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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 83 attractions, 2,881 play dates.
Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabtilation is cumulative. Dagger (j) 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.
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
Alexander the Great (U.A.)
2
1
6
1
All That Heaven Allows (U-l)
5
28
23
20
4
Anything Goes (Par.)
3
4
1
1 1
14
Artists and Models (Par.)
10
33
19
7
2
At Gunpoint (A.A.)
—
1
12
27
3
Backlash (U-l)
_
15
3
17
3
Battle Stations (Col.)
—
7
2
2
1
Benny Goodman Story, The (U-l)
1
12
14
29
19
Birds and the Bees (Par.)
—
5
—
2
—
f Blackjacic Ketchum Desperado (Col.)
—
2
—
1
5
f Bold and the Brave (RKO)
. . —
4
—
1
—
Bottom of the Bottle ( 20 thFox )
—
2
12
17
26
Carousel (20th-Fox)
1
10
3
22
12
Comanche (U.A.)
—
4
1
10
19
Come Next Spring (Rep.)
—
1
4
10
4
Conquerer, The (RKO)
17
10
1 1
5
—
Court Jester, The (Par.)
—
9
8
6
9
Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (W.B.)
1
41
28
12
1
Creature Walks Among Us (U-l)
—
1
3
2
1
(D-Day The Sixth of June ( 20thFox )
5
1
1
Day The World Ended (A.R.C.)
—
21
1
1
—
Diane (MGM)
—
—
1
8
29
Dig That Uranium (A.A.)
—
4
2
—
—
Flame of the Islands (Rep.)
1
2
7
3
Forbidden Planet (MGM)
1
8
1 1
1
5
Forever Darling (MGM)
7
29
30
12
8
Fury at Gunsight Pass (Col.)
—
1
3
2
2
Glory (RKO)
1
3
7
9
9
Goodbye, My Lady (W.B.)
—
5
2
5
—
Guys and Dolls (MGM)
20
8
4
3
4
Harder They Fall, The (Col.)
1
9
10
Helen of Troy (W.B.)
—
7
28
5
12
Hell on Frisco Bay (W.B.)
—
8
12
1 1
26
t Hi Ida Crane (20th-Fox)
—
—
—
—
5
Hot Blood (Col.)
—
1
6
6
4
I'll Cry Tomorrow (MGM)
1 1
26
7
1
Indian Fighter (U.A.)
—
13
28
14
6
Inside Detroit (Col.)
—
—
1
5
2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (A.A.)
—
1
2
6
19
EX
AA
AV
BA
PR
Jubal (Col.)
—
7
1
4
—
Kettles in the Ozarlcs (U-l)
10
13
16
3
Kismet (MGM)
—
4
17
22
26
Last Frontier (Col.)
3
18
20
7
Last Hunt, The (MGM)
—
3
19
23
7
Lawless Street (Col.)
1
7
15
5
1
Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The (20th-Fox)
—
10
30
25
3
Littlest Outlaw (B.V.)
5
13
10
8
22
Lone Ranger, The (W.B.)
9
27
10
7
2
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ( 20thFox )
3
4
8
3
7
(Man Who Knew Too Much (Par.)
1
1
2
1
—
Man Who Never Was (20th-Fox)
—
18
15
1
14
Man With the Golden Arm (U.A.)
7
20
22
14
—
(Maverick Queen, The (Rep.)
—
—
—
4
1
Meet Me in Las Vegas (MGM)
2
15
5
7
5
Miracle in the Rain (W.B.)
—
5
5
17
25
Never Say Goodbye (U-l)
.... —
19
6
10
15
On the Threshold of Space (20th-Fox)
2
7
1 1
15
Our Miss Brooks (W.B.)
—
—
9
6
9
Picnic (Col.)
19
24
12
1
—
Quentin Durward (MGM)
—
—
5
12
26
Rains of Ranchipur, The ( 20thFox )
9
34
30
10
Ransom (MGM)
1
2
21
18
12
Red Sundown ( U-l )
.... —
8
6
8
3
Revolt of Mamie Stover ( 20thFox )
.... —
8
1
—
—
Rock Around the Clock (Col.)
6
8
10
1
—
Rose Tattoo, The (Par.)
1 1
9
15
9
4
Running Wild (U-l)
3
16
6
2
—
(Screaming Eagles (A.A.)
1
1
2
1
Searchers, The (W.B.)
2
4
2
—
—
Second Greatest Sex (U-l)
—
9
9
18
8
Serenade (W.B.)
—
1
—
6
9
Shack Out on 101 (A.A.)
—
4
9
1
2
Slightly Scarlet (RKO)
... —
2
4
4
7
Spoilers, The (U-l)
1
12
17
18
4
Square Jungle (U-l )
... —
1
1
1 1
37
Swan, The (MGM)
—
10
4
5
1
Tarantula (U-l)
2
14
5
6
—
Target Zero (W.B.)
—
2
5
3
4
There's Always Tomorrow (U-l)
—
—
8
7
25
Three Bad Sisters (U.A.)
—
4
3
1
—
Tribute to a Bad Man (MGM)
—
5
2
7
13
Trouble With Harry (Par.)
10
6
1 1
10
1
Uranium Boom (Col.)
... —
—
—
3
3
World in My Corner (U-l)
.
4
14
26