UK Release date: 15 February 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 84 minutes Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison & Susan Shaw Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for two weeks from 7 April 1950 supported by Madness of the Heart. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “VOTE FOR HUGGETT”
Tag Archives: Comedy
DUCK SOUP (RR)
US Release date: 1933 (no re-release date known) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 24 June 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 69 minutes. Director: Leo McCarey Cast: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont Australian Distributor: Paramount Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for four weeks from 5 May 1950 with Thelma Jordan as support. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 291Continue reading “DUCK SOUP (RR)”
IT’S NOT CRICKET
UK Release date: 16 May 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 24 June 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: UK Running time: 77 minutes. Director: Alfred Roome & Roy Rich Cast: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne & Susan Shaw Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent theatre for nine weeks from 3 March 1950 as support to The Third Man. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Regent South Yarra EX-2Continue reading “IT’S NOT CRICKET”
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”
BLONDIE’S SECRET
US Release date: 23 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 20 May 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 68 minutes Director: Edward Bernds Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake & Larry Simms Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for two weeks from 7 April 1950 supporting Captain China. Suburban Release Type: Union 2-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 35 316 EF PPE 2.33Continue reading “BLONDIE’S SECRET”
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”
FREE FOR ALL
US Release date: 25 November 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 13 May 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 83 minutes. Director: Charles Barton Cast: Robert Cummings, Ann Blyth & Percy Kilbride Australian Distributor: Universal Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State theatre for two weeks from 3 March 1950 as support to Bagdad. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 71 270 EF PPEContinue reading “FREE FOR ALL”
MA AND PA KETTLE
US Release date: 1 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 6 May 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time: 76 minutes Director: Charles Lamont Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride & Richard Long Australian Distributor: Universal Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Majestic theatre for five weeks from 17 February 1950 with Illegal Entry as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 348 40Continue reading “MA AND PA KETTLE”
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 1950 Project 