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

tional Film Board. Honorable Mentions to Les lies de la Madeleine, National Film Board; Canine Crimebusters, Associated Screen News; and Citizen Varek, National Film Board. Non-Theatrical — Open: Angotee, National Film Bocrd. Honorable Mentions to The Son, National Film Board; Romance of Transportation, Na¬ tional Film Board; The Power Within, Crawley Films Ltd.; Hot Hickory, Ashley & Crippen Ltd.; and Magic of the Tropics, Dr. S. Copeland. Non-Theatrical — Non-Government Sponsor: Im¬ mediate Action, Crawley Film Ltd. Honorable Mentions to Calgary Stampede, Davart Produc¬ tions, and Rogerstone, Crawley Films Ltd. Non-Theatrical — Government Sponsor: Shyness, National Film Award. Honorable Mentions to Western Wheat, National Film Board, and Opera¬ tion Budworm, Omega Productions. Canadian Film Weekly EXHIBITORS' POLL (The annual Boxoffice Poll of films and players has been discontinued, as new methods of mar¬ keting make it impracticable. Many top films are now pre-released at raised prices and then brought back later for their regular engage¬ ments. They are exhibited in two calendar periods and the vote in each is not representative of the power of such films.) WINNERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS PICTURES: 1942 — How Green Was My Valley (Fox); 1943 — Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warners); 1944 — Going My Way (Paramount); 1945 — Na¬ tional Velvet (MGM); 1946 — Bells of St. Mary's (RKO); 1947 — The Jolson Story (Columbia); 1948 — Sitting Pretty (Fox); 1949 — The Stratton Story (MGM); 1950 — Cheaper by the Dozen (Fox); 1951 — King Solomon's Mines (MGM). STARS: 1942 — Gary Cooper, 1943 — Greer Garson, 1944 — Bing Crosby, 1945 — Bing Crosby, 1946 — Bing Crosby, 1947 — Bing Crosby, 1948 — Bing Crosby, 1949 — Bing Crosby, 1950 — Bing Crosby; 1951 — Bing Crosby. Canadian Film Weekly CRITICS’ POLL (The following selections were made by news¬ paper, radio and magazine critics across Canada voting for the pictures and stars they considered best during the year.) 1953 WINNERS PICTURES: 1. From Here to Eternity (Colum¬ bia); 2. Come Back, Little Sheba (Paramount); 3. Roman Holiday (Paramount); 4. Lili (MGM); 5. The Cruel Sea (J. Arthur Rank); 6. Moulin Rouge (United Artists); 7. Stalag 17 (Paramount); 8. Breaking Through the Sound Barrier (IFD); 9. Shane (Paramount); 10. The Robe (20th-Fox). STARS: 1. Shirley Booth, 2. Audrey Hepburn, 3. Alec Guinness, 4. Frank Sinatra, 5. Leslie Caron, 6. William Holden, 7. Montgomery Clift, 8. Burt Lancaster, 9. Jose Ferrer, 10. Mel Ferrer. WINNER IN PREVIOUS YEARS PICTURES: 1942 — Mrs. Miniver (MGM); 1943 — In Which We Serve (United Artists); 1944 — Going My Way (Paramount); 1945 — No poll; 1946 — Lost Weekend (Paramount); 1947 — The Best Years of Our Lives (RKO); 1948 — Hamlet (J. Arthur Rank); 1949 — The Red Shoes (J. Arthur Rank); 1950 — All About Eve (Fox); 1951— A Place in the Sun (Paramount); 1952 — The African Queen (United Artists). STARS: 1942 — Greer Garson, 1943 — Greer Garson, 1944 — Barry Fitzgerald, 1945 — No poll, 1946 — Ingrid Bergman, 1947 — James Mason, 1948 — Sir Laurence Olivier, 1949 — Olivia de Havilland, 1950 — Bette Davis, 1951 — Vivien Leigh; 1952 — Gary Coooer. YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL c/o Secretary, 67 First Ave., Yorkton, Sask. OFFICERS Chairman . Phil Schick Vice-President . John Popoff Secretary . Miss A. Kryski Sponsor of the International 16 Mm. Docu¬ mentary Film Festival in Canada is the Yorkton Film Council and its executive makes up the Fes¬ tival Committee. A bi-annual competition, the first was held in October, 1950, with the second held in the same month in 1952. The third is scheduled for 1954. Certificates of Merit are awarded to prize¬ winning entries in five classes — Amateur, Agri¬ cultural, Sociological, General Non-Theatrical and Cultural. All films must be in 16 mm. and of not more than 30 minutes running time. A minimum of advertising is permitted and films must have been produced since October 1 of the year in which the last Festival took place. Entries, giving description of film, running time, production details, etc., must be in the hands of the secretary no later than Sept. 1 5 and if accepted films must reach the Yorkton Film Council preferably before October 1 and absolutely no later than October 7. Audience approval and ballotting decide the winners. 1950 WINNERS Agricultural Class: 1. Royal Winter Fair, Na¬ tional Film Board; 2. Private Life of the Silk Worm, Office of the High Commissioner for India; 3. Raindrops and Soil Erosion, United States. Sociological Class: 1. He Acts His Age, Crawley Films Ltd.; 2. The Dutch Way, Netherlands; 3. Rajasthan Series 1, Jaipur, Office of the High Commissioner for India. General Non-Theatrical Class: 1. Colorful Sweden, Swedish Legation; 2. Top of the Ski World, Norwegian National Travel Office; 3. Cliff Hangers, National Film Board. Honorable Mention: Wonders of the Deep, United Kingdom Information Office; Rhythm of a City, Swedish Legation; Holiday at Waskesiu, National Film Board. Amateur Class: 1. R. Steuck of Abernathy, Sask. Honorable Mention to H. Ferman and S. Stakiw of Yorkton. 1952 WINNERS Agricultural Class: 1. Le Niger, French Consu¬ late; 2. Peaceful Conquest, Netherlands Embassy. Sociological Class: 1. Christmas in Sweden, Swedish Legation; 2. Kulu Valley, Government of India Information Services; 3. Caribbean, UK Information Office. General Non-Theatrical Class: 1. Animal King¬ dom, Union of South Africa Government Infor¬ mation Office; 2. Pelicans of Last Mountain, Fred G. Bard producer, Regina; 3. Monarch But¬ terfly Story, Encyclopedia Britannica which tied with The White Continent, UK Information Office and J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (Canada) Limited. Industrial: 1. Packaged Power, Crawley Films; 2. Ocean Bounty, Norwegian Embassy; 3. These Things We Own, PGA Films of Winnipeg. Cultural Class: 1. Lismer, NFB; 2. Ad Dei Honorem (Brueggeman Altar), Federal Republic of Germany; 3. Opera School, NFB. Amateur Class: 1. Qu'Appelle Valley — Spring Summer, Fall and Winter. Producer, Ralph Stueck, Abernethy, Sask.; 2. Short Scenes, Producer, Harry Ferman, Yorkton, Sask. 173