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December 27, 1944
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1,286 Houses in
Six Territories
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New Brunswick
These and other figures on Canadian theatres were compiled by the head office of the Canadian Film Boards of Trade in Toronto, of which Ed Wells is executive secretary.
According to 1944 statistics: There are 704,814 Canadian theatres.
seats in
There are 790 towns with theatres.
There are 265 theatres which Operate one and two days weekly.
There are 108 theatres which Gperate three and four days weekly,
There are 913 theatres which Operate six and seven days weekly. The number of theatres serViced by each territory is: Tofonto, 404; Winnipeg, 250; MontFeal, 214; Calgary, 185; Saint John, N.B., 127; Vancouver, 106.
The number of seats in each territory is: Toronto, 276,910; Winnipeg, 95,448; Montreal, 136,480; Calgary, 59,641; Saint John, N.B., 68,588; Vancouver, 67,742.
The number of theatres in the chief cities in each territory is: Toronto, 112; Winnipeg, 43; Montreal, 62; Calgary, 11; Saint John, N.B., 5; Vancouver, 39.
Columbia Sets Three
Columbia will start on its heavy 1945 shooting schedule with three top-budget features scheduled for the sound stages during the month of January Trio consists of “Over 21,” which rolls on January 3, “Some Call It Love” and “Kiss and Tell.”
PQ and Ontario
Winners Named
(Continued from Page 1) ager of the Avon, Stratford
J. C. Musclow, Strand, Tillsonblurg, won third prize in Ontario.
Winner of first prize in Quebec was R. L. Vallee, New Premier Theatre, Sherbrooke.
George Champagne, Auditorium Theatre, Shawinigan Falls, took second prize in Quebec
Third prize went to G. T. Robert, Capitol, Three Rivers.
Craig and Helm provided a good theatre effort but accepted much hard work by acting on regional publicity committees. Helm was chairman of the public relations section for the County of Perth and Craig was vice-chairman in Lincoln County
Musclow, in an industrial area concentrated on boosting the pay roll savings plan through the theatre. He had the committee make up a reel of local news This made quite an impression.
Canadian FILM WEEKLY At Mid-Winter Session
> Here are the Canadians who attended the Mid-Winter sales Meeting at the Astor Hotel, New York. Left to right—Ed English,
Montreal; Sydney Samson; Canadian district Bailey, Toronto; R. G. March, St. John; V. M. 4d. EB. Patterson, Vancouver; J. H. home office.
Some Good Stunts ‘On MGM Pictures
Dewey Bloom got in some good stuf on two current Regal releases, “Marriage is a Affair’ and “An ‘mance.”
“Marriage” was written first as a book by Judith Kelly of Toronto, whose mother still lives in that city. A private screening for (Mrs. Kelly and Principal Edith Réid of Branksome Hall, where Miss Kelly Was eaucated, won ‘mii¢h space in the daily papers
Dewey also did some good work on “Romance,”’ which has steel mill background, in Hamilton, (steel town. “Steel Mill Becomes Movie Star,” reads one ad
manager; H. J. Skorey, Calgary; Huber, Winnipeg; Ted Shaw,
Private
Canadian
Paramount News
American Ro
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR ALL
NARRATED BY WINSTON BARRON
ate 6 ot he sar ew ite) fot woe Ret ete De
Letters from home was the theme of the campaign conceived by Fred Trebilcock, manager of Shea's, Toronto, in connection with the Warner Brothers feature, “The Very Thought cf You,” which was carried out by Glenn lreton, WB Canadian exploitation director. This mail campaign was carreid on at General Engineering Company, Toronto.
In the photo are Victor Perry, district director of Postal Services, (Toronto); Glenna Ireton; J. F. Cooper-Smith, president of the War Veterans Association; and Mrs. Vivian E. Weeks, co-ordinater of the throughout the Dominion,
national volunteer mail groups
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Six-Mo. Holdback On Hostel Films
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of the
the armed services were present
Service organizations and
The exceptions are, of
course, regular army camps
There are some 45 hostel and canteen 16 mm situations in Canada and a small number of them were showing new or comparatively new films. It is estimated that over 70 per cent were showing films from six months t« Most wait for the irmy camps to be finished with prints and this takes up to eight
months and more.
a year old
However, in some cities hostels were showing prints which had not yet appeared in local theatres as first and sub runs. This brought objections and the matter was settled wit!
trouble
Growth of co-operation between 16 and 35 mm. distributors and exhibitors is considered to be a good thing all around. While most 16 mm. product comes direct from > mm. producers now, this may mn the future. One
Hollywood company is making 16
not be true i
mm features exclusively and
there may be other sources of
product in the future than the prese¢ nt ones There is also in existence :
group of old 16 mm. prints that were purchased outright and the distributors of these are not bound by ordinary industry restrictions. Such prints have found considerable circulation in Que
De
It is best that an understanding exist between the 16 and 35 fields ex
and so that overlapping may be
mm. dealers as both
my . guarded against
Rank Gains Ground In South Africa
J. Arthur
cently that he has completed a1
Rank announced rerangements which will get play British pictures
African theatres. At the conclusion of the war, he said
ing time for
100 South
he and associates will erect mod ern theatres in eading South
African cities
During the annual meeting of Gaumont-British in November. J B. Clark asked Rank some critic
al questions about the company The British leader denied that there was an inne! cabinet st) «6Uthe
directors, did not
igree that directors fees were tu
high, revealed that Cinema Television, Ltd.. was making money
said that the that 1s)
E.P.T restricted
whatever lividends to Six per cent regardless of profits amd that he felt hurt at the sugsesuons.