UK Release date: 31 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 90 minutes. Director: Jean Negulesco Cast: Dana Andrews, Maureen O’Hara, Sybil Thorndike Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza Theatre for two weeks from 3 February 1950 with The Calendar as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “BRITANNIA MEWS”
Category Archives: Drama
TOO LATE FOR TEARS
US Release date: 17 July 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 February 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 99 minutes Director: Byron Haskin Cast: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore and Dan Duryea Australian Distributor: United Artists Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol Theatre for three weeks from 27 January 1950 with Inner Sanctum Mystery as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “TOO LATE FOR TEARS”
THE STRATTON STORY
US Release date: 21 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 106 minutes Director: Sam Wood Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson & Frank Morgan Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James Theatre for one week from 2 December 1949 with the re-issue of Eyes in the Night as support. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1.Continue reading “THE STRATTON STORY”
JOAN OF ARC
US Release date: 11 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 146 minutes. Director: Victor Fleming Cast: Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan Australian Distributor: RKO Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza Theatre for five weeks from 16 December 1949 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-FO Rankings Rank EF Points 285Continue reading “JOAN OF ARC”
MY GIRL TISA
US Release date: 7 February 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 95 minutes. Director: Elliot Nugent Cast: Lilli Palmer, Sam Wanamaker & Akim Tamiroff Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire Theatre for three weeks from 16 December 1949 as support to Tarzan’s Magic Fountain. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “MY GIRL TISA”
THE BLIND GODDESS
UK Release date: 18 October 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 87 minutes. Director: Harold French Cast: Eric Portman, Anne Crawford and Hugh Williams Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Three weeks at the independent Australia Theatre from 21 October 1949 with One Night With You as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2 Rankings RankContinue reading “THE BLIND GODDESS”
EMBRACEABLE YOU
US Release date: 15 July 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 28 January 1950 Genre: Genre Country: USA Running time: 80 minutes. Director: Felix Jacoves Cast: Dane Clark, Geraldine Brooks and S.Z. Sakall Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts’ Capitol Theatre from 25 November 1949 supporting Mother is a Freshman Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 109Continue reading “EMBRACEABLE YOU”
LITTLE WOMEN
US Release date: 10 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 28 January 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 122 minutes (colour). Director: Mervyn Leroy Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford & Margaret O’Brien Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’S Metro Theatre for five weeks from 26 October 1949 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-FO Rankings RankContinue reading “LITTLE WOMEN”
CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY
US Release date: 18 January 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 21 January 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 94 minutes. Director: George Seaton Cast: Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm & Colleen Townsend Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: One week at Hoyts’ Esquire Theatre from 11 November 1949 with The Brass Monkey as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 RankingsContinue reading “CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY”
SILENT DUST
UK Release date: 1 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 21 January 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 82 minutes. Director: Lance Comfort Cast: Sally Gray, Stephen Murray & Derek Farr Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor Theatre for eight weeks from 23 September 1949 with The Last Lead as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 RankingsContinue reading “SILENT DUST”
The 1950 Project 