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PRODUCTION
Motion Picture Production tor I960 by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prepared in the Wholesale Trade and Services Section, Industry and Merchandising Division
Summary Statistics of Private Industry Motion Picture Production
Gross Revenue
No. of
No. of
Salaries
Printing and
Other
Year
Firms
Employees
and Wages
Production
Laboratory
Revenue
S
$
$
s
1952
30
386
1,006,918
1,331,393
1,274,137
(I)
1953
32
387
1,150,890
1,592,779
1,230,493
(1)
1954
45
478
1,549,233
2,106,131
1,456,405
1,328,021
1955
46
445
1,460,421
2,456,038
1,051,673
512,727
1956121
59
1.127
2,483,910
3,726,557
2,095,985
423,899
1957
58
1,216
2,758,560
4,471,710
2,978,626
469,369
1958(31
52
1,133
2,770,375
3,902,780
3,344,948
421,975
195913)
54
1,065
3,609,537
5,814,690
3,229,240
389,480
1960
66
1,194
3,475,118
7,038,810
2,590,759
342,582
(1)
Not available. (2)
Figures from 1956
include laboratories with no
motion picture
production.
They are
not included in th
e figures for prior
years. (3)
Revised.
Gross
revenue of private production
and one
of these made
for other tha
n Canadian
printing
firms in I960 was $9,972,151, an
jn_ sponsors.
crease of $538,741. There were 750 films made of five-minute length or over by private industry. Adaptation or language versions of original films in the 750 totalled 181 for theatres, 13 for tele¬ vision and 18 for other non-theatrical use, with 14 of these made for other than Canadian sponsors. Adaptations or language version of five minutes and over reported by government agencies were seven for theatres, seven for ielevision and 170 for non-theatrical use. with
Private industry and government agencies printed 44,289,059 feet of 16 mm. film, 3,689,146 less than in 1959, and 19,155,561 feet of 35 mm. film, which is 2,044,714 less. Since 35 mm. film is used in theatres the decline is a reflection of the reduced number of features being made. Another factor might be the closing of theatres, making fewer prints necessary. Some 8,766,135 feet of the 16 mm. films was printed in color. The foregoing figures were compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
AT $9,972,151 the gross revenue of firms primarily engaged in the production and printing of motion picture films and filmstrips in 1960 was $438,741 higher (5.7 per cent) than in the previous year.
Revenue from production, $7,038,810 was $1,224,120 over that of 1959’s $5,814,690.
Printing and laboratory services, at $2,590,759, were down by $638,481 from the $3,229,240 of 1959.
These figures, for private produc¬ tions, are only part of the story. The National Film Board spends millions of dollars on production and lab
services, and collectively a consider¬ able sum is expended by various pro¬ vincial government departments for the same purposes. Part of these ex¬ penditures is being sought for private producers by The Association of Mo¬ tion Picture Producers and Labora¬ tories of Canada.
The total gross of Canada’s private motion picture producers rose in 1960, although that of the laboratories was down.
What accounted for the increase in production dollar volume? More TV commercials being made in Canada instead of the USA, in the opinion of several top producers.
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