Canadian Moving Picture Digest (Apr 10, 1948)

April 10th, 1948 CANADIAN MOVING PICTURE DIGEST Exhibitors Promised Ample Product From Paramount For Early Release Maintenance of an ample backlog of pictures to provide a steady flow of product to exhibitors is assured by the shooting schedule now in operation at ‘Paramount. With three pictures now shooting, “Abigail, Dear Heart,” starring Claude Rains, Macdonald Carey and Wanda Hendrix; the Hal Wallis production “Sorry, Wrong Number,” with Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster and Ann Richards starred, and “A Foreign Affair,” starring Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich and John Lund, Paramount’s backlog constitutes the most impressive lineup in the company’s history. Completed pictures include “Dream Girl,” starring Betty Hutton and Macdonald Carey ; “The Big Clock,” Ray MillandCharles Laughton starrer; “Saigon,” starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake; “The Sainted Sisters,” starring Veronica Lake, Joan Caulfield and Barry Fitzgerald; “Sealed Verdict,” Ray Milland-Florence Marly starrer ; “The Emperor Waltz,” ‘Technicolor film, starring’ Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine; “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” ‘Technicolor filmization of the Mark ‘T'wain classic, starring Crosby, William Bendix and sir Cedric Hardwicke; “Hazard,” Paulette Goddard-Macdonald Carey starrer; “My Own True Love,” starring Phyllis Calvert and Melvyn Douglas; “Night Has A Thousand Eyes,” starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell and John Lund; “The Long Grey Line,” starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed; “The Paleface,” Bob Hope-Jane Russell starrer, in Technicolor; “Whispering Smith,’ Technicolor western, starring Alan Ladd, Robert Preston and Donald Crisp ; “So FRyvil My Love,” Hal Wallis-Paramount production, starring Ann Todd, Ray Muilland, and Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Clarion Productions’ “Albuquerque” in color starring Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton and George “Gabby” Hayes. Cecil B. DeMille’s Technicolor epic “Unconquered”, starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard, was released March 26th, and is advertised as a “Road Show picture at regular prices.” ANITA COLBY ENTERTAINS AT INDUSTRY SOCIAL FUNCTIONS At a press breakfast, at which Anita Colby, Paramount exploitation executive, In photo at left are seen Anita Colby, Helen Allen, Telegram; James Cameron, Famous Players; Gloria Graham, Paramount; cussed. Four pictures will be filmed during 1948 for Paramount by Hal Wallis Productions. The first of these four, “Sorry, Wrong Number,” now is before the cameras with Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster in starring roles, under direction of Anatole Litvak. The second picture of the group, “Be Still, My Love,” from the novel by June Truesdell, is scheduled to go into production in the near future. The third picture, either “House Of Mist,” or “Bitter Victory”, from Frederick Lomis’ Readers’ Digest story, and the fourth, ‘Rope Of Sand” are being prepared for production riext fall. Three Wallis productions are being released by Paramount during 1948. The first of the trio is “I Walk Alone,” with Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Wendell Corey in the top roles. The second release of this year will be “So Evil My Love,” starring Ann Todd, Ray Milland and Geraldine Fitzgerald. This picture, produced in England, now is being edited by Wallis in Hollywood. The third 1948 release will be “Sorry, Wrong Number.” ODEON RE-ELECTS OF FICERS Officers and directors of Odeon Theatres of Canada Limited have been reelected as follows at the annual meeting of the company in Toronto: J. Arthur Rank, chairman; Hon. J. Earl Lawson, K.C., president; John Davis, D. C. Coleman, J. S. Duncan, Leonard W . Brockington, K.C., George W. Peters and H. P. Green, directors. Messrs. Brockington and Peters are vice-presidents. Alan Robinette is secretary and Gerald Sprague, treasurer. Page. 7 Canadian Singer Winner In “Carnegie” Contest Esther Ghan, 21-year old coloratura soprano, from Toronto and Winnipeg, won second prize in the national “Carnegie Hall’ musical scholarship contest, sponsored by United Artists. Miss Ghan won the award for her singing of “Ah Fors e Lui” (One Of Whom 1 Dream) froms= ay Traviata”. Interested in music since childhood, she began to study the piano when she was eight and appeared in numerous concerts throughout western Canada by the time she was of high school age. She did not begin to take music lessons until 1944, when she moved to Toronto from her native Winnipeg. Studying under Madam Nina de Gedeonoff, she has appeared in concerts at Faton’s Auditorium as well as on numerous radio programs. The national winners were selected from a field of hundreds of contestants in Canada and the United States, which was narrowed down to a smaller group of finalists by local judges in key cities, The winners of the three “Carnegie Hall” scholarships were announced by Boris Morros, producer of “Carnegie Hall”, and opera stars Ezio Pinza and Rise Stevens, who served as national judges for the competition. 3 Toronto judges were Dr. Ernesto Vinci, of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and Rex Battle, Conductor and Musical Director. FRANK CAPRA AWARDED O.B.E. Frank Capra has been awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services during the war for the British Government. The ceremony took place at a dinner given by the British United Services Club in Los Angeles. Capra, who has just finished producing and directing Metro’s “State Of The Union”, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Van Johnson, served as Colonel and assistant chief of the unit in charge of all Army photography and films during the war. Bert Wilkes, Canadian Moving Picture Digest. Wallace Reyburn, New Liberty. Seen with the Toronto Paramount head office staff, Anita increased their pride in Paramount and Paramount releases. present were Leo Haag, Hugh Burns, Arthur Hirsh, Gordon Lightstone, O'Neill, Ambrose Theurer and Jerry Cass. a se Sad was hostess, the coming Paramount product was disJack Karr, Toronto Daily Star; Stu Kenny, Station CKEY; Mrs. Wm. Gladish, Boxoffice: Leslie Stowe, Station CFRB; Ray Lewis, Staff members Canadian General Manager, Charles Murphy, William J.