Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1956)
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FILM BUYERS RATING
Film Imyers of independent circuits in the U. S. rate current product on the basis of its performance in their theatres. This report covers 96 attractions, 3,3 64 playdates.
Titles rtin alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of en^a'^ements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumulative. Dagger (t) denotes attractions published for the first time. Asterisk ("') indicates attractions tvhich are listed for the last time.
EX means Excellent; AA — Above Average; AV — Average; DA — Below Average; PR — Poor.
African Lion, The (B.V.)
All That Heaven Allows (U-l) fApache Ambush (Col.) . Apache Woman (A.R.C.) .
Artists and Models (Par.)
At Gunpoint (A. A.)
Bengazi (RKO)
Big Knife (U.A.)
Blood Alley (W.B.)
Bring Your Smile Along (Col.)
Count Three and Pray (Col.)
Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (W.B.)
Desert Sands (U.A.)
Desperate Hours, The (Par.)
Diane (MGM)
Duel on the Mississippi (Col.)
Female on the Beach (U-l) Footsteps in the Fog (Col.)
Fort Yuma (U.A.)
Francis in the Navy (U-l)
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (U.A.)
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (20th-Fox)
Girl Rush, The (Par.)
Glory (RKO)
Good Morning, Miss Dove (20th-Fox) Guys and Dolls (MGM)
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
1
4
14
8
15
2
8
4
4
1
1
4
2
2
10
26
8
6
1
1
4
2
3
6
1
8
13
8 25
18
3
1
1 8
1
10
4 8
18
9
7
1 20
1 1
2
5
9
1 1
1
1
1 1
17
13
6
1 1
1
1
5
2
2
1
8
33
14
13
4
5
10
5
9
1
12
31
12
1
7
18
12
15
3
19
29
20
2
22
19
1
4
1
1
14
10
27
6
7
1
Hell on Frisco Bay (W.B.)
2-19
*1 Am a Camera (DCA)
I Died a Thousand Times (W.B.) .
Illegal (W.B.)
Indian Fighter (U.A.)
It's a Dog's Life (MGM)
It's Always Fair Weather (MGM)
7 2 4
--497
7 I 4
7 13 7 3
2 10 II
I 15 24 26
fJail Busters (A.A.)
2 3
Kentuckian, The (U.A.) .. ^King's Thief, The (MGM) Kismet (MGM)
7 31 26 12 6
7 11 9
3 15 18 3
Lady Godiva (U-l)
Last Command, The (Rep.)
Last Frontier (Col.)
Lawless Street (Col.)
Left Hand of God (20th-Fox)
Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The (20th-Fox)
4 6 3
1 9 12 15
4 5 2
2 8 4 1
37 22 8 5
III 5
Littlest Outlaw (B.V.)
Lone Ranger, The (W.B.)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (20th-Fox) Lucy Gallant ( Par.)
Man Alone, A (Rep.)
Man With the Golden Arm (U.A.) Man With the Gun (U.A.) McConnell Story, The (W.B.)
My Sister Eileen (Col.)
Naked Dawn ( U-l )
Naked Street (U.A.)
Night Holds Terror, The (Col.) Night of the Hunter (U.A.)
*One Desire (U-l)
Pete Kelly's Blues (W.B.)
Phenix City Story, The (A.A.) . . Private War of Major Benson (U-l)
Queen Bee (Col.)
Quentin Durv/ard (MGM)
Rains of Ranchipur (20th-Fox)
Ransom! (MGM)
Rebel Without a Cause (W.B.)
Red Sundown (U-l)
Return of Jack Slade (A.A.) Running Wild (U-l)
Scarlet Coat (MGM)
Second Greatest Sex (U-l)
Seven Cities of Gold (20th-Fox)
Shrike, The (U-l)
Sincerely Yours (W.B.)
^Special Delivery (Col.)
Spoilers, The ( U-l )
Square Jungle (U-I)
Tall Men, The (20th-Fox)
Tarantula (U-l)
(Target Zero (W.B.)
Teen-Age Crime Wave (Col.) Tender Trap, The (MGM) Tennessee's Partner (RKO) .
Texas Lady (RKO)
There's Always Tomorrow (U-l) Three Stripes in the Sun (Col.)
To Catch a Thief (Par.)
To Hell and Back (U-l)
Treasure of Pancho Villa (RKO) Trial (MGM)
Ulysses (Par.)
View From Pompey's Head (20th-Fox) Virgin Queen, The (20th-Fox)
Warriors, The (A.A.) *We're No Angels (®ar.) "Wichita (A.A.)
You're Never Too Young (Par.)
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
_
3
2
_
_
2
2
2
2
18
27
38
10
4
22
15
10
6
20
9
1 1
2
1
4
1 17
10
6
1 1
1 35
34
14
3
13
25
13
16
2
4
2
6
2
3
7
19
3
15
17
4
_
1 1
13
9
3
25
10
36
9
17
17
26
18
2
2
23
29
20
8
_
9
8
10
5
10
20
7
25
13
3
1
2
2
4
9 42
•5
14
1
6
— J
2
1
1 1
3
_
1 6
1
2
8
10
23
3
6
1 1
2
10
25
19
2
7
15
12
I
6
3
14
_
2
3
7
7
5
1
1
4
22
7
42
17
2
1
6
3
_
1
2
1
4
3
2
9
24
22
13
1
_
2
12
1 1
6
2
8
9
1
2
14
1
4
14
6
5
6
14
22
16
5
24
37
4
1
1
10
12
19
1
8
35
17
4
3
1
13
13
9
2
8
14
23
28
1
13
1 1
14
6
1 1
1
7
21
22
10
2 21
19
6
4
1 21
19
13
3