Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1951)

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(Photo from Archives of the Canadian Picture Pioneers) This photo is of soecial interest to Canadians, for it shows the four Pickfords of Toronto together — Mary, Jack, Lottie and their mother. It was taken in 1910 when Carl Laemmle formed the Independent Motion Picture Company, which later became Universal, in the fight against the patent combine. Left to right (back row) — George Loan Tuck, David Miles, Mrs. Pickford, Robert Daley and Tony Gaudio. Second row from top — William Shay, Mrs. David Miles, Joe MacDonald, Hayward Mack, Mrs. Joe MacDonald and John Harvey. Third row from back — Thomas Ince, Owen Moore, Mary Pickford, King Baggott and Joe Smiley. Front row — Isobel Rae, Jack Pickford and Lottie Pickford. Policing the Plains was made by A. D. Keen, Vancouver, in 1927. His Destiny, starring Neil Hart and Barbara Kent, was made in Calgary in 1928 by British Canadian Pictures Lim¬ ited, which also produced the wilderness patrol in North Vancouver the same year. The Devil Bear in 1928 and The Spirit of the Wilderness in 1929 were products of Thunder Bay Films Limited, Fort William, Ontario. In 1929 the Ontario Film Company made The White Road, which had a Chinese background, in Toronto. Others made stories of Canadian life in their own studios in the USA. Most of the above information was gathered by Colonel John A. Cooper, referred to earlier in this account. * * * Film production in this country dwindled Into nothing but came to life again with World War II. The Govern¬ ment, with the aid of John Grierson, established the National Film Board, which rose to world leadership in the distinctive field of the documentary. Much of the present Ottawa setup of the NFB will move to Montreal in the future. Studios and offices are being planned for that city. Late in 1945 Queensway Studios, now Sovereign Studios, was opened by the Paul Nathanson-J. Arthur Rank part¬ nership, near Islington, about 12 miles from Toronto and it is now exclusively Nathanson’s property. In 1946 Quebec Productions Corporation’s studio was established at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, by the Paul L’Anglais-Rene Germain group. Both the Sovereign and QPC studios are in converted buildings. In 1948 Arthur Gottlieb and associates opened their new building at the west¬ ern outskirts of Toronto and this holds the studio of Audio Pictures and Film Laboratories of Canada. The latter is 40