Film Weekly 1962-63 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1962)

Record Details:

Title:
Film Weekly 1962-63 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section
Date:
1962
Publisher:
Toronto : Film Publications of Canada, Ltd.
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly 1962-63 Year Book [of the] Canadian Motion Picture Industry with television section
Leaf #:
00030
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Year Book, Canada, and Global Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
April 18, 2024
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WESTERN DIVISION Western Division Manager Robert J. Eves Vancouver Office: 719 Seymour Sf. (MU. 5-9261) Division Supervisor Maynard S. Joiner District Manager Douglas A. Gow 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 693-2922) Family Theatre Bldg., Halifax, NS. P.O. Box 565 (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 2-1541) OFFICERS President S. H. Fleming, QC Managing Director Roy M. Miller LOEWS THEATRES INC. 1540 Broadway, New York. NY. (JUdson 6-4400) CANADA MARCUS LOEWS 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 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 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, K. Winckles, Hon. G. Peter Campbell, C. R. B. Salmon, F. H. Fisher. 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 & Film Buyer Gurston S. Allen Treasurer & Head of Advertising Sol Allen Theatre Supervisor & Candy Operation David W. Axler Comptroller W. J. Snowball 28