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”
Category Archives: Esquire
WILL TOMORROW EVER COME?
US Release date: 1 June 1947 (as Thats’s My Man) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 99 minutes Director: Frank Borzage Cast: Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod & Roscoe Karns Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 14 October 1949 supported by Secret Service Investigator. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-1 Rankings RankContinue reading “WILL TOMORROW EVER COME?”
BLONDE ICE
US Release date: 24 July 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 73 minutes. Director: Jack Bernhard Cast: Robert Paige, Leslie Brooks & Russ Vincent Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 12 May 1950 supporting Father Was a Fullback. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 45Continue reading “BLONDE ICE”
RED LIGHT
US Release date: 30 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA. Running time: 77 minutes Director: Roy Del Ruth Cast: George Raft, Virginia Mayo & Gene Lockhart Australian Distributor: United Artists Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts Esquire Theatre from 14 July 1950 with Borrowed Trouble as supportContinue reading “RED LIGHT”
YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING
US Release date: 29 June 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 94 minutes Director: Walter Lang Cast: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter & Anne Revere Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 28 July 1950 supported by Stage Struck. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING”
HOLIDAY AFFAIR
US Release date: 23 November 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 5 August 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 87 minutes Director: Don Hartman Cast: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh & Wendell Corey Australian Distributor: RKO Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 supported by Flaxy Martin. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 169Continue reading “HOLIDAY AFFAIR”
FLAXY MARTIN
US Release date: 15 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 July 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 86 minutes Director: Richard L. Bare Cast: Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott & Dorothy Malone Australian Distributor: Warner Bros. Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 supporting Holiday Affair. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “FLAXY MARTIN”
KISS IN THE DARK
US Release date: 25 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 July 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 87 minutes Director: Delmer Daves Cast: David Niven, Jane Wyman & Victor Moore Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Esquire for one week from 23 June 1950 supported by Fighting Fools. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 102 200 EF PPEContinue reading “KISS IN THE DARK”
HOMICIDE
US Release date: 2 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 77 minutes. Director: Felix Jacoves Cast: Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott & Robert Alda Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for four weeks from 26 May 1950 supporting The Younger Brothers. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 116 181 EFContinue reading “HOMICIDE”
THE GREEN PROMISE
US Release date: 22 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 3 June 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 93 minutes Director: William D. Russell Cast: Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan & Robert Paige Australian Distributor: RKO Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire theatre for three weeks from 21 April 1950 supporting Whiplash. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 89 225 EF PPEContinue reading “THE GREEN PROMISE”
The 1950 Project 