Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin
Date:
1954
Author:
Film Bulletin Company
Publisher:
New York, Film Bulletin Company
Volume:
Film Bulletin (1954)
Leaf #:
00039
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
East Coast exhibitor publication. Founded in 1934 by the Independent Exhibitors' Protective Association in response to the perceived shortcomings of Motion Picture Herald and the Motion Picture Theatre Owners (MPTO). Served as a news source, reviewing service, and forum for independent exhibitors to share their many grievances. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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EXPLOITATION PICTURE of the issue The terrified Constdnce Smith faces Jack (the Ripper) Palance as the anguished killer is torn between love and his urge to kill. (Inset) Miss Smith as the music-hall dancer, typifies the sort of victims the Ripper sought. MAN IN THE ATTIC The world-known .story of Lonclon'.s gaslight era killer, jack the Ripper, is told once again on iiini in 20th-Fox's "Man in the Attic". Taken from the Marie Belloc Lowndes thriller, "The Lodger", it is placed in London's W'hitechapel district, its famous Music Halls and Scotland Yard's Chamljer of Horrors — the lllack Museum. .Story concerns a young medical patliologist, ap])arently working in an attic (luring the day and going out nightly on unknown missions. It turns out that his twisted mind is concentrated on killing beautiful girls. After he has done away with a half dozen, Scotland Yard uses his love for the beauty he has next chosen as a victim to traj) him and drive him to his death. Hugo Fregonese directed for producer Robert L. jacks. Co-starred with jack Palance are Constance Smith and Byron Palmer. FILM lULlETIN January II, lfS4 Page 31