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 the basis of its performance in their theatres. This report covers 108 attractions, 5,547 play dates.
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 the Keystone Kops (U-l)
EX
AA
2
AV
22
BA
21
PR
9
Americano (RKO)
5
10
32
13
16
Annapolis 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
26
19
1
Bamboo Prison, The (Col.)
13
18
8
1
Battle Cry (W.B.)
42
33
20
Battle Taxi (U.A.)
6
*Beau Brummell (MGM)
10
22
16
1 1
Bedevilled (MGM)
3
2
4
*Bengal Brigade (U-l)
12
23
21
16
Big Combo (A.A.)
3
15
Blackboard Jungle (MGM)
7
7
1
*Black Knight (Col.)
3
24
25
24
8
Black Shield or Falworth, The U-l)
15
68
26
9
Black Tuesday (U.A.)
5
6
10
c
Black Widow (20th-Fox)
3
34
39
8
5
Bridges at Toko-Ri (Par.) .
30
50
40
1
1
Camille (Reissue) (MGM)
Captain Lightfoot (U-l)
Carmen Jones (20th-Fox)
Carolina Cannonball (Rep.) Cattle Queen o-f Montana (RKO) fCell 2455 Death Row (Col.)
Chief Crazy Horse (U-l)
Conquest of Space (Par.) . Country Girl, The (Par.)
Crest of Wave (MGM)
*Cry Vengeance (A.A.) .
(Cult of the Cobra (U-l)
2
1
1
1
2
3
7
9
6
13
33
14
10
2
3
2
4
1 1
18
13
4
3
4
12
20
8
1
10
1 1
8
33
40
10
6
3
3
13
1 1
7
2
6
9
9
4
1
2
2
Daddy Long Legs (20th-Fox)
1
10
Da/y Crockett (Reissue) (Realart)
1
5
_
Deep in My Heart (MGM)
5
1 1
32
31
*Desiree (20th-Fox)
15
29
20
28
Destry (U-l)
3
33
38
8
Detective, The (Col.)
_
3
8
8
Drum Beat (W.B.)
15
31
23
27
East of Eden (W.B.)
3
7
2
6
Escape to Burma (RKO)
. . . .
_
13
4
Eternal Sea, The (Rep.) . .
1
9
6
Far Country U-l)
10
19
47
30
*Fire Over Africa (Col.)
2
19
27
19
*Four Guns to the Border (U-I)
17
28
1 1
(Gang Busters (Visual)
1
4
3
Glass Slipper, The (MGM)
20
2
9
Green Fire (MGM)
9
3 5
24
*Hansol and Gretel (RKO)
15
19
14
4
Hell's Outpost (Rep.)
9
15
14
Hit the Deck (MGM)
9
31
12
2
I I 3 8 3 3
7
3
5
7
2
I I 6
3
I
I
Julius Caesar (MGM)
Jupiter's Darling (MGM) . ,
Kiss Me Deadly (U.A.)
Last Time I Saw Paris, The (MGM)
Long Gray Line, The (Col.)
Looters, The (U-l)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (U-l)
(Mambo (Par.)
Man Called Peter, A (20th-Fox)
Man Without a Star (U-l) .
Many Rivers to Cross (MGM).
Masterson of Kansas (Col.)
New York Confidential (W.B.) .
Operation Manhunt (U.A.)
Phffft (Col.)
Prince of Players (20th-Fox)
Prodigal, The (MGM)
Purple Plain, The (U.A.) .
Racers, The (20th-Fox)
Revenue of the Creature (U-l)
Ricochet Romance (U-l)
Run for Cover (Par.)
Sabrina (Par.)
Sea Chase, The (W.B.)
*Shanghai Story, The (Rep.)
*Shield for Murder (U.A.)
(Shotgun (A.A.)
Sign of the Pagan (U-l)
Silver Chalice (W.B.)
Six Bridges to Cross (U-l)
Smoke Signal (U-l)
So This Is Paris (U-l)
Star Is Born, A (W.B.)
Strange Lady in Town (W.B.)
Strategic Air Command (Par.)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (RKO)
Ten Wanted Men (Col.)
There's No Business Like Show Business (20th-Fox)
They Rode West (Col.)
Three for the Show (Col.)
Three Ring Circus (Par.)
Timberjack (Rep.)
Tonight's the Night (A.A.)
*Track of the Cat (W.B.)
Trouble in the Glen (Rep.)
20,00 Leagues Under the Sea (B.V.)
Underwater (RKO) Untamed (20th-Fox)
Vanishing Prairie (B.V.) . .
Vera Cruz (U.A.)
Violent Men (Col.)
Violent Saturday (20th-Fox)
West of Zanzibar (U-l) White Christmas (Par.) White Feather (20th-Fox)
Yellow Mountain (U-l) Yellowneck (Rep.) ... Young at Heart (V/.B.)
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
13
22
22
1 1
4
6
29
24
16
1
~
7
33
55
33
14
3
1 1
13
18
5
1
7
4
4
16
13
10
1
2
7
28
21
2
13
4
20
4
1
9
34
23
7
6
2
10
21
8
1
1
5
10
8
8
1 1
26
34
42
1
2
7
16
9
24
2
5
3
7
3
7
5
5
5
19
14
13
10
13
2
I
12
15
19
8
10
9
5
24
38
38
29
7
5
1 1
1
3
17
10
5
3
19
10
16
10
4
3
3
16
29
21
10
2
33
44
15
6
4
19
25
38
2
3
14
20
9
2
16
38
21
13
21
33
43
20
9
2
5
2
1
10
2
1
_
8
2
7
2
2
12
21
8
3
30
41
9
13
1
4
6
8
1 1
3
9
13
18
49
29
1 1
5
7
9
2
4
6
2
20
22
12
17
7
6
3
49
26
15
3
4
19
33
4
2
1
5
27
7
1
1
30
22
3
2
30
48
30
4
1
2
23
25
21
7
5
4
6
_
7
4
1 1
48
41
21
5
2
15
24
9
5
_
10
13
8
3
—
—
~
6
6
14
45
10
5