US Release date: 20 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 30 December 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 70 minutes Director: Ford Beebe Cast: Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner & Onslow Stevens Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty Theatre for one week from 18 August 1950 as support to Stampede. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 44Continue reading “BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY”
Category Archives: Adventure
THE BLACK ROSE
US Release date: 1 September 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 16 December 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: UK-USA. Running time: 116 minutes Director: Henry Hathaway Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles & Cecile Aubrey Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Regent for two weeks from 27 October 1950 as a feature-only presentation Suburban ReleaseContinue reading “THE BLACK ROSE”
BARBARY PIRATE
US Release date: 28 July 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 9 December 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 64 minutes Director: Lew Landers Cast: Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall, Stefan Schnabel Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire Theatre for two weeks from 15 September 1950 supporting Whirlpool. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 58 290 EF PPEContinue reading “BARBARY PIRATE”
TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL
US Release date: 23 June 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 September 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 74 minutes Director: Lee Sholem Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown & Robert Alda Australian Distributor: RKO Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for three weeks from 25 August 1950 supported by The Rustlers. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 162 142 EFContinue reading “TARZAN AND THE SLAVE GIRL”
PRINCE OF FOXES
US Release date: 23 December 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 September 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 107 minutes Director: Henry King Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles & Wanda Hendrix Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol theatre for two weeks from 18 August 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “PRINCE OF FOXES”
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)”
SANDERS OF THE RIVER (RR)
UK Release date: 16 June 1947 (re-issue; originally released in 1935) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 July 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: UK Running time: 92 minutes Director: Zoltan Korda Cast: Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks & Nina Mae McKinney Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 with Dick Tracy as support. Suburban Release Type: HoytsContinue reading “SANDERS OF THE RIVER (RR)”
THE DRUM (RR)
UK Release date: 7 April 1938 (original release); 20 March 1944 (re-issue) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 July 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: UK Running time: 104 minutes (colour) Director: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu, Raymond Massey & Roger Livesey Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 5 May 1950 supported by Johnny Comes Flying Home Suburban Release Type: HoytsContinue reading “THE DRUM (RR)”
CAPTAIN CHINA
US Release date: 2 February 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 13 May 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 97 minutes. Director: Lewis R. Foster Cast: John Payne, Gail Russell & Jeffrey Lynn Australian Distributor: Paramount Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for two weeks from 7 April 1950 with Blondie’s Secret as support. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 338 45Continue reading “CAPTAIN CHINA”
JUNGLE JIM
US Release date: 15 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA Running time: 71 minutes Director: William Berke Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey & George Reeves Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for two weeks from 17 February 1950 with Loaded Pistols as support. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 58 290Continue reading “JUNGLE JIM”
The 1950 Project 