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An interpretive analysis of lay and tradepress reviews. Running time is in parentheses. The plus and minus signs indicate degree or merit. Listings cover current reviews, updated regularly. This department also serves as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. © is for CinemaScope; © VistaVision; ® Panavision; ® Technirama; © Other anamorphic processes. Symbol © denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award; © color photography. Legion of Decency (LOD) ratings: A1 — Unobjectionable for General Patronage; A2 — Unobjectionable for Adults or Adolescents; A3 — Unobjectionable for Adults; A4 — Morally Unobjectionable for Adults, with Reservations; B — Objectionable in Part for all; C — Condemned. For listings by company in the order of release, see FEATURE CHART.
Review digest
AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX
44 Very Good; + Good; — Fair; — Poor;
—
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2767 All the Way Home (103) Dr. . .
. . Para 9-30-63 A2
+
44
44
+
44
8+
Arturo's Island (90)
Drama (sub titles)
.MGM 2-23-63 B
+
+
+
44
5+
2736 Atom Age Vampire (87) Ho
.Topaz 6 3-63
1+1
— B—
©Ballad of a Hussar, The
(94) Operetta
Artkino 7-29-63
+
+
2+
2739 ©Battle of the Worlds (84) SF.
.Topaz 6-17-63
2+
1+1
2750 ©Beach Party (100) ® Com
..AIP 7-22-63 A3
44
4+
44
+
2+
+
9+1—
2750 Big Risk, The (111) ..Susp-Dr.
. . . UA 7-22-63 A3
+
2+2
2+1
2718 ©Birds, The (120) Ho Dr
. . Univ 4 1-63 A2
+
+
44
44
+
44
9+
2732 Black Fox (89) Doc’y
.Capri 5-20-63 A1
44
+
44
44
+
8+
2733 Black Gold (98) Action
..WB 5-27-63 A1
+
+
+
+
2+2
5+1
2732 Black Zoo (88) ® Shock Dr....
...A A 4-29-63 A2
+
-4
+
—
2+2
4+3 —
©Bluebeard (Reviewed as Landru)
(114) Com-Dr (sub titles) ..Embassy 5 6-63 B
44
+
44
■±2
44
8+1
2705 Bomb for a Dictator (73) Ac. . Medallion 2-18-63
+
1+
2727 Break, The (75) Ac Dr
. . .SR 5 6-63
+
1+
2764 Burning Court, The (102)
Drama Trans-Lux 9-16-63 A2
+
44
2+2
+
5+1
2720 ^©Bye Bye Birdie (111) ® Musical Col 4 8-63 A3
44
44
44
44
+
44 U+
—C—
2737 ©Call Me Bwana (103) Comedy .
. . . UA 6-10-63 A2
-H
4+
44
44
+
+ 10+
Candide (90) Satire
(sub titles)
. Union 2-18-63 B
+
2+
+
3+1
2748 Captain Sindbad (85) Adv-Dr...
.MGM 7-15-63 A1
If
+
+
+
44
+
8+
2757 Caretakers, The (97) Melodrama.
. ..UA 8-26-63 A3
44
-4
44
+
—
6+2
2749 Carry On Regardless (87) Com Gov
Films 7-22-63
+
+
2+
2772 ©Castilian, The (129) Adv-Dr.
..WB 10-21-63 A2
-H
+
44
2±2
±2
7+2
2743 ©Cattle King (89) West-Dr...
.MGM 7 1-63 A1
+
±
44
2+
44
7+2
2770 ©Charade (114) Mys-Com
. . Univ 10 7-63 A2
44
4+
44
44
8+
2751 ©Checkered Flag, The (83) Dr..
. .MPI 7-29-63
+
-4
2+1
©Chushingura (108) © Drama. .
.Toho 10-14-63
-H
44
4+
Ciske the Rat (88) Melodrama
(sub titles)
Bakros 8-26-63
+
1+
2742 ©Cleopatra (221) Todd-AO
Hist-Spectacle 20th-Fox 6-24-63 B
44
44
44
44
+
44 n+
2705 ©Cleopatra's Daughter (93)
© Adv Spectacle Medallion 2-18-63
+
1+
2734 ©Come Blow Your Horn (115)
® Comedy
.Para 5-27-63 A3
+
+
44
44
+
7+
2764 Condemned of Altona, The
(114) © Drama 20th-Fox 9-16-63 A3
44
44
44
44
8+
Conjugal Bed, The (90) Com . . . . Em bassy 10 7-63
2+
1+1
2720 ©Critic’s Choice (100) ® Com..
..WB 4 8-63 A3
+
2+2
—
+
+
2+2
5+3
2704 Crooks Anonymous (87) Comedy.
.Janus 2-11-63 A3
44
2+
Cross of the Living (90) Drama..
. . Cari 4-22-63
2+
+
—
2+2
2770 Cry of Battle (99) Drama . . .
. . AA 10 7-63 B
+
+
+
+4
— D —
2735 Day in Court, A (70) Eng-dubbed
Episodes
.Ultra 6 3-63 A3
2+
2+2
3+3
2753 Defiant Daughters (91) Melodrama.
.Times 8 5-63
-H
2+
2718 Dime With a Halo (94) Com-Dr.
.MGM 4 1-63 A3
2+
+
+
2+2
6+4—
2742 ©Donovan's Reef (109) Com-Dr..
. Para 6-24-63 A2
44
+
44
+
+
+
8+
2751 Double Deception (101) Melodr
UMPO 7-29-63
+
1+
2717 ©Dr. No (111) Adv Dr
. . UA 4 1-63 B
+
+
44
44
44
8+
2725 ©Drums of Africa (92) © Adv. .
.MGM 4-29-63 A1
+
—
+
+
±
■±2
5+3
2721 ©Duel of the Titans (90) © Ad . .
.Para 4-15-63 A 2
+
2+2
+
-4
—
2+2
5+4
2704 During One Night (84) Dr
• Astor 2-11-63 C
+
1+
8!/2 (135) Dr-Fantasy Embassy 7-15-63 A4
44
+
+
+
2+2
44
8+1
2762 ©Erik the Conqueror (90) © Ad
.AIP 9 9-63 A2
+
+
2+
2725 ©European Nights (82) Tour of
Europe’s night spots Burstyn 5-13-63
+
+
+
3+
2703 Fatal Desire (80) Melodrama...
• Ultra 2-11-63 A3
+
+
2+1
Fiasco in Milan (104) Comedy....
A-T-U 5-20-63
+
+
2+2
2+2
4+2
2730 ©55 Days at Peking (150) ©
Adventure Drama
..AA 5-13-63 A1
44
+
44
44
44
44 11+
2708 Five Minutes to Live (80) Crime.
Astor 2-25-63 B
-4
1+1
Flamboyant Sex, The
(76) Drama Shawn
Int'l 9-30-63
2+
+
2+1
2728 ©Flipper (92) Drama
MGM 5 6-63 A1
4+
+
+
+
44
+
8+
2744 ©For Love or Money (108) Comedy
Univ 7 1-63 B
44
+
+
44
+
44 9+
2708 Four for the Morgue (84) Action.
MPA 2-25-63
4
1+
2694 Freud: The Secret Passion (120)
Drama
Univ 12-24-62 A4
+
44
44
44
44
44 11+
2729 Fruit Is Ripe, The (90) Eng-dubbed
Melodrama
Janus 5-13-63
+
i+
2749 Fury of the Pagans (86) Hist Spec Col 7-22-63 A2
±2
1+1
— G —
2737 Garbage Man, The (86) Corn-Satire.
• CDA 6-10-63 +
1+
2738 ©Gathering of Eagles, A (115)
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6-10-63 A1
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44
+
44
44 10+
2741 Get On With It (88) Comedy
Governor
6-24-63
+
1+
2766 ©Giant of Metropolis, The
(91) Sc-Fiction Seven Arts
9-23-63
+
1+
2753 ©Gidget Goes to Rome (101) Com.. Col
8 5-63 A1
+4
±
44
+
+
+
8+1
2738 Girl Hunters, The (103) ® Cr..Colorama
6-10-63
+
+
+
+
2+2
5+1
Golden Plague, The (95)
Melodrama (sub-titles) ....
. Bakros
8-26-63
44
2+
Great Battle of the Volga, The
(75) Doc’y
.Artkino
6-10-63
+
1+
2724 ©Great Escape, The (168) ® Dr
UA
4-22-63 A1
44
44
44
44
44
44 12+
2752 Greenwich Village Story
(95) Drama Shawn Inti
7-29-63
+
+
2+2
+
4+1
Grown-Up Children (75) Comedy.
Artkino
5-13-63
2+2
1+1
2772 ©Gun Hawk, The (92) Western
AA
10-21-63
44
2+2
+
+
5+1
— H —
Hand in the Trap (90) Drama. .
. .Angel
8 5-63
44
2+2
44
5+1
2751 Harbor Lights (68) Ac Dr 20th-Fox
7-29-63 A2
2+2
2+2
—
2+3
2759 ©Haunted Palace, The (85) ® Dr. .AIP
9 2-63
44
44
44
+
7+
2758 Haunting, The (112) ® Mys-Dr. .MGM
8-26-63
44
2+2
+
+
44
+
8+1
2750 Heavens Above (105) Com....
. -Janus
7-22-63 A3
44
+
2+z
4+1
2771 Hellfire Club, The (93) ® Adv..
Embassy 10-21-63
+
1+
2726 ©Hercules and the Captive
Women (93) © Adv
Wool ner
4-29-63 A1
+
1+
Hidden Fortress, The (90) Melodr
. . Albex
7-29-63
+
+
2+
2762 Hootenanny Hoot (91) Folk Mus
. .MGM
9 9-63
+
+
+
3+
House on the Front Line,
The (105) War Drama ...
Artkino
9-23-63
44
2+
2686 ©How the West Was Won (165)
Cinerama
Historical Drama MGM-Cinerama 11-26-62 A1
44
44
44
44
44
44 12+
2729 Hud (112) ® W'n Drama ....
5-13-63 A3
44
+
44
44
44 9+
2714 ©1 Could Go on Singing
(99) ® Drama/Songs ....
...UA
3-18-63 A3
+
2+2
44
44
+
+
8+1
Idiot, The (165) Melodrama. .Shochiku
5-20-63
2+2
+
44
■±2
5+2
2771 ©Incredible Journey, The
(80) True Life Adv
BV
10-21-63
44
+
3+
2747 ©In the Cool of the Day
(88) ® Drama
7-15-63 B
—
2+2
2+2
44
2+2
5+4
2765 In the French Style (105) Drama.. Col
9-23-63 A3
44
44
44
+
+
44 10+
2765 ©Invincible Gladiator, The
(96) Adv Spec Seven Arts
9-23-63
+
1+
2761 Invitation to Murder (65)
Sus Melodr
Atlantic
9 9-63
+
1+
2740 ©Irma La Douce (146) ® Com. .
. ..UA
6-17-63 B
44
+
44
44
2+2
+
9+1
2724 ©Island of Love (101) ® Comedy.. WB
+22-63 B
+
44
2+2
+
2+
7+3
2737 ©Jason and the Argonauts (104)
Dynamation Fantasy Adv
...Col
6-10-63 A1
+
+
44
+
+
44
8+
2769 Johnny Cool (101) Drama
. . .UA
10 7-63 B
+
+
+
+
4+
2741 Just for Fun (72) Teenage Mus..
... Col
6-24-63 A2
2+2
—
2+2
2+3
2764 Just Once More! (78) Melodrama
.Janus
9-16-63
44
2+
2740 ©King Kong vs. Godzilla (91)
Horror Spoof
6-17-63 A1
2+2
+
+
+
—
2+2
5+3
2754 ©Kiss of the Vampire (88) Hor-Dr
. . Univ
8 5-63 A2
44
44
+
44
2+
8+1
2715 ©Lafayette (110) © 70
Historical Drama
3-25-63 A1
44
+
44
+
6+
2698 ^©Lawrence of Arabia (204)
Super ® 70 Adv. Drama . . .
. . .Col
1-21-63 A2
44
44
44
44
44
44 12+
Lazarillo (100) Com-Dr
5-13-63 A2
+
+
44
4+
2755 ©Leopard, The (lfi>) ©
Period Drama 20th-Fox
8-19-63 A3
44
44
44
44
44
+ n+
2752 Lilies of the Field (94) Drama.
...UA
7-29-63 A1
44
+
+
44
44
44 10+
2736 List of Adrian Messenger, The
(98) Mystery Drama
6 3-63 A1 +
+
44
^4
44
44 9+1
2674 Longest Day, The (180)
© War Drama 20th-Fox 10-15-62 A1 +4
44
44
44
44
44 12+
2741 L-Shaped Room, The (124)
Drama
6-24-63 A4 +
44
44
+
44
44 10+
2758 Lord of the Flies (90) Drama...
. Cont’l
8-26-63 +
+
2+2
3+1
2687 Lovers on a Tight Rope (83)
Suspense Drama
.. Ellis 12 3-62 B +
± 2+1
— M—
2715 ©Magic Voyage of Sinbad, The
(79) © Adv Sped Filmgroup
2728 ©Magnificent Sinner (91)
Eng-dubbed Period Drama. . Film-Mart 2730 Maid for Murder (89) Comedy. . . .Janus 2739 ©Main Attraction, The (85) Dr. . MGM 2732 Man and His Woman (S3) Dr. .Starkey-SR 2720 Man From the Diners' Club, The
3-25-63
+
1+
5 6-63 A3
2+z
+
it ±
4+3
5-13-63
44
2+
6-17-63 B
+ +
+ ±
± +
6+2
5-20-63
+
1+
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