BRITANNIA MEWS

UK Release date:  31 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time:  90 minutes. Director: Jean Negulesco Cast: Dana Andrews, Maureen O’Hara, Sybil Thorndike  Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza Theatre for two weeks from 3 February 1950 with The Calendar as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “BRITANNIA MEWS”

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”

BRASS MONKEY

UK Release date: 15 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 February 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK  Running time: 100 minutes. Director: Thornton Freeland Cast: Carroll Levis, Carole Landis & Herbert Lom Australian Distributor: UA Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire Theatre for one week from 11 November 1949 as support to Chicken Every Sunday. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 5-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 53Continue reading “BRASS MONKEY”

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”

SILENT DUST

UK Release date: 1 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 21 January 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time:  82 minutes. Director: Lance Comfort Cast: Sally Gray, Stephen Murray & Derek Farr Australian Distributor: BEF Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Grosvenor Theatre for eight weeks from 23 September 1949 with The Last Lead as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 RankingsContinue reading “SILENT DUST”

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”

CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS

UK Release date: 10 March 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 28 October 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK. Running time: 105 minutes. Director:  Terence Young Cast: Eric Portman, Edana Romney & Barbara Mullen  Australian Distributor: GFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum for one week from 29 September 1950 supported by Step by Step.  Suburban Release Type: HoytsContinue reading “CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS”

MR. PERRIN AND MR. TRAILL

US Release date: 17 September 1948  First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 April 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK. Running time: 92 minutes. Director:  Lawrence Huntington Cast: Marius Goring, David Farrar & Greta Gynt Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Athenaeum for two weeks from 17 February 1950 supported by All Over the Town  Suburban Release Type:Continue reading “MR. PERRIN AND MR. TRAILL”

DAYBREAK

UK Release date: 19 May 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 April 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK. Running time: 81 minutes. Director:  Compton Bennett Cast: Eric Portman, Ann Todd & Maxwell Reed  Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia cinema for two weeks from 20 Jan 1950 supported by When the Bough Breaks.  SuburbanContinue reading “DAYBREAK”