Year book of motion pictures (1951)

of some 150 pari h and community halls using 16 mm. film. The law refusing entry to theaters by children is also the main reason why drive-in theaters may not be licensed in that province. As a result of the afore-mentioned law the per capita expenditure for motion pictures is lower than all provinces with the exceptions of the Maritime provinces and the socialgovernment province of Saskatchewan. 1949 receipts totalling $22,284,769. average a per tapita expenditure of $574. In this area there are 183 theaters using all English-language programs, 134 using 50 per cent of each French and English-language films and 71 using French programs only. Censorship of films is made largely on the basis of tlic divorce question which, because of the predominance of Roman Catholics in the province, is taboo. Censoryhip rates are unchanged from previous. SAINT JOHN Saint John exchanges service the four Maritime provinces, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. These pro\inces having a collective receipts total during the year 1949 of $6,965,944. have a per capita expenditure of $2.69, $3.82, .$5.38 and $4.44 respectively. With the exception of Nova Scotia these per capita figures are the lowest in Canada. There are no drive-in theaters in this area, service l)eing extended to 176 theaters. Censorship fees are the lowest in Canada. WINNIPEG Exchanges operating out of Winnipeg service 378 situations, including nine drive-in theaters. This area includes the Province of Manitoba and the eastern half of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan has a motion picture entertainment per capita expenditure of $4.67 and Manitoba $6.20. Total receipts in 1949 were >;3.896,077 in Saskatchewan and .$4,708,769 in Manitoba. No breakdown is available to show the receipts from the tlieaters serviced in Sa'katchewan from Winnipeg this total being divided with the Calgary exchange which services the western half of the province. The Saskatchewan censorship board has moved from the provincial capital of Regina ;ind nf;w sliares the faciHiies of the Manitoba Board at Winnipeg. Rates in Manitoba are unchanged but Saskatchewan has been the only Canadian province to raise its rates. The rate charged is now $4.50 per IM feet or fraction thereof with the same rate applying on first and subsequent prints. Trailers under 500 feet in length are censored at the rate of $2.00 for each 500 feet or less. Over 500-feet lengths are treated as features. CALGARY The 250 situations in this area, including seven drive-ins, are situated in the Province of .Alberta and the western half of the Province of Saskatchewan. One-half of the theaters in this area are one to four day operations, half of that number being open only one or two days each week. Receipts in Alberta totalled $5,573,525. The per capita expenditure was $6.77. One of the main difficulties encountered by exchanges servicing this area is also peculiar to the other two prairie provinces. There is no great density of population and there are many small .situations. Film shipment, therefore, is done almost exclusively by rail and shipment costs run liigher than elsewhere. The Censorship Board in Alberta is unchanged from previous years and the rates have remained constant. VANCOUVER \'ancouver area, comprising 161 situations including nine drive-ins, enjoys the second highest per capita motion picture entertainment expenditure in the Dominion— $8.59. From this expenditure there is derived a gross receipt of $9,310,791. The majority of theaters in this area are located within a relatively small area fanning inlanci from Vancouver City to towns in the Okanagan Valley. There are only 92 towns in the area having theaters, the lowest number for any province with the exception of Newfoundland which is serviced from the Saint John exchanges. Censorship rates are unchanged. 753