US Release date: 1 April 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 May 1950
Genre: Musical
Country: USA
Running time: minutes.
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Jerome Courtland, Virginia Welles & Ruth Warrick
Australian Distributor: Columbia
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for two weeks from 10 March 1950 supporting The Dark Past.
Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 53 | 300 |
| EF PPE | 2.12 | 251 |
| Metres Travelled | 248,968 | 297 |
| Average MT | 9,959 | 231 |
| Engagements | 25 | 294 |
| Slots | 35 | 291 |
| Weeks | 10 | 116 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 40.00% | 115 |
| Saturdays | 8 | 248 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 32.00% | 203 |
| Tuesdays | 7 | 215 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 28.00% | 197 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 25 | 125 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 22 |
| Ratio | 88.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.33% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 8.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.38% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 4.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 1 |
| Ratio | 4.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.16% |
| Independent eng | 20 |
| Ratio | 80.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.89% |
| Suburban eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 16.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -6.05% |
Notes: Columbia B-tuner that Union gave a run as a regular support to Anna Lucasta. Due to that feature’s relative (to other Union track product) lack of lucrative slots, this film could only generate a feeble 53 EF points; ranking poorly on every metric.
Make Believe Ballroom engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 27/5/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 27/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 27/5/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 3/6/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 3/6/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 10/6/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 10/6/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Preston East | Gowerville | Independent | 10/6/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 17/6/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 17/6/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 2 | The Swordsman |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 17/6/50 | 4 | T | 2 | The Awful Truth |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 24/6/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 24/6/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 24/6/50 | 5 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 1/7/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Here Comes Mr Jordan |
| Pascoe Vale | Tasma | Independent | 1/7/50 | 6 | W | 2 | Anna Lucasta |
| Footscray | Grand | Independent | 8/7/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Madame Bovary |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 15/7/50 | 8 | S | 2 | Ma and Pa Kettle |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 15/7/50 | 8 | T | 2 | Dead Reckoning |
| Yarraville | Sun | Independent | 15/7/50 | 8 | W | 2 | Madame Bovary |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 22/7/50 | 9 | T | 2 | Dead Reckoning |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 19/8/50 | 13 | T | 2 | We Were Strangers |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 4/11/50 | 24 | S | 2 | Mr Soft Touch |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 28/4/51 | 49 | T | 2 | Tokyo Joe |
The 1950 Project 