Damian O'Flynn. Director: Prank Mc- Donald. Ynkon Manhunt ...5123. (63) July 8 Outdoor Melodrama. Canadian Mountie and his dog are assigned to investigate a series of payroll robberies at a mining camp. The arch criminal is the mine owner who had actually planned the thefts. Klrby Grant, Chinook, Margaret Field, Gail Davis. Paul McGuire. Director: Frank McDonald. Paramount (September 1950 through August 1951) .Appointment With Danger....5019....(89) May Drama. Postal inspector runs down a gang perpetrating large scale mail robberies, aided by a nun who witnessed the murder of one of his associates and identifies the criminals. Alan Ladd, PhylUs Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling. Director: Lewis Allen. At War With the Army. 5014... (93) .Jan. 17 Comedy. Adventures of two buck privates in today's army. Gags and songs in episodes rather than a well-defined plot. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen. Tommy Farrell. Director: Hal Walker. Big Carnival, The (formerly "Ace in the Hole"). ...5023... (112) July 4 Drama. Once big-time newsman is reduced to reporting on small western paper. He makes a news sensation of the victim of a cave-in, but dies with the subject of his sensational journalism. Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall. Director: Billy Wilder. ©Branded. ...5009 (94) Jan. Technicolor Western Drama. Posing as the long-lost son of a wealthy rancher, a wandering cowboy reforms when he learns to love the man's daughter. He finds and returns the true heir. Alan Ladd, Charles Bickford, Mona Freeman, Jo.seph Calleia. Director: Rudolph Mate. Cassino to Korea. .5008.... (58) Oct. 12, '50 Documentary. Narrated by Quentin Reynolds. Traces North African and Italian campaigns. Highlights achievements of two American soldiers, Sgt. James M. Logan and Capt. David Ludlum. Stars are Allied and U.N. troops. Director: Edward Genock. ©Copper Canyon .5003 .. (83) Oct. '50 Technicolor Western Drama. Ex-Confederate soldiers, seeking to mine copper, tangle with a crooked deputy sheriff plotting to buy the mining claims cheap. Famous Confederate colonel, posing as a trick-shot artist, arrives on the scene to help the soldiers. Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, Harry Carey jr. Director: John Farrow. Dark City....50O4 (97) „ Oct. '50 Drama. Three men know they are marked for murder by a vengeance-seeking maniac, but do not know the man stalking them. He strikes twice, and corners the third before the police close in. Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Vlveca Llndfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore. Director: William Dieterle. Dear Brat....5021 ....(82) May 30 Drama. Teen-ager organizes a society for the rehabilitation of criminals and brings an ex-convict into the household as gardener, to her father's embarrassment since he was the judge who .sentenced him. Mona Freeman. Edward Arnold, Billy De Wolfe, Lyle Bettger. Director: William A. Selter. WOFancy Pants... .5001. ...(92) Sept. '50 Technicolor Comedy. Stranded actor poses as an English butler for a family in New Mexico. The fireworks start when the townspeople mistake him for the daughter's titled suitor. Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Klrkwood. Director: George Marshall. ©Great Missouri Raid, The .5013 (85) Feb. 22 Technicolor Western Drama. Frank and Jesse James, forced to become outlaws by a vindictive northern officer, stage many holdups. Frank goes straight but Jesse is killed by a member of his own gang. Wendell Corey. Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew, Ward Bond, Ann Revere. Director: Gordon Douglas. OLaat Outpost, The. .5020... (89) May Technicolor Historical Western. Two brothers, one serving the north, the other the south, try to control the Santa Fe trail during the Civil War. They combine forces to defeat an Indian uprising. Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett, Noah Beery, Bill Williams. Director: Lewis R. Foster. (Pine-Thomas Productions.) Lemon Drop Kid, The. .5018. ..(91) Apr. Comedy. Race-track tout stages a drive for funds to build an old people's home, planning to use the money himself. He experiences a change of heart and starts to build the home. Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Andrea King, Jane Darwell. Director: Sidney Lanfield. ©Let's Dance... 500«.... (112) Nov. 23, '50 Technicolor Musical Comedy. Dancer, left a war widow with a young son, becomes involved In court difficulties when her inlaws try to take the child from her. Her old boy friend and former dancing partner comes to the rescue. Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick. Director: Norman Z. McLeod. Mating Season, The. .5016. ..(101) Mar. 24 Comedy. Bride mistakes her mother-in-law for a maid from an employment agency. Anxious to help the new marriage succeed, the mother persuades her son to let the arrangement continue. Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Molly (formerly "The Goldbergs") ...,5011 (83) Apr. Comedy. Molly Goldberg entertains an old suitor and successfully plays the matchmaker between him and an attractive widow. Gertrude Berg, Philip Loeb, Eli Mintz, Arlene McQuade. Eduard Franz. Director: Walter Hart. Mr. Music. .5007. ...(113) Dec. 28, '50 Comedy With Songs. Composer comes up with hit musical at long last with help of girl and group of actor friends who stage tryout in college auditorium and snag an "angel." Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey, Tom Ewell, Robert Stack. Director: Richard Haydn. ©Passage West... .5022... (80) July Technicolor Western Drama. Brutal leader of a gang of escaped convicts is reformed through the Influence of a minister and a beautiful woman whom he meets when he takes unlawful command of a wagon train. John Payne, Dennis O'Keefe, Arleen Whelan, Frank Faylen, Mary Anderson. Director: Lewis R. Foster, fPine-Thomas Productions.) Peking Express... 5024... (85) Aug. Melodrama. On the international train, assorted characters, deep in intrigue, are captured by armed rebels. Through the clever ruse of a United Nations doctor among them, they are rescued. Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Qwenn. William Dieterle. Director: ©Quebec... 5017.... (85) - Apr. Technicolor Historical Drama. In Canada in 1837 a son takes over leadership of a rebellion when his father is killed. His life is saved by his unknown mother, the wife of a British officer. John Barrymore jr.. Corinne Calvet, Patric Knowles, Barbara Rush. Director: George Templeton. Kedhead and the Cowboy, The.. ..5015 (82) JWar. Western Drama. In post-Civil War New Mexico, a cowboy meets a beautiful Confederate agent and is drawn into a conflict over secret messages and an attempt to clear himself of a murder charge. Glenn Ford, Edmond O'Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Alan Reed. Director: Leslie Fenton. ©Samson and Delilah. .5010 ...(128).... Mar. 28 Technicolor Spectacle Drama. Story from the Book of Judges. Philistine beauty plots destruction of Danite she loves amid intrigue that sets two civilizations against each other. Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature. George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon. Director: Cecil B. DeMlUe. September Affair ...5012.... (104) Feb. Drama. Married engineer and concert pianist, mistakenly listed as lost when a plane falls into the ocean, start a new life together. "Widow" discovers them and romance ends. Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Jessica Tandy, Francoise Rosay. Director: William Dieterle. That's My Boy....5026....(98) Aug. Comedy. Ineffective son of ex-football hero attains position on the college team because of his wealthy father's financial contribution. A failure in the first game, he later redeems himself by successfully replacing the team's star. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Ruth Hussey. Director: Hal Walker. Trio... 5030... (92) June Dramas. British-made. Maugham's three short stories. "The Verger" — Illiterate church verger dismissed after long service becomes chain store tycoon. "Mr. Knowall" —Egotistical smart aleck Involves himself and assorted characters in shipboard drama. "Sanatorium" — Romance among tuberculosis patients. "The Verger": James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison. "Mr. Knowall": Anne Crawford. "Sanatorium": Jean Simmons. Directors: Ken Annakin, Harold French. (J. Arthur Rank.') ©Tripoli. .5005..., (95) Nov. 11, '50 Technicolor Adventure Drama. In war with Tripoli, a band of marines is sent to capture seaport. They meet a treacherous desert leader but are warned by girl of his entourage and win the objective. Maureen O'Hara. John Payne, Howard da Silva, Philip Reed. Director: Will Price. (Pine- Thomas Productions.) Union Station, .5002. (80) Sept. '50 Drama. Action takes place in New York's Union Station, where kidnapers arrange a meeting place with a millionaire whose blind daughter they are holding for ransom. William Holden. Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger, Allene Roberts. Director: Rudolph Mate. ©Warpath... .5025.... (95) Aug. Technicolor Action Drama. Ex-army captain enlists as' a private In cavalry regiment where two bandits, whom he has sought for years, serve. The Indians attack and one outlaw deserts and the other is killed. Edmond O'Brien, Dean Jagger, Forrest Tucker, Harry Carey Jr., Polly Bergen. Director: Byron Haskin. 118 BAROMETEB SecUon
Pandro S. Berman Producer BOXOFFICE 119
- Page 1 and 2:
I #>. I ^^^^^^^^^'
- Page 3 and 4:
AND ! NEXT YEAR TOO! Just a Few of
- Page 5 and 6:
?U3^ hey re inventing a Barometer f
- Page 7 and 8:
IMPORTAMT ANHOUHCEMEHT FROM CENTURY
- Page 9 and 10:
WITH SIX MONTHS OF THE
- Page 11 and 12:
Year in... Year out... ...and prove
- Page 13 and 14:
THE ONE AND ONLY GENE AUTRY AND CHA
- Page 15 and 16:
— Production Outlook Is Better Th
- Page 17 and 18:
J RKO! If RACTIONS! A GIRL IN EVERY
- Page 19 and 20:
I imiTfii m ^atiuiiwidc Pull Vaiiir
- Page 22 and 23:
Jane Wy ma n Esther Williams
- Page 24 and 25:
Gary Cooper Doris Day .f^*^^''^ M-
- Page 26 and 27:
Jeanne Grain John Wayne
- Page 28 and 29:
"THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC" . WHEN YOU'R
- Page 30 and 31:
THf flLL-flUlfRICfln SCfifEO fflVOR
- Page 32 and 33:
HAL WALLIS PRODUCTIONS
- Page 34 and 35:
mericun l/Uedtern ^auorit IDING at
- Page 36 and 37:
— . . . "The . . "We — — C^uf
- Page 38 and 39:
1 Picture Records at the Nation's B
- Page 40 and 41:
I FOR SHOWMEN ONLY! Produced and Di
- Page 42 and 43:
PRODUCER In Distribution: When Worl
- Page 44 and 45:
Number 1 COWBOY STAR 9TH CONSECUTIV
- Page 46 and 47:
f-^^icture Cy/roddeA Q Quebec (Para
- Page 48 and 49:
A Distinguished Year ARTHUR for DIR
- Page 50 and 51:
Wedtern l^ecords One-Third of Weste
- Page 52 and 53:
EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTIONS, INC. Present
- Page 55:
about 1 Une Lyutlooh ^6 (l5nakter ^
- Page 58 and 59:
UL ^^^^ V ^:3^=^ Principal Characte
- Page 60 and 61:
(From September 1950, through Augus
- Page 62 and 63:
Fancy Pants A Paramount Production
- Page 64 and 65:
King Solomon's Mines A Metro-Goldwy
- Page 66 and 67:
Kim A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Productio
- Page 68 and 69: Father's Little Dividend A Metro-Go
- Page 70 and 71: On the Riviera A 20th Century-Fox P
- Page 72 and 73: ':':''>/ V :'i7T iS.iSt?" 0W: . Ali
- Page 74 and 75: U^iue r\ibbon ^J^onop r\oli (^uli^
- Page 76 and 77: 1 ROSTER OF THE lational Screen Cou
- Page 78 and 79: 78 BAROMETER Section
- Page 80 and 81: :zm^ss^JZittl ThP Power Heliind the
- Page 82 and 83: (^luudette L^otbert 82 BAROMETER Se
- Page 84 and 85: — I The (iuidina Hands oi the Bia
- Page 86 and 87: GTuddroo 16 f roduce by CHESTER FRI
- Page 88 and 89: 88 BAROMETER Section
- Page 90 and 91: Prospects Are Brighter In Britain (
- Page 92 and 93: — o MASK OF THE AVENGER (Historic
- Page 94 and 95: I Q O o 6 M GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (Mus
- Page 96 and 97: erg, — O < AARON SLICK FROM PUNKI
- Page 98 and 99: \NDROCLES AND THE LION (Costume Com
- Page 100 and 101: — u g Oh U BAL TABARIN (Musical C
- Page 102 and 103: Robert Sparks Producer R K O RADIO
- Page 104 and 105: II O I— H I— H < •J < H < < >
- Page 106 and 107: • . C/3 O K Director: Williom KeJ
- Page 108 and 109: Cyclone Fury. ...368... (54) _ Aug.
- Page 110 and 111: (68) (67) age, David Bruce, Steven
- Page 112 and 113: (85) 1 Lynn, Greg Martell. Director
- Page 114 and 115: (95). (92) O'Donnell. Henry Wilcoxo
- Page 116 and 117: to find guns stolen from arsenal. W
- Page 120 and 121: Robert RKO Radio (July 29, 1950 thr
- Page 122 and 123: Communist sabotage. He is assisted
- Page 124 and 125: (86) Werewolf of London... (76) Mar
- Page 126 and 127: guest stars Rex Allen, Allan "Rocky
- Page 128 and 129: Joseph engaged. After many complica
- Page 130 and 131: (70) .226... world is against him,
- Page 132 and 133: Charles of events surrounding the d
- Page 134 and 135: Hudson, Joyce Holden. Director: Jos
- Page 136 and 137: : John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phy
- Page 138 and 139: ) Bad Lord Byron. ,..1A..., (85) In
- Page 140 and 141: Derek Bond. Director: Charles Prank
- Page 142 and 143: pect in shooting of gambler, reveal
- Page 144 and 145: queen discovers her husband's infid
- Page 146 and 147: Treasured Earth... Hungarian (100)
- Page 148 and 149: 3404. I Cueball Droopy's 3860. ..Th
- Page 150 and 151: I I Preparations 3103 Canadian Snow
- Page 152 and 153: Royal Rodeo 7002 ... (20) Nov. 4, '
- Page 154 and 155: Casino ) First Polkas... (12'/i) Ho
- Page 156: p\CTUft^ Century-Fox ACKNOWLEDGES W