Canadian Moving Picture Digest (Jan 19, 1929)

ORONO 2, ONTARIO. Two New Canadian Film Companies Capitalized _ The Canada Gazette, issued at Ot‘tawa, the Canadian Capital, has an‘nounced the incorporation of two “moving picture companies in the Dominion as follows: Canada, Limited, with a capitalization of $300,000, headquarters at St. John, _N. B., to carry on the business of a film exchange. | Also the Fisher Theatres, Limited, -at Winnipeg, Manitoba, with $125,000 _in preferred shares and 4,500 no par “common shares, to erect and operate “one or more theatres. £P recautions That Appear Un_ necessary Will Kill Show Business 3 ae of the existing plant at : ‘the Manitoba Legislature Buildings and installation of new machines in Ethe moving picture censorship department will not be necessary as the result of the introduction of the “talk“ig -pictures” into the theatres of py ‘innipeg. ‘T. A. D. Bevington, head of the Manitoba Censor Board stated ‘that so far it was not apparent there a as need for any change in the equipay at the legislative building. The films used in the machines installed in the theatres running sound pictures -are not .so different in form and size that they could not be put through the machine operated by the Censor Board officials, Mr. Bevington explained, and as for the dialogue the public was ‘fully protected by reason of the fact that the officials get copies of the Be: silent print.” J. Lloyd Dearth _ Manager Capitol Vancouver _ J. Llovd Dearth. formerly general “manager of Pantages Theatres in the North Western States, has been appointed manager of the Capitol Thea‘tre, Vancouver, BC., by Famous ‘Players Canadian Corp., Toronto, the Vancouver house being one of the ‘principal units of the Famous chain ‘in the Dominion. _ Mr. Dearth made his theatrical start in Texas and in 1920 was made manager oi the Pantages ‘Theatre in Kansas City, Kans., which position he held until three years ago when he assumed supervision of Pantages “houses in the North West. WANTED 4 ; Theatre Manager for town, 4,000 population. Apply BOX 7 are Fidelity Films of. Jack Arthur Stages Motor Show Revue The Robert Simpson Company Capture First Exhibition of Its Kind for Canada Jack Arthur staged the cabaret show, which the Robert . Simpson Company introduced this week in conjunction with the presentation of Toronto’s first Motor Show. The event was an important one. All the cars, the poor man’s flivver and the rich man’s motor palace were on view. Jack Arthur’s contribution centred around the musical ‘presentation as director of the orchestra and producer of the cabaret show which added a zest and a cosmopolitan flair to the occasion. The revue was snappy, and was introduced during the dinner. Jack’s snappiest dancers and best looking girls, who could stand a close-up inspection with much and little on were chosen; and Jack led them through their paces with the aid of his baton, recording an excellent bit of publicity for the Famous Uptown ‘Theatre, with which Jack Arthur is identified. It was a big show, one of Toronto’s biggest. It had a select and mass appeal and was good showmanship with which to be identified. Fred Selby Leases St. John Opera House It has just been announced in St. John that Fred Selby, owner and manager of the Queen Square Theatre has leased the St. John Opera House to take over that theatre on February Ist. The Opera House has been under lease to F. G. Spencer for some years and during the past two years it has been jointly leased by Mr. Spencer and the owners of the Imperial Theatre, of whom Walter H. Golding was the representative. Mr. Selby who has so successfuly managed the Queen Square Theatre is not yet prepared to announce his policy at the Opera House. The Opera House, after a season of high grade stock, has been showing pictures. Nolan Entertains Soldiers At Avalon, Ottawa Manager Ambrose Nolan did his first bit of community service at the new Avalon Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario, when he entertained the disabled soldiers of the Civic Hospital to a party in the theatre, transportation also being provided. Arrangements were in the hands of Miss J. McIntosh, convenor of the Soldiers Concert Club. “Hindle Wakes” Gaumont Production Adapted From Stanley Houghton’s Dramatic Sensation The Gaumont British Corporation of Canada Limited have just tradeshown their latest release, taken from Stanley Houghton’s | play, Wakes.” “Hindle Wakes” merits the attention of all cinema-goers. Its homely story of Lancashire life—played with realistic verve by first class artists— its moments of joy and sorrow and its gripping climax when the pretty mill girl proudly refuses an offer of marriage from the mill owner’s son with whom she had been “having a good time,” set the hall mark on British film production. Stanley Houghton’s play was a dramatic sensation all over the world and was revived seven times in England and at least three times in America; it inaugurated a new school of drama —an essentially modern school, which dramatized the new social independence and set up a new code of relations between the sexes. The production work on “Hindle Wakes” necessitated the taking of scenes in the famous Tower Ballroom at Blackpool. Six hundred people crowded the ballroom while over two thousand dancers took the floor and every inch of the galleries was packed to suffocation. Every character in this Gaumont British film is true to type, from the mill owner of Norman McKinnel, the mill girl of Estelle Brody, the conscientious carder of Humberston Wright, and the nagging, intolerant, avaricious “Mrs. Hawthorne” of Marie Ault to Arthur Chesney’s “Mayor” are all played by superb artists. Gaumont British Cirsanation's offering, following their successful productions already presented, namely “The Tr iumph of the Rat,” “The Physician,”’ “Mademoiselle Parley Voo” and “The Glad Eye,” brings one to a realization that British films are rapidly establishing a market for them selves through their ability to enter | the competitive film field on quate -E. P. Fields Busy Getting Theatre Results The Capitol Theatre, Moose Jaw, Sask., has been given a shake-up by Manager E. P. Fields. He is now playing Pantages vaudeville each Sat— urday and pictures the other five days. He has also discontinued the Capi tolians, the stage band, after an en gagement of 18 weeks. _ Page Nine. “EA: 2 order wherein the rising generation claimed a),