Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1955)

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 129 attractions, 7,85 6 playdates. Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the mimber 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; A A — Above Average; AV — Average; BA — Below Average; PR — Poor. About Mrs. Leslie (Par.) EX 3 AA 12 AV 16 BA 20 PR 23 Adventures of Hajji Baba (20tf' Fox) 1 1 36 10 Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (U.A.) 5 19 27 12 3 Apache (U.A.) 8 24 31 25 4 Athena (MGM) 9 14 22 3 1 Barefoot Contessa, The (U.A.) 9 17 1 1 4 1 Beau Brummell (MGM) _ 17 18 10 7 Bengal Brigade (U-l) 12 22 17 15 Betrayed (MGM) 2 35 44 21 9 Black Dakotas (Col.) . 2 5 1 Black Horse Canyon (U-l) 1 14 38 31 4 Black Knight (Col.) 3 13 19 8 1 Black Shield of Falworth (U-l) _ 15 60 17 6 Black Widow (20th-Fox) . 3 31 32 4 Bounty Hunter, The (W.B.) 4 10 23 5 4 Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (A.A.) 4 5 4 Brigadoon (MGM) 6 18 24 23 4 Broken Lance (20th-Fox) 28 34 17 1 1 Bullet Is Waiting (Col.) 9 20 18 8 Caine Mutiny, The (Col.) 42 44 33 14 1 Carmen Jones (20th-Fox) 6 17 1 Crest of the Wave (MGM) 2 3 Crossed Swords (U.A.) 1 5 5 3 Dawn At Socorro (U-l) 1 18 24 22 20 Deep In My Heart (MGM) 5 4 7 1 Demetrius and the Gladiators (20th-Fox) 34 28 15 5 1 Desiree (20th-Fox) 12 19 9 5 Destry ( U-l ) 2 8 7 1 Dial M for Murder (W.B.) 8 56 26 22 8 Dragnet (W.B.) 56 37 16 7 2 Drive a Crooked Road (Col.) 13 9 17 6 Drum Beat (W.B.) 10 23 4 14 Drums Across the River (U-l) 18 41 9 4 Duel in the Jungle (W.B.) 21 6 32 1 2 Duel in the Sun (W.B.) (Reissue) 17 17 27 5 Egg and 1 (U-l) _ 10 8 9 7 Egyptian, The (20th-Fox) 22 44 34 16 4 Elephant Walk (Par.) 15 54 33 7 3 Fireman, Save My Child (U-l) _ 5 7 10 17 Fire Over Africa (Col.) 2 1 1 17 9 1 Flame and the Flesh (MGM) 16 31 43 13 Four Guns to the Border (U-l) 12 18 7 Francis Joins the Wacs (U-l) 17 51 23 1 Gambler From Natchez (20th-Fox) _ 14 43 30 1 Garden of Evil (20th-Fox) 15 27 1 I 8 4 Gog (U.A.) 5 3 Gone With the Wind (MGM) (Reissue) 56 33 15 9 3 Greatest Show on Earth (Par.) (Reissue) 7 5 8 Gunfighters (Col.) 3 2 5 1 Hansel and Gretel (RKO) 15 13 6 _ Hans Christian Andersen (RKO) 9 4 10 5 4 Her Twelve Men (MGM) 7 15 27 26 10 Hell Below Zero (Col.) 1 18 53 16 8 Hell Raiders of the Deep (IFE) 4 2 1 Hell's Half Acre (Rep.) 6 35 1 1 5 High and Dry (U-l) (Brit.) 18 16 3 5 High and the Mighty (W.B.) 75 62 9 3 Hobson's Choice (U.A.) 10 9 9 3 Human Desire (Col.) 5 10 15 6 Human Jungle (A.A.) 10 10 19 4 3 Indiscretion of an American Wife (Col.) 1 17 9 1 1 Jesse James' Women (U.A.) EX AA 14 AV 17 BA 3 PR Johnny Dark (U-l) 5 52 47 20 4 Johnny Guitar (Rep.) 30 53 38 6 4 Julius Caesar (MGM) 13 22 22 4 3 Jungle Gents (A.A.) 5 5 6 Khyber Patrol (U.A.) _ 13 19 5 2 King Richard and the Crusaders (W.B.) 9 1 1 17 22 Knock On Wood (Par.) 9 1 1 32 34 22 Last Time 1 Saw Paris (MGM) 13 28 14 1 _ Law vs. Billy the Kid (Col.) 16 20 1 1 2 Living It Up (Par.) 40 49 25 12 3 Lone Gun, The (U.A.) 2 7 17 5 4 Long Wait, The (U.A.) 19 25 27 6 Magnificent Obsession (U-l) 70 68 18 2 _ Make Haste To Live (Rep.) 4 1 1 7 6 Man With A Million (U.A.) . 15 30 49 17 Men of the Fighting Lady (MGM) 9 27 41 19 4 Mr. Hulot's Holiday (G.B.D.) 6 1 1 10 Naked Alibi ( U-l ) 12 18 16 9 On the Waterfront (Col.) . 29 42 29 1 1 _ Outcast, The (Rep.) 5 31 23 9 5 Outlaw Stallion, The (Col.) 9 5 2 Phffft (Col.) 1 1 10 14 1 _ Princess of the Nile (20th-Fox) 5 19 9 1 1 Prisoner of War (MGM) 1 14 20 7 6 Private Hell 36 (Filmakers) 2 5 3 Pushover (Col.) 6 12 12 Raid, The (20th-Fox) _ 18 27 24 16 Rails Into Laramie (U-l) 3 5 23 25 12 Rear Window (Par.) 29 40 13 1 Reap The Wild Wind (Par.) (Reissue) 2 2 8 Return to Treasure Island (U.A.) 1 1 7 15 Ricochet Romance (U-l) 12 8 1 1 5 Ring of Fear (W.B.) 2 15 23 10 17 River of No Return (20th-Fox) 70 25 25 2 3 Rogue Cop (MGM) 4 30 30 14 4 Sabrina (Par.) 21 22 24 16 1 Saracen Blade, The (Col.) 1 7 13 4 Secret of the Incas (Par.) 1 10 24 31 15 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (MGM) 74 50 14 1 2 Shanghai Story, The (Rep.) 3 17 8 5 Shield for Murder (U.A.) 3 14 4 10 1 Sign of the Pagan (U-l) 2 6 3 Silver Lode (RKO) 4 19 31 18 7 Sitting Bull ( U.A.) 2 19 8 5 So This Is Paris ( U-l ) 2 6 6 4 Star Is Born, A (W.B.) 17 25 51 6 2 Student Prince, The (MGM) 8 2? 35 20 3 Suddenly (U.A.) 18 23 26 13 9 Susan Slept Here (RKO) 16 55 9 6 3 Tanganyika (U-l) 7 1 1 37 14 29 Them (W.B.) 3 18 23 24 15 There's No Business Like Show Business (Fox) 1 1 5 1 This Is My Love (RKO) 8 10 9 5 Three Coins in the Fountain (20th-Fox) 50 62 18 6 1 Three Hours to Kill (Col.) 9 15 6 9 Three Ring Circus (Par.) 4 12 3 Track of the Cat (W.B.) 2 16 9 2 1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (B.V.) 6 2 1 “ Valley of the Kings (MGM) 10 41 27 10 Vanishing Prairie (B.V.) 31 24 13 Vera Cruz (U.A.) 9 7 2 Violent Men (Col.) 2 2 3 Weak and the Wicked, The (A.A.) 10 13 1 1 1 ■1 White Christmas (Par.) 42 22 8 1 Woman's World (20th-Fox) 37 35 22 5 1 Yellow Tomahawk (U.A.) _ 3 22 3 2 Young At Heart (W.B.) 5 7 3 1