The Canadian Motion Picture Exhibitor (Jul 15, 1941)

July 15th, 1941 Winnipeg Notes Congratulations to Mr. S. KE. Rost, general manager of the Morton Circuit, just married, at present away on an_ extensive honeymoon throughout the United States. Mr. George Dowbiggin, head broker of Famous Players Canadian Corporation, has opened his summer home at the Beach, where he is now vacationing with the family. Vic Rackow, manager of United Artists’ Corporation, Winnipeg, has his family at the lakeside for the summer. N. Rotshtein, head of Rotshtein Enterprises, holidaying at Watrous. Jake Miles, head of Western Theatres Limited, has gone to Manitou Beach, Watrous, for his annual visit. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pearson, Corona Theatre, Winnipeg, have left for Coast. I. Coval, British Columbia manager for Vitagraph, here en route to Montreal. “Damaged . Goods” showing throughout the territory under the sponsorship of the Canadian Legion proving very successful. H. Swartz, after twenty years with Universal, has moved over to RKO. Maurice Pash, manager of the Colonial Theatre, spending holidays in training camp. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Lou Geller, Vitagraph, on the birth of a son. Major Hart Green at Kingston for a month for further military training. Lieut. Lyone Heppner off to Victoria for three months further military training. “Hitler, Beast of Berlin,’ very much in demand. since the Russian invasion. “New Super GARDINER Projector” With Barrel rear shutter Has no equal for fine projection and long’ life: As low as $9.00 weekly. GET OUR PRICES AND YOU WILL SURELY BUY FROM US “YOU CAN :GUESS THE REASON” 7 pAv \JE_ 202 or MORE : OF YOUR MONEY Ted ie best es AS TE MAL WAC KLCKE UE. DOMINION THEATRE EQUIPMENT €O 347 DAVIE ST WANCOUUVER B.C. The Exhibitor Picture Pickups “The wheel has turned full circle. The hour has come round for which some of us have longed for earnestly and worked so hard, when the star of Shakespeare is once more in the ascendant, and the classic dramas of our language iare hailed (as, when acted, they always will be) with welcome and acclaim. Within the next two or three years the American public will see the most prominent English-speaking actors in the plays of Shakespeare, and foremost among them, I believe, will be Tyrone Power.” No, the writer didn’t mean this Tyrone Power but his father. The above-quoted was written in 1913 by the famous critic, William Winter, now dead. It is possible, what with the periodic try Hollywood takes at the Bard’s work, young Power may have his chance as a Shakespearian trouper. Tyrone, Junior, never managed to cash in on his father’s thespian fame. He came to Hollywood and was lucky to get himself signed as a $35 per week stock player. He was tested, thumbed down and released. Soon after he got to New York he was called back. Zanuck was looking through screen tests to pick an actor for “Lloyd’s of London” and asked for Power. That’s how Fox’s big star was chosen. Incidentally, it was on the night of October 7, 1912, that the elder Tyrone Power played Brutus for the first time. This “Julius Caesar’? was produced by William Faversham—at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto. * * Po * % One New York producer is working on dollar-top shows. They’ll be made up of shorter stuff. Funny that the_ picture business, probably the most modern in methods, should have tagged after everything in tab and streamlined products. . . Those “Information Please” shorts featuring Wendel Willkie are big draws in the piece-meal movie places ... Norman Reilly Raine, biographed in our last issue by Frank Filman, heljped write “Captain of the Clouds,” the RCAF feature starring Jim Cagney and being made by Warners in Ottawa. * * ok * * Who should be offering his services to the screen via a Hollywood trade sheet but Bob Feller, the Cleveland crackshot. Can’t you wait for television, Bob? ... Hollywood may have to put its cowboys on bikes. There’s a shortage of live horsehide due to the defence program. They say MGM had to double a few for the chase sequences in “Billy the Kid.” Blank shells are also harder to get and murder mysteries may fall back on the other forms of homicide ... ‘Conditions miay be as bad as reported,” columns Ed Sullivan, “but I’ve never heard of a theatre owner who would sell his theatre. Probably the next mail will bring 536 offers to sell 536 theatres.” * * * ok bo Hollywood is the greatest town on earth for paying tribute to people. And though it honored Thomas Edison with a picture I don’t remember seeing or even hearing about a Cinema City statue to the inventor of the motion picture ... “Caught in the Draft” played to 161,895 persons in its first week at New York’s Paramount. Some catching ... Mrs. C. A. Kenny of Toronto’s Active Service Auxiliary wrote to six radio and film stars for autographed golf balls to be auctioned off. The only one to come through was Bing Crosby. * * * * # Jenny Holt, Jack Holt’s daughter, will soon appear in westerns ... They say Clara Bow, the Brooklyn bonfire that’s been banked all these years, will make a comeback for one picture... Things were'a bit tense, according to a spectator, the other day when Col. Stoopnagle, who replaced Ned Sparks on the Ontario tourist show, entered a Toronto cafe. Sparks and party were sitting nearby but no nods were exchanged .. . What became of Lew Lehr? Well, the newsreel comic has been sick for over. six month with a nervous breakdown. Now will you believe that making fun isn’t all fun? Those skating stars get around while going nowhere. Dorothy Lewis, of Republic’s “Ice-Capades” did 425 miles in one week while swirling and twirling. A number of Canadian girls are in the frigid epic, among them ‘Patricia McDonald and Denise Benoit . A St. Louis exhibitor hit on a good idea. He gives a five-minute broadcast of the latest news at each performance, Page 5 Warners — RCAF Good Will Gesture Ottawa wil see some big-scale movie-making in the next few weeks. Warners’ “Captain of the Clouds,” with an RCAF back ground, will be shot to a considerable extent in. the Canadian capitol. The move is a good-will gesture on the part of the studio. The government is co-operating with Warners as a result of the discussions between Hal Wallis and Joseph Clark, public relations chief for Ottawa. In the company will be Jimmy Cagney, George Brent and Dennis Morgan. A number of bit players and most of the extras will be picked on the ground. Most of the shooting will be done at the RCAF headquarters. New Rating For Players The recently-organized Motion Picture Research Bureau is undertaking a general survey of player popularity under Dr. Leo Handel, director of research. Reports will be made monthly. The service will be made available to all branches of the industry and should have considerable influence on the hiring of stars and the buying of pictures. TR. 1257 — ~ ’ BSE Ton! Oh ano We eee a tee oe FE ee recep Sat ep Reni Sage a) pe ie ul b a Sree SOS etc. ei ammeter ~~ ia i a i acerca OS las