The Exhibitor (1950)

16 EXHIBITOR THE TIP-OFF ON BUSINESS (The Tip-Off on Business is a record of how pictures are doing in their playdates in various parts of the country. The ratings given the pictures (see key) are a cross section of reports received from the field, and present an analysis of various types of runs. It does not necessarily follow that the rating given constitutes the business in each individual engagement, but an honest attempt is made to present a general average. By studying the ratings, which are changed if necessary in accordance with newer information, exhibi¬ tors will be able to determine how to guide themselves in their buying and booking. — Ed.) KEY TO "THE LITTLE MEN" RATINGS: (JUNE 28, 1950) Swell, topnotch, record-breaking or close to it in all types of houses. Good, although not breaking the walls down, but solid returns. Just fair, nothing out of the or¬ dinary, returns about average. Disappointing, way below the average expected, decidedly off. The Week's Newcomers CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR (99m.) (UA) AA CAGED (96m.) (WB) i lAAA m CINDERELLA (75m.) (RKO) | aw #»#i £ AAA KILL THE UMPIRE (78m.) (Columbia) Sal COLT .45 (74m.) (WB) S lAAA LOVE THAT BRUTE (85m.) (20th-Fox) 3aa D. O. A. (83m.) f (UA) j 1 lAA NIGHT AND THE CITY (95m.) f (20th-Fox) j J AA; A RETURN OF THE FRONTIERSMAN ' (74m.) (WB) 1 m Aj A ROCKETSHIP XM (78m.) (Lippert) & lj u > i SIERRA (83m.) (U-l) || li IA SO YOUNG SO BAD (88m.) (UA) fl l: j y A THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (112m.) (MGM) 1! \ j A THE BIG HANGOVER (82m.) j (MGM) 3jij i THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK (103m.) (Paramount) AAA THE GUNFIGHTER (84m.) 1 (20th-Fox) Ai A THE LAWLESS (81m.) (Paramount) A) A THE SECRET FURY (86m.) (RKO) Ai i THIS SIDE OF THE LAW (74m.) ( (WB) \ s AA WINCHESTER '73 (92m.) (U-l) j lAAA Continuing A TICKET TO TOMAHAWK (90m.) (20th-Fox) ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (106m.) (MGM) FATHER OF THE BRIDE (92m.) 1 (MGM) iAAAA IN A LONELY PLACE (94m.) (Columbia) Saaa JOHNNY HOLIDAY (92m.) (UA) | £Aj > MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN (79m.) (U-l) lAA NO MAN OF HER OWN (98m.) f (Paramount) £ Ai 1 l NO SAD SONGS FOR ME (89m.) (Columbia) AA ONE WAY STREET (78m.) 1 (U-l) lAA PLEASE BELIEVE ME (8£m.) [ (MGM) i — ", AA ROCK ISLAND TRAIL (90m.) i (Republic) | AA THE BARON OF ARIZONA (97m.) (Lippert) dd AA THE BIG LIFT (120m.) (20fh-Fox) AA THE CAPTURE (91m.) (RKO) A THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (103m.) (WB) lAAA THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY [ (77V2m.) (EL) j > • ♦ ft ft K h THE OUTRIDERS (93m.) f (MGM) & * iJ AA WAGONMASTER (84’/2m.) (RKO) j lAA PEOPLE New York — The resignation of Howard E. Kohn, II, director of advertising and publicity, United Artists roadshow de¬ partment, was announced last week by Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., executive assistant to the president. Kohn leaves United Art¬ ists to join Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc., as educational director of the “Cyrano de Bergerac” unit. “Cyrano de Bergerac will be released by United Artists. New York — Brigadier General Julius Klein, who heads the Julius Klein Public Relations organization, with main offices in Chicago and branches in New York, Washington, D. C., and Beverly Hills, Cal., was last week appointed public relations consultant to Columbia. The duties of the new setup will be confined to public rela¬ tions consultation on high policy level. Boston — Ken Prickett, MGM field representative, resigned last fortnight, effective on July 1, to join Philip Smith Management Company in an executive position, supervising a division of Mid¬ western Drive-In Theatres and publicity for the entire circuit. New York — Alfred E. Daff, executive vicepresident, Universal-International Films, Inc., was last week elected to the board of directors of the American-Australia Association and Chamber of Commerce, Inc. New York — It was announced last week that Manny Reiner will head a new SRO division for the handling of foreign pictures. Reiner has just returned from a tour of Latin America. 20th-Fox In Non-Comm. Field New York — Following a nationwide sur¬ vey to determine the need for religious and biblical films, Darryl F. Zanuck an¬ nounced last week that 20th Century -Fox would begin the production of such pic¬ tures shortly for the non-commercial field. Zanuck disclosed that plans for such a program of religious and biblical films were first conceived by Spyros Skouras, 20th Century-Fox president, and recently brought to consummation. Ten scripts already have been com¬ pleted, Zanuck said, and the stories will go before the cameras in late August or early September with the studio’s regular cameramen and crews handling the physi¬ cal phases of production. Coast Action Delayed Hollywood — Trial of the $43,000,000 damage suit of the Conference of Studio Unions against film companies and a the¬ atrical union was last fortnight postponed to Oct. 10 pending explanation by an ap¬ pellate court of what it meant in another case. Both cases names as defendants, Loew’s, Inc., nine other major film com¬ panies, and the IATSE. Postponement was ordered by Federal Judge William C. Mathes despite protests of CSU attorneys Robert W. Kenny and Morris E. Cohn. Samuel Goldwyn Honored London — Samuel Goldwyn was last week elected to honorary life membership in the British Film Academy. June 28, 1950