THE INSIDE STORY

US Release date: 14 March 1948

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 March 1950 

Genre: Comedy

Country: USA

Running time: 87 minutes

Director: Allan Dwan

Cast: Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan & Charles Winninger

Australian Distributor: BEF

Melbourne Premiere Venue: The independent Savoy theatre for two weeks from 23 December 1949 as support to Bill and Coo.

Suburban Release Type: Union 6-W-2

Rankings

		Rank
EF Points	82	242
EF PPE	2.56	209
Metres Travelled	345,719	265
Average MT	10,804	104
Engagements	32	269
Slots	51	185
Weeks	19	77
Weeks as % of engagements	59.38%	68
Saturdays	6	292
Sats as % of engagements	18.75%	291
Tuesdays	7	215
Tues as % of engagements	21.88%	225
First billed	1	237
Second billed	31	114
Feature only	0	34*

Independent Ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	24
Ratio	75.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-11.67%
Eng weeks 11-26	2
Ratio	6.25%
Difference to chain ratio	-1.37%
Eng weeks 27-52	6
Ratio	18.75%
Difference to chain ratio	13.04%
Hoyts eng	1
Ratio	3.13%
Difference to chain ratio	2.29%
Independent eng	24
Ratio	75.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.11%
Suburban eng	7
Ratio	21.88%
Difference to chain ratio	-0.18%

Notes: Republic quickie that filled in as a support for My Friend Irma (among others) on the Union circuit. Had it gone via Hoyts its EF would have been much lower, however the number of weeks it managed pulled it into a strata better than it probably would have otherwise been accorded.

Inside Story engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Albert Park	Kinema	Independent	18/3/50	1	W	2	My Friend Irma
Burnley	Burnley	Independent	18/3/50	1	W	2	My Friend Irma
Richmond	National	Independent	18/3/50	1	W	2	My Friend Irma
St.Kilda	Astor	Independent	18/3/50	1	W	2	My Friend Irma
Toorak	Village	Independent	18/3/50	1	W	2	My Friend Irma
St.Kilda	Memorial	Hoyts	18/3/50	1	W	1	When the Bough Breaks
Brunswick	Empire	Independent	25/3/50	2	W	2	My Friend Irma
Preston East	Gowerville	Independent	25/3/50	2	W	2	Bill and Coo
West Brunswick	Western	Independent	25/3/50	2	W	2	My Friend Irma
East Malvern	Waverley	Independent	1/4/50	3	W	2	My Friend Irma
Camberwell	Rivoli	Suburban	1/4/50	3	W	2	My Friend Irma
Ormond	Plaza	Suburban	1/4/50	3	W	2	My Friend Irma
Preston West	Rivoli	Independent	8/4/50	4	S	2	Tulsa
Middle Brighton	Dendy	Independent	8/4/50	4	W	2	My Friend Irma
North Brighton	Gardenvale	Independent	8/4/50	4	W	2	My Friend Irma
Sandringham	Roxy	Independent	8/4/50	4	W	2	My Friend Irma
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	15/4/50	5	S	2	Come to the Stable
Coburg	Plaza	Independent	15/4/50	5	W	2	My Friend Irma
Newport	Plaza	Independent	15/4/50	5	W	2	My Friend Irma
Surrey Hills	Surrey	Independent	15/4/50	5	W	2	My Friend Irma
Williamstown	Empress	Independent	15/4/50	5	W	2	My Friend Irma
Collingwood	Austral	Suburban	22/4/50	6	S	2	The Noose
Newmarket	Newmarket	Suburban	29/4/50	7	S	2	The Noose
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	13/5/50	9	S	2	The Noose
Reservoir	Plaza	Independent	10/6/50	13	T	2	Passport to Pimlico
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	17/6/50	14	T	2	The Great Lover
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	16/9/50	27	T	2	Obsession
Box Hill	Rialto	Suburban	30/9/50	29	T	2	Red Light
Essendon	Regal	Independent	3/2/51	47	T	2	Train of Events
Heidelberg	Orient	Independent	17/2/50	49	T	2	Train of Events
Elsternwick	Esquire	Independent	24/2/50	50	T	2	Landfall
South Melbourne	Empire	Suburban	3/3/50	51	S	2	Intruder in the Dust