Canadian Film Weekly (Jun 14, 1944)

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Starring JACKIE COOPER GALE STORM The Year’s Most Timely Film * Women In Bondage Starring GAIL PATRICK NANCY KELLY What Happens to Women Under the New Order And COMING SOON * Johnnie Doesn't Live Here Anymore Starring SIMONE SIMON JAMES ELLISON A Gay Comedy of Errors In Wartime Washington SURE-FIRE HITS from MONOGRAM The fastest-growing company in the industry MONOGRAM PICTURES Toronto, Montreal, St. John, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver. £ Canadian FILM WEEKLY oh ee nThe Square One Man’‘s Opinion During the meeting of the Special Committee on Radio Broadcasting Dr. Augustine Frignon, acting head of CBC, was questioned about the frequently-made charge that actors, musicians and others do not get a fair chance to prove their abilities via the network. : “Anywhere where artists are employed, either in theatres or broadcasting or anywhere else,” answered Dr. Frignon, “the discontented artist never admits it ig because he cannot perform properly.” “They,” added the Hon. R. B. Hanson, ‘go to Hollywood.” % % Da Really Worth Seeing What with the talk about National Film Board shorts being too long, I was surprised at the excellence of “Air Cadets,” a colored two-reeler. It was worth every minute of the time allotted to it by the producer and got a hand from the Shea’s, Toronto, audience. The film was full of real Canadian scenes, faces and voices and gave me a warm at-home feeling. The title itself, “Air Cadets,” matched the honesty of character and production. No doubt some fancy phrase would have given it more shadow box appeal. Those Ottawa boys and girls are coming along. f % oe % The Dopes! Writing about horror films in his ‘The Sound Track,” Ted McCormick of the Montreal Daily Herald has this to say: “The technique of all ghost films and plays is simple. The usual stock trick is rooms that are kept dark for no discernible reason at all except all the better to frighten you with, etc., added to a general pattern of confusion for denouement’s sake. Like the average detective stories, the plots of these films hold together only because members of the cast never get around to asking a reasonably intelligent question.” % % % Coleman Reports the Movies Jim Coleman, Globe and Mail columnist, based a column on his experience at a juve matinee. Very funny—as is most of his stuff. In part he says: Pal, believe us, and stay away from those Saturday afternoon movies. It is possible that you will survive the Hot-Foot, the bodychecks of the uninhibited moppets and dry-cleaning will remove the stains from your clothes and a good barber can cut the toffee out of your hair. But, occasionally, you are likely to be confronted by one of those situations such as faced us when Little Iodine whispered a question in our ear. Personally, we didn’t know how to handle it, and, now, we are going to turn over the problem to Miss Emily Post. “Dear Miss Post: “When one is accompanied by one’s small daughter and one is in the lobby of the theatre and there are two doors—one marked ‘gentlemen’ and the other marked ‘ladies’—does one take one’s small daughter through the door marked ‘gentlemen,’ or does one take one’s small daughter through the door marked ‘ladies’? “Or does one?” Ask Ad Censorship In Winnipeg Press The school board of Winnipeg suggested censorship of theatre advertising in newspapers after member Adam Beck protested against a scene showing a USA soldier plunging a dagger into a Jap. The film in question was “Gung Ho!” Another film, he said, showed American soldiers being tortured by Japs and many children were present at its showing. Subject will be discussed with the minister of education. RKO Figures On 34 For ‘44-45 List RKO, which showed a marked jump in business last season, will offer a tentative 34 of its own productions for 1944-45 and the list will be supplemented by seven or eight films from independent producers. Three will be in Technicolor. The company has been investing its gains in further development, being a partner in a Mexican studio under construction and boosting its ad budget via radio. June 14, WPTB Lifts Lid on Closed Theatres (Continued from Page 1) i “The regulation now rescinded —section one of Board Order 99 | —was put into effect largely t facilitate fair distribution of feature films, in the face of a prospective material c Bett in the production of such films,” — a spokesman for the Board ex— plained. Since shortages in feat— ure products have not developed as expected and as other meas% ures have in the meantime been taken toward ensuring equitable distribution of films, the need for the regulation in question has passed, he pointed out. ae Exhibitors and distributors were reminded, however, that the provisions of administrator’s order No. A-398 are still in effect, and that the run, clearance and/ or priority enjoyed under the basic contract with respect to any product by any exhibitor in relation to any theatre may not be changed with respect to the corresponding product of the same distributor of any subsequent releasing period without the concurrence of the administrator of services. The Board assumes no respon_ sibility for supplies of equipment __ or product to new theatres or theatres which may now be reopened. Under Board Order 185 no exhibitor may commence operating — in a theatre or other premises not operated by him prior to ~~ March 8, 1943, until his admission prices have been approved by the administrator of services, — it was pointed out, and am exhibitor is required under Board Order 284 to obtain in addition a permit from the Board's director — of licensing before starting to operate in any theatre or other exhibiting premises. Louis Pollock Now UA Publicity Head Gradwell L. Sears, vice-president of United Artists Corpora— tion, last week announced the appointment of Louis Pollock to the post of director of advertis_ ing and publicity of the company __ Succeeding Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., __ who: departed for‘the armed services two months ago. “a Pollock, who headed the de— partment’s activities in Lazarus’ absence, was formerly Eastern advertising and publicity director “™& of Universal Pictures. During his association with that company he — was associated promotionally with the rise of Deanna Durbin to full stardom, the launching of Abbott and Costello as a boxoffice team and the campaign of Universal's most important productions over @ six-year period, ’ i. “Jom “—)