Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1962)

Chairman serves a term of three months rotating in alohabetical order of surnames of Active Members. ACTIVE MEMBERS W. Barron, B. Carnon, J. Collins, Hilda Cunning¬ ham, A. Dubin, S. Glasier, J. Harrison, F. Lawson, A. Laurie, C. Mason, J. Nairn. MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. 522 Fifth Ave., New York 36, NY. (TN 7-1200) OFFICERS President Eric Johnston Executive Vice-President in Charge of New York Office Ralph Hetzel Vice-President in Charge of New York Office _ Ralph Hetzel Vice-President Kenneth W. Clark Vice-President Charles Boren Vice-President and Director of Production Code Administration ..... Geoffrey M. Shurlock Vice-President . Wm. F. Fineshriber, Jr. Secretary ... Sidney Schreiber Treasurer Stanley R. Weber Assistant Treasurer T. J. McNamara Asst. Treasurer-Asst. Secretary Robert T. Watkins Public Relations Director Taylor Mills HOLLYWOOD 8480 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 48, Cal. WASHINGTON 1600 Eye St. NW, Washington 6, DC. MOTION PICTURE EXPORT ASS'N OF AMERICA, INC. 522 Fifth Ave., New York 36, NY. (BRyant 9-4000) OFFICERS President Eric Johnston Executive Vice-President Ralph Hetzel Vice-President . Kenneth W. Clark Vice-President Irving A. Maas Vice-President Robert J. Corkery Vice-President Wm. H. Fineshriber, Jr. Secretary . .... _ Sidney Schreiber Treasurer Stanley R. Weber Asst. -Sec. Asst. Treas. Herbert J. Erlanger Asst. Treasurer . . Thomas J. McNamara The MPEA also maintains offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Mexico City, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Djakarta and Bombay. Newsreels CANADIAN MOVIETONE NEWS Issued weekly by Twentieth Century-Fox Corp. Ltd. Edited by Edmund Reek, Movietone News Inc., 460 West 54th St., NYC 19. Canadian cover¬ age by Pathe-DeLuxe of Canada Ltd., Toronto 14, which prints the reel. Cameraman: Charles Quick* NEWS OF THE DAY Issued weekly by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pic¬ tures of Canada, Ltd. Edited by N. Archer, 450 W. 56th St., New York City, and printed by Associated Screen Industries, Ltd., Montreal. Cameraman: Roy Tash. Producers' Representatives O. R. HANSON Second Floor, King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ont. (366-6221) Representative for Lion International Films Ltd., Broadwick House, Broadwick Street, London W. I; Foto-Nite Amateur Shows Ltd., 21 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada; Regis Films, 1037 North Cole Ave., Los Angeles; Junior Auction, Treasure Mas¬ ters Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn.; Banner Films Inc., 527 Madison Ave., New York 22, NY; Drummer Films Ltd., Rank Laboratories, Denham, Uxbridge, England. DOROTHY E. SMITH 277 Victoria St.. Toronto 2, Ont. (368-8621) Representative for Universal-International Films, Inc., 445 Park Ave., New York City. Film Rentals FILM rentals from all sources in Canada decreased slightly in 1960 by about 2.7 per cent compared with 1959, or $910,817, the total being $32,495,678, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The overall him exchange receipts at $32,893,347 were $2,876,787 smaller than in 1959. Of 1960’s $32,893,347, rentals of films for theatrical use totalled $24,739,111, for TV $7,387,680 and other non-theatrical use $368,887. Sale of advertising brought $124,060 and other sources $373,609. In the $32,495,678 of actual him rentals $23,229,803 came from 35 mm. and $9,265,875 from 16 mm. During 1960 there were 52 him dis¬ tribution companies operating out of 121 exchange offices, compared with the 49 companies and 119 branches in 1959. The 52 hrms employed 940 per¬ sons, 49 fewer than in 1959, and paid out $3,822,995 in salaries and wages in 1960. The following table of annual rent¬ als, in which each figure represents the combined 16 and 35 mm. yield from every source, shows the progres sive increase up to 1954: Year Firms Branches Rentals 1934 — 60 $ 7,370,200 1935 — 61 7,404,500 1936 — 66 8,358,900 1937 — 63 9,471,100 1938 — 62 10,218,700 1939 — 67 10,315,500 1940 — 72 11,445,167 1941 — 69 12,368,446 79