Film Weekly 1963-64 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1963)

MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. 522 Fifth Ave., New York 36. NY. (TN 7-1200) OFFICERS Executive Vice-President in Charge of New York Office Ralph Hetiel Executive Vice-Pres., Washington Kenneth W. Clark Executive Vice-Pres., Hollywood Charles Boren Vice-President and Director of Production Code Administration Geoffrey M. Shurlock Vice-President Wm. H. Fineshriber, Jr. Vice-President . . . . . Edward Cooper Vice-President Manning Claggett Secretary Sidney Schreiber Treasurer . Stanley R. Weber Assistant Treasurer . T. J. McNamara Asst. Treasurer-Asst. Secretary Robert T. Watkins Public Relations Director . Taylor Mills I Eric A. Johnston, president since 1945, died on August 22, 1963, and no successor had been elected at the time of going to press.) HOLLYWOOD 8480 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 48, Col. 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 Executive Vice-President Ralph Hetiel Vice-President Kenneth W. Clark Vice-President Irving A. Maas Vice-President Robert J. Corkery Vice-President Wm. H. Fineshriber, Jr. Vice-President George C. Vietheer 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 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 Hofei, 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 increased in 1961 by about 5.9 per cent compared with 1960, or $1,925,095, the total being $34,420,773, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The overall film exchange receipts at $34,751,270 were $1,857,923 higher than in 1960. Of 1961’s $34,751,270, rentals of films for theatrical use totalled $22,668,135, for TV $11,209,852 and other non-theatrical use $542,786. Sale of advertising brought $86,158 and other sources $244,339. In the $34,420,773 of actual film rentals $21,204,731 came from 35 mm. and $13,216,042 from 16 mm. During 1961 there were 51 film dis¬ tribution companies operating out of 117 exchange offices, compared with the 52 companies and 121 branches in 1960. The 51 firms employed 816 per¬ sons, 124 fewer than in 1960, and paid out $4,073,117 in salaries and wages in 1961. The following table of annual rent¬ als, in which each figure represents the combined 16 and 35 mm. yield from every source, shows the pro¬ gressive 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 1942 — 78 13,892,093 1943 23 87 15,163,073 1944 23 88 16,516,073 1945 26 86 17,490,264 1946 29 91 18,652,892 1947 29 114 19,464,706 1948 29 118 21,591,712 1949 37 119 24,893,657 1950 36 118 26,800,789 1951 33 123 29,225,867 74