US Release date: 1 September 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Western Country: USA Running time: 60 minutes Director: Yakima Canutt Cast: Lynne Roberts, Russell Hayden & Gordon Jones Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 21 April 1950 supporting The Plunderers. Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 55 295 EF PPEContinue reading “SONS OF ADVENTURE”
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WILL TOMORROW EVER COME?
US Release date: 1 June 1947 (as Thats’s My Man) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 99 minutes Director: Frank Borzage Cast: Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod & Roscoe Karns Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 14 October 1949 supported by Secret Service Investigator. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-1 Rankings RankContinue reading “WILL TOMORROW EVER COME?”
THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN (RR)
US Release date: 2 September 1936 (no information on re-issue) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 98 minutes Director: Lewis Milestone Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll & Akim Tamiroff Australian Distributor: Paramount Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for two weeks from 5 May 1950 supported by Some Like it Hot (originally screened in 1936). SuburbanContinue reading “THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN (RR)”
BLONDE ICE
US Release date: 24 July 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 73 minutes. Director: Jack Bernhard Cast: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks & Russ Vincent Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 12 May 1950 supporting Father Was a Fullback. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 45Continue reading “BLONDE ICE”
RED LIGHT
US Release date: 30 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA. Running time: 77 minutes Director: Roy Del Ruth Cast: George Raft, Virginia Mayo & Gene Lockhart Australian Distributor: United Artists Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts Esquire Theatre from 14 July 1950 with Borrowed Trouble as supportContinue reading “RED LIGHT”
YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING
US Release date: 29 June 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 94 minutes Director: Walter Lang Cast: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter & Anne Revere Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 28 July 1950 supported by Stage Struck. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING”
AND BABY MAKES THREE
US Release date: 2 December 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 83 minutes Director: Howard Levin Cast: Barbara Hale, Robert Hutton & Robert Young Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 supported by Kazan. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 216 109Continue reading “AND BABY MAKES THREE”
SHADOW ON THE WALL
US Release date: 19 May 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 87 minutes Director: Pat Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott & Gigi Perreau Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 19 May 1950 supporting Malaya. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 126 167 EF PPE 2.52Continue reading “SHADOW ON THE WALL”
MALAYA
US Release date: 27 December 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 98 minutes. Director: Richard Thorpe Cast: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart & Valentina Cortese Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 19 May 1950 supported by Shadow on the Wall. Suburban Release Type: MGM 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “MALAYA”
GIRLS’ SCHOOL
US Release date: 9 February 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 61 minutes Director: Lew Landers Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Ross Ford & Thurston Hall Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol theatre for three weeks from 12 May 1950 supporting Home of the Brave. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “GIRLS’ SCHOOL”
The 1950 Project 