May 1953 (House of Wax)

• The 49th Man (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (USA - 1952)
• All I Desire (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Avenging Rider (USA - 1943 - bw)

• Beware, My Lovely (USA - 1952 - bw)

• The Cimarron Kid (USA - 1951)
• City That Never Sleeps (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Colonel March Investigates (UK - 1953 - bw) ¹
• Congorilla: Adventures Among the Big Apes and Little People of Central Africa (USA - 1932 - bw) ²
• Cow Country (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Death Goes to School (UK - 1953 - bw)

• Fair Wind to Java (USA - 1953)
• The Farmer Takes a Wife (USA - 1953)
• Four Sided Triangle (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Genevieve (UK - 1953)
• Gilbert and Sullivan (see: Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, The)
• The Girls of Pleasure Island (USA - 1953)
• Gunsmoke (USA - 1952)

• Hiawatha (USA - 1952)
• The Hitch-Hiker (USA - 1953 - bw)
• House of Wax (USA - 1953) (3-D) (WarnerPhonic Sound)

• I Married Adventure (USA - 1940 - bw) ³
• The Impostor (旗本退屈男 江戸城罷り通る) (Jpn - 1952 - bw)
• Infidelity (Altri tempi) /USA: Times Gone By (It - 1952 - bw)
• Invasion USA (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Jalopy (USA - 1953 - bw)

• A Kingdom on the Waters (Vadvízország) (Hung - 1951)
• King of the Congo (The Mighty "Thunda") (serial) (USA - 1952 - 15 chapters - bw)

• The Last Posse (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Lone Hand (USA - 1953)
• The Loves of Colette (see: vie en rose, La)

• MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties (Pony Soldier) (USA - 1952)
• Man on a Tightrope (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (USA - 1950 - bw)

• No Escape (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Pickup on South Street (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Pony Soldier (see: MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties)
• Prince of Pirates (USA - 1953)

• Scared Stiff (USA - 1952 - bw) (3-channel)
• Snake of Death (Quai de Grenelle) /USA: The Strollers (Fr - 1950 - bw)
• Stalag 17 (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Steel Key (UK - 1953 - bw)
• The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan /USA: Gilbert and Sullivan (UK - 1953)
• The Strollers (see: Snake of Death)
• The System (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Times Gone By (see: Infidelity)
• Titanic (USA - 1953 - bw)
• The Triangle (UK - 1953 - bw) ⁴
• Tropic Zone (USA - 1952)
• Turn the Key Softly (UK - 1953 - bw)

• La vie en rose /USA: The Loves of Colette (Fr - 1947 - bw)

• Way of a Gaucho (USA - 1952)
• Will Any Gentleman...? (UK - 1953)

• Young Bess (USA - 1953) (3-channel)

¹ Episodes of the TV series Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1952-55), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

² Trade-shown in Jul 1932.

³ First registered in Mar 1941.

⁴ Episodes of the TV series Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-57), 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 May 1953. Theatrical release dates may differ.

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