The Exhibitor (1959)

SERVISECTION 2 THE CHECK-UP January 7, 1959 Appointment with a Shadow . A2 Ul • Arson for Hire . AA As Younq as We Are . A3 Par. Ask Any Girl . MGM •Assault . For. Astounding She Monster. The . A2 Al Attack of the Puppet People . Al Al Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman . B AA Attila . A2 For. Auntie Marne . A3 WB Awakening, The . A2 For. B JET ATTACK — MD-68m. — John Agar, Audrey Totter— 4477 (6-11-581 — War film for lower half ... . MACHINE GUN KELLY— M D-84m.— (Superama)— Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot— 4481 16-25-58) — Mediocre part of crime package MOTORCYCLE GANG— MD-78m.— Anne Nevlanri Steve Terrell— 4425 (1 -22-58'— Actonfultenage menue NAKED AFRICA DO 0-71 ™ WV-C— Narrated bv Oueot in Revoolds —4426 d -22-58'— Oka v «* nloitatmn entry— Africa NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST— 65m.— Michael Emmet, Angela Greene— 4533 (1 1-26-58)— Minor science fiction entry SCREAMING SKULL, THE— M D-70m.— John Hudson, Peggy Webber— 4545 (12-24-58)— Okay for the horror program SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF— M D-63m.—(C)— Don Durant, Lisa Montell— 4534 (11-26-58)— Okay novelty programmer— Made in Hawaii SORORITY GIRL— MD-60m.— Susan Cabot, Dick Miller— 4426 11-22-58)— Okay teenage duller SPIDER, THE— MD-72m.— Ed Kemmer, June Kenny— 4525 (10-29-58)— Average horror entry SUICIDE BATTALION — MD-79m.— Michael Connors, Jewell Lain— 4477 16-1 1 -581— Action film for lower half TANK BATA L LION — M D-80m — Don Kelly, Barbara Luna— 4517 (10-1-58)— For the lower half TEENAGE CAVEMAN— M D-65m.— Robert Vaughn, Leslie Bradley— 4451 112-10-58)— For the lower half TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5,000— M D-74m.— Ward Costello. Joyce Holden— 4541 (12-10-58)— Lower half horror thriller VIKING WOMEN AND THE SEA SERPENT— M D-70m — Abby Dalton, Richard Devon— 4453 (416-58 )— Fair lower half entry WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST— M D-68m.— Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin— 4501 (8-20-58)— Fair exploitation programmer WHITE HUNTRESS— MD-75m.— Susan Stephan, John Bently— 4426 (1-22-58)— Lower half exploitation entry— Africa Badlandere, The. t»»« . A3 Badman’8 Country . t , . Al Ballerina . •Bandit, The . !!!!!!!!!!'.!'. Barbarian and the Geisha, The . !! ! Al •Bat Masterson Story, The.... •Battle Flame, The . Beast of Budapest . Al •Beat Generation, The . Beautiful but Dangerous, j . B •Behemoth, The . Bel l Book and Candle ...... . . . ’ " A3 •Ben Hur . j Bend of the River — RE.!.'.'."!!!!! Al Big Barrier The . '..'.!'. Big Beat, The . . . , , . !.!!!.! Al Big Country. The. , » . ! A2 Bigamist The . Bitter Victory . . . . , . A2 •Black Orchid, The . !!!!!!! Blare of Noon — RE. .-» , !!!!!!!! ! Al Blob. The . 2 Blonde Blackmailer . A2 •Blood and Steel . .!!!!!!!! Blood Arrow . . . , . A2 Blood Of Bataan . Blood of the Vampire . .' B Blood of Dracula . !! Q Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s. s . . . Bonnie Parker Story . ” 0 •Born Reckless . '.'.'.'.! '.! Brain Eaters, The . !!!!!'..!! A2 Brain from Planet Arous, The. .. ! . Bravados, The . A2 Bride and the Beast, The '. ! ! ! B Bride is Much Too Beautiful, the. B Brothers Karamazov, The . A3 Buccaneer The . . . . ' /\-j Buchanan Rides Alone! ! ! ! . ! . Ai Bull whip. . . 40 MGM WB For. Col. Fox UA AA A A MGM Fox AA Col. MGM U-l For. Ul UA For. Col. Par. Par. Par. AA A1 Fox For. Ul Al For. Col. Al WB A1 Misc. Fox AA For. MGM Par. Col. AA C Cablrla . California — RE . . . !!!!!!!!!! Camp on Blood Island, The.'.’!!!! Campbell’s Kingdom . ” Captain from Kopenick, The! ...! Case against Brooklyn, The..'..!.! Case of Dr Laurent The...'.’.'.’.’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof . ! ! ! ! Cattle Empire . Certain Smile, A . ..!!!!!!!!!!.! Chase a Crooked Shadow'. China Doll . . _ * Circus n* Love . !!!'.!!!" •City of Fear . !!!!!!!!!!!" Cole Younger, Gunfighter ...!."” Cnlossus nf New York, The..!!!!! •Compulsion . Confession of Ina Kahr, the . Confessions of Felix Krull, The!!! Contraband Spain . Cool and The Crazy . Cor Hater . . •Cosmic Man, The ....!!!'.’.!!!!!! Count Five and Die . •Count Your B'essings. .!!!!!!!!!! •Counterplot . . ! Country Music Holiday. !!.'!!!!!! Cowboy . ; Crash Landing . !!!!!!!!!!!" Crawling Terror, The!!! . ^Creatures from Another World Crime and Punishment. U. S. a!.”, Criss Cross . Cross Up . ;; Cry Baby Killer, The! !!!!!!!!!!! Cry Terror . •Cry Tough . !!!!!!!!! Curse of the Demon . Curse of the Faceless Man, the.!! A3 A2 A2 Al Al A2 SC A3 A2 A3 Al A3 Al A2 B A3 B A2 Al Al Al B A2 A2 A3 A2 A2 For. Par. Col. For. For. Col. For MGM Fox Fox WB UA For. Col. AA Par. Fox For. For. For. Al UA AA Fox MGM UA Par. Col. Col. For. For. AA Ul UA A A MGM UA Col UA TO BE REVIEWED' BLOOD AND STEEL— Wally Campo, Marlyn Agan DADDY-O — Dick Contino, Sandra Giles OPEPATION DAMES — Every Meyer, Charles Henderson PARATROOP COMMAND— R chard Bakalyn SUBMARINE SEAHAWK— John Bently COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS 223 ADMIRABLE CRICHTON. THE (PARADISE LAGOON)— C-94m.—(TC)— Kenneth More. Diane Cilento— 4421 (1-8-58)— Admirable British comedy — England 314 APACHE TERRITORY -W-75m — (EC)— Rorv Calhoun, Barbara Bates— 4513 (9-17-58)— Okay action programmer 319 BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE— C-103m.—(TC)— James Stewart, Kim Novak — 4526(10-29-58) — Cute comedy has lots to offer 234 BITTER VICTORY D-82m.—(CS)— Richard Burton, Ruth Roman— 4441 (3-5-58 (—Average war drama 231 BONJOU R TRISTESSE— D-94m. — (CS TC) — Deborah Kerr. David Niven. Jean Seherg— 4426 (1-22-58)— Colorful filmizatlon o nove 309 BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE— W-78m.— (C)— Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens— 4505 (9-3-58 )— Good western for the program 303 CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND, THE— M D-81m.— (MS)— Carl Mohner. Barbara Shelley — 4505 (9-3-58)— Exploitable Jap prison camp meller — England 242 CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN, THE— M D-82m.— Dareen McGavin, Maggie Hayes— 4465 (5-14-58) — Satisfactory cope and robbers 233 COWBOY — MD-92m.—(TC)— Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Anna Kashfi— 4437 (2-19-58V— Superior show 232 CRASH LANDINGD-77m.— Gary Merrill, Nancy Davis— 4426 (1-22-58)— Taut and exciting 305 CURSE OF THE DEMON— D-83m.— Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins — 4505 (9-3-58)— Drama of the supernatural for the lower half — England 241 FROM HERE TO ETERN ITY— D-1 1 8m.— (REV— Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr— 4469 (5-28-58)— High rating reissue 313 GHOST OF THE CHINA SEA— M D-79m — David Brian, Lynn Bernay— 4505 (9-3-58) — Strictly lower half fare 240 GODDESS, THE-D-106m Kim Stanley, Llovri Bridqes— 4457 (4-30-581 — Hollywood career yarn needs attention 323 GOOD DAY FOR A HANGING— W-85m.— (EC)— Fred MacMurray, Maggie Hayes— 4545 (12-24-58)— Average western 229 GOING STEADY — CD-79m — Molly Hee, Alan Reed. Jr.— 4427 (1-22-581— Homey family programmer 302 GUNMAN'S WALK — D-97m — (CS; TC)— Van Heflin, Tab Hunter. Kathryn Grant— 4506 (9-3-58)— Excellent western 2074 HELL BELOW ZERO— M D-91 m.—( RE>— Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel— 4469 (5-28-58)— Actionful Ladd reissue 237 HIGH FLIGHT— M D-89m.— Ray Midland. Helen Cherry — 4445 (3-19-581 — Mediocre program meller— England 301 KEY. THED-125m— (CS'— William Holden Sophia Loren— 4506 (9-3-581— High ratinq drama of love and war 315 KILL HER GENTLY— M D-73m —Griffith Jones Maureen Connell— 451 7 (10-1-58 1— Program filler— England 325 LAST BLITZKRIEG, TH E— M D-84m— Van Johnson, Kerwin Mathews— 4545 (12-24-58)— Interesting war film 316 LAST HURRAH, THE — CD-121 m — Spencei Tracy, Dianne Foster— 4521 (10-15-581— High rating entertainment 243 LET'S ROCK — ME-79m. — Julius LaRosa Phyllis Newman — 4465 (5-14-581 — Just rock ’n’ roll 306 LIFE BEGINS AT 17— D-75m — Mark Damon Dorothy Johnson— 4506 (9-3-581— Okay teen-age programmer 244 LINEUP THEMD-86m — Eli Wallach Mary La Roche— *457 (4-30-581— Good cons 'o’ robbers entry 32i MAN INSIDE, THEM D-89m.— Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg— 4529 (1 1 -12-58 1Okay ad venture yarn 310 ME AND THE COLON EL — CD-I09m — Danny Kaye N.cnle Maurev— 4506 (9-3-581— Highly entertaining entry ‘ 322 MURDER BY CONTRACT D-81 m— Vince Edwards-4542 '12-10-58 1— Well done crime story 317 MURDER REPORTED M D-58m — Paul Carpenter Melissa Stribling— 4526 (10-29-58 1— Lower half filler— England PARADISE LAGOON See ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE 2073 PARATROOPER MD-RRm -( RE 1— Alan Ladd, Susan Stepnen — 4469 (5-28-58 1— Reissue Ladd starrer has angles 304 REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN— M D-90m — (TCi— Peter Cushing, Eunice Gayson— 4506 (9-3-58 1— Good horror entry— England 227 RETURN TO WARBOW W-61 m.— (TCl— Phil Carey, Cathe in* McLeod— 4421 (1-8-581— Routine lower half western 236 SCREAMING MIMI MO-79m. — Anita Ekberg Phil Carev — 4445 (3-19-581 — Interesting mystery meller 312 SHE PLAYED WITH FI RE— M D-95m — Jack Hawkins. Arlene Dahl —4506 (9-3-58V— Interesting mystery for the Program— England 324 SENIOR PROM — MU-82m, — Jill Corey, Paul Hampton — 4546 (12-24-581 — Excellent, tune-filled entry should have wide appeal 320 SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, THE— FAN-89m.— (TC. DY>— Kervin Mathews. Kathryn Grant— 4534 (11-26-58)— High rating fantasy of Arabian Nights type 308 SNORKEL, TH E — M D-74m.— Peter Van Evck, Betta St. John — 4506(9-3-581 — Good suspense entry 307 TANK FORCE — M D-86m. — (CS; TCl — Victor Mature. Luciana Paluzzi — 4506 (9-3-58' — African War action for the program — Eng and 31 8 TARAWA BEACH H EAD — Kervin Mathews, Julie Adams — 4529 ( 1 1 1 2 58) — Satisfactory programmer of Marines in action 239 THIS ANGRY AGE — D-tOOm. — (TE-TCl — Anthony Perkins. Silvana Mangano — 4458(4-30-58' — Interesting hut overlong 235 TRUE STORY OF LYNN STUART, TH EM D-78m.— Bet sy Palmer Jack Lord— 4437 (2-19-581— Averaqe metier TWO-HEADED SPY, THE — MD-93m. — Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala — 4546 (12-24-58) — Good programmer — England 311 WHOLE TRUTH, THE — MD-84m. — Stewart Granger, Donna Reed — 4506 (9-3-58) — Average whodunit for the program — England 228 WORLD WAS HIS JURY, THE— D-82m.— Edmond O'Brien, Mona Freeman— 4421 (1-8-58)— Lower half entry COMING FEATURES IN ORDER OF RELEASE Feb. CITY OF FEAR— Vince Edwards Feb. GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD — Jack Hawkins. Dianne Foster — England Feb. RIDE LONESOME— (CS; C) — Randolph Scott, Karen Steele COMING — BANDIT, THE — (CS; C)— Victor Mature. Anne Aubrey FORBIDDEN ISLAND— (C) — Jon Hall, Nan Adams GIDGFT (CS Cl — Sandra Dee James Darren GUNMEN FROM LA REDO Color V— Robert Knapp, Jana Davl IDLE ON PARADE— William Bendix, Anne Aubrey — England JANE FROM MAINE THE— i Color i — Doris Day Jack Lemmon JUKE BOX JAMBOREE— Jack Jones. Jo Morrow JUSTICE ENDS WITH A GUN-(C)— Fred MacMurray. Dorothy Green LAST ANGRY MAN, THE -Paul Muni. Befsy Palmer LOU COSTELLO AND HIS 30 FT. BRIDE— Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine MOUSE THAT ROARED, THE — Jean Seherg, Peter Sellers — England PORGY AND BESS — (Todd A-0 C) — Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge — Goldwyn SUMMER CAMP— Louis Prima. Keely Smith THEY CAME TO CORDURA — (CS; C) — Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin YOUNG LAND, THE — (TC) — Pat Wayne, Yvonne Craig — Whitney MGM DISTRIBUTED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS •Daddy-O . Damn Citizen . .’!!!! Al Ul Damn Yankees... ,, . !] WB Dancing Heart The... ”” por Dangerous Exile . !!!!!!! Al For. Dangerous Youth , . !!."!!! A2 WB Darby's Ranger. . !!!!!! A3 WB Day of the Rad Man . A2 Ul •Day of the Outlaw... UA Deadly Decision. . . . . por. 816 ALL AT SEA — C-82m. — Alec Guinness, Irene Browne — 4422 (1-8-58) — Highly amusing — England 832 ANDY HARDY COMES HOME — CD-78m — Mickey Rooney, Patricia Bresiin — 4498 (8-6-58)— Welcome return of popular famil' seres 828 BADLANDERS, THE— W-83m— (CS; MC>— Alan Ladd, Katy Jurado— 4493 (7-23-58)— Very good western 813 BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, THE — D-146m. — (MC) — Yul Brynner, Maria Schell — 4437 (2-19-58) — Different, unusual entertain ment 901 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF — D-108m. — (MC) — Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman— 4506 (9-3-58) — Well-made filmization of pla' 820 CRY TERROR MD-96m — James Mason, Inqer Stevens— 4454 (4-16-58' — Taut well-made suspense Film 903 DECKS RAN RED THE D-83m — James Mason Dnrnthv Dandridge — 4517 d(V1-58'— Weh-marie stisnense shocker 909 DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, THE — 98m. — Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde — 4546 (12-24-58) — Good for the art spots — England 902 DUNKIRK— D-1 13m. — John Mills, Robert Urquhart — 4606 (9-3-68) — Well-made war film — England MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR