UK Release date: 15 December 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 9 December 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Running time: 90 minutes
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe
Australian Distributor: GBDFD
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyt’s Athenaeum theatre for four weeks from 3 November 1950 supported by Marry Me.
Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 117 | 179 |
| EF PPE | 2.85 | 186 |
| Metres Travelled | 398,857 | 243 |
| Average MT | 9,728 | 288 |
| Engagements | 41 | 222 |
| Slots | 47 | 227 |
| Weeks | 6 | 155 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 14.63% | 166 |
| Saturdays | 12 | 185 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 29.27% | 221 |
| Tuesdays | 23 | 79 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 56.10% | 67 |
| First billed | 19 | 159 |
| Second billed | 22 | 139 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 40 |
| Ratio | 97.56% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.20% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 1 |
| Ratio | 2.44% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.95% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 30 |
| Ratio | 73.17% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.39% |
| Independent eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 12.20% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.70% |
| Suburban eng | 6 |
| Ratio | 14.63% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -8.09% |
Notes: British drama had managed a tidy four weeks at the Athenaeum but then found itself demoted to suburban support status for Look for the Silver Lining’s suburban play. However, it then found a number of Tuesday night headlining acts with Canadian Pacific as the below the line attraction. But the end of its run it scraped out a little over 100 EF points and a 179th ranking (just missing out on the top half).
Portrait From Life engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 9/12/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | One Sunday Afternoon |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | W | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 2 | W | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 3 | W | 1 | The History of Mr Polly |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | W | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 3 | W | 2 | Look for the Silver Lining |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | S | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 4 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 5 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 5 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 13/01/1950 | 6 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 13/01/1950 | 6 | T | 2 | Canadian Pacific |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 20/01/1951 | 7 | T | 2 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 27/01/1951 | 8 | T | 1 | Love That Brute |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 9 | S | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 9 | T | 1 | Love That Brute |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 5/05/1951 | 22 | T | 1 | The Travelling Saleswoman |
The 1950 Project 