Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)

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THEATRES "O" means Odeon, "NBC" National Booking Co., "FP" Famous Players Canadian Corp., "EBA" Exhibitors Booking; Association. "Cl" means closed at the time this list wos issued in November.) British Columbia (Licenses are renewable in British Columbia on January 1st.) Pop. Town Theatre Open Seats Licensee 4,767 Abbotsford . Odeon .. 6 .... 449 Odeon 1,800 Agassiz . Aga 4 .... 300 N. W. Trout 3,300 Alberni . Roxy . .. 6 .... 333 H. Warren & FPCC 1,200 Alert Bay Bay . 4 .... 286 W. Risk Rainbow . . 6 .... 254 C. E. Pepper 1,118 Armstrong . Star . 6 .... 320 F. Shepherd 1,000 Ashcroft Ashcroft .. 2 .... 228 H. Rogers & T. Belshaw 365 Bella Coola Bellvale 1 .... 196 Harold Giles 950 Bralorne . Community . . 3 .... 210 Bralorne Mines Ltd. 500 Brighouse (Lulu Island) Lulu . . 6 .... 449 P. Barnes 1,700 Brittania Beach Barbara . 4 . . 464 Barbara Theas. 46,000 Burnaby Oak 6 .... 736 Odeon 1,958 Campbell River Van-Isle . 6 449 E. W. Bickle 1,326 Castlegar Castle . 6 .... 400 L. V. Campbell 2,000 Chemainus Willow . .. 6 .... 406 Chemainus Theatres Ltd. 7,165 Chilliwack Paramount .. 6 .... 900 FPCC 1,400 Cloverdale . Clova 6 .... 449 L. B. Toffey 1,300 Copper Mountain Community . 2 .... 300 Copper Mountain Comm. League 2,553 Courtenay . Bickle 6 .... 449 E. W. Bickle E.W . .. 6 .... 449 E. W. Bickle 1,600 Cowichan Lake Lake . .. 4 .... 395 C. W. Wittingham & A. Castley 3,621 Cranbrook . Star . . 2-4 .... 413 J. Purnell (FPCC) (cl.) Armond . .. 6 .... 449 J. Purnell & Sons (FPCC) 1,626 Creston . Grand . 6 .... 270 F. C. Rodgers Tivoli . .. 6 .... 341 L. Johnston 1,500 Cumberland Ilo llo . .. 6 .... 449 E. W. Bickle 3,539 Dawson Creek Northland . .. 6 .... 450 D. C. Theatres Ltd. Vogue . .. 6 .... 449 D. C. Theatres Co. 1,773 Dawson (Yukon) Orpheum 4 .... 261 C. H. Gray 2,753 Duncan Odeon . 6 .... 722 Odeon 1,888 Enderby . Monarch . 6 .... 375 W. Willard 2,538 Fernie Vogue . . 6 .... 392 S. J. Rosell 868 Fort St. John Fort . 6 . 396 Brooke, Herron & Pomery — Fruitvale . . . . 6 .... 350 R. Winfield 1,200 Ganges Rex . . 2 .... 160 S. V. Henn 600 Gibsons . Gibsons . 6 .... 360 Vincent Prewar 500 Golden . Yoho . .. 6 .... 300 E. LaRue 1,636 Grand Forks Gem . 6 .... 300 J. Altomare Roxy . . 6 .... 371 P. P. Abrosinoff 2,300 Haney . Odeon . .. 6 .... 448 Odeon 250 Holberg . Holberg . 1 .... 150 Comm. Club — F. H. Baldwin 1,646 Hope . New Hope . . 6 .... 292 H. S. Trout 300 Invermere Toby . . 4-6 .. 306 C. Hogan & C. Morgan 8,099 Kamloops . Paramount . . . 6 .... 1000 FPCC 8,466 Kelowna Paramount . .. 6 .... 839 " 450 Keremeos . Keremeos 4 .... 240 C. Palmer 5,906 Kimberley Orpheum .. 6 .... 498 J. Purnell & Sons (FPCC) 8,000 Kitimat . Nechako . . 6 .... 700 Kitimat Theatres Limited 2,000 Ladner . Lodner . .. 6 .... 421 O. Bird 2,083 Ladysmith . Odeon . .. 6 .... 476 Odeon 3,294 Langley Prairie Langley . .. 6 .... 360 Langley Amuse. Ltd. 454 Lillooet . Log Cabin . .. 2 .... 140 Canadian Legion — Lynn Valley .... Cedar V . . 6 .... 400 S. Chizen 1,200 Maillardville Academy . 6 .... 447 Harold Locke (Burned) 1,245 Merritt Merit .. 6 .... 330 W. A. & H. S. Trout 1,000 Michel . Michel . .. 2 .... 240 W. V. Cole 48