Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1956)

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THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT All The Vital Details on Current & Coming Features (Date of Film BULLETIN Review Appears At End of Synopsis) ALLIED ARTISTS October BOBBY WARE IS MISSING Thorpe Whiteman, Kim Charney, Neville Brand. Producer Vincent M. Fennelly. Director Thomas Carr. Drama. Two teen age pals lost on hike are cause of fake kidnap plot. 66 min. RETURN OF JACK SLADE Superscope. John Ericson, Mari Blanchard. Producer Lindsley Parsons. Director Harold Schuster. Western. Young Slade a Pinkerton guard seeking information on band of outlaws ncounters them in train robbery. Aided by girl from gang Slade complete wiping out gang. 80 min. WARRIORS, THE Technicolor, CinemaScope. Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch. A Walter Mirsch Production. Director Henry Levin. Adventure. Swashbuckling tale of action and romance during the Hundred Years War. 84 min. 10/17. November PARIS FOLLIES OF 1956 Eastman Color. Forrest Tucker. Whiting Sisters. Producers Bernard Tabakin, Lesley Goodwin. Musical. Gorgeous girls and tuneful music in a romantic city. 73 min. TOUGHEST MAN ALIVE Dane Clark, Lita Milan. Producer William F. Broidy. Director Sidney Salkow. Melodrama. Agent for Office of Special Investigation sets out to break up "revolution" ring, active in Central America. 74 min. December SHACK OUT ON 101 IWm. F. Broidy Pictures Corp. Prod.) Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn Producer Mort Millman. Director Edward Dein. Melodrama. Near a well-guarded electronics lab is an eating shack which is in reality a spy center. A romance and the FBI resolve the situation. 80 min. 1/23. SUDDEN DANGER Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, Tom Drake. Producer Ben Schwalb. Director Hubert Cornfield. Drama. Using insurance money of murdered mother blind boy undergoes eye operation and sets out to capture his mother's killer. 63 min. January AT GUNPOINT CinemaScope, Technicolor. Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan. Producer Vincent M. Fennelly. Director Alfred Werker. Western. A lucky shot turns a quiet, peace-loving general store owner into town's hero, and the target of a gang of bank robbers. 80 min. 1/9. DEADLIEST SIN, THE Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton, John Bentley, Peter Hammond. Producer Alec Snowden. Director Ken Hughes. Melodrama. Blackmail and murder in an English church. 75 min. DIG THAT URANIUM Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bowery Boys. Producer Ben Schwlab. Director Edward Bernds. Comedy drama. Sold the deed to a uranium mine by a confidence man, the Boys set out to find it. 61 min. February INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS Superscope. Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter. Producer Walter Wanger. Director Don Siegel. Science Fiction. Wierd plant life drains humans of all emotions but the will to live. 80 min. NO PLACE TO HIDE Deluxe Color. David Brian, Marsha Hunt, Forrest Tucker. Producer-director Joseph Shaftel. Drama. Story of a hunt for germ warfare pellets in the Philippine Islands. 72 min. Coming ATOMIC MAN. THE Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Roland Brand. Producer Alec Snowden. Director Ken Hughes. Nuclear scientist develops process to manufacture tungsten cheaply, but in doing so becomes radioactive. 73 min. COME ON, THE Superscope. Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden. Producer Lindsley Parsons. Director Russel Birdwell. Drama. Greedy woman and lover conspire to steal money from fellow thief. 82 min. CRASHING LAS VEGAS Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall. Producer Ben Schwalb. Director Jean Warborough. Comedy. Bowery Boys go to Las Vegas and get mixed up with gangsters. 63 min. CRIME IN THE STREETS James Whitemore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo. Producer Vincent Fennelly. Director Don Siegel. Drama. Teen-age gangs and violence in New York City. 91 min. FIRST TEXAN, THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Joel McCrea, Wallace Ford. Producer Walter Mirisch. Director Byron Haskin. Western. Sam Houston helps Texans win independence from Mexico. 82 min. FOUR SEASONS, THE Color. David Wayne, Keenan Wynn. Marcia Henderson. Produced and directed bv Joseph Shasfel. Drama Gold prospector and his search for riches turns into mad obsession. 84 min. FRIENDLY PERSUASION, THE Deluxe Color. Gary Cooper. Dorothy McGuire, Mariorie Main, Robert Middleton. Producer-director William Wyler. Drama. The story of a Quaker family during the Civil War. MAGNIFICENT ROUGHNECKS Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Gates, Jeff Donnell. Producer Herman Cohen. Director Sherman Rose. Drama. Two American oil men bring in first gusher in S. American oil field. MOTHER-SIR Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi, Judy Nugent. Producer Walter Wanger. Director Edward Bernds. Drama. Wife of American soldier institutes revolution among Japanese women. 80 min. SCREAMING EAGLES Tom Tyron, Jacqueline Beer, Jan Merlin. A Bischoff-Diamond Production. Director Charles Haas. The saga of a platoon in an airborne infantry division during WWII. THUNDERSTORM Carlos Thompson, Linda Christian, Charles Korvin. Producer Mike Frankovich. Director John Guillerman. Drama. 81 min. WICKED WIFE Nigel Patrick. Beatrice Campbell, Moira Lister. Producer Phil Samuel. Director Bob McNaught. Drama. A husband is wrongfully accused of his wife's murder. 75 min. WORLD WITHOUT END Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates. Producer Richard Heermance. Director Edward Bernds. Science Fiction. Scientists in space ship circling Mars in 1957 are suddenly accelerated to unbelievable speed and break time barrier to see planet Earth in the year 2508. 81 min. COLUMBIA October COUNT THREE & PRAY CinemaScope, Technicolor. Van Heflin, Phil Carey, Joanne Woodward. Producer Ted Richmond. Qjrector Geo. Sherman. AcHon drama. Southerner who fought for North during Civil War returns to become the hometown preacher. 102 min. DEVIL GODDESS Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Spencer G. Bennet. Jungle adventure. Weissmuller leading a party in search of their lost friend encounters gang after treasure and ancient rites of fire worshippers. 70 min. 9/5. DUEL ON THE MISSISSIPPI Technicolor. Patricia Medina, Les Barker. Producer Sam Katzman. Director William Castle. Adventure. Daughter of reformed pirate seeks revenge against class-conscious aristocracy and falls in love with one of its members. 72 min. 10/3. MY SISTER EILEEN CinemaScope, Technicolor. Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon. Producer Fred Kohlmar Director Richard Quine. Musical comedy. Adventures of two small-town girs who seek their fortunes in the big city. 108 min. 9/19. November QUEEN BEE Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan. Jerry Wald Production. Director Ranald MacDouglall. Drama. The story of a domineering woman and her effect on lives of people around her. Violent ending. 95 min. 10/31. TEEN-AGE CRIME WAVE Tommy Cook, Mollie McCart. A Clover Production. Director Fred F. Sears. Melodrama. Youthful thugs involve innocent girl in robbery and murder. 77 min. 10/17. THREE STRIPES IN THE SUN CinemaScope Technicolor. Aldo Ray, Mitsuko Kimura. War drama. Jap-hating Gl has life complicated by romance with beautiful Japanese girl while on occupation. Love and orphans eventually give soldier new perspective. 93 min. 10/31. December A LAWLESS STREET Technicolor. Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker. A Scott-Brown Production. Director Joseph Lewis. Western. Sheriff fights to keep order in lawless owtn. 78 min. 11/28. APACHE AMBUSH Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Montoya. Producer Wallace MacDonald. Director Fred Sears. A story of the days when the Apaches turned the Abilene Trail into a flaming warpath, and an exIndian fighter who helped to make it safe. CROOKED WEB, THE Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning. A Clover Production. Director Nathan Juran. Melodrama. Undercover girl uses kisses to trap killer. 77 min. 1 1/28. HELL'S HORIZON John Ireland, Maria English, Bill Williams. Producer Wray Davis. Director Tom Gries. Drama. The story of an air crew on a secret mission to destroy an enemy bridge. 80 min. 11/28. PRISONER. THE Alex Guinness, Jack Hawkins. Producer Vivian Cox. Director Peter Glenville. Drama. Clergyman is brainwashed until he confesses act of treason against the State. 91 min. 1/23. January INSIDE DETROIT Dennis O'Keefe, Pat O'Brien, Tina Carver. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Fred Sears. Melodrama. Gangsters attempt to infiltrate an auto work' rs' union. 82 min. 12/12. LAST FRONTIER. THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston. Producer William Fadiman. Director Anthony Mann. Western. Indians hostile to advancing white men attempt to annihilate new outpost, but Fort is saved by former fur trapper who assumes command. 93 min. 12/26. February BATTLE STATIONS William Bendix, John Lund. Naval drama. Story of ship and the men who manned her during World War II. The story of a ship and the brave men who fought alongside her in the United States Navy. FURY AT GUNSIGHT PASS David Brian, Neville Brand, Richard Long. Producer Wallace MacDonald. Director Fred Sears. Western. Based on a story by David Lang. 68 min. 1/23. HOUSTON STORY, THE Lee J. Cobb, Edward Arnold, Barbara Hale. Producer Sam Katzman. Director William Castle. Drama. 79 min. JOE MACBETH Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman, Bonar Colleano. Producer Mike Frankovich. Director Ken Hughes. Drama. Modernization of Shakespeare. Situations are brought up to date in America. 90 min. 1/23. PICNIC CinemaScope, Technicolor. William Holden, Kim Novak. Producer Fred Kohlmar. Director Joshua Logan. Drama. The prize winning Broadway play recreated for the screen. 115 min. 12/12. Coming COCKLESHELL HEROES Jose Ferrar, Trevor Howard. A Warwick Production. Drama. The story of heroic men in the British Navy and methods they used to paralyze Nazi merchant shipping during World War II. EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Fred Sears. Science-fiction. Flying saucermen attack the United States, but are beaten back by a secret weapon. EDDY DUCHIN STORY, THE CinemaScope, Technicolor. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Rex Thompson, Victoria Shaw. Producer Jerry Wald. Director George Sidney. Drama. The life story of the famous orchestra leader. HARDER THEY FALL, THE Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling. Producer Philip Yordan. Director Mark Robson. Drama. Seven foot giant from Argentina attempts to capture the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. HE LAUGHED LAST Technicolor. Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlow, Richard Long. Director Blake Edwards. Musical. An underworld czar plays practical joke and leaves his entire fortune to a young nightclub entertainer. JUBAL CinemaScope, Technicolor. Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger. Drama. Producer William Fadiman. Director Delmer Daves. Drama. Cowboy gets involved in self-defense killing, but clears his name and catches real culprit. KILLER APE Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston. Producer Sam Katzman. Director Spencer G. Bennett. Adventure drama. The story of a giant half-ape, half-man beast who goes on a killing rampage until destroyed by Jungle Jim. 68 min. ODONGO Technicolor, CinemaScope. Macdonald Carey, Rhonda Fleming, Juma. Director John Gilling. Adventure. Owner of wild animal farm in Kenya saves young native boy from violent death. SECRET OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN Valerie French, William Prince, Raymond Burr. Director Seymour Friedman. Adventure. Three men who seek treasure of gold in mountain hideout are thwarted by half-breed Indian. SOLID GOLD CADILLAC, THE Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark. Director Richard Quine. Comedy. Filimization of the famous Broadway play about a lady stockholder in a large holding company. URANIUM BOOM Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina, William Tallman. Producer Sam Katzman. Director William Castle. Drama. Cowboy gives up carefree life to try his fortunes in an uranium boom taking place in Colorado. INDEPENDENTS October AFRICAN LION. THE (Buena Vista) Technicolor. Photographed by Alfred and Elma Milotte. Director Jamei Algar. Adventure. True-Life adventure set in the high plateau country of Arfica. 75 min. November DAY THE WORLD ENDED, THE (American Releasing Corp. I Superscope. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens. Producer-director Roger Corman. Science-fiction. Seven people survive the atomic destruction of the world and the conflict among them to seek a new life. Film BULLETIN — THIS IS TOUR PRODUCT