The Exhibitor (1960)

UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS 5926 BORN TO BE LOVED — D-82m. — Hugo Haas, Carol Morris— 4598 ^6 — 1 7—59 ) — Pleasant programmer COSSACKS, THE — M D-113m. — (TotalScope; EC)— Edmund Purdom, Georgia Moll— 4694 (4-13-60)— Spectacle has lots to offer— Italy 5924 CURSE OF THE UNDEAD — MD-79m. — Eric Fleming, Kathleen Crowley— 4603 (7-1-59) — Vampire stalks the west in program entry 6007 FOUR FAST GUNS — W-72m. — James Craig, Martha Vickers — 4658 (12-2-59)— For the lower half GLENN MILLER STORY, THE — MUD — 116m. — (TC) — James Stewart, June Allyson — 4686 (3-16-60) — High rating reissue — Reissue 6006 HELL BENT FOR LEATHER — W-82m. — (CS; EC) — Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr — 4670 (1-20-60) — Very good, suspenseful western 6001 4-D MAN — MD-85m. — (DC) — Lee Merriwether, Robert La ising — 4642 (10-7-59) — Good science fiction entry 5923 MUMMY. THE — MD-88m. — (TC) — Peter Cushing, Yvonne Furneaux — 4606 (7-15-59)— Highly exploitable horror film OTHELLO — D-108m. — (C) — Sergei Bondarchuk — 4690 (3-30-60)— Shakespeare tragedy for art, specialty spots — U.S.S.R. — Dubbed in English 6003 OPERATION PETTICOAT — C-120m. — (EC) — Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien — 4647 (10-21-59) — Hilarious service farce 5927 PILLOW TALK — C-102m. — (CS C) — Rock Hudson, Doris Day — 4638 (9-23-59)— Delightful entertainment loaded with appeal 6002 SAPPHIRE — D-92m. — (EC) — Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell— 4614 (8-12-59)— Well-made mystery with an off-beat yarn 6011 SNOW QUEEN, THE — CAR-70m. — (EC)— Russian-made cartoon— 4568 (12-2-59) — Cute feature cartoon 6009 TOO SOON TO LOVE — D-85m. — Jennifer West, Richard Evans — 4678 (2-17-60)— Teen-age romance for the program —COMING FEATURES IN ORDER OF RELEASE* June HEAD OF A TYRANT — (CS; C) — Massima Girotti, Isabelle Corey — Italian-French June BRIDES OF DRACULA, THE — (TC)— Peter Cushing, Freda Jackson June LEECH WOMAN, THE — Coleen Gray, Grant Williams COMING CHARTROOSE CABOOSE — (PanVision; EC) — Molly Bee, Ben Cooper COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL— Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Mamie Van Doren DINOSAURUS — (CS; C)— Ward Ramsey, Kristina Hanson THE— Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons GREAT IMPOSTER, THE — Tony Curtis, Joan Blackman HOT EYE OF HEAVEN, THE — (C)— Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas MIDNIGHT LACE — Doris Day, Rex Harrison, Myrna Loy PORTRAIT IN BLACK — (EC)— Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE, THE — Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren SEVEN WAYS FROM SUNDOWN— (C)— Audie Murphy SPARTACUS — (TE; TC) — Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons WARNER BROS. DISTRIBUTED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS 906 BOY AND THE LAUGHING DOG, THE — D-95m. — RE — Walter Brennan, Brandon de Wilde — 4650 (11-4-59) — Reissue of “Good¬ bye, My Lady” is heartwarming tale for family trade 909 BRAMBLE BUSH, THE— D-103m— (TC) — Richard Burton, Barbara Rush — 4670 (1-20-60)— Potent adult drama 908 CASH MC CALL — D-102m. — (TC)— James Garner, Natalie Wood — 4663 (12-16-59) — Interesting drama of high finance and romance CRANES ARE FLYING, THE — D-94m — Tatyana Samoilova, Alexei Batalov — 4663 (12-16-59) — Highly interesting Russian drama for art houses — English titles — Russian-made 903 FBI STORY, THE — D-149m. — (TC) — James Stewart, Vera Miles — 4634 (9-2-59) — Fascinating dramatization should have wide ap pQ^| 911 GUNS OF THE TIMBERLAND — MD-91m. — (TC) — Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain — 4675 (2-3-60) — Names will help programmer 823 JOHN PAUL JONES — D-126m. — (TE; TC) — Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan — 4598 (6-17-59)— Moderately successful historical epic — Primarily made in Spain 902 LOOK BACK IN ANGER— D-99m.— Richard Burton, Claire Bloom — 4635 (9-2-59) — Off-beat dramatic offering 907 MIRACLE, THE — D-121m. — (TE; TC>— Carroll Baker, Roger Moore — 4642 (10-7-59) — Unusual love story has lots of appeal 910 RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, THE— M D-101m.— Ray Danton, Karen Steele — 4675 (2-3-60) — Okay crime meller for 917 SERGEANT RUTLEDGE— D-1 11m.— (TC) — Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers — 4694 (4-13-60)— Highly interesting adventure drama 905 SUMMER PLACE, A — D-130m. — (TC) — Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire — 4639 (9-23-59) — Well-made tale of human emotions could gross big 914 TALL STORY — C-91m. — Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda — 4678 (2-17-60) — Lightweight college comedy for dating crowd 912 THIS REBEL BREED — MD-90m. — Mark Damon, Rita Moreno — 4679 (2-17-60) — Juvenile delinquency meller for lower half 813 THREAT, THE— MD-66m.— Robert Knapp, Linda Lawson — 4681 (3-2-60)— Program detective meller 904 — 30 D-96m. — Jack Webb, Whitney Blake — 4650 (11-4-59) — Good programmer 901 YELLOWSTONE KELLY — W-91m. — (TC) — Clint Walker, Edward Byrnes. Andra Martin — 4634 (9-2-59) — Good outdoor action programmer COMING FEATURES IN ORDER Of RELEASE June HANNIBAL— (C)— Victor Mature, Rita Gam July HERCULES UNCHAINED— (C>— Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina July ICE PALACE — (TC)— Richard Burton, Carblyn Jones •OneEyed Jacks. . . Par. •One Foot In Hell . Fo* Operation Amsterdam . A1 Fo* Operation Petticoat. . . . A3 U-l Oregon Trail .,, , . A1 Fox •Oscar Wilde . . . Fox Othello . A2 U-l Our Man in Havana . A3 Col P Paris Hotel . For. Pay or Die. . . . A2 A A •Pepe..., . Col. Pier 5, Havana .« « . A2 UA Pillow Talk . A3 Ul Platinum High School . B MGM •Pleasure Of His Company, The... Par. Please Don’t Eat the Daisies si... A2 MGM •Plunderers, The . AA Poacher's Daughter, The . A1 For. Pollyanna . A1 Misc. Porgy and Bess . A2 Col. •Portrait In Black . U-l Possessors, The . A3 For. Power Among Men i , . . . A1 Misc. Pretty Boy Floyd . B Miso. Prisoner of the Volga. . . . A2 Par Private Property . C Misc. Private’s Affair, A . A1 Fox •Private Lives of Adam and Eve, The, . C U-l •Psycho . Par. Purple Gang, The . A3 AA Pusher, The . . . B UA R Rabbit Trap, The.... . A2 UA Race For Space. , . Miso. • Rachel Cade . . . . . . A3 W B Rape of Malaya . A1 For. Rat Race, The . Par. •Raymie . . A1 AA Rebel Set, The . . . . . A3 AA Return of the Fly, The » . A2 Fox Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, The B WB Road Racers., . B A-l Road To Hell, The . . . C Miso. Rookie, The., . B Fox Room 43 . B For. Rosemary.. . . B For. •Rough and the Smooth, The . A-l COMING CROWDED SKY, THE— (TC)— Dana Andrews. Rhonda Fleming DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, THE— (TC)— Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire OCEAN’S ELEVEN — (TC>— Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson, Dean Martin RACHEL CADE — (TC>— Peter Finch, Angie Dickinson SUNDOWNERS. THE— (TCV— Deborah Kerr. Robert Mitchum SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO— Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson FOREIGN DISTRIBUTED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS ENGLISH BATTLE OF THE SEXES, THE — C-88m. — Peter Sellers, Constance Cummings — 4697 (4-27-60) — Amusing import — Continental BLITZKRIEG — DOC.-91m. — Introduction by Lt Gen. Brian Harrocks — 4687 (3-16-60) — Lower half Filler — (German war films) — Continental BREAKOUT — MD-98m. — Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding — 4687 (3-16-60) — Interesting prison camp meller peopled with English names — (3-16-60) — Continental BRIDAL PATH, THE (MATING TIME)— C-95m.—(TC)— Bill Travers, Fiona Clyne— 4667 (1-6-60)— Excellent comedy is also a scenic delight — Kingsley-Union CARRY ON SERGEANT — C-84m. — William Hartnell, Shirley Eaton — 4659 (12-2-59) — Fairly amusing entry for art spots — Gover¬ nor Films CHARLEY MOON — CMU-92m. — (EC) — Max Bygraves, Dennis Price — 4695 (4-13-60) — Light-weight, entertaining import — British Lion COVER GIRL KILLER — MD-61m. — Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young — 4703 (5-11-60) — Talky, English murder meller — Fanfare ELEPHANT GUN — MD-84m. — (EC) — Belinda Lee, Michael Craig — 4606 (7-15-59) — Okay action meller for program — Filmed in Africa — Lopert EXPRESS BONGO — CDMU-108m. — Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms — 4695 (4-13-60) — Very good, adult comedy with music — Continental JOSEPHINE AND MEN — C-98m. — (EC) — Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan — 4615 (8-12-59) — Light-weight English farce — Lion Int. JUST MY LUCK — C-87m. — Norman Wisdom, Jill Dixon — 4659 (12-2-59) — British slapstick programmer — Rank — Lopert MAN IN A COCKED HAT — C-88m. — Terry-Thomas, Peter Seheis — 4697 (4-27-60)— Mild satire on British foreign service — Show Corp. of America MAN UPSTAIRS. THE — D-88m. — Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison — 4619 (8-26-59) — Suspenseful drama for art and specialty 8 pots — Kingsley-Union MIRACLE IN SOHO — CD-98m. — (EC) — John Gregson, Belinda Lee — 4647 (10-21-59) — Light-weight romantic comedy drama — (Rank) — Lopert MODEL FOR MURDER — MD-75m. — Keith Andes, Hazel Court — 4698 (4-27-60) — Crime meller for the lower half — Cinema Associates NATURE’S PARADISE (NUDIST PARADISE)— NOVELTY— 65m.— (EC)— Anita Love, Katy Cashfield— 4679 (2-17-60)— Exploitable nudist film — Fanfare RAPE OF MALAYA, THE — D-72m. — Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch — 4653 (11-18-59) — Retitled “A Town Like Alice” is interest¬ ing warstory — (Rank) — Lopert ROOM 43 — MD-93m. — Diana Dors, Herbert Lorn — 4603 (7-1-59) — Mediocre sensation-seeking import — Cory SQUARE PEG, THE — C-87m. — Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman — 4635 (9-2-59) — Ordinary British Army slapstick — Lopert THREE MEN IN A BOAT — C-84m. — (CS; EC>— Laurence Harvey, Shirley Eaton — 4619 (8-26-59)— Farce for art and specialty spots — Roach TIGER BAY — D-105m. — John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell— 4679 (2-17-60) — Good suspense entry — Continental TREAD SOFTLY STRANGER — MD-85m. — Diana Dors, George Baker — 4698 (4-27-60) — Fair suspense story for program — Bentley VIRGIN ISLAND — D-84m.— John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell, Sidney Poitier — 4691 (3-30-60)— Okay programmer — Films Around The World s Samson and Delilah — RE, . A2 Par. Sans Famille. > • . . For. Sapphire . A3 U-l •Sappho, Venus Of Lesbos . Col. •Savage Innocents. . . Par. Say One for Me. « . . . . . . A2 Fox Scapegoat, The. . A2 MGM Scavengers, The . Misc. Scent of Mystery . A2 Miso. School For Love . For. •September Storm . Fox •Serengeti . AA Sergeant Rutledge . A2 WB Seven Thieves . A3 Fox •Seven Ways From Sundown . U-l •Sex pot Goes To College . . AA She Was Like A Wild Chrysan¬ themum . For. Sign of the Gladiator . B Al Sink the Bismarck. . . . Al Fox Sins of Youth . For. Ski Troop Attack . Misc. Snow Queen, The . Al U-l Solomon and Sheba . . . . . B U A Son of Robin Hood, The . Al Fox •Song Without End . . . . . A2 Col. •Sons and Lovers . Fox South Pacific . A3 Fox •Spartacus . U-l SpeakingofMurder.i.. . For. Square Peg. The , . For. •Story Of Ruth, The . Fox Story on Page One, The . A3 Fox Strangers When We Meet . Col. •StranglersOfBombay.i.. . B Col. •Studs Lonigan . UA Subway In the Sky . B UA •Subterreaneans, The . A3 MGM •Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, The., . UA Summer Place, A . . . . . B WB Snmmer Wind Blows, The . For •Sundowners. The . WB •Sunrise At Campobello . WB •Surprise Package . Col Surrender Hell . A2 AA Swan Lake— USSR . . Al Col. Sword and the Cross, The. . For. June I, I960 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR SERVISECTION 5