The Exhibitor (1956)

Allied Artists (1994-59 nhom from 9901) 1955-96 Releases from 5601) ATOMIC MAN, THE— MD— Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Joseph Tomelty— Okay programmer— 78m.— see April 78 issue Page 4133— (Made in England). (5612) BIG TIP OFF, THE— MO— Richard Conte, Constance Smith, Bruce Bennett— For the lower half— 78m.— see Jan. 25 issue Page 4089. (5512) BOBBY WARE IS MISSING-MD-Nevilte Brand, Arthur Franz, Jean Willes— Okay programmer for the duel¬ lers— 66m.— see Jan. 25 issue Page 4089. (5532) CALLING HOMICIDE— MD— Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Kathleen Case— Okay lower half meller— 61m.— see Sept. 19 issue Page 4225. (5624) CANYON RIVER— W— George Montgomery, Marcia Hen¬ derson, Peter Graves— Okay western— 80m.— see Nov. 14 issue Page 4249— (CinemaScope)— (DeLuxe Color). (5620) COME ON, THE— MD— Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden— Programmer has angles— 83m.— see April 18 issue Page 4133— Leg.: B. (5608) CRASHING LAS VEGAS — C— Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Castle— Usual Bowery Boys nonsense for usual audience— 62m.— see May 2 issue Page 4149. (5609) CRIME IN THE STREETS-MD-James Whitmore, John Cas¬ savetes, Denise Alexander— Suspenseful story of de¬ linquency and squalor needs selling— 91 m.— see May 2 issue Page 4149 (5614) DEADLIEST SIN, THE-MD-SIdney Chaplin, Audrey Dal¬ ton, John Brentley— For the lower half— 77m.— see March 21 issue Page 4121— (English-made). (5601) DIG THAT URANIUM— C— Leo Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Huntz Hall— Better than average Bowery Boys entry —61m.— see Jan. 11 issue Page 4085. (5541) FIRST TEXAN, THE-OD-Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow— Well made historical meller— 82m.— see June 27 issue Page 4181— (Technicolor)— (CinemaScope). (5615) FRIENDLY PERSUASION— D— Gary Cooper, Dorothy Me Guire, Marjorie Main— Fine family entry— 140m.— see Oct. 3 issue Page 4229— (Color by DeLuxe). (5657) HOLD BACK THE NIGHT-MD-John Payne, Mona Free¬ man, Chuck Connors— Better than average program¬ mer— 80m. — see Sept. 5 issue Page 4213. (5621) INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, THE-MD-Lon Chaney, Casey Adams, Marion Carr— Horror meller for the lower half— 70m.— see April 4 issue Page 4129— Leg.: B. (5613) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS— SFD— Kevin Mc¬ Carthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan— Well made, suspenseful entry— 80m.— see Jan. 25 issue Page 4089 —Leg.: B— (Superscope). (5602) KING OF THE CORAL SEA-MD-Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell— Good programmer— 74m.— see April 18 issue Page 4133— (Australian-made). (5617) MAGNIFICENT ROUGHNECKS-MD-Jack Carson, Mickey Rooney, Nancy Gates — Standard lower half entry— 75m.— see June 13 issue Page 4173. (5616) NAKED HILLS, THE-MD-David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton, Marcia Henderson— Off beat program meller— 73m.— see Oct. 3 issue Page 4229— (PatheColor). (5605) NAVY WIFE-C-Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi— Comedy has angles— 83m.— see June 27 issue Page 4181. (5611) NO PLACE TO HIDE-D-David Brian, Marsha Hunt, Hugh Corcoran— For the lower half— 71m.— see July 25 issue Page 4189— (Color by DeLuxe)— (Made In The Philippines). (5603) PARIS FOLLIES OF 1956— MU-Forrest Tucker, Margaret Whiting, Dick Wesson— Uneven programmer— 73m.— see Jan. 11 issue Page 4085— Leg.: B— (Color by DeLuxe). (5534) ROSE BOWL STORY THE— CD— Marshall Thompson, Vera Miles, James Dobson— Reissue has angles— 75m.— see Dec. 12 issue Page 4261 — (Color)— (Reissue). SCREAMING EAGLES-MD-Tom Tryon, Jan Merlin-Wellmade war meller— 81m.— see Sept. 5 issue Page 4213. (5610) STRANGE INTRUDER— MD— Edmund Purdon, Ida Lupino, Ann Harding— Good adult post-war meller— 82m.— see Nov. 28 issue Page 4257 (5619) SUDDEN DANGER— MYMD— Bill Elliott, Tom Drake, Beverly Garland— Interesting programmer— 65m.— see Jan. 11 issue Page 4085. (5540) THREE FOR JAMIE DAWN-MD-Richard Carlson, Laraine Day, Ricardo Montalban— Names may help program¬ mer— 84m.— see June 27 issue Page 4181. (5618) THUNDERSTORM— D— Linda Christian, Carlos Thompson, Charles Korvin— Heavy love drama for lower half81 m.— see Sept. 5 issue Page 4213— Leg.: B— (Made in Spain). (5604) WICKED WIFE-MD— Nigel Patrick, Beatrice CampbellFor the lower half— 75m.— see March 21 issue Page 4121— (English-made). (5606) WORLD WITHOUT END-SFD— Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh— Science fiction entry has angles —80m.— see April 18 issue Page 4133— (Technicolor)— (CinemaScope). (5607) YAQUI DRUMS— W— Rod Cameron, Mary Castle, J. Carrol Naish— Fair lower half western— 71 m.— see Sept. 19 issue Page 4225. (5625) YOUNG GUNS, THE— W— Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez— Program western— 84m.— see Nov. 14 issue Page 4249— Leg.: B. (5623) TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS— Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson. BLONDE SINNER— Diana Dors, Michael Craig, Yvonne Mitchell— Leg.: B. (5635) BRINGING UP JOEY— Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Joi Lansing, Bowery Boys. CHAIN OF EVIDENCE— Bill Elliott, James Lydon, Claudia Barrett (5701) CRUEL TOWER, THE— John Ericson, Mari Blanchard— Leg.: B. (5629) DAUGHTER OF DR. JEKYLL— John Agar, Gloria Talbott. MOTION PICTURE SERVISECTI0N The 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. Greenhalgh, general manager; A! Erlick, editor; George Nonamaker, feature editor; Mel Konecoff, New York editor; Max Cades, business manager. West Coast Representative: Paul Manning, 8141 Blackburn Avenue, Los Angeles 48, California. SECTION 2 Vol. 57 No. 8 DECEMBER 19, 1956 DRAGOON WELLS MASSACRE — Barry Sullivan, Mona Freeman, Dennis O'Keefe, Katy Jurado — (Eastman Color)— (CinemaScope). 54 WASHINGTON STREET-George Montgomery, Meg Randall, Robert Foulke — (Color) — (CinemaScope). FIGHTING TROUBLE— Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Bowery Boys— Leg.: B. (5623) GUN FOR A TOWN— Dale Robertson, Brian Keith, Rossana Rory. (5702) HIGH TERRACE— Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell, Derek Bond. HOLD THAT HYPNOTIST— Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Bowery Boys. HOT SHOTS— Bowery Boys. HUNCHBACK OF PARIS Gina Lollobrlgida, Anthony Quinn— (Made in France). JEANNIE— Vera Ellen, Tony Martin— (Color)— (Cinema¬ Scope)— (Made in England). LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON-Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier— (Made in France). NOT OF THIS EARTH— Paul Birch, Beverly Garland. (5704) OKLAHOMAN, THE— Joel McCrea, Barbara Hale, Gloria Talbott— (Color)— (CinemaScope). STRANGE INTRUDER— Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Ann Hardina— 82m. (5619) American International DAY THE WORLD ENDED— SFD— Richard Denning, Lori Nelson— Satisfactory programmer for exploitation spots— 79m.— see Feb. 8 issue Page 4102— (Super¬ scope). FEMALE JUNGLE— MYMD— Lawrence Tierney, John Carradine, Jayne Mansfield— Okay for the lower half — 68m.— see May 30 issue Page 4169. GIRLS IN PRISON— MD— Richard Denning, Joan Taylor— For the lower half— 87m.— see Aug. 8 issue Page 4201. GUNSLINGER— W— John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes— Fair western— 83m.— see Aug. 8 issue Page 4201 — (Pathe Color). HOT-ROD GIRL— AD— Lori Nelson, John Smith, Chuck Connors— Programmer has exploitation angles for some spots— 75m.— see Aug. 8 issue Page 4201. IT CONQUERED THE WORLD-SFMD— Peter Graves, Beverly Garland— Fair lower half filler— 71m.— see Oct. 31 issue Page 4245. OKLAHOMA WOMAN, THE-W-Richard Denning, Peggio Castle, Tudor Owen— Fair western— 71 m.— see May 30 issue Page 4169— (SuperScope). KEY ieg„ 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 titles indicate type of picture. AD — Adventure drama HI5D — Historical drama ACD— Action drama MD— Melodrama BID— Biographical drama MUC— Musical comedy BIDMU— Biographical drama MU— Musical with music MUW— Musical western BUR— Burlesque MY— Mystery C— Comedy MYC— Mystery comedy CAR-Cartoon feature MYD— Mystery drama CD— Comedy drama MYMD— Mystery melodrama CDMU— Comedy drama NOV— Novelty musical OPC— Operatic comedy CMU— Comedy musical OPD— Operatic drama COMP— Compilation OD— Outdoor drama COSMD— Costume OMD— Outdoor melodramo melodrama ROMC— Romantic comedy D— Drama ROMCMU— Romantic DMU— Dramatic musical comedy musical DOC — Documentary ROMD— Romantic drama ED — Educational feature SAT — Satire F _ Farce SFD — Science fiction drama FAN— Fantasy TRAV— Travelogue FANMU— Fantasy musical W— Western PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES— MD— Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs— Programmer for exploitation spots— 80m.— see Feb. 8 issue Page 4103. RUNAWAY DAUGHTERS— D— Marla English, John Lite!, Annq Sten— For the lower half— 88m.— see Nov. 14 issue Page 4249. SHAKE, tATTLE AND ROCK-DMU-Fats Domino, Liso Gaye, Touch Connors— Exploitable programmer— 77m. —see Nov. 14 issue Page 4249. SHE CREATURE, THE— SFMD— Chester Morris, Marla Eng¬ lish, Tom Conway— Lower half filler— 77m. — see Oct. 31 issue Page 4245. TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION FLESH AND THE SPUR-John Agar, Marla English, Touch Connors— (Eastman Color). NAKED PARADISE— Richard Denning, Beverly Garland— (PatleColor). UNDEAD, THE— Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Pamela Duncsn. UNDERWATER GIRL-Mara Cordcry, Pat Conway. VOODOO WOMAN— Marla English, Tom Conway, Touch Connors. Associated BLONDE BAIT— MD— Beverly Michaels, Jim Davis, Joan Rice— Mediocre meller for the lower half— 71m.— see April '8 issue Page 4134— (Made in England). (5506) FRONTIER GAMBLER— W— John Bromfield, Coleen Gray, Kent Taylor — Fair lower half filler— 70m.— see Sept. 5 issue Page 4214. LAST OF THE DESPERADOES-W-James Craig, Jim Davis, Margia Dean— Okay western— 71m.— see Dee. 28 issue Page 4077. (5502) THREE OUTLAWS, THE-W-Neville Brand, Alan Hale, Bruce Bennett— Fair western for filler— 74m.— see Aug. 22 issue Page 4205— (Superscope 235). (5503) TWO-GUN LADY-W-Peggy Castle, William Talman, Marie Windsor— Average western— 70m.— see Dec. 28 issue! Dage 4077. (5501) WILD DAKOTAS, THE-W-Bill Williams, Coleen GrayAverage western— 73m.— see July 25 issue Page 4189. Astor DYNAMITERS, THE-MD-Wayne Morris, Patrick Holt, Sandra Dome— For the lower half— 75m.— see May 30 issue Page 4165 — (Made in England). FEAR— D— Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt— Ingrid Bergman starrer for art and specialty spots— 82m.— see Dec. 28 issue Page 4077— (Made in Germany)— (English dubbed). MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST-MD-Don Taylor, Reginald Beckwith, Eileen Moore— Programmer has kiddie appeal— 77m.— see Sept. 5 issue Page 4214 — (Eastman Color)— (English-made). PASSPORT TO TREASON— MD— Rod Cameron, Lois Max¬ well, Clifford Evans— Program fiiller— 80m.— see May 30 issue Page 4165— (Made in England). TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION BLACK TIDE— John Ireland. HOUR OF DECISION— Jeff Morrow. UNINVITED, THE— Alex Nichol. Buena Vista (Walt Disney) DAVY CROCKETT AND THE RIVER PIRATES-MD-Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York— Okay adventure film will need plenty of push— 81m.— see July 25 issue Page 4189— (Technicolor). GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE, THE-MD-Fess Parker, Jeff¬ rey Hunter, Jeff York— Excellent action film will have to be sold— 85m.— see May 30 issue Page 4165— (Tech¬ nicolor)— (CinemaScope)— (Disney). LITTLEST OUTLAW, THE— D— Pedro Armendariz, Joseph Calleia, Andres Velasquez— Good Disney live action entry— 75m.— see Jan. 11 issue Page 4085— (Color by Technicolor)— (Made in Mexico). SECRETS OF LIFE-ED— Walt Disney True-Life AdventureCommendable educational effort, dubious entertain¬ ment subject— 75m.— see Oct. 31 issue Page 4241 — (Technicolor; one reel in CinemaScope).