Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)

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ture Exhibitors Association; Manitoba Motion Picture Exhibitors Association; Motion Picture Theatres Association of Ontario; Quebec Allied Theatrical Industries; Maritime Motion Picture Exhibitors Association; Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association; Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada; Newfoundland Theatres; Trade Press. OFFICERS Honorary Chairman . J. J. Fitzgibbons, CBE Chairman . A. J. Mason Vice-Chairman . David Griesdorf Secretary-Treasurer . R. W. Bolstad Executive Secretary . Arch H. Jolley Committees INTRA-INDUSTRY Jack Chisholm, chairman; H. C. D. Mail Harvey Harnick, Charles Chaplin, Charles Bou.'assa, D. McKenzie. RESOLUTIONS F. Gordon Spencer, chairman; Jack Chisholm, vice-chairman; Clare Appel, D. McKenzie. LEGISLATIVE A. J. Mason, chairman; N. A. Taylor, vicechairman; D. McKenzie, Charles Bourassa, D. Griesdorf, Gordon Spencer, David Rothstein, L. B. Johnson. PUBLIC RELATIONS Clare Appel, chairman; William Singleton, vicechairman; Spencer, Hye Bossin, James Nairn, Robt. Hurwitz, Len B. Johnson, W. E. Tyers, D. McKenzie, Roy Chown, Arthur Elliott, R. Murphy, Ivan Ackery. FINANCE & ORGANIZATION Morris Stein, chairman; R. W. Bolstad, vicechairman; Johnson, Rothstein, B. C. Salamis, Wm. Singleton, Spencer, Peter Myers, A. W. Shackle¬ ford, D. McKenzie. BOXOFFICE J. Arthur Hirsch, chairman; N. A. Taylor, vicechairman; Griesdorf, Charles Chaplin, John Ganetakos, James Nairn, Harvey Harnick. TELEVISION H. C. D. Main, chairman; L. W. Brockington, vice-chairman; George Cuthberf, Leon Shelly, Fitzgibbons, B. C. Salamis. TECHNICAL ADVISORY Morris Stein, chairman. (Members to be ap¬ pointed.) NEWSPAPER RATES James R. Nairn, chairman; W. E. Tyers, Clare Appel. CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE INSTITUTE N. A. Taylor, chairman. (Members to be ap¬ pointed.) NATIONAL FILM BOARD H. C. D. Main, chairman; N. A. Taylor, vicechairman; S. D. Peterson, Charles Bourassa, Clare Appel. TAXATION R. W. Bolstad, chairman; L. W. Brockington, vice-chairman; H. S. Mandell, Clare Appel, Wil¬ liam Singleton, D. McKenzie, B. K. Beach. INSURANCE R. W. Bolstad, chairman; H. S. Mandell, G, S. Allen, W. G. O'Neill, R. G. Darby, Clare Appel. NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY 453 Madison Ave., NY 22, NY. (PLaza 9-1400) Executive Secretory . Rev. Thomas F. Little TORONTO COUNCIL 67 Bond St. (EMpire 4-0503) Rev. John J. Moyer ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL FILM SOCIETY Room 1085 "B" Bldg., National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont. OFFICERS Chairman . Cdr. J. H. G. Bovey (Room 4002, Phone 9-6325) Manager . Cdr. R. J. J. Bridge (Room 1083, Phone 9-7488) Secretary-Treasurer . Miss C. H. Mason (Room 1085, Phone 9-7419) The Royal Canadian Naval Film Society is a non-profit organization, originally set up in. 1942 by Order-in-Council to supply 16 mm. entertain¬ ment films to RCN personnel. Since 1945 its scope has been widened to include the other two services and the Society is now the largest user of such films in Canada. It is run by a commit¬ tee whose members include civil and service staff members of National Defence. RCN TRAINING FILMS Room 1087, "B" Bldg., National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont. Officer-in-Charge . Lt.-Cdr. P. Bance This section procures, distributes and cata¬ logues all instructional films in the RCN. VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL, TENT 28, TORONTO Prince George Hotel, Toronto, Ont. (EMpire 3-3567) OFFICERS Chief Barker . Wm. A. Summerville, Jr. 1st Assistant Chief Barker . H. S. Mandell 2nd Assistant Chief Barker . D. Griesdorf Property Master . C. J. Appel Dough Guy . D. Krendel CANVASMEN Herb Allen, George Altman, Clare Appel, Jack Fitzgibbons, Harry Mandell, Dan Krendel, Ernest Rawley, W. A. Summerville, Jr., Lou Davidson, Dave Griesdorf, Monty Hall. CHAPLAINS Father G. J. Cherrier, QBE; Rabbi Reuben Slonim; Rev. Ray McCleary. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN House . Lou Davidson Heart . M. Stein Heart Trustees ...., . R. W. Bolstad; Chairman; J. J. Chisholm, M. Stein, Conn Smythe, J. J. Fitzaibbons, J. K. Cooke. Fund Raising . E. Rawley, Jack Fitzgibbons Finance . R. W. Bolstad Production & Entertainment . Jack Arthur Publicity . Sam Glasier Public Relations . Jim Nairn Constitution & By-Laws . N>. Robertson Membership . Lou Davidson Archives & Records . Ben Granatstein Heart Award Committee . Ralph Dale Movies for Shut-ins . J. A. Troyer Sick & Welfare . Ben Grona+stein Program . Bert Brown Ceremonial Barkers . M. Hall, W. Barron Out-of-Town Fund Raising . Dan Krendel Liaison Women's Committee . George Altman Telephone Committee . George Altman TENT 28 CHARTER MEMBERS The Variety Club of Toronto received its charter from the Variety Clubs of America (which became Variety Clubs International) in Sept., 1945, and its Interim Crew, made up of Secretary