1965, February: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDebbie ReynoldsWalter BrennanLeslie NielsenAn unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.Capitol – 01
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsTony CurtisPiper LaurieSusan CabotKashma Baba, the son of the famed Baghdad thief Ali Baba is a cadet in a medieval Persian military academy where he runs afoul of his rival Hussein, the evil Caliph's son.Capitol – 01 (2nd to Tammy)
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsDeborah KerrHayley MillsJohn MillsAn elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.Capitol – 01–02
- DirectorGeorge Grafton GreenStarsWynford Vaughan-ThomasHarold AlexanderClement AttleeThe title is taken from a line in Dwight Eisenhower's broadcast eulogy of Churchill: "Among the things so written or spoken, there will ring out through all the centuries one incontestable refrain: here was a champion of freedom."Capitol – 01–02 (2nd to The Chalk Garden)
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsEdward JuddMartha HyerLionel JeffriesWhen a spaceship lands on the moon, it is hailed as a new accomplishment, before it becomes clear that a Victorian party completed the journey in 1899, leading investigators to that mission's last survivor.Civic – 01–02
Star – 05–06 - DirectorNathan JuranStarsAnthony QuayleSylvia SymsDerek FowldsDuring the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the Emir's daughter Asua and her English governess, Miss Woodville. It's a perilous journey on the Nile and its banks. They must face crocodiles, Arab slavers, and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, where King Gondoko's missionary-raised brother Kimrasi saves and joins them. Once in capital Khartum, they find the revolt has reached it and the men join the fight.Civic – 01–02 (2nd to First Men in the Moon)
Star – 05–06 (2nd to First Men in the Moon) - DirectorJohn RichStarsElvis PresleyBarbara StanwyckJoan FreemanAfter a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.Star – 01–02
- DirectorArnold BelgardEdoardo CapolinoStarsMarshall ThompsonGaby AndréKris AschanStar – 01–02 (2nd to Roustabout)
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsRichard BooneStuart WhitmanAnthony FranciosaA former Confederate officer and a Mexican try to prevent a former Confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade Apaches in Mexico.Civic – 03–04
Star – 10–12 - DirectorJohn PeyserStarsPeter Mark RichmanDorothy DandridgeJames CoburnA young woman with a past is manipulated by the police to discover a missing drugs shipment, also wanted by the mafia. Between her musician husband and her long time detective friend, she is hopeless - but still performs some jazz numbers.Civic – 03–04 (2nd to Rio Conchos)
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisGina LollobrigidaA crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.Star – 03–04
Civic – 09–11
Capitol 17–20 - DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJoel McCreaForrest TuckerJohn RussellA cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians.Star – 03–04 (2nd to Trapeze)
Civic – 09–11 (2nd to Trapeze)
Capitol – 17–20 (2nd to Trapeze) - DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsRock HudsonMarcia HendersonSteve CochranIn north-western Canada,in the 1870s,American schooner captain Peter Keith hopes to return to America with a cargo of furs before winter but two local crooks plan to steal Keith's cargo,boat and wife.Star – 03 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJesse HibbsStarsJohn PayneMari BlanchardDan DuryeaA railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.Star – 03 (2nd to Back to God's Country) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorVal GuestStarsIan HendryJanette ScottRonald FraserOn a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. Ditching her predictable fiancé and having to leave home, Shirley moves to London to continuing success. Increasingly smitten by her, Dan reckons he should be more than just her manager, but this is not at all the way Shirley sees things.Capitol – 03–04
- DirectorGerard GlaisterStarsMaurice DenhamJohn CarsonMaria CorvinArthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a fake robbery and remove some imitation jewelry from the stranger's own safe.Capitol – 03–04 (2nd to The Beauty Jungle)
- DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanMelvyn DouglasPatricia NealHonest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.Star – 04
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsSonya WildeJames FranciscusPatricia MichonA young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.Star – 04 (2nd to Hud)
- DirectorHenry KaplanStarsNorman WisdomMillicent MartinRichard BriersWhen asked to house-sit his aunt's cottage, Wisdom invites friends for a 1920s English summer. Slapstick chaos ensues when one friend, the zany Millicent Martin, arrives. Despite the mayhem, Wisdom rights things before they're unfixable.Civic – 05–07 (2nd to Mouse on the Moon)
Capitol – 12–13 (2nd to Mouse on the Moon)
Star – 18 (2nd to Mouse on the Moon) - DirectorAnthony MannStarsSophia LorenStephen BoydAlec GuinnessThe death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.Capitol – 05; 09–11
"YOU can win a magnificent set of heirloom jewellery by entering THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Contest. Entry forms from either Theatre or from David Jones'. SEE Sophia Loren's actual gown as worn in the flint, together with other actual costumes in a wonderful display at David Jones' that also includes a scale model of the Roman Forum." – 9 Feb 1965
Civic – 11–18
Star – 19–25 - DirectorRichard LesterStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyBernard CribbinsA tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.Civic – 05–07
Capitol – 12–13
Star – 18 - DirectorBernhard WickiStarsIngrid BergmanAnthony QuinnPaolo StoppaAn unwed pregnant teenager is run out of town and years later she returns there as a rich woman, raising the town's expectations with her generosity, but she's only out for revenge.Civic – 07–09
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsDebbie ReynoldsHarve PresnellEd BegleyA poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.Star – 07–09
- DirectorCharles L. DraperStarsRex AllenJoe WayTwo bear cubs, Tuffy and Tubby, are separated from their mother and spend an entire summer romping through Yellowstone National Park. In the meantime, the mother bear follows their trail as she searches for them.Star – 07 (2nd to The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsMarjorie RhodesCharles VictorJill IrelandFollowing a misunderstanding, a humble clerk gets the reputation of a ladies' man.Civic – 09 (2nd to The Visit)