Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)
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Commissioner Ernest Evans
Chief Photographer R. L. Colby
Asst. Chief Photographer B. H. Atkins
Deputy Minister A. McCollum
Supervisor . E. Fred Holliday
Asst. Supervisor . Stella T. Janis
ALBERTA
(Film & Photographic Branch of the Department of Economic Affairs)
Legislation Bldgs., Edmonton, Alta. OFFICERS
Minister . Hon. Russell Patrick
Deputy Minister Ralph R. Moore
Commissioner ... . ... Kenneth Hutchinson
Secretary Mrs. K. Bray
Producer-Director K. Hutchinson
Cameramen F. W. Eley-Round
E. Mitanski
Film Librarian Miss A. Jones
Still Photographers C. N. Ross, W. D.
Marsden, W. M. Petley-Jones
Darkroom Technician . Miss M. Bodnarchuk
Artist . . A. Roberge
SASKATCHEWAN
(Photographic Services of the Bureau of Publications)
Administration Bldg., Regina, Sask. OFFICERS
Minister . Hon. J. W. Burton
Deputy Minister . L. J. Beaudry
Acting Commissioner . W. R. Bell
Production Supervisor (Stills) ... Olive B. Roberts
(Audio-Visual Board of the Department of Education)
Audio-Visual Centre, Regina, Sask. OFFICERS
Minister . . Hon. W. S. Lloyd
Deputy Minister . A. McCollum
Film Commissioner . E. Fred Holliday
Supervisor, School Broadcasts Gertrude Murray
(Visual Education Branch of the Department of Education) Audio-Visual Centre, Regina, Sask. OFFICERS
Minister . Hon. W. S. Lloyd
ONTARIO
(Government Photographic Services of the Department of Travel and Publicity)
67 College St., Toronto, Ont.
OFFICERS
Minister . Hon. Bryan L. Cathcart
Deputy Minister . . C. Douglas Crowe
Executive Officer Clint Melville
Producer . Clint Melville
Director, Photography Branch Colin McDonald Photogropher Mervin Little
Film Librarian . Miss K. Ryan
Still Librarian . Miss Sybil Power-Kent
QUEBEC
(Service de Cine-Photographie of the Provincial Publicity Bureau) Legislative Bldgs., Quebec, Que.
OFFICERS
Minister Hon. Maurice Duplessis
Deputy Minister . Georges Leveille
Director Joseph Morin
Producer Michel Vergnes
Librarian Alphonse Proulx
Chief Photographer, Stills Paul Carpentier
NOVA SCOTIA
(Novo Scotia Films Bureau, Industrial & Tour¬ ist Promotion Department of Trade & Industry) Provincial Bldg., Halifax, NS.
OFFICERS
Minister Hon. Wilfred T. Dauphinee
Deputy Minister John R. Bigelow
Executive Director . Earl Clark
Bureau Chief . Alan W. Grayston
Executive Film Producer Margaret Perry
Executive Still Producers . Hedly Doty, Larry Boner
Film Director Margaret Perry
Film Photographer Reginald Hollett
Still Photographer . Ned Norwood
Canadian Theatrical Credits
(All credits and titles given here are for films released from July, 1955 to June, 1956. For credits prior to this see previous editions.)
(Compiled by GERALD PRATLEY)
Canadian Feature Films
7956
OEDIPUS REX
Made by Oedipus Rex Productions Ltd. Pro¬ ducer, Leonard Kipnis; associate, Samuel E. Fried¬ man; director, Tyrone Guthrie; camera, Roger Barlow; editing, Irving Lerner; music, Louis Applebaum; costumes, sets, masks, Tanya Moiseiwitsch. Photographed in Eastman color at Cana¬ dian Film Industries Ltd., Toronto. Running time 75 minutes. Distribution (USA): Motion Picture Distributors Inc. NY. Premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, 1956.
CAST
Jocasta . Eleanor Stuart
Creon . Robert Goodier
Tiresias . Donald Davis
Priest and Herdsman . Eric House
Shepherd . Tony van Bridge
Messenger . Douglas Rain
Chorus Leader . William Hutt
Daughters . Nomi Cameron, Barbara Franklin
Nurse . Gertrude Tyas.
also Robert Christie, Roland Bull, Edward Follows, Bruno Gerussi, David Gardner, Edward Holmes, Richard Howard, Roland Hewgill, James Manser, Louis Negin, Grant Reddick, William Shatner, Bruce Swerdfager, Neil Vipond, (as members of the chorus).
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Oedipus
Douglas Campbell