FLY AWAY PETER

UK Release date: 29 November 1948

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 March 1950

Genre: Drama

Country: UK

Running time:  60 minutes

Director: Charles Saunders

Cast: Frederick Piper, Kathleen Boutall, Nigel Buchanan 

Australian Distributor: GBDFD

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent Theatre for three weeks from 30 December 1949 supporting Come to the Stable.

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 5-W-2

Rankings

EF Points	81	245
EF PPE	1.69	310
Metres Travelled	523,688	91
Average MT	10,910	79
Engagements	48	124
Slots	48	214
Weeks	0	338*
Weeks as % of engagements	0.00%	338*
Saturdays	33	36
Sats as % of engagements	68.75%	26
Tuesdays	15	138
Tues as % of engagements	31.25%	182
First billed	0	263*
Second billed	48	27
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts Ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	42
Ratio	87.50%
Difference to chain ratio	-4.86%
Eng weeks 11-26	4
Ratio	8.33%
Difference to chain ratio	2.94%
Eng weeks 27-52	2
Ratio	4.17%
Difference to chain ratio	1.93%
Hoyts eng	34
Ratio	70.83%
Difference to chain ratio	5.05%
Independent eng	4
Ratio	8.33%
Difference to chain ratio	-3.17%
Suburban eng	10
Ratio	20.83%
Difference to chain ratio	-1.89%

Notes: Very minor family drama from Rank that accompanied Quartet for much of its suburban run. A number of Saturdays boosted its meagre EF ranking but, considering its strong number of bookings – 48 – not a single week amongst them. It did, however, enjoy a reasonably long life on screen in its first year.

Fly Away Peter engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	18/3/50	1	S	2	Quartet
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	18/3/50	1	S	2	Slattery’s Hurricane
Malvern	New	Hoyts	18/3/50	1	S	2	Quartet
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	18/3/50	1	S	2	Quartet
South Yarra	Regent	Hoyts	18/3/50	1	S	2	Quartet
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	25/3/50	2	S	2	Quartet
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	S	2	Quartet
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	S	2	Quartet
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	S	2	Quartet
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	25/3/50	2	T	2	Quartet
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	25/3/50	2	T	2	Quartet
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	T	2	Quartet
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	T	2	Quartet
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	25/3/50	2	T	2	Quartet
Balwyn	Time	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Hampton	Southern	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	S	2	Quartet
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	T	2	Quartet
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	1/4/50	3	T	2	Quartet
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	8/4/50	4	S	2	Quartet
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	8/4/50	4	S	2	Quartet
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	8/4/50	4	S	2	Quartet
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	8/4/50	4	S	2	Quartet
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	15/4/50	5	S	2	Quartet
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	15/4/50	5	T	2	Quartet
St.Kilda	Victory	Hoyts	15/4/50	5	T	2	Quartet
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	22/4/50	6	S	2	Quartet
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	22/4/50	6	S	2	Quartet
Windsor	New	Hoyts	22/4/50	6	S	2	Quartet
Eltham	Plaza	Suburban	22/4/50	6	T	2	Quartet
Coburg	Grand	Hoyts	29/4/50	7	S	2	Quartet
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	29/4/50	7	S	2	Quartet
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	6/5/50	8	S	2	Quartet
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	6/5/50	8	T	2	Quartet
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	13/5/50	9	S	2	Quartet
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	13/5/50	9	T	2	Quartet
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	13/5/50	9	T	2	Quartet
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	3/6/50	12	S	2	Bonnie Prince Charlie
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	10/6/50	13	T	2	House of Strangers
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	24/6/50	15	S	2	The Heiress
Camberwell	Rivoli	Suburban	2/9/50	25	S	2	Quartet
Coburg West	Progress	Independent	23/12/50	41	T	2	Quartet
Balwyn	Balwyn	Suburban	13/1/51	44	S	2	Quartet