Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1954)
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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 134 attractions, 6,373 playdates.
Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumulative. Dagger (f) 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.
A. & C. Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Univ.)
Actress, The (MGM)
Affair in Monte Carlo (AA)
Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The (MGM)
All-American (Univ.)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (MGM)
All I Desire ( Univ.) . .
Appointment in Honduras (RKO)
Arrowhead (Para.)
Back to God's Country (Univ.)
Band Wagon, The (MGM)
Big Heat ( Col.)
Big Leaguer, The (MGM)
Blowing Wild (WB)
Blueprint for Murder, A (20th-Fox)
Botany Bay (Pa r a.)
Caddy, The (Para.)
Calamity Jane (WB)
Charge at Feather River, The (WB) China Venture (Col.)
City of Bad Men (20th-Fox)
Clipped Wings (AA)
Conquest of Cochise (Col.) Crazylegs — All-American (Rep.)
Cruel Sea, The (Univ.)
Cruisin' Down the River (Col.)
Dangerous Crossing ( 20th-Fox ) Dangerous When Wet (MGM) Decameron Nights (RKO)
Devil's Canyon (RKO)
(Diamond Queen, The (WB)
East of Sumatra (Univ.)
Easy to Love (MGM)
Escape from Fort Bravo (MGM)
Farmer Takes a Wife ( 20thFox ) 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, The (Col.)
Flame of Calcutta (Col.)
Flight Nurse ( Rep.)
Flight to Tangier (Para.)
*49th Man, The (Col.)
Francis Covers the Big Town (Univ.) From Here to Eternity (Col.) . .
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ( 20thFox )
*Girl Next Door, The ( 20thFox )
Give a Girl a Break (MGM).
Glass Web, The (Univ.)
Glory Brigade, The ( 20thFox ) Golden Blade, The (Univ.)
Great Jesse James Raid (Lippert) Great Sioux Uprising, The (Univ.) Gun Belt (UA)
Gun Fury (Col.)
Half a Hero (MGM)
Here Come the Girls (Para.)
Hondo (WB)
Houdini (Para.)
How to Marry a Millionaire (20th-Fox)
I, the Jury ( UA)
Inferno (20th-Fox)
Island in the Sky (WB)
*!t Came from Outer Space (Univ.)
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
_
1 1
40
15
6
2
19
34
3
2
2
10
1 0
2
9
27
13
13
14
25
23
1
20
29
30
5
3
10
6
8
17
40
14
1
9
28
9
2
4
12
36
49
22
19
23
1 1
12
24
8
8
16
28
29
5
8
6
1
1
22
20
1
9
56
30
4
1
1
28
22
6
1
8
10
8
12
7
2
1
2
8
51
28
4
8
6
1
1
8
1 1
5
2
5
2
2
14
1 1
I
1
4
21
30
9
_
_
9
1 1
5
5
44
65
17
_
_
4
4
7
16
8
9
3
1
2
_
10
25
15
5
14
17
9
3
12
12
_
21
30
28
17
1
1
1
7
c
1
2
1
7
6
O
2
1
6
9
8
8
3
2
7
40
28
1 1
36
29
4
2
5
45
43
13
17
1
1 1
15
30
1 1
4
4
6
3
1
1
3
1
6
6
17
12
9
5
17
15
3
3
6
6
1
5
27
38
8
2
7
21
6
3
6
1
_
8
20
21
19
2
4
1 1
9
1
42
10
2
_
1
8
43
30
1 1
_
19
3
1
5
10
19
2
1
4
18
7
20
31
37
48
16
2
4
15
10
6
Jack Slade ( AA)
(Joe Louis Story, The (UA)
Kid from Left Field, The ( 20thFox ) fKing of the Khyber Rifles ( 20thFox ) Kiss Me Kate (MGM)
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.)
Main Street to Broadway (MGM)
Man from the Alamo (Univ.)
Marry Me Again (RKO)
Martin Luther (de Rochemont)
Master of Ballantrae, The (WB)
Maze, The (AA)
Melba ( U A )
Miss Sadie Thompson (Col.)
Mission Over Korea (Col.)
Mister Scoutmaster (20th-Fox) Mogambo (MGM)
Moon Is Blue, The (UA)
Moonlighter, The (WB)
Nebraskan, The (Col.)
99 River Street ( U A)
(No Escape ( U A )
(Paris Model (Col.)
Plunder of the Sun (WB)
Private Eyes (AA)
Return to Paradise (UA)
Ride Vaquero (MGM)
Robe, The (20th-Fox)
Roman Holiday (Para.)
Sabre Jet (UA)
Sailor of the King ( 20thFox )
Salome (Col.)
^Scared Stiff (Para.)
Sea Around Us, The (RKO)
Sea of Lost Ships (Rep.)
Second Chance (RKO)
Shane (Para.)
Shark River ( U A)
Sins of Jezebel (Lippert)
Sky Commando (Col.)
(Slaves of Babylon (Col.)
So Big (WB)
So This Is Love (WB)
Stalag 1 7 ( Para.)
Stand at Apache River (Univ.)
Steel Lady, The (UA)
Stranger Wore a Gun, The (Col.) Sweethearts on Parade (Rep.)
Sword and the Rose, The (RKO)
Take the High Ground (MGM) *Tarzan and the She-Devil (RKO)
Terror on a Train (MGM)
Those Redheads from Seattle (Para.) Three Sailors and a Girl (WB)
Thunder Bay (Univ.)
Thunder Over the Plains (WB)
Torch Song (MGM)
Tumbleweed (Univ.)
Valley of Headhunters (Col.)
Veils of Bagdad (Univ.)
Vice Squad ( U A)
Vicki ( 20th-Fox )
Walking My Baby Back Home (Univ.) War Paint ( UA)
War of the Worlds (Para.)
White Witch Doctor ( 20thFox )
(Wild One (Col.)
Wings of the Hawk (Univ.)
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
_
2
5
7
10
1
1
3
_
_
18
28
7
1
4
1
5
12
12
1 1
2
_
1
4
13
12
3
1
1 1
39
39
_
8
28
35
34
8
27
20
25
1 1
_
1
16
27
26
19
43
18
2
1
_
2
_
17
1 1
_
18
9
19
10
_
2
2
8
7
8
13
2
1
3
16
34
12
1
2
8
12
4
_
10
2
5
1
2
6
2
5
6
3
16
53
31
10
35
59
19
3
39
31
19
1 1
4
2
9
10
18
_
2
3
3
_
1
1
3
6
8
1
2
3
_
2
9
35
7
2
3
_
13
35
55
2
3
16
50
33
8
44
4
2
8
39
34
7
1
13
21
2
4
1
6
5
1 1
61
32
12
1
27
47
12
5
1
4
13
1
1
4
3
2
8
17
9
4
56
44
6
2
14
6
1
4
2
5
4
4
2
1
_
1
3
1
2
1
15
58
12
4
13
19
27
20
9
44
32
13
1
4
15
L
15
3
4
21
O
8
2
4
4
4
3
8
18
21
20
7
38
30
8
3
14
18
20
1
1
3
2
7
13
1 1
3
1
2
13
10
4
3
13
45
33
10
5
8
13
2
7
17
13
28
10
1 1
2
2
_
_
10
5
2
1
9
7
1
19
17
5
1
3
15
II
20
10
8
_
8
10
12
4
2
7
15
38
18
14
48
7
26
1 1
4
_
5
14
16
31