Motion Picture Herald (1953)
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FILM BUYERS RATING
Film buyers of independent circuits in the U. S. rate current product on the basis of its performance in their theatres. This report covers 118 attractions, 5,066 playdates.
Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumulative. Dagger (t) denotes attractions published for the first time. Asterisk (*) indicates attractions which are listed for the last time.
EX means Excellent ; AA — Above Average; AV — Average; BA — Below Average; PR — Poor.
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
A. & C. Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Univ.)
5
35
1 1
1
Actress, The (MGM)
1
10
1
Affair with a Stranger (RKO)
4
4
3
Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (MGM)
2
6
14
All-American (Univ.)
4
9
6
3
All 1 Desire (Univ.)
20
24
24
4
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (Col.)
6
17
14
2
Arena (MGM)
2
6
5
15
7
Arrowhead (Para.)
“
10
25
3
“
Band Wagon, The (MGM)
4
1 1
32
37
14
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The (WB)
8
25
21
1 1
7
Big Heat ( Col. )
4
5
2
Big Leaguer, The (MGM)
1 1
16
6
Blowing Wild (WB)
7
4
1
6
1
Blueprint for Murder, A (20th-Fox)
7
3
*By the Light of the Silvery Moon (WB)
4
33
56
20
4
Caddy, The (Para.)
6
41
17
2
1
Charge at Feather River, The (WB)
8
10
7
8
7
City of Bad Men ( 20thFox )
8
38
12
4
City That Never Sleeps (Rep.)
3
5
2
Clipped Wings (AA)
5
3
Column South (Univ.)
6
16
24
1
Cruisin' Down the River (Col.)
1
2
10
27
4
Dangerous Crossing (20th-Fox)
_
_
4
9
3
Dangerous When Wet (MGM)
5
42
64
15
Desert Rats, The ( 20thFox )
5
17
29
4
Devil's Canyon (RKO)
5
6
4
Dream Wife (MGM)
10
21
53
9
East of Sumatra (Univ.)
3
5
4
1
Farmer Takes a Wife ( 20thFox )
_
20
30
28
17
*Fast Company (MGM)
8
9
4
Flame of Calcutta (Col.)
_
1
_
5
Fort Ti (Col.)
15
23
9
5
1
49th Man, The (Col.)
6
3
1
_
Francis Covers the Big Town (Univ.)
7
39
24
1 1
_
From Here to Eternity (Col.)
17
12
2
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ( 2 0thFox )
44
32
7
14
Girl Next Door, The ( 20thFox )
1 1
14
24
1 1
3
Glory Brigade, The (20th-Fox)
5
14
12
1
Golden Blade, The (Univ.)
_
2
3
6
3
Great Sioux Uprising, The (Univ.)
1
4
22
29
5
Gun Belt ( UA )
4
13
6
Half a Hero (MGM)
4
10
10
Houdini (Para.)
7
21
20
7
1, The Jury (UA)
1
5
5
6
2
Inferno ( 20th Fox )
1
3
15
1
5
*lnvaders from Mars (20th-Fox)
_
1 1
10
19
9
Island in the Sky (WB)
_
24
25
14
8
It Came from Outer Space (Univ.)
2
4
13
7
4
Jamaica Run (Para.)
8
15
1
22
6
Juggler, The (Col.)
1
7
3
Kid from Left Field, The (20th-Fox)
_
__
17
19
6
Last Posse, The (Col.)
Latin Lovers (MGM)
Let's Do It Again (Col.)
Lili (MGM) .
Lion Is in the Streets, A (WB) Little Boy Lost (Para.)
Lone Hand (Univ.)
Main Street to Broadway (MGM) Man from the Alamo (Univ.)
Man on a Tightrope (20th-Fox) Marshal's Daughter, The (UA) (Martin Luther (de Rochemont) Master of Ballantrae, The (WB) Maze, The ( AA ) .
Melba ( UA)
Mission Over Korea (Col.)
Mister Scoutmaster ( 20thFox ) Mogambo (MGM)
Moon Is Blue, The (UA)
Never Let Me Go (MGM)
Pickup on South Street ( 20thFox ) Plunder of the Sun (WB)
Pony Express (Para.)
Powder River (20th-Fox)
Queen Is Crowned, A (Univ.)
Remains to Be Seen (MGM)
Return to Paradise (UA)
Ride Vaquero (MGM)
*Roar of the Crowd (AA)
Robe, The (20th-Fox)
Roman Holiday (Para.)
(Sabre Jet ( UA) . . .
Sailor of the King (20th-Fox) Salome (Col.)
Sangaree (Para.)
Scandal at Scourie (MGM)
Scared Stiff (Para.)
Sea Devils (RKO)
Second Chance (RKO)
Shane (Para.)
Shoot First (UA)
Siren of Bagdad (Col.)
Slight Case of Larceny, A (MGM) So This Is Love (WB)
Son of Belle Starr (AA)
South Sea Woman (WB) . ... Split Second (RKO)
Stalag 17 (Para.)
Stand at Apache River (Univ.) Story of Three Loves, The (MGM) Stranger Wore a Gun, The (Col.) Sword and the Rose, The (RKO)
Take the High Ground (MGM) Take Me to Town (Univ.)
Tarzan and the She-Devil (RKO) Thunder Bay (Univ.)
Titanic (20th-Fox)
Valley of the Headhunters (Col.) Vanquished, The (Para.)
Vice Squad ( UA ) .
Vicki (20th-Fox)
(War Paint (UA)
War of the Worlds (Para.)
White Witch Doctor (20th-Fox) Wings of the Hawk (3-D)
*Young Bess (MGM)
EX
AA
AV
BA
PL
_
_
_
8
2
3
1
8
30
21
_
5
24
30
13
8
21
1 1
15
7
8
9
10
1 1
10
7
13
36
18
2
16
1 1
10
7
16
10
.
6
20
6
2
13
1
3
2
1
1
13
27
8
1
2
8
1 1 o
2
1
1
7
2
6
3
13
46
21
2
9
5
1
30
23
13
3
5
40
46
7
13
48
2 !
1 1
5
5
14
1
32
30
13
l
1
10
29
29
1
4
9
2
6
4
_
10
37
13
1
9
23
32
1
3
15
43
25
t
8
6
5
7
2
8
22
19
4
2
4
1
3
3
1 1
53
19
12
1
3
9
6
3
5
7
17
28
7
25
42
1 1
5
1
3
6
3
2
5
13
8
1
42
27
4
2
3
16
5
5
7
9
1
3
15
8
15
23
8
4
9
2
1 1
34
33
4
1
20
18
14
6
39
21
5
3
4
1
9
15
17
1 1
3
12
6
1
4
1
1 1
14
6
_
2
3
_
9
27
14
1
5
10
4
1
3
1 1
41
27
9
3
45
37
13
3
_
_
1
5
2
1
19
19
5
1
10
1 1
1
1
2
4
_
.
4
2
_
4
9
8
8
14
46
22
10
7
1
7
1
20
41
25
4