Canadian Film Weekly (Aug 8, 1945)

VOICE of the CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY Vol. 10, No. 32 TORONTO, AUGUST 8, 1945 $2.00 Per Annum Appoint Eagle-Lion-Mono Men Allen to Manage Toronto Branch And Sourkes Direets Montreal Appointments of a number of branch managers and sales representatives for the new Eagle-Lion-Monogram distribution structure have been made public by Archie Laurie, N. Mason Dead, Was Veteran Norman W. Mason, veteran Canadian theatre figure and Maritimes exhibitor, passed away at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, recently after a heart attack. He was 81 years old. Mason, who operated the Roseland and Academy theatres in (Continued on Page 4) UArtists Realigns Publicity Staff Realignment of United Artists home office publicity department in New York and the creation of an exhibitor service medium was recently announced by Barry Buchanan, director of advertising and publicity. The new exhibitor service will (Continued on Page 4) general manager, following the Wpg. Projectionists Now With IATSE Non-members of Local 229, IATSE, Winnipeg, whose One Big Union controlled 15 theatres and caused a walkout of IA men, have disbanded their organization and joined the dominant Dominion body. Local 299, their bargaining agent, has presented new contracts and the dispute before the Regional War Labor Board has ended without action from the latter body. W. P. Covert, IA national organizer, and J. E. Bickerstaff, Local 229 business agent, completed negotiations on July 18th and the merger followed. Monogram Lists 41 For New Season Monogram Pictures Corporation will produce 41 pictures during the 1945-46 season, it was announced by Steve Broidy, vice-president and general sales manager, at the company’s West Coast regional sales meeting held in Holly wood recently. Among the top-bracket productions scheduled for the new season are “Old New York,” musical extravaganza co-starring Gale Storm and Phil Regan with Alan Mowbray and Raymond Hatton, produced by Scott R. Dunlap and directed by Ralph Murphy; ‘The Hunted,”’ original screenplay written by Steve Fisher, author of “I Wake Up Screaming,” and produced by King: Bros.; and ‘North of Nome,” Jack London story to form another Scott R. Dunlap production. (Continued on Page 6) JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT . BILLIE BURKE EUGENE PALLETTE ONA MUNSON Mary Pickford's UA Production Program Screen rights to “Champagne for Everybody,” a stage play by Lasvlo Vadnay and Max Lies, have been purchased by Mary Pickford, United Artists ownerproducer. The play will be filmed after Miss Pickford has completed her next two productions, ‘There Goes Lona Henry” and “One Touch of Venus,” both in Technicolor. announcement of its creation. The Monogram branches will operate in conjunction with Eagle-Lion, although, like ‘the latter company, Mono gram will maintain its corporate identity. I. H. “Izzy” Allen, a veteran of the Dominion distribution field and formerly special sales representative of Esquire Films, ‘will be Toronto branch manager and Harold Kay sales representative in that territory. Irvin “Ike” Sourkes, (Continued on Page 2) popular Beaverton Change Strand, Beaverton, Ontario, 174-seat house, is now being operated by G. H. Fryer. It was formerly owned by J. H. Grylls. J. DeSeve Heads New Distrib Firm Possibility has arisen of investment in motion picture production in Canada by British and French capitalists. J. A. DeSeve, who resigned in April as general manager of France Film, Montreal, has been appointed to a similar post with Renaissance (Continued on Page 2) Para Will Produce Next V-Loan Film Another contribution will be made by the American and Canadian motion picture industry to the war financing program of Canada and United States with the production at Paramount studios of a two-reel all-star film, “Hollywood Bond Caravan,” for (Continued on Page 6) Selznick and Rank Form Partnership _Announcement was made jointly last week by J. Arthur Rank in London and David O. Selznick in Hollywood that arrangements have been completed for their association in a new English producing company, Selznick International French Film Man on Mission in Montreal Emil-Albert Salomon of Paris, France, has arrived in Montreal on an Official mission of the French Government concerning cinematographic problems. Salomon will represent Renais sance Film Production, Incorporated, in Europe when he goes back shortly. He will return later accompanied by French capitalists who are interested in producing films in this country. “TTHE CHEATERS’ DISTRIBUTED BY EMPIRE-UNIVERSAL, FILMS LTD. Pictures of England Limited. The negotiations, which were pending for a long time and developed during Rank’s recent visit to Hollywood, were concluded by cable. The creation of the new company will in no way affect Selznick’s production activities in the United States, including Vanguard Films, the Selznick Studio and Selznick’s interests in United Artists, and these will continue to function as completely separate entities. Rank will be named chairman of the board of the (Continued on Page 2) REPUBLIC’S GOLD COINING BOX-OFFICE HIT