US Release date: 1 June 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 16 December 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 80 minutes
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Jack Carson, Lola Albright & Jean Wallace
Australian Distributor: Columbia
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum Theatre for two weeks from 3 November 1950 supported by Riders of the Whispering Pines.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 190 | 125 |
| EF PPE | 3.52 | 155 |
| Metres Travelled | 535,213 | 76 |
| Average MT | 9,911 | 248 |
| Engagements | 54 | 34 |
| Slots | 58 | 111 |
| Weeks | 4 | 188 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 7.41% | 229 |
| Saturdays | 20 | 125 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 37.04% | 176 |
| Tuesdays | 30 | 23 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 55.56% | 68 |
| First billed | 40 | 98 |
| Second billed | 14 | 177 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 44 |
| Ratio | 81.48% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -10.88% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 9.26% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.87% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 5 |
| Ratio | 9.26% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.02% |
| Hoyts eng | 34 |
| Ratio | 62.96% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.82% |
| Independent eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 18.52% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 7.02% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 18.52% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.20% |
Notes: This Jack Carson comedy did good business across the Christmas period topping the billing with When WIllie Comes Marching Home. Later, it kept unspooling as a support feature in Union houses into its 46th week. Overall a good, mid-table performer.
The Good Humor Man engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 16/12/1950 | 1 | W | 2 | The Black Rose |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 2 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 3 | S | 2 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 3 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 4 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 13/01/1951 | 5 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 13/01/1951 | 5 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 5 | S | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 6 | T | 2 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 6 | T | 1 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 27/01/1951 | 7 | S | 2 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 8 | T | 1 | Mary Ryan Detective |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 10/02/1951 | 9 | W | 2 | State Secret |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 17/02/1951 | 10 | T | 1 | Love that Brute |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 24/02/1951 | 11 | T | 1 | Borderline |
| East Preston | Gowerville | Independent | 24/02/1951 | 11 | W | 2 | Smart Girls Don’t Talk |
| West Coburg | Progress | Independent | 3/03/1951 | 12 | S | 2 | Colorado Territory |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 3/03/1951 | 12 | S | 2 | Colorado Territory |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 3/03/1951 | 12 | T | 2 | When Willie Comes Marching Home |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 4/08/1951 | 34 | W | 2 | Mark of the Gorilla |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 11/08/1951 | 35 | S | 2 | Father is a Bachelor |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 11/08/1951 | 35 | S | 2 | Father is a Bachelor |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 15/09/1951 | 40 | T | 2 | The Sentimental Bloke |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 27/10/1951 | 46 | T | 2 | The Fortunes of Captain Blood |
The 1950 Project 