UK Release date: 26 January 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 April 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 95 minutes. Director: David Lean Cast: Ann Todd, Trevor Howard & Claude Rains Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum theatre for four weeks from 23 December 1949 with Badger’s Green as support. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 170 137Continue reading “THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS”
Category Archives: GBDFD
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS
UK Release date: 19 November 1947 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 78 minutes. Director: Lawrence Huntington Cast: Patricia Roc, Rosamund John & Bill Owen Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia cinema for two weeks from 20 January 1950 with Daybreak as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Memorial EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 6 349 EFContinue reading “WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS”
THE CALENDAR
US Release date: 5 July 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 79 minutes Director: Arthur Crabtree Cast: Greta Gynt, John McCallum & Raymond Lovell Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza theatre for two weeks from 3 February 1950 as support to Britannia Mews. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Palais EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 58 290Continue reading “THE CALENDAR”
FLY AWAY PETER
UK Release date: 29 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 60 minutes Director: Charles Saunders Cast: Frederick Piper, Kathleen Boutall, Nigel Buchanan Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent Theatre for three weeks from 30 December 1949 supporting Come to the Stable. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 5-W-2 Rankings EF Points 81 245 EF PPEContinue reading “FLY AWAY PETER”
QUARTET
UK Release date: 22 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 100 minutes.Director: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French & Ralph Smart Cast: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne & Ian Fleming Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for three weeks from 2 December 1949 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2Continue reading “QUARTET”
THE GLASS MOUNTAIN
UK Release date: 9 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 99 minutes. Director: Henry Cass Cast: Dulcie Gray, Michael Denison & Valentina Cortese Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for three weeks from 11 November 1949 with Things Happen at Night as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 10-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 72Continue reading “THE GLASS MOUNTAIN”
ONE NIGHT WITH YOU
UK Release date: 7 June 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 February 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 92 minutes Director: Terence Young Cast: Nino Martini, Patricia Roc & Bonar Colleano Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Three weeks at the independent Australia Theatre from 21 October 1949 supporting The Blind Goddess Suburban Release Type: Suburban Rivoli EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 27Continue reading “ONE NIGHT WITH YOU”
LOOK BEFORE YOU LOVE
UK Release date: 7 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 14 February 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 96 minutes. Director: Harold Huth Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones & Norman Wooland Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia Cinema for three weeks from 31 December 1949 with Trouble in the Air as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “LOOK BEFORE YOU LOVE”
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”
BROKEN JOURNEY
UK Release date: 31 May 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 21 January 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 89 minutes. Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Phyllis Calvert Margot Grahame & James Donald Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Two weeks at Hoyts’ Plaza Theatre from 11 November 1949 as support to The Fan. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 8-W-2 Rankings RankContinue reading “BROKEN JOURNEY”
The 1950 Project 