Canadian Film Weekly (Apr 8, 1942)

= Page 2 _ Vol, 3, No. 15 April 8th, 1942 HYE BOSSIN, Managing Editor Address all communications to—The Managing Editor, Canadian Film Weekly, 21 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada. shii by Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., Sth Floor, 21 Dundas Square, ene Ont, Canuds. Phone ADelaide 4310. Price 5 cents each or $2.00 per year. ‘4 Picture is Worth 10,000 Words”’ That’s ‘an old Chinese saying. We’d be the last to deny it. Here’s a picture. We dedicate it to Independents of every ilk and association, to distributors and exhibitors, and to governing bodies. Moral: don’t be a jackass—or do be a jackass, or something. Abbot & Costello Universal’s latest Abbott and Costello comedy, “Pardon My Sarong,” has been launched under the direction of Erle C. Kenton, with Virginia Bruce and Robert Paige in the romantic leads. Maria Montez, as a South Sea Island princess, has an important featured role and other principals include Leif Erikson, William Demarest, The Four Ink Spots, Tip, Tap and Toe, Tagalong, Elyse Knox, Marie McDonald, Kathryn Adams and Jennifer Holt. Eddie Albert In Eddie Albert, who is set to star in “Lady Bodyguard” at Paramount, may also do the title role in “Merton of the Movies” at the same studio, according to present production plans. There is a move to induce Joseph Breen, formerly of the Hays Office and now with RKO, to return to his old outfit. All the major studios have agreed that they would like to see Breen back but MGM. The big studio was irked when Breen left his post. It is expected that opposition would be smoothed over. Andersons Are Loyal When the news got out that Republic had changed the name of the fifth columnist in ““Remember Pearl Harbor” from Murphy to Anderson, the Andersons sent a mass protest. Eleven hundred of them in one town petitioned the studio to think twice about it. The Murphys put up the first Breen May Return | kick. Canadian FILM WEEKLY ‘Optimistic On . Gas Rationing (Continued from Page 1) will draw the ex-pleasure motorists and encourage the steadygoing habit. Discussions with managers. and supervisors reveals’ interesting slants on the eventual results. One manager claimed it would affect the downtown theatres adversely while boosting the neighborhoods. The manager of a district house refuted this with, “If they get on a street car at all, they'll go right downtown.” Many moviegoers, he said, pass up the closest houses to them because they’ve seen the picture and take a street car to get to the edge of their own areas. On the other hand, it is contended that car-owners won't drive downtown to see a movie, but a good many who work there will stay downtown, meeting the wife pal or sweetheart in front of the theatre. Wives who shop downtown and meet hubby for the drive home won't do that but will join hubby for dinner and a show. Crowded street cars on the way home are another factor in encouraging the downtown sojourn. The seeking for a cool place to spend a couple of hours, instead of riding, may take some of the pain out of the usual summer slump. Of lasting benefit, some think, will be the renewed interest in the movies by people who up till now could take them or leave them alone. Picture houses depend on the steady patron for the bulk of the business and an increase in the regular habit through force of circumstances is not to be sneezed at. This has been sought for many years through the various kinds of institutional advertising. The downtown houses may have to provide small services for shoppers, such as places to check parcels, particularly perishable goods. And children, perhaps, since junior can’t be left alone while pa and ma see a show. Washrooms will have to be kept in the best of order for a fast slicking-up by people who stayed downtown. And a more homey attitude on the part of theatre attendants may have to be developed. Theatres in habitations surrounded by rural areas don’t figure On any unpleasant results either. Farm folk aren’t improvident with gas and the regulations have been good to them. Also each barn usually has some spare tires, picked up cheaply, which hang from the walls. Much of rural patronage comes from miles out of town but a visit to the movies is usually combined with the essential and usual weekend shopping. April 8th, 1942 Selective Service And the Industry (Continued from Page 1) panies, etc., is prohibited, unless the applicant has a release fro a national selective service officer or holds a certificate of exemption from compulsory military training and is also exempt from essential service on farm projects. Single men and childless widowers up to 380 years of age are to be selected for compulsory training and service in Canada. It is further proposed that employers may be asked to release professional technicians for war work. It is pointed out that from now On no male person should be permitted to accept employment in any theatre unless the applicant can prove by evidence that he is less than 17 or more than 45 years of age, or holds a certificate of honourable discharge from the armed services, or a certificate of rejection on the grounds of physical unfitness, or holds a permit authorizing employment signed by a national selective service officer. There are certain prohibitions governing the transfer of an employee from one industry to another, and employers will be required to furnish information about all persons engaged for or released from restricted occupations. ; The Unemployment Insurance Committee has issued regulations requiring the registration of all employees in each theatre, whether subject to Unemployment Insurance or not. It is announced that cards or forms, together with a letter of instructions, will shortly be issued to every theatre. These forms or cards, when completed, were to be returned to the local Unemployment Insurance Commission by April 1st. If you have not received instructions or forms please get in touch with your local Unemployment Insurance Commission Office immediately. New Unemployment Insurance Books should have been delivered to all theatres by this time and old books surrendered. If this is not so check this with your local Insurance Commission also. Whatever the effect in individual ‘cases, it is agreed generally that the total attendance and receipts for the Dominion will not suffer. Complete Theatre Equipment and Supplies COLEMAN ELECTRIC CO. 258 VICTORIA ST., Toronto, Ont.