UK Release date: 11 September 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 30 December 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK Running time: 104 minutes Director: Sidney Gilliat Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent Theatre for two weeks from 10 November as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “STATE SECRET”
Tag Archives: London Films
SANDERS OF THE RIVER (RR)
UK Release date: 16 June 1947 (re-issue; originally released in 1935) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 15 July 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: UK Running time: 92 minutes Director: Zoltan Korda Cast: Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks & Nina Mae McKinney Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 30 June 1950 with Dick Tracy as support. Suburban Release Type: HoytsContinue reading “SANDERS OF THE RIVER (RR)”
THE DRUM (RR)
UK Release date: 7 April 1938 (original release); 20 March 1944 (re-issue) First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 July 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: UK Running time: 104 minutes (colour) Director: Zoltan Korda Cast: Sabu, Raymond Massey & Roger Livesey Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for two weeks from 5 May 1950 supported by Johnny Comes Flying Home Suburban Release Type: HoytsContinue reading “THE DRUM (RR)”
THAT DANGEROUS AGE
UK Release date: 13 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 6 May 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 98 minutes Director: Gregory Ratoff Cast: Myrna Loy, Roger Livesey, Peggy Cummins Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Plaza theatre for two weeks from 7 April 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 155 150Continue reading “THAT DANGEROUS AGE”
ELIZABETH OF LADYMEAD
UK Release date: 22 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 March 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 97 minutes (colour). Director: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams & Isabel Jeans Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Athenaeum for four weeks from 20 January 1950 as a feature only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “ELIZABETH OF LADYMEAD”
THE SMALL VOICE
UK Release date: 30 November 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 February 1950 Genre: Drama Country: UK Running time: 85 minutes. Director: Fergus McDonell Cast: Valerie Hobson, James Donald & Howard Keel Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum theatre for one week from 25 November 1949 supported by China Sky. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 87 229Continue reading “THE SMALL VOICE”
MAYTIME IN MAYFAIR
UK Release date: 14 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Musical Country: UK. Running time: 94 minutes. Director: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding & Peter Graves Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Four weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 9 June 1950. Initially as a Feature only presentation butContinue reading “MAYTIME IN MAYFAIR”
THE THIRD MAN
UK Release date: 1 September 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 3 June 1950 Genre: Crime Country: UK-USA. Running time: 108 minutes. Director: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli & Orson Welles Australian Distributor: London Films Melbourne Premiere Venue: Nine weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 3 March 1950 with It’s Not Cricket as supportContinue reading “THE THIRD MAN”
The 1950 Project 