The Exhibitor Faith Index

As someone fascinated by box office data, it has long saddened my that there is little in the way of historical records for the performance of films in the Australian Market. For recent years there is, of course, a wealth of accurate information but the further we go back in time the less available and reliable it becomes. Thankfully Variety did offer some sparse but valuable reporting throughout the 70s and 80s but before that there is next to nothing that can provide a reasonable snapshot of what the public were (or not) paying to see. Film Weekly remains a crucial resource for snippets of information and anecdotal reporting of how films were faring in city theatres, but accurate representations are still frustratingly elusive. It does not help that (thank you Hoyts!) much of the business records of the major theatre companies were destroyed many years ago.

Several years ago I completed a PhD that examined the experience of British films at the US box office in the 1960s with a focus on how the films performed at individual venues in a couple of key US cities. In a nutshell, rather than measuring their ‘success’ in terms of profit / loss for their producers and distributors, my thesis dealt with how they performed for the exhibitors – ie: within the data set of theatres, did British films enjoy higher grosses then their US and foreign counterparts? As each venue had a different audience demographic, seating capacity and profitability requirements there was little use in comparing one to another, therefore the thesis utilised what I called ‘horizontal evaluation’ in that the comparison was between the films that played in the same venue within a calendar year.

Since then the notion of success for the exhibitor has continued to intrigue me. For the PhD I was fortunate in that Variety, in the 1960s, carried a weekly rundown of box office grosses of hundreds of individual venues across the United States. Sadly, no such records exist for Australia so no such horizontal evaluation is possible. Instead, what is publicly available is the superb archive that is Trove by which the National Library of Australia has made available a number of newspapers, splendidly scanned and, for the most part, accurately searchable. This is a genuine goldmine for historians and something for which the NLA should be proud of as it is not just world class – it sets a standard of quality.

What Trove does provide is a thorough recording of the suburban playdates of films throughout much of Australia. With that at hand, was it possible to create something from this information, to find a value and meaning? I thought I would find out.

I picked the year 1950 on a whim – the information was readily available on Trove and it was of a time when the number of individual venues was at its highest. Within the dataset there are 45 venues advertised as ‘Independent’ (usually aligned with Union’s distributors including MGM, Paramount, Columbia and British Empire Films), 27 as ‘suburban’ (officially aligned with no major chain but a number did appear to either exist on either Union or Hoyts product) and 38 Hoyts houses (usually Warners, Fox, RKO, Disney, Universal and United Artists).

I recorded every screening that appeared on a Saturday and the following Tuesday of each week, beginning on Saturday, 7th January 1950 and ending Monday, 24th December 1951 (as Tuesday was Christmas day and cinemas were closed – as a note, this was done on a couple of occasions due to public holidays). Thereby 52 weeks of each film released into the suburbs in 1950 would be accounted for – a full year on suburban screens.

How many engagements were logged into the database? Over 20,000.

How many individual ‘slots’ (ie: mostly four per week on screens running a full week – double feature Saturday & double feature Tuesday)? 41,535.

Naturally this number included films within the bill that were released to the suburbs in 1949 and those released to the suburbs in 1951. These were discounted. So were older catalogue items that were often used to fill the second half of a bill. However, if a particular film had a genuine re-issue, it was counted within the dataset. In total, what was left was 18,368 ‘slots’ taken by 355 titles released to suburban theatres in 1950 (note – this does NOT include titles screened in the city on exclusive release in 1950, but hitting the suburbs in 1951. Conversely, it DOES include city releases from 1949 that came to the suburbs in 1950). The analysis within this site concerns these titles.

So, after a long period of transcribing, it was apparent that there were patterns of interest appearing. Firstly, it was clear just how prevalent the weekly ‘split’ was. That is, in suburban venues, how often a week’s engagements would (usually) be a highly popular double feature on a Saturday night (beginning Friday and lasting through to the Monday – no Sunday Screenings at the time) and a less enticing double running Tuesday – Thursday. Therefore, it seemed that an appropriate weighting was required to gauge the ‘value’ of each slot. The chart below explains the weighting.

To put it simply, a week is worth twelve points. Any film to scoop those twelve points will have to play, on its own (as a FO – Feature Only presentation) for the full ‘week’ (observed Saturday and Tuesday). If it was a week long double feature, the top-billed film would receive 9 points and the support 3. For a Saturday double feature the split is 6/2 and for Tuesdays it is 3/1.

I have based this on the notion that of a double feature, 75% of audiences would be interested in seeing the main feature and only 25% the support. This may seem odd, considering that the studios of the the time were producing genuine A and B features – surely the audiences’ interest would be in the A feature, certainly to a degree more than 75%? Perhaps a 90/10 split would be accurate? That is true, however this does not account for the number of mid-tier engagements that included two titles (say a western and a comedy) that were regularly played together and could be ‘flipped’ depending upon audience preference at that particular venue. These engagements were probably closer to 50/50. This was not a judgement call I was willing to make. So for a degree of fairness, the first – bill : second – bill split is 75:25 in order to account for these issues.

The other crucial difference is the weighting given to Saturday engagements compared to those on a Tuesday. The earlier day (Saturday) has traditionally been seen as the most popular of the week for distributors, the Tuesday the weakest. Therefore, for this metric a Saturday (total 8 points) is worth twice as much as a Tuesday (total 4 points). One may argue with this determination, but it is what I have used.

Below is the final determination of that data – it represents what I call the “Exhibitor Faith Index”. That is, the positioning individual exhibitors gave to each to each film. Is it a replication of box office takings? No, not exactly, instead it is an a illustration of the potential the collective exhibitors provided to each film to engage an audience. Therefore, the Clifton Hill cinema screening an engagement for a full week (in its sixth week of suburban release) is valued just as highly as the St. Kilda Victory screening that same engagement for a full week (on its opening). Of course, the Victory is going to nab more tickets that the Eltham, but I doubt whether the manager of the Eltham cinema cared about that. For he / she was worried only about their own venue’s viability and therefore, the tickets sold there. This metric is based on scope provided for a film to succeed, not its final box-office takings. And yes I am aware that certain contractual obligations needed to be fulfilled but until that evidence is clear, this is what we have.

So, after that long winded exposition, here are the ‘Exhibitor Faith’ rankings of 1950:

Due to space restrictions I have Included the title, Chain it was mostly exhibited through, Country of origin, distributor, Exhibitor Faith points, number of engagements, whether it was feature only, Saturday observation, Tuesday observation, first billing or second billing.

A deeper dive of this will come and for the performance of individual titles, look here.

So, here are the 355 releases of 1951 sorted by Exhibitor Faith rankings:

R	TITLE	CHAIN	GEN	COA	DIS	EF	ENG	FO	W	S	T	1st	2nd
1	Jolson Sings Again	Hoyts	Mus	USA	COL	504	68	0	44	12	12	68	0
2	Little Women	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	474	50	31	38	7	5	18	1
3	The Forsyte Saga	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	467	52	22	38	8	6	30	0
4	The Third Man	Hoyts	Crime	GB	LON	455	61	0	38	16	7	60	1
5	Battleground	Indep	War	USA	MGM	443	47	22	37	6	4	25	0
6	Cheaper by the Dozen	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	435	67	0	24	30	13	67	0
7	Father of the Bride	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	426	50	9	38	7	5	41	0
8	The Heiress	Indep	Dram	USA	PAR	414	43	13	40	2	1	30	0
9	That Midnight Kiss	Indep	Mus	USA	MGM	404	49	3	39	6	4	45	1
10	Neptune's Daughter	Indep	Mus	USA	MGM	402	50	2	39	6	5	47	1
10	Nancy Goes to Rio	Indep	Mus	USA	MGM	402	51	2	36	9	6	49	0
12	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Indep	Mus	USA	MGM	393	50	0	36	9	5	50	0
12	The Stratton Story	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	393	51	0	34	12	5	51	0
14	Broken Arrow	Hoyts	West	USA	Fox	392	58	0	21	30	7	58	0
14	On The Town	Indep	Mus	USA	MGM	392	49	0	38	7	4	48	1
16	I Was a Male War Bride	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	390	57	0	20	33	4	57	0
17	The Hasty Heart	Hoyts	War	GB	WB	384	59	1	16	36	7	58	0
18	Riding High	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	381	44	5	38	4	2	38	1
18	Key to the City	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	381	49	0	34	10	5	49	0
20	The Great Lover	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	378	45	0	40	1	4	45	0
21	East Side, West Side	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	377	50	0	35	9	6	48	2
22	Ambush	Indep	West	USA	MGM	375	49	0	35	8	6	48	1
22	The Red Danube	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	375	48	3	33	10	5	44	1
24	Malaya	Indep	War	USA	MGM	374	49	0	34	9	6	48	1
25	The Asphalt Jungle	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	371	48	3	31	11	6	45	0
26	Sunset Boulevard	Indep	Crime	USA	PAR	369	44	4	34	7	3	40	0
27	Conspirator	Indep	Dram	GB	MGM	365	46	0	36	7	3	43	3
28	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	Hoyts	Adv	USA	WB	364	60	4	7	44	9	56	0
29	Look for the Silver Lining	Hoyts	Mus	USA	WB	362	58	1	13	36	9	57	0
30	Crisis	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	361	49	0	31	10	8	48	1
31	My Friend Irma	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	360	42	0	39	0	3	42	0
32	After Midnight	Indep	Crime	USA	PAR	357	45	0	29	16	0	45	0
33	Key Largo	Hoyts	Crime	USA	WB	354	59	0	5	49	5	59	0
34	Adam's Rib	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	353	47	1	29	12	6	46	0
35	Any Number Can Play	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	352	47	0	30	13	4	45	2
36	Knock on Any Door	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	351	42	0	33	9	0	42	0
36	The Return of October	Indep	Com	USA	COL	351	42	0	33	9	0	42	0
38	All the King's Men	Hoyts	Dram	USA	COL	350	58	1	7	44	7	57	0
38	In the Good Old Summertime	Indep	Mus	USA	MGM	350	48	0	29	14	5	46	2
40	Ma and Pa Kettle	Hoyts	Com	USA	UNI	348	59	0	9	41	9	58	0
40	Gone With the Wind (RR)	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	348	29	29	29	0	0	0	0
42	Devil's Doorway	Indep	West	USA	MGM	347	50	0	32	11	7	45	5
43	Sons of Matthew	Hoyts	Dram	AU	SOMP	345	54	0	13	35	6	54	0
43	Pinky	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	345	55	0	9	42	4	55	0
45	Captain China	Indep	Adv	USA	PAR	338	45	0	27	15	3	44	1
46	Maytime in Mayfair	Hoyts	Mus	GB	LON	336	57	0	11	33	13	57	0
47	Yellow Sky	Hoyts	West	USA	Fox	331	56	1	8	40	8	53	2
48	Three Came Home	Hoyts	War	USA	Fox	330	56	0	6	42	8	56	0
49	Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town	Hoyts	Com	USA	UNI	328	55	0	9	37	9	54	1
50	Lost Boundaries	Hoyts	Dram	USA	UNI	327	57	0	9	34	14	57	0
51	Twelve O'Clock High	Hoyts	War	USA	Fox	323	56	4	7	36	13	52	0
52	It's Magic	Hoyts	Mus	USA	WB	321	56	0	10	31	15	56	0
52	Chicago Deadline	Indep	Crime	USA	PAR	321	45	0	29	6	10	44	1
54	Dear Wife	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	319	41	0	34	4	3	37	4
55	Under Capricorn	Hoyts	Dram	USA	WB	315	51	1	12	29	10	50	0
55	The Eagle and the Hawk	Indep	West	USA	PAR	315	40	0	27	11	2	40	0
57	Whiplash	Hoyts	Dram	USA	WB	314	58	0	4	40	14	57	1
58	Champion	Hoyts	Dram	USA	UA	312	52	0	5	42	5	52	0
59	Lust for Gold	Indep	Adv	USA	COL	308	42	0	23	18	1	40	2
60	Come to the Stable	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	306	55	0	5	37	13	55	0
61	South of St. Louis	Hoyts	West	USA	WB	298	55	0	5	35	15	54	1
62	A Song is Born	Hoyts	Mus	USA	RKO	297	51	0	5	38	8	51	0
62	Francis	Hoyts	Com	USA	UNI	297	56	0	4	35	17	56	0
64	Outpost in Morocco	Hoyts	Adv	USA	UA	294	50	0	4	40	6	50	0
65	Oh! You Beautiful Doll	Hoyts	Mus	USA	Fox	291	54	0	5	33	16	54	0
65	The Girl From Jones Beach	Hoyts	Com	USA	WB	291	54	0	3	37	14	54	0
65	Duck Soup (RR)	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	291	47	0	38	4	5	32	15
68	Joan of Arc	Hoyts	Dram	USA	RKO	285	48	31	3	23	22	17	0
69	My Friend Irma Goes West	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	282	39	0	22	17	0	35	4
70	Adventures of Don Juan	Hoyts	Adv	USA	WB	279	51	0	6	30	15	51	0
70	Prince of Foxes	Hoyts	Adv	USA	Fox	279	47	0	6	34	7	47	0
70	The Lie	Indep	Crime	USA	PAR	279	39	0	24	12	3	35	4
73	Home of the Brave	Hoyts	War	USA	UA	273	51	0	3	34	14	51	0
74	Kind Hearts and Coronets	Indep	Com	USA	BEF	270	38	0	20	12	6	38	0
75	Madame Bovary	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	267	37	0	21	10	6	37	0
75	The Dark Past	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	267	38	0	20	15	3	35	3
77	The Adventures of Robin Hood (RR)	Hoyts	Adv	USA	WB	264	54	0	4	28	22	54	0
77	Sand	Hoyts	Adv	USA	Fox	264	56	0	4	26	26	55	1
79	Passport to Pimlico	Hoyts	Com	USA	BEF	263	60	0	11	15	34	54	6
80	Two Texas Knights	Hoyts	Com	USA	WB	260	55	0	10	23	22	49	6
80	Bride fro Sale	Hoyts	Com	USA	RKO	260	53	0	1	33	19	52	1
82	June Bride	Hoyts	Com	USA	WB	258	51	0	7	23	21	50	1
83	We Were Strangers	Indep	Dram	USA	COL	254	36	0	16	18	2	35	1
84	Everybody Does It	Hoyts	Mus	USA	Fox	253	53	0	8	28	17	46	7
84	It Happens Every Spring	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	253	52	0	5	27	20	49	3
86	Enchantment	Hoyts	Dram	USA	RKO	252	52	0	6	22	24	51	1
86	The Big Lift	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	252	55	0	3	23	29	55	0
88	Too Late for Tears	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UA	251	50	1	2	30	18	48	1
89	Quartet	Hoyts	Dram	USA	GBDFD	250	52	1	1	31	20	50	1
89	The Black Rose	Hoyts	Adv	USA	Fox	250	50	1	4	25	21	49	0
91	Tokyo Joe	Hoyts	Dram	USA	COL	248	55	0	4	23	28	53	2
92	The Big Steal	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	247	54	0	8	25	21	45	9
93	Under My Skin	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	245	54	0	7	21	26	50	4
93	State Secret	Hoyts	Crime	GB	LON	245	51	0	2	28	21	50	1
95	Wake of the Red Witch	Indep	Adv	USA	BEF	243	32	0	18	13	1	32	0
96	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Hoyts	West	USA	RKO	240	52	0	2	26	24	51	1
97	Mr. Soft Touch	Indep	Dram	USA	COL	239	34	0	17	15	2	31	3
98	Mother is a Freshman	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	236	50	0	3	24	23	49	1
98	Anna Lucasta	Indep	Dram	USA	COL	236	37	0	16	19	2	31	6
100	No Sad Songs for Me	Hoyts	Dram	USA	COL	234	49	0	5	23	21	47	2
101	Slattery's Hurricane	Hoyts	Adv	USA	Fox	233	51	0	2	24	25	50	1
102	Roseanna McCoy	Hoyts	Dram	USA	RKO	232	51	0	4	21	26	48	3
103	A Night at the Opera (RR)	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	230	45	0	26	9	10	29	16
104	So Dear to My Heart	Hoyts	Fam	USA	RKO	228	43	0	5	25	13	42	1
104	The Doctor and the Girl	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	228	47	0	25	13	9	26	21
106	Adam and Evelyne	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	225	50	0	9	21	20	42	8
107	Train of Events	Indep	Dram	GB	BEF	219	34	0	14	11	9	34	0
108	Thelma Jordan	Indep	Crime	USA	PAR	217	47	0	38	4	5	15	32
109	And Baby Makes Three	Hoyts	Com	USA	COL	216	52	0	1	24	27	48	4
110	The Younger Brothers	Hoyts	West	USA	WB	215	53	0	4	16	33	50	3
110	Paid in Full	Indep	Dram	USA	PAR	215	37	0	15	16	6	29	8
112	Mr. Joseph Young of Africa	Hoyts	SciFi	USA	RKO	213	49	0	3	20	26	47	2
112	The Great Sinner	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	213	31	1	11	17	3	30	0
112	Intruder in the Dust	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	213	46	0	25	13	8	21	25
115	The Gay Lady	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	209	47	0	9	14	24	41	6
116	Song of India	Indep	Adv	USA	COL	206	33	0	11	19	3	28	5
117	The Great Dan PAtch	Hoyts	Dram	USA	UA	203	48	0	3	23	22	42	6
118	Dancing in the Dark	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	201	49	0	1	16	32	49	0
119	You're My Everything	Hoyts	Mus	USA	Fox	198	51	0	2	31	18	32	19
120	John Loves Mary	Hoyts	Com	USA	WB	197	46	0	2	23	21	41	5
121	Tell it to the Judge	Hoyts	Com	USA	COL	195	54	0	4	11	39	46	8
122	The Big Store (RR)	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	194	38	0	23	8	7	21	17
123	Johnny Allegro	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	193	35	0	10	18	7	28	7
124	Bagdad	Hoyts	Adv	USA	UNI	192	47	0	4	25	18	35	12
125	Africa Screams	Hoyts	Com	USA	UA	190	49	0	6	19	24	36	13
125	The Good Humor Man	Hoyts	Com	USA	COL	190	54	0	4	20	30	40	14
127	Wabash Avenue	Hoyts	Mus	USA	Fox	182	48	0	0	16	32	45	3
128	Thieves' Highway	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	181	49	0	4	18	27	39	10
128	Miss Grant Takes Richmond	Hoyts	Com	USA	COL	181	59	0	11	12	36	30	29
130	Tarzan's Magic Fountain	Hoyts	Adv	USA	RKO	180	54	0	2	26	26	32	22
131	The Crooked Way	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UA	179	49	0	3	22	24	34	15
131	Caught	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	179	40	0	24	9	7	15	25
133	The WOman in WHite	Hoyts	Crime	USA	WB	174	48	0	1	10	37	46	2
133	Whirlpool	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	174	45	0	2	9	34	45	0
133	Once More My Darling	Hoyts	Com	USA	UNI	174	46	0	5	16	25	35	11
136	Tulsa	Indep	West	USA	BEF	171	26	0	9	13	4	26	0
137	The Passionate Friends	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	170	45	0	1	11	33	44	1
138	Holiday Affair	Hoyts	Com	USA	RKO	169	54	0	5	25	24	31	23
139	Red Light	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UA	166	45	0	1	21	23	35	10
140	Portrait of Jannie	Hoyts	SciFi	USA	BEF	165	42	0	1	13	28	41	1
140	Cover Up	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UA	165	48	0	6	13	29	36	12
142	House of Strangers	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	162	46	0	1	6	39	46	0
142	Father was a Fullback	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	162	48	0	3	14	31	38	10
142	Tarzan and the Slave Girl	Hoyts	Adv	USA	RKO	162	50	1	6	24	20	27	22
145	Fighting Man of the Plains	Hoyts	West	USA	Fox	161	51	0	5	12	34	35	16
145	Obsession	Hoyts	Crime	GB	GBDFD	161	46	0	1	21	24	25	21
145	Sanders of the River (RR)	Hoyts	Adv	GB	LON	161	40	0	1	15	24	36	4
148	The Big Wheel	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UA	157	53	0	4	30	19	22	31
149	Stromboli	Hoyts	Dram	IT	RKO	156	41	0	1	11	29	40	1
150	That Dangerous Age	Hoyts	Dram	GB	LON	155	49	0	6	4	39	40	9
151	Dakota Lil	Hoyts	West	USA	Fox	151	45	0	1	10	34	37	8
151	Interference	Hoyts	Dram	USA	RKO	151	44	0	3	13	28	34	10
153	The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	150	46	0	4	12	30	36	10
154	The Big Hangover	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	147	51	0	35	8	8	5	46
155	The Wizard of Oz (RR)	Indep	Fam	USA	MGM	144	30	3	5	7	18	27	0
155	Border Incident	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	144	51	0	38	7	6	3	48
157	Tension	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	141	51	0	36	8	7	3	48
158	The Yellow Cab Man	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	140	47	0	31	9	7	5	42
159	Canadian Pacific	Hoyts	West	USA	Fox	139	45	0	3	14	28	26	19
160	Meet the Killer	Hoyts	Com	USA	UNI	137	45	1	6	14	25	23	21
161	Bride of Vengeance	Indep	Dram	USA	PAR	134	40	0	32	6	2	4	36
161	The Awful Truth (RR)	Indep	Com	USA	COL	134	26	0	12	8	6	18	8
161	The General Died at Dawn (RR)	Indep	Adv	USA	PAR	134	27	1	10	6	11	18	8
164	Impact	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UA	130	35	0	1	7	27	34	1
165	Unknown Island	Hoyts	SciFi	USA	Fox	129	38	0	2	9	27	31	7
166	The Secret Garden	Indep	Fam	USA	MGM	128	45	0	30	13	2	2	43
167	Elizabeth of Ladymead	Hoyts	Dram	GB	LON	126	43	0	1	7	35	30	13
167	Shadow on the Wall	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	126	50	0	34	8	8	0	50
167	Side Street	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	126	49	0	34	9	6	0	49
170	Take One False Step	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	125	55	0	7	18	30	14	41
171	Please Believe Me	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	124	50	0	31	10	9	1	49
172	Challenge to Lassie	Indep	Fam	USA	MGM	123	46	0	29	11	6	2	44
173	April Showers	Hoyts	Mus	USA	WB	120	53	0	2	37	14	7	46
173	One Sunday Afternoon	Hoyts	Mus	USA	WB	120	53	2	2	39	12	5	46
173	Yes Sir! That's My Baby	Hoyts	Mus	USA	UNI	120	40	0	1	10	29	24	16
173	The Scene of the Crime	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	120	46	0	33	8	5	0	46
177	Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid	Hoyts	SciFi	USA	UNI	118	48	0	21	8	19	10	38
177	The Drum (RR)	Hoyts	Adv	GB	LON	118	28	0	1	12	15	25	3
179	Portrait From Life	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	117	41	0	6	12	23	19	22
179	The Dividing Line	Indep	Crime	USA	PAR	117	41	0	20	18	3	4	37
181	Homicide	Hoyts	Crime	USA	WB	116	58	0	18	16	24	1	57
182	City Across the River	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	114	51	0	3	25	23	9	42
182	Chicken Every Sunday	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	114	46	0	2	20	24	14	32
184	Crime Doctor's Diary	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	112	40	0	29	8	3	1	39
185	Make Mine Laughs	Hoyts	Com	USA	RKO	111	54	0	4	33	17	4	50
185	Once Upon a Dream	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	111	47	0	23	8	16	3	44
187	The Story of Molly X	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	110	57	0	7	39	11	0	57
188	Embraceable You	Hoyts	Dram	USA	WB	109	55	0	5	44	6	0	55
188	Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	109	36	0	30	3	3	3	33
190	Argyle Secrets	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	107	47	0	26	8	13	0	47
190	The Tattooed Stranger	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	107	50	0	14	29	7	0	50
192	One Last Fling	Hoyts	Com	USA	WB	106	51	0	6	39	6	1	50
192	Landfall	Indep	War	GB	BEF	106	26	2	12	8	6	8	16
192	Leather Gloves	Indep	Dram	USA	COL	106	38	0	30	8	0	0	38
195	The Story of G.I. Joe	Hoyts	War	USA	UA	105	37	0	1	12	24	20	17
195	When Willie Comes Marching Home	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	105	49	0	2	20	27	9	40
197	Illegal Entry	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	104	54	0	3	32	19	4	50
197	Law of the Barbary Coast	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	104	41	0	23	17	1	0	41
199	Red, Hot and Blue	Indep	Com	USA	PAR	103	40	0	25	7	8	1	39
200	The Lady Gambles	Hoyts	Dram	USA	UNI	102	45	0	1	35	9	6	39
200	A Kiss in the Dark	Hoyts	Com	USA	WB	102	48	0	4	16	28	10	38
202	Silent Dust	Hoyts	Dram	GB	BEF	101	43	0	2	10	31	20	23
202	The Threat	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	101	52	0	7	35	10	0	52
204	Britannia Mews	Hoyts	Dram	GB	Fox	100	47	0	1	21	25	11	36
204	Black Magic	Hoyts	Dram	USA	UA	100	39	0	2	35	2	5	34
206	Escape Me Never	Hoyts	Dram	USA	WB	99	43	0	2	28	13	8	35
206	Johnny Stool Pigeon	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	99	54	0	3	27	24	4	50
206	Air Hostess	Indep	Dram	USA	COL	99	38	0	27	7	4	0	38
209	The Small Back Room	Hoyts	Dram	GB	LON	97	48	0	2	27	19	5	43
209	Inner Sanctum Mystery	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	97	52	0	4	37	11	0	52
211	Sofia	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	96	47	0	3	17	27	13	34
212	Smart Girls Don't Talk	Hoyts	Crime	USA	WB	95	53	0	4	28	21	1	52
212	Alias the Champ	Hoyts	Com	USA	BEF	95	50	0	7	31	12	0	50
214	State Department File 649	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	94	51	0	2	25	24	4	47
215	Savage Splendor	Hoyts	Doco	USA	RKO	93	51	0	5	28	18	1	50
215	The Doolins of Oklahoma	Indep	West	USA	COL	93	32	0	20	9	3	3	28
217	Mrs Mike	Hoyts	Dram	USA	UA	92	47	0	1	35	11	2	45
217	I Was a Shoplifter	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	92	51	0	15	11	25	0	51
217	Prison Warden	Hoyts	Crime	USA	COL	92	49	0	9	25	15	0	49
220	The Blind Goddess	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	91	47	0	5	24	18	3	44
220	Flaxy Martin	Hoyts	Crime	USA	WB	91	45	0	7	26	12	3	42
220	Appointment With Murder	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	91	46	0	1	29	16	4	42
223	Davy Crockett Indian Scout	Hoyts	West	USA	UA	90	42	0	1	24	17	5	37
223	The WOman on Pier 13	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	90	47	0	2	21	24	4	43
225	The Green Promise	Hoyts	Dram	USA	RKO	89	48	0	1	35	12	1	47
225	Love That Brute	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	89	50	0	6	27	17	0	50
227	Will Tomorrow Ever Come	Indep	Dram	USA	BEF	88	17	0	4	5	8	16	1
227	The Mutineers	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	88	34	0	18	12	4	1	33
229	The Small Voice	Hoyts	Crime	GB	LON	87	48	0	2	31	15	1	47
230	Follow Me Quietly	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	86	52	0	3	28	21	0	52
230	Money Madness	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	86	47	0	1	31	15	1	46
232	Mark of the Gorilla	Hoyts	Adv	USA	COL	85	44	0	3	17	24	5	39
232	Noose	Indep	Crime	GB	BEF	85	24	0	10	7	7	10	14
234	Tucson	Hoyts	Dram	USA	Fox	84	44	0	5	30	9	0	44
234	My Brother's Keeper	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	84	47	0	2	27	18	1	46
234	It's Not Cricket	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	84	38	0	17	12	9	0	38
234	Miraculous Journey	Hoyts	Adv	USA	Fox	84	46	0	1	22	23	4	42
238	Broken Journey	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	83	48	0	1	29	18	1	47
238	The Plunderers	Indep	West	USA	BEF	83	23	0	6	8	9	13	10
238	The Lovers	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	83	31	0	12	10	9	6	25
238	Out of the Storm	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	83	35	0	20	8	7	0	35
242	Holiday in Havana	Hoyts	Mus	USA	COL	82	44	0	1	36	7	0	44
242	A Dangerous Profession	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	82	54	0	4	20	30	0	54
242	Inside Story	Indep	Com	USA	BEF	82	32	0	19	6	7	1	31
245	Calamity Jane and Sam Bass	Hoyts	West	USA	UNI	81	45	0	0	8	37	11	34
245	Fly Away Peter	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	81	48	0	0	33	15	0	48
245	Vote for Huggett	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	81	46	0	4	27	15	0	46
245	Henry the Rainmaker	Indep	Com	USA	BEF	81	34	0	19	9	6	0	34
249	Murder at the Windmill	Indep	Crime	GB	BEF	80	34	0	17	12	5	0	34
250	Post Office Investigator	Hoyts	Crime	USA	BEF	79	48	0	4	23	21	0	48
250	Incident	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	79	32	0	18	11	3	0	32
252	The Capture	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	78	48	0	2	14	32	3	45
252	Blondie Hits the Jackpot	Hoyts	Com	USA	COL	78	41	0	2	33	6	0	41
254	Strange Bargain	Hoyts	Crime	USA	RKO	77	51	0	2	22	27	0	51
254	Arctic Manhunt	Hoyts	Adv	USA	UNI	77	49	0	5	18	26	0	49
254	A Stranger in Town (RR)	Indep	Dram	USA	MGM	77	31	0	19	8	4	0	31
257	Rusty's Birthday	Hoyts	Fam	USA	COL	76	43	0	5	23	15	0	43
257	The Decision of Christopher Blake	Hoyts	Dram	USA	WB	76	42	0	3	28	11	0	42
257	Flaming Fury	Hoyts	Crime	USA	BEF	76	48	0	2	24	22	0	48
257	FOr Them That Trespass	Indep	Crime	GB	BEF	76	24	0	15	6	3	4	20
261	The Huggetts Abroad	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	75	34	0	14	13	7	0	34
261	Miss Mink of 1949	Hoyts	Com	USA	Fox	75	50	0	2	21	27	0	50
263	Into the Straight	Hoyts	Dram	AU	MCCR	74	45	0	1	27	17	0	45
264	Girls' School	Hoyts	Dram	USA	COL	73	39	0	3	28	8	0	39
264	Abandoned	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	73	48	0	1	21	26	1	47
264	Devil's Cargo	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	73	43	0	1	16	26	3	40
264	The Travelling Saleswoman	Hoyts	Com	USA	COL	73	46	0	3	21	22	0	46
268	The Glass Mountain	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	72	40	0	2	20	18	3	37
268	Undertow	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	72	49	0	2	19	28	0	49
270	Free For All	Hoyts	Com	USA	UNI	71	50	0	3	13	34	1	49
270	All Over the Town	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	71	45	0	2	22	21	0	45
270	Siren of Atlantis	Hoyts	Adv	USA	UA	71	42	0	1	21	20	2	40
270	The Heart of Virginia	Indep	Dram	USA	BEF	71	32	0	16	7	9	0	32
274	The Lucky Stiff	Hoyts	Com	USA	UA	70	28	0	2	18	8	6	22
275	The Lost Tribe	Indep	Adv	USA	COL	69	25	0	12	12	1	2	23
276	Forbidden	Hoyts	Dram	GB	BL	67	44	0	1	21	22	0	44
276	Outside the Wall	Hoyts	Crime	USA	UNI	67	49	0	2	12	35	1	48
278	My Girl Tisa	Hoyts	Dram	USA	WB	66	45	0	0	21	24	0	45
278	Third Time Lucky	Hoyts	Crime	GB	GBDFD	66	44	0	0	22	22	0	44
280	Badger's Green	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	65	37	0	2	24	11	0	37
281	Riders in the Sky	Hoyts	West	USA	COL	64	39	0	1	15	23	2	37
282	Once a Jolly Swagman	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	63	43	0	2	16	25	0	43
282	Kazan	Indep	Fam	USA	COL	63	26	0	13	11	2	0	26
284	Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	62	42	0	1	8	33	5	37
284	Remember (RR)	Indep	Com	USA	MGM	62	26	0	15	2	9	2	24
286	I Cheated the Law	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	61	42	0	1	17	24	0	42
286	The Devil's Henchmen	Indep	Crime	USA	COL	61	23	0	11	4	8	2	21
288	Floodtide	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	60	41	0	1	11	29	1	40
288	Shanghai Chest	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	60	23	0	12	7	4	1	22
290	The Calendar	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	58	44	0	1	12	31	0	44
290	Jungle Jim	Indep	Adv	USA	COL	58	26	0	10	2	14	3	23
290	Barbary Pirate	Indep	Adv	USA	COL	58	28	0	8	14	6	0	28
293	Adventure in Baltimore	Hoyts	Com	USA	RKO	56	30	0	3	10	17	2	28
293	Rusty Saves a Life	Indep	Fam	USA	COL	56	23	0	15	3	5	0	23
295	Madness of the Heart	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	55	28	0	1	5	22	6	22
295	Sons of Adventure	Indep	West	USA	BEF	55	26	0	11	7	8	0	26
297	The Guilty	Hoyts	Crime	USA	BEF	54	35	0	2	11	22	1	34
297	The Red Menace	Hoyts	Crime	USA	BEF	54	39	0	4	7	28	0	39
297	King of the Gamblers	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	54	25	0	12	5	8	0	25
300	The Brass Monkey	Hoyts	Com	GB	UA	53	22	0	2	9	11	4	18
300	Make Believe Ballroom	Indep	Mus	USA	COL	53	25	0	10	8	7	0	25
300	The Big Fight	Indep	Com	USA	BEF	53	25	0	10	8	7	0	25
303	Western Heritage	Hoyts	West	USA	RKO	49	29	0	1	12	16	1	28
304	Blonde Ice	Hoyts	Crime	USA	Fox	45	36	0	0	9	27	0	36
304	Drums Along the Amazon	Indep	Adv	USA	BEF	45	18	0	4	9	5	3	15
306	Corridor of Mirrors	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	44	24	0	1	14	9	2	22
306	Blondie's Big Deal	Indep	Com	USA	COL	44	18	0	9	8	1	0	18
306	The Secret of St. Ives	Indep	Adv	USA	COL	44	21	0	8	7	6	0	21
306	Bomba the Jungle Boy	Indep	Adv	USA	BEF	44	14	0	7	2	5	4	10
310	The Trespasser	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	41	17	0	9	6	2	0	17
310	High TIde	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	41	15	0	7	6	2	1	14
312	Look Before You Love	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	39	23	0	2	12	9	0	23
312	Under Nevada Skies	Indep	West	USA	BEF	39	17	0	7	8	2	0	17
312	Anthony Adverse (RR)	Sub	Dram	USA	WB	39	10	0	1	1	8	10	0
315	Guns of Hate	Hoyts	West	USA	RKO	37	27	0	1	8	18	0	27
316	Superman	Hoyts	Scifi	USA	COL	35	8	0	1	3	4	6	2
316	Eyes in the Night (RR)	Indep	Crime	USA	MGM	35	17	0	8	2	7	0	17
316	Blondie's Secret	Indep	Com	USA	COL	35	15	0	9	2	4	0	15
319	Valiant Hombre	Hoyts	West	USA	UA	31	21	0	0	10	11	0	21
319	The Weaker Sex	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	31	20	0	0	11	9	0	20
319	Rim of the Canyon	Indep	West	USA	COL	31	13	0	5	2	6	1	12
322	Miracle on 34th Street (RR)	Hoyts	Fam	USA	Fox	30	6	0	1	2	3	6	0
322	Daybreak	Hoyts	Crime	GB	GBDFD	30	23	0	0	7	16	0	23
322	Loaded Pistols	Indep	West	USA	COL	30	15	0	2	11	2	0	15
325	The Gay Amigo	Hoyts	West	USA	UA	29	22	0	1	5	16	0	22
326	Earl Carroll Sketchbook	Indep	Mus	USA	BEF	28	8	0	4	0	4	2	6
327	To Live in Peace	Indep	War	ITA	FDB	27	4	0	3	1	0	3	1
327	The First Gentleman	Indep	Dram	GB	COL	27	6	0	3	3	0	3	3
327	One Night With You	Sub	Com	GB	GBDFD	27	15	0	2	8	5	0	15
330	Gun Smugglers	Hoyts	West	USA	RKO	24	15	0	1	7	7	0	15
330	Things Happen at Night	Hoyts	Com	GB	GBDFD	24	16	0	2	4	10	0	16
330	Robin Hood of Texas	Indep	West	USA	BEF	24	9	0	7	1	1	0	9
333	Murder in the Big House (RR)	Hoyts	Crime	USA	WB	22	14	0	1	2	11	2	12
333	Poet's Pub	Indep	Com	GB	GBDFD	22	10	0	2	2	6	1	9
335	The Rustlers	Hoyts	West	USA	RKO	21	16	0	1	3	12	0	16
335	Bill and Coo	Indep	Fam	USA	BEF	21	7	0	2	4	1	1	6
337	Christopher Columbus	Hoyts	Dram	GB	GBDFD	19	13	0	0	2	11	2	10
338	The History of Mister Polly	Sub	Dram	GB	GBDFD	18	9	0	2	5	2	0	9
339	The Gallant Legion	Indep	West	USA	BEF	16	6	0	2	2	2	2	4
340	Will it Happen Again?	Hoyts	Doco	USA	Fox	15	12	0	0	3	9	0	12
341	Moonrise	Indep	Crime	USA	BEF	14	4	0	2	0	2	1	3
341	It's Hard to Be Good	Sub	Com	GB	GBDFD	14	9	0	0	5	4	0	9
343	Love, Honor and Goodbye	Indep	Com	USA	BEF	13	8	0	2	1	5	0	8
344	London Belongs to Me	Indep	Dram	GB	GBDFD	12	4	0	0	0	4	4	0
345	The Big Sombrero	Sub	West	USA	COL	11	6	0	1	3	2	0	6
346	December Night	Indep	Dram	FRA	FDB	8	3	0	2	1	0	0	2
347	Over the Santa Fe Trail	Indep	West	USA	COL	7	4	0	1	1	2	0	4
347	Stop Press Girl	Indep	SciFi	GB	GBDFD	7	6	0	0	1	5	0	6
349	False Paradise	Indep	West	USA	UA	6	5	0	0	1	4	0	5
349	When the Bough Breaks	Indep	Dram	GB	GBDFD	6	3	0	1	1	1	0	3
351	Frontier Gunlaw	Indep	West	USA	COL	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	4
351	1950 British Empire Games	Indep	Doco	NZ	UNI	5	3	0	1	0	2	0	3
353	Mourning Becomes Electra	Hoyts	Dram	USA	RKO	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
353	Trouble in the Air	Indep	Com	GB	GBDFD	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	3
355	Confessions of a Rogue	Hoyts	Crime	FRA	FDB	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
355	Strange Gamble	Indep	West	USA	UA	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	3

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