Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1954)

REPUBLIC (Continued) March FLIGHT NURSE Joan Leslie, Forrect Tucker. Director Allan Dwan. War drama. Air Force nurse, assigned to Korean duty, at first more interested in locating her sweetheart than in doing her duty, is molded by war into woman of heroic and responsible stature. 90 mm. April April GERALDINE John Carroll, Mala Powers, Stan Freberg. Producer Sidney Picker. Director R. G. Springsteen. Comedy with music. Tin Pan Alley publicity girl aiscovers young college music instructor with golden voice, interested only in folk songs, eventually interests him In popular music and a marriage license. ?0 mm. May JUBILEE TRAIL Trucolor. Vera Ralston, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker. Associate producer-director Joseph I. Kane. Outdoor drama. California trader meets and marries Eastern girl takes her West. Romantic connplications when she learns he has a son by unmarried Spanish girl. 103 min. June HELL'S HALF ACRE Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester. Associate producer-director John H. Auer. Mystery melodrama. Woman goes to Honolulu to check on husband reported killed at Pearl Harbor in I?")! but his crime-ridden past destroys hope for the revival of marriage. 91 min. July LAUGHING ANNE Technicolor. Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker. Producer-director Herbert Wilcox. Drama. Respectable schooner captain tries to save "irl and illegitimate son from degrading life with beachcomber. When she is murdered Captain avenges death and claims boy. 91 min. CARNIVAL STORY Technicolor. Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran. Producers Frank and Maurice King. Director Kurt Neumann. Melodrama. Struggle of a young girl to free herself from her fascination for a carnival heel who causes her hiqh-diving partner's death. 93 min. PINOCCHIO IReissue). Disney. 87 min. SAINT'S GIRL FRIDAY Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance. Producer Julian Lesser. Mystery comedy-drama. Saint even score with gamblers for murder and ruination of youth, bi min. May NO RELEASES June BIG RAINCOW Technicolor Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland. Producer Harrv Tatelman. Director John Sturges. Adventure drama. Action and intrigue centering around hunt for sunken treasure. SILVER LODE Technicolor. John Payne, Dan Duryea, Liiabeth Scott. Producer Benedict Bogeaus. Director Allan Dwan. Western drama. Townspeople alienate upstanding citizen accused of murder and daughter of cattle baron who stands by him. 80 min. SINS OF ROME Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tcherina. Producer Consorzio Spartacus. Director Riccardo Freda. Drama. SON OF SINBAD 3D Technicolor. Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Lili St. Cyr, Vincent Price. Producer Robert Sparks. Director Ted Tetzlaff. Romantic adventure. Further adventures of Sinbad and his 40 thieves. Double romance pairs Robertson-Forrest, Price-St. Cyr. 90 min. July SUSAN SLEPT HERE Technicolor. Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds. Producer Harriet Parsons. Director Frank Tashlin. Romantic comedy. "Bad girl" is placed in custody of writer who wants to study her type for story he is writing. June Coming JOHNNY GUITAR Trucolor. Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden. Associate producer-director Nicholas Ray. Western drama. Woman gambling-house owner learns love of gunman who helps her against group of antirailroad ranchers is worth more than money she dreamed of, if railroad crossed her land. 110 min. MAKE HASTE TO LIVE Dorothy McGuire, Stephen McNally. Associate producer-director William Seiter. Drama. Woman newspaper owner is confronted with hidden past when husband turns up after serving prison term for murder. She could have saved him and he plans revenge by ruining life of their daughter. 90 min. OUTCAST, THE Trucolor. John Derek, Joan Evans. Producer William J. O'Sullivan. Director Bill Witney. Western. Youn'j westerner wages ranne war against unscrupulous uncle to recover stolen heritage. SHANGHAI STORY, THE Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel. Associate producer-director Frank Lloyd. Suspense melodrama. Disillusioned American doctor and Tangiers-born beauty find excitement and love in aiding people of Shanghai's International Settlement against Red police. TOBOR THE GREAT Charles Drake, Karen Booth. Science fiction. Adventures of !0-year-old boy and mechanical man in foiling enemy agent's plot to steal secret formula. TROUBLE IN THE GLEN TrueColor. Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles. Forrest Tucker. Produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox. Adventure ronance. Story by Maurice Walsh, author of "The Quiet Man". An American in Scotland to visit his child, stays to champion the people whose livelihood is threatened when a private road they had always used is closed by the owner. UNTAMED HEIRESS Judy Canova. Don Barry. Comedy. Judy becomes involved with gold hoard and battle royal in pseudo medieval castle in the desert. 70 min. HKD February BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES IGoldwyn Re-releasel. Myrna Loy. Frederic March. Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews. Producer Samuel Goldwyn. Director William Wyler. Drama. 170 mins. FRENCH LINE 3D Technicolor. Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland Producer Edmund Grainger. Director Lloyd Bacon. Musical comedy. Jilted at the altar because she has too much money, Texas millionairess takes cruise on LIberte. Incognito, she sets out to find husband who will love her for herself alone. 102 min. ROB ROY Technicolor. Glynis Johns, Richard Todd. Producer Perce Pearce. Director Harold French. Disney live-action costume drama. From Daniel Defoe story of Scottish hero who led rebellion against tyranny of British governors until King George I relieved the situation in admiration for Rob Roy's exploits. 87 min. SHE COULDN'T SAY NO Robert Mitchum. Jean Simmons Producer Robert Sparks. Director Lloyd Bacon. Comedy. Poor-little rich-girl learns people in Arkansas town saved her life when she was a baby. Her secret money gifts to townspeople disrupts their barter-system economy. 89 nnin. March DANGEROUS MISSION 3D Technicolor Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price. Wm. Bendix. Producer Irwin Allen. Director Louis King. Melodrama. Girl, after witnessing a murder, hides out in Glacier National Perk to etcaoe killer. Chase results with police trying to find her before killer does. 7S min. Coming NIGHT MUSIC Eastman color. Linda Darnell, Rick Jason, Dan Duryea, Faith Domergue. Producer Hugh Brooke. Director Stuart Helsler. Drama. 2DTH CENTURY-FDX February HELL AND HIGH WATER CinemaScope Technicolor. Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Cameron Mitchell, David Wayne. Adventure drama. Touch captain and motley crew of ex-U. S. sailors use submarine on special mission to thwart a conspiracy to start World War lit by an atomic bomb incident. 103 min. MISS ROBIN CRUSOE Pathecolor. Amanda Blake, George Nader. Producer-director Eugene Frenke. Adventure. Twist given "Crusoe" story by substituting females as leading characters, complicated by arrival of shipwrecked sailor. 75 min. March NEW FACES CinemaScope Eastman Color. Ronny Graham, Eartha Kitt. Producer Edward Alperson. Director Harry Horner. Musical Filming of B'way show. 98 min. NIGHT PEOPLE CinemaScope Technicolor. Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Rita Gam. Producer-director Nunnally Johnson. Melodrama. Efforts of an American officer in Berlin to untangle red tape to negotiate return of young soldier kidnapped by Reds. G.l.'s wealthy father complicates by attempting bribery and barter of two people wanted by Communists for return of his son. 93 min. RACING CLOOD Color. Bill Williams, Jean Porter. Producer-director W. Barry. Drama. Boy secretly trains colt which was to heve been destroyed. Colt eventually becomes great racehorse. 74 min. A pril PRINCE VALIANT CinemaScope Technicolor. Robert Wagner, James Mason. Janet Leigh. Producer Robert Jacks. Director Henry Hathaway. Romantic adventure. Viking kino overthrown by traitor Is given sactuary by King Arthur. Years later the disposed king's son overthrows the traitor. 105 min. ROCKET MAN, THE George Winslow, Charles Coburn, Spring Bylngton. Producer Leonard Goldstein, Fantasy. Orphan prevents the sale of orphanage to crooked politician with help of his private Space Man. 80 min. SIEGE AT RED RIVER, THE Technicolor. Van Johnson. Joanne Dru. Producer Leonard Goldstein. Director Rudolph Mate. Civil War drama. Robbery of a Union cavalry troop train sets off net of intrigue and heroism Involving Confederate who is a Union spy. 81 min. May DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS CInemaScof Technicolor. Victor Mature, Susan Hayward Mich; Re nnle, Debra Paget. Producer Frank Ross. Direct Delmer Daves. Historical drama. Begins where "T Robe" ended and tells story of slave Demetrius who Christian faith Is tried in the arena where he is fore to fight as gladiator. PRINCESS OF THE NILE Technicolor. Jeffrey Hunt. Debra Paget. Michael Rennle. Producer Leona Goldstein. Costume adventure. Prince of Bagdad hel people along the Nile throw off yoke of evil rul and gains beautiful princess for his wife. GORILLA AT LARGE 3D Technicolor. Cameron Mitchell. Anne Bancroft. Lee Cobb. Producer Leonard Goldstein. Director H. Jones. Murder melodrama. Carnival gorilla used as murder weapon by beautiful trapeze artist finally carries her atop roller coaster and both meet their death. 84 min. RIVER OF NO RETURN CinemaScope Technicolor. Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum. Rory Calhoun. Producer Stanley Rubin. Director Otto Preminger. Outdoor adventure romance. Barroom entertainer Monroe, exconvict Mitchum and his young son are forced to guide A r*ft down a tre<^cherous mountain river, battling the rapids, Indians and the elements. 91 min. THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN CinemaScope Technicolor Clifton Webb. Dorothy MrGuire. Jean Peters, Maggie McNamara. Producer Sol Siegel. Director Jean Negulesco. Romantic comedy. Three American girls working in P.om*» toss coins in Wishing Fountain. After each travels rocky road, dreams come true. 101 min. July GAMBLER FROM NATCHEZ. THE Technicolor. Di Robertson, Debra Paget. Producer Leonard Goldste Director Henry Levin. Action drama. Son of river b«, gambler sets out to find father's killers and absol] him from charge of cheating. GARDEN OF EVIL CinemaScope Technicolor. Ga Cooper, Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward. Produc Charles Brackett. Director Henry Hathaway. Adventu drama. Three gold hunters become involved with beautiful woman and death In Interior of Mexico. Coming ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE Technicolor. Elai Stewart, John Derek. Producer Walter Wanger. Din tor Don Wels. Adventure romance. Young Persi barber leaves his shop in seek of adventure. Aft horse-sword action in desert he rescues Prince and prevents war. BROKEN LANCE CinemaScope Technicolor. Rob Wagner, Richard Widmark, Spencer Tracy, Je Peters. Producer Sol C. Siegel. Director Edward Drr tryk. Western drama. Cattle baron's son by Indi wife Is caught In feud with renegade half brothers f control of homestead. ' MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A Ricardo Montalbal Producer Robert Jacks. Director Harry Horner. Murd' melodrama. Boy trying to clear his father of sever! killings falls into hands of real murderer. I RAID, THE Technicolor. Van Heflin, Anne Bancro ' Richard Boone. Producer Robert L. Jacks. Direct! Hugo Fregonese. Action drama. Historical Confedera raid on town in Vermont in retaliation for the bur' ing of the Atlanta. ' UNITED ARTISTS February \ CEACHHEAD PatheColor. Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoi Mary Murphy. Producer W. Koch. Director StuaJ Helsler. Action drama. Four Marines Invate small Jai held Island to obtain plans of minefield during Wor(' War II. 89 min. , MAN BETWEEN, THE James Mason, Claire Blosm, H: degarde Neff. Producer-director Carol Reed. Suspen drama. Spies, secret police and innocent pawns i volved In plot to stem flow of refugees from weste' sector of Berlin to Allies' area. Mason, used by Redi overcomes blackmail threats to rescue kidnappil British girl. 100 min. I OVERLAND PACIFIC Color Corp of Am. Jock Mahone,' Peggie Castle. Producer Edward Small. Director Fn; Sears. Western. Battles and intrigue in the laying the railroad through hostile Indian country to ti West Coast. 73 min. I PERSONAL AFFAIR Gene TIerney, Leo Genn. Producj Antony Darnborough. Director Anthony Pelissie' Drama. Small town British teacher is accused by t wife of having affair with school girl. When latter d| appears, teacher is suspected of murder. 82 min. | TOP BANANA Color Corp. of America. Phil Silvei' Rose Marie. Producers Albert Zugsmlth and Ben P< kay. Director Alfred E. Green Musical comedy. Fllmr as though It were a stage play, show within a shc| has Silvers as funniest man on TV. fond of girls ai' autographs. When real love hits, he is bounced arouij by girl and sponsor, but his basic desire to be \ entertainer ends rifts. 100 min. i March ACT OF LOVE Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin. Producf| director Anatole LItvak. Drama. French refugee q> Is compromised by American occupation soldier; th fall in love, are separated by police; girl, mistaker believes he has forsaken her, goes to her death. 108 mi' BEAT THE DEVIL Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jont Gina Lollobriglda. Producer-director John Hustc Drama. An assorted group on tramp steamer becor Involved In intrigue, murder and romance in search f uranium. Filmed in Mediterranean area. 82 min. GOLDEN MASK, THE Technicolor. Van Heflin, Wamj Hendrix. Producers Aubrey Baring, Maxwell Settci Director Jack Lee. Romantic adventure. Archaeolog| and daughter go to Africa in search of priceless ma| of Moloch, the god of revenge. 88 min. SCARLET SPEAR, THE Technicolor MorasI, John Bentlei Martha Hyer. Producer Charles Reynolds. Directc| George Breakston. Ray Stahl. Adventure drama. Coj missioner of African district gets involved in tribal r, in which king of tribe performs arduous quest. 78 in| April j HEIDI Elsbeth Sigmund. Heinrich Gretler. Prodnc Lazar Wechsler. Director Lulgi Comencini. DranTaken from famed children'st story by Johanna Spot the love between a little Swiss girl and her gran father. 98 min. LONE GUN, THE George Montgomery, Dorothy M lone. Producer Edward Small. Director Ray Nazarr Western. Marshal cleans out band of rustlers and wi love of girl preyed upon by outlaws. 73 min. FILM BULLETIN — THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT