Canadian Film Weekly (Aug 2, 1944)

——————————————— Page 8 2717 Victoria Street, Toronto. NOW READY FOR DATING Are These Our Parents? Starring HELEN VINSON LYLE TALBOT A Startling Expose Of Delinquent Parents! and 4 PROVEN HITS Lady Let's Dance with Ice Star BELITA. Where Are Your Children? with JACKIE COOPER GALE STORM Women In Bondage with GAIL PATRICK. NANOY KELLY Johnnie Doesn't Live Here Anymore with SIMONE SIMON JAMES ELLISON The fastest-growing company in the industry MONOGRAM PICTURES Toronto, Montreal, St. John, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver. Canadian FILM WEEKLY UA Plans 148 Pix For New Season United Artists has started on its 1944-45 film schedule with five completed pictures, four in production, 11 nearing final script and casting stages and 28 other films planned to round out the program, the company announced last week at its eastern sales meeting in New York. Completed and awaiting rerease are David O. Selznick’s “Since You Went Away” and “Double Furlough,” Hunt Stromberg’s “Guest in the House,” Edward Small’s “Abroad With Two Yanks” and Seymour Nebenzal’s “Summer Storm.” Now before the cameras are Bing Crosby’s first United Artists’ film, “The Great John L.,” Benedict Bogeau’s “Dark Waters,” Sol Lesser’s “3 Is a Family,” and Lester Cowan’s “Tomorrow the World.” In the rest of the production line up Vanguard will deliver “The House of Dr. Edwardes;” Sol Lesser “Civilian Clothes;” Benedicte Bogeau’s “There Goes Lona Henry;” William Cagney Productions will account for “Blood on the Sun,” “Port Royal,” “Only the Valiant,” “Bugles in the Afternoon,” “The Stray Lamb” and an untitled mystery story; Lester Cowan plans “GI Joe” and “Woman of the Sea;” Charles R. Rogers will present “High Among the Stars,” “My Wild Irish Rose,” “Angel on Ontario Backs Conciliation (Continued from Page 1) cording the present constitution, “An Independent is one who operates one or more theatres, any of which is not affiliated with a major circuit.” MPTAO members hold otherwise. In the early days of the National Council of Independents, which recognizes the above definition, officers referred to their members as “ultra-Independents.” Second clause to bring disagreement says that ‘The lack of sufficient pictures to operate any exhibitor’s theatre is a proper subject for investigation and recommendation.” The MPTAO committee suggests that this clause be eliminated, provided however that it may be presented as an amendment to the by-laws one year after the committee has commenced operation. Some associations have not made known the result of their meetings. My Shoulder” and “One Man’s Family;”’ Edward Small’s program calls for “When the Cat’s Away,” “Bella Donna,” “Cagliostro,” “Valentino,” ‘“‘Notorious Nancy Grey,” “Kate Fennigate,”’ “Twin Beds" and “Brewster’s Millions;” Hunt Stromberg will make “Dishonored Lady” and “This Is Life;"’ Producing Artists will come through with “Love Is Where You Find It,” “High Spirit,” “The Blackbirder” and “Of Thee I Sing;” Producers Corporation is preparing ‘This Crazy, Lovely World,” “The New Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” "The Old West” and “O’Brien’s Navy;” Seymour Nebenzal will produce “Mayerling’’ and “S. S. Titanic; Andrew Stone intends to make “‘Miss America,” “Sensations of 1946” and “Victory Parade.” It was disclosed that the company has taken on a series of Technicolor cartoons the first of which will be released immeditaely. The cartoon section, Plastic Products Inc., is headed by John Sutherland, formerly with Walt Disney. The title of the first cartoon is “Cross Eyed Bull.” Scrapbook Awards To Manitoba Exhibs The second and third awards in the Manitoba scrap book contest for the Sixth Victory Loan campaign were last week given to Harry Gray, Lyric Theatre, Winnipeg, who received a $25 war savings certificate and Joe Derry, Palace Theatre, Kenora, who won a $10 war sayings certificate, Through an oversight their names were not listed on previous award rolls. Cronk Leaves UA > Joins Emp-U Ben Cronk,. ad and publicity head for United Artists since November, 1942, has resigned to join Empire-Universal in that capacity. Emp-U handles Republic, Universal and English features. N.S. House Has 5th Anniversary The Community Theatre, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was the scene of a fifth anniversary celebration last week. The theatre opened in the summer of 1939 under the management of R. A. Foster, who still holds that position and closed for a time in 1941 for extensive alterations, J. M. Franklin and Meyer Herschorn own the house, August 2, 1944 IRVING SOURKES Irving “Ike” Sourkes, popular Quebec film figure for many years, who has become Montreal branch manager for Monogram Pictures of Canada. He succeeded I. H. Allen, now manager of Esquire Films. Max Wolff Named Metro Buyer The appointment of Max Wolff as general purchasing agent. for Loew's and MGM, succeeding the Jate Charles J. Sonin, was announced last week by David Bernstein, vice-president and treasurer of Loew’s. Wolff has served the company in many capacities for 26 years.