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An interpretive analysis ot lay and tradepress reviews. Running time is in parentheses. The plus and minus signs indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews, updated regularly. This department also serves as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. © is for CinemaScope; ® VistoVision; © Superscope; ® Ponavision ® Regalscope; © Technirama. Symbol SJ denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award; © color photography. For listings by company in the order of release, see FEATURE CHART.
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AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX
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2550 ©Ada (108) © Drama
MGM
8 7-61 +
+
+
+
+
+
+
7+
2552 After Mein Kampf
(74) Semidoc’y
Brenner
8-14-61 ±
—
+
3+3
2546 ©Alakazam the Great
(84) Cartoon Feature .
AIP
7-17-61 +
FF
+
FF
+
++
9+
2574 Anatomist, The (73) Dr....
. Gordon-SR
10-30-61 ±
—
2+3
2562 Anatomy of a Psycho (75) Dr SR
9-18-61
1
2524 Anoel Baby (97) Drama .
AA
5-15-61 FF
Ft
+
+
8+2
2549 Armored Command (99) War
Dr AA
8 7-61 +
2+2
+
+
5+2
2578 Atlantic Adventure (62)
Real-life Adv. Dr
.Schoenfeld
11-13-61 +
1+
2541 ©Atlas (84) Spec. VitaScope
. . Filmgroup
7 3-61 +
1+
2586 ©Babes in Toyland (100) Mus BV
12-11-61 +
FF
■±2
FF
+
FF
+ 10+1
2583 ©Bachelor Flat (91) © Com.
■ 20thFox
12 4-61 +
2+z
+
FF
FF
+
6+1
2576 ©Bachelor in Paradise
(109) © Com
MGM
11 6-61 F+
+
+
FF
FF
+
+ 10+
2570 ©Back Street (107) Drama..
U-l
10-16-61 +|
FF
+
FF
+
+
10+1
2569 Badjao (100) Action Dr
10-16-61 ±
+
+
+
4+1
2545 Battle at Bloody Beach, The
(80) © War Drama
.20th-Fox
7-17-61 +
it
+
+
±
±
7+4
2531 Beware of Children (80) Con
AIP
6 5-61 +
+
+
2+2
4+1
2556 ©Big Gamble, The (100) © Ad. 20-Fox
8-28-61 +
±
+
+
+
+
+
7+1
2566 Black Pit of Dr. M (71) Ho.. .
. . .UPRO
8 2-61 ±
1+1
2560 ©Blood and Roses (74) ®
Dr. . . Para
9-11-6L ±
2+2
+
±
2+2
2+2
7+6
2579 Bloodlust (68) Horror
11-20-61
1
2582 ©Blue Hawaii (101) ® Com/Mus Para 11-27-61 +
2+Z
+
+
+
+
6+1
2566 Boy Who Caught a Crook (72)
Ac.. .UA
10 2-61 +
—
2+2
+
2+2
—
4+5
2543 Brainwashed (78) Dr
AA
7-10-61 ±
FF
FF
+
+
7+1
2568 ©Breakfast at Tiffany's (115)
Cy Para
10 9-61 f+
+
FF
FF
FF
+
+ n+
2554 Bridge to the Sun (112) Drama.. MGM
8-21-61 FF
+
+
FF
+
FF
FF U+
2534 ©By Love Possessed (116) Drama.... UA
6-12-61 +
±
±
FF
+
+
+
8+2
— C—
2578 ©Call Me Genius (105) Com.
11-13-61 ±
—
FF
3+2
2583 Capture That Capsule! (75)
Action Drama
Riviera-SR
12 4-61 ±
—
2+2
2+3
2561 Cat Burglar, The (65) Ac Dr.
UA
8-14-61 ±
+
2+1
2588 Children's Hour, The (109) Dr... MGM
12-1S-6L FF
FF
4+
2558 Claudelle Inglish (99) Dr
WB
9 4-61 ±
2+2
+
+
+
7+4
2550 Cold Wind in August (80) Dr. ..Aidart
8 7-61 +
Hh
+
+
±
2+2
+
7+3
2589 ©Colossus of Rhodes, The
(128) © Adv. Spect
. . . .MGM
12-25-61 +
+
+
2+2
+
6+2
2575 ©Comancheros, The (107) ©
Outdoor Drama
. 20th-Fox 11 6-61 tt
+
+
FF
+
FF
+ 10+
2544 ©Come September (112) © Com. ..U-l
7-10-6L FF
+
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF 13+
2590 Continental Twist, The (78)
Mus.. .SR
12-25-61 +
±2
+
3+1
2549 Creature From the Haunted Sea
(60) Horror Spoof
Filmgroup
8 7-61 +
1+
2521 Cry Freedom (90) Dr
. . Parallel
5 8-61 ±
+
+
+
4+1
— D —
2528 ©David and Goliath (93)
© Biblical Spectacle ....
AA
5-22-61 +
+
FF
+
It
8+3
2559 Day the Sky Exploded, The
(80) Science-Fiction
. Excelsior
9-11-61 +
1+
2535 ©Deadly Companions, The (90)
Panav’n, Western Path eAmerica
6-12-61 FF
+
FF
+
+
7+
2547 Dentist in the Chair (84) Com
Ajay
7-24-61 FF
+
FF
6+1
2594 Desert Patrol (78) War Drama.... U-l
1-.S-62 +
+
+
■H
+
+
7+
2564 ©Devil at 4 O’clock, The
(127) Adv. Dr
Col
9-25.61 FF
+
FF
FF
FF
+
FF 12+
2573 Devil’s Hand, The (71)
Horror-Terror
Crown-SR
10-30-61 ±
1+1
2588 Double Bunk (92) Farce
Showcorp 12-18-61 +
2+2
+
4+2
2588 ©El Cid (184) © Hist. Spec..
AA
12-18-61 FF
FF
+
FF
FF
FF
FF 13+
2585 Errand Boy, The (92) Comedy
.... Para
12-11-61 +
FF
+
FF
6+
2577 Everything's Ducky (80) Comedy. ... Col
11-13-61
±2
2+z
+
±
+
2+2
6+5—
2490 ©Exodus (212) Super-Panavision
70
Drama
UA
12-26-60 FF
FF
FF
Ft
FF
FF
FF
14+
2562 Explosive Generation, The
(90) Dr
UA
9-18-61 +
+
+
+
FF
2+2
7+1
2542 ©Fanny (133) Com. Dr. ...
20th-Fox
7 3-61 FF
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF 14+
2557 Fast Set, The (84) Comedy Audubon-SR
9 +61 ±
1+1
2577 Fear No More (80) Suspense Dr. Sutton
11-13-61 +
1+
2531 Five Golden Hours (90) Comedy
Col
6 5-61 +
—
2+2
+
±.
2+2
6+5
2575 ©Flight of the Lost Balloon
(91) © Adventure
11 6-61 +
—
2±2
2+2—
2563 Flight That Disappeared, The
(72) Science-F'n
UA
9-25-6L +
Ff
7+4
2580 ^©Flower Drum Song (133)
® Musical
... .U-l
11-20-6L FF
+
+
FF
FF
FF
FF 12+
2538 Follow a Star (102) Comedy
. . Zenith
6-19-61 ±
—
+
it
3+3
2577 ©Force of Impulse (84) Dr Sutton 11-13-61 + 1+
2548 ©Francis of Assisi (105) ©
Religious Drama 20th-Fox
7-24-61 FI
+
FF
+
+
FF 10+1
2523 Gambler Wore a Gun, The (67) W’n. .UA
5-15-61 +
2+2
2+2
4+4
2585 George Raft Story. The (105)
Biographical Drama
AA
12-11-61 +
+
+
FF
+
+
7+
2533 ©Gidget Goes Hawaiian (102) C/M.. Col
6-12-61 +
—
+
+
Ft
FF
+ 8+1
2579 ©Gina (92) Adv. Dr
11-20-61 FF
2+
2542 ©Girl in Room 13, The (79) ..
. . Astor
7 3-61 +
1+
2563 Girls on the Run (64) Mys. . . .
. . Astor
9-25-61 ±
1+1
2544 Goodbye Again (120) Dr
. . . . UA
7-10-61 +
+
FF
Ff
+
It
FF 10+1
2481 Great Impostor, The (112) Dr.
U-l
11-28-60 +■
FF
+
FF
FF
FF
+ 12+
2560 Great War, The (118) Drama . .
. . Lopert
9-11-61 +
FF
FF
+
FF 9+1
2540 Green Helmet, The (88) Ac
. .MGM
6-26-61 +
—
+
2+2
+
± 6+4
2556 ^©Greyfriars Bobby (91) Drama
BV
8-28-61 FF
+
FF
+
FF
FF
FF 12+
2529 Gun Fight (62) Western . . . .
UA
5-29-61 ±
2+2
+
+
—
4+3
2587 Gun Street (67) Western
UA
12-18-61 ±
—
1+2
2593 ©Guns of the Black Witch
(81) © Adv. Dr
. . AIP
1 8-62 ±
—
1+2
2533 ©Guns of Navarone, The (155)
© War Adventure
Col
6-12-61 4F
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF 14+
— H —
2488 Hand in Hand (75) Dr.
Col
12-19-60 +
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF 13+
2572 Head, The (95) Horror Trans-Lux
10-23-61 +
—
—
+
2+2
—
3+4
2590 Hey, Let’s Twist! (80) Musical.
. . . Para
12-25-61 +
2+2
+
+
+
2+2
6+2
2535 Hitler’s Executioners (78)
Documentary
Vitalite
6-12-61 ±
FF
3+1—
2539 Homicidal (87) Mys.
. . . .Col
6-26-61 +
FF
+
+
FF
+
+ 9+
2546 ©Honeymoon Machine (87)
© Comedy
. MGM
7-17-61 -H
+
+
FF
FF
FF
+ H+
2530 ©House of Fright (80) C Ho....
AIP
5-29-61 +
2+z
±
+
±
5+3
2565 Hustler, The (134) © Drama. ,20th-Fox
10 2-61 +
+
+
FF
FF
FF
FF 11+
1 —
2596 ©1 Bombed Pearl Harbor
(98) Widescope, War Dr
1-15-62 +
2+2
+
3+1
2587 Innocents, The (100) ©
Suspense Drama 20th-Fox
12-18-61 +F
2+2
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF 13+1
2556 Invasion Quartet (87) Com-Dr
. .MGM
8-28-61 ±
2+2
+
+
+
+
± 7+3
2574 Judgment at Nuremberg (189) Dr.
. . • UA
10-30-61 +
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF
FF 14+
2592 Karate (80) Ac Dr
Brenner
1 1-62 ±
1+1
2571 y©King of Kings (161) ©
Religious Drama
. . MGM
10-23-61 +
FF
FF
FF
FF
+
FF 13+
2540 King of the Roaring 20's
(106) Cr. Drama
AA
6-26-61 +
+
It
FF
+
+
+ 8+1
2582 Kitchen, The (74) Drama
Kingsley 11-27-61 +
FF
+
± 5+1
2533 ©Ladies Man, The (106) Com.
. . Para
6-12-61 f-f
±
+
+
FI
+
± 9+2
2561 ©Last Rebel, The (S3)
Adv. Dr Sterling
World
9-18-61 +
1+
2532 ©Last Sunset, The (112) W’n.. . .
. . .U-l
6 5-61
-t
2t
FF
+
+
+ 9+2
2529 Last Time 1 Saw Archie, The
(98) Comedy
. . . . UA
5-29-61 +
+
±
Ft
+
+
7+1
2595 ©Light in the Piazza (101)
© Romantic Drama
. .MGM
1-15-62 +
FF
FF
FF
8+
2563 Lisette (S3) Action Medallion
9-25-61
1
2593 Long and the Short and the
Tall, The (102) War Dr....
. Cont’l
1 8-62 •+
2+
2549 ©Loss of Innocence (99) Dr...
8 7-61 -H
+
+
FF
+
FF
+ 10+
2593 Lost Battalion (83) War Dr
. . -AIP
1 8-62 ±
+
2+1
2534 ©Love in a Goldfish Bowl (87)
Comedy/Songs
. .MGM
6-12-61 +
2+2
It
+
—
2+2
+ 6+4
2590 ©Lover Come Back (107) Comedy . U-l
12-25-61 +F
+
FF
FF
FF
+
10+
—Mr—
2524 Mad Dog Coll (88) Ac Dr
. . .Col
5-15-61 +
+
+
+
± 7+3
2552 ©Magic Boy (75) Cartoon Feature
. .MGM
8-14-61 -H
+
+
+
FF
FF
9+
2580 ©Majority of One, A (153)
Comedy-Drama
. . .WB
11-20-61 FF
+
FF
FF
FF
FF
11+
2541 Man in the Moon (98) Com. . .Trans-Lux
7 3-61 +
+
+
+
+
FF 7+
2562 Man-Trap (93) Ac Dr
9-18-61 +
±
—
+
2+;
2+2
+ 6+4
2554 ©Marines, Let’s Go (104) ©
Service comedy 20th-Fox
8-21-61 ±
It
It
+
2+2
± 6+5
2573 Mark, The (127) © Drama . . .
.Cont’l :
10-30-61 -H
+
+
FF
FF
FF
FF 12+
2546 Mary Had a Little (79) Comedy.
...UA
7-17-61 ±
2+2
—
+
—
3+4
2576 Mask, The (83) Depth -dimension
Horror Drama
. . .wb :
11 6-61 +
—
—
+
FF
It
± 6+4
2525 ©Master of the World (104)
Science-Fiction Drama
AIP
5-15-61 FF
FF
FF
FF
FF
+ 12+1
2532 Matter of Monte, A (90)
Drama
. . .UA
6 5-61 +
+
+
+
+
+
± 7+1
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