The Canadian Independent (Mar 1, 1938)

as Page: Re: Grit an INDEDENDENT Volky 3, NO. SEE 8 he _FA'LK a -Managing. ‘Editor © aa ND Eee ENT THEATRES | ae ASSOCIATION » .511 Hermant Building : 21 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada = — Siecription Rates: Canada. and ,-$5.00 Per Annum: « Gy! “Rad¥ess” all commiuniéations ig cas : Celluloid. aaah come. uid be ‘ the material on which much of our history and literature |. &... ‘The. Managing, Editor . .~ Fe CANADFAN INDEPENDENT, «21 Dundas Square, — PEN aes * Toronto, ‘Canada E DI T. VIEWS. (Continued from from-Page 1) faculty: of visualizing both at close range and with. the bird? 's-eye-view of: the objecbal critic.” : edt seems aide that ae tis” stage. of ‘film, developthent;. that the. wider scope of:interest. and. importance of:the motion picture should still:need emphasis, but such seems to be the case. ‘There ere still. the false. prophets of the industry who insist by spoken and written word that motion pictures must rot! concern themselves with anything but peddling the doje of forgetfulness. These prophets ~ have | crieda@ainst the inclusion. in. the-atre programs of such films’ agi the recent March of Time Néwesreél, “Inside Nazi Germahy 1938” and against fils’ of social or any other stgnificance.. -According ‘to them.--the . theatre. should grind out. nothing but. the pulp-type of celluloid. tripe {fiat limits ‘all human interest’ to-the physical equatoriak zone, or as Red Kann, of Box:.Office so patly put it, that. . the. subject of Boy Meets Girl is still of more immediate importance than that: Hitler should meet his Waterloo. .: 2 We. are Sealiive aware. that tons of pulp reading: matter a¥econsumed by a~ jaded and sophomoric public, and we agree with Mr. DeMille that miles, of its. equivalent | in celluloid-is demanded by the same section of the pub-' lic. That leaves us.cold,.. But. we flare up when. the..vital. both in the immediate. and oe THE CANADIAN ere eCLED FOR THE BENEFIT OF a INDEPENDENT THEATRE OWNERS TRE UE 5=MARCH 1, 1938 | Published Semi-Monthly by The “ited-on it by ‘ assasins, ‘out -|; dished drugged: the enduring, is assailed in either paper or celluloid. The nearsighted attitude of: the pigmy prophets of the theatre that attempts: to }-banishthe. significant:.from the screen, is comparable to ‘the’ stand ‘of the / who burn books. The genius | that gives birth to authentic fanatics creations outlives the taboos and the physical attacks ‘visme would-be is being recorded. It cannot help being as disturbing at | times as.it is beautiful, |: provocative:as ‘itis: reduc! “for -only.. as. it moves people in a wide range of emotions, is any medium of expression functioning completely. We do not begrudge the imma ture their pap or pulp, but ‘|:we say hands-off the red ‘meat of art-and| KOw oaey elgn: a’ stomach for life until iiss 7 aad if ee sighed: critics will keep their ears to the ground for Hollywood rumblings, they will hear that the grown-up section of the public is becoming a considerable vocative majority, one. which is passing up -the thin gruel of concocted° entertainment hitherto out, and making known an unmistakable demand for bigger, better pictures. in which the story is the thing. The best writing talent ‘procurable Crafted to fill that require ment. Literature of the past and present is being translated onto celluloid. -ent-day history is being reccorded on newsreel is the living news|: paper of today, and a cen-sorship ruling out conten|’ Pres celluloid. The tious matter from the newsreel is as undesirable as a similar censorship for the DHEHE It is ence that the pros and ‘cons. of -the German newsreel. should rage and that atidiences should boo} ||than that audiences, should sit in the the| and . cheer, atres: ‘of the land, inert,. like * victims drifting through. smoke screens ‘of false’. “security. toward. -the ‘fYude* ‘aWakening: that it, has go here.’ gts t at garding the prints, Mr. Jack Hunter, Toyonto’s general-manager of “Paramount, has arranged to is being |. 2 ‘during the iwere: INDEPENDENT" PATRONIZE THE ADVERTISERS WHO MAINTAIN IT. en, Paramount, Toronto Exchange, Improves Print Service ~ As a result of the recent | complaints of exhibitors recondition of put on an extra man in the exchange revising room to check on oil stains and other flaws. ~~ Paramount brings in more prints than most of the other exchanges, and is now prepared, according to Mr. Hunter, to adequately service these prints. EXHIBS NOTE Cancellation Privilege According to. clause 20 of the Canadian License Agreement, exhibitors may cancel one picture from any cate gory as against each picture that was roadshowed by that company, provided the roadshow picture was on his schedule. The roadshowed picture itself may not be cancelled. Notice in writing must be given to the exchange in question fourteen days prior to the exhibition date of the picture to be cancelled. The pictures roadshowed 1936-7 season “The Good Earth,”’ “The Great Ziegfeld,” and ‘host Horizon.’’ PRODUCTS THE COMPLETE LINE OF MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR YOUR THEATRE Cleaning Compound, Deodorant Blocks, Paper-Towels, Cups, Toilet Papers, Soaps, ae Disinfectants, Brooms, : pero” Mops Etc. “49 River. Sivek. WA. 8601 _ Toronto Zanuck Honored By French Government Darryl Zanuck, pro-° | ‘duction head of ‘20th Century-Fox was ‘pro|_ moted by the ‘French | government from Chev alier to the rank of . Officer of the Legion of Honor. Abolish Strip-Tease Aim of Welfare Council The Law _ Observance Committee of the Community Welfare Council of Ontario are seeking to: abolish the strip-tease act. Chairman Clifford J. Howard, at the annual meeting reported that ‘under the law as at present interpret ed, there seems to be no way: of permanently abolishing that. particular evil.’”’ One of Toronto’s former striptease show-houses_ has vol untarily given up that type of entertainment when approached by civic organiza tions which pointed out its ebjectionable nature from the standpoint of public morality. Toronto now has only one theatre in which the strip-tease burlesque is a regular part of the program. The committee on Community welfare is also considering ways of combating “a certain type of magazine. now being published in Canada, and obviously indecent and objectionable.”’ COMPLETE THEATRE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES || R Coleman Electric Co. “258 VICTORIA STREET |[: FORONTO". oe Mar. 1, 1938