Film Weekly 1962-63 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1962)

THE PIONEER OF THE YEAR AWARD In 1952 the CPP marked The Golden Anniversary of the Silver Screen in Canada, dating it from the establishment of the first successful motion picture Theatre — the Electra of John Schuberg on Cor¬ dova Street, Vancouver, which he opened in the Fall of 1902. At the celebration banquet, held in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Schuberg, Jule Allen of Toronto, George Ganetakos of Montreal, A. J. Mason of Springhill, NS, L. Ernest Ouimet of Montreal and Fred G. Spencer of Saint John, NB were honored as pre-1910 pioneers who had done the most to advance the motion picture as a popular form of entertainment in its early days. Spencer passed on shortly before the banquet and Schuberg and Ganetakos have died since. The next year The Pioneer of the Year Award was inaugurated. Those who have received it to date are — 1953: John J. Fitzgibbons, Sr., CBE; 1954: Jack Arthur, MBE; 1955: Louis Rosenfeld; 1956: O. R. Hanson; 1957: Wm. Summerville, Sr.; 1958: N. A. Taylor; 1959: Haskell M. Masters; 1960: Morris Stein; 1961: R. W. Bolstad. MOTION PICTURE BRANCH of the BOARD OF TRADE of METROPOLITAN TORONTO Board of Trade Bldg., 11 Adelaide St. W. (366-6811) OFFICERS Chairman Harvey Harnick Columbia Pictures of Can. Ltd. Secretary Daniel C. Kay, Jr. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Gurston Allen, Premier Operating Corp. Ltd.; C. S. Chaplin, United Artists Corp. Ltd.; W. Redpath, General Films Ltd. MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF CANADA Executive Secretary, 21 Dundas Sq., Toronto, Ont. (364-9630) AFFILIATES British Columbia Exhibitors Association; Alberta Theatres Association; Saskatchewan Motion Pic¬ ture Exhibitors Association; Manitoba Motion Pic¬ ture Exhibitors Association; Motion Picture Theatres Association of Ontario; Quebec Allied Theatrical Industries; Maritime Motion Picture Exhibitors As¬ sociation; Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association; Association of Motion Picture Pro¬ ducers and Laboratories of Canada; Newfoundland Theatres; Equipment Dealers Association; Trade Press. OFFICERS Honorary Chairman J. J. Fitzgibbons, CBE Chairman Frank H. Fisher Vice-Chairman Peter S. Myers Vice-Chairman Harry Prygrocki Secretary-Treasurer H. C. D. Main Executive Secretary Arch H. Jolley Committees INTRA-INDUSTRY F. Vaughan, H. Masters, A. Rouse, H. Hanrick, H. C. D. Main, Myer Axler, Leon E. Shelly, Wil¬ liam Summerville. RESOLUTIONS F. Gordon Spencer, chairman; Douglas Miller. LEGISLATIVE— TAXATION R. W. Bolstad, chairman; C. R. B. Salmon, vicechairman; A. W. Shackleford, A. Chetwynd, B. K. Beach, H. S. Mandell, G. B. Markell, Myron McLeod, William Johnston, F. Gordon Spencer, Lloyd Pearson. PUBLIC RELATIONS & BOXOFFICE PROMOTION C. S. Chaplin, chairman. FINANCE & ORGANIZATION H. C. D. Main, chairman; Peter S. Myers, vice-chairman; H. Howard, D. Miller, William Lester, A. J. Mason, Harry Prygrocki, Reg. Plumb. TECHNICAL ADVISORY A. Turnbull, chairman; F. Peters, J. Rice, G. Sharp, A. Besse, P. R. Hayes. INSURANCE Craig Hughes, chairman; H. S. Mandell, F. Morley. SPECIAL COMMITTEE Paul Hanner, Lou Consky and William Summer¬ ville. NATIONAL LEGION OF DECENCY 453 Madison Ave., NY 22, NY. ( Plaza 9-1400) Executive Secretary Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas F. Little, STL, LHD Assistant Executive Secretary Rev. Patrick J. Sullivan, SJ, STD Chairman, Motion Picture Dept. Mrs. J. F. Looram, LHD VARIETY CLUBS INTERNATIONAL, TENT 28, TORONTO Prince George Hotel, Toronto, Ont. (363-3567) OFFICERS Chief Barker Lionel Lester 1st Asst. Chief Barker Frank H. Fisher 2nd Asst. Chief Barker George Altman Property Master Robert Hall Dough Guy Sam Shopsowitz CANVASMAN Ernest Rawley, Jack Bernstein, Hugh Walker, Bert Brown, Phil Stone, George Heiber, those listed above and the immediate past six Chief Barkers. CHAPLAINS Father G. J. Cherrier, OBE; Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, PhD; Rev. Hugh MacDonald. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN (1962) Fund Raising George Altman Liaison with Variety Village Ernest Rawley Publicity Win Barrow Finance R. W. Bolstad Baseball Tickets Ed De Rocher Sick and Welfare Ben Granatstein Press Clipping Library Charles Mason Telephone Claude Alexander Membership George Heiber Constitution and By-Laws Harry S. Mandell Program & Meetings Sam Shopsowitz Ceremonial Barker Win Barron House . . Len Bishop Baseball Program Andrew Rouse Meeting Co-ordinator Bert Brown Heart Trustees David Griesdorf, N. A. Taylor, J. J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., Conn Smythe, Dan Krendel TENT 28 CHARTER MEMBERS The Variety Club of Toronto received its char¬ ter from the Variety Clubs of America (which became Variety Clubs I nternational ) in Sept., 1945, and its Interim Crew, made up of charter members, was confirmed in February, 1946. The first Crew was comprised of John J. Fitz¬ gibbons, Chief Barker; Paul L. Nathanson, First 136