Hotchka Movies by the Decade feature #277 :: November 13•19

Universal Pictures

Only a few noteworthy films made their debuts this week, including a 1925 silent that broke ground in the horror genre. Scroll down to see all of the films released this week, and tell us if any of your favorites are celebrating milestone anniversaries.

1925

  • November 13 – The Saddle Cyclone (USA, Action Pictures)
  • November 14 – Satan in Sables (USA, Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • November 15 – Bright Lights (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
  • November 15 – Broadway Lady (USA, Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation)
  • November 15 – Don’t (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
  • November 15 – Fifty-Fifty (USA, Encore Pictures)
  • November 15 – Lord Jim (New York City, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
  • November 15 – Phantom of the Opera (Universal Pictures)
  • November 15 – The Fate of a Flirt (USA, Waldorf Pictures Corporation)
  • November 15 – The Fool (USA, Fox Film Corporation)
  • November 15 – The Other Woman’s Story (USA, B.P. Schulberg Productions)
  • November 15 – The Road to Yesterday (USA, DeMille Pictures Corporation)
  • November 15 – We Moderns (USA, John McCormick Productions)
  • November 15 – Where Was I? (USA, Universal Jewel)
  • November 16 – Morals for Men (USA, Tiffany Productions)
  • November 16 – Stage Struck (USA, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
  • November 16 – Stella Dallas (Samuel Goldwyn Productions)
  • November 16 – The Unchastened Woman (USA, Cahdwick Pictures Corporation)
  • November 16 – Too Many Kisses (Denmark, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation)
  • November 16 – Tricks (USA, Marilyn Mills Productions)

Too Many Kisses first opened in the US on January 11, 1925.

1935

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

  • November 14 – The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (USA, 20th Century Pictures)
  • November 15 – A Night at the Opera (USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
  • November 15 – Annie Oakley (USA, RKO Radio Pictures)
  • November 15 – Mary Burns, Fugitive (USA, Walter Wanger Productions)
  • November 15 – Thanks a Million (USA, 20th Century Pictures)
  • November 16 – I Found Stella Parish (USA, First National Pictures)
  • November 18 – Lend Me Your Husband (UK, George King Productions)
  • November 18 – Someday (UK, Warner Brothers-First National Productions)
  • November 19 – Late Extra (UK, Fox Film Company)
  • November 19 – Racing Luck (USA, Winchester Pictures)

Lend Me Your Husband first opened in London on June 11, 1935, but has no known US theatrical release date. Someday first opened in London on July 17, 1935, and has no known US theatrical release date. Late Extra made its US debut on television on April 18, 1953.

1945

  • November 14 – Colorado Pioneers (USA, Republic Pictures)
  • November 14 – Sing Your Way Home (USA, RKO Radio Pictures)
  • November 14 – The Dolly Sisters (New York City, Twentieth Century Fox)
  • November 14 – The Strange Mr. Gregory (New York City, Monogram Pictures)
  • November 15 – Lawless Empire (USA, Columbia Pictures)
  • November 15 – Mexicana (USA, Republic Pictures)
  • November 15 – Micro-Phonies (USA, short, Columbia Pictures)
  • November 15 – Prison Ship (USA, Columbia Pictures)
  • November 15 – The Wicked Lady (London, Gainsborough Pictures)
  • November 16 – Man Alive (USA, RKO Radio Pictures)
  • November 16 – The Friendly Ghost (USA, short, Famous Studios)
  • November 16 – The Tiger Woman (USA, Republic Pictures)
  • November 17 – Captain Tugboat Annie (USA, Republic Pictures)

The Dolly Sisters went into wide release in the US on January 4, 1946. The Strange Mr. Gregory received a wide US release on January 12, 1946. The Wicked Lady entered general release in the UK on January 21, 1946, and was released in the US on December 21, 1946.

1955

  • November 15 – Target Zero (New York City, Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • November 16 – The Toughest Man Alive (USA, William F. Broidy Productions)
  • November 17 – The Vanishing American (USA, Republic Pictures)
  • November 18 – Desert Sands (USA, Bel-Air Productions)

Target Zero received a nationwide US release on January 20, 1956.

1965

  • November 16 – Return from the Ashes (USA, The Mirisch Corporation)
  • November 17 – The War Lord (USA, Court Productions)

1975

  • November 13 – That Lady from Peking (AUS, Commonwealth United Entertainment-Goldsworthy)
  • November 14 – A Boy and His Dog (USA, LQ/JAF)
  • November 17 – Hearts and Minds (Sweden, documentary, Audjeff-BBS Productions)
  • November 19 – The Night Caller (New York City, Cerito Films)
  • November 19 – The Human Factor (USA, Avianca Productions Ltd.)

That Lady from Peking has no known US theatrical release date. Hearts and Minds first opened in the US on December 20, 1974. The Night Caller first opened in France on April 9, 1975 as Peur sur la ville, and opened in the US nationwide on November 21, 1975.

1985

Working Title Films-SAF Productions

  • November 15 – Letter to Brezhnev (UK, Channel Four Films)
  • November 15 – Once Bitten (USA, Night Life Inc.)
  • November 15 – Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (USA, DIC Entertainment)
  • November 15 – Smooth Talk (USA, Nepenthe-American Playhouse Productions)
  • November 16 – My Beautiful Laundrette (UK, Working Title Films-SAF Productions)

Letter to Brezhnev was released in the US on May 2, 1986. My Beautiful Laundrette was released in the US on March 7, 1986.

1995

  • November 15 – Angels and Insects (France, The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
  • November 16 – The Crossing Guard (USA, Miramax)
  • November 17 – The American President (USA, Wildwood Enterprises)
  • November 17 – GoldenEye (USA, Eon Productions)
  • November 17 – It Takes Two (USA, Dualstar Productions)
  • November 17 – Reckless (USA, The Samuel Goldwyn Company-American Playhouse)

Angels and Insects was released in the US on January 26, 1996.

2005

Fox 2000 Pictures

  • November 16 – Breakfast on Pluto (New York City, Parallel Films-Number 9 Films)
  • November 18 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (USA/Canada/UK, Heyday Films-Patalex Productions)
  • November 18 – Stoned (UK, Audley Films-Number 9 Films)
  • November 18 – The Libertine (UK/Ireland, Isle of Man Film-Mr. Mudd)
  • November 18 – Walk the Line (USA/Canada, Fox 2000 Pictures)

Breakfast on Pluto received a wide US release on January 6, 2006. Stoned received a limited US release on March 24, 2006. The Libertine was released in the US on November 25, 2005.

2015

  • November 13 – By the Sea (USA/Canada, limited, Plan B Entertainment)
  • November 13 – Love the Coopers (USA/Canada, CBS Films)
  • November 13 – My All American (USA, Anthem Productions-Paul Schiff Productions)
  • November 13 – The 33 (USA/Canada, Phoenix Pictures)
  • November 13 – The Lady in the Van (UK, TriStar Pictures-BBC Film)

By the Sea first opened in Italy on November 12, 2015. Love the Coopers first opened in Greece and Israel on November 12, 2015. The 33 first opened in Chile on August 6, 2015. The Lady in the Van received a limited US release on December 4, 2015.

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