Canadian Film Digest (Dec 1973)

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Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Digest
Date:
Dec 1973
Volume:
Canadian Film Digest (Dec 1973)
Leaf #:
00018
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Canad
Collection:
Global Cinema, Canada, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Canadian Picture Pioneers, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Canadian Film Digest

Editors: Dan Krendel (1971-72), Garth Drabinsky (1972-76)

Canadian Film Digest (1971-76) was owned and published by Nat Taylor’s Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., and initially edited by Dan Krendel, who had edited What’s New? (1942-74) and originated Ballyhoo (1952-61) for nationally-dominant chain, Famous Players Canada, Ltd., also Taylor’s exhibition partner. Despite these ties to a Paramount-controlled theatre chain, the magazine nonetheless aimed to provide news and features about all aspects of the industry across Canada, exhibition, distribution and production. The Digest began when an attempted 1970 renewal of Canadian Film Weekly (1942-70) was short-lived. Taylor decided to relaunch under an entirely new title with a more contemporary, colour layout. Taylor later hired young Garth Drabinsky to edit, impressed by his initiative publishing Impact (1972), a lobby give-away for moviegoers. Drabinksy’s interest turned to film producing in 1977, letting the Digest come to an end, although he and Taylor continued to collaborate in building the original 18-screen Cineplex at Toronto’s Eaton Centre. Canadian Film Digest also published an annual directory Canadian Film Digest Yearbook (1971-86), which similarly continued Canadian Film Weekly Year Book (1951-70), and subsequently became Film Canada Yearbook (1986-2007). Because Canadian Film Digest originated in the Canadian Film Weekly, which had incorporated Canadian Moving Picture Digest (1917-57), which in turn had merged with Canadian Universal Bulletin (1915-18), the magazine dated its roots back to 1915, a single thread of ownership publishing these main periodicals and annuals of English Canada’s film press.

– Paul Moore, March 2024

Date Added:
August 08, 2024
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’ At the luncheon: Ambassador’s Len Herberman, George Ritter, Anna Maggisano,’ Mutual’s December 1973 New Products This column provides information about new developments in technical aspects of film production, distribution or exhibition. Send your information and photos to New Products, The Canadian Film Digest, 175 Bloor St. East, Toronto M4W 1C8. Or call the editor at (416) 924-3701. This column will return next month Mutual and Ambassador hold luncheon to announce affliliation A luncheon was held in Toronto to officially announce the beginning of what two Canadian distributors feel will be a strong force in the market place. Host Gordon Lightstone of Mutual Films said that Len Herberman’s Ambassador Film Distributors would handle Mutual product in English-speaking Canada. Mutual head Pierre David and Herberman arranged that Mutual would continue to buy films itself and handle its _ own advertising, and Ambassador would handle all rentals and booking. Gordon Lightstone, Mutual's Toronto manager, will represent the company in Toronto. Mutual had experienced difficulty in proper exploitation of the English market, and both firms feel that a combined effort would add to eventual revenues, besides avoiding duplication of services. . Lightstone has moved his office to take space in Ambassador premises, 88 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto. Among those invited to the luncheon were representatives of the major chains, and George Ritter, a distributor who has one of the hottest products around, The. Pink Floyd | movie. Mutual/Ambassador will handle distribution in English-speaking Canada. tii yy * ht ta pi 1 } Gordon Lightstone. N PRS SELES EES EERE YES YOK BEC YEE The Canadian Film Digest Page 19 CBC announces some works < in new Filmmakers series Space Child, a half-hour film by Dennis Miller, will have its television premiere on the opening program of a nine-week series called Canadian Film Makers, on Sunday, January 6 al 2:30 p.m., on CBC television. Miller’s film marks the first of a dozen or so Canadian films to premiere on television during the Canadian Film Makers series, including works such as To A Very Old Woman, and Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer Farmer, by Paul Quigley; Quigley’s films are set to the poetry of Irving Layton and Margaret Atwood. . Other films to be shown are Carpathian Tales, by director-cameraman Jerczy Fijalkowski, produced by Film Arts, which is a -documentary.on the folklore and mythology of Season’s Greetin as from i ROBERT LAWRENCE PRODUCTIONS (CANADA) LTD. 38 Yorkville Avenue ; N Toronto 5, Canada JOHN T. ROSS, President backwoods Romania; Limestoned, a portrait:of young Canadian artist Dennis Geden, by Rene Bonniere, about Geden’s first attempts .to translate his work from painting to lithography, combined with the relationships he strikes up with traditional craftsmen in a Paris studio; Amherst Island, a study by Gil Taylor of the lifestyle on Amherst Island near Kingston, Ont., made by Intercom Films; Good Friday In Little Italy, by Peter Rowe, a slice of life piece giving a feeling for the multiculturalism of the country. ~ i Series producer Beverly Roberts says she is negotiating for more films ‘by Canadian independent film makers to complete the present series and also to make up a 26-weék perce scheduled for telecast on CBC-TV next fall. : ; 416 925-5561 For Your Holiday Enjoyment JACK HULBERT, CICELY COURTNEIDGE 1 aa AI IU S cs Bh one black shoe A SHEER FLIGHT OF EXCITING ADVENTURE ~ DESI arNaZ,jr. Jack WeStON .zero Corpened ond Lontaced hy, F URY LAWS "monaco" Csteawe athena’ wtromeda TV AMBASSADOR FILM DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 88 EGLINTON AVENUE EAST, SUITE 400 TORONTO, ONTARIO M4P 1B8 TELEPHONE 485-9425 LEN HERBERMAN GENERAL MANAGER ¢ ee ee ee eee a ee SS SAL FOhtcaeertanaeeaevrecavse? 7’ e«vecerere. + eY =wak AD _ USARANARARARARARARGRARARE RANT EA RASA RARARASSA