nichten

W.Germany - 1974 - 80m - col

Mark Associates (X) (cut)

D: Walter Boos

Early Spring

早春

Japan - 1956 - 144m - bw

BFI

D: Yasujirō Ozu

Feelings

(USA: Whose Child Am I?)

(aka: Test-Tube Baby)

UK - 1975 - 92m - col / scope

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Gerry O’Hara [as: Laurence Britten]

Fighting Mad

USA - 1976 - 90m - col

Fox-Rank (X) (cut)

D: Jonathan Demme

Hot Dreams

Amore libero: Free Love

(USA: The Real Emanuelle)

Italy - 1974 - 86m - col

Butcher's (X)

D: Pier Ludovico Pavoni

The Last Hard Men

USA - 1976 - 97m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Andrew V. McLaglen

The Last Snows of Spring

L’ultima neve di primavera

Italy - 1973 - 94m - col

GTO (A)

D: Raimondo del Balzo

Let’s Do It Again

USA - 1975 - 110m - col

Columbia-Warner (U)

D: Sidney Poitier
Series: Uptown Saturday Night (1974, May/1975).

Lifeguard

USA - 1976 - 96m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Daniel Petrie

Linda Lovelace for President

(aka: Hot Neon)

USA - 1975 - 95m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Claudio Guzmán

Lipstick

USA - 1976 - 89m - col

CIC (X) (cut)

D: Lamont Johnson

The Missouri Breaks

USA - 1976 - 126m - col

United Artists (AA) (cut)

D: Arthur Penn

Ode to Billy Joe

USA - 1976 - 105m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Max Baer Jr.

The Office Party

UK - 1976 - 55m/90m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: David Grant

The Omen

USA - 1976 - 111m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Richard Donner
Followed by: Damien: Omen II (1978, Dec/1978), The Final Conflict (1981, Oct/1981), Omen IV: The Awakening (1991, Dec/1991).

On the Tip of the Tongue

La professoressa di lingue

Italy - 1976 - 95m - col

Butcher's (X)

D: Demofilo Fidani [as: Danilo Dani]

The Outlaw Josey Wales

USA - 1976 - 135m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (AA) (cut)

D: Clint Eastwood
Followed by: The Return of Josey Wales (1986).

Prickly Problems
Q

France/Italy/Belgium - 1974 - 84m - col

Grand National (X) (cut)

D: Jean-François Davy

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea

UK - 1976 - 105m - col / scope

Fox-Rank (X)

D: Lewis John Carlino

Saturday Night at the Baths

USA - 1975 - 86m - col

Lagoon (X) (cut)

D: David Buckley

Secrets of a Super Stud

(aka: It’s Getting Harder All the Time!)

UK - 1975 - 90m - col

Butcher's (X) (cut)

D: Morton M. Lewis (and Alan Selwyn)

Seven Nights in Japan

UK/France - 1976 - 104m - col

EMI (A)

D: Lewis Gilbert

Soshun

[see: Early Spring]

Special Delivery

USA - 1976 - 99m - col

Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)

D: Paul Wendkos

Spy Story

UK - 1976 - 103m - col / scope

Gala (A) (cut)

D: Lindsay Shonteff

Stella Dallas

USA - 1926 - silent - bw

BFI (U)

D: Henry King

St. Ives

USA - 1976 - 94m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: J. Lee Thompson

The Strongest Man in the World

USA - 1975 - 92m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Vincent McEveety
Series: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969, Apr/1970).

The Strong Man

USA - 1926 - silent - bw

First National (A)

D: Frank Capra

Undergraduate Girls

La liceale

(USA: The Teasers)

(aka: Sophomore Swingers)

Italy - 1975 - 82m - col

Intercontinental (X)

D: Michele Massimo Tarantini
Followed by: La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti (1978).

Vampyr

(aka: Castle of Doom)

(aka: Not Against the Flesh)

(aka: The Vampire)

Germany - 1932 - 83m - bw

Cinegate (A)

D: Carl Theodor Dreyer

The Virgin Wife

La moglie vergine

(USA: At Last, At Last)

Italy - 1975 - 98m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Marino Girolami

Wanted Women
Jessi’s Girls

USA - 1975 - 86m - col
Intercontinental (X) (cut)
D: Al Adamson

The Winning of Barbara Worth

USA - 1926 - silent - bw

BFI (U)

D: Henry King

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

USA - 1976 - 92m - col

CIC (A)

D: Michael Winner