Thursday, November 3, 2022

March 1953 (I Confess)



• 3000 A.D. (Captive Women) (USA - 1952 - bw)

• All Ashore (USA - 1952)
• Apache Country (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Back at the Front (see: Willie and Joe in Tokyo)
• Barbed Wire (see: False News)
• Battle Circus (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Beauties of the Night (see: Night Beauties)
• Both Sides of the Law (see: Street Corner)
• Bwana Devil (USA - 1952) (3-D)

• Captive Women (see: 3000 A.D.)
• The Clown (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Clue (Outcasts of Black Mesa) (USA - 1950 - bw)
• Code Two (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Come Back, Little Sheba (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Confidentially Connie (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Cry of the Hunted (USA - 1953 - bw)

• Deadly Nightshade (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Desert Legion (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Desperate Moment (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Disobedient (see: Intimate Relations)

• False News (Barbed Wire) (USA - 1952 - bw)

• The Girl Who Had Everything (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Hangman’s Knot (USA - 1952)
• Hellgate (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Horse's Mouth (see: Oracle, The)
• The House of Blackmail (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Hurricane Smith (USA - 1952)

• I Confess (USA - 1953 - bw)
• I Love Melvin (USA - 1952)
• Intimate Relations /USA: Disobedient (UK - 1953 - bw)

• Jack McCall: Desperado (USA - 1952)

• Lili (USA - 1952)
• Lost River (Trail of the Rustlers) (USA - 1950 - bw)
• The Lovers of Toledo (Les amants de Tolède) (Fr/It/Sp - 1952 - bw)

• The Magnetic Monster (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Man in Hiding (see: Mantrap)
• Mantrap /USA: Man in Hiding (UK - 1953 - bw)
• The Member of the Wedding (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Men Are Children Twice (see: Valley of Song)
• Moulin Rouge (UK - 1952)
• Moussorgsky (The Story of Boris Godunov) (Мусоргский) /USA: Mussorgsky (USSR - 1950)
• Mussorgsky (see: Moussorgsky [The Story of Boris Godunov])

• Niagara (USA - 1952)
• Night Beauties (Les belles de nuit) /USA: Beauties of the Night (Fr/It - 1952 - bw)

• One Girl’s Confession (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Oracle /USA: The Horse’s Mouth (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Outcasts of Black Mesa (see: Clue, The)

• The Pathfinder (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Perils of the Darkest Jungle (The Tiger Woman) (serial) (USA - 1944 - 12 chapters - bw) ¹
• Peter Pan (USA - 1953)
• The Prize (see: Virtuous Isidore, The)

• Rendez-vous de Juillet (Fr - 1949 - bw)
• The Ring (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Rodeo (USA - 1952)
• Rogue’s March (USA - 1952 - bw)

• San Antone (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Savage Mutiny (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Small Town Girl (USA - 1953)
• The Star (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Stop, You’re Killing Me (USA - 1952)
• The Story of Three Loves (USA - 1953)
• Street Corner /USA: Both Sides of the Law (UK - 1953 - bw)

• Tangier Incident (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Three Forbidden Stories (Tre storie proibite) (It - 1952 - bw)
• The Tiger Woman (see: Perils of the Darkest Jungle)
• The Titfield Thunderbolt (UK - 1952)
• Tonight We Sing (USA - 1953)
• Torpedo Alley (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Trail of the Rustlers (see: Lost River)

• Valley of Song /USA: Men Are Children Twice (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Varieties on Parade (USA - 1951 - bw)
• The Virtuous Isidore (Le rosier de Madame Husson) /USA: The Prize (Fr - 1950 - bw)

• The War of the Worlds (USA - 1953) (3-channel)
• The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (UK - 1953 - bw)
• Willie and Joe in Tokyo (Back at the Front) (USA - 1952 - bw)

¹ Condensed feature film for US TV: Jungle Gold (1966).

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


Wednesday, November 2, 2022

February 1953 (Miracle of Fatima)

• Adventures in the Red Sea (see: Under the Red Sea)
• Alf’s Baby /USA: Her Three Bachelors (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Appointment in London /USA: Raiders in the Sky (UK - 1952 - bw)
• April in Paris (USA - 1952)

• Blackbeard, the Pirate (USA - 1952)
• The Black Castle (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Black Orchid (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Decameron Nights (UK/Sp - 1952)
• Doctor Knock (Knock) (Fr - 1951 - bw)
• Don Camillo (see: Little World of Don Camillo, The)

• The Emperor's Nightingale (Císařův slavík) (Czech - 1949)

• Face to Face (USA - 1952 - bw)
• First Yank Into Tokyo (see: Mask of Fury)
• The Fort (Renegades of the Sage) (USA - 1949 - bw)
• Frank James Rides Again (Gunfire) (USA - 1950 - bw)

• The Gay Swordsman (Il figlio di d’Artagnan) (It - 1949 - bw)
• Gentlemen... the Queen (UK - 1953 - bw) [KW]
• The Grapes Are Ripe (see: Happy Vineyard, The)
• Gunfire (see: Frank James Rides Again)

• The Happy Vineyard (Der fröhliche Weinberg) /USA: The Grapes Are Ripe (W.Ger - 1952 - bw)
• Heights of Danger (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Her Three Bachelors (see: Alf's Baby)
• Hot Ice (UK - 1952 - bw)

• The I Don’t Care Girl (USA - 1952)

• Jeopardy (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Kill Him for Me (En la palma de tu mano) (Mex - 1951 - bw)
• Knock (see: Doctor Knock)

• The Little World of Don Camillo (Don Camillo) (Fr/It - 1952 - bw)

• Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Man Behind the Gun (USA - 1952)
• Mask of Fury (First Yank Into Tokyo) (USA - 1945 - bw)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) (E.Ger - 1950 - bw)
• Miracle of Fatima (The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima) (USA - 1952)
• The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (see: Miracle of Fatima)
• Mistress of Treves (La leggenda di Genoveffa) (It - 1952 - bw)
• Mrs. Dery (Déryné) (Hung - 1951 - bw)

• The Naked Spur (USA - 1952)
• The Night is My Kingdom (La nuit est mon royaume) (Fr - 1951 - bw)
• North of the Great Divide (USA - 1950 - bw)

• Le plaisir (Fr - 1952 - bw)

• Raiders in the Sky (see: Appointment in London)
• Renegades of the Sage (see: Fort, The)
• The Rose Bowl Story (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Rough Shoot /USA: Shoot First (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Ruby Gentry (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Shoot First (see: Rough Shoot)
• The Silver Whip (USA - 1953 - bw)
• Skid Kids (UK - 1953 - bw)
• The Stars Are Singing (USA - 1952)

• Taxi (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Terror on a Train (see: Time Bomb)
• Those People Next Door (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Time Bomb /USA: Terror on a Train (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Top of the Form (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Treasure of the Golden Condor (USA - 1952)

• Under the Red Sea (Abenteuer im Roten Meer) /USA: Adventures in the Red Sea (Austria - 1951 - bw)

• Wozzeck (E.Ger - 1947 - bw)

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

Updated 24 Nov 2022.


January 1953 (Marching Along)

• Botany Bay (USA - 1952)

• Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (serial) (USA - 1951 - 15 chapters - bw)
• Carnival in Flanders (La kermesse héroïque) (Fr - 1935 - bw) ¹
• The Case of the Missing Brides (The Corpse Vanishes) (USA - 1942 - bw)
• Cops and Robbers (Guardie e ladri) (It - 1951 - bw)
• The Corpse Vanishes (see: Case of the Missing Brides, The)
• Cosh Boy /USA: The Slasher (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Escape Route /USA: I'll Get You (UK - 1952 - bw)

• The Fabulous Senorita (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Forbidden City (Sorrows of the Forbidden City) (清宮秘史) (HK - 1948 - bw)
• Forbidden Games (see: Jeux interdits)

• The Great Game (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Heart of the Rockies (USA - 1951 - bw)
• Hello, Elephant (Buongiorno elefante!) (It - 1952 - bw)

• I'll Get You (see: Escape Route)

• Jeux interdits /USA: Forbidden Games (Fr - 1952 - bw)
• The Jungle (USA/India - 1952 - sepia)

• The Long Memory (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Maclovia (Mex - 1948 - bw)
• Mademoiselle Fifi (see: Silent Bell, The)
• Man From Sonora (USA - 1951 - bw)
• The Man Who Watched Trains Go By /USA: The Paris Express (UK - 1952)
• Marching Along (Stars and Stripes Forever) (USA - 1952)
• Military Policemen (Off Limits) (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Mississippi Gambler (USA - 1952)
• My Cousin Rachel (USA - 1952 - bw)

• The Net /USA: Project M7 (UK - 1953 - bw)

• Off Limits (see: Military Policemen)

• The Paris Express (see: Man Who Watched Trains Go By, The)
• Project M7 (see: Net, The)

• The Redhead From Wyoming (USA - 1952)

• The Silent Bell (Mademoiselle Fifi) (USA - 1944 - bw) [BBFC]
• The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (Ça c’est du cinéma) (Fr - 1951 - bw) [KW]
• The Slasher (see: Cosh Boy)
• The Sniper (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Sorrows of the Forbidden City (see: Forbidden City)
• Springfield Rifle (USA - 1952)
• Stars and Stripes Forever (see: Marching Along)

• Texas Lawmen (USA - 1951 - bw)
• There Was a Young Lady (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Thunderbirds (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Thunder in God’s Country (USA - 1951 - bw)
• Toughest Man in Arizona (USA - 1952)

• Vienna Waltzes (Wien Tanzt) (Austria/Liech - 1951 - bw)

• Yukon Gold (USA - 1952 - bw)

¹ First registered in Oct 1936 under the original French title La kermesse héroïque.

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

Updated 16 Nov 2022.


Tuesday, November 1, 2022

December 1952 (Hans Christian Andersen)

• 7 Capital Sins (see: Seven Deadly Sins, The)

• Above and Beyond (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Angel Face (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Apache War Smoke (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Arrow in the Dust (Trail of the Arrow) (USA - 1952 - bw) ¹

• Babes in Bagdad (USA - 1952)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Bandits of El Dorado (see: Tricked)
• Behind Southern Lines (USA - 1952 - bw) ²
• The Blazing Forest (USA - 1952)
• Bloodhounds of Broadway (USA - 1952)
• Breakdown (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Caribbean (see: Caribbean Gold)
• Caribbean Gold (Caribbean) (USA - 1952)
• Chained for Life (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Confidence Girl (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Cripple Creek (USA - 1952)

• Desperate Search (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Double Trouble (L’inafferrabile 12) (It - 1950 - bw)
• Duello senza onore /USA: Duel Without Honor (It - 1949 - bw)
• Duel Without Honor (see: Duello senza onore)

• Eight Iron Men (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Everything I Have is Yours (USA - 1952)

• Folly to Be Wise (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Gala Festival (Большой концерт) /USA: The Grand Concert (USSR - 1951)
• The Grand Concert (see: Gala Festival)

• Hans Christian Andersen (USA - 1952)
• The Hills of Utah (USA - 1951 - bw)

• John of the Fair (UK - 1952 - bw)

• The Lawless Breed (USA - 1952)
• Lost Property (Souvenirs perdus) (Fr - 1950 - bw)

• Million Dollar Mermaid (see: One Piece Bathing Suit, The)
• Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano) (It - 1951 - bw)
• Miss Robin Hood (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Montana Belle (USA - 1952)
• Murder Will Out (see: Voice of Merrill, The)
• My Man and I (USA - 1952 - bw)
• My Pal Gus (USA - 1952 - bw)

• One Minute to Zero (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The One Piece Bathing Suit (Million Dollar Mermaid) (USA - 1952)
• The Outlaw and the Lady (Waco) (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Plymouth Adventure (USA - 1952)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (USA - 1952)

• Retreat, Hell! (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Return of Rin Tin Tin (USA - 1947)
• The Ringer (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Road to Bali (USA - 1952)

• The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (UK - 1952 - bw)
• The Seven Deadly Sins (Les sept péchés capitaux) /USA: 7 Capital Sins (Fr/It - 1952 - bw)
• Sky Full of Moon (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Something for the Birds (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Steel Trap (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Strange Fascination (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Suspected (Texas Dynamo) (USA - 1950 - bw)
• Sword of D'Artagnan (The Three Musketeers) (TVM) (USA - 1950 - bw) ³

• Target Hong Kong (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Texas Dynamo (see: Suspected)
• The Three Musketeers (see: Sword of D'Artagnan)
• Trail of the Arrow (see: Arrow in the Dust)
• The Treasure (Skarb) (Pol - 1949 - bw)
• Tricked (Bandits of El Dorado) (USA - 1949 - bw)

• Untamed Women (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Valley of Fire (USA - 1951 - bw)
• The Voice of Merrill /USA: Murder Will Out (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Voodoo Tiger (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Waco (see: Outlaw and the Lady, The)
• Wagon Train (USA - 1940 - bw)
• What Price Glory (USA - 1952)
• Without Warning! (USA - 1952 - bw)

• The Yellow Balloon (UK - 1952 - bw)

¹ Episodes of the TV show Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

² Episodes of the TV show Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

³ Originally broadcast on US TV as an episode of The Magnavox Theater (1950).

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Dec 1952. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 25 Jul 2024.


November 1952 (The Pickwick Papers)

• L’amour, Madame (Fr - 1952 - bw)
• Assignment: Paris (USA - 1952 - bw)

• Bal Tabarin (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Big Jim McLain (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Big Sky (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Bride Couldn't Wait (La sposa non può attendere) /USA: Bride Without Love (It - 1949 - bw)
• Bride Without Love (see: Bride Couldn't Wait, The)

• Cage of Girls (La cage aux filles) (Fr - 1949 - bw)
• China Sky (USA - 1945 - bw)
• Come Back Peter (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Council of the Gods (Der Rat der Götter) (E.Ger - 1950 - bw)
• The Crimson Pirate (USA - 1952)

• The Devil is a Woman (Doña Diabla) (Mex - 1949 - bw)
• The Devil Makes Three (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Devotion (L’edera) (It - 1950 - bw)
• Don’t Bother to Knock (USA - 1952 - bw)

• The Four Poster (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Francis Goes to West Point (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Frontier Outpost (USA - 1949 - bw)

• The Gambler and the Lady (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Gene Autry and the Mounties (USA - 1951 - bw)
• The Ghost of Crossbones Canyon (USA - 1952 - bw) ¹
• Glory Alley (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Golden Mask (see: South of Algiers)

• Havana Rose (USA - 1951 - bw)
• High Tension (Sånt händer inte här) (Swd - 1952 - bw)

• The Iron Mistress (USA - 1952)
• It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (USA - 1951 - bw)

• Jack and the Beanstalk (USA - 1952)

• Kid Monk Baroni (see: Young Paul Baroni)

• Limelight (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Lion and the Horse (USA - 1952)

• Made in Heaven (UK - 1952)

• Park Row (USA - 1952 - bw)
• The Pickwick Papers (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Somebody Loves Me (USA - 1952)
• South of Algiers /USA: The Golden Mask (UK - 1952)
• The Stolen Plans (UK - 1952 - bw)
• Stormbound (La strada finisce sul fiume) (It - 1951 - bw)
• The Strange Ones (Les enfants terribles) (Fr - 1950 - bw)
• Strangers in the House (Les inconnus dans la maison) (Fr - 1941 - bw)

• The Thief (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Tropical Heat Wave (USA - 1952 - bw)
• Twilight in the Sierras (USA - 1950 - bw)
• Twilight Women (see: Women of Twilight)

• Under Mexicali Stars (USA - 1950 - bw)

• Wagons West (USA - 1952)
• Woman of the North Country (USA - 1952)
• Women of Twilight /USA: Twilight Women (UK - 1952 - bw)

• Yankee Buccaneer (USA - 1952)
• The Yellow Haired Kid (USA - 1952 - bw) ²
• The Young Caruso (Enrico Caruso: Leggenda di una voce) (It - 1951 - bw)
• Young Paul Baroni (Kid Monk Baroni) (USA - 1952 - bw)

¹ Episodes of the TV show Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

² Episodes of the TV show Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Nov 1952. Theatrical release dates may differ.


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