1965, September: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsClark GableRicardo MontalbanJohn HodiakTrapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.Starlight – 01 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsRichard BooneGeorge HamiltonLuana PattenThe trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.Starlight – 01 (2nd to Across the Wide Missouri) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.Capitol – 01–09 (Plus DONALD'S GARDEN — a Walt Disney cartoon.)
Civic – 10–16
"As a result of protracted negotiations with the producer and distributor of the film 'MARY POPPINS', they have now agreed to waive their world wide policy of only one theatre release in any one city, in regard to Canberra. We are most happy to announce now, that 'MARY POPPINS' can be screened at the Civic Theatre for ONE week, immediately following the conclusion fo the Capitol Theatre season on Thursday next, Sept. 9." – 06 Sep 1965 - DirectorWalter GraumanStarsCliff RobertsonGeorge ChakirisMaria PerschyA RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.Civic – 01–02
Star – 03–07 (plus FROM THE TROPICS TO THE SNOW) - DirectorCarlo CampogallianiStarsEd FuryCristina GaioniMoira OrfeiUrsus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to display much courage and strength as he and the blind girl Doreide embark upon a quest to retrieve Attea.Civic – 01–02 (2nd to 633 Squadron)
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsGlenn FordHenry FondaSue Ane LangdonIn Sedona, two aging cowpokes bust broncos, charm local ladies and bet on outcomes at the rodeo.Star – 01–02
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsGeorge MaharisRobert MorseAnjanette ComerA reporter and a photographer become entwined with women, marriage, and a defecting Russian scientist while on an expedition to Antarctica for their magazine.Star – 01–02 (2nd to Rounders)
- DirectorNorman TokarStarsWalter PidgeonGilles PayantÉmile GenestA wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences.Starlight – 02–04
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsJoseph CottenGeorge SandersDebra PagetIn 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.Starlight – 02–04 (2nd to Big Red)
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersElke SommerGeorge SandersInspector Clouseau falls in love with a murder suspect and tries to clear her name.Civic – 04–08 (with featurettes including THE FINEST FOUR)
Capitol – 11–15 - DirectorNorman TokarStarsBrian KeithTommy KirkKevin CorcoranTravis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.Starlight – 06–07
- DirectorRichard ThorpeFerdinando BaldiStarsVictor MatureOrson WellesLiana OrfeiTartan and Viking forces clash in what is modern-day Russia.Starlight – 06–07 (2nd to Savage Sam)
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsSandra DeeBobby DarinDonald O'ConnorSandra Dee stars as Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, who begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford (Bobby Darin) in That Funny Feeling.Civic – 03–04 (plus featurettes); 06 (matinee)
Capitol – 10–11
Star – 15–16
[Initially mislabeled as 'THIS HAPPY FEELING', a 1958 movie starring John Saxon.] - DirectorRussell RouseStarsShelley WintersRobert TaylorCesar RomeroBiopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.Civic – 09
Capitol – 16 - DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDirk BogardeGeorge ChakirisSusan StrasbergDuring Cyprus' war of independence against Britain, Juno Kozani (Susan Strasberg), an American archeology student visiting Cyprus, is caught between the two warring sides.Star – 08–09
- DirectorGerard GlaisterStarsBernard LeeAlexander KnoxMoira RedmondA gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.Star – 08–09 (2nd to High Bright Sun)
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsDean MartinJerry LewisLori NelsonA rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.Civic – 07–08 (matinee)
Star – 09 (matinee) - DirectorAlbert ZugsmithStarsDavid JanssenPatti PageWalter WinchellSix American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S.Civic – 07–08 (2nd to Pardners)
Star – 09 (2nd to Pardners) - DirectorAnthony MannCharles WaltersStarsGlenn FordMaria SchellAnne BaxterThe Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier adventurer, his wife and family and their friends.Starlight – 08 [Ranch Night] (Plus featurette, Walt Disney's WALES).
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneLee MarvinElizabeth AllenIn an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.Starlight – 09–11
- DirectorJulio CollLuis GarcíaStarsBarry SullivanMartha HyerSherry MorelandA married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back to her, sets fire to his house, hoping to kill them. The man, unsuccessfully trying to rescue them, is horribly burned. After he undergoes an operation to reconstruct his face, he begins to plot his revenge against his former mistress.Civic – 09 (2nd to House is Not a Home)
Capitol – 16 (2nd to House is Not a Home)
[HORROR] - DirectorDorrell McGowanStuart E. McGowanStarsMolly McGowanHelmut SchmidBuddy BaerSet in a traveling circus in modern (1962) Austria, the story centers around Tristie (Molly Mack), a 12-year-old escapee from behind the Iron Curtain, who is hunted by the law, rescued by a giant border dog and "adopted" by an elephant.Starlight – 09–11 (2nd to Donovan's Reef)
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartFabianGlynis JohnsProfessor Leaf, an absent-minded poet, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy who is as colorblind as he's in love with Brigitte Bardot, the French bombshell.Star – 10–11; 13–14
Civic – 24–25 - DirectorRobert DouglasStarsLeslie NielsenAliza GurDorinda StevensFormer OSS officer Alan Holiday, now living in London, is visited on New Year's Eve by Catherine Carrel who says she is a close friend of Jules Lemoine who served with Holiday during the war. Lemoine urgently requests that Holiday go to Paris on a secret mission. Lemoine visits and wants Alan to deliver a reel of tape which he gives him, and keeps a fake reel himself to deceive enemy agents. Lemoine is killed and the fake tape stolen. Holiday, poses as an assistant to photographer Louis Vernay, and they take three models along to further the ruse.Star – 10–11; 13–14 (2nd to Dear Brigitte)
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEdmond O'BrienVera MilesRobert CulpA gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.Star – 15–16 (2nd to That Funny Feeling)