Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1980)

Toronto Film Board: c/o CMPDA 1 Yonge St., Ste. 2207 Toronto, Ont. M5E 1E5 (416) 366-9266 Executive Director: Millard S. Roth Winnipeg Film Board: c/o Universal Films 583 Ellice Ave. Winnipeg, Man. R3B 1Z7 (204) 786-3397 President: Roy Walkey Calgary Film Board: c/o Paramount Films Distribution (Canada) Ltd. 1410 — 11th Ave. S.W. Calgary, Alta. T3C 0M8 (403) 245-4306 President: Don Popow Vancouver Film Board: c/o Universal Films Bordignon Bldg., #506 1200 West 73rd Ave. Vancouver, B.C. V6P 6G5 (604) 263-1908 President: Bryan Rudston-Brown CANADIAN PICTURE PIONEERS 175 Bloor St. E. Toronto, Ont. M4W 1E1 (416) 929-0865 National Executive President: Orval Fruitman Vice-President: Mike Zahorchak Secretary-Treasurer: Alan Youngson Directors: Morris Appleby, Zeke Sheine, Charles Chaplin, Barry Carnon, Joel Samuels, Dudley Dumond, Ted Hulse, Jack Harris. Branch Presidents: British Columbia: James Baldwin Alberta: Blaine Covert Winnipeg: H. Joyal Quebec: Mrs. Pauline Frank Maritimes: Frank McGuire Jr. Trust Fund: Chairman: D.J. Ongley Treasurer: Frank Fisher Trustees: Harvey Harnick, Don Watts, M. Stein Past Presidents: N.A. Taylor, Morris Stein, R.W. Bolstad, Frank H. Fisher, Dan Krendel, Len Bishop, M.L. Axler, A.L. (Pat) Travers, L.C. Pearson, Len Bernstein, Lionel Lester, G. R. Dillon. Hon. Life Directors: Harold L. Pfaff Harvey Harnick Hon. Solicitor D.J. Ongley, qc Pioneer Of The Year Award: In 1952 the C.P.P. marked the Golden Anni versary of the Silver Screen in Canada, dat ing it from the establishment of the first successful motion picture theatre — the Electric of John Schulberg on Cordova Street, Vancouver, which he opened in the fall of 1902. At the celebration banquet, held in the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Schul berg, Jule Allen of Toronto, George Ganeta kos of Montreal, A.J. Mason of Springhill, Nova Scotia, L. Ernest Ouimet of Montreal, and Fred G. Spencer of Saint John, New Brunswick, were honored as pre-1910 pio neers who had done the most to advance the motion picture as a popular form of enter tainment in its early days. Spencer passed on shortly before the banquet and Schul berg, Ganetakos and Allen 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 1962: Wm. G. Lester 1963: Frank H. Fisher 1964: Harry and Bob Hurwitz 1965: Herbert Allen 1966: Dan Krendel 1967: Harold Pfaff 1968: Harvey Harnick 1969: Len Bishop 1970: David Rothstein 1971: Myer L. Axler 1972: Zeke Sheine 1973: David J. Ongley 1974: O.J. Silverthorne 1975: Leonard Bernstein 1976: Lionel Lester 1977: Hector Ross 1978: N.A. Taylor — Jubilee Award 1979: G.R. Dillon CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (CSC) 22 Front St. W. Toronto, Ont. M5J 1C4 (416) 364-4321 (General inquiries) President: Robert Rouveroy csc (416) 826-6872 Vice-President: Jackson Samuels csc (416) 636-6113 Secretary: James Crowe (416) 486-7801 Treasurer: Roy Tash csc (416) 233-4894 Publicity: Carol Betts (416) 484-6648 Education: Mark Irwin (416) 465-4946 Membership: Robert Crone csc (hon.) (416) 924-9044 pens: GUILDS & ASSOCIATIONS =e COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, LIMITED (CAPAC) 1240 Bay St. Toronto, Ont. M5R 2C2 (416) 924-4427 General Manager: John V. Mills, q.c. Licensing Manager: Arthur Dodd Quebec Office: 1245 Sherbrooke St. W., Ste. 1470 Montreal, Que. H3G 1G2 (514) 288-4755 Manager: Michel Pare Vancouver Office: 1 Alexander St., Ste. 401 Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1B2 (604) 689-8871 Manager: Kent Sturgeon Motion picture theatres throughout Canada have paid annual licence fees to CAPAC for more than 50 years. The right to charge music performance fees, on behalf of composers, authors and music publishers, has been upheld by the courts. The licence fees which CAPAC may lawfully sue for or collect must be approved each year by a Board appointed by the Government of Canada. An extract from the Canada Gazette showing the 1980 licence fees is as follows: Tarif No. 4 Theatres For a theatre licence covering operations at any time during the year, the annual fee is charged on seating capacity as follows: Seats Rates per seat per annum 499 seats arid under sence ce eee 10¢ 500 ‘toi/99seatsr. sic case cee ocisty si sente 12¢ 800 :ton:599: seats rc are er re 15¢ 15600 ‘seatsiand'over--ss.. rece ces: 20¢ The seating capacity of drive-in-theatres shall be three times the maximum number of automobiles which may be accommodated at any one time. Theatres operating three days or less per week shall pay one-half of the above rates. For theatres operating for less than 12 months in each year, the fee payable shall be reduced by 1/12th for each full month during the year in which no operations occur. Minimum fee — $10. A licence obtained under this item of the tariff shall not be deemed to authorize any concert or stage show when the exhibition of one or more films is not an integral part of the program. Concerts or stage shows in theatres not coming within the aforesaid classification shall be licensed under item No. 11 of the tariff. COUNCIL OF CANADIAN FILMMAKERS (CCFM) Box 1003, Station A Toronto, Ont. M5W 1G5 (416) 869-0716 Officers: Chairperson: Margaret Collier Vice-Chairperson: Patrick Spence-Thomas Secretary-Treasurer: Penelope Hyman Executive Director: John Sharkey