US Release date: 30 June 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 9 September 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 65 minutes
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott & Douglas Kennedy
Australian Distributor: Warner Bros.
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol theatre for two weeks from 28 July 1950 supporting Roseanna McCoy.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2
Rankings
Rank | ||
EF Points | 106 | 192 |
EF PPE | 2.08 | 255 |
Metres Travelled | 494,663 | 139 |
Average MT | 9,699 | 295 |
Engagements | 51 | 65 |
Slots | 57 | 123 |
Weeks | 6 | 155 |
Weeks as % of engagements | 11.76% | 187 |
Saturdays | 39 | 12 |
Sats as % of engagements | 76.47% | 9 |
Tuesdays | 6 | 236 |
Tues as % of engagements | 11.76% | 286 |
First billed | 1 | 237 |
Second billed | 50 | 11 |
Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
Engagements weeks 1-10 | 46 |
Ratio | 90.20% |
Difference to chain ratio | -2.16% |
Eng weeks 11-26 | 4 |
Ratio | 7.84% |
Difference to chain ratio | 2.45% |
Eng weeks 27-52 | 1 |
Ratio | 1.96% |
Difference to chain ratio | -0.28% |
Hoyts eng | 31 |
Ratio | 60.78% |
Difference to chain ratio | -5.00% |
Independent eng | 7 |
Ratio | 13.73% |
Difference to chain ratio | 2.23% |
Suburban eng | 13 |
Ratio | 25.49% |
Difference to chain ratio | 2.77% |
Notes: Warners rom-com that eased over the 100 EF point mark due to being paired with Sons of Matthew over much of its suburban tour. Therefore 39 Saturdays – 12th overall and 9th for Saturdays as a % of all engagements. Its 50 second billings was the 11th most of the year.
One Last Fling engagements
SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Malvern | New | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | The Guilty |
Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 9/9/50 | 1 | W | 2 | The Red Danube |
South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 9/9/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Fighting Man of the Plains |
Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 14/10/50 | 6 | S | 2 | The Red Danube |
Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 14/10/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Sons of Matthew |
North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 14/10/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Obsession |
Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 6 | T | 2 | The Northerner |
North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 4/11/50 | 9 | S | 2 | Under Capricorn |
West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 4/11/50 | 9 | T | 2 | Sanders of the River |
South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 18/11/50 | 11 | S | 1 | Malaya |
Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 10/2/51 | 23 | S | 2 | State Secret |
Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 17/2/51 | 24 | S | 2 | State Secret |
Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 3/3/51 | 26 | S | 2 | Father of the Bride |
East Preston | Gowerville | Independent | 17/3/51 | 28 | W | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |