Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

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 120 attractions, 3,890 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. Alexander the Great (U.A.) EX 2 AA AV 8 BA II PR 8 Ambassador's Daughter, The (U.A.) — 3 3 3 — Animal World, The (W.B.) — 5 8 17 3 Anything Goes (Par.) 3 3 4 14 16 Autumn Leaves (Col.) — 2 6 2 2 Away All Boats (U-l) 1 21 10 1 1 Backlash (U-l) 18 4 23 7 Bandido (U.A.) — — 3 1 2 ‘Battle Stations (Col.) — 3 9 2 4 ‘Be.-.ny Goodman Story, The (U-l) 1 12 17 30 19 Bhowani Junction (MGM) 1 6 6 13 6 Birds and the Bees (Par.) 2 12 19 5 9 Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (Col.) — 3 1 1 5 Bold and the Brave (RKO) 1 15 3 1 1 1 ‘Bottom of the Bottle (20th-Fox) — 3 15 17 27 (Burning Hills, The (W.B.) — — 2 8 — Bus Stop ( 20thFox ) 12 6 3 — — Carousel ( 20thFox ) 1 17 5 31 22 Catered Affair, The (MGM) — 10 3 9 8 Cockleshell Heroes (Col.) — 1 5 7 — Comanche ( U.A.) — 1 7 14 21 Come Next Spring (Rep.) — 1 5 27 5 Come On, The (A. A.) — — — 1 4 Congo Crossing (U-l) — — 12 4 4 Conqueror, The (RKO) 17 13 14 13 10 Court Jester, The (Par.) — 10 9 13 10 Crashing Las Vegas (A. A.) 1 3 1 1 — Creature Walks Among Us (U-l) 1 5 5 3 1 Crime in the Streets (A. A.) — 3 9 2 1 D-Day the Sixth of June (20th-Fox) 9 21 2 3 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (B.V.) — — 3 6 7 Day of Fury (U-l) — — 5 1 1 5 Earth vs. Flying Saucers (Col.) 17 8 3 Eddy Duchin Story, The (Col.) 2 18 21 1 — Fastest Gun Alive (MGM) 3 14 7 3 First Texan, The (A. A.) — 2 3 3 1 Forbidden Planet (MGM) 1 18 15 4 6 Foreign Intrigue (U.A.) — — 3 1 3 ‘Forever Darling (MGM) 7 31 33 12 8 Francis in the Haunted House (U-l) — 1 1 13 3 2 ‘Fury at Gunsight Pass (Col.) — 1 3 2 2 Gaby (MGM) 1 13 15 5 Girls in Prison (A.I.P.) 4 1 Godzilla King of the Monsters (Trans.) — 1 4 5 1 Goodbye, My Lady (W.B.) — 4 II 1 1 4 Great Day in the Morning (RKO) — — 8 5 2 Great Locomotive Chase, The (B.V.) — 14 13 10 5 Guys and Dolls (MGM) 20 1 1 9 6 9 Harder They Fall, The (Col.) 5 4 26 21 ‘Helen of Troy (W.B.) 12 33 1 1 14 ‘Hell on Frisco Bay (W.B.) 1 8 14 12 26 High Society (MGM) 13 2 1 Hilda Crane ( 20thFox ) 9 9 8 Hot Blood (Col.) 5 13 14 7 Hot Rod Girl (A.I.P.) — 5 1 — — I'll Cry Tomorrow (MGM) . II 37 1 1 1 1 ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers (A. A.) — 1 3 1 1 19 Johnny Concho (U.A.) EX 1 AA 4 AV 2 BA 14 PR Jubal (Col.) 1 21 3 30 2 Kettles in the Ozarks (U-l) 2 18 12 16 3 ‘Killer Is Loose (U.A.) 1 — — 7 1 King and 1, The (20th-Fox) 22 10 14 7 1 ‘Last Hunt, The (MGM) 3 24 24 7 Leather Saint (Par.) — 3 3 4 5 t Lisbon (Rep.) — 1 — 20 1 * Littl est Outlaw, The (B.V.) 7 20 14 9 23 ‘Lone Ranger, The (W.B.) 10 28 12 7 2 fLovers and Lollipops (Trans.) — 1 1 5 — Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ( 20+hFox ) 21 29 13 5 8 Man Who Knew Too Much (Par.) 1 13 19 3 2 Man Who Never Was (20th-Fox.) — 2 20 15 15 Maverick Queen, The (Rep.) . . — 4 1 7 2 Meet Me In Las Vegas (MGM) 6 9 23 17 16 Miracle in the Rain (W.B.) — 6 9 20 26 Moby Dick (W.B.) 5 3 7 7 — Mohawk ( 20thFox ) — 3 6 4 1 Never Say Goodbye (U-l) — 12 27 23 16 On the Threshold of Space (20th-Fox) 9 7 13 16 Our Miss Brooks (W.B.) — — 9 1 1 12 Pardners (Par.) 7 23 9 1 — Patterns (U.A.) — — — — 10 Picnic (Col.) 24 45 14 2 — Price of Fear (U-l) — — — 1 6 Proud and Profane, The (Par.) — 1 1 10 — — Proud Ones, The (20th-Fox) — 10 16 13 10 Quincannon, Frontier Scout (U.A.) — 2 2 6 2 Rawhide Years, The (U-l) 4 16 5 7 Red Sundown (U-l) — 10 8 9 5 Revolt of Mamie Stover ( 20thFox ) — 20 1 1 10 1 Rock Around the Clock (Col.) 21 13 16 1 1 ‘Rose Tattoo, The (Par.) 1 1 9 16 9 4 (Run for the Sun (U.A.) — 2 1 2 — Safari (Col.) — 6 18 9 — Santiago (W.B.) — — 14 7 9 Scarlet Hour (Par.) — — — — 7 Screaming Eagles (A. A.) — 2 5 6 3 Searchers, The (W.B.) 6 16 1 1 1 — Serenade (W.B.) — 1 4 8 18 Seven Men From Now (W.B.) — 3 4 1 — ‘Slightly Scarlet (RKO) — 3 9 9 7 Somebody Up There Likes Me (MGM) 2 2 4 17 1 Star in the Dust (U-l) — 1 6 16 — (Star of India (U.A.) — — 1 5 — Storm Over the Nile (Col.) — — 2 4 3 Stranger at My Door (Rep.) — 2 2 2 3 Swan, The (MGM) 3 1 1 17 14 7 That Certain Feeling (Par.) — 1 1 8 20 7 ‘There's Always Tomorrow (U-l) — — 11 8 25 These Wilder Years (MGM) — 3 1 2 — Timetable (U.A.) — — — 3 4 Toy Tiger (U-l) 1 10 17 9 1 Trapeze (U.A.) 7 19 31 2 — Tribute to a Bad Man (MGM) — 2 13 14 14 23 Paces to Baker Street ( 20thFox ) 1 3 12 6 17 Uranium Boom (Col.) — — — 4 5 (Vagabond King, The (Par.) .... — — 4 2 2 Werewolf, The (Col.) 1 1 5 1 While the City Sleeps (RKO) . — 1 3 18 3 World in My Corner (U-l) — — 5 15 29 World Without End (A. A.) 1 — 4 1 2