The Exhibitor (1955)

Allied Artists (1954-53 releases from 5501) ANNAPOLIS STORY, AN— D— John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy— Colorful service film has the angles —81m.— see April 6 issue— (Technicolor) (5513) BETRAYED WOMEN— MD— Tom Drake, Beverly Michaels, Carole Mathews— For the lower half— 70m.— see Aug. 10 issue— Leg.: B. (5524) BIO COMBO, THE— MD— Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, jean Wallace— Interesting meller has names and angles— 89m.— see Feb. 23 issue —Leg. B. (5508) BOB MATHIAS STORY, THE-BID-Bob Mathias, Melba Mathias, Ann Doran— Satisfactory sports yarn for the duallers— 80m.— see Nov. 3 issue (6502) BOWERY TO BAGDAD— C— Lee Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ber¬ nard Gorcey— Okeh series entry64m.— see Nov. 17 issue-Leg.: B-(1.85-l). (5421) CASE OF YHE RED MONKEY MYMD Richard Conte, Rona Anderson, Russell Napier— Satisfactory pro¬ grammer— 73V2m.— see June 15 issue— (English-made). (5521) CRY VENGEANCEMD— Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homier— Okeh programmer83m.— see Dee. 1 IssueLeg.: B. (5504) DIAL RED O— MD— Bill Elliott, Keith Larsen, Helene Stanley— Okeh lower half entry— 62m.— see March 23 ’issue. (5509) FINGER MAN— MD— Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle— Satisfactory program entry— 82m.— see Aug. 10 issue-Leg.: B. (5519) HIGH SOCIETY— C— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Amanda Blake— Average Bowery Boys entry— 61 m.— see April 6 issue. (5514) HUMAN JUNGLE, THE— MYMD-Gary Merrill, Jan Sterl¬ ing, Paula Raymond— Well-made meller — 82m. — see Sept. 22 issue— Leg.: B. (5501) KILLER LEOPARD— AD— Johnny Sheffield, Beverly Garland, Donald Murphy— Routine series offering70m.— see Nov. 3 issue— (1.85-1). (5412) LAS VEGAS SHAKEDOWN-MD-Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger— Satisfactory programmer —79m.— see June 15 issue-Leg.: B. (5516) MURDER IS MY BEAT-MY-Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne— For the lower half— 77m.— see Feb. 23 issue-Leg.! B. (5510) MIGHT FREIGHT-MD-Forrest Tucker, Barbara Britton Keith Larsen— Average programmer— 80m.— see Aug. 24 issue. (5526i PHENIX CITY STORY, THE-DOC-John Mclnitre, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews— Highly en¬ grossing and exploitable thriller— 100m., or 87V2m. without prologue — see July 27 issue — Leg.: B— (1.85-1). (5525) PORT OF HELL— MD— Wayne Morris, Dane Clark, Carole Mathews— Okeh programmer for the duallers— 80m. —see Dec. 15 issue. (5505) SEVEN ANGRY MEN— MD— Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter— Names and angles will help well-made entry— 90m.— see March 23 issue. (5511) SHOTGUN— OD— Sterling Hayden, Yvonne DeCorlo, Zach¬ ary Scott— Satisfactory programmer for the action spots— 81m.— see April 6 issue — (Technicolor)— Leg.: B. (5515) SKABENGA— DOC— Jungle Documentary— Excellent African wild life film— 60m.— see Aug. 10 issue— (Eastman Color). (5517) SPY CHASERS— C— Bowery Boys, lisa Davis— Average series entry— 61m.— see July 13 issue. (5522) TARGET EARTH— SFD— Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, Richard Reeves— Okeh programmer for the duallers —75m.— see Jan. 12 issue— Leg.: B. (5503) TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT-C-Dovid Niven, Barry Fitz¬ gerald, Yvonne DeCarlo— Good Irish comedy for the class and art spots— 88m.— see Feb. 23 issue— (Made in Ireland)— (Technicolor). (5506) TREASURE OF RUBY Hlll-W-Zachary Scott, Carole Matthews, Barton MacLane— Okeh western for Iho lower half— 71m.— see Feb. 9 issue. (5507) WICHITA-W-Joel McCrea, Vero Miles, Lloyd Bridges —Well-made, interesting western— 81m.— see July 13 issue— (Print by Technicolor)— (CinemaScope) . (5520) TO BE REVIEWED BIO TIP OFF, .THE— Richard Conte, Constance Smith, Bruce Bennett. (5512) BODY SNATCHERS, THE-Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones. (5527) SON OF SLADE— John Ericson, AAari Blanchard, Neville Brand. (5328) WARRIORS, THE-Errol Flynn, Janne Dru, Peter Finch(Technicolor)— (CinemaScope)— (Made in England). Astor MASTER PLAN, THE-MYMD-Wayne Morris, Tilda Thamor, Norman Wooland— Okeh programmer for duallers— 77m.— see Feb. 23 issue— (English-made). SLEEPING TIGER, THE-D-Dirk Bogorde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox— Interesting import for the duallers — B9m.— see Oct. 20 Issue— (English-made). Buena Visto (Walt Disney) AFRICAN LION, THE— DOC— Highly interesting documen¬ tary— 73m.— see Aug. 24 issue— (Technicolor). DAVY CROCKEn, KINO OF THE WILD FRONTIER-OD — Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen — Headed for higher returns— 95m.— see June 1 issue— (Technicolor). lady and THE TRAMP-CAR-Htghly entertaining Disney cartoon feature— 73m. — see May 4 issue — (Techni¬ color )— (CinemaScope). 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA-MD-Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre — High rating Disney feature— 122m.— see Dec. 29 Issue— (Technieolor)— (GnemaScope). VANISHING PRAIRIE, THE-DOC-High rating documen♦ory— 75m.— see Aug. 11 Issue— (Print by Technicolor). Jhe Check-Up of all features and shorts for a 12-month period Published weekly by Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc. Publishing office; 246-248 North Clarion Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. New York: 229 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. Jay Emanuel, publisher; P. J. Greenhaigh, general manager; Al Erlick, editor; George Nonamaker, feature editor; Mel KonecofF, New York editor; Max Cades, business manager. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 9628 Cresta Drive, Los Angeles 35, California. SECTION 2 Vol. 54, No. 20 SEPTEMBER 14, 1955 Columbia (1954-55 releases from 701) AFFAIRS OF MESSAIINA, THE-HISD-Memo Benassi, Maria Felix, Georges Marchal— Import will find slow going— 106m.— see Nov. 3 issue — Leg.: B— (Italianmode) — fDubbed In English). (723) APACHE AMBUSH-MD-Bill Williams, Tex Ritter, Adefe August— For the lower half— 68m.— see Sept. 7 issue. (804) BAMBOO PRISON, THE— MD— Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith— Routine progrommer— 80m.— see Dec. 15 issue. (731) BLACK DAKOTAS, THE-OMD-Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfielci— Okeh programmer for the lower holf— 65m.— see Sept. 22 issue— (Technicolor). (721) BLACK KNIGHT, THE-COS-MD-Alan lodd, Patricia Medina, Andre Morell— Period meller with Ladd has the angles— 85m.— see Nov. 3 issue — (Technieolorl— (Mode in Englandl. (719) BRING YOUR SMILE ALONG-MU-Frankie laino, Keefe Brasselle, Constance Towers— Entertaining program¬ mer— 83m.— see Sept. 7 issue— (Technicolor). (803) CANOACEIRO (The Bandit)-MD-Alberto Ruchel, Marisa Prado, Milton RIbeiro— For the art houses— 92m.— see Sept. 22— issue— Leg.: B— (Brazilian-made)— (English titles). CANNIBAL ATTACK— MD— Johnny Weissmuller, Judy Walsh, David Bruce — For the lower half — 69m. — see Nov. 17 Issue. (718) CELL 245S, DEATH ROW-MD-William Campbell, Kath¬ ryn Grant, Marian Carr — Prison meller for lower half — 77m.— see April 6 issue. (739) CHICAGO SYNDICATE— MD-Dennis O'Keefe, Abbe Lane, Zavier Cugat — Sotisfoctory program entry — 86m. — see June 29 issue— leg.: B. (747) CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN-MD-Richard Den¬ ning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer— Okeh pro¬ grammer— 70m. — see June 29 issue. (746) DETECTIVE, THE— D— Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch— Well-made Import hat the Guinness name to help— 91m.— see Oct. 20 issue— (Englishmode). (734) DEVIL GODDESS— MD— johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stev¬ ens, Selmer Jackson— Mediocre entry for the action Spots— 70m.— see Sept. 7 issue. (805) END OF THE AFFAIR, THE-D-Deborah Kerr, Van John¬ son, John Mills— Fair romantic drama— 106m.— see April 20 issue— (Made in England). (724) KEY Leg. is the symbol for the Catholic legion of Decency ratings included in cases where the pictures are classi¬ fied as either objectionable in part (B) or condemned (C). Films without a Legion of Decency rating are either found unobjectionable or unclassified by the legion. Abbreviations following ■ AD— Adventure drama ACD— Action drama BID— Biographical drama BIDMU— Biographical drama with music BUR— Burlesque C— Comedy CAR— Cartoon feature CD— Comedy drama CDMU— Comedy drama musical CMU— Comedy musical COMP— Compilation COSMD— Costume melodrama D— Drama DMU— Dramatic musical DOC— Documentary ED— Educational feature F— Farce FAN— Fantasy FANMU— Fantasy musical Indicate type of picture. H I SD— Historical drama MD— Melodrama MUC— Musical comedy MU— Musical MUW— Musical western MY— Mystery MYC— Mystery comedy MYD— Mystery drama MYMD— Mystery melodrama NOV-Novolty OPC— Operatic comedy OPD— Operatic drama OD— Outdoor drama OMD— Outdoor melodrama ROMC— Romantic comedy ROMCMU— Romantic comedy musical ROMD— Romantic drama SAT— Satire SFD— Science fiction drama TRAV— Travelogue W— Western FIRE OVER AFRICA — MD — Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey, Binnie Barnes — Moderate programmer — 84m.— see Oct. 6 issue — (Technicolor) — (Made in Tanolerl -(1.85-1). (716) FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG— D— Stewart Granger, Jean Sim¬ mons, Bill Travers— Average programmer— 90m.— see Sept. 7 issue— (Technicolor)— (Made in England). (802) 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE— MD — Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith— Interesting meller— 84m.— see May 18 issue — lea.: B. (742) GUN THAT WON THE WEST, THE-W-Dennis Morgan, Richard Denning, Paula Raymond— Satisfactory action programmer— 71 m.— see Sept. 7 issue — (Technicolor). (809) !T CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA-MD-Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis— Exploitation ent^ has angles — 80m.— see June 29 issue. (732) JUNGLE MOON MEN — MD — Johnny Weissmuller, Jeon Byron, Bill Henry— For the lower half— TOm. — sea April 6 issue. (744) LONG GRAY LINE, THE— BID— Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hora, Robert Francis — High rating entry— 138m.— see Feb. 9 issue— (Technicoler) — (GnemaScope). (736) MAN FROM LARAMIE, THE— W — James Stewort, Arthur Kennedy, Cathy O'Donnell— High roting western104m.— see Sept. 7 issue— (Technicolor)— (Gnema¬ Scope). (801) MASTERSON OF KANSAS — W — George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith— Okeh program western —73m. — see Dec. 1 issue— (Technicolor). (729) MISS GRANT TAKES RICHMONO-F-lucille Ball, William Holden Janis Carter— Reissue has nomae to sell 87m.— see Oct. 6 issue. (722) NEW ORLEANS UNCENSORED-MD-Arthur Franz. Bev¬ erley Garland, Helene Stanton — Okeh programmer— 76m.— see Feb. 23 issue. (7301 NIGHT HOLDS TERROR, THE-MD-Jock Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards— Well-made, suspensful entry 86m.— see Sept. 7 issue— leg.: B. (807) PETTY GIRL, THE— CMU— Robert Cummings, Joan Caul¬ field, Elsa Lanchester— Reissue should do okeh— 87m. —see June 15 issue. (745) PHFFFT — C — Jody Hollidoy, Jack Lemmon, Jade Carson, Kim Novak— Entertaining comedy hat names to help —91m.— see Nov. 3 issue— Leg.: B. (715) PIRATES OF TRIPOLI — MD— Paul Henreld, Patricia MecRno, Paul Newlanci— For the duallers— 78m.— see Feb. 9 issue— (Technicolor). (706) PRIZE OF GOLD, A— MD— Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterllng, Nigel Patrick— Interesting meller— 98m.— see May 18 Issue— leg: B— (Color by Technicolor)— (AAade in England and Germany). (738) RETURN OF OCTOBER— C— Glen Ford, Terry Moore, Dame Moy Whitty— Names may help reissue— 89m.— see April 6 Issue. (733) SEMINOLE UPRISING— MD— George Montgobery, Korin Booth, William Fowcett— Averoqe lower half entry 74m. — see May 4 issue — (Technicolor). (743) SPECIAL DEIIVERY-CD-Joseph Cotton, Eva Bartok, Niall MacGinnis— Okeh program entry— 86m.— see Sept. 7 issue— (Made in Germany). TEN WANTED MEN-W-Randolph Scott, Alfonso Bedoya, Donna MarteilWestern has action md angles — 80m.— see Feb. 9 Issue — Leg.: B— (Technicolor). (725) THEY All KISSED THE BRIDE-C-Joon Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young— Reissue hot names to sell— 86m.— see June 15 issue. (741) THEY RODE WEST-W-Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn— Standard western— 84m.— see Oct. 20 issue— (Technicolor). (717) THREE FOR THE SHOW-MUC-Betty Grable, Jack Lem¬ mon, Marge and Gower Champion — Entry has tome angles— 91m.— see March 9 issue— (Technicolor)(CinemaScope)— leg. I B. (737) THREE HOURS TO KILL-OMD-Dona Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster— Okeh for the duallers— 77m.— tee Sept. 22 issue— (Technicolor). (720) TIGHT SPOT— MD— Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith— Interesting meller with names to help— 97m.— see April 6 issue. (728) VIOLENT MEN, THE-WMD-Glenn Ford, Barbara Stan¬ wyck, Edward G. Robinson — Well-made action yam —96m.— see Dec. 29 issue— (Technicolor)— (Clnemo Soope). (735)