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VOICE of the
CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE
INDUSTRY
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‘cently has caused costs for adsales
Vol. 8, No. 37
TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 8, 1948
$2.00 Per Annum
United Artists Promising Sked
United Artists, home lot of Hollywood’s leading Independent producers, is a busy place right now and a squint at the lineup reveals a very promising season, The studio is marching in the groove opened by “Stage Door Canteen,” in its seventh week at Loew’s,
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Hollywood Has Space Trouble
Production of films by ‘Independent producers will be seriously affected by the decrease in available studio space which is becoming more critical every month. Independent companies which rent stage space from six Hollywood
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Postage Blues
The raising of postal rates re
matter to rise accordingly. Hxhibitors are none too pleased. Some think an adjustment is in order.
New Nabs Thief
Larry New, assistant manager of Capitol, Vancouver, spotted Stanley Spragg breaking into his car. New, aided by cops who fired a shot, ran the fellow down.
MPTOA to Meet
In Toronto
The Motion FPicture Theatres Association of Ontario will hold its annual meeting and luncheon at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on Tuesday, September 2ist. There will also be a luncheon for the delegates.
Quebec Allied Theatrical Industries invited representation of the Ontario body at its annual meeting.
‘Phantom of the Opera’
Groupings Vex Independents
Ask Fewer ‘So-Called Specials And Top Group Pictures’
The National Council of Independents will appeal to the Dominion authorities to pare down what it considers to be the inordinate number of “so-called specials and top group
War Services Committee Talks Coal Saving
The Canadian Motion Picture War Services met in the offices of its chairman, J. J. Fitzgibbons, on September ist, to
discuss the coal conservation plan of Ottawa. Present to confer with the committee were O. OC. Sturdy, Office of the Controller of Construction; M. W. Kingsland, Director of Coal Conservation, and Alexander MacFarland, Publicity Division, Department of Munitions and Supply.
The War Services Committee decided to circulate pledges bearing instructions to all exhibitors, asking their complete co-operation.
The committee will ask exhibitors to join it not only in helping the industry do its part but to make the public realize the need of conservation through the screen, the lobby, exploitation, advertising and in every other possible way.
Condon Quits 20th
Hal Horne, Director of Advertising and Publicity for 20th CenturyFox, announced today that he had accepted the resignation of Dick Condon, Director of National Promotion for the Company. Condon’s resignation becomes effective September 15th when he will open publicity offices to be known as the Richard Condon Organization.
Pictures,” it was decided at the Toronto convention. It will, —_—_ + ee
according to its position, ask that means be adopted to keep the freezing of film prices as of the basic period from thawing out, and a “re-freezing of the thawed-out prices.”
Officials said that the intended action was based on the film situation of the last season. This season’s groups have not been completely approved as yet.
The Nationsl Council decided fo
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Joe Norris Passes
Joseph Norris, 48, for 22 years @ projectionist for the Ontario government, died in Toronto last week. Surviving are his wife, two daughters and one son, the latter overseas with the CASF.
A. J. Mason Heads
Indies Council
Archie J. Mason, veteran Maritimes Independent who is currently the mayor of Springhill, Nova Scotia, was elected president of the National Council of Independent Exhibitors of Canada during the three-day convention of that organization at the King Eid
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Quebec Allied For Nat! Body
Support of the plan to form a Dominion-wide association of motion picture exhibitors was promised at the meeting of the Quebec Allied Theatrical Industries at the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, on September ist. Discussion
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Groupings Okayed By Prices Board
The 1948-44 groupings and sales companies of nine Canadian distribution companies have been approved by the
Theatre and Film section of the
Wartime Prices and Trade
Board and those of the other exchange will follow shortly. —
Wright to Tilbury
Lila Wright, formerly of the staff of the Centre, Chatham, has become assistant to Manager Vannie Chauvin at the Plaza, Tilbury.
Robbery Attempt
Two safes in the office of the Mount Royal Theatre, Montreal, resisted the assaults of safecrackers who retired without success. G. G. Sperdakos, manager, reported to the police that the thieves had broken a skylight and dropped through.
Most of the companies are offering a smaller total this season. RKO, which listed 50 features last season, has 46; Vitagraph is offering 38 this season as against 34 last but four of the current list are reissues; Republic, which sold 67 last season, has 64. Monogram has increased its 1948-44 list by eight more than the 34 of last season.
The number of specials is mainly the same. Where an added number seems to be the case, it is probably due to the company’s
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the screen event of the year, in glorious Technicolor, broke every — attendance record of years standing at the Uptown, Toronto. Of course it’s from UNIVERSAL and distributed in Canada by EMPIRE-UNIVERSAL. Never anything like it.
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