Canadian Film Weekly (Sep 26, 1945)

rage 10 20th-Fox Holds Regional Meet (Continued from Page 1) the returns during the “Sydney Samson 2nd Anniversary” drive. Each branch manager was given his quota for the “Tom Connors Drive,” which will cover a 19-week period, and each expressed an enthusiastic determination to pass his quota. Along with Samson, those in attendance were Harry Bailey, Toronto branch manager, and Lionel Lester and Harvey Kathrin, salesmen; Ed English, Montreal branch manager, Jimmy Pearson, salesman, and Arthur Quintal, booker; and Reg March, Saint John branch manager. Sam Glazier, publicity and advertising, home office, was also present. Sydney Samson, noting that it was the first meeting of his organization since peace came, expressed the thankfulness of the company and staff. A full list of features was printed in the Canadian Film Weekly of August 15th. Meno Ice Drama Belita, Monogram star, will play the leading role in ‘Glamour Girl,” a spectacular skating drama. NFB The NATIONAL ES FILM BOARD ng — ‘CANADA CARRIES ON’ RELEASE ye SEPTEMBER GATEWAY to ASIA Pacific Bagdad movie fame, is presented as the Bagdad of the Pacific in an RKO short, latest in the This Is America series. role, Canadicn FILM WEEKLY EE, : nthe F Ee nf ‘ \ < uf iy iH Typodermic Injections I think “Incendiary Blonde” is a great picture and Betty Hutton a terrific performer. This Hutton girl has become one of the wonders of America, an individual of unmatched energy, rhythm, charm, personality and talent. And she has become a first-rate actress. Her pathos are close to reality and her joy lifts your spirit like a sudden sunburst on a depressingly dark day. In “Incendiary Blonde” her “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” defies you to sit still and her serious scenes reveal a maturity almost unsuspected until now. Hutton, in my opinion, will soon reach a point of development as a performer and actress that will make her the sweetheart of the screen for years to come... A certain film man plays his records loudly and late. ‘Don’t the neighbors complain?” asked a visitor. ‘They did at first,” was the reply. ‘‘Now they phone in their requests.” Who was it said “If you can’t lick ’em join’em?”... Dick Knight of the UA staff is an amateur ornithologist and quite a writer on the subject. Come Sunday Dick hauls out his field glasses and he and his son feast their eyes, nourish their souls and stimulate their minds by identifying birds and studying their habits. Dick re ‘cently spotted a cuckoo nesting. That is rare, for the cuckoo is a feathered screwball that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds ... Murray Devaney, out of the Navy, is back on the RKO Toronto branch sales staff and Joe Bermack has transferred to the Calgary branch ... Irvin “Babe” Coval is through in Trinidad for Warners. oa te % The Typographical Error “The typographical error is a slippery thing, and sly; You can hunt it ’til you’re dizzy, but it somehow will get by. ‘Til the forms are off the presses, it is strange how still it keeps; It shrinks down in the corner and it never stirs or peeps. That typographical error, too small for human eyes, ‘Til the ink is on the paper when it grows to mountain size. The boss, he stares in horror, then he grabs his hair and groans; The copy-writer drops his head upon his hands and moans. The remainder of the issue may be clean as clean can be; But the typographical error is the only thing you see.” ANON * Small World Situtt A major coincidence was the experience of Pte. Jack Kunitzky, who wrote about it to his folks in Saint John, New Brunswick. He was standing in line to see ‘Meet the Navy,” which was being presented in a small town in Germany, and to help relieve the monotony of those waiting ‘‘a soldier came along and passed out copies of the ‘Canadian Film Weekly’ and what should I find in mine but pictures of Sammy and George telling of their promotion. .. . It also had a writeup of Charlie.” He is referring to the issue of June 27, although the letter is postmarked September 3rd. Why a soldier should be distributing copies of the Canadian Film Weekly beats me, unless undelivered copies of all magazines are pooled and distributed freehand. : The “Sammy” of Pte. Kunitzky’s letter is his brother, who was made Saint John branch manager for United Artists when “George” was transferred from that post to manage the Montreal office. ‘George’ is George Heiber, Jack’s brother-in-law. Heiber came to Montreal when ‘'Charlie” left it to become Canadian division manager for United Artists. ‘Charlie’ is Charlie Chaplin, who succeeded the late A. J. Jeffrey. Charlie is also.a brother-in-law of Pte. Kunitzky and the ‘‘writeup” was the report of the farewell dinner in his honor at Montreal. Los Angeles, fabulous city of "Musical Hall Murder' Vera Hruba Ralston will star in Republic’s “Murder in the Music Hail,” with Ann Rutherford playing her first dramatic S2ptember 26, 1945 Columbia Opens New Building (Continued from Page 1) right beside the building being constructed as the new Dominion head office of Warner Brothers, which will occupy the corner of Church and Carlton Streets. Warners’ building will be opened for business late in November. The Columbia-Allen structure will be known as the ‘Albion Building.” Columbia’s executive offices have been transferred to the second floor of the Carlton Street exchange. The screening room is located below the main floor. Also moved to the new location have been the offices of the companies which represent the major exhibition interests of the Allens and associates, Premier Operating Company, which operates 32 theatres in Ontario and two in Quebec, and Theatre Holding Corporation. Erection of the new building was begun a year ago under special permit from Ottawa, following an order from the Theatre Inspection branch of the Province of Ontario. The order called for the removal of Columbia and Warner Brothers to premises exclusively theirs and constructed according to special safety regulations specified by the branch. It resulted from the explosion and fire which gutted the Film Exchange Building at 277 Victoria Street. Inspectors deemed 21 Dundas Square unsafe while film exchanges were being operated in it. The fourth floor premises vacated by Columbia, Premier Operating and Theatre Holding will be occupied by Twinex Century Theatres, which now occupies the 11th floor and part of the fifth at 21 Dundas Square. Twinex will occupy the 11th and Fourth fioors but drop its space on the fifth. Columbia and the Allen interests were located in the Hermant Building since 1920. H. G. Duerr is the architect who drew up the plans for the new Carlton Street quarters. Jack Cohn Dinner Being Arranged New York filmites are active in organizing a testimonial dinner for Jack Cohn, pioneer of the Pioneers and head of Columbia. Barney Balaban is honorary chairman and Nat B. Spingold chairman, Bob Weitman, manager of the Paramount, New York, is in charge of the talent and agencies division. There ought to be quite a few Canucks on hand, for Jack Cohn has many admirers in what is left of British North America.