Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1954)
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FILM BUYERS RATING
Film buyers of independent circuits in
the
U. S. rate
current
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
product on the basis of its performance
in their theatres. This
Kid from Left Field, The (20th-Fox)
18
28
7
report covers 129 attractions, 6,016 playdates.
Kiss Me Kate (MGM)
3
6
4
9
Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of
en
Last Posse, The (Col.)
1
2
13
12
easements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is
cumula
Latin Lovers (MGM)
3
1
1 1
39
39
five. Dagger (f) denotes attractions published for
the first time.
Let's Do It Again (Col.)
Lili (MGM)
8
8
26
27
20
34
25
34 i |
Asterisk (*) indicates attractions which
are
listed for
the last
Lion Is in the Streets, A (WB)
i
13
20
24
time.
Little Boy Lost (Para.)
17
28
1 1
1
1
EX means Excellent; AA — Above Average; AV — Average;
Main Street to Broadway (MGM)
_
2
_
17
1 1
BA — Below Average ; PR — Poor.
Man from the Alamo (Univ.)
...
18
8
19
10
Marry Me Again (RKO)
...
1
I
3
4
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
Marshal's Daughter, The (UA)
...
2
13
2
Martin Luther (de Rochemont)
7
10
2
A, & C. Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Univ.)
1 1
40
15
2
Master of Ballantrae, The (WB)
1
3
16
33
12
Actress, The (MGM)
1
18
30
Maze, The (AA)
1
2
8
12
4
Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (MGM)
2
9
19
2
Melba (UA)
. . . .
10
2
*Affair with a Stranger (RKO)
“
4
6
3
Mission Over Korea (Col.)
. . . .
4
2
3
6
All-American (Univ.)
5
26
18
10
Mister Scoutmaster (20th-Fox)
3
13
52
28
10
All the Brothers Were Valiant (MGM)
6
7
4
Mogambo (MGM)
28
23
12
_
20
29
29
5
Moon Is Blue, The (UA)
35
29
19
9
3
Appointment in Honduras (RKO)
2
5
5
6
Moonlighter, The (WB)
1
1
3
16
Arena ( MGM )
2
6
6
16
7
Arrowhead (Para.)
16
33
12
Nebraskan, The (Col.)
. . . .
2
3
3
99 River Street (UA)
2
4
Back to God's Country (Univ.)
2
16
3
1
Band Wagon, The (MGM)
4
12
35
49
22
Pickup on South Street (20th-Fox)
13
48
21
12
5
Big Heat (Col.)
10
13
5
Plunder of the Sun (WB)
. . . .
2
9
32
7
Big Leaguer, The (MGM)
12
24
8
Blowing Wild (WB)
8
10
20
24
5
Return to Paradise (UA)
. . . .
12
34
50
2
Blueprint for Murder, A (20th-Fox)
Botany Bay (Para.)
1
8
9
6
9
1
1
Ride Vaquero (MGM)
Robe, The (20th-Fox)
3
38
16
3
50
2
33
8
Roman Holiday (Para.)
8
33
29
6
Caddy, The (Para.)
8
55
26
3
1
Calamity Jane (WB)
1
13
13
4
1
Sabre Jet (UA)
. . . .
8
12
1
4
Charge at Feather River, The (WB)
8
10
8
1 1
7
Sailor of the King ( 20t h Fox )
. . . .
1
6
4
City of Bad Men (20th-Fox)
8
51
28
4
Salome (Col.)
II
61
27
12
1
City That Never Sleeps (Rep.)
_
_
4
1 1
2
Scandal at Scourie (MGM)
. . . .
7
18
30
9
Clipped Wings (AA)
8
6
1
Scared Stiff ( Para.) . . .
25
45
12
5
Conquest of Cochise (Col.)
_
8
10
5
Sea Around Us, The (RKO)
1
1
13
Cruel Sea, The (Univ.)
2
14
10
_
1
*Sea Devils (RKO)
. . . .
3
7
13
4
Cruisin' Down the River (Col.)
1
4
17
28
9
Second Chance (RKO)
2
7
15
8
4
Shane (Para.)
51
43
5
2
Dangerous Crossing ( 20thFort )
9
1 1
5
Shark River (UA)
9
1
1
Dangerous When Wet (MGM)
5
44
65
17
Sins of Jezebel (Lippert)
. . . .
2
4
2
Devil's Canyon (RKO)
6
1 1
8
8
Siren of Bagdad (Col.)
...
6
8
10
Dream Wife (MGM)
10
24
55
14
Sky Command (Col.)
...
2
2
1
Slight Case of Larceny, A (MGM)
...
1
6
16
2
6
14
9
3
So Big (WB)
1
13
38
5
2
Escape from Fort Bravo (MGM)
_
4
3
So This Is Love (WB)
1 I
19
27
19
Son of Belle Starr (AA)
5
1 1
2
5
Farmer Takes a Wife (20th-Fox) ......
21
30
28
17
South Sea Woman (WB)
13
34
40
5
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, The (Col.)
6
Split Second (RKO)
1
21
19
14
Flame of Calcutta (Col.)
_
1
5
Stalag 17 (Para.)
9
43
29
10
Flight Nurse (Rep.)
2
2
3
1
Stand at Apache River (Univ.)
2
10
10
2
Flight to Tangier (Para.)
1
6
6
Story of Three Loves The (MGM)
. . . .
10
19
19
12
49th Man, The (Col.)
7
3
2
Stranger Wore a Gun, The (Col.)
4
18
8
2
4
Francis Covers the Big Town (Univ.)
7
39
27
1 1
Sweethearts on Parade (Rep.)
_
2
3
3
From Here to Eternity (Col.)
30
23
4
5
Sword and the Rose, The (RKO)
...
8
13
17
9
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20rh-Fox)
44
43
13
14
1
Take the High Ground (MGM)
5
30
15
4
1
Girl Next Door, The ( 20thFox )
1 1
14
30
1 1
4
Take Me to Town (Univ.) ...
...
10
28
14
1
Glory Briqade, The ( 20th Fo:; )
6
17
12
9
Tarzan and the She-Devil (RKO)
. . . .
13
16
18
1
Golden Blade, The (Univ.)
_
5
12
13
3
Those Redheads from Seattle (Para.)
3
5
6
3
fGreat Jesse James Raid (Lippert)
2
3
1
_
(Three Sailors and a Girl (WB)
. . . .
2
4
Great Sioux Uprising, The (Univ.)
1
5
26
38
7
Thunder Bay ( Univ.)
3
13
45
33
10
Gun Belt (UA)
6
16
6
_
Thunder Over the Plains (WB)
2
4
8
_
Torch Song (MGM)
7
8
8
22
Half a Hero (MGM)
1
13
18
18
Tumbleweed (Univ.)
_
3
4
2
_
Hondo (WB)
36
_
_
1
Houdini (Para.)
7
29
30
9
Valley of Headhunters (Col.)
_
_
5
5
2
How to Marry a Millionaire (20th-Fox)
14
_
Vanquished, The (Para.)
1
19
21
1 1
Veils of Bagdad (Univ.)
. . . .
1
3
3
1, the Jury ( UA)
1
5
10
17
2
Vice Squad (UA)
1
14
13
3
Inferno (20th-Fox)
1
4
1 /
2
20
Vicki ( 2 0th Fox )
_
1
3
15
9
Island in the Sky (WB)
_
28
33
43
16
It Came from Outer Space (Univ.)
2
4
13
10
1
War Paint (UA)
. . . .
5
8
12
3
War of the Worlds (Para.)
2
6
14
35
IS
(Jack Slade ( AA )
2
3
—
6
White Witch Doctor (20th-Fox)
14
48
26
1 1
4
*Jamaica Run (Para.)
8
17
24
7
Wings of the Hawk (Univ.)
. . . .
5
10
14
31