Canadian Film Weekly (Aug 5, 1942)

August 5th, 1942 CBC Shown in Canada Carries On How many Canadians know that it was due largely to the foresight of Sir Wilfrid Laurier that Marconi chose Canada as the scene of some of his earliest experiments in radio? At a time when the voice of Canada is relayed to .the world the National Film Board in cooperation with the Director of Public Information has made The Voice of Action, July issue of “Canada Carries On.” In the Canadian North, radio is seen linking up a vast and lonely land. Isolated Hudson’s Bay posts, fur trappers, Indian settlements depend for medical aid on a unique radio service whereby accidents are treated, operations performed, even babies delivered by remote control. In pre-war days radio is seen guiding the big TCA planes, bringing Canadian shipping safely into port. Canada at war is heard through voices of ace CBC commentators Lorne Greene, Bob Bowman, Jack Peach and Jasques DesBaillets. Lorne Greene is heard reading the national news, DesBaillets broadcasts from the Canadian army overseas while Peach talks with a Spitfire pilot back from a raid over Germany. Bowman is seen interviewing former CBC commentator, Ted Briggs, on the bridge of his corvette. Now a Lieut. Commander, Briggs was recently awarded the D.S.C. Polyglot Publicity Gets Roddick Raves Famous Players Maritimes supervisor, Bob Roddick, won some printed bouquets by his timely recognition of a real need in Halifax. Roddick ordered all theatre notices printed in the languages of the United Nations. The Halifax Daily Star saluted his efforts with the following. “The Capitol theatre is to be congratulated on its initiative in having its signs and notices printed in the various languages of our allies. This will not only solve a problem for employees who speak only the King’s English, but will give a thrill of pleasure to some homesick sailor who can neither read nor speak English. There are hundreds such in our midst today who are engaged in vital war work. Anything that can be done to make these welcome transients feel more at home deserves hearty commendation. Would it not be an excellent idea if other theatres and other stores were to follow the examples set by R. S. Roddick, the manager of the Capitol?” That’s keeping alive to things. > , Canadian FILM WEEKLY rs 4g ao Se RELECI IC Sad Array T. JOHN’S SQUARE, on Portland and facing Wellington, is today a public park. Beneath its surface rest forever an unknown number of valiants. Set apart as a military cemetery in 1794 by Lord Simcoe, it was used for sixty years. Once each few feet of this earth had its wooden or stone sentry. But, as the years passed, a growing town moved further away. Other cemeteries were established and this one fell into disuse. Its ghostly tenants neglected, the army of gravemarkers became disorganized under attacks of time and weather. Then the stones were removed and the face of St. John’s decorated with the eye-pleasing green one sees there now. A few stones, salvaged out of sentiment, remain. Like tired old warriors they lean disconsolately against a fence in a far corner. Here and there one sees the outline on the fence of a stone fallen in a vain defence against the elements—a record of a record, soon to disappear and be eternally forgotten. Nature’s epilogue to a drama of lives. The stones are like the ghosts of the men; the outlines the ghosts of those ghosts Legends and Lord Simcoe N the centre of the park stands a monument bearing a bust of Lord Simcoe, first Governor of Upper Canada. On the monument, which was presented in 1902 by public subscription, are the names of regiments which fought in the War of 1812-15. Some are heard of no more in the land, such as the Glengarry Fencibles, Wattsville Reg’t., and Coloured Corps and Indians. This verse meets the eye: ‘Dead in the battle—dead on the field— More than his life can a soldier yield? His blood has burnished his sabre bright; To his memory, honor; to him good-night.” There are legends about the old place. One says that Lord Simcoe buried his youngest daughter here. Another concerns a cavalry officer whose passion was fine horses. Recalled to England, offers were made for six of his best animals. He refused to sell. The thought of them being in alien hands hurt him. They say he shot each and buried it in St. John’s. . An Old Tragedy F all the stones that once marked this ground but a scant dozen are left. The one that is still fairly legible is sacred to “he memory of Lieut. Zacharian Mudge, aide de camp to Gen. Sir J. Colborne, Lieut.-Governor of the province. Mudge, according to his stone, died on June 19, 1931, aged 31. This stone is the graven echo of an old tragedy. Zachariah Mudge, history records, sought and found death by his own hand. A member of an old family and a striking figure of a soldier, he was much admired. He was a bachelor. The cause of his suicide is still a mystery. A trick of fate this, that he who sought the end before his time should have outlived, in recorded memory, his comrades who desired —and were denied—the fullness of life. A Strange Reunion es remaining stones are vanishing in an almost timeless dis integration. Small crumbs lie about that have separated from the stones and reached closer to the bosom of the earth, as though to join their human predecessors. Where are the others of these that once stood side by side, ranks unbroken? Gone from the face of the earth. United by nature with those whose lamps they kept lit here. A reunion, this. A strange reunion A reunion in the dust. Revivals in NS | ‘New York | Beau Geste—1939 adventure story; G. Cooper, R. Milland. Cavalcade—1933 drama; C. Brook and D. Wynyard. Drums—1938 technicolor military melodrama of British India; R. Massey and Sabu. Farewell To Arms — 1932 revival of Ernest Hemingway's famous story; H. Hayes and G. Cooper. Great McGinty — 1940 satirical comedy; B. Donlevy. Great Waltz—1928 musical based on Strauss waltzes and legend; F. Gravet, M. Korjus. Gunga Din — 1939 melodrama of military British India; C. Grant, D. Fairbanks, Jr., V. McLaglen. Harvest — 1939 French pastoral; Eng. subtitles; G. Gabrio, Fernandel, O. Demazia. Holiday—1938 comedy; K. Hepburn and C. Grant. Joy of Living—19338 comedy; I. Dunne and D. Fairbanks, Jr. King Kong—1933 melodrama; Wray. King Steps Out — 1936 musical comedy; F. Tone and G. Moore. Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936 drama; Freddie Bartholomew. Lives of a Bengal Lancer—1935. Adventure in India; G. Cooper and F. Tone. Mr. and Mrs. Smith—1941 marital farce; C. Lombard, R. Montgom F. ery. My Favorite Wife—1940 comedy; C. Grant and I. Dunne. Only Angels Have Wings—1939 aviation melodrama; C. Grant, J. Arthur. Storm In A Teacup—1938 comedy; V. Leigh and R. Harrison. Submarine D-1—1937 drama; Brent and P. O’Brien. Three-Cornered Moon—1933 comedy; C. Colbert. Three On A Weekend 1938 comedy-drama; M. Lockwood and J. Lodge. Virginia City—1940 western melodrama; E. Flynn, R. Scott, M. Hopkins. Tovarich—1937 comedy; C. Boyer, C. Colbert. G. Machine Candy Prices Raised The 30 per cent tax imposed on sweets by the new budget hit the owners of candy vending machines hard. There are many such machines in Canada and the tax has caused the sweets to go up one cent. The vendors found it impossible to absorb the charge, even if they were allowed to, and have been operating at a loss while niet. for an answer to the probem. New coin slides will have to installed in all machines, the present one being able to receive just nickels, They are being put is as fast as possible. ; Gute _— ”