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Canadian FILM WEEKLY
September 80, 1942
NOW, VOYAGER (Vitagraph)
A highly-intelligent and strictly adult love story with a background of psychiatry. It’s the sort of thing that will strike a responsive chord in almost everyone with half a mind. It is played splendidly and sympathetically by Bette Davis, as a girl with mental uncertainties brought on by maternal repression, and Paul Henreid, as her thwarted sweetheart. Claude Rains, ika Chase, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, John Loder and a number of rated players round out one of the most interesting
pictures of the year.
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A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (20th Century-Fox) Laurel and Hardy needed a good one to make up lost ground and Fox gave it to them. In this case the answer is that there’s more in the picture than the boys. Dante, the magician, provides
plenty of amusing novelty.
mobsters.
The boys get tangled up with
Ceramic Ban Rides Over Premium Ruling
While Administrator’s Order No. A-398 respecting the rental and exhibition of moving picture films permits any exhibitor to continue a premium policy who had such a policy in force during
Booze Ban Wouid Boost Boxoffice
(Continued from Page 1) of the People”: “Sir: Fred L. D. Squires, executive secretary, Business Men’s Research Foundation,
the basic period and/or during} Chicago, states that during pro
the month of August 1942, it must be pointed out that this permission does not nullify Administrator’s Order No. A-355 by the pro
hibition the average attendance in movie theatres rose to over 100,000,000 weekly admissions. In 10 years’ time, covering the re
visions of which the use by any| peal period, they have dropped 45
person of ceramic products in any form as premiums is prohibited after the 30th day of September 1942. In other words, while exhibitors who had established a premium policy during the basic period or August 1942 may still continue that policy, they are prohibited from using ceramic products in any form as premiums.
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per cent. to 55,000,000 admissions weekly. Naturally when the people of the -United States spend $5,000,000,000 annually for drink they have less to spend on motion pictures. Yet the motion picture industry continues blithely, by screen propaganda for liquor, to invite its customers to transfer their patronage to the saloons. None so blind as those who won’t see.”
History may repeat itself shortly. The USA government has ordered that no more drinking alcohol be made after November 1st, the ingredients being needed for war purposes. American distillers have large stocks on hand and it will be a while before the effect of this ruling is felt.
Canada is also concerning itself with the liquor problem. The government feels that $250,000,000 per year represents too much spending for booze and has appointed a committee of cabinet ministers to find means of cutting spending for it.
"Top Hat’ is Tops
Though “Mrs. Miniver’ holds the long-run record at the Radio City Music Hall, beacon of the exhibitor field, “Top Hat,’ the 1935 Irving Berlin musical with Fred Astaire, holds the weekly gross record. It drew $135,000 in seven days as compared with the $100,000 a week averaged by ‘Mrs. Miniver.”
TALES OF MANHATTAN (20th Century-Fox) The studio has a string of thespian pearls here, strung together by a tailcoat that moves from one to the other and
affects the lives of all.
more human interest than the usual half-dozen pictures.
It is a grand piece of work and packs
It’s
loaded with stars such as Fonda, Hayworth, Ed Robinson, Boyer
and many more. WAKE ISLAND (Paramount)
Robert Preston and Brian Donlevy in a blood-tingling story of the war against the Jap. It’s bigger than big across the
line and should be here also.
STRICTLY IN THE GROOVE (Universal) Another musical that’s routine for Universal but enter
taining to the patrons.
Mary Healey, Richard Davies, Leon
Errol, Shemp Howard, Eddie Johnson, Ozzie Nelson and band, Dinning Sisters and Jimmy Wakely and his cowboy orchestra.
Geller, Vitagraph, |Eves, Arthur Take Dead in Winnipeg | Government Posts
(Continued from Page 1) anaemia which was caused by a kidney ailment. He had been in bad health for about a year and death occurred at the Misrecordia Hospital to which he was admitted about 10 days ago.
A native Winnipeger, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Geller, still living in that city, the deceased was a graduate of St. John’s Technical
High School where he was a well known athlete, especially proficient in soccer, hockey and football. Besides his parents, the late Mr. Geller is survived by his wife, Rsoalie, and a daughter, aged 16 months, as well as two brothers, Philip and Dr. Harry Geller and a sister, Rose, all of Winnipeg. The immediate family had made its home for some time in the Curtis Apartments. Services and internment took place today.
Lou’s first job was ad salesman at the Winnipeg Exchange of First-National Pictures in 1928. When Vitagraph absorbed F-N, a
year later, he was retained and.
progressively promoted into various positions. Subsequently, he was transferred to Calgary as officemanager and later hecame branch manager in that city. In 1931, he was called back to Winnipeg, acceding three years ago to the position which he held upon his death.
Wolfe Cohen, vice-president of Vitagraph, Ltd., is in Winnipeg and will remain there until he appoints an acting manager. Mr. Cohen announced that the Canadian Regional Sales Meetings, of Vitagraph, Ltd., scheduled for the King Edward Hotel here September 28-30, will be indefinitely postponed,
(Continued from Page 1) radio show will be presented over
CBC during the second week in November. Bob Eves will work for John
Grierson and one of the things which will interest him is the need tor greater publicity of government-sponsored films in Canada and the USA. The NFB shorts series, ‘‘Canada Carries On” and “The World in Action,’ are the product of the greatest short subject production unit in the world.
Arthur, a veteran of show business, has managed, produced and conducted orchestras in such famed houses as the Regent, now vanished, the Imperial and the Uptown, all Toronto houses. At the time he took his new post he was supervisor of “C” Division of theatres for Famous Players. Bob Eves was supervisor for Toronto’s Suburban District, being formerly manager of the Eglinton, Toronto.
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