Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1955)
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FILM BUYERS RATING
Film buyers of independent circuits in the U. S. rate current product on tlje basis of its performance in their theatres. This report covers 115 attractions, 6,48 5 playdates.
Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumtdathe. Dagger (f) denotes attractions published for the first time. Asterisk ( ) mJicates attractions which are listed for the last time.
EX means Excellent; AA — Above Average; AV — Average; BA — Below Average; PR — Poor.
A & C Meet the Keystone Kops (U-l)
EX
AA
1
AV
21
BA
17
PR
9
Americano (RKO)
. . 5
10
31
12
3
fAnnapolis Story (A. A.)
. . .
3
3
Athena (MGM)
9
20
47
23
1
Atomic Kid. The (Rep.)
9
16
18
6
“
Bad Day at Black Rock (MGM)
4
25
25
19
1
Bamboo Prison. The (Col.)
13
18
8
1
*Barefoot Contessa (U.A.)
7
45
23
9
1
Battle Cry (W.B.)
40
33
19
t Battle Taxi (U.A.)
6
Beau Brummell (MGM)
18
22
16
1 1
(Bedevilled (MGM)
3
2
4
Bengal Brigade (U-l)
. . .
12
22
20
16
Big Combo (A.A.)
. . .
2
13
Black Knight (Col.)
3
24
25
24
8
Black Shield ot Falworth. The (U-l)
15
68
26
9
Black Tuesday (U.A.)
. . .
5
6
10
2
Black Widow (20th-Fox)
3
34
38
8
5
(Blackboard Jungle (MGM)
5
4
1
*Bounty Hunter. The (W.B.)
4
18
34
16
6
Bridges at Toko-Ri (Par.) ..
30
50
37
1
1
*Brigadoon (MGM)
6
18
31
36
8
Camille (Reissue) (MGM)
2
1
1
1
2
Captain Lightfoot (U-l)
. . .
3
7
8
6
Carmen Jones (20th-Fox)
13
32
13
9
2
Carolina Cannonball (Rep.)
3
2
4
Cattle Queen of Montana (RKO)
10
18
13
3
Chief Crary Horse (U-l)
. . .
12
19
8
1
Conquest of Space (Par.)
. .
7
1 1
8
Country Girl (Par.)
36
39
10
6
3
Crest of the Wave (MGM)
3
13
1 1
7
2
Cry Vengeance (A.A.)
. . .
6
9
9
4
(Daddy Long Legs (20th-Fox)
_
_
5
_
2
Davy Crockett (Reissue) (Realart)
. . .
5
Deep In My Heart (MGM)
5
1 1
32
30
1 1
Desiree (20th-Fox)
15
29
20
28
3
Destry (U-l)
3
33
37
8
8
Detective, The (Col.)
3
8
8
2
‘Dragnet (W.B.)
58
42
17
8
2
Drum Beat (W.B.)
15
31
23
27
3
East of Eden (W.B.)
1
6
1
6
1
‘Egyptian, The (20th-Fox)
22
47
37
21
6
Escape to Burma (RKO)
...
4
6
(Eternal Sea, The (Rep.)
■
1
6
5
3
Far Country ( U-l )
10
19
44
30
5
Fire Over Africa (Col.)
2
19
27
19
7
Four Guns to the Border (U-l)
...
17
28
1 1
2
Glass Slipper, The (MGM)
_
12
2
8
2
Green Fire (MGM)
...
9
34
24
6
Hansel and Gretel (RKO)
15
19
14
3
3
Hell's Outpost (Rep.)
...
9
15
13
1
Hit the Deck (MGM)
...
7
30
12
1
‘Human Desire (Col.) .
5
12
17
8
‘Human Jungle (A.A.)
10
10
25
13
3
Julius Caesar (MGM)
EX
13
AA
22
AV
22
BA 1 1
PR
4
Jupiter's Darling (MGM)
5
29
24
16
Kiss Me Deadly (U.A.)
1
7
Last Time 1 Saw Paris, The (MGM)
33
55
33
14
_
Long Gray Line, The (Col.)
3
1 1
12
17
5
Looters, The (U-l)
1
7
2
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (U-l)
4
16
1 1
10
1
Man Called Peter, A (20th-Fox)
26
19
1
13
Man Without a Star (U-l)
4
16
4
Many Rivers to Cross (MGM)
8
34
25
7
6
Masterson of Kansas (Col.)
2
10
21
8
1
New York Confidential (W.B.)
1
5
9
8
‘On the Waterfront (Col.)
46
66
44
1 1
3
Operation Manhunt (U.A.)
8
‘Outcast, The (Rep.)
5
34
27
13
5
Phffft (Col.)
1 1
26
34
42
1
Prince of Players (20th-Fox)
2
7
16
8
24
Prodigal, The (MGM)
2
2
1
6
Purple Plain, The (U.A.)
3
7
4
Racers, The (20th-Fox)
5
5
19
14
12
Revenge of the Creature (U-l)
10
1 1
2
1
Ricochet Romance (U-l)
12
15
19
8
‘Rogue Cop (MGM)
4
33
32
22
6
Run tor Cover (Par.)
10
8
5
Sabrina (Par.)
24
38
38
29
7
Sea Chase, The (W.B.)
4
7
1
Shanghai Story, The (Rep.)
3
17
10
5
Shield tor Murder (U.A.)
3
19
10
16
4
Sign of the Pagan (U-l)
3
16
29
19
10
Silver Chalice (W.B.)
2
33
44
14
6
‘Sitting Bull (U.A.)
2
23
18
34
1
Six Bridges to Cross (U-l)
4
17
25
37
2
Smoke Signal ( U-l )
3
13
19
9
So This Is Paris ( U-l )
2
16
37
21
13
Star Is Born, A (W.B.)
21
33
43
19
9
(Strategic Air Command (Par.)
2
2
1
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (RKO)
2
1
7
2
Ten Wanted Men (Col.)
2
1 1
20
7
3
There's No Business Like Show Business (20th-Fox)
30
41
9
13
They Rode West (Col.)
4
6
8
1 1
‘This Is My Love (RKO)
14
17
13
6
Three tor the Show (Col.)
2
6
9
Three Ring Circus (Par.)
18
49
26
1 1
Timberjack (Rep.)
5
6
3
Tonight's the Night (A.A.)
2
4
6
Track of the Cat (W.B.)
2
20
21
12
17
Trouble in the Glen (Rep.)
7
6
3
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (B.V.)
49
26
14
3
Underwater (RKO)
4
18
30
4
2
Untamed (20th-Fox)
1
3
26
7
1
Vanishing Prairie (B.V.)
1
30
22
3
2
Vera Cruz (U.A.)
30
48
28
3
1
Violent Men (Col.)
2
22
24
20
7
Violent Saturday (20th-Fox)
2
3
6
West of Zanzibar (U-l)
7
3
8
White Christmas (Par.)
48
35
21
5
2
White Feather (20th-Fox)
15
23
9
4
‘Woman's World (20th-Fox)
37
37
33
10
7
Yellow Mountain (U-l)
10
1 1
8
3
Yellowneck (Rep.)
6
Young at Heart (W.B.)
6
14
45
9
5
156
MOTION PICTURE HERALD. JUNE II. 1955