US Release date: 6 October 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 April 1950 Genre: USA Country: Drama Running time: 115 minutes Director: William Wyler Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift & Ralph Richardson Australian Distributor: Paramount Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for three weeks from 10 February 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Union 7-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 414 8Continue reading “THE HEIRESS”
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THE HUGGETTS ABROAD
UK Release date: 15 May 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 April 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 89 minutes. Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison & Dinah Sheridan Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from April 7 1950 supporting House of Strangers. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-2 Rankings EF Points 75 261 EFContinue reading “THE HUGGETTS ABROAD”
APRIL SHOWERS
US Release date: 27 March 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 April 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 94 minutes Director: James V. Kern Cast: Jack Carson, Ann Sothern & Robert Alda Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire for two weeks from 17 March 1950 with Money Madness as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2 Rankings EF Points 120 175 EFContinue reading “APRIL SHOWERS”
CHALLENGE TO LASSIE
US Release date: 31 October 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Family Country: USA Running time: 76 minutes (colour) Director: Richard Thorpe Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp & Geraldine Brooks Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 24 February 1950 as support to In the Good Old Summertime. Suburban Release Type: Union 7-W-2 Rankings RankContinue reading “CHALLENGE TO LASSIE”
ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY
US Release date: 30 June 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 112 minutes Director: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Clark Gable, Alexis Smith & Wendell Corey Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for one week from 17 February 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 352Continue reading “ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY”
THE WEAKER SEX
UK Release date: 11 October 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 84 minutes. Director: Roy Ward Baker Cast: Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker & Joan Hopkins Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for four weeks from 3 March 1950 as support to Once Upon a Dream. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 3-L-2 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “THE WEAKER SEX”
EVERYBODY DOES IT
US Release date: 25 October 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 98 minutes. Director: Edmund Goulding Cast: Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Plaza for two weeks from 24 March 1950 as a feature only presentation Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 253 84Continue reading “EVERYBODY DOES IT”
PASSPORT TO PIMLICO
UK Release date: 28 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 84 minutes Director: Henry Cornelius Cast: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren & Barbara Murray Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor theatre for fifteen weeks from 11 November 1949 supported by Man on the Run. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “PASSPORT TO PIMLICO”
INCIDENT
US Release date: 30 October 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 April 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 66 minutes Director: WIlliam Beaudine Cast: Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee & Robert Osterloh Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Savoy theatre for three weeks from 13 January 1950 as support to Tulsa. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 79Continue reading “INCIDENT”
THE AWFUL TRUTH (RR)
US Release date: 1937. No information of an official re-issue. First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 90 minutes Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant & Ralph Bellamy Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Screened first at Hoyts Regent in 1938 and had several moveovers and reissues. The last in 1944. Suburban Release Type: UnionContinue reading “THE AWFUL TRUTH (RR)”
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