US Release date: 2 March 1947 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 9 September 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 71 minutes Director: John Reinhardt Cast: Bonita Granville, Don Castle & Regis Toomey Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for one week from 10 December 1948 supporting The Man From Oklahoma. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 7-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 54 297 EFContinue reading “THE GUILTY”
Tag Archives: BEF
THE GALLANT LEGION
US Release date: 24 May 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 26 August 1950 Genre: Western Country: USA Running time: 88 minutes. Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Bill Elliott, Lorna Gray & Joseph Schildkraut Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 31 May 1950 supported by The Big Fight. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 16 339Continue reading “THE GALLANT LEGION”
SONS OF ADVENTURE
US Release date: 1 September 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 19 August 1950 Genre: Western Country: USA Running time: 60 minutes Director: Yakima Canutt Cast: Lynne Roberts, Russell Hayden & Gordon Jones Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 21 April 1950 supporting The Plunderers. Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 55 295 EF PPEContinue reading “SONS OF ADVENTURE”
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?”
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
UK Release date: 23 June 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 5 August 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 108 minutes Director: Robert Hamer Cast: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness & Valerie Hobson Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor theatre for seventeen weeks from 17 March 1950 supported by The 1950 British Empire Games. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 270Continue reading “KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS”
HEART OF VIRGINIA
US Release date: 25 April 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 60 minutes Director: R. G. Springsteen Cast: Janet Martin, Robert Lowery & Frankie Darro Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Majestic theatre for two weeks from 21 October 1949 supporting Song of Surrender. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 71 270 EF PPEContinue reading “HEART OF VIRGINIA”
THE PLUNDERERS
US Release date: 31 October 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 May 1950 Genre: Western Country: USA Running time: 87 minutes (colour) Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey & Lorna Gray Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 21 April with Sons of Adventure as support. Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 83Continue reading “THE PLUNDERERS”
THE BIG FIGHT
US Release date: 6 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 13 May 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 66 minutes. Director: Cy Endfield Cast: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. & Lina Romay Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 31 March 1950 supporting The Gallant Legion. Suburban Release Type: Union 4-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 53 300Continue reading “THE BIG FIGHT”
PASSPORT TO PIMLICO
UK Release date: 28 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 22 April 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 84 minutes Director: Henry Cornelius Cast: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren & Barbara Murray Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor theatre for fifteen weeks from 11 November 1949 supported by Man on the Run. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “PASSPORT TO PIMLICO”
INCIDENT
US Release date: 30 October 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 April 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 66 minutes Director: WIlliam Beaudine Cast: Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee & Robert Osterloh Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Savoy theatre for three weeks from 13 January 1950 as support to Tulsa. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 79Continue reading “INCIDENT”
The 1950 Project 