Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

FILM BUYERS RATING Film buyers of independent circuits in the V. S. rate current EX AA AV BA PR product on the basis of its performance in their theatres. This King and 1, The (FOX) 30 21 23 16 3 report covers 9 9 attractions, 3,155 playdates. Kiss Before Dying, A (U.A.) — 1 10 2 — 'lilies run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is Last Wagon, The (FOX) 9 20 3 1 cumulative. Dagger (i) denotes attractions published for the Leather Saint (PAR.) — 3 3 6 5 first time. Asterisk (*) indicates attractions which are listed Lisbon (REP.) — 3 — 30 6 for the last time. F.X means Excellent: AA — Above Average: AV — Average: Magnificent Roughnecks (A.A.) — — 6 1 1 BA— Below Average PR — Poor. Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (FOX) Man Who Knew Too Much (PAR.) 22 2 29 17 14 26 8 8 8 2 Miami Expose (COL.) — — — 3 4 EX AA AV BA PR Moby Dick (W.B.) 7 21 19 1 1 4 Ambassador's Daughter, The (U.A.) — 7 10 9 10 Animal World, The (W.B.) — 5 8 18 3 (Opposite Sex, The (MGM) 4 2 Attack (U.A.) — 4 5 — — Over Exposed (COL.) 4 1 Autumn Leaves (Col.) — 7 10 1 1 5 Away All Boats ( U 1 ) 25 29 23 6 2 Pardners (PAR.) 7 29 14 3 Back From Eternity (RKO) Bad Seed, The (W.B.) Bandido (U.A.) (Best Things in Lite Are Free (FOX) Between Heaven and Hell (FOX) 12 4 1 1 1 8 2 5 1 1 3 4 5 3 2 1 1 5 1 Pillars of the Sky ( U-l ) (Power and the Prize, The (MGM) Price of Fear (U-l) Proud and Profane, The (PAR.) Proud Ones, The (FOX) — 2 22 28 12 1 18 20 20 4 1 10 15 3 4 7 4 10 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (RKO) — — 1 8 4 Bhowani Junction (MGMj 1 8 6 15 6 Quincannon, Frontier Scout (U.A.) Bigger Than Lite (FOX) — — 1 5 14 — 2 2 6 2 Birds and the Bees (PAR.) 2 13 19 5 14 Burning Hills, The (W.B.) — 8 26 15 18 Raw Edge (U-l) Bus Stop (FOX) 43 18 18 4 — — 1 6 3 3 Rawhide Years, The (U-l) — 5 22 8 7 Rebel in Town (U.A.) — 3 1 2 — Catered Affair, The (MGM) — 3 13 10 13 Reprisal (COL.) — 1 3 1 — Cockleshell Heroes (COL.) — 1 10 8 1 Rififi (UMPO) — 16 — — — Congo Crossing (U-l) — 1 15 7 7 Rock Around the Clock (COL.) 22 22 14 1 1 Creeping Unknown, The (U.A.) — 1 4 1 — Run for the Sun (U.A.) — 4 12 3 3 Crime in the Streets (A. A.) 5 14 8 1 Safari (COL.) 6 19 16 6 D-Day the Sixth of June (FOX) — 9 34 3 3 Santiago (W.B.) — 2 25 1 1 13 Dakota Incident (REP.) 1 1 5 5 2 Satellite in the Sky (W.B.) — — 3 7 4 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (B.V.) — — 3 9 13 Screaming Eagles (A.A.) — 2 6 7 3 Day of Fury (U-l) — — 5 1 1 5 Search for Bridey Murphy (PAR.) — — — 1 5 Searchers, The (W.B.) 6 24 18 5 — Secret of Treasure Mountain (COL.) — 1 — 6 — Earth vs. Flying Saucers (COL.) — 17 12 3 1 Seven Men From Now (W.B.) — 9 18 3 1 Eddy Duchin Story, The (COL.) 2 35 31 6 2 Showdown at Abilene (U-l) — — 15 2 1 Solid Gold Cadillac, The (COL.) — 6 4 5 2 Somebody Up There Likes Me (MGM) 2 3 22 28 4 Fastest Gun Alive (MGM) 4 29 25 5 2 Star of India (U.A.) — — 1 13 — First Texan, The (A.A.) — 2 7 12 8 Star in the Dust (U-l) — 1 7 16 — First Traveling Saleslady (RKO) — — 3 7 1 (Storm Center (COL.) — — — 1 4 Foreign Intrigue (U.A.) — 1 5 6 3 Storm Over the Nile (COL.) — — 2 5 4 Francis in the Haunted House (U-l) Gaby (MGM) 14 21 5 2 Tea and Sympathy (MGM) 8 3 3 — 1 13 17 6 (Tension at Table Rock (RKO) — — 2 3 — Girls in Prison (A.I.P.) — 10 2 1 — That Certain Feeling (PAR.) II 14 25 18 Goodbye, My Lady (W.B.) — 4 13 II 8 These Wilder Years (MGM) 3 4 10 4 Great Day in the Morning (RKO) — 1 9 8 3 Toward the Unknown (W.B.) 1 5 3 Great Locomotive Chase, The (B.V.) — 14 16 15 9 Toy Tiger (U-l) 1 1 12 22 12 2 Guys and Dolls (MGM) 20 12 10 7 10 Trapeze (U.A.) 9 33 35 3 — 23 Paces to Baker Street (FOX) 1 3 13 1 1 20 High Society (MGM) 18 14 5 2 Hold Back the Night (A.A.) Hot Rod Girl (A.I.P.) — 13 4 3 1 1 5 14 Unguarded Moment (U-l) — 2 5 7 — I'll Cry Tomorrow (MGM) 1 1 39 1 1 1 1 Vagabond King (PAR.) — — 4 3 7 fit Conquered the World (A.I.P.) 1 3 1 ~ Walk the Proud Land (U-l) 9 22 9 Johnny Concho (U.A.) 1 4 4 22 3 Werewolf, The (COL.) — 1 1 5 1 — Jubal (COL.) 1 25 3 34 2 While the City Sleeps (RKO) — 1 9 19 6