The Canadian Independent (Feb 1, 1938)

ISSUED FOR THE BENEFIT OF |NDEPENDENT THEATRE OWNERS | ee ee ‘Revised Express Rates ; ' The schedule of rates below is compiled to indicate the reduction on shipments from laboratories to exchanges _and inter-office shipments. All exhibitors throughout Canada will also benefit on most shipments up to 25 Ibs. received by them. On shipments over 25 lbs. they will '. only benefit if their basic rate is over $4.00 per 100 lbs. “The exhibitors’ rates were very considerably reduced in : September, 1933. “=~ 4. Rates on Shipments over 25 Ibs. (Interprovincial) : PER 100 LBS. Previous to After After ae : si Sept. 2,35 Sept. 2,35 Dec. 20, 37 _—. Toronto to Montreal _ ................. 2.70 2.70 2.70 CoS: 5.40 5.40 4.00 Winnipeg ................. 8.90 6.30 4.50 Calvan. 11.90 9.20 7.50 aa Vancouver ............... 15.95 10.05 8.00 -Montreal to Toronto. ................... 2.70 2.70 2.70 Ng St. MOUM. <......cceae 3.50 3.50 3.50 Winnipeg . etc 9.70 7.05 Sera | Calgary cog 12.30 9.50 8.00 a x Vancouver. 2.13 16.20 10.25 8.00 =. Winnipeg to Calgary .........2.02 6.55 6.05 4.00 cee Vancouver 22 11.90 9.20 7.50 ‘Calgary to Vancouver _.............. 6.05 6.05 4.00 2. Rates on 25 lbs. or Less (Interprovincial) Max. 1935 Max. Now mroronteto-Montreal: >. See bo 1.00 1.00 ges Stes POUR 5 oct clei niet 1.70 1.30 POY TEUEITIV nrnnioncnaecteactnecceceetredeeteertese 1.89 1.00 Boo a a eRe ae Lene ee 2.65 1.75 NFPA RT I onic cincscssneseecnnconsnsdecneseceen 2.85 2.00 3. Rates up to 25 Ibs. (Within any Province) Shipments of films and accessories by express up to 25 lbs. pay a maximum of 65 cents to any point within the Province (Ontario or any other Province). The rate varies, affected by numerous tariffs and distances, but the maximum is never exceeded. Joris Ivens who screened the Ernest Hemingway script ‘Spanish Earth” has gone to China to make a similar documentary war film. The script for this one was written by Lillian Hellman who wrote ‘Children’s Hour” and adapted ‘Dead End” for the screen ‘William Dieterle, director of “The Life of Emile Zola,” who was critically injured in an automobile accident several weeks ago, will soon leave the hospital where he has been confined since the crash. ES CS SS SS SS A ea OE SS SS i ee a AS TE CLT TORONTO THEATRES FIRST RUN n IMPERIAL “3 “HOLLYWOOD HOTEL”—WARNER. SHEA’S — “BREAKFAST FOR TWO” — RKO. “RIT FOR A KING” — RKO. ol] LOEWS — “THE HURRICANE” — UA. : m UPTOWN — “STAGE DOOR” — RKO. EGLINTON — “BLOSSOMS ON BROADWAY” — PARAMOUNT. “BULLDOG DRUMMOND’S REVENGE” _..... PARAMOUNT. | ee 4 HOLLYWOOD “NIGHT CLUB SCANDAL” — 2 | ines of the new empire-seek March Of Time German Film Stirs Crowds The new March of Time, 2-reeler, “Inside Nazi Germany 1938” is stirring audiences to intense emotions. At the first showing in a Broadway newsreel theatre, a special police squad was provided to keep. order. Fists were shaken and cheers mingled with hisses as the panorama of a thoroughly regimented, completely suppressed and disciplined Germany unrolled itself before the eyes of the spectators. A working class, forbidden the right to strike, provided with work .at a low subsistance level ($10 per week) is shown listening to government controlled radio broadcasts and reading government censored newspapers. Children are shown conscripted by the Government to work for definite periods younger children being drill ed in the militaristic rout| ing re-armed Germany. Groups in Chicago, sympathetic with the new German ambitions, petitioned successfully to have the film banned. The Chicago Board of Censors later reversed its decision. John Barrymore To Play Louis XV Hunt Stromberg has selected John Barrymore to play Louis XV. in MGM’s “Marie AnNorma production of toinette”’ Shearer. opposite | tures whereby 18 pictures — without pay and. Selznick International has ~ — Selznick Off M.G.M. Reaches Out For U.A. Negotiations between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and — Selznick International Pic were to be released by Metro have been unsuccessfully terminated. The “fundamental differences’ cited as the breaking point in the deal were said to be the refusal on the part of MG M to permit the Selznick organization to approve contracts. This would involve delays in effecting sales, said Metro executives, and permit individual selling of Selznick pictures. With the breaking down of this deal, came news that David Selznick is reaching out to acquire the Fairbanks Pickford Chaplin | units of United Artists stock, the option of purchase of which Alexander Korda and Goldwyn recently — Samuel relinquished. six A pictures planned for 1938-9 besides ‘‘Tom Sawyer’ which is already completed, and two others arranged for U.A. release. | Jane-Bloor Theatre At Last — Perhaps It is rumored in Toronto that the long-planned theatre at Jane and Bloor | Streets is to be built at last. The Hanson Theatres Corp. Ltd. is said to have ordered a set of plans for the site from Mr. Jay I. English, Toronto Theatre Architect. The Managing Editor, I enclose herewith the sum of $5.00—1 yr. NAME SUBSCRIPTION BLANK ~The Canadian Independent Support the Cause of the Independent Exhibitor The Canadian Independent, 21 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada, Please enroll me as a Subscriber to your Magazine. $2.50—6 mos. . $1.25—3 mos.