The Exhibitor (1966)

5440 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 1965-1966 FILM SEASON ANNUAL INDEX Published annually at the close of each 12-month Film Season, this easily saveable service provides subscribers to MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR with a complete annual reference record to all Features and Shorts: (a) by DISTRIBUTION SOURCE, (b) by ALPHABET, (c) by PRODUCTION NUMBER, (d) by RELEASE DATE, and (e) with complete data on RUNNING TIME, REVIEW DATE, Pink REVIEWS page NUMBER, NATIONAL CATHOLIC OFFICE FOR MOTION PICTURES CLASSIFICATION, CAST, REVIEWER'S ESTIMATE, etc. Where complete individual REVIEWS sections for the preceding 12 months HAVE been saved, this ANNUAL INDEX serves as the final annual installment and complete annual index. This ANNUAL INDEX should be saved as a record of the complete 12-month Season, even though individual REVIEWS sections through the year may not have been saved. Please address all inquiries or suggestions about these two service features to the Editors of MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR, 317 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Penna. 19107. . AUGUST 31 ,1966 SECTION TWO Vol. 76, No. 4 FEATURE INDEX... by DISTRIBUTION SOURCE: KEY . . . Features are arranged alphabetically under each distributor's name. Number preceding title is the Production Num¬ ber assigned by the producer. Abbreviations following title indicate type of story, such as C— Comedy COMP — Compilation MD — Melodrama NOV — Novelty CAR — Cartoon D — Drama MU — Musical TRAV — Travelogue DOC — Documentary W — Western Number, followed by m. is running time on day of screening. If a feature has been cut, or had censorship difficulties, check local exchange for possible running time change. Abbreviations following time indicate projetf ion and color processes, such as CN — Cinerama DS — Dyaliscope PC — Pathe Color TE — Technirama CS— CinemaScope EC — Eastman Color PV — Panavision TS — Techniscope DC — Deluxe Color MC — MetroColor RE — Reissue W — VistaVision TC — Technicolor C — Other Color Under the cast heading are only the two or three most important names. Next is the cumulatively numbered page and date of issue when MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR published the complete analytical review plus an evaluation of the par¬ ticular picture's box-office worth. ALLIED ARTISTS DISTRIBUTED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS 6505 BLOOD AND BLACK LACE — MD — 88m. — (TC) — Cameron Mitchell, Eve Bartok — 5333 (10-20-65) — Okay adult meller — Woolner Brothers 6513 CITY OF FEAR — MD— 88m. — Paul Maxwell, Terry Moore — 5333 (10-20-65) — Espionage meller okay dualler — Made abroad 6516 CURSE OF THE VOODOO — D — 77m. — Bryant Hal iday, Lisa Daniely — 5345 (11-17-65) — Novel, okay dualler — English made 6514 DESERT RAVEN, THE — MD — 80m. — Rachel Roman, Robert N. Terry — 5373 (2-16-66) — Strictly for the lower half 6601 EL CID — D— 181m. — (STE; TC) — Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren — 5381 (3-16-66) — Impressive, colorful adventure should ride high — Filmed In Spain — Reissue 6412 ESCAPE BY NIGHT — MD — 75m. — Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne — 5341 (11-3-65) — Prison break thriller Is okay programmer — English-made 6511 FINGER ON THE TRICCER — W — 87m. — (TC; TS) — Rory Calhoun, James Philbrook, Silvia Solar — 5333 (10-20-65) — Actionful western — Made in Spain 6517 FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER — MD — 78m. — James Karen. Nancy Marshall — 5345 (11-17-65) — Ex¬ ploitable science fiction dualler 6535 HUMAN DUPLICATORS, THE — MD — 82m. — (C) — George Nader, Barbara Nichols, George Macready — 5345 (11-17-65) —Okay horror meller for duallers — Woolner Bros. 6602 LEATHER BOYS, THE — D — 105m. — Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton — 5361 (1-19-66) — Fine drama of English teen-agers — English-made 6603 LEMONADE JOE — C — 90m. — Carl Fiala, Olga Schoberova — 5397 (5-11-66) — Frantic western spoof has its moments — European-made; dubbed in English 6609 MAN AND A WOMAN, A — D — 102m. — (EC) — Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant — 5425 (7-20-66) — Highly en¬ joyable import fresh from Cannes triumph — Frenchmade; English titles 6606 MOONWOLF — MD— 85m. — Carl Moehner, Ann Savo— 5397 (5-11-66) — Program filler for the duallers — Foreign-made 6536 MUTINY IN OUTER SPACE — MD — 85m. — William Leslie, Dolores Faith — 5341 (H-3-65) — Routine science fiction meller — Woolner Bros. ONCE UPON AN ISLAND— (CRAZY PARADISE) —C— 95m.— (EC)— Hans W. Petersen— 5433 (8-17-66)— Generally amusing import for art set — Danish-made — English titles 6507 OPERATION C.I.A. — M — 90m. — Burt Reynolds — 5349 (12-1-65) — Timeliness is meller's chief virtue — Filmed in Thai¬ land 6604 PARTY'S OVER, THE— D— 94m. — Oliver Reed, Louise Sorel, Eddie Albert — 5397 (5-1 1 -66)— Moody "beatnik" drama is intermittently interesting — English-made 6413 RAC1NC FEVER — MO — 90m. — (EC) — Joe Morrison, Barbara Biggart — 5341 (11-3-65) — Speed boat racing thriller for program 6504 TAFFY AND THE JUNGLE HUNTER — CMD — 87m. — (TO— Jacques Bergerac, Manuel Padilla, Shary Marshall — 5333 (10-20-65) — Okay jungle adventure good for kids, and family audiences TERROR IN THE CITY — D — 90m. — Richard Bray, Lee Grant — 5393 (4-27-66) — Very good family entry _ _ _ COMING . ... , DISK-O-TEK HOLIDAY — (C) — Freddy & The Dreamers ISLAND OF THE DOOMED— (C) — Cameron Mitchell MACIC WEAVER, THE— (O— Fairy Tale NICHTMARE CASTLE — Barbara Steele OH! THOSE MOST SECRET AGENTS — (C) — Franco and Ciccio RUN FOR YOUR WIFE — (C) — Rhonda Fleming, Juliet Prowse AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL distributed during the past 12 months BANC, BANC, YOU'RE DEAD — MD — 92m.— (O— Tony Randall, Senta Berger, Terry-Thomas— 5437 (8-31 -66)— En¬ joyable spy romp — Filmed abroad 6517 BIG T.N.T. SHOW, THE — MU — 93m. — Ray Charles and Band, Joan Baez, David McCallum — 5361 (1-19-66) — Good bet for teens j 6522 BLOOD BATH — MD — 69m. — William Campbell, Marissa Mathes — 5381 (3-16-66) — Fair horror offering 6514 DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE — C — 90m. — (PV; PC) — Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Susan Hart — 5349 (12-1-65) — Exploitable programmer should do okay as part of show. 6512 DIE, MONSTER, DIE — MD— 80m. — <C; S) — Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson — 5349 (12-1-65) — Colorful horror epic 6601 DIRTY CAME, THE — MD — 87m. — Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Vittorio Gassman, Annie Girardot — 5393 (4-27-66) — Interesting espionage thriller — Filmed abroad 6511 ECCO — DOC — 100m. — (TC) — Narrated by George Sanders — 5345 (11-17-65) — Documentary seeks out the sensational — Italian-made; English narration 6605 FIREBALL 500 — MDM — 91m. — (PV; PC) — Frankia Avalon, Annette Funicello, Fabian — 5413 (6-22-66) — Racing car thrills for teen-agers 6604 GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI — C — 82m. — (PV; PC)— Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Basil Rathbone, Boris Kar¬ loff — 5389 (4-13-66) — The Beach Gang switches to a haunted house 6609 CIRL GETTERS, THE — D — 93m. — Oliver Reed, Jane Merrow — 5398 (5-11-66) — Well-made tale of resort romances — English-made 6603 CREAT SPY CHASE, THE — CMD— 87m. — Lino Ventura, Bernard Bleir — 5398 (5-11-66) — Cute spoof of spies in action — Filmed abroad; dubed in English KINC AND COUNTRY — D — 90m. — Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courteney — 5329 (10-6-65) — Stark drama has limited appeal — English-Landav 6615 LA DOLCE VITA — D — 175m. — Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Anita Eckberg — 5381 (3-16-66) — Unpleasant but fascinating film depicting dissolute life in modern Roman upper crust — Italian made; dubbed in English— Reissue 6613 MACABRO — NOV — 90m. — (TC) — Narrated by Marvin Miller — 5425 (7-20-66) — More footage on the "Mondo Cane" order ...By ALPHABET: Provides an easy way to locate a feature when the distributor is not known. If the particular feature has not yet been re¬ leased and reviewed, it is preceded by a small dot. National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures classification of A1 — Un¬ objectionable for Ceneral Patronage; A2 — Unobjectionable for Adults and Adoles¬ cents; A3 — Unobjectionable for Adults; A4 — Unobjectionable for Adults with res¬ ervations; B — Objectionable in part for All; C — Condemned; follow each title as they become available. For all other data refer to the much more complete information under the distributor headings. A • After The Fox . Agent for H-A-R-M . Alfie . Alice In Wonderland In Paris All Men Are Apes . All The Way (The Joker Is Wild) -Re . Alphabet Murders, The . . . . • Alvarez Kelly . Ambush Bay . American Dream, An . . And Now Miguel . _ UA . B U . A4 Par. . A1 Misc. _ Misc. . . B Para. , A2 MGM . Col. . . A3 UA . WB .... A1 U PLEASE NOTE . . . This Annual Index for the 1965—66 season, is a record of the complete 12month season and should be saved along with other copies of consecutively num¬ bered REVIEWS in your loose-leaf binders to give you a complete record of products reviewed in MO¬ TION PICTURE EXHIBI¬ TOR for the period speci¬ fied. Beginning with the issue of September 21, 1966, the REVIEWS' data will embrace the 1966-67 season as well as additional data of the 1965-66 sea¬ son until the record is com¬ pleted. THE EDITORIAL STAFF % i I