US Release date:8 December 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 7 October 1950
Genre: Musical
Country: USA
Running time: 98 minutes (colour)
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra & Betty Garrett
Australian Distributor: MGM
Melbourne Premiere Venue: From 30 June 1950 at MGM’s Metro (3 weeks) and St. James (2 weeks) as a feature only presentation.
Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 392 | 14 |
| EF PPE | 8.00 | 15 |
| Metres Travelled | 534,294 | 78 |
| Average MT | 10,904 | 81 |
| Engagements | 49 | 105 |
| Slots | 87 | 15 |
| Weeks | 38 | 7 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 77.55% | 20 |
| Saturdays | 7 | 273 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 14.29% | 321 |
| Tuesdays | 4 | 281 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 8.16% | 319 |
| First billed | 48 | 56 |
| Second billed | 1 | 259 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 48 |
| Ratio | 97.96% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 11.29% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.04% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.58% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 36 |
| Ratio | 73.47% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.64% |
| Suburban eng | 13 |
| Ratio | 26.53% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 4.48% |
Notes: A splendid effort for this musical, finishing top 20 for EF points, average PPE, slots and weeks. Other than two occasions it was paired with Border Incident. A wonderful film and, for MGM, Melbourne proved to be a wonderful town.
On the Town engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Border Incident |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| St. Kilda | Astor | Independent | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 7/10/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Border Incident |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Caulfield | Camden | Independent | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Elsternwick | Esquire | Independent | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Malvern | Embassy | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 14/10/50 | 2 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Brunswick East | Liberty | Independent | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 21/10/50 | 3 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Border Incident |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | S | 1 | Border Incident |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 28/10/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Border Incident |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Footscray | Grand | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 28/10/50 | 4 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 4/11/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 4/11/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 4/11/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 4/11/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Yarraville | Sun | Independent | 4/11/50 | 5 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 5 | W | 1 | The Guilty |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 11/11/50 | 6 | S | 1 | Border Incident |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 11/11/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Border Incident |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 11/11/50 | 6 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 18/11/50 | 7 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Murrumbeena | Argosy | Suburban | 25/11/50 | 8 | S | 1 | Border Incident |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 25/11/50 | 8 | T | 1 | Border Incident |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 2/12/50 | 9 | W | 1 | Border Incident |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 9/12/50 | 10 | S | 1 | Border Incident |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 20/1/50 | 16 | S | 1 | The Man From Oklahoma |
The 1950 Project 