US Release date: 23 November 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 5 August 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 87 minutes
Director: Don Hartman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh & Wendell Corey
Australian Distributor: RKO
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 supported by Flaxy Martin.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 169 | 138 |
| EF PPE | 3.13 | 172 |
| Metres Travelled | 537,079 | 71 |
| Average MT | 9,946 | 234 |
| Engagements | 54 | 34 |
| Slots | 59 | 106 |
| Weeks | 5 | 168 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 9.26% | 207 |
| Saturdays | 25 | 80 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 46.30% | 129 |
| Tuesdays | 24 | 62 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 44.44% | 129 |
| First billed | 31 | 131 |
| Second billed | 23 | 132 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 48 |
| Ratio | 88.89% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.47% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 9.26% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.87% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
| Ratio | 1.85% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.39% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 61.11% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.67% |
| Independent eng | 8 |
| Ratio | 14.81% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.31% |
| Suburban eng | 13 |
| Ratio | 24.07% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.35% |
Notes: Change of pace for Mitchum lost money for RKO at the time although it has found a loyal audience in the decades since. Spread over Saturdays and Tuesdays (mostly partnered with Obsession) and taking either place in the bill it ended its suburban run with mid-tier rankings across the board.
Holiday Affair engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 5/8/50 | 1 | W | 2 | The Adventures of Don Juan |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 12/8/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | W | 2 | The Adventures of Don Juan |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 12/8/50 | 2 | W | 2 | The Adventures of Don Juan |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Obsession |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 19/8/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 19/8/50 | 3 | W | 2 | The Adventures of Don Juan |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 2 | The Adventures of Don Juan |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Obsession |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 9/9/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Obsession |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Obsession |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 7 | S | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 23/9/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Blonde Ice |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Flaxy Martin |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 9 | W | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 7/10/50 | 10 | S | 2 | Obsession |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 14/10/50 | 11 | S | 2 | Pinky |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 14/10/50 | 11 | S | 1 | State Department File 649 |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 14/10/50 | 11 | T | 1 | Red Light |
| East Malvern | Verne | Suburban | 16/12/50 | 20 | S | 1 | One Night of Love |
| Middle Brighton | Prince George | Independent | 27/1/51 | 26 | S | 2 | Tell it to the Judge |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 24/2/51 | 30 | T | 1 | If I’m Lucky |
The 1950 Project 