US Release date: 18 November 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 16 May 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 87 minutes
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings & Marie McDonald
Australian Distributor: Columbia
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for two weeks from 11 August 1950 supported by Prison Warden.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 3-L-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 195 | 121 |
| EF PPE | 3.61 | 151 |
| Metres Travelled | 557,435 | 44 |
| Average MT | 10,323 | 155 |
| Engagements | 54 | 34 |
| Slots | 58 | 111 |
| Weeks | 4 | 188 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 7.41% | 229 |
| Saturdays | 11 | 204 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 20.37% | 279 |
| Tuesdays | 39 | 1 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 72.22% | 26 |
| First billed | 46 | 68 |
| Second billed | 8 | 202 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 43 |
| Ratio | 79.63% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -12.73% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 9 |
| Ratio | 16.67% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 11.28% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 2 |
| Ratio | 3.70% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.46% |
| Hoyts eng | 30 |
| Ratio | 55.56% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -10.22% |
| Independent eng | 11 |
| Ratio | 20.37% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 8.87% |
| Suburban eng | 13 |
| Ratio | 24.07% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.35% |
Notes: This mid-value comedy so dominated Tuesday nights that, with 39 bookings it was ranked #1. Had it have played the better night of the week it would have gained more than the 195 EF points it finally accrued. Had a long shelf life and was popular in later dates on the Union circuit. Calamity Jane and Sam Bass was its regular support.
Tell it to the Judge engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 16/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Five Graves to Cairo |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 16/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Interference |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | S | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Interference |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 23/9/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Poet’s Pub |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | S | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Red Light |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Red Light |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 30/9/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 30/9/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Landfall |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 7/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 14/10/50 | 5 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 21/10/50 | 6 | T | 1 | The Guilty |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 21/10/50 | 6 | T | 1 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 8 | S | 2 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 8 | W | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| East Preston | Gowerville | Independent | 18/11/50 | 10 | W | 1 | Prison Warden |
| East Malvern | Verne | Suburban | 2/12/50 | 12 | S | 1 | Feudin’, Fussin’ and a Fightin’ |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 2/12/50 | 12 | T | 1 | Frontier Gunlaw |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 2/12/50 | 12 | T | 1 | Frontier Gunlaw |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 9/12/50 | 13 | T | 2 | Fighting Man of the Plains |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 16/12/50 | 14 | T | 1 | The Pearl |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 6/1/51 | 17 | S | 1 | The Travelling Saleswoman |
| Middle Brighton | Prince George | Independent | 27/1/51 | 20 | W | 1 | Holiday Affair |
| Pascoe Vale | Tasma | Independent | 3/2/51 | 21 | S | 1 | Rim of the Canyon |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 10/3/51 | 26 | T | 1 | Throw a Saddle on a Star |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 19/5/51 | 36 | S | 1 | Hollow Triumph |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 23/6/51 | 41 | S | 2 | The Big Hangover |
The 1950 Project 