US Release date: 28 October 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 7 October 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 94 minutes Director: Anthony Mann Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy & Howard Da Silva Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James for one week from 28 July 1950 supporting The Big Hangover Suburban Release Type: Union 9-W-2Continue reading “BORDER INCIDENT”
Tag Archives: St. James
ON THE TOWN
US Release date:8 December 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 7 October 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 98 minutes (colour) Director: Stanley Donen Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra & Betty Garrett Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: From 30 June 1950 at MGM’s Metro (3 weeks) and St. James (2 weeks) as a feature only presentation.Continue reading “ON THE TOWN”
TENSION
US Release date: 25 November 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 September 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 95 minutes Director: John Berry Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter & Cyd Charisse Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 14 July 1950 supporting Ambush. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 141 157 EF PPE 2.76Continue reading “TENSION”
AMBUSH
US Release date: 13 January 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 26 September 1950 Genre: Western Country: USA Running time: 90 minutes Director: Sam Wood Cast: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak & Arlene Dahl Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 14 July 1950 supported by Tension. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF Points 375 22 EFContinue reading “AMBUSH”
SHADOW ON THE WALL
US Release date: 19 May 1950 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Crime Country: USA Running time: 87 minutes Director: Pat Jackson Cast: Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott & Gigi Perreau Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 19 May 1950 supporting Malaya. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-2 Rankings Rank EF Points 126 167 EF PPE 2.52Continue reading “SHADOW ON THE WALL”
MALAYA
US Release date: 27 December 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 12 August 1950 Genre: Drama Country: USA Running time: 98 minutes. Director: Richard Thorpe Cast: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart & Valentina Cortese Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 19 May 1950 supported by Shadow on the Wall. Suburban Release Type: MGM 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “MALAYA”
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)”
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME
US Release date: 9 March 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 93 minutes (Colour) Director: Busby Berkley Cast: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams & Gene Kelly Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for six weeks from 7 April 1950 supported by The Secret Garden. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EFContinue reading “TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME”
THE SECRET GARDEN
US Release date: 30 April 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 July 1950 Genre: Family Country: USA Running time: 92 minutes (colour) Director: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Margaret O’Brien, Herbert Marshall & Dean Stockwell Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for six weeks from 7 April 1950 supporting Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Suburban Release Type: Union 7-W-2 RankingsContinue reading “THE SECRET GARDEN”
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME
US Release date: 29 July 1949 First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 1 July 1950 Genre: Musical Country: USA Running time: 102 minutes (colour) Director: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson & S.Z. Sakall Australian Distributor: MGM Melbourne Premiere Venue: MGM’s St. James theatre for two weeks from 24 February 1950 supported by Challenge to Lassie. Suburban Release Type: Union 8-W-1 Rankings Rank EF PointsContinue reading “IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME”
The 1950 Project 