TUCSON

US Release date: 27 April 1949

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 March 1950 

Genre: Drama

Country: USA

Running time: 64 minutes

Director: William F. Claxton

Cast: Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards & Deanna Wayne

Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox 

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 2 December 1949 supporting It Happens Every Spring.

Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2

Rankings

EF Points	84	234
EF PPE	1.91	276
Metres Travelled	416,538	227
Average MT	9,467	319
Engagements	44	195
Slots	49	206
Weeks	5	168
Weeks as % of engagements	11.36%	193
Saturdays	30	50
Sats as % of engagements	68.18%	29
Tuesdays	9	182
Tues as % of engagements	20.45%	231
First billed	0	263*
Second billed	44	52
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts Rankings

Engagements weeks 1-10	43
Ratio	97.73%
Difference to chain ratio	5.37%
Eng weeks 11-26	1
Ratio	2.27%
Difference to chain ratio	-3.12%
Eng weeks 27-52	0
Ratio	0.00%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.24%
Hoyts eng	29
Ratio	65.91%
Difference to chain ratio	0.13%
Independent eng	4
Ratio	9.09%
Difference to chain ratio	-2.41%
Suburban eng	11
Ratio	25.00%
Difference to chain ratio	2.28%

Notes: Minor rural drama that hung at the bottom of A Song is Born’s engagements and landed some EF points from Danny Kaye’s Saturday night popularity.

Tucson engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
Caulfield	Crystal Palace	Suburban	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
Collingwood	Austral	Suburban	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
Brunswick	Padua	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
Malvern	New	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	S	2	A Song is Born
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	T	2	Woman in White
St.Kilda	Memorial	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	W	2	Woman in White
Windsor	New	Hoyts	25/3/50	1	W	2	A Song is Born
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Newmarket	Newmarket	Suburban	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Brighton	Centre	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Elsternwick	Renown	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Thornbury	Regent	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	S	2	A Song is Born
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	1/4/50	2	T	2	A Song is Born
Coburg	Grand	Hoyts	1/4/50	2	W	2	A Song is Born
Bentleigh	Bentleigh	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	S	2	A Song is Born
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	S	2	A Song is Born
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	S	2	A Song is Born
Gardiner	Regent	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	S	2	A Song is Born
Glenferrie	Palace	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	S	2	A Song is Born
Kew	Rialto	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	S	2	A Song is Born
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	T	2	A Song is Born
Footscray	Trocadero	Hoyts	8/4/50	3	W	2	A Song is Born
Hartwell	Regal	Suburban	15/4/50	4	S	2	A Song is Born
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	15/4/50	4	S	2	A Song is Born
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	15/4/50	4	S	2	A Song is Born
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	15/4/50	4	S	2	A Song is Born
Canterbury	Maling	Hoyts	15/4/50	4	T	2	A Song is Born
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	15/4/50	4	W	2	A Song is Born
Yarraville	St. George	Suburban	22/4/50	5	S	2	A Song is Born
Williamstown	Shore	Hoyts	22/4/50	5	S	2	A Song is Born
North Melbourne	Loco	Independent	22/4/50	5	T	2	Quartet
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	29/4/50	6	T	2	A Song is Born
Box Hill	Regent	Suburban	6/5/60	7	S	2	A Song is Born
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	6/5/50	7	T	2	Slattery’s Hurricane
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	6/5/50	7	T	2	Slattery’s Hurricane
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	17/6/50	13	T	2	Treasure of Sierra Madre