KEY LARGO

US Release date: 16 July 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 4 March 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time:  100 minutes Director: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson & Lauren Bacall  Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue: Three weeks from 20 January 1950 as a Feature Only presentation. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 354 33 EFContinue reading “KEY LARGO”

COME TO THE STABLE

US Release date: 27 July 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 28 January 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA Running time:  94 minutes Director: Henry Koster Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm & Hugh Marlowe Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent Theatre for three weeks from 30 December 1949 with Fly Away Peter as support. Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-1Continue reading “COME TO THE STABLE”

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”

I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE

US Release date: 18 August 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 July 1950 Genre: Comedy Country: USA. Running time: 86 minutes. Director:  Howard Hawks. Cast: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan & Marion Marshall. Australian Distributor:  20th Century Fox. Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Regent, for five weeks from 5 May 1949 as a feature-only release.  Suburban ReleaseContinue reading “I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE”

FOLLOW ME QUIETLY

US Release date: 7 July 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 February 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA. Running time: 59 minutes. Director: Richard Fleischer Cast:  William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick & Jeff Corey Australian Distributor: RKO Melbourne Premiere Venue:  Three weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 9 December 1949 supporting Yellow Sky. Suburban Release Type: HoytsContinue reading “FOLLOW ME QUIETLY”

YELLOW SKY

US Release date: 25 December 1948 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 21 January 1950 Genre: Western Country: USA. Running time: 98 minutes. Director: William A. Wellman Cast:  Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter & Richard Widmark Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue:  Three weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 9 December 1949 supported by Follow Me Quietly.Continue reading “YELLOW SKY”

ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN

US Release date: 1 December 1948  First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 5 August 1950 Genre: Adventure Country: USA. Running time: 110 minutes (colour) Director: Vincent Sherman Cast:  Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors & Robert Douglas Australian Distributor: Warner Bros Melbourne Premiere Venue:  Two weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 7 July 1950 as a feature only presentationContinue reading “ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN”

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”

THREE CAME HOME

US Release date: 20 February 1950   First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 16 September 1950 Genre: War Country: USA. Running time: 106 minutes. Director:Jean Negulesco Cast:  Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles & Florence Desmond Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox Melbourne Premiere Venue:  Four weeks at Hoyts Regent Theatre from 21 July 1950 as a feature only presentation.Continue reading “THREE CAME HOME”