US Release date: 19 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 13 May 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 105 minutes. Director: Gregory Ratoff Cast: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild & Akim Tamiroff Australian Distributor: United Artists Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum Theatre for two weeks from 24 March 1950 with Guns of Hate as support Continue reading “BLACK MAGIC”
Category Archives: Drama
THE RED DANUBE
US Release date: 22 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 9 September 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA. Running time: 119 minutes. Director: George Sidney Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore & Peter Lawford Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at MGM’s St. James Theatre from 16 June 1950 as a feature only presentation. SuburbanContinue reading “THE RED DANUBE”
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
UK Release date: 14 June 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK. Running time: 99 minutes. Director: David MacDonald Cast: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge & Francis L. Sullivan Australian Distributor:General Film Distributors Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Athenaeum Theatre for two weeks from 5 May 1950 as a feature only presentation.Continue reading “CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS”
ALL THE KING’S MEN
US Release date: 8 November 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 7 October 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 110 minutes. Directors: Robert Rossen Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru Australian Distributor: Columbia Pictures Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Savoy Theatre for eight weeks from 14 July 1950 as a feature only presentation Suburban ReleaseContinue reading “ALL THE KING’S MEN”
ABANDONED
US Release date: 6 October 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 79 minutes. Director: Joseph M. Newman Cast: Dennis O’Keefe, Gale Storm & Jeff Chandler Australian Distributor: Universal Pictures Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State Theatre for two weeks from 2 June 1950 supporting Once More, My Darling.Continue reading “ABANDONED”
TRAIN OF EVENTS
UK Release date: 16 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 28 October 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK. Running time: 90 minutes. Directors: Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Clements & Peter Finch Production Company: Ealing Studios Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor Theatre for seven weeks from 28Continue reading “TRAIN OF EVENTS”
The 1950 Project 