Friday, December 16, 1955 - Thursday, January 12, 1956 (4 Weeks)
The Rains of Ranchipur
Starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton
Directed by Jean Negulesco
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope, DeLuxe Color and Stereophonic Sound
104 Minutes
"Wonders of Manhattan" Narrated by George Jessel / Directed by Harry Foster / A Columbia Musical Travelark in CinemaScope and Technicolor
Tom and Jerry Color Cartoon

Reported Gross "The Rains of Ranchipur"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, December 22, 1955
35
 
2
Thursday, December 29, 1955
35
 
3
Thursday, January 5, 1956
35
 
4
Thursday, january 12, 1956
35
 
Totals
28 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $
105
 
Source: Variety

 
Friday, January 13, 1956 - Wednesday, February 15, 1956 (4 Weeks)
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Starring Tom Ewell and Sheree North
Directed by Frank Tashlin
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope, DeLuxe Color and Stereophonic Sound
99 Minutes
"The Egg and Jerry" Starring Tom and Jerry / Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in CinemaScope and Technicolor
"Carioca Carnival" Narrated by Ed Stokes / Directed by Anthony Muto

Reported Gross "The Lieutenant Wore Skirts"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, January 19, 1956
35
 
2
Thursday, January 26, 1956
35
 
3
Thursday, February 2, 1956
35
 
4
Thursday, February 9, 1956
35
 
5
Wednesday, February 15, 1955
(6 Days)
30
 
Totals
34 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
5 Weeks
Average Performance: $
170
 
Source: Variety
 
Hollywood Premiere, Thursday, February 16, 1956 @ 8:30 PM
Regular Engagement: Friday, February 17, 1956 - Wednesday, April 11, 1956 (8 Weeks)
Carousel
Starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones
Directed by Henry King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope 55, DeLuxe Color and 6-Track Stereophonic Sound
128 Minutes
"Only at the Chinese Can You Hear it in the New 6-Track High Fidelity Stereophonic Sound"
"See a Preview of the New Hollywood! / New sidewalk with Star Portraits / New Hollywood Boulevard Landscaping / Newly Designed Lamp Post Searchlights!" (This might have been a display during the Premiere, or it could have been for the whole run —ED)
Stars attending the Premiere:
June Allison / Jean Pierre Aumont / Joan Bennett / Jeff Chandler / Joan Collins / Robert Cummings / Doris Day / Jeff Donnelly / Paul Douglas / Richard Egan / Mona Freeman / Zsa Zsa Gabor / Susan Hayward / Jeffrey Hunter / Peggy King / Vivien Leigh / Gene Lockhart / Guy Madison / Groucho Marx / James Mason / Cameron Mitchell / Robert Mitchum / Rita Moreno / Terry Moore / Jeff Morrow / Lori Nelson / Sheree North / Merle Oberon / Maureen O'Hara / Debra Paget / Marisa Pavan / Dick Powell / Aldo Ray / Michael Rennie / Barbara Ruick / Jan Sterling / Dorothy Towne / Robert Wagner / Clifton Webb / Esther Williams / Dana Wynter / Debbie Reynolds / Margaret O'Brien / June Haver / Fred MacMurray / Rosalind Russell / Natalie Wood / Jeanne Crain / Hugh O' Brien /

Lights! Glamour! Excitement! Cameras! Atmosphere! Bleachers!

Thursday, March 22, 1956 (at 20th Century-Fox Studio)
Yul Brynner (35) and Deborah Kerr (34) Imprint Ceremonies
 
Reported Gross "Carousel"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, February 23, 1956 (8 Days)
29
 
2
Thursday, March 1, 1956
28
 
3
Thursday, March 8, 1956
28
 
4
Thursday, March 15, 1956
28
 
5
Thursday, March 22, 1956
28
 
6
Thursday, March 29, 1956
28
 
7
Thursday, April 5, 1956
28
 
8
Wednesday, April 11, 1956 (6 Days)
24
 
Totals
55 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
8 Weeks
Average Performance: $
221
 
Source: Variety
 
Gala Hollywood Premiere, Thursday, April 12, 1956 @ 8:30 PM
Regular Engagement: Friday, April 13, 1956 - Monday, May 28, 1956 (7 Weeks)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope, DeLuxe Color and Stereophonic Sound
153 Minutes

Stars attending the Premiere:
June Allison / The Ames Brothers / Cary Cooper / Robert Cummings / Yvonne DeCarlo / Paul Douglas / John Ericson / Jo Van Fleet / Mona Freeman / Zsa Zsa Gabor / Paul Henreid / Tab Hunter / Peggy Knudsen / Joan Leslie / Gordon MacRea / Fredric March / Dewey Martin / Mr & Mrs James Mason and Portland Mason / Groucho Marx / Ray Milland / Cameron Mitchell / Robert Montgomery / Lori Nelson / Tommy Noonan / Arthur O'Connell / Maureen O'Hara / Gregory Peck / Gigi Perreau / Dick Powell / Barbara Rush / Rosalind Russell / Dinah Shore / Jan Sterling / Shirley Temple / Julie London / Bobby Troop / Susan Hayward / Clifton Webb / Jane Withers / Sal Mineo

Starrs! Lights! Glamour! Excitement! Bleachers!

Premiere Tickets: $5.00


Friday, May 18th, 1956:

Grauman's Chinese Theatre 29th Birthday Today

Reported Gross "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, April 19, 1956 (8 Days)
29
 
2
Thursday, April 26, 1956
28
 
3
Thursday, May 3, 1956
28
 
4
Thursday, May 10, 1956
28
 
5
Thursday, May 17, 1956
28
 
6
Thursday, May 24, 1956
28
 
7
Monday, May 28, 1956 (4 Days)
16
 
Totals
46 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
7 Weeks
Average Performance: $
185
 
Source: Variety

 
Tuesday, May 29, 1956 - Wednesday, June 27, 1956 (4 Weeks)
D-Day the Sixth of June
Starring Robert Taylor and Richard Todd
Directed by Henry Koster
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope, DeLuxe Color
106 Minutes
"Chips Ahoy" Starring Donald Duck and Chip 'n' Dale / Directed by Jack Kinney / A Walt Disney Production in CinemaScope and Technicolor / A Beuna Vista Distribution Company Release
"A Thoroughbred is Born" Narrated by Mel Allen / Directed by Tom McMorrow and Jack Painter / A 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope Sports Review in DeLuxe Color and Stereophonic Sound

Reported Gross "D-Day the Sixth of June"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 6, 1956 (8 Days)
40
 
2
Wednesday, June 13, 1956
35
 
3
Wednesday, June 20, 1956
35
 
4
Wednesday, June 27, 1956
35
 
Totals
29 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $
145
 
Source: Variety

 
Hollywood Premiere, Thursday, June 28, 1956 @ 8:30 PM
Regular Engagement: Friday, June 29, 1956 - Tuesday, August 28, 1956 (9 Weeks)
The King and I
Starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner
Directed by Walter Lang
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope 55, DeLuxe Color and Stereophonic Sound
133 Minutes
Doors Open 10:00 AM Daily
Premiere Sponsored by The UCLA Medical Center Auxilliary

Stars attending the Premiere:
Desi Arnez / Lucille Ball / Ray Bolger / Claudette Colbert / Paul Douglas / Richard Egan / Rhonda Fleming / June Haver / Susan Hayward / Martha Hyer / Anita Louise / Fred MacMurray / Virginia Mayo / Rita Moreno / Michael O'Shea / Ronald Reagan / Michael Rennie / Jane Russell / Robert Stack / Jan Sterling / Elizabeth Taylor / Robert Taylor / Ursula Thiess / Michael Wilding / Dana Wynter / Jeanne Crain / Linda Darnell / Kathryn Grayson / Helen Hayes / Ann Miller / Hugh O'Brien / Jeff Morrow

Ernest Borgnine, Master of Ceremonies

Charter Sponsors
Mrs. Nina Anderson
Army Auxilliary Corps
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chandler
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McCone
Mr. and Mrs. Tom May
Music Corporation of America
Mr. and Mrs. William Pauley
West Hollywood Kiwanis Club

Sponsors
Dr. and Mrs. Franklin L. Ashley
Mrs. Ingle Barr
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berns
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burch
Mr. and Mrs. William Conine
Mr. Bing Crosby
Mrs. George A. Davis,Jr.
Dietrich and Feldstein
L. A. District Association of Delphian ChaptersMr. and Mrs. Walter Ely
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Eunson
Mr. A. J. Gock
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn
Amelia Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Green
Mr. Richard Hammond III
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jaffe
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman H. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koster
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lasker
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luckman
Luria Brothers and Company
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacGowan
I. Magnin & Company
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Marshall
Dr. and Mrs. Sherman Mellinkoff
Mr. Bob Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. William Stix Milius
Mr. and Mrs. Reese L. Milner
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Nerney
Mr. and Mrs. William Pereira
Rosenberg-Coryell Agency
Ruser Jewels
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Schick
Mr. and Mrs. George Seaton
Mr. and Mrs. George Sidney
Spencer-Orgell Silversmiths
Dr. and Mrs. Norman F. Spraugue
Dr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Stern
Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Tucker
The UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary wishes to express its deepest thanks to all the above-mentioned people and to the hundreds of other friends who have contributed so generously to this important cause.

Premiere Committee
Honorary Chairman Mrs. Norman Chandler
General Chairman Mrs. Buddy Adler
Assistant Chairman Mrs. Charles W. Tidd
Tickets Mrs. Franklin L. Ashley
Mrs. John B. Dillon
Sponsors Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale
Mrs. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
Donations Mrs. Ronald Reagan
Invitations Mrs. John D. Wallace
Mrs. John Adams
Publicity Mrs. Arnold Stevens
Miss Madelyn Persons
Programs Mrs. Morris Pfaelzer
From all of us, most heartfelt thanks to Twentieth Century Fox and to Buddy Adler for making "The King and I" available to the UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary. Our thanks to Harry Brand, Charles Leonard, Lillian Nelson, Lyle Wheeler, John De Cuir and all the studio staffs for their invaluable assistance and their generous helpfulness.

UCLA MEDICAL CENTER AUXILIARY
Officers
President Mrs. Buddy Adler
1st Vice-President Mrs. Thomas Ellsworth
2nd Vice-President Mrs. Morris Pfaelzer
3rd Vice-President Mrs. Franklin L. Ashley
4th Vice-President Mrs. John D. Wallace
5th Vice-President Mrs. Ronald Reagan
Treasurer Mrs. Birger Tinglof
Recording Secretary Mrs. Charles W. Tidd
Corresponding Secretary Mrs. John Adams

Board of Governors
Mrs. Herbert M. Baruch Mrs. John S. Lawrence
Mrs. Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr. Mrs. Daniel Mishell
Mrs. Elmer Belt Mrs. William Rains
Mrs. Leo S. Bing Mrs. Alexander Ripley
Mrs. Alfred Bloomingdale Mrs. Norman Spraugue, Jr.
Mrs. Cameron Hall Mrs. Arnold Stevens
Mrs. Chester Hoover Dean Stafford Warren
Mrs. Lyman H. Johnson Mr. Kenneth Eastman

Advisory Committee
Mrs. Raymond B. Allen Mrs. Vern O. Knudsen
Mrs. Norman Chandler Mrs. Robert Gordon Sproul
Mrs. Edward A. Dickson Mrs. Stafford L. Warren

Organization Representatives
Cancer Guild
Mrs. Leon David
First Persbyterian Church of Santa Monica, Beth Circle
Mrs. William Hartman
Los Angeles Disctrict of Delphian Chapters
Mrs. Herman Saunders
Medical Faculty Wives of UCLA
Mrs. Norman Brill
Patronaires
Mrs. Byron Reynolds, Jr.
UCLA Medical Student' Wives
Mrs. Wm. J. McCandless
United Voluntary Services
Mrs. Regis Toomey
Westwood Hills Women's Club
Mrs. J. Byron Cole
Westwood Junior Chamber of Commerce, Women's Division
Mrs. E. M. Gulbrandson
Westwood Hills Women's Club Juniors
Mrs. George Paxton
Women's Auxiliary of Los Angeles County Optometric Association
Mrs. Earl Twitchell

Reported Gross "The King and I"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, July 3, 1956 (6 Days)
31
 
2
Tuesday, July 10, 1956
42
 
3
Tuesday, July 17, 1956
42
 
4
Tuesday, July 24, 1956
42
 
5
Tuesday, July 31, 1956
42
 
6
Tuesday, August 7, 1956
42
 
7
Tuesday, August 14, 1956
42
 
8
Tuesday, August 21, 1956
42
 
9
Tuesday, August 28, 1956
42
 
Totals
62 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
9 Weeks
Average Performance: $
367
 
Source: Variety

Photo by William M. Graham



Premiere Program


 
Wednesday, August 29, 1956 - Thursday, September 27, 1956 (4 Weeks)
Bus Stop
Starring Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray
Directed by Joshua Logan
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color
96 Minutes
"In the Bag" Starring Smokey the Bear / Directed by Jack Hannah / A Walt Disney Production in CinemaScope and Technicolor / A Beuna Vista Distribution Company Release
"Honeymoon Paradise" Produced by Edmund Reek / A 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope Special in DeLuxe Color
Wednesday, September 26, 1956 @ 8:30 PM
George Stevens (51), Rock Hudson (30) and Elizabeth Taylor (24) Forecourt Ceremonies
 
Reported Gross "Bus Stop"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, September 6, 1956 (8 Days)
40
 
2
Thursday, September 13, 1956
35
 
3
Thursday, September 20, 1956
35
 
4
Thursday, September 27, 1956
35
 
Totals
29 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $
145
 
Source: Variety
 
 
Friday, September 28, 1956 - Tuesday, October 16, 1956 (3 Weeks)
The Best Things in Life Are Free
Starring Gordon MacRae and Dan Dailey
Directed by Michael Curtiz
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color
113 Minutes
"Trailblazer Magoo" with the voice of Jim Backus / Directed by Pete Burness / A UPA Production in CinemaScope and Technicolor / A Columbia Pictures Release
"Pigskin Peewees" Directed by Tom McMorrow / A 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope Sports Review in DeLuxe Color

Reported Gross "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 3, 1956 (6 Days)
30
 
2
Wednesday, October 10, 1956
35
 
3
Tuesday, October 16, 1956
(6 Days)
30
 
Totals
19 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
3 Weeks
Average Performance: $
95
 
Source: Variety
 
Hollywood Invitational Premiere, Wednesday, October 17, 1956 @ 8:30 PM
Regular Engagement: Thursday, October 18 - Monday, December 24, 1956 (10 Weeks)
Giant
Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson
Directed by George Stevens
A Giant Production / Released by Warner Bros. Pictures / In WarnerColor
201 Minutes
Sunday - Thursday at: 10:30 AM, 1:55, 5:30 and 9:20 PM
Friday and Saturday at: 11:15 AM, 2:35, 6:15 and 10:10 PM
"Red Carpeted Promenade of Stars on a Boulevard Painted with Light and Color"

Stars attending the Premiere:
Nick Adams / Anna Maria Alberghetti / Ben Alenxander / June Allison / Dana Andrews / Roxanne Arlen / Desi Arnez / Jim Backus / Lucille Ball / Anne Bancroft / Eva Bartok / Ann Baxter / Dr. Frank Baxter / William Bendix / Fran Bernett / Edgar Bergen / Jacques Bergerac / Julie Bishop / Julie Blair / Amanda Blake / Ann Blyth / Ernest Borgnine / Scott Brady / Walter Brennan / Billie Burke / William Campbell / John Carroll / Peggie Castle / Joan Caulfield / Jeff Chandler / Etchika Choureau / Charles Coburn / Ben Cooper / Lou Costello / Jeanne Crain / Dani Crayne / Donald Crisp / Robert Cummings / Laraine Day / Yvonne De Carlo / William Demarest / Brian Donlevy / Jeff Donnell / Ann Doran / Diana Dorsi / Irene Dunne / Leo Durocher / Marilyn Erskine / Charles Farrell / Paul Fix / Henry Fonda / Glenn Ford / Eddie Foy, Jr. / Eduarad Franz / Clark Gable / Eva Gabor / Reginald Gardiner / James Garner / James Gleason / Kathryn Grayson / Virginia Grey / Alan Hale / Monte Hale / Jon Hall / Peggy Hallack / Ruth Hampton / June Haver / Margaret Hayes / Van Heflin / Charlton Heston / Wendy Hiller / Dennis Hopper / Bob Hoover / John Howard / Rock Hudson / Tab Hunter / Will Hutchins / Martha Hyer / Anne Jeffries / George Jessel / Les Johnson / L.Q. Jones / Shirley Jones / Danny Kaye / Howard Keel / Peggy King / Jack La Rue / Barbara Lawrence / Peggy Lee / Jerry Lewis / Jane Liddell / Perry Lopez / Frank Lovejoy / Dianna Lynn / Mercedes McCambridge / Patty McCormick / Marie McDonald / Jimmy McHugh / Jeanette MacDonald / Fred MacMurray / Gordon MacRae / Karl Malden / Dorothy Malone / Dean Martin / Dewey Martin / Lee Marvin / Groucho Marx / Ilona Massey / Marilyn Maxwell / Virginia Mayo / Lauritz Melchior / Vera Miles / Ann Miller / Ricardo Montalban / Patricia Morrison / George Murphy / George Nader / Lori Nelson / Robert Nichols / Tommy Noonan / Sheree North / Margaret O'Brien / Michael O'Shea / Jack Palance / Byron Palmer / Fess Parker / Nigel Patrick / Luane Patton / Anthony Perkins / Dick Powell / Eleanor Powell / Vera Ralston / Gene Raymond / Paula Raymond / Donna Reed / Tex Ritter / Gale Robbins / Cliff Robertson / Ann Robinson / Ginger Rogers / Ceasar Romero / Barbara Rush / William Schallert / Gordon Scott / Jacques Sernas / Karen Shapiro / Ann Sheridan / Rod Steiger / Mark Stevens / Russ Tamblyn / Claire Trevor / Joan Vohs / Robert Wagner / Gregory Walcott / Clint Walker / Charles Watts / Barbara Whiting / Margaret Whiting / James Whitmore / Cornell Wilde / Chill Wills / Shelly Winters

Art Linkletter, Master of Ceremonies, assisted by: Gordon MacRae / Tom Frandsen / Chill Wills and Star Hostesses Peggie Castle / Jeff Donnell / Lori Nelson


From Friday, October 26, 1956:

Continuous Performances All Day:

Sunday - Thursday:
Doors Open at 10:00 AM. First Show at 10:30 AM. Last Show at 9:20 PM

Friday:
Doors Open at 10:45 AM. First Show at 11:15 AM. Last Show at 10:00 PM

Saturday:
Doors Open at 9:00 AM. First Show at 9:30 AM. Last Show at Midnight

Reported Gross "Giant"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 24, 1956
(8 Days)
28
 
2
Wednesday, October 31, 1956
29
 
3
Wednesday, November 7, 1956
29
 
4
Wednesday, November 14, 1956
29
 
5
Wednesday, November 21, 1956
29
 
6
Wednesday, November 28, 1956
29
 
7
Wednesday, December 5, 1956
29
 
8
Wednesday, December 12, 1956
29
 
9
Wednesday, December 19, 1956
29
 
10
Monday, December 24, 1956
(5 Days)
21
 
Totals
69 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
8 Weeks
Average Performance: $
281
 
Source: Variety



 
Tuesday, December 25, 1956 - Tuesday, February 19, 1957 (8 Weeks)
Anastasia
Starring Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner
Directed by Anatole Litvak
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color
105 Minutes
"Barbeque Brawl" Starring Tom and Jerry / Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in CinemaScope and Technicolor
"Spirit of the Race" Produced by Edmund Reek / A 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope Special in DeLuxe Color
 
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