UK Release date: 23 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 May 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 75 minutes. Director: Charles Bennett Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Maxwell Reed & Kathleen Byron Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for two weeks from 7 April 1950 supported by Vote For Huggett. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 5-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 53 295Continue reading “MADNESS OF THE HEART”
Category Archives: Athenaeum
THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT
UK Release date: 3 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: Genre: Fantasy Country: UK Running time: 79 minutes Director: Francis Searle Cast: Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton & Robertson Hare Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for three weeks from 11 November 1949 supporting The Glass Mountain. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 3-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 24 330 EF PPE 1.50 331Continue reading “THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT”
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”
ALL OVER THE TOWN
UK Release date: 25th April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 April 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 83 minutes Director: Derek Twist Cast: Norman Wooland, Sarah Churchill & Cyril Cusack Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for two weeks from 17 February 1950 as support to Mr Perrin and Mr Traill. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-2 Rankings RankContinue reading “ALL OVER THE TOWN”
THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS
UK Release date: 26 January 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 95 minutes. Director: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Trevor Howard & Claude Rains Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for four weeks from 23 December 1949 with Badger’s Green as support. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 170 137Continue reading “THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS”
QUARTET
UK Release date: 22 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 100 minutes.Director: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French & Ralph Smart Cast: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne & Ian Fleming Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for three weeks from 2 December 1949 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2Continue reading “QUARTET”
ELIZABETH OF LADYMEAD
UK Release date: 22 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 97 minutes (colour). Director: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams & Isabel Jeans Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for four weeks from 20 January 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “ELIZABETH OF LADYMEAD”
THE GLASS MOUNTAIN
UK Release date: 9 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 99 minutes. Director: Henry Cass Cast: Dulcie Gray, Michael Denison & Valentina Cortese Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for three weeks from 11 November 1949 with Things Happen at Night as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 72Continue reading “THE GLASS MOUNTAIN”
MR. PERRIN AND MR. TRAILL
US Release date: 17 September 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 April 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK. Running time: 92 minutes. Director: Lawrence Huntington Cast: Marius Goring, David Farrar & Greta Gynt Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Athenaeum for two weeks from 17 February 1950 supported by All Over the Town Suburban Release Type:Continue reading “MR. PERRIN AND MR. TRAILL”
THE GAY LADY
UK Release date: 9 August 1949 (as Trottie True) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 November 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK. Running time: 96 minutes. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst Cast: Jean Kent, James Donald & Hugh Sinclair Production Company: Two Cities Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Five weeks at Hoyts Athenaeum Theatre from 15 SeptemberContinue reading “THE GAY LADY”
The 1950 Project 