Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)
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NATIONAL FILM BOARD
Ottawa, Canada (Phone 2-8211)
Minister Responsible — Hon. John Pickersg ill. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
BOARD MEMBERS
A. W. Trueman, Chairman, Ottawa; Charles Stein, Under-Secretary of State, Ottawa; Mrs.
A. L. Caldwell, Saskatoon, Sask.; Stuart Keate, Publisher, Victoria, B.C.; Arthur MacNamara, special adviser to the Department of National Defence, Ottawa; Charles S. Band, Toronto; Dr. Leon Lortie, University of Montreal; Harry L. Roper, Halifax.
SENIOR OFFICERS
Government Film Commissioner .. A. W. Trueman Director of Administration ........ E. S. Coristine
Director of Distribution . L. W. Chatwin
Director of Production . Donald Mulholland
Director of Technical Operations .. Gerald Graham Assistant to the Film Commissioner and
Secretary to the Board . Pierre Juneau
Other Officers ADMINISTRATION
Chief, Liaison Division . Michael Spencer
Chief, Accounting Division . C. A. Miller
Chief, General Services . D. B. E. Greenway
Personnel Manager . Miss Beth Bertram
Purchasing Agent . R. S. Rekert
PRODUCTION
Production Manager . Desmond Dew
Music Consultant . Lou Applebaum
Exec. Producer (Theatre & Newsreel
Programs) Nicholas Balia
Executive Producer . Tom Daly
Executive Producer . Guy Glover
Executive Producer . David Bairstow
Executive Producer (Stills) . Jack Hughes
Executive Producer (Filmstrips) .... Hugh O'Connor
Executive Producer (TV) . Robert Anderson
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Superintendent, Motion Pic. Lab . . Ray Poyne
Chief, Camera Division . Denis Gillson
Chief, Sound Recording Division . Roger Beaudry
Chief, Engineering Service . Ambrose Vachon
Supervisor, Stills Lab . A. E. Shearer
DISTRIBUTION
Administrative Officer . R. Monteith
Chief, Commercial Division . W. S. Jobbins
Chief, Canadian Program Div . C. W. Marshall
Chief, International Division . J. W. Cosman
Chief, Information & Promotional
Division . Stanley Helleur
Chief, Research & Reports Division A. K. Dixon
REGIONAL OFFICES
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI
H. B. Chandler, Regional Agent,
Prince of Wales College.
HALIFAX, NS
W. D. Smith, Regional Representative,
NFB,
144 Hollis Street.
FREDERICTON, NB
R. J. Hickey, Regional Agent,
Teacher's College.
Gordon McLean, Senior NFB Representa¬ tive,
New Federal Building, P.O. Box 746.
ST. JOHN'S NFLD
B. F. Drew, Regional Representative, NFB, Centre Building,
Church Hill, P.O. Box 2113.
MONTREAL, PQ
Patrice T. Boudreau, Regional Supervisor, 1423 Atwater Avenue.
TORONTO
Vaughan Deacon, Regional Supervisor,
70 Yorkville Avenue.
REGINA
R. E. Johnson, Ass't Regional Supervisor, Education Annex, Parliament Buildings. WINNIPEG
Arthur F. Knowles, Ass't Regional Super¬ visor,
205 Childs Bldg.
EDMONTON
C. W. Gray, Regional Supervisor,
South Side Post Office Bldg.
VANCOUVER
J. D. Patterson, Regional Supervisor.
535 West Georgia St.
FOREIGN OFFICES
NEW YORK
T. L. Johnston,
Janet Scellen,
1270 Avenue of the Americas,
New York 20, N.Y.
CHICAGO
John Duerkop,
Daily News Building,
400 West Madison St.
Chicago 6, III.
LONDON
C. J. Lochnan,
Colquhoun House,
Broadwick St.,
London, Wl, England.
Credits
ALL CREDITS given here are for films released during the period of March, 1953 to July, 1954. For credits prior to this we refer you to our previous editions.
These credits, like those in earlier editions, were gathered and prepared by the tireless Gerald Pratley, who might be described as Canada’s only inter¬ nationally recognized authority on the
film. Pratley prepares the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s programs on films and film music, and he reviews new books on the film for The Telegram, Toronto, as well as contributing to the Hollywood Quarterly and other maga¬ zines. He arranged for the many re¬ corded interviews with leading produ¬ cers, directors, musicians and others in the United States and Britain on the
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