Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

FILM BUYERS RATING k Film buyers of independent circuits in the LJ. S. rate current product on the basis of its performance in their theatres. T his report covers 103 attractions, 3,387 play dates. Johnny Concho (U.A.) Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumulative. Dagger (j) denotes attractions published for the first time. Asterisk (*) indicates attractions which are listed for the last time. EX means Excellent; A A — Above Average; AV — Average: BA — Below Average PR — Poor. Ambassador’s Daughter, The (U.A.) Animal World, The (W.B.) Attack (U.A.) Autumn Leaves (Col.) Away All Boats (U-l) Back From Eternity (RKO) Bad Seed, The (W.B.) Bandido (U.A.) Best Things in Lite Are Free, The (Fox) Between Heaven and Hell (Fox) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (RKO) Bhowani Junction (MGM) Bigger Than Life (Fox) Boss, The (U.A.) Burning Hills, The (W.B) Bus Stop (Fox) Canyon River (A. A.) Catered Affair, The (MGM) Congo Crossing (U-l) . Creeping Unknown, The (U.A.) Crime in the Streets (A. A.) Cry in the Night (W.B.) D-Day the Sixth of June (Fox) Dakota Incident (Rep.) Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (B.V.) Distant Drums (W.B.) (reissue) Earth vs. Flying Saucers (Col.) Eddy Duchin Story, The (Col.) fEverything But the Truth (U-l) Fastest Gun Alive (MGM) First Texan, The (A. A.) First Texan, The (A.A.) First Traveling Saleslady (RKO) f Flight to Hongkong (U.A.) Francis in the Haunted House (U-l) Friendly Persuasion (A.A.) Giant (W.B.) Girl He Left Behind (W.B.) Girls in Prison (A.I.P.) Great Locomotive Chase, The (B.V.) Gunslinger, The (ARC) Guys and Dolls (MGM) He Laughed Last (Col.) High Society (MGM) Hold Back the Night (A.A.) Hot Rod Girl (A.I.P.) I'll Cry Tomorrow (MGM) It Conquered the World (A.I.P.) EX AA 25 13 5 I 43 I 2 4 I 7 5 I 20 20 I I I I I 7 5 5 7 30 I 30 16 22 8 I 13 24 I 3 I 1 5 2 10 I 18 36 32 2 2 15 6 2 1 10 15 2 12 34 2 13 39 7 AV 14 9 16 13 27 13 14 16 6 12 1 6 2 I 32 32 2 13 16 4 16 3 35 5 3 5 12 31 27 8 8 3 1 22 2 10 2 16 4 13 3 9 5 3 I I I BA 15 18 5 14 9 21 4 4 23 16 13 16 5 3 17 I I 4 13 8 1 9 2 3 5 10 3 12 6 13 13 10 3 5 I 3 I 16 12 3 4 2 I I PR 12 4 2 7 2 1 1 5 6 5 6 18 2 18 1 15 7 2 I 3 2 16 1 2 15 2 9 9 1 2 3 10 10 2 5 14 I King and I, The (Fox) Kiss Before Dying, A (U.A.) Last Wagon, The (Fox) Leather Saint (Par.) . Lisbon (Rep.) Love Me Tender (Fox) Magnificent Roughnecks (A.A.) (Man From Del Rio (U.A.) Man Who Knew Too Much (Par.) Miami Expose (Col.) Moby Dick (W.B.) Mountain, The (Par.) fOdongo (Col.) Oklahoma (Magna) Opposite Sex, The (MGM) Pardners (Par.) Pillars of the Sky (U-l) (Port Afrique (Col.) . Power and the Prize, The (MGM) Proud and Profane, The (Par.) Raw Edge (U-l) Rawhide Years, The (U-l) Rebel in Town (U.A.) Reprisal (Col.) Rififi (UMPO) Run for the Sun (U.A.) Safari (Col.) Santiago (W.B.) Satellite in the Sky (W.B.) Search for Bridey Murphy (Par.) Searchers, The (W.B.) Secret of Treasure Mountain (Col.) Seven Men From Now (W.B.) Showdown at Abilene (U-l) Solid Gold Cadillac, The (Col.) Somebody Up There Likes Me (MGM) Star of India ( U.A.) Star in the Dust (U-l) Storm Center (Col.) Storm Over the Nile (Col.) Tea and Sympathy (MGM) Teenage Rebel (Fox) Tension at Table Rock (RKO) That Certain Feeling (Par.) These Wilder Years (MGM) Toward the Unknown (W.B.) Toy Tiger ( U-l ) Trapeze (U.A.) Unguarded Moment (U-l) Vagabond King (Par.) Walk the Proud Land (U-l) War and Peace (Par.) Werewolf, The (Col.) You Can't Run Away From It (Col.) Young Guns, The (A.A.) EX AA AV BA PR I 4 7 23 3 30 24 28 20 6 — I 12 3 I 24 2 7 10 3 3 5 17 21 I 25 3 6 I 26 20 9 5 6 30 7 2 3 9 5 12 9 2 6 I 7 I 1 2 4 5 2 — 5 I — 16 6 14 5 16 25 I 3 I 8 24 13 8 3 23 8 2 2 5 5 16 5 19 18 25 14 3 8 — 3 18 5 I 6 24 4 18 2 1 1 12 23 31 1 13 7 16 — 3 2 5 8 5 8 — 2 8 15 25 7 12 I I 26 22 13 36 3 15 9 5 4 25 I I 6 5 3 2 I 5 I 5 2 5 4 4 7 4 6 16 4 6 I I 3 4 6 5 2 18 8 3 4 2 9 I n