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”
Category Archives: GBDFD
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER
UK Release date: 9 August 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 17 June 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK Running time: 86 minutes Director: Alfred Roome Cast: Jack Warner, Jane Hylton & George Cole. Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures. Australian Distributor: GBDFD. Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum, for one week from 19 December 1949 supporting Siren of Atlantis.Continue reading “MY BROTHER’S KEEPER”
FLOODTIDE
UK Release date: 15 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 3 June 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 90 minutes Director: Frederick Wilson Cast: Gordon Jackson, Rona Anderson & John Laurie Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Athenaeum for one week from 31 March 1950 supported by It’s Hard to be Good. Suburban Release Type: Union 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 60 288Continue reading “FLOODTIDE”
ONCE UPON A DREAM
UK Release date: 1 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 3 June 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 87 minutes Director: Ralph Thomas Cast: Googie Withers, Griffith Jones & Guy Middleton Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for four weeks from 3 March 1950 with The Weaker Sex as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “ONCE UPON A DREAM”
IT’S HARD TO BE GOOD
UK Release date: 10 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 May 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 93 minutes Director: Jeffrey Dell Cast: Anne Crawford, Jimmy Hanley & Raymond Huntley Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for one week from 31 March 1950 supporting Floodtide Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Alhambra EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 14 340 EF PPE 1.56Continue reading “IT’S HARD TO BE GOOD”
MADNESS OF THE HEART
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”
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 HUGGETTS ABROAD
UK Release date: 15 May 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 April 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 89 minutes. Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison & Dinah Sheridan Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from April 7 1950 supporting House of Strangers. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-2 Rankings EF Points 75 261 EFContinue reading “THE HUGGETTS ABROAD”
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 1950 Project 