Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 18, 1945)

Page 4 CPRS Now Capac, Has Canada Board (Continued from Page 1) and one from the USA. Operations of the association are administered from Toronto but were previously governed through the societies of Britain and the USA. Reason for the change of name was that the one since replaced did little to make the functions of the organization clear to those not acquainted with its work. Those who now direct the work of the association are Sir Ernest MacMillan, Toronto; Mart Kenney, Toronto; John Murray Gibbon, Montreal; Professor Claude Champagne, Montreal; Allister Grossart, Toronto; Ralph Hawkes, London, England; Henry T, Jamieson, Toronto; Harry Jarman, Toronto; William S. Low, Toronto; Holmes Maddock, Toronto; John G. Paine, New York, USA; and Gordon V. Thompson, Toronto. At present the association is trying to work out some arrangement with the distributors through which a quarterly list of all sound films and the number of prints of each distributed will be made available to it. The purpose is to help the association facilitate the return of royalties to its members and it will replace the present list, which is compiled by the exhibitor every two months. The new arrangement will do away with much of the extensive correspondence and bookkeeping on both sides. Several months ago the association once again assumed jurisdiction over the music of composers represented in Canada by the American Performing Right Society, which had withdrawn and received permission from the Copyright Appeals Board to operate separately. At the time representatives of the motion picture and other music-using industries protested against the association maintaining the same fee while the APRS collected an additional one. No increase of fees accompanied the resumption of membership. Composers, Authors and Publishers Association will be identified in print by the word “Capac,” which is reminiscent of Ascap, as the American society is known. Barrymore, Selznick In 4-Year Contract Ethel Barrymore has signed a four-year contract with David O. Selznick, which calls for her to appear in one film annually, Her first role will be in ‘Some Must Watch,” to be produced by Dore Schary. } . Ey, Leth “ ff “aes, gl . yj =e. . MN i PY RY £ ae : : Canadian FILM WEEKLY Ve ae! ghey : t SPE 3 On The SQUARE wil (Ne DOSSW Freddy Around Again A lot of the lads in our chunk of the town got a lift the other afternoon when an old and favorite friend, Freddy Hamilton, did a surprise drop-in. This Freddy fellow, always tops with the film biz boys, has been away ill for a long spell that seemed longer, since a frequent query has been “I wonder how Freddy Hamilton is coming along?’ Freddy, for the lowdown of the few of you who have never been warmed by his smile and sprinkled with his greetings, was until his illness last year Controller Fred Hamilton of the Municipality of Toronto. That august title impressed us more than the man who owned it, for there were not many around here who did not enjoy a sense of personal accomplishment because of Fred’s rise from the city’s ballyards to the town’s top political quorum. When a severe illness took him out of public life most of us, who had hoped that he would go a step higher and be the mayor one of these days, felt defeated. His illness resulted from overwork, since Fred deprived no worthy cause of his prestige and energy. He just couldn’t get off the merry-go-round in time. His Sports Service League won the gratitude of thousands overseas and at home and the Fred Hamilton Shinny Club, which resulted in free admission to the pro hockey games for 20,000 youngsters annually, made him a boyhood hero. Although Fred is far from being back in shape, he has renewed his interest in the Sports Servics League, for now sports equipment is part of the therapy for wounded veterans. And he refuses to forget the Shinny Club either. Now Fred is back with his firm, Hamilton Bros., which handles maintenance supplies for theatres and other businesses, and determined to be more reasonable about things. His visit to the Square, during which he dropped in on Ray Allen, Ben Cronk and others, sure brightened the day. Everyone around here hopes to see him punching as hard as ever in a little while. But not as often. Eo * * So Long, Mr. Fong The Golden Cafe, Windsor Street, Halifax, NS., has closed again. Hoy Fong, manager of the cafe, explains it all with a sign in the window. The sign reads: “Fong say — This cafe closed up again—no catchem help— no can do business. That’s O.K. for Fong-catchem mor holiday— all retire. The ration administrator come look see. This cafe closed up. He say hip good. No luxury—no need ration coupons —all same saving sugar and butter. All same everybody happy. Someday—catchem lotch help, lotch sugar, butter and everything. Fong maybe reopen for business again. — Nofoolen.” % Hs % Observanda Those film tourney photos were taken by Sonny Eason... Simon Meretsky is coming along fine, they say, following the flip-flop taken by his car after hitting soft shoulders. That’s one kind of turnover Simon didn’t care for, although he isn’t the first man to get into trouble because of soft shoulders. Usually they chip only the enamor . . . Charlie Stephenson, quite ill of late, is also doing well. Son Howard, leading vaudeville performer, has been spending some time in the home town... Harry Firestone is now the daddy of baby girl. I’ll take a licorice stick instead of a cigar, since I gave up smoking months ago... “British studios may soon be making Western films,” comments T. W. Jones in the Toronto Daily Star, ‘and it will be a thrill to hear the rodeo crowd yell, ‘Remain seated on him, cowboy!’” ... Australia and New Zealand also have an Industry Benevolent Fund, which was recently presented with a cheque for £4,000 by Ralph R. Doyle, RKO manager, most of which came through the showing of “Forever and a Day.” ... Mrs. George Levin, the former Jean Nathanson, daughter of the late N, L. Nathanson, gave birth to a baby girl in Toronto last week. July 18, 1945 Ray Allen Retains Famous Trophy (Continued from Page 1) Film Weekly’s recent second annual Canadian Motion Picture Golf Championships for the Individual Low Gross. Martin Bloom brought in the better score then but was penalized three strokes for being a member of Oakdale, thus knowing the course. Ray, a former member, felt this was unfair and received permission for a replay, since the prizes would have been Martin’s had the penalty been applied to both. The board of judges allowed the replay and Jack Arthur, tournament chairman, and Paul Maynard, played around with the contestants. The scene was Thornhill, a neutral course. Ray got a 38 on the first ‘nine and 40 on the second. Martin Bloom scored 44 and 39. Except for the regular jawing about the kind of scores registered by contestants, scored with a pencil instead of sticks (they say), the tournament is over for the year. B & L Injunction On Odeon Deal B & L Theatres, Saint John, Maritimes circuit headed by Mitch Bernstein and Joe Leiberman, have been granted a temporary injunction, restfaining Norman W. Mason, Frank Sobey and others having an interest in the Roseland and Academy Theatres from selling to Odeon Theatres of Canada. The theatres were soldtoB & L more than a year ago by Norman W. Mason, veteran showman, who was managing director but the deal was upset in court when the partners differed. They produced a block of previously unvoted stock and used it to upset Mason's authority. Abe Garson, a one-time B&L associate, now Maritimes managing director of Odeon, acquired the holdings for his company after the partners patched up their differences. B & L intends to . claim the right to acquire the theatres. The case will be heard before the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia but the date has not been set yet. The same judge granted the B &L injunction who presided over the litigation between the partners. The Academy seats 618 and "the Roseland 761. ® &