UK Release date: 9 August 1949 (as Trottie True)
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 November 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK.
Running time: 96 minutes.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast: Jean Kent, James Donald & Hugh Sinclair
Production Company: Two Cities
Australian Distributor: GBDFD
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Five weeks at Hoyts Athenaeum Theatre from 15 September 1950 with The History of Mr Polly as support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 209 | 115 |
| EF PPE | 4.45 | 123 |
| Metres Travelled | 463,506 | 176 |
| Average MT | 9,862 | 258 |
| Engagements | 47 | 144 |
| Slots | 56 | 136 |
| Weeks | 9 | 124 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 19.15% | 149 |
| Saturdays | 14 | 166 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 29.79% | 217 |
| Tuesdays | 24 | 62 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 51.06% | 92 |
| First billed | 41 | 94 |
| Second billed | 6 | 212 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 47 |
| Ratio | 100.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.64% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.39% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 35 |
| Ratio | 74.47% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 8.69% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 8.51% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.99% |
| Suburban eng | 8 |
| Ratio | 17.02% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.70% |
NOTES: Costume comedy-musical-romance performed well-enough at the Athenaeum (five weeks) and pleased audiences well enough when it reached the suburbs. Oddly, for a release that managed a high nine full-week screenings, it also found over half of its other suburban engagements restricted to Tuesdays. All done by its tenth week, Forbidden was its most regular support with Two Texas Knights taking up the occasional place on the bill (and generally topping it.
The Gay Lady engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Two Texas Knights |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Two Texas Knights |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Two Texas Knights |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Two Texas Knights |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Two Texas Knights |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Two Texas Knights |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Two Texas Knights |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Two Texas Knights |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Two Texas Knights |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Two Texas Knights |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 2/12/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 5 | S | 1 | Forbidden |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 2/12/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 5 | T | 2 | City Across the River |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 9/12/50 | 6 | T | 1 | The History of Mr Polly |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 9/12/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 9/12/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 16/12/50 | 7 | S | 1 | The Decision of Christopher Blake |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 23/12/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Forbidden |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 6/1/51 | 10 | T | 1 | Smart Girls Don’t Talk |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 6/1/51 | 10 | T | 1 | The Woman on Pier 13 |
The 1950 Project 