Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 18, 1945)

: Canadian FILM WEEKLY Vol 10, No. 29 Address all communications—The Managing Editor, Canadian Film Weekly, 25 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada. Published by Film Publications of Canada Ltd., 25 Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Phone ADelaide 4317. Price 5 cents each or $2.00 per year. Entered as Second Class Matter. Printed by Eveready Printers Limited, 78 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario. ee OE DT Che Ducsore of Variety Clubs The Variety Clubs’ Number One first and foremost reason for being is CHARITY, and principally for the little ones. Charity is its very life blood. Variety was the same as any other group organized strictly for friendship of men until the little baby was left for the group to care. Variety grew when other clubs of a social nature were closing their doors. Its greatest growth was in the depression. SECONDLY, Variety is a social club and the social part of it is so much more interesting when members are bound together to help the less fortunate, and particularly little ones who can't help themselves. Variety unites fraternally male persons of proper age and of good social and moral character and good business reputation of the amusement business in a society conducted for the beneficial and protective purposes of its members. Variety provides a place where men engaged in the different and varied professions of the amusement business may meet and congregate for the purpose of discussing matters of interest to the welfare of themselves and the public. Variety is also for the purpose of concerted effort on the part of the men in the amusement business to place their business on the highest possible plane in each city, and to make that business through the Variety Clubs the most important from a community standpoint and, of service to its City, Provincial and Federal govemments in all of their requirements. In addition to all this, Variety stands as an organized force consisting of showmen, athletes, actors, publicists, musicians, sports promoters, etc., who can go to the aid of those who need help in or out of the industry, but particu larly the outside interest. THE VARIETY CLUBS OF AMERICA ... THE HEART OF SHOW BUSINESS... THE HAVEN OF THOSE LITTLE ONES WHO NEED HELP, AND THE BIG ONES TOO ... THE CHAMPION OF OUR INDUSTRY. July 18, 1945 HYE BOSSIN, Managing Editor Variety Conference Has Been Cancelled Cancellation of the conference of the Variety Clubs of America, originally scheduled to take place August 16-18, at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel, New York, has been announced by R.J, O’Donnell and John Harris, Variety leaders. This action was made necessary because there will be no Civilian pullman transportation facilities available in the United States for 30 days beginning August 1, due to heavy war shipments, The Variety Club in Toronto, which recently held its inaugural meeting, had been planning to send delegates. Autry Sues to End Republic Contract Gene Autry, who was recently discharged from the United States Air Force, is asking a Hollywood court to release him from his contract with Republic Pictures, Autry states that he was employed by Republic on July 1, 1938, under the terms of the Labor Code of the State of California, according to which the provisions of a contract are no longer binding after a seven-year period has elapsed. He contends therefore, that the term of his contract expired on July 1, 1945. Roy Rogers replaced Autrey as the No. 1 Cowboy star. . July 18, 1945 To Sell Furnished Prefab Theatres (Continued from Page 1) key, in a single transaction. They will have seating capacities from 600 to 3,000 and be adaptable for television. The first of these prefabricated theatres will be erected in Long Beach, California and opened in November. It was also announced some time ago that 100 or more of these modern showhouses are to be erected throughout Mexico. Several models of “readymade” theatres have been developed by National Theatres and the first to be erected will be of the stadium-type with a seating capacity of 1200. This will be the forerunner of those which will be put up all over the world, Skouras indicated. Erection of this modernized theatre can be carried out in far less time than it takes to build the ordinary movie house. It can be put up and ready for operation in three weeks time, after the concrete foundation and stone floor has been laid. And it can be dismantled and moved to a new location as easily as it went up on the original site. The theatre is easily transportable to every part of the world. Prefabricated sections of the stadium-type, 1200-seat model weigh about 350 tons complete and can be transported in five box-cars. Lightweight steel is used in the construction of the prefab house from the reinforced concrete footings up to and including the roof. All side wall supporting columns and roof trusses are of structural steel, fireproofed with pre-cast tile wherever exposed. A fluted metal design is. used for the exterior wall structures which are prefabricated in sections containing three layers of one and one-half incombustible materials. These interlocking sections are held together with nuts and bolts. Hazards are eliminated from the lighting fixtures by having them recessed with unbreakable plastic. All wiring and plumbing are prefabricated at the mill. Proof against earthquake, fire, water and vermin the “theatre of tomorrow” is capable of resisting all weather conditions and is durable in every way. Announcement of American plans for prefab theatres indicates that the-race is on in still another field of competition for postwar film markets. It was reported some time ago that J. Arthur Rank was planning to use prefabricated theatres for a quick drive on overseas markets in an effort to get in ahead of Hollywood. Up to thetime of writing however, there has been no announcement of plans from British interests as comprehensive as those now being revealed in the United States. In connection with the prefab program of National Theatres it was also revealed that a considerable number of patents covering plans, designs and other features have been copyrighted by the American circuit to prevent the possibility of ‘jerrybuilt” copies. In Canada prefabricated theatres will find a ready market in many rural localities where the erection of a standard-type theatre would not be justified but where the National Film Board and Itinerant exhibitors have developed a taste for movies among the inhabitants. Lead Role to Bonita Leaving ingenue roles, Bonita Granville will play the female lead in RKO’s “The Lie Detector.” Contests, Ete Get. Board OK (Continued from Page 1) premiums or Bankor Foto-Nite are inaugurated. Banning of ceramics means that the exhibitor will have to fall back on glassware and other materials, Under the first order premiums and games were confined to those who had been conducting them during the basic period and no new accounts were permitted premium houses or contest films. Chief beneficiary of the rescinding order is Foto-Nite, which is operated in some 40 houses throughout Canada, among them independent and circuit units. That company is about to meet the requests which have piled up for the right to use the contest. A pool idea, in which patrons of any of a number of theatres in the same community can win, has been tried and found very successful. Foto-Nite will be organized along these lines from now on, THEATRE FOR SALE East End of Toronto Seating Capacity 400 All Modern Equipment BOX 15 Canadian Film Weekly ————————