US Release date: 3 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK Running time: 96 minutes Director: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Newton, Sally Gray & Phil Brown Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for four weeks from 23 June 1950 supported by Poet’s Pub. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 161 145 EF PPEContinue reading “OBSESSION”
Category Archives: British
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
UK Release date: 23 June 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 5 August 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 108 minutes Director: Robert Hamer Cast: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness & Valerie Hobson Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor theatre for seventeen weeks from 17 March 1950 supported by The 1950 British Empire Games. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 270Continue reading “KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS”
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)”
TROUBLE IN THE AIR
UK Release date: 1 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 55 minutes. Director: Charles Saunders Cast: Freddie Frinton, Jimmy Edwards & Joyce Golding Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia cinema for three weeks from 30 December 1949 supporting Look Before You Love. Suburban Release Type: Union Elwood Broadway EX-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “TROUBLE IN THE AIR”
VOTE FOR HUGGETT
UK Release date: 15 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 84 minutes Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison & Susan Shaw Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for two weeks from 7 April 1950 supported by Madness of the Heart. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “VOTE FOR HUGGETT”
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)”
LONDON BELONGS TO ME
UK Release date: 12 August 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 June 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 112 minutes Director: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Richard Attenborough, Alastair Sim & Fay Compton Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia Cinema for five weeks from 11 November 1949 with Love’s In Waiting as support. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Box Hill Rialto EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “LONDON BELONGS TO ME”
ONCE A JOLLY SWAGMAN
UK Release date: 2 January 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 24 June 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 100 minutes Director: Jack Lee Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano & Bill Owen Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 26 May 1950 supporting Miraculous Journey Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 63 282 EF PPE 1.47Continue reading “ONCE A JOLLY SWAGMAN”
IT’S NOT CRICKET
UK Release date: 16 May 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 24 June 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 77 minutes. Director: Alfred Roome & Roy Rich Cast: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne & Susan Shaw Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent theatre for nine weeks from 3 March 1950 as support to The Third Man. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Regent South Yarra EX-2Continue reading “IT’S NOT CRICKET”
THE SMALL BACK ROOM
UK Release date: 21 January 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 24 June 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 106 minutes. Director: Michael Powell Cast: David Farrar, Jack Hawkins & Kathleen Byron Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for two weeks from 21 April 1950 supported by The Last Wish. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 97 209 EFContinue reading “THE SMALL BACK ROOM”
The 1950 Project 