Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1955)

I COVER THE UNDERWORLD Sean McClory. Joanne Jordon, Ray Middleton. Producer William J. O'Sullivan. Director R. G. Springsteen. Melodrama. Brother against brother — one a priest, one an underworld czar. 70 min. SANTA FE PASSAGE Trucolor. John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron. Producer Sidney Picker. Director William Witney. Western. Wilderness guide protects wagon train of munitions in hostile Indian country, finds romance with half-breed girl. 90 min. June CITY OF SHADOWS Victor McLaglen, John Baer, Kathleen Crowley. Producer William J. O'Sullivan. Director William Whitney. Crime melodrama. A young lawyer masterminds a racketeer's rise to power, but is regenerated by love. 70 min. DOUBLE JEOPARDY Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes. Associate Pro. Rudy Ralston. Director R. G. Springsteen. Melodrama. Success and happiness of a builder are menaced by charge that he murdered a blackmailing ex-convict. 70 min. ROAD TO DENVER, THE Trucolor. John Payne, Mona Freeman, Lee J. Cobb. Associate producer-director Joseph Kane. Western. Rough and tumble story of cattlemen in late 1 800 ' s . 90 min. July GREEN BUDDHA. THE Wayne Morris, Mary Germaine. Associate Pro. William N. Boyle. Director John Lemont. Action melodrama. International gang steals an art treasure. 64 min. LAY THAT RIFLE DOWN Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jib Jarmyn. Comedy. 71 min. 9/5. August DIVIDED HEART, THE Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, Armin Dahlen. A Michael Balcon Production presented by Ealing Studios. Producer Michael Truman. Director Charles Crichton. Drama. True story of adult decision which a small boy has to make. 89 min. 8/22. LAST COMMAND, THE Trucolor. Sterling Hayden Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson. Producerdirector Frank Lloyd. Immortal story of the Alamo and the Texans' fight for freedom. 110 min. 8/8. September CROSS CHANNEL Wayne Morris, Yvonne Furneaux. Producer William N. Boyle. Director R. G. Springsteen. Melodrama. Owner of small charter boat service becomes involved in smuggled jewels, double-crossing partners and murder. 40 min. HEADLINE HUNTERS Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper. Associate Pro. William J. O'Sullivan. Director Bill Whitney. Action melodrama. 70 min. October MAN ALONE, A Trucolor. Ray Milland, Mary Murphy. Ward Bond. Director R. Milland. Western Drama. Quarantined sheriff's home turns into unexpected sanctuary for gunman which terminates by gunman clearing himself and falling in love with sheriff's daughter. 96 min. 10/3. MYSTERY OF THE BLACK JUNGLE Lex Barker, Jane Maxwell, Jack Rex, Paul Muller. Director Ralph Murphy. Adverruie Conflict of a group of hunters and a fanatic WiDe. TWINKLE IN GOD'S EYE Mickey Rooney, Coleen Gray, Hugh O'Brian. A Mickey Rooney-Maurice Duke Production. Director George Blair. Drama. Young parson comes to frontier town to rebuild church destroyed when his father was killed by Indians. 73 min. NO MAN'S WOMAN Marie Windsor, John Archer. Producer Rudy Ralston. Director Franklin Adreon. Drama. Ruthless woman caught in her own web of treachery as a murder victim makes each of five people she betrayed a logical suspect. November JAGUAR Sabu, Chiquita, Barton MacLane, Touch Conners. A Mickey Rooney-Maurice Duke Production. Director George Blair. Adventure melodrama. Localed in the Amazon jungle. MAGIC FIRE Trucolor. Yvonne DeCarlo, Rita Gam, Carlos Thompson, Valentina Cortese, Alan Badel. Producer-director William Dieterle. Musical drama. Biog of immortal composer Richard Wagner. SECRET VENTURE Kent Taylor, Jane Hylton. Producer William N. Boyle. Director R. G. Springsteen. Melodrama. Innocent young man through a brief case mixup is involved with international gang trying to steal secret formula. VANISHING AMERICAN. THE Scott Brady, Audrey Totter, Forrect Tucker. Associate Producer-director Joe Kane. Well known Zane Grey novel. Drama. Coming COME NEXT SPRING Steve Cochran, Ann Sheridan, Sonny Tufts. Trucolor. A Robert Alexander Production. Director R. G. Springsteen. Drama. Human-interes1 story about two people who learn to live again. FIGHTING CHANCE Rod Cameron, Ben Cooper, Julie London. Producer William J. O'Sullivan. Director William Witney. Drama. Greedy, money mad girl breaks up turf partnership of jockey and trainer. Her heartlessness over a horse reunites partners and turns them toward new track successes. FLAME OF THE ISLANDS Trucolor. Yvonne DeCarlo, Zachary Scott, Howard Duff. Asso. producer-director Edward Ludwig. Melodrama. Society romance and intrigue in the fashionable Bahamas. TRACK THE MAN DOWN Kent Taylor, Petula Clark. Producer William N. Boyle. Director R. G. Springsteen. Melodrama. Newspaper reporter is instrumental in catching gang who stole evening's receipts at dog track. RK0 May QUEST FOR THE LOST CITY Eastmancolor. Dana & Ginber Lamb. Sol Lesser Productions. Adventure documentary. Explorers search for last stronghold of ancient Mayans in Guatemalan jungles. 60 min. 1/10. June SON OF SINBAD Superscope, Technicolor. Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Lili St. Cyr, Vincent Prince, Mari Blanchard. Producer Robert Sparks. Director Ted Tetzlaff. Romantic adventure. Further adventures of Sinbad and his 40 thieves. Love pairs Robertson-Forrest, PriceSt. Cyr. 88 min. 8/8. WAKAMBA Technicolor. Producer Edgar M. Queeny. African Adventure. 65 min. 7/11. July PEARL OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC Superscope, Technicolor. Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar, Lance Fuller. Director Allan Dwan. Producer Benedict Bogeaus. Adventure drama. In a plot to steal a treasure in black pearls two white men and a girl run into native tabu's and sacrifices but relent their plan and remain on the island and get married. 86 min. August NO RELEASES September BENGAZI Superscope. Victor McLaglen, Richard Conte, Richard Carlson, Mala Powers. Producers Eugene Tevlin and Sam Wiesenthal. Director John Brahm. IPanamint Pictures!. Melodrama. Gun runners seeking gold buried in desert mosque are involved in intrigue, murder and siege by Arabs. 79 min. 10/3. TENNESSEE'S PARTNER Technicolor, Superscope. John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming. Producer Benedict Bogeaus. Director Alian Dwan. Western. Cowpoke and gambler develop friendship helping each other in tight situations including gunfights, marriage and a lynching. 87 min. 10/17. October TREASURE OF PANCHO VILLA, THE Superscope, Technicolor. Shelly Winters, Rory Calhoun, Gilbert Roland. Producer Edmund Grainger. Director George Sherman. Drama. An American working for Pancho Villa help! him to steal money to finance revolution. The treasure is finally lost under an avalanche and the American is the lone survivor of his band. 96 min. 10/3. November TEXAS LADY Superscope, Technicolor. Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Gregory Walcott. Director Tim Whelan. Producers Nat Holt and Lewis Rosen. Drama. Fighting newspaperwoman cleans up crooked town and wins a new partner for life. Coming BRAVE ONE, THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Michel Ray, Fermin Rivera, Joy Lansing, Rudolph Hoyos. Producer Frank & Maurice King. Director Irving Rapper. Drama. The adventures of a young Mexican boy who grows up with a bull as his main companion and friend and how each protects the other. CONQUEROR, THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendarii, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez. Howard Hughes Production. Producer-director Dick Powell. Historical adventure. Tale of the 13th Century ravaging conqueror Genghis Kahn. GLORY Superscope, Technicolor. Margaret O'Brien, Charlotte Greenwood, Walter Brennan. Producer-director David Butler. jeT PILOT Technicolor, SuperScope. John Wayne, Janet Leigh. Howard Hughes Production. Producer Jules Furthman Director Josef von Sternberg. Drama. 1 19 min. 20TH CENTURY-FOX May ADVENTURES OF SADIE EastmanColor. Joan Collins, Kenneth Moore. Langley-Minter Production. Director Noel Langley. Comedy. Adventures of girl marooned on desert island with three men. 88 min. 6/13. DADDY LONG LEGS CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron. Producer Samuel G. Engel. Director Jean Negulesco. Musical. Rich bachelor befriends 18-year-old French orphan which leads to spring-winter romance. 126 min. 5/16. THAT LADY CinemaScope, Technicolor. Olivia deHavilland, Gilbert Roland. Producer-director S. Bartlett. Historical drama. Reckless romance between court favorite of religious fanatic Philip II of Spain and his prime minister. 100 min. 5/30. June MAGNIFICENT MATADOR, THE CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn. Producer Carroll Case. Director Budd Boetticher. Drama. 94 min. 6/13 SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell. Producers Charles K. Feldman, Billy Wilder. Director Wilder. Comedy. Bedroom adventures of husband when wife is away on summer vacation. 105 min. 6/13. SOLDIER OF FORTUNE CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Clark Gable, Susan Hayward. Producer Buddy Adler. Director Edward Dmytryk. Action drama. Woman seeking husband missing in Red China falls in love with man who helps in rescue. 96 min. 5/30. July HOUSE OF BAMBOO CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Robert Stack, Robert Ryan, Shirley Yamaguchi. Producer Buddy Adler. Director Samuel G. Fuller. Melodrama. 102 min. 7/11. HOW TO BE VERY. VERY POPULAR CinemaScope. Color by Deluxe. Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings. Producer-director Nunnally Johnson. Comedy. Two strip artists inadvertently witness a murder and race out of town in scanty costumes. Reaching a small college and the fraternity house the fun begins. 89 min. 7/25. LIFE IN A BALANCE. A I Panoramic Prod.) Ricardo Montalb.m, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, Jose Perez. Producer Robert Jacks. Director Harry Horner. Murder melodrama. Boy trying to clear his father of several killings falls into hands of real murderer. 74 min. 2/7. August LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING CinemaScope, Color by De Luxe. William Holden, Jennifer Jones. Producer Buddy Adler. Director Henry King. Drama. Story of woman doctor whose life is complicated because her blood is a mixture of 2 worlds. 102 min. 8/22 VIRGIN QUEEN. THE CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Bette Davis, Richard Todd. Producer Charles Brackett. Director Henry Kister. Historical drama. In attempt ot secure ships to sail to the new world Raleigh encounters love and wrath of Elizabeth. 92 min. 8/8. September LEFT HAND OF GOD. THE CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney. Producer Buddy Adler. Director Edward Dmytryk. Adventure drama. American flyer forced down in China during World War II has cast his lot with a Chinese warlord. Breaking with the warlord he masquarades as a priest and saves the town. Masquarade ends and he finds love. 87 min. 9/5. SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD CinemaScope, Color by De Luxe. Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Jeffrey Hunter. Producers Robert D. Webb, Barbara McLean. Director Robert D. Webb. Drama. Spanish in Mexico form expeditions to claim California territory for Spain, locate fabled Seven Cities of Cibola and found missions in the new land. 103 min. 7/19. October GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING, THE CinemaScope. Color by De Luxe. Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger. Producer Charles Brackett. Director Richard Fleischer. Drama. The story of Evelyn Nesbi', the "Gibson Girl", and the murder of Stanford White by Harry Thaw. LOVER BOY 2D Gerrard Philioe, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood. Producer P. Graetz. Director R. Clement. British-made comedy. 85 min. TALL MEN, THE CinemaScope, Deluxe Color. Clark Gable, Cameron Mitchell, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan. Producers Wm. A. Bacher & Wm. B. Hawks. Director Dauol Walsh. Western. A few years after the Civil War two brothers head to a frontier town with robbery in mind. They rob a bank, kidnap head of the bank and they become partners in cattle. They head further west and their adventures lead them among indians, former Union guerrillas and a woman. 122 min. 10/3. November DEEP BLUE SEA. THE Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Erie Portman, Emlyn Williams. Producer Sis Alexander Korda. Director Anatole Litvak. Drama. The story of a young woman who finds the strength and hope to face a life of despair. 99 min. GOOD MORNING. MISS DOVE Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack. Producer Samuel Engel. Director Henry Koster. Drama. A schoolteacher overcomes illness and an operation to find the true meaning of happiness in a small New England town. VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD, THE CinemaScope, Color by DeLuxe. Richard Egan, Dana Wynter. Cameron Mitchell. Producer-director Philip Dunne. Drama. A man's journey into the deep past of his old home town and the dark secret it revealed. Coming OASIS CinemaScope. Michelj Morgan, Cornell Borchers. Producer Ludwig Waldleitner and Gerd Oswald. Director Yves Allegret. RAINS OF RANCHIPUR, THE CinemaScope. Producer Frank Ross. Director Jean Negulesco. Romantic drama. A young doctor chooses the need of his people for his services above the love of a beautiful woman. UNITED ARTISTS May KISS ME DEADLY Ralph Meeker, Paul Stewart, Albert Dekker. Producer-director Robert Aldrich. Suspense drama. Redoubtable private detective runs gauntlet of racketeers, deathtraps, dangerous women. 105 min. 5/2. ROBBER'S ROOST EastmanColor. George Montgomery, Richard Greene. Jacks-Goldstein production. Director Sidney Salkow. Western. Rancher learns two different bands of rustlers plan to sjeal his cattle. He hires both gangs as ranch hands hoping one will kill off the other. 82 min. TIGER AND THE FLAME, THE Technicolor (Filmed in India). Producer-director Sohrab M. Modi. Adventure Story of woman's heroism in 19th century Indian fight for freedom. 97 min. TOP OF THE WORLD Dale Robertson, Frank Loveioy, Evelyn Keyes. Producer Michael Baird. Director Lewis Foster. Aerial drama. Jet pilot in Alaska amid harrowing experiences rekindles love for ex-wife. 90 min. 5/2. June BIG BLUFF, THE John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton, P.osemarie Bowe. Producer-director W. Lee Wilder. Suspense Thriller. 70 min. Film BULLETIN — THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT