Boxoffice barometer (1959)

Buena Vista (November, 1957 through July, 1958) ©LIGHT IN THE FOREST, THE . (93) July Melodrama. A young lod is forced to return to his white parents after being brought up as a Delaware Indian, and finds himself torn between loyalty to his real parents and love for the Indians who raised him. Fess Porker, Joanne Dru, Wendell Corey, James MocArthur, Corol Lynley. Director; Herschel Dougherty. Walt Disney Production. ©MISSOURI TRAVELER, THE . (103) Mor. Drama. (The American Series.) A story of life in a small Missouri town, and how the advent of a teenage orphan in its midst sets off a chain reaction of events that turns the community topsyturvy. Brandon de Wilde, Lee Morvin, Gary Merrill, Paul Ford, Mary Hosford. Director: Jerry Hopper. C. V. Whitney Piets. Production. y©OLD YELLER..(83) Dec. '57 Droma. From a Colliers magazine serial by Fred Gipson. Heartwarming story of a frontier family in the old west and of on ugly dog that strays into their lives. Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Jeff York, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran. Director: Robert Stevenson. Walt Disney Production. ©PERRI..(75) Nov. '57 Noture Fantasy. (True-Life Adventure series.) Filmed in the forests of Utah and Wyoming, story deoils with a romance between two squirrels, which is interwoven with the fives of numerous other forest creatures who ore their neighbors. Directors: N. Paul Kenworthy jr., Ralph Wright. Wolt Disney Production. ©PROUD REBEL, THE . (103) June Outdoor Drama. Set in the Illinois sheep country after the Civil War, story revolves around a Southern rebel who brings his motherless, 10-yearold son North, seeking medical old to cure the boy's muteness. Alan Lodd, Olivia de Havillond, David Ladd, Dean Jagger. Director: Michael Curtiz. Samuel Goldwyn jr. Production. ©STAGE STRUCK.. (95) May Drama. Story of an ambitious young actress and her struggile for success on Broadway. She gets her chance when she steps into the lead role vacated by a temperamental actress, and scores an instant hit. Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Christopher Plummer, Herbert Marshall. Director: Sidney Lumet. RKO Radio Production. ©STORY OF VICKIE, THE.. (108) Feb. Romantic Drama. (German-made with Englishdubbed dialog.) Tells about the ascension to the British throne of young Victonia I, and her storybook romance with Prince Albert who later became her husband and prince consort. Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Paul Horbiger. Director: Ernst Morisohka. (REISSUES) ©PETER PAN.. (77) July Animated Cartaon Feature. Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hons Comried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Paul Collins. Narrated by Tom Conway. Walt Disney Production. (Originally released by RKO Radio 1 952-53 season.) ©SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (83) Apr. All-Cartoon Feature. Animated characters. Walt Disney Production. (Originolly released by RKO Radio in 1938.) Columbia (July, 1957 through June, 1958) BITTER VICTORY. .234. .(83) Mor. War Drama. Produced in Europe and Libya. Deals with desert warfare during World Wor II, in which a commando force, headed by an arrogant officer, is assigned to gain valuable papers held in a safe at German headquarters. Richard Burton, Curt Jurgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Sean Kelly. Director: Nicholas Ray. Paul Graetz Production. (Cinemascope.) ©BONJOUR TRISTESSE. .231 . .(94) Feb. Drama. Filmed in France. Based on Francolse Sagan's sensotionol novel. Tells in flashback the story of a teenage French girl whose jealousy leads to her attempts to ruin her father's life. Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylene Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne, Juliette Greco, Walter Chiari. Director: Otto Preminger. (CinemoScope.) ^©BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE . 230 (161) Apr. — Special War Dramo. (Roadshow engagements only.) Britishmade; filmed in Ceylon. World War II story about a stiff-necked colonel who is captured with his troops by Japanese and forced to labor lin building a bridge. William Hoilden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakowo, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morell. Director: David Lean. Sam Spiegel Production. (Cinemascope.) BROTHERS RICO, THE. .211 . .(91) Sept. '57 Melodrama. Reformed racketeer is tricked into seeking his two younger brothers for a rrational crime syndicate head. Learning they ore to be murdered, he kills the syndicate boss when trapped, then takes his story to the D. A. Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kothryn Grant, Larry Gates, Jomes Darren, Harry Believer. Director: Phil Korlson. William Goetz Production, CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN, THE . . 242 . . (82) . . June Melodrama. A group of crooked Brooklyn police collects huge graft from "bookies." A rookie cop, assigned to get evidence, stirs up violent reactions, but he eventually cracks the bookmaking ring with the help of honest cops. Darren McGavin, Maggie Hayes, Bobby Helms. Director: Paul Wendkos. Morningside Production. ©COWBOY . . 233 . . (92) Mar. Western Drama. From Frank Harris' novel, "Reminiscences of a Cowboy." Story of the cattle business of the 1870s and the tooth-and-nail conflict between two partners — one a hard-bitten, ruthless but square-shooting cattleman, the other a sensitive tenderfoot who proves his capabilities. Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi, Brian Donlevy, Dick York. Director: Delmer Daves. Phoenix Production. CRASH LANDING. 232. (77) Feb. Drama. An embittered and experienced transport pilot runs into engine trouble en route from Lisbon to New York. The brave conduct of bis endangered passengers mellows him and he returns from the trip a changed man. Gory Merrill, Nancy Davis, Irene Hervey, Roger Smith. Director: Fred F. Sears. Clover Production. ©DECISION AT SUNDOWN. .221 . (77) Nov. '57 Western Drama. An avenging husband breaks up the wedding of the cad who had stolen his wife. Hated by the community he controlled, the townspeople ultimately turn on the cad and run him out of town. Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele, Valerie French, Nooh Beery, jr. Director: Budd Boetticher. Scott-Brown Production. DOMINO KID. .215. (74) Oct. '57 Western. Returning from the Confederate Army, a plainsman tracks down and kills the five renegades who murdered his father. Only when bis blood lust abates dees he win back his sweetheart. Rory Calhoun, Kristine Mfller, Andrew Duggan, Yvette Dugay, Peter Whitney. Director: Ray Nazarro. Rorvic Production. ESCAPE FROM SAN QUENTIN. .222. (81) . Nov. '57 Melodrama. The story of a prison break by two Son Quentin inmates, who make their escape in a stolen plane. They flee across the border into Mexico, where the low finally catches up with them. Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Richard Devon, Roy Engel. Director: Fred F. Sears. Clover Production. ©FIRE DOWN BELOW. .201 . (116) July '57 Adventure Drama. Filmed in West Indies. A beautiful girl becomes romantically involved with two contraband smugglers, both In love with her. A fire and explosion at sea unites the three and resolves the triangle. Rita Hayworth, Robert Mltchum. Jack Lemmon, Herbert Lorn, Bernard Lee, Bonor Colleano. Director: Robert Parrish. Warwick Production. (Cinem.aScope.) GODDESS, THE. .240. .(105) May Drama. From Paddy Chayefsky's story of an unhappy, neglected girl who grows up to attain Hollywood stardom, but success only emphasizes her empty life ond she turns to drink. Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steve Hill, Betty Lou Holland. Director: John Cromwell. GOING STEADY. .229. (79) Feb. Teenage Comedy. The romance of two high school students leads to a secret marriage and resultant pregnancy, with the Inevitable complications as the couple tries to keep the secret until after their graduation. Molly Bee, Alan Reed, jr., Irene Hervey, Bill Goodwin. Director: Fred F. Sears. Clover Production. ©HARD MAN, THE. .226. .(80) Dec. '57 Western. Story of a Texos law officer who is too quick on the draw, and folks begin to question his motives. He proves himself when he cleans up a crooked gang headed by a powerful rancher. Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lome Greene, Barry Atwater. Director: George Sherman. Romson Production. HIGH FLIGHT. .237. .(85) Apr. Drama. British-made. Deals with the training of Royol Air Force cadets, centering on a rich, spoiled boy who resists discipline, and the World War II Wing Commander who straightens him out. Ray Milland, Helen Cherry, Kenneth Hoigh, Anthony Newley, Sean Kelly, Bernard Lee. Director: John Gilling. Worwick Production. (CinemaScope.) HOW TO MURDER A RICH UNCLE. .224. .(80). Feb. Comedy. British-made. How a group of conniving relatives, led by a debt-ridden nephew, devises various schemes by which to do away with o rich uncle, all of which prove unsuccessful. Charles Coburn, Nigel Patrick, Wendy Hiller, Katie Johnson. Director: Nigel Patrick. Worwick Production. (OinemaScope.) JEANNE EAGELS. .204. .(108) Aug. '57 Biographical Drama. Based on life of the Broad way actress who skyrocketed to fame in the 1920s. Ruthless In her ambition, she becomes a great stor, but liquor and drugs lead to her downfall and she dies friendless. Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey. Director: George Sidney. George Sidney Production. LET'S ROCKI. .243. (79) . June Musical. A ballad singer's stubborness to sing rock and roll music causes him to lose popularity with the teenage crowd. Forced to give in to the teenage demand, he wins their approval and is on bis way to success. Julius La Rosa, Phyllis Newman, Conrad Jonis, Joy Horman, Paul Anka, Danny and the Juniors, Roy Hamilton. Director: Harry Foster. LINEUP, THE. .244. (86) June Melodrama. Based on the CBS-TV series. San Francisco police set a trap for a narcotics ring as two members of the gang arrive in town to pick up a new shipment of heroin from the Far East. Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson, Richard Jaeckel. Director; Don Siegel, Frank Cooper Produefioin. LONG HAUL, THE . . 225 . . (88) Dec. '57 Melodrama. British-made. U. S. Army veteran settles in England with his British wife after the war, but marital problems develop. He becomes further involved with a trucking racketeer and the latter's flashy girl friend. Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Peter Reynolds, Liam Redmond. Director: Ken Hughes. Maxwell Setton Production. NO TIME TO BE YOUNG . .206. . (82) Aug. '57 Drama. College student is expielled and his affair with a widowed English professor exposed and broken up by his mother. He and bis buddies plan a robbery that ends in murder and his own suicide. Robert Vaughn, Roger Smith, Tom Pittman, Dorothy Green, Merry Anders, Kathy Nolon. Director: David Rich. OPERATION MAD BALL . . 217 .. (105) Nov. '57 Comedy Farce. GIs at an ormy hospital in France in 1955 resent ruling against privates associating with nurses and break up plans for an officers' ball to stage a riotous affair of their own. Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell, Mickey Rooney. Director: Richard Quine. Jed Harris Production. ©PAL JOEY. .219. .(109) Dec. '57 Drama With Music. From the Broadway stage bit about a brash entertoiner who exploits an exstripper turned rich society woman to get financial help on bis own nightclub, then gives her up for a young dancer he loves. Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols, Bobby Sherwood. Director: George Sidney. Essex-George Sidney Production. ©PARADISE LAGOON . . 223 . . (94) Apr. Comedy Drama. British-made. From the James M. Barrie classic; released in England as "The Admirable Crichton." A snobbish British family is marooned on an uninhabited South Sea island. Their faithful butler becomes the master when the party is shipwrecked. Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Porker, Martita Hunt, Sally Ann Howes. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Modern Screen Play Production. ©PARSON AND THE OUTLAW, THE. . 212 (71) Sept. '57 Western. Billy the Kid arrives incognito in a southwest town to live as a law-abiding citizen, but finds outlaws in control. A parson persuades Billy to gunfight them, and he again takes the lonesome trail after defeating them. Anthony Dexter, Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, "Buddy" Rogers, Jeon Parker. DirectOir: Oliver Drake. Charles "Buddy" Rogers Production. PICKUP ALLEY . 208.. (92) Aug. '57 Melodrama. Filmed in Europe. U. S. narcotics agent makes a personal fight against an internatiool drug syndicate when his sister is murdered. A feminine courier breaks with the syndicate head and aids In trapping him. Victor Mature, Anlto Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonor Colleano, Andre Morell. Director: John Gilling. Warwick Production. (CinemaScope.) ©RETURN TO WARBOW. .227. .(67) Jan. Outdoor Drama. Ex-fioncee of stagecoach bondit, who is the mother of his illegitimate son, marries another man while bandit is serving prison term and is confronted by him after his dromatic escape with two fellow prisoners. Phil Corey, Catherine McLeod, Andrew Duggan, William Leslie, Chris Olsen. Director: Ray Nazorro. SCREAMING MIMI. .236. .(79) Apr. Mystery Melodrama. The murder of a striptease dancer sets off a strange series of events for o psychopathic nightclub dancer, including the weird spell exerted over her by a statuette of a screaming woman. Anita Ekberg, Phil Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Horry Townes, The Red Norvo Trio. Director; Gerd Oswold. Sage Production. STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO, THE. .214 (103) Oct. '57 Drama. British-made. Weolthy Americon woman befriends a deaf, dumb and blind Irish girl. The case is exploited by the woman's estranged husband until on act of kindness turns into a charity racket. Joon Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears, Lee Patterson, Ron Randell. Director: David Miller. Romulus Film Production. BOXOFFICE 123