Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1954)

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FILM BUYERS RATING Film buyers of independent circuits in the U. S. rate current product on the basis of its performance in their theatres. This report covers 126 attractions, 5,697 play dates. Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the member of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumulative. Dagger (t) denotes attractions published for the first time. Asterisk (*) indicates attractions which are listed for the last time. EX means Excellent; AA — Above Average; AV — Average; BA — Below Average; PR — Poor. EX AA AV BA PR A. & C. Meet Mr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Univ.) _ 1 1 40 15 1 Actress, The (MGM) 1 17 27 Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (MGM) 2 9 17 2 Affair With a Stranger (RKO) 4 5 3 All-American (Univ.) 5 23 15 7 All the Brothers Were Valiant (MGM) 6 6 3 All 1 Desire ( Univ.) 20 28 29 5 Appointment in Honduras (RKO) 2 2 5 Arena ( MGM ) 2 6 6 16 7 Arrowhead (Para.) 13 33 12 “ Back to God's Country (Univ.) _ 2 1 1 2 1 Band Wagon, The (MGM) 4 12 35 46 21 Big Heat (Col.) 9 10 4 Big Leaguer, The (MGM) 12 24 8 Blowing Wild (WB) 8 10 18 23 5 Blueprint for Murder, A (20th-Fox) 8 6 Botany Bay ( Para.) 1 7 6 Caddy, The ( Para. ) 8 48 25 3 1 Calamity Jane (WB) 1 13 10 3 1 Charge at Feather River, The (WB) 8 10 8 9 7 City of Bad Men (20th-Fox) 8 51 28 4 City That Never Sleeps (Rep.) 4 10 2 Clipped Wings (AA) 8 6 1 Conquest of Cochise (Col.) 6 9 4 Cruel Sea, The (Univ.) 1 6 10 1 Cruisin' Down the River (Col.) 1 4 15 27 9 Dangerous Crossing (20th-Fox) _ 9 10 5 Dangerous When Wet (MGM) 5 44 65 17 Devil's Canyon (RKO) 6 1 1 6 7 Dream Wife (MGM) 10 22 55 12 East of Sumatra (Univ.) _ 6 1 1 7 2 Escape from Fort Bravo (MGM) 4 3 “ Farmer Takes a Wife (20-Fox) _ 21 30 28 17 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., The (Col.) 6 Flame of Calcutta (Col.) 1 5 Flight Nurse ( Rep.) 1 2 3 1 Flight to Tangier (P'ara.) 1 5 4 49th Man, The (Col.) 7 3 2 Francis Covers the Big Town (Univ.) 7 39 27 1 1 From Here to Eternity (Col.) 30 23 4 5 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20th-Fox) 44 43 13 14 1 Girl Next Door, The (20th-Fox) 1 1 14 30 1 1 4 Glory Brigade, The ( 20th Fox ) 6 17 12 2 Golden Blade, The (Univ.) 4 9 12 3 Great Sioux Uprising, The fUniv.) 1 5 25 37 7 Gun Belt (UA) 6 16 6 Half a Hero (MGM) _ 1 13 16 16 Hondo (WB) 36 Houdini ( Para.) 7 29 30 9 How to Marry a Millionaire (20th-Fox) 14 1, the Jury ( UA) 1 5 10 12 2 Inferno (20th-Fox) 1 4 17 2 19 Island in the Sky ( WB) 28 33 36 15 It Came from Outer Space (Univ.) 2 4 13 10 5 Jamaica Run (Para.).. 8 17 24 6 Kid from Left Field, The (20th-Fox) Kiss Me Kate (MGM) Last Posse, The (Col.) Latin Lovers (MGM) Let's Do It Again (Col.) Lili (MGM) Lion Is in the Streets, A (WB) . Little Boy Lost (Para.) Main Street to Broadway (MGM) Man from the Alamo (Univ.) Marry Me Again (RKO) Marshal's Daughter, The (UA) Martin Luther (de Rochemont) Master of Ballantrae, The (WB) Maze, The (AA) Melba (UA) Mission Over Korea (Col.) . . Mister Scoutmaster (20th-Fox) Mogambo (MGM) Moon Is Blue, The (UA) Moonlighter, The (WB) Nebraskan, The (Col.).. 99 River Street (UA) Pickup on South Street (20th-Fox) Plunder of the Sun (WB) Return to Paradise (UA) Ride Vaquero (MGM) Robe, The (20th-Fox) Roman Holiday (Para.) Sabre Jet (UA) Sailor of the King ( 20thFox ) Salome (Col.) Scandal at Scourie (MGM) Scared Stiff (Para.) Sea Around Us, The (RKO) Sea Devils ( RKO ) Second Chance (RKO) Shane (Para.) Shark River ( UA ) Sins of Jezebel ( Li p pert ) Siren of Bagdad (Col.) f Sky Commando (Col.) Slight Case of Larceny, A (MGM) So Big (WB) So This Is Love (WB) Son of Belle Starr (AA) South Sea Woman (WB) Split Second (RKO) Stalag 17 (Para.) Stand at Apache River (Univ.) Story of Three Loves, The (MGM) Stranger Wore a Gun, The (Col.) Sweethearts on Parade (Rep.) Sword and the Rose, The (RKO) Take the High Ground (MGM). Take Me to Town (Univ.) Tarzan and the She-Devil (RKO) Those Redheads from Seattle (Para.) Thunder Bay (Univ.) Thunder Over the Plains (WB) Torch Song (MGM) (Tumbleweed (Univ.) Valley of Headhunters (Col.) Vanquished, The (Para.) Veils of Bagdad (Univ.) Vice Squad ( UA) Vicki (20th-Fox) War Paint ( UA) War of the Worlds (Para.) White Witch Doctor ( 20thFox ) Wings of the Hawk (Univ.) EX AA AV BA PR _ _ 18 28 7 3 5 3 8 _ 1 2 12 12 3 1 1 1 39 3; 8 27 34 34 8 26 20 25 1 1 1 12 20 24 17 28 10 1 1 _ 2 _ 17 1 1 1 1 8 19 10 1 1 3 3 2 13 2 7 10 2 I 1 16 33 1 1 1 2 8 12 4 10 2 4 2 2 6 3 13 52 28 10 28 17 8 35 29 19 9 3 1 1 3 15 _ 2 3 3 _ 2 4 13 48 21 12 5 2 9 28 6 _ 12 34 50 2 3 16 50 32 8 17 3 2 8 33 28 6 _ 4 1 1 1 2 1 5 4 1 1 61 27 12 1 7 18 30 9 25 45 12 5 1 1 13 3 7 13 4 2 7 15 8 2 51 43 5 2 5 1 1 2 4 1 6 8 10 2 2 1 1 6 16 2 1 1 1 36 5 1 1 1 19 27 19 5 9 2 5 13 34 38 5 1 21 19 14 8 43 29 10 _ 2 10 9 2 10 19 19 12 4 16 8 1 4 _ 2 3 3 8 13 17 7 5 30 9 4 1 10 28 14 1 13 16 18 1 3 5 6 2 3 13 45 33 10 14 2 7 8 8 15 4 I --552 i 19 20 6 2 3 i 14 13 3 i 2 13 8 _ 5 8 8 3 2 6 13 30 18 14 48 26 10 4 9 10 16 36 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JANUARY 2, 1954