Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 25, 1945)

Page 2 Levey, Weiss Plan Circuit (Continued from Page 1) and work will begin as soon as permissible. Officers of the company are Joe Fink, president; Lionel Fogler, vice-president; and Ray Shore, secretary-treasurer. Jules Levey is a director. Levey, former Torontonian who held a number of important posts in the distribution field prior to entering production on his own, recently made ‘‘The Hairy Ape,” in which William Bendix and Susan Hayward starred. He is a brother-in-law of Morris Weiss. Weiss’ present theatre interests are the Colony and Grant theatres in Toronto, which he holds in association with Odeon. Blue Ribbon Award Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award for June has been voted to MGM’s “The Clock,” starring Judy Garland & Robert Walker. Poole’s Posters On Vacation It is announced that the offices and plant of the Metro Display and Paramount Poster Service, division of the John R. Poole Amusement Co. Ltd., 243 Church * St., Toronto, will be closed for vacation from Friday evening July 27 to Tuesday morning August 7, ‘All customers are asked to anticipate their requirements in advance of this period. Canadian FILM WEEKLY July 25, 1945 Joe Plottel Quits WB, Columbia Groups Pearlman Succeeds Okayed by Croft (Continued from Page 1) from Winnipeg. He was born in Gateshead, England, and his family moved to the Manitoba metropolis. Six months after he had joined Universal and upon passing his 17th birthday, Plottel resigned, marched over to the British Recruiting Mission, then seeking volunteers among British subjects in the USA, told the sergeant he was 18 and enlisted in PLOTTEL PEARLMAN the 39th Royal Fusiliers, a British unit. He was sent to Halifax and subsequently saw service in Egypt and Palestine. That was during the year before the USA entered the first World War and while the situation was not too promising for Canada and the Old Country on the fields of France and the Near Hast. As a result of his service Plottel is among the limited number of Canadians entitled to wear both the Canadian and the Imperial buttons. On his return in 1919 Plottel joined Select Pictures in Winnipeg as a salesman, then in 1921 switched to W.W. Hodkinson Pictures as Western Division manager. In 1923, the year the Allens acquired the Hodkinson setup, Plottel came to First National, his territory extending from Winnipeg to Vancouver. He joined Warner Brothers in October, 1926, and in 1927 succeeded Richard Wilson as Vancouver branch manager, being brought to Toronto from the coast city to fill the post of branch manager left vacant by the resignation of Harry Painter. His term with First National, taken over by Warners, gave him 22 years with the company. Sam Pearlman, Plottel’s successor, joined Warner Brothers’ Calgary branch in 1934 as shipper and served in various capacities until his appointment in 1939 to succeed the late Lou Geller as branch manager. In 1941 Pearlman was transferred to Montreal as booker and in 1943 returned to Calgary in his present capacity. Morris Saifer, now Calgary branch manager, was attached to that branch in 1941 as booker and became salesman in 1943. Plottel, one of several brothers actively engaged in the Canadian industry for many years, enjoys a considerable degree of popularity and his separation from the company with which he has been identified for years as a leading executive caused a distinct surprise. No reasons for his resignation have been made public by either Plottel or his superiors. He was president of the Toronto Film Board of Trade for two years. The Warner Toronto branch staff made him a presentation. Joe Lieberman Back After Illness The popular Maritimes operator, Joe Lieberman, who is Mitch Bernstein’s partner in the B & L circuit, is back -at his desk after being away for six weeks because of illness. He spent three weeks in the hospital following an operation and three weeks at his country place at Pamdenec, New Brunswick. RKO-Rank Interests Plan Joint Films Plans for the joint production and distribution of a series of major pictures with the J. Arthur Rank film interests in Britain were recently announced by RKO Radio Pictures, Incorporated. The films will be produced in the United Kingdom with American and British casts and direction. Distribution will be handled by RKO in the United States, Britain and Central and South America while the Rank organization will distribute throughout Europe, Australia and Canada. Vol. 10, No. 30 July 25, 1945 te . HYE BOSSIN, Managing Editor a ee Address all communications—The Managing Editor, Canadian Film Weekly, 25 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada. Published by Film Publications of Canada Ltd, 25 Dundas Square, T. Canada. Phone ADelaide 4317. Price 5 cents each or $2.00 per year, en” Entered as Second Class Matter. Printed by Eveready Printers Limited, 78 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario. (Continued from Page 1) The groupings are: Two specials, six Group A, 8 Group B, 8 Group C, 12 Group D, 8 Group E. Four Special Outdoor Musicals at the same terms that are applicable to Group C. Ten Westerns. In addition Columbia has been authorized to offer an additional Special which may be sold on the same basis as “A Song to Remember.” Among the Columbia features scheduled for production are “Gilda,” with Rita Hayworth; “Bandit of Sherwood Forest,” in Technicolor and with Cornel Wilde; and “Snafu,” from the George Abbott play, not yet cast. Loy Signs With RKO To Do UA Pic First Myrna Loy, who recently left MGM, has signed a three-year contract with RKO and will make one film annually. .Her first will be “I am Thinking of my Darling.” Before she starts with RKO, Miss Loy will co-star with Don Ameche in “A Genius in the Family,” a Jack Skirball produc ‘tion for United Artists release. New Moppet Clubs In Famous’ Houses A Saturday Afternoon Club for children has been started at the College Theatre, Toronto, a Famous Players house. The program includes contests and stunts on the stage, dramatic skits and special screen presentations. . Mort Margolius, manager of the College is in charge of arrangements and a committee of 20 children is co-operating with him. . In Brockville, Ontario, Les Mitchell, manager of Famous *Players’ Regent Theatre, has or ganized a Saturday Morning Movie Club for children with membership cards for the juvenile patrons. Jinx in "Duchess' Jinx Falkenburg will be starred in the “Duchess of Broadway,” a Columbia musical to be produced by Michael Kraike. WANTED TO LEASE OR BUY Two Theatres in Ontario Up to 500 Seats L. HUMPHRIES, c/o Martyn & Weir, 372 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont.