Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1956)

INDEPENDENTS (Continued) vlADDALENA (IFEI Technicolor. Marta Toren Gino ^ervi. ITitanus Films, Rome). Producer Giuseppe Borlogni. Director Augusto Genina. Religious drama. Italim mountain village Good Friday pageant is almost urned into sacrilege when prostitute plans to play ole of Virgin Mary. 90 min. ilMBA (Lippertl J. Arthur Rank. Eastman Color. Dirk logarda. Adventure. Mau-Mau story filmed in Africa }9 min. October AFRICAN LION. THE IBuena Vista) Technicolor Phoographed by Alfred and Elma Milotte. Director James Ugar. Adventure. True-Life adventure set in the high ilateau country of Arfica. 75 min. November JAY THE WORLD ENDED, THE (American Releasing -orp.) Superscope. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson Vdele Jergens. Producer-director Roger Gorman' ,>cience-fiction. Seven people survive the atomic deduction of the world and the conflict among them o seek a new life. HILL 24 DOESN'T ANSWER (Continental) Wide-screen :dward Mulhare, Michael Shillo. Producers Thorold )ickinson, Peter Frye. Director Thorold Dickinson Dra,na. Story of the Israeli war against the Arabs. 100 min. .AST OF THE DESPERADOS I AFRC) James Craig Jim )avis, Barton MacLane, Margia Dean. Producer' Siginond Neufield. Director Sam Newfield. Western .heriff shoots notorious outlaw and is hunted by every oadman in the West. 72 min. WO GUN LADY I AFRC ) Peggy Castle, William Tainan, Mane Windsor. Producer-director Richard H. llartlett. Western. Famous female marksman seeks vengeance for the murder of her parents. 71 min. JMBERTO D (Harrison and Davidsonl Carlo Battisti " -lana Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari. A Rizzoli-De Sica proluction. Director Vittorio De Sica. Drama. A tale of a etired pensioner and his dog. 89 min. 12/12. December JAY THE WORLD ENDED (American Releasing Corp.) superscope. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson Adele Jerjens. Producer-director Roger Corman. Science-fiction >even people survive the atomic destruction of the pvorld and the conflict among them to seek a new ife. 80 min. :RISKY IDCA) (A Titanus Produclionl. Gina LolloJngida, Vittorio de Sica. Producer Nino Mislano Di ector Luigi Comencini. Comedy. Romantic misadven ures of two couples. 98 min. 11/28. -ITTLEST OUTLAW, THE IBuena Vista) Technicolor, edro Armendani, Joseph Callela, Rodolfo Acosta 'roOucer Larry Lansburgh. Director Roberto Cavaldon. )rama. The story of a boy and his horse who innocent,y run afoul of the law. 'HANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES (American Releasng Corp.) Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen reduced by the Milner Brothers. Science-fiction. A emfying monster guards a death ray which foreign spies are trying to obtain until an underwater expert [discovers the secret. 75 min. RETURN OF DON CAMILLO (IFE) Fernandel Gino Ceryi. Italo-French co-production. Director Julien Duvivier. Comedy. The human comedy of a village priest and a communist mayor. SAMURAI (A Toho Production) Eastman Color. Toshiro Mifune Kaoru Yachigusa. Producer Kazuo Takimura Hiroshi Inagaki. Drama. A zealous boor learns integrity pnd discipline in order to become a professional warrior. English sub-titles. 93 min. 12/12. January UEASE OF LIFE I IFE) Eastman Color. Robert Donat Kay Walsh, Adrienne Corri. A J. Arthur Rank Production Director Charles Frend. Drama. The story of a femall town vicar who meets and conquers the fears bf every man. RIVIERA (IFE) Ferranicolor. Martine Carol Raf Valone. Director Alberto Lattuada. Drama. The story of hose who work at play on the Riviera. English subtitles. Coming LETTERS FROM MY WINDMILL ITohan Pictures) Robert Vattier, Henri Vilbert, Rene Sarvil. Produced and directed by Marcel Pagnol. Drama. Based on three tales Irom Daudef's collection of stories. LOST CONTINENT (IFE) CinemaScope, Ferranicolor. Producer-director Leonardo Bonzi. An excursion into the wilds of Borneo and the Maylayan Archepelago. English commentary. MADAME BUTTERFLY (IFE) Technicolor. Kaoru Yachiguss, Nicola Filacuridi. Musical. Director Ca rmine Gallone,. Puccini's famous opera transferred to the screen. NEAPOLITAN CAROUSEL (IFE) [Lux Film, Rome) Pathecolor. Print by Technicolor. Sophia Loren, Leonid* « i!i"ne' Dlr,c,or Ef*ore Giannini. Musical. The history 3f Naples traced from 1600 to date in song and dance. OKLAHOMA WOMAN (American Releasing Corp.) Superscope. Richard Denning, Peggie Castle, Cathy Downs. Producer-director Roger Corman. Western. A ruthless woman rules the badlands until a reformed eutlaw brings her to justice. 80 min. SMOLDERING SEA. THE Superscope. Producer Hal E. Chester. Drama. Conflict between the tyrannical captain and crew of an American merchant ship reaches its climax during battle of Guadalcanal. WEAPON THE Superscope. Nicole Maurey. Producer Mai E. Chester. Drama. An unsolved murder involving a bitter U. S. war veteran, a German war bride and a killer is resolved after a child find; a loaded qun in bomb rubble. METRD-GOLDWYN-MAYER September ITS ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER CinemaScope, Color Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Dolores Gray. Producer Arthur_ Freed. Director Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Musical. Three World War II buddies hold reunion after ten years are instrumental in breaking up boxing fix and furthering career of TV star. 102 min. 8/22. SVENGALI Eastman Color. Hildegarde Neff Donald Wolfit, Terence Morgan, Derek Bond. A George Minter Production. Director Noel Langley. Musical drama. Young tone-deaf model becomes great singer under hypnotic influence of a mad musician. 82 min. October OUENTIN DURWOOD CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Kotoert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley. Director Richard Thorpe. Drama. Sir Walter Scott novel. Two unscrupulous brothers in a mortal struggle for power. 101 mm. 10/31. TENDER TRAP, THE Eastman Color, CinemaScope. Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne Celeste Holm. Director Charles Walters. Producer Lawrence Wemgarten. Comedy. A young 'ady shows the different devices used to catch a reluctant male. Ill min. 10/31. TRIAL Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy. Producer Charles Schnee. Director Mark Robson. Drama. Young University instructor of criminal law gains courtroom experience defending Mexican boy accused of murder. His death is wanted by Communists as they need a martyr. 105 min. 8/22. November GUYS & DOLLS CinemaScope, Color. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra. Producer Samuel Goldwyn. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Musical. Based on Runyon story and Broadway musical. 158 min. 11/14. December I'LL CRY TOMORROW Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert. Daniel Mann director. Producer Lawrence Weingarten. Drama. The life story of Lillian Roth. I 17 min. 12/26. IT'S A DOG'S LIFE CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis. Producer Henry Berman. Director Herman Hoffman. Advejitures of a bull terrior in the Bowery. 88 min. 9/5. KISMET CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Howard Keel, Ann Blythe, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone. Producer Arthur Freed. Director Vincent Minelli. Musical. Adaptation of the Broadway musical. 113 min. 12/12. January DIANE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Lana Turner, Pedro Armenda riz, Marisa Pavan. Producer Edwin Knoph. Director David Miller. Drama. Based on the famous story "Diane De Poitiers" by John Erskine. 110 min. 12/26. RANSOM Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielson, Juano Hernandez. Producer Nicholas Nayfak. Director Alex Segal. Drama. The story of the problem facing one man, when his only son is kidnapped. 104 min. 1/9 February FOREVER DARLING Eastman Color, Wide Screen. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Louis Calhern. Producer Desi Arnaz. Director Alexander Hall. Comedy. A story of married bliss set in Yosemite National Park. 100 min. LAST HUNT, THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Lloyd Nolan, Debra Paget. Western. Based on the novel by Milton Lott. The wild adventure of a buffalo hunt in 1883. 108 min. Coming FORBIDDEN PLANET CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielson. Producer Nicholas Nayfack. Director Fred Wilcox. Sciencefiction adventure. A scientist is forced to choose between mankind and the terrible knowledge he has secretly uncovered. GABY CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Producer Edwin H. Knoph. Director Curtis Bernhardt. Drama. The romance of an American paratrooper and a French ballerina during the London blitz. INVITATION TO THE DANCE Technicolor. Gene Kelly, Mora Kay*. Producer Arthur Freed. Director Gene Kelly. Ballet. Four episodes dealing in romance, drama, comedy and pathos told entirely through the medium of the dance. 94 min. MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Lillian Montevecchi. Producer Joe Pasternack. Director Roy Rowland. Musical. A gambler meets a ballerina only to find its love, not the roulette wheel, that makes the world go round. TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN CinemaScope, Eastman Color. James Cagney, Stephen McNally, Don Dubbins. Producer Sam Zimbalist. Director Robert Wise. Drama. The story of a man who took the law into his own hands. FEBRUARY SUMMARY First tally of February releases shows a total of 19 scheduled for distribution, a sharp drop from the 28 features released in January. However, a number of features on the release roster show up as promising product for the box office. Leading suppliers will be Columbia and United Artists, each with four releases. Allied Artists, Metro, RKO, 20th and Uni. versal each will offer two. The month's schedule include five in CinemaScope, one in VistaVision and one in Superscope. Eleven February films will be in color. Scheduled for release are: 8 Dramas 2 Comedies 3 Westerns 2 Musicals 1 Melodrama 2 Adventures PARAMOUNT September GIRL RUSH. THE VistaVision, Technicolor. Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert, Gloria DeHaven. Producer Frederick Brisson. Director Robert Pirosh. Musical. Rosalind Russell inherits a Las Vegas hotel, the moth-eaten Vegas House on which there is a $10,000 mortgage to be paid off in 72 hrs. 85 min. 9/5. TO CATCH A THIEF VV-Technicolor. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly. Producer-director Alfred Hitchcock. Comedy drama. Ex-jewel thief is suspected of resuming his profession and seeks to catch real thief to clear his name. 106 min. October ULYSSES Technicolor. Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano. Produced by Lux-Ponti DeLaurentis. Director Maria Camarini. Adventure Spectacle. Homeric *eats ot Ulysses as taken from the Odessey. 104 min. 7/11. November LUCY GALLANT VV-Technicolor. Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter. Producers PineThomas. Director Robert Parrish. Drama. Woman builds fabulous department store in booming Texas oil town. 104 min. 10/3. December DESPERATE HOURS, THE Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Martha Scott. Producer-director William Wyler. Melodrama. Escaped convicts take refuge in suburban home and terrorize residents. 112 min. 9/19. January ARTISTS AND MODELS VistaVision. Technicolor. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis. Producer Hal Wallis. Director Frank Tashlin. Comedy. Artist and children's story writer find life hectic and nightmarish through horror and crime comic books. 109 min. 11/14. TROUBLE WITH HARRY. THE VV-Technicolor. John Forsythe, Shirley McLean, Edmund Gwenr,. Producerdirector Alfred Hitchcock Comedy-drama. Nice old gentleman is suspected of accidentally killing man while out hunting, but death is complicated bv number of angles including pretty widow. 99 min. 10/17. February ROSE TATTOO, THE VistaVision. Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster. Producer Hal B. Wallis. Director Daniel Mann. Drama. Worshipping dead husband's memory woman almost loses her own chance for new love and her daughter until she learns he had been unfaithful. 117 min. 11/14. Coming ANYTHING GOES VistaVision. Technicolor. Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Jeanmarie. Producer Robert Emmett Dolan. Director Robert Lewis. Musical. Two girls chosen for one role in Broadway show creates many humorous complications before problem is solved. BIRDS AND THE BEES, THE VistaVision, Technicolor. George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven. Producer Paul Jones. Director Norman Taurog. Comedy. The vegetarian son of a multi-millionaire meat pac ker meets up with some card-sharks, one of whom traps him into marriage. COURT JESTER, THE VistaVision. Technicolor. Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury. Producer-director Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Comedy drama. Masquerading as court clown member of patriot group branded outlaws aids in restoring crown to rightful king. MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. THE VistaVision. Technicolor. James Stewart, Doris Day. Producer-director Alfred Hitchcock. Drama. Political assassination plot leads to kidnapping of young boy to keep parents from talking. F I I ■ BULLETIN — THIS IS YOUI PRODUCT