US Release date: 13 December 1947 (Date of re-issue. Originally released in 1936)
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 26 August 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Running time: 141 minutes
Director: Mervyn Leroy
Cast: Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland & Donald Woods
Australian Distributor: Warner Bros.
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 14 July 1950 supported by Prarie Thunder (Date of re-issue. Originally released in 1936)
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Malvern Victory EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 39 | 312 |
| EF PPE | 3.90 | 138 |
| Metres Travelled | 108,305 | 331 |
| Average MT | 10,831 | 95 |
| Engagements | 10 | 330 |
| Slots | 11 | 333 |
| Weeks | 1 | 284 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 10.00% | 200 |
| Saturdays | 1 | 336 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 10.00% | 337 |
| Tuesdays | 8 | 200 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 80.00% | 9 |
| First billed | 10 | 173 |
| Second billed | 0 | 293* |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Suburban ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 8 |
| Ratio | 80.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 14.69% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 20.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.41% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -14.29% |
| Hoyts eng | 2 |
| Ratio | 20.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.45% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 40.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.31% |
| Suburban eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 40.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.86% |
Notes: Re-issue of the 1936 historical epic received a handful of bookings in the quiet weeks of September. WIth both Suburban and Union chains taking four engagements each this has been marked as a release through the former although its first two plays were at Hoyts venues. Of the ten screenings, eight were on Tuesdays but as all were top billed they overall EF numbers were low but its PPE was above par.
Anthony Adverse (RR) engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 26/8/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 2/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 30/9/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 14/10/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 14/10/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 9 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 9 | T | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 11/11/51 | 12 | S | 1 | Boston Blackie’s Chinese Venture |
| East Preston | Gowerville | Independent | 25/11/50 | 14 | W | 1 | Murder in the Big House |
The 1950 Project 