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¶ In Manhattan, the tradesheet Variety listed the top-grossing pictures for last month, in order, The Charge at Feather River (Warner) ; Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Warner) ; Shane (Paramount) ; This Is Cinerama (Cinerama Productions); Dangerous When Wet (M-G-M).
Without benefit of reviews from the New York critics, the pictures in the first week coined nearly four times as much money as the theater had been grossing-$4,700, as compared to $1,200. Moreover, Sanders, with Co-Distributor Sam Cummins, found that moviegoers seemed to prefer sure-fire...
Peter Kiewit is a 51-year-old Omaha contractor whose motto is: "No job is too big or too small." Three years ago, while grossing more than $100 million a year. Kiewit lived up to half of his motto. He won a contract to resurface three rural Nebraska streets. Cost...
The selling power of sex was brought home to the Italian industry by Bitter Rice, a second-rate movie with arty pretensions and a nodding gesture to social problems (the exploitation of women workers in Italy's rice fields). Bitter Rice turned out to be a brilliant showcase for...
Inspired by King Kong's phenomenal success in the Middle West (already grossing at 2 ½ times the rate of a normal A picture), RKO will launch the picture all over the U.S. and in Canada before school starts in the fall.