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?”
Tag Archives: Drama
GIRLS’ SCHOOL
US Release date: 9 February 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 61 minutes Director: Lew Landers Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Ross Ford & Thurston Hall Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Capitol theatre for three weeks from 12 May 1950 supporting Home of the Brave. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 9-W-2 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “GIRLS’ SCHOOL”
THE LADY GAMBLES
US Release date: 20 May 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 99 minutes Director: Michael Gordon Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston & Stephen McNally Australian Distributor: Universal Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Liberty theatre for one week from 21 July 1950 supporting Into the Straight. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 102 200Continue reading “THE LADY GAMBLES”
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”
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
US Release date: 19 November 1947 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 173 minutes Director: Dudley Nichols Cast: Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave & Raymond Massey Australian Distributor: RKO Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Savoy theatre for five weeks from 5 May 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Malvern Victory EX-FO Rankings Rank EF Points 4Continue reading “MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA”
PINKY
US Release date: 29 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 29 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 102 minutes Director: Elia Kazan Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore & Ethel Waters Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza theatre for four weeks from 23 June 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory 1-EX Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “PINKY”
AIR HOSTESS
US Release date: 25 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 60 minutes Director: Lew Landers Cast: Gloria Henry, Ross Ford & Audrey Long Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Majestic theatre for four weeks from 21 April 1950 supporting Air Hostess. Suburban Release Type: Union 3-L-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 99 206Continue reading “AIR HOSTESS”
GONE WITH THE WIND (RR)
US Release date: 21 August 1947 (reissue; originally released in 1939) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 238 minutes (colour) Director: Victor Fleming Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh & Thomas Mitchell Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St James and Metro theatres simultaneously with two weeks at the former and four at the latter as aContinue reading “GONE WITH THE WIND (RR)”
WE WERE STRANGERS
US Release date: 27 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 106 minutes Director: John Huston Cast: John Garfield, Jennifer Jones & Gilbert Roland Australian Distributor: Columbia Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s Majestic theatre for four weeks from 21 April 1950 supported by Air Hostess. Suburban Release Type: Union 4-W-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “WE WERE STRANGERS”
LONDON BELONGS TO ME
UK Release date: 12 August 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 27 June 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 112 minutes Director: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Richard Attenborough, Alastair Sim & Fay Compton Australian Distributor: GBDFD Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia Cinema for five weeks from 11 November 1949 with Love’s In Waiting as support. Suburban Release Type: Suburban Box Hill Rialto EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “LONDON BELONGS TO ME”
The 1950 Project 