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Winnipeg Office
Capitol Theatre Bldg. (WH. 2-6020)
District Supervisor John Ferguson
Important controlled subsidiary companies of Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited in¬ clude: B. C. Paramount Theatres Limited, Eastern Theatres Limited, General Sound and Theatre Equipment Limited, Mid-Ontario Theatres Limited, Paramount Theatres Limited, Paramount Windsor Theatres Limited, Skyway Drive-In Theatres Ltd., Theatre Confections Limited and Trans Canada Telemeter Limited.
Important affiliated companies of Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited include: Alcana Theatre Company Limited, B. & F. Theatres Limited, Central Ontario Television Limited, Majestic Thea¬ tres Limited, Newfoundland Amusements Limited, F. G. Spencer Company Limited, Supreme Thea¬ tres Limited, Television de Quebec (Canada) Limitee, Theatre Holding Corporation Limited, United Amusement Corporation Limited, United
Century Theatres Limited and Western Theatres Limited.
FRANKLIN & HERSCHORN LTD.
47 Waterloo St.. P.O. Box 219. Saint John. NB. (Phone 3-2922)
Family Theatre Bldg., Halifax, NS. (423-8552)
OFFICERS
President . Mitchell Franklin
Vice-President Peter Herschorn
Secretary Samuel A. Babb
NS Supervisor James Bullerwell
LINCOLN THEATRES LTD.
St. Catharines, Ont.
(Phone 2-1 541 )
OFFICERS
President S. H. Fleming, QC
Managing Director Roy M. Miller
LOEW S THEATRES INC.
1540 Broadway, New York, NY.
(JUdson 6-4400)
Theatre Company Limited, a subsidiary of Loew's Theatres, Inc., NY. Loew's, London, is operated by the Dundas Street London Amusements Limited. Loew's Montreal is in no way connected with Loew's Theatres, Inc. but is owned and operated by Consolidated Theatres Limited, a Famous Play¬ ers' affiliate.
CANADIAN DIVISION OFFICE:
Loew's Yonge St. Theatre, Toronto, Ont.
Canadian Division Manager J. H. Clarke
ODEON-MORTON THEATRES
Odeon Theatre Building, Smith Street, Winnipeg, Man.
Area General Manager Harry W. Hurwitz
DIRECTORS
For Morton: Mrs. Rebecca Morton, F. W. Chris¬ tie; For Odeon: C. R. B. Salmon, F. H. Fisher.
THE ODEON THEATRES (CAN.) LIMITED
20 Carlton St., Toronto, Ont.
(363-5961)
OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board J. S. D. Tory
President . C. R. B. Salmon, CA
Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr. . F. H. Fisher
Asst. Gen. Mgr. . E. G. Forsyth
Secretary . C. P. Hughes
Treasurer H. T. Blumson
Director of Advertising Charles Mason
Director of Buying & Booking W. E. H. Hunt
Director of Confectionery Sales . Chas. L. Sweeney
Eastern Division Mgr. Arthur P. Bahen
District Mgr., Halifax Fred Leavens
Supervisor, Que. John Papineau
District Manager, BC G. A. Sutherland
Supervisor, Lakehead Don Gauld
District Mgr., Ont. Steve McManus
Supervisor, Ont. . W. C. Tyers
DIRECTORS
J. S. D. Tory, chairman; John Davis, L. W. Brockington, K. Winckles, J. S. Duncan, Hon. G. Peter Campbell, C. R. B. Salmon, F. H. Fisher, E. G. Forsyth.
CANADA
MARCUS LOEW S THEATRES LTD.
Suite 2100, 44 King St. W. , Toronto. (363-9371)
OFFICERS
President . Preston R. Tisch
Vice-President John F. Murphy
Secretary G. R. Mackie, QC
Assistant Secretary A. Weltman
Assistant Secretary John Podester
Treasurer Jacob Stillman
Assistant Treasurer Leonard Pollock
Assistant Treasurer Irving B. Schlossberg
DIRECTORS
D. B. McCrimmon, W. J. Stephens, L. A. Tisch, P. R. Tisch, J. H. Clarke, Murphy, Mackie.
The Canadians on the board are McCrimmon, Mackie, Clarke and Stephens. The others also on the board of Loew's Theatres, Inc., which was organized when Loew's Inc., meeting the terms of the USA government Consent Decree in 1954, divorced itself from its theatre holdings and kept its film studio and distribution company, MGM.
Loew's controls three theatres in Canada, Loew's Yonge Street, Toronto, is operated by Marcus Loew's Theatres Limited, a Canadian public share¬ holder company which owns the Uptown, Toronto. The Uptown is operated by the Yonge-Bloor
Odeon-Morton (Manitoba & Sask.) .. Harry Hurwitz
Odeon-Friedman (Edmonton) . S. Binder
Odeon-Barron (Calgary) . J. B. Barron
OTTAWA VALLEY AMUSEMENT CO.
(Owned and operated by M. J. O'Brien Ltd.}
Renfrew, Ont.
General Manager M. J. Murray
PREMIER OPERATING CORP. LTD.
72 Carlton St., Toronto, Ont.
(921-8931)
OFFICERS
President Jule Allen
Vice-President Herb Allen
Vice-President Louis Rosenfeld
Secretary 8 Film Buyer Gurston S. Allen
Treasurer 8 Head of Advertising Sol Allen
Theatre Supervisor 8 Candy Operation
David W. Axler
Comptroller ...... W. J. Snowball
DIRECTORS
Jule Allen, Herb Allen, Louis Rosenfeld, Sol Allen, Gurston Allen, Barry Allen, Gurston Rosen¬ feld.
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