THE HUGGETTS ABROAD

UK Release date: 15 May 1949

First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 April 1950

Genre: Comedy

Country: UK

Running time: 89 minutes.

Director: Ken Annakin

Cast:  Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison & Dinah Sheridan

Australian Distributor: GBDFD

Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from April 7 1950 supporting House of Strangers.

Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-2

Rankings

EF Points	75	261
EF PPE	2.21	243
Metres Travelled	302,293	282
Average MT	8,891	335
Engagements	34	262
Slots	48	214
Weeks	14	96
Weeks as % of engagements	41.18%	111
Saturdays	13	174
Sats as % of engagements	38.24%	171
Tuesdays	7	215
Tues as % of engagements	20.59%	229
First billed	0	263*
Second billed	34	101
Feature only	0	34*

Hoyts Ratios

Engagements weeks 1-10	24
Ratio	70.59%
Difference to chain ratio	-21.77%
Eng weeks 11-26	9
Ratio	26.47%
Difference to chain ratio	21.08%
Eng weeks 27-52	1
Ratio	2.94%
Difference to chain ratio	0.70%
Hoyts eng	20
Ratio	58.82%
Difference to chain ratio	-6.96%
Independent eng	5
Ratio	14.71%
Difference to chain ratio	3.21%
Suburban eng	9
Ratio	26.47%
Difference to chain ratio	3.75%

Notes: The final entry in the cosy Huggetts series scraped up some points as a support to The Third Man, benefitting from that film’s full weeks and Saturdays. The most notable aspect of its screening history was an opening suburban week at the Palais and then vanishing for 6 weeks until Hoyts decided to bring it into the wide-ish release fold. Even then it had a higher ratio of Independent and Suburban bookings than most Hoyts-chain product.

The Huggetts Abroad engagements

SUBURB	VENUE	CHAIN	DATE	W	D	B	CO-FEATURE
St.Kilda	Palais	Suburban	29/4/50	1	W	2	The Heiress
Prahran	Empress	Hoyts	10/6/50	7	S	2	Green Hell
Albert Park	Park	Hoyts	10/6/50	7	W	2	The Third Man
Fitzroy	Regent	Hoyts	10/6/50	7	W	2	The Third Man
North Fitzroy	Merri	Hoyts	10/6/50	7	W	2	The Third Man
Port Melbourne	Eclipse	Hoyts	10/6/50	7	W	2	The Third Man
Richmond	Cinema	Hoyts	10/6/50	7	W	2	The Third Man
Ascot Vale	Ascot	Suburban	17/6/50	8	S	2	The Third Man
Richmond	Globe	Suburban	17/6/50	8	S	2	The Third Man
Brunswick	Alhambra	Hoyts	17/6/50	8	S	2	Green Hell
Coburg	Town Hall	Hoyts	17/6/50	8	S	2	Green Hell
Essendon	Circle	Hoyts	17/6/50	8	S	2	The Third Man
Ascot Vale	Waratah	Hoyts	17/6/50	8	T	2	The Third Man
Essendon	Plaza	Hoyts	17/6/50	8	T	2	The Third Man
Glenhuntly	Glenhuntly	Hoyts	17/6/50	8	W	2	The Third Man
Camberwell	Broadway	Hoyts	24/6/50	9	W	2	The Third Man
Carnegie	Carnegie	Hoyts	24/6/50	9	W	2	The Third Man
Footscray	Trocadero	Hoyts	24/6/50	9	W	2	The Third Man
Preston	Circle	Hoyts	24/6/50	9	W	2	The Third Man
North Fitzroy	Palace	Suburban	1/7/50	10	S	2	The Third Man
Northcote	Northcote	Suburban	1/7/50	10	S	2	Home of the Brave
Malvern	Victory	Hoyts	1/7/50	10	S	2	The Third Man
Footscray	Barkly	Hoyts	1/7/50	10	T	2	The Third Man
Brunswick	Lygon	Hoyts	1/7/50	10	W	2	The Third Man
Oakleigh	Paramount	Independent	15/7/50	12	S	2	The Third Man
Fairfield	Fairfield	Suburban	15/7/50	12	S	2	The Third Man
Elwood	Broadway	Independent	15/7/50	12	T	2	Captain China
North Melbourne	Loco	Independent	15/7/50	12	T	2	The Small Back Room
Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Hoyts	15/7/50	12	T	2	The Younger Brothers
Clifton Hill	Clifton	Suburban	15/7/50	12	W	2	The Third Man
North Richmond	Victoria	Independent	22/7/50	13	S	2	That Midnight Kiss
Box Hill	Rialto	Suburban	22/7/50	13	W	2	The Third Man
Preston West	Rivoli	Independent	7/10/50	24	T	2	Bride for Sale
Balwyn	Balwyn	Suburban	27/1/51	40	S	2	Oliver Twist