MFB: November 1946

Introduction for newcomers

'Something new from Bud and Lou' - though this ad-mat gives no
indication just how new - radical, even! - this whimsical fantasy
was for the famous duo.

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1946

Vol. 13 No. 155

Baxter's Millions
Little Miss Big
USA - 1946 - 60m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Erle C. Kenton

Carnival
UK - 1946 - 93m - bw
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Stanley Haynes

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: William Castle
Series: Crime Doctor (1943, Nov/1943).

Dangerous Business
USA - 1946 - 60m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman

Danger Woman
USA - 1946 - 59m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Lewis D. Collins

The Dark Mirror
USA - 1946 - 85m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Robert Siodmak

Day of Wrath
Vredens dag
Denmark - 1943 - 97m - bw
Film Traders (A)
D: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Dr. Christian Meets the Women
USA - 1940 - 68m - bw
Grand National (U)
D: William C. McGann
Series: Meet Dr. Christian (1939, Feb/1940).

Gallant Bess
USA - 1946 - 100m - col
MGM (U)
D: Andrew Marton

Hats Off to Rhythm
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
(aka: Stand Up and Sing)
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: Albert S. Rogell

Her Adventurous Night
USA - 1946 - 76m - bw
General Film (U)
D: John Rawlins

It's Great to Be Young
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Del Lord

Janie Gets Married
USA - 1946 - 89m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Vincent Sherman
Series: Janie (1944, Dec/1944).

The Jolson Story
USA - 1946 - 128m - col
Columbia (U)
D: Alfred E. Green
Converted to 70mm for a 1969 UK re-release, though this involved cropping the original 1.37:1 frame.
Followed by: Jolson Sings Again (1949, Dec/1949).

The Last Crooked Mile
USA - 1946 - 67m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Philip Ford

The Laughing Lady
UK - 1946 - 100m - col
Anglo-American (U)
D: Paul L. Stein

The Mad Hatter
Breakfast in Hollywood
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
United Artists (U)
D: Harold D. Schuster

A Matter of Life and Death
(USA: Stairway to Heaven)
UK - 1946 - 104m - bw and col
General Film (A) (cut)
D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

My Pal Trigger
USA - 1946 - 79m - bw
British Lion (U) (cut)
D: Frank McDonald
Series: Under Western Stars (1938, Oct/1938).

Never Say Goodbye
USA - 1946 - 97m - bw
Warner (A)
D: James V. Kern

Passkey to Danger
USA - 1946 - 58m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Lesley Selander

Personality Kid
USA - 1946 - 62m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: George Sherman

The Runaround
(aka: Deadly Enemies)
USA - 1946 - 86m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Charles Lamont

School for Secrets
(USA: Secret Flight)
UK - 1946 - 108m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Peter Ustinov

The Show-Off
USA - 1946 - 83m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Harry Beaumont

Sing While You Dance
USA - 1946 - 88m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: D. Ross Lederman

Slightly Scandalous
USA - 1946 - 66m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Will Jason

Spring Song
(USA: Springtime)
UK - 1946 - 80m - bw
Anglo-American (A)
D: Montgomery Tully

A Stolen Life
USA - 1946 - 109m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Curtis Bernhardt

The Thrill of Brazil
USA - 1946 - 91m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: S. Sylvan Simon

The Time of Their Lives
USA - 1946 - 82m - bw
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Charles T. Barton

The Turning Point
Великий Перелом
USSR - 1945 - 108m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (A)
D: Fridrikh Ermler

Undercurrent
USA - 1946 - 116m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Vincente Minnelli

The Vampire's Ghost
USA - 1945 - 59m - bw
British Lion (H)
D: Lesley Selander

Walking on Air

UK - 1946 - 61m - bw
Piccadilly (U)
D: Aveling Ginever

Who's Guilty?
USA - 1945 - 79m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Howard Bretherton, Wallace Grissell
Condensed feature-length version of the same-named 15-chapter serial (1945).

Wildfire: The Story of a Horse
USA - 1945 - 57m - col
Exclusive (U)
D: Robert Emmett Tansey

Woman to Woman
UK - 1946 - 100m - bw
Anglo-American (A) (cut)
D: Maclean Rogers

MFB: October 1946

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

October 1946

Vol. 13 No. 154

Angel on My Shoulder
USA - 1946 - 100m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Archie Mayo

The Big Sleep
USA - 1946 - 114m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Howard Hawks

Black Beauty
USA - 1946 - 74m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Max Nosseck

Blue Skies
USA - 1946 - 104m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Stuart Heisler

Two images from Till the End of Time

Canyon Passage
USA - 1946 - 92m - col
General Film (U) (cut)
D: Jacques Tourneur

Claudia and David
USA - 1946 - 78m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Walter Lang
Series: Claudia (1943, Oct/1943).

The Dark Horse
USA - 1946 - 59m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Will Jason

Detour
USA - 1945 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer
Also reviewed: Jul 1982.

Faithful in My Fashion
USA - 1946 - 81m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Sidney Salkow

The Falcon in San Francisco
USA - 1945 - 66m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Joseph H. Lewis
Series: The Gay Falcon (1941, Nov/41).
Also reviewed: Mar 1980.

The Flying Serpent
(aka: Killer With Wings)
USA - 1945 - 59m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Sam Newfield [as: Sherman Scott]

The Grand Escapade
UK - 1946 - 70m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: John Baxter

Le grand jeu
France - 1934 - 120(111)m - bw
Film Traders (A) (cut)
D: Jacques Feyder
Rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Cinema House in 1934, then passed with cuts in 1946.

The Green Years
USA - 1946 - 127m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Victor Saville

Home Sweet Homicide
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Lloyd Bacon

If I'm Lucky
USA - 1946 - 78m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Lewis Seiler

I Ring Doorbells
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Frank R. Strayer

Joe Palooka, Champ
USA - 1946 - 70m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Reginald Le Borg
Followed by: Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946, Apr/1947), Joe Palooka in The Knockout (1947, Aug/1948), Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948, Oct/1948), Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948, May/1949), Joe Palooka in The Big Fight (1949, Nov/1949), Joe Palooka in The Counterpunch (1949), Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950, Oct/1950), Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950, Apr/1951), Joe Palooka in The Squared Circle (1950, Oct/1951), Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951, Feb/1952).

King of the Stallions
(aka: Code of the Redmen)
USA - 1942 - 63m - bw
Exclusive (U)
D: Edward Finney
Series: Silver Stallion (1941).

London Town
(USA: My Heart Goes Crazy)
UK - 1946 - 126m - col
Eagle-Lion (U)
D: Wesley Ruggles

The Lost Trail
USA - 1945 - 53m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer
Series: The Ghost Rider (1943, May/1944).

Men of Two Worlds
(aka: Witch Doctor)
UK - 1946 - 109m - col
General Film (A)
D: Thorold Dickinson

Mrs. Loring's Secret
The Imperfect Lady
USA - 1946 - 97m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Lewis Allen

Black Beauty

The New Adventures of Tarzan
(aka: Tarzan's New Adventure)
USA - 1935 - 257m - 12 chapters - bw
New Realm (U)
D: Edward A. Kull (and Wilbur McGaugh)
Originally released in the UK in a condensed feature-length version running 74 minutes, reviewed Aug 1935. Another feature-length version (Tarzan and the Green Goddess: The Amazing Sequel to the New Adventures of Tarzan) - containing different footage and a separate narrative - was released in 1937 (Aug 1937), before the full-length serial was screened in UK cinemas in 1946.

No Leave, No Love
USA - 1946 - 119m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Charles Martin

Of Human Bondage
USA - 1946 - 105m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Edmund Goulding

The Overlanders
UK/Australia - 1946 - 91m - bw
Eagle-Lion (U)
D: Harry Watt

The Perfect Marriage

USA - 1946 - 88m - bw
Paramount (A) (cut)
D: Lewis Allen

The Shadow Returns
USA - 1946 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Phil Rosen
Followed by: Behind the Mask (1946, Feb/1947), The Missing Lady (1946, Apr/1947).

Strangler of the Swamp
USA - 1946 - 59m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Frank Wisbar

Suspense
USA - 1946 - 101m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Frank Tuttle

Swamp Fire
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
Paramount (U)
D: William H. Pine

Tarzan's New Adventure
(see: New Adventures of Tarzan, The)

Theirs is the Glory
(aka: Men of Arnhem)
UK - 1946 - 82m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Brian Desmond Hurst

Three Little Girls in Blue
USA - 1946 - 100m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: H. Bruce Humberstone

Till the End of Time
USA - 1946 - 105m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Edward Dmytryk

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

USA - 1946 - 99m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Peter Godfrey

Unbroken Faith
Poland - 1946 - 56m - bw
Polish Film Association (U)
D: B. Lewin

The Unknown
USA - 1946 - 70m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Henry Levin
Series: I Love a Mystery (1945, Jun/1945).

Without Reservations
USA - 1946 - 107m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Mervyn LeRoy

MFB: September 1946

Introduction for newcomers

Send for Paul Temple

Monthly Film Bulletin

September 1946

Vol. 13 No. 153

Big Town
(aka: Guilty Assignment)
USA - 1946 - 60m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: William C. Thomas
Followed by: Big Town After Dark (1947, Jan/1949), Big Town Scandal (1948, Oct/1948).

Blondie Knows Best
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Abby Berlin
Series: Blondie (1938, Feb/1939).

The Curse of the Wraydons
(USA: Strangler's Morgue)
UK - 1946 - 94m - bw
Ambassador (A)
D: Victor Gover

The French Key
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Walter Colmes

G.I. War Brides
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
British Lion (U)
D: George Blair

Holiday in Mexico
USA - 1946 - 128m - col
MGM (U)
D: George Sidney

Hot Cargo
USA - 1946 - 57m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: Lew Landers

Ivan the Terrible Part I
Иван Грозный
USSR - 1944 - 99m - bw
Soviet Film Agency (A) (cut)
D: Sergei Eisenstein
Also reviewed: Dec 1987.
Followed by: Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946, Mar/1960 + Dec/1987).

The Magic Bow
UK - 1946 - 106m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Bernard Knowles

The Man From Rainbow Valley
USA - 1946 - 56m - col
British Lion (U)
D: R.G. Springsteen

Monsieur Beaucaire
USA - 1946 - 93m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: George Marshall

Mr. Ace
USA - 1946 - 84m - bw
United Artists (A)
D: Edwin L. Marin

One Exciting Week
USA - 1946 - 69m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: William Beaudine

Piccadilly Incident
UK - 1946 - 100m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Herbert Wilcox

Rendezvous With Annie
(aka: Corporal Dolan Goes A.W.O.L.)
USA - 1946 - 89m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Allan Dwan

The Return of Rusty
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: William Castle
Series: Adventures of Rusty (1945, Dec/1945).

The Searching Wind
USA - 1946 - 108m - bw
Paramount (A)
D: William Dieterle

Send for Paul Temple
(USA: The Green Finger)
UK - 1946 - 83m - bw
Butcher's (A)
D: John Argyle
Followed by: Calling Paul Temple (1948, Jul/1948), Paul Temple's Triumph (1950, Jun/1950), Paul Temple Returns (1952, Oct/1952).

Specter of the Rose
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Ben Hecht

This Man is Mine
UK - 1946 - 103m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Marcel Varnel

The Undercover Woman
USA - 1946 - 56m - bw
British Lion (A)
D: Thomas Carr

Les visiteurs du soir
(USA: The Devil's Envoys)
France - 1942 - 120m - bw
Eagle-Lion (A)
D: Marcel Carné

MFB: August 1946

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1946

Vol. 13 No. 152

Anna and the King of Siam
USA - 1946 - 128m - bw
20th Century Fox (A) (cut)
D: John Cromwell

The Bamboo Blonde
USA - 1946 - 68m - bw
RKO Radio (U)
D: Anthony Mann

Blonde Alibi
USA - 1946 - 63m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Will Jason

Children on Trial
UK - 1946 - 62m - bw
Ealing (A) (cut)
D: Jack Lee

Club Havana
USA - 1945 - 61m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer

Colorado Serenade
USA - 1946 - 68m - col
Pathé (U)
D: Robert Emmett Tansey
Series: Harmony Trail (1944, Jan-Feb/1950).

Concerto
I've Always Loved You
USA - 1946 - 116m - col
British Lion (U)
D: Frank Borzage

Deadline for Murder
USA - 1946 - 66m - bw
20th Century Fox (A)
D: James Tinling

The Devil's Mask
USA - 1946 - 66m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Henry Levin
Series: I Love a Mystery (1945, Jun/1945).

Education of the Deaf
UK - 1946 - 50m - bw
British Council
D: Jack Ellitt

The Enchanted Forest
USA - 1945 - 78m - col
Pathé (U)
D: Lew Landers

The Face of Marble
USA - 1946 - 71m - bw
Pathé (A) (cut)
D: William Beaudine

Fear
USA - 1945 - 68m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Albert Zeisler

Ghost Guns
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Lambert Hillyer
Series: The Ghost Rider (1943, May/1944).

House of Frankenstein
USA - 1944 - 71m - bw
General Film (H)
D: Erle C. Kenton
Series: Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931, Jul/1938), The Wolf Man (1941, May/1942).

How Do You Dooo?
How Dooo You Do!!!
USA - 1945 - 81m - bw
Pathé (U)
D: Ralph Murphy

The Man I Love
USA - 1946 - 96m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Raoul Walsh

Man of the Hour
Colonel Effingham's Raid
USA - 1946 - 71m - bw
20th Century Fox (U)
D: Irving Pichel

The Man Who Dared
USA - 1946 - 65m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: John Sturges

The Mummy's Curse
USA - 1944 - 60m - bw
General Film (H)
D: Leslie Goodwins
Series: The Mummy's Hand (1940, Mar/1941).

Mysterious Intruder
USA - 1946 - 62m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: William Castle
Series: The Whistler (1944, Oct/1944).

Night and Day
USA - 1946 - 128m - col
Warner (U)
D: Michael Curtiz

The Phantom Thief
USA - 1946 - 64m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: D. Ross Lederman
Series: Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Jun/1941).

Power of Possession
Lawless Empire
USA - 1945 - 58m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Vernon Keays
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

The Red Dragon
USA - 1945 - 64m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Phil Rosen
Series: Charlie Chan Carries On (1931).

A Roving Rogue
Outlaws of the Rockies
USA - 1945 - 54m - bw
Columbia (U)
D: Ray Nazarro
Series: The Durango Kid (1940).

Shadow of a Woman
USA - 1946 - 78m - bw
Warner (A)
D: Joseph Santley

She Wrote the Book
USA - 1946 - 74m - bw
General Film (A)
D: Charles Lamont

So Dark the Night
USA - 1946 - 70m - bw
Columbia (A)
D: Joseph H. Lewis

The Stranger
USA - 1946 - 95m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Orson Welles

Three Wise Fools
USA - 1946 - 90m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Edward Buzzell

The Verdict
USA - 1946 - 86m - bw
Warner (A) (cut)
D: Don Siegel
Also reviewed: Feb 1984.

The Walls Came Tumbling Down
USA - 1946 - 82m - bw
Columbia (A) (cut)
D: Lothar Mendes

Wanderer of the Wasteland
USA - 1945 - 67m - bw
RKO Radio (U) (cut)
D: Edward Killy, Wallace Grissel

The Way We Live
UK - 1946 - 64m - bw
General Film (U)
D: Jill Craigie

The Wife of Monte Cristo
(aka: Monte Cristo: Masked Avenger)
USA - 1946 - 79m - bw
Pathé (A)
D: Edgar G. Ulmer