Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1956)

INDEPENDENTS (Continued) WILD DAKOTAS. THE (AFRC) Bill Williams, Coleen Gray, Jim Davis. Producer Sigmund Neufield. Director Sam Newfield. Western. Frontiersman prevents Indian uprising against white settlers. March BALLET OF ROMEO AND JULIET, THE (Tohan Pictures) Color. A Mosfilm Production. Directors Lev Arnstam, Leonid Lavrovsky. Musical Based on the scores by Sergi Prokofief and the love story by William Shakespeare. CON JUAN lAkkord) Agfa Color. Cesare Danova, Josef Memrad, Evelyne Cormand. Director H. W. KolmVeltee. Musical. Filmization of Mozart's famous opera ' Don Giovanni". Features Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. JEDDA. THE UNCIVILIZED IDCA) Eastman Color. Narla Kunogh, Robert Tudewaldi, Betty Suttor. Producer-director Charles Chauvel. Drama. Based upon true happenings in the Aborigine territory in Northern Australia. RETURN OF DON CAMILLO IIFE) Fernandel, Gino Cervi. Italo-French co-production. Director Julien ■ Duvivier. Comedy. The human comedy of a village i priest and a communist mayor. 115 min. A pril BLONDE BAIT AFRC) Beverly Michaels, Jim Davis, Joan Rice, Richard Travis. Producer Anthony Hinds Director Elmo Williams. Melodrama. State Department investigator traps murderous traitor by using blonde singer as bait. 71 min. LADYKILLERS. THE (Continental) Technicolor Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lorn. A Michael Balcon Production. Director A. Mackendrick. Comedy. A satire on American gangster films. 93 min. LOVERS AND LOLLIPOPS (Trans-Lux) Lori March Gerald O'Loughlin. Cathy Dunn, William Ward. Produced and directed by Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin. Comedy The courtship of a widow and her 7-year old daughter ' 80 min. " LUM AND ABNER ABROAD (Howco) Chester Lauck , Norns Goff, Jill Alis. Producer-director James Kern. Comdey. Travels of Lum and Abner to Europe. 3 TV films joined together to make I feature film. 72 min. MADAME BUTTERFLY IIFE) Technicolor. Kaoru Yachiguss, Nicola Filacuridi. Musical. Director Carmine Gallone. Puccini's famous opera transferred to the screen. RICHARD THE THIRD ILopert) VistaVision Technicolor Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud. Claire Bloom Producer-director Laurence Olivier. Drama. The machinations of a twisted nobleman that changed the course of England's history. IS5 min. 3/19. SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD I Stanley WarnerCinerama) Technicolor, Cinerama. A Lowell Thomas Production. Travelog around the world utilizing the Cinerama big screen process. 120 min. SINS OF THE BORGIAS (Aidart Pictures) Technicolor. Martine Carol, Pedro Armendariz. A Ariane-FilmsonorFrancinex-Rizzolo Production. Drama. The life of Lucretia Borgia during Italian Renaissance. 97 min. 4/30 May FEMALE JUNGLE, THE (American International) Jayne Mansfield, Lawrence Tierney. John Carradine. Producer Burt Kaiser. Melodrama. Blonde bombshell is involved with group of gangsters. GUNSLINGER. THE (American International) Eastman Color. John Ireland, Beverly Garland. Allison Hayes Producer-director Roger Corman. Western. A saloon queen rules her town until an outlaw gunfighter takes over. ROSANNA IJacon) Rossana Podesta, Crox Alvarado Armando Silvestre. Producer Salvador Elizendo Director Ernilio Fernandez. Drama. The romance of a beautiful girl and a fugitive from justice. 72 min. SWAMP WOMEN IWoolner Brothers) Pathe Color. Beverly Garland, Marie Windsor, Carole Matthews. Producer Bernard Woolner. Director Roger Corman. Drama. Swamp women run amok in Bayou country. 75 mm. June GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE, THE (Buena Vista) UnemaScope, Technicolor. Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter. A Walt Disney Production. Adventure. A band of Union spies attempt to sever the South's military rail lines during the Civil War. Coming GIRLS IN PRISON lAmerican International) Richard Denmng, Joan Taylor. Lance Fuller. Producer Alex toordon Director Edward Cahn. Drama. A girl robber tmds that prison is a living hell until reformed by chaplain. JJ0T ROD GIRL (American International) Lori Nelson J-huck Conners, John Smith. A Nacirema Production. < l"?' s'°.ry of ,odaV's Y°u*h and the excitement ot hot rod racing. dT.C0N0UERED THE WORLD lAmerican International) Peter Graves, Beverly Garland. Producer-director Roger. "Corman. Science-fiction. A monster from outer space takes contro1 of the world until a scientist gives nis life to save humanity. LETTERS FROM MY WINDMILL (Tohan Pictures) Robert vattier, Henri Vilbert, Rene Sarvil. Produced and directed by Marcel Pagnol. Drama. Based on three tales from Daudet's collection of stories. LOST CONTINENT IIFE) CinemaScope. Ferranicolor. rroducer-director Leonardo Bonzi. An excursion into the wilds of Borneo and the Maylayan Archepelago. English commentary. 86 min. NEAPOLITAN CAROUSEL IIFE) (Lux Film, Rome) Pathecoior. Print by Technicolor. Sophia Loren, Leonide Massine. Director Ettore Giannini. Musical. The history of Naples traced from 1600 to date in song and dance. OKLAHOMA WOMAN (American Releasing Corp I Superscope. Richard Denning, Peggie Castle Cathy Downs. Producer-director Roger Corman. Western. A ruthless woman rules the badlands until a reformed outlaw 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 Hal 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 finds a loaded gun in bomb rubble. METRO-GOLDWYN -MAYER 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. 2/6. 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. 2/20. March 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. 98 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. 112 min. 2/20. A pril SWAN, THE Eastman Color, CinemaScope. Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, Brian Aherne. Director Charles Vidor. Comedy. Based on Molnar's outstanding play, this is a tale of a princess who falls in love and becomes a woman. 112 min. 4/16. 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. 95 min. 4/16. May 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 bliz. 97 min. 4/16. INVITATION TO THE DANCE Technicolor. Gene Kelly. Mora Kaye Produoer Arftiur Freed. Director Gene Kelly. Ballet. Four episodes sealing in romance drama comedy and p»thos told entirely through the medium of the dance. 94 min. RACK, THE Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon. Producer Arthur M. Loew. Jr. Director Arnold Laven. Drama. A war hero faces his accusers in courtmartial proceedings. 100 min. 4/16. June BHOWANI JUNCTION CinemaScope, Technicolor. Ava Gardner. Stewart Granger, Bill Travers. Producer Pandro Berman. Director George Cukor. Drama. Based on the novel by John Masters. 110 min. CATERED AFFAIR, THE Bette Davis. Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald. Producer Sam Zymbalist. Director Richard Brooks. Comedy. Love and marriage in a middle-class Irish family in the Bronx. 93 min. Coming FASTEST GUN ALIVE Glenn Ford. Jeanne Crain. Western. The reputation of a storekeeper with a "fast gun" brings three strangers to a sleepy Western town. HIGH SOCIETY CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra. Producer Sol Siegel. Director Charles Walters. Musical. A beautiful girl gets involved with a fun-loving millionaire and a serious minded reporter. LIVING IDOL, THE CinemaScope, Eastman Color. Steve Forrest. Lilllane Montevecchi. Producer-director Al Lewin. Drama. LUST FOR LIFE Eastman Color, CinemaScope. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown. Producer John Houseman. Director Vincente Minnelli. Film dramatization of the life and works of the famous artist, Vincent Van Gogh. OPPOSITE SEX, THE CinemaScope, Eastman Color. June Alyyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray. Producer Joe Pasternak. Director David Miller. Comedy. The perfect wife is unaware of flaws in her marriage until a gossip-minded friend broadcasts the news. SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME Paul Newman, Pier Angelli, Sal Mineo. Producer Charles Schnee. Director Robert Wise. Drama. Story of boxer Rocky Graziano. SOMEWHERE I'LL FIND HIM James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon. Producer Jules Schermer. Director Roy Rowland. Drama JUNE SUMMARY Features scheduled for June release number 23, four under the May tally. Additional releases at later dates should increase the June product by another four or five. United Artists will be the leading supplier with four films on the roster. Columbia and Universal will offer three each, while MGM, Paramount, 20th-Fox and Warners each have two scheduled. Eight features will be in CinemaScope, three in VistaVision and one in Naturama. Fifteen June films will be in color. The breakdown for June: 13 Dramas 5 Adventures 2 Westerns 0 Musicals 1 Comedy 2 Melodramas February ROSE TATTOO, THE VistaVision. Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster. Producer Hal 8. Wallis. Director Daniel Mann. Drama. Worshipping dead husbano's memory woman almost loses her own chance for new love and her daughter until she learns he had been unfaithful. 117 min. 1 1/14. March 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. 101 min. 2/6. April ANYTHING GOES VistaVision. Technicolor. Bing Croiby, 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. 105 min. 1/23. SCARLET HOUR. THE VistaVision. Carol Ohmarf, Tom Tryon, James Gregory. Melodrama. Unhappily married wife creates triangle, becomes involved in hijacking and murder. 95 min. 4/30 May 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 packer meets up with some card-sharks, one of whom traps him into marriage. 94 min. 4/16. June LEATHER SAINT. THE VistaVision, Technicolor. Paul Douglas, John Derek, Jody Lawrence, Cesar Romero. Producer Norman Retchin. Director Alvin Ganzer. Drama. Clergyman turns prizefighter to raise money to buy iron lung and build swimming pool. MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE VistaVision. Technicolor. James Stewart, Doris Day. Producer-director Alfred Hitchcock. Drama. Political assassination plot leads to kidnaoplnq of young boy to keep parents from talking. 120 min. Coming MOUNTAIN, THE VistaVision, Technicolor. Spencer Tracy, Bob Wagner, Claire Trevor. Producer-director Edward Dmytryk. Adventure. Two brothers climb to a distant snowcapped peak where an airplane has crashed to discover a critically injured woman in the wreckage. PARDNERS VistaVision, Technicolor. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson. Producer Paul Jones. Director Norman Taurog. Comedy. Sheriff thwarts masked raiders who terrorize Arizona ranch area. PROUD AND PROFANE, THE VistaVision, Technicolor. William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Dewey Martin, Thelma Ritter. Producer William Pearlberg. Director George Seton. Drama. A hard-bitten Marine and a society-bred Red Cross girl fall in love during the critical islandinvasion phase of WWII. TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE VistaVision Technicolor. Charlton Heston. Yul Brynner, Anne Bax»e'. Droducerdirector Cecil B. DeMille. Religious drama. Life story of Moses as told n the Bible and Koran. THAT CERTAIN FEELING VistaVision, Technicolor. Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, George Sanders, Pearl Bailey. A Norman Panama-Melvin Frank Production. Comedy. The story of a cartoonist who achieves success as a homespun philosopher. VAGABOND KING, THE VistaVision, Technicolor. Kathryn Grayson, Oreste, Rita Moreno. Producer Pat Duggan. Director Michael Curtiz. Musical drama. Vagabond band helps French King rout nobles who would overthrow him. Film BULLETIN — THIS IS YOUR PRODUCT