December 1953 (The Robe)

• 3 Steps to the Gallows /USA: White Fire (UK - 1953 - bw)

• The Accused (UK - 1953 - bw) ¹
• The Actress (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Appointment in Honduras (USA - 1953)

• Bad for Each Other (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Battles of Chief Pontiac (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Beat the Devil (UK/USA/It - 1953 - bw)
• The Bigamist (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Champ for a Day (USA - 1953 - bw)
• La charrette fantôme /USA: The Phantom Wagon (Fr - 1939 - bw) ²
• Cherokee Uprising (USA - 1950 - bw)

• Desperadoes of the West (serial) (USA - 1950 - 12 chapters - bw)
• Devil’s Canyon (USA - 1953) (3-D) (3-channel)

• Flight Nurse (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Floating Dutchman (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Francis Covers the Big Town (USA - 1953 - bw)

• G.I. Jane (USA - 1951 - bw)
• Give a Girl a Break (USA - 1953)
• The Glass Web (USA - 1953 - bw) (3-D)
• The Golden Blade (USA - 1953)
• Goldtown Ghost Riders (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Grace Moore Story (So This is Love) (USA - 1953)

• Himalayan Epic (Drame à la Nanda Devi) (Fr - 1952)

• The Jazz Singer (USA - 1952)
• The Joe Louis Story (USA - 1953 - bw)

• The Kidnappers /USA: The Little Kidnappers (UK - 1953 - bw)

• The Large Rope /USA: The Long Rope (UK - 1953 - bw)
• The Little Kidnappers (see: Kidnappers, The)
• The Long Rope (see: Large Rope, The)

• Marry Me Again (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Meet Mr. Lucifer (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Money From Home (USA - 1953) (3-D)
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot) /USA: Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Fr - 1953 - bw)
• The Moonlighter (USA - 1953 - bw) (3-D)
• Mr. Hulot's Holiday (see: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday)

• The Neanderthal Man (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Norman Conquest (see: Park Plaza 605)

• Operation Diplomat (UK - 1953 - bw)

• Park Plaza 605 /USA: Norman Conquest (UK - 1953 - bw)
• The Phantom Wagon (see: charrette fantôme, La)
• Planet Outlaws (USA - 1953 - bw) ³

• Private Eyes (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Riders of Capistrano (USA - 1953 - bw) ⁴

• The Robe (USA - 1953) (scope) [2.55:1] (4-channel)

• Sabre Jet (USA - 1953)
• The Secret Cave (UK - 1953 - bw)
• The Snow Maiden (Снегурочка) (USSR - 1952)
• Son of Belle Starr (USA - 1953)
• So This is Love (see: Grace Moore Story, The)
• South of Caliente (USA - 1951 - bw)
• Strange Stories (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Stryker of the Yard (UK - 1953 - bw) ⁵

• Tembo (USA - 1951)
• Three Steps to the Gallows [see: 3 Steps to the Gallows]
• Thunder Over the Plains (USA - 1953)
• Time in the Sun (Mex - 1940 - bw) ⁶

• Trouble in Store (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Tumbleweed (USA - 1953)

• The Twonky (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Undercover Agent (USA - 1953 - bw) ⁷

• The Westward Trail (USA - 1948 - bw)

¹ Episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

² Originally trade-screened and reviewed by KW in Jul 1940.

³ Condensed feature version of 12-chapter serial Buck Rogers (1939).

⁴ Episodes of the TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

⁵ Episodes of the TV series Stryker of the Yard (1953-54), edited together and released as a theatrical feature. 

⁶ Compiled from footage shot in the early 1930's, intended for Sergei Eisenstein’s unfinished feature ¡Qué viva México!.

⁷ Episodes of the TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1951-53), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

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Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Dec 1953. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 29 Jul 2024.

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