Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)

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Quebec (Licenses are renewable in Quebec on May 1st. No itinerant licenses are included, "Vi" shown after name of Licensee indicates theatre using equal number of French and English pictures. "Fr." indicates French pictures only.) Pop. Town Theatre Open Seats Licensee 3,367 Actonvale . Acton . 5 400 A. Sicard (Fr.) 4,265 Amos . Amos . 7 400 R. Duchesne (Vi) Royal . 7 350 Raymond Chevrier (1/2) 2,259 Amqui Figaro . 6 400 A. Fournier (Fr.) 1,500 Anticosti Island Anticosti . 2 250 Consolidated Paper Ltd. (Vi) 730 Armagh . Lemelin . 4 325 J. Lemelin (Fr.) 1 1,078 Arvida . . Palace . 7 480 Leo Choquette ('/i) 8,190 Asbestos . Cinema Asbestos.. 7 597 Gaston Theroux (Vi) Lize 7 500 J. E. Tremblay (Vi) 4,375 Aylmer . Pix . 7 289 L Choquette (Vi) 3,250 Bagotville . Saguenay . 7 450 Leo Choquette ( V2) 8,982 Bale Comeau Arcade . 7 420 C. C. Lccroix (Vi) 1,500 Baie du Febvre Centre Paroissiale 2 250 A. & G. Biron (Vi) (cl.) 3,716 Baie St. Paul Clarence 6 350 R. Simard (Fr.) Laurentian . 6 300 J. E. Menard (Fr.) 1,290 Barraute . Barraute . 4 312 J. A. Baily (Fr.) 700 Barville . Mel-O-Dee . 7 250 H. Prevost (Vi) 1,573 Beauceville East Beauceville . 5 352 G. A. Roy (Fr.) Rex . 7 475 G. A. Roy (Fr.) 5,694 Beauharnois Capitol 4 600 T H. Trow (Cinema Booking) (V2) Iroquois . 2 370 T. H. Trow (Cinema Booking) 5,390 Beauport . Centre de Loisirs 5-6 . 400 Rex Films (Fr.) 1,800 Beaupre K. of C. Hall 4 300 R. Blais (Fr.) 2,073 Bedford Bedford 7 . 150 Mrs. L. Fortin 2,992 Beloeil . Beloeil . 7 . 500 J. Fortin (Vi) C.I.L . 7 . 150 M. Prevost 1,01 1 Belleterre . Star . 4 450 Yvon Riendeau (Fr.) 3,325 Berthierville .... Metro . 7 400 Victor Sauve (Fr.) Royal . 7 480 L. Choquette (Fr.) 2,796 Black Lake . Lyric . 7 . 300 L. D. Jacob (Fr.) 1,700 Bois des Filion Bel 7 . 350 A. P. Belair (Vi) 3,500 Bonaventure Acadia . 7 . 275 V. Leblanc (Fr.) 2,446 Bourlamaque Capitol . 7 . 662 Premier Operating 3,208 Brownsburg . Crown . 7 256 Fay Cohen Vic . 7 . 188 A. L. Marchand 500 Bryson . Bryson . 7 . 200 J. L. St. Pierre 6,1 12 Buckingham .... Buckingham . 7 . 300 P. Motte & C. McLennan 2,571 Cabano . . Parish Hall . 4 500 Rev. J. P. Cyr (Fr.) Royal . 7 400 A. Breton (Fr.) 1,505 Cadillac Palace . 2 300 Dydzak Bros. 1,621 Capchat Chat Botte . 6 392 G. Cote (Fr.) 18,667 Cap de la Madeleine . Champlain . 7 . 600 L. Choquette (Vi) Madelon . 7 . 650 J. G. Kelly ( Vi) 1,700 Carleton sur Mer Carleton . 6 . 400 J. B. Gauthier (Fr.) 3,000 Cartierville . Commodore . 7 . 600 N. Hotte (Vi) 2,581 Causapseal . Canadien . 7 . 300 A. Paquet (Fr.) 1,875 Chambly Canton New Cinema 4 400 Lucien Venne (Vi) 2,331 Chandler . Chandler . 7 . 200 J. R. Joncas (Vi) Helena . 7 . 255 P. Lebellier (Vi) 1,831 Charlemagne Centre Recreatif 3 . 200 Rev. Pere Des-Pins (Fr ) Cinema Charlemagne .. 2 . 138 P. E. Donati (Fr.) 3,287 Charny . Parish Hall . 1 300 R. La France 2,240 Chateauguay Alamo 7 . 307 M. Bellerive 1.200 Chibougamau Marcel . 5 500 J. H. Gaanon (Vi) Vimy . 7 . 250 Robt. Gallichan (Vi) 23,216 Chicoutimi . Capitol . 7 . 634 G. Tremblay (Vi) Cartier . 7 . 500 Aime Dionne (Vi) Imperial . 7 . 700 L. Choquette (Fr.) 600 Clarke City .... Clarke City Club 3 . 208 Gulf Pulp & Paper Co. (V 2) 6,319 Coaticook Opera House . 7 . 432 B. Jolicoeur (Vi) Rivoli . 7 . 419 J. L. Charbonneau (Vi) 1,425 Contrecoeur .... Rex . 7 . 250 J. Detonnancourt (Fr.) 4,410 Cowansville .... Princess . 7 . 413 Earl Smith 3,000 Croydon Croydon . 7 . 230 Chainey & Tremblay 67