Canadian Film Weekly (Oct 24, 1945)

October 24, 1945 Western Pioneer ALEX ENTWISLE. Veteran Edmonton theatre man, who was recently honored on his 80th birthday. Newest Schedule From Technicolor Technicolor feature schedule at present is as given below: CURRENLY RELEASED: Archors Aweigh : Colonel Blimp Incendixzry Blonde —MGM —United Artists —Paramount Nob Hill —20th Century-Fox Son of Lassie —MGM Thousand and One N:zht, A —Columbia Thrill of 2 Romance —MGM Where Do We Go from Here? —20th Century-Fox Wonder Man —Goldwyn, RKO TO BE RELEASED: Bandit of Sherwood Forest, The —Columbia Blithe Spirit —Two Cities Films Ltd. Dolly Sisters —20th Century-Fox Early to Wed —MGM Frontier Gal —Universal Hz-rvey Girls —MGM Henry V —Eagle-Lion Hold High the Torch —MGM Night in Paradise —Wanger, Universal Renegades, The —Columbia San Antonio —Warner Bros. Spanish Main —RKO State Fair —20th Century-Fox This Happy Breed Eagle-Lion Time, the Place and the Girl, The —Warner Bros. Uncle Remus —Disney, RKO Virginian, The —Paramount Yolanda and the Thief —MGM —MGM Ziegfeld Follies IN PRODUCTION: Blue Skies —Paramount Canyon Passage —Wanger, Universal Caes-r and Cleopatra Eagle-Lion Concerto —Republic Duel in the Sun —Vanguard —20th Century-Fox Enchanted Voyage —Goldwyn, RKO Kid from’ Brooklyn Kitten on the Keys —20th Century-Fox Leave Her to Heaven —20 Century-Fox Matter of Life and Death, A —Eagle-Lion Men of Two Worlds —Two Cities Films Ltd. Night end Day —Warmer Bros. Smoky —20th Century-Fox Yearling, The —MGM IN PREPARATION: Anna end the King of Siam : —20th Century-Fox Bandwagon, The —20th Century-Fox California —Paramount Centennial Summer —20th Century-Fox Fiesta —MGM Holiday in Mexico —MGM Kissing Bandit —MGM Little Miss Pilgrim —20th Century-Fox London Town —Eagle-Lion Robe, The —RKO Scarlet Lily —Vanguard Sea of Grass —MGM Untitled, Story of Al Jolson —Columbia Canadian FILM WEEKLY We Stand Corrected The photo that accompanied the article about Nat Taylor in a recent issue stirred up things. Sam Glazer of Columbia called to say that the person described as being Hy Rotenberg wasn’t. He knew him but couldn’t remember his name. Also the man on the right end of the back row, whose photo was accompanied by a question mark, was the late Frank Meyers, he said. Next Zeke Sheine called to tell me that the person wrongly described as Rotenberg was his old boss Charlie Bailey, who once owned the Astor Theatre and the Dundas Playhouse. Morrie Rittenberg dropped in right after that and confirmed the Bailey correction but explained that the person Sam Glazer called Frank Meyers wasn’t. He was Mr. Kagen, who was running the Ideal Theatre in 1926, the year the photo was taken. Others dropped in or phoned, all of them wanting to help straighten out the Rotenberg error. He must be a popular guy. Typodermic Injections The four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Altman, who is a nephew of Sam Fine, won the resent Hadassah baby contest... Morrie Sasloff, manager of the Broadway, went to see “Anna Lucasta” while in New York and Joan Crawford sat in front of him. After being momentarily thrilled Mr. Sasloff discovered that Miss Crawford’s hair-do was high and he wasn’t and never the twain would meet. He kept trying to see between Miss Crawford and her husband on one side, then between Miss Crawford and her neighbor on the other. The actress soon became aware of Saaloff’s poking and peeking and probably thinking he was an adoring fan trying to get a close look, turned around and gave him that big smile. But he still didn’t have the nerve to ask her to slide down a little . . . Harry Coleman and Coleman Electric have moved from Victoria Street to the only structure standing across from the Hermant Building at 21 Dundas Square. He’s one of the nicest fellows in these parts and I thought you'd like to know where he is in case you tried the old address. Observanda Sam Smith, who went back to Britain from Canada to become a power there, was 57 when he died recently . . . Mayor Floyd Rumford of Forest, Ontario, operator of the Kineto Theatre and an officer of the MPTAO, drove the trotter Bendona at the local fair in a four-horse race and came fourth. But Floyd had fun... Andree, daughter of Hamilton’s George Stroud, was married recently to Captain James Howard Bellenie ... Joe Paul, now manager of the Esquire, Brantford, is regarded with great affection in Welland, where he managed the Park. On being transferred the rest of the theatre community gave a dinner in his honor at which he was presented with a tri-lite desk lamp. Mr. and Mrs. Paul were also honored by the Jewish community, which gathered in the synagogue and presented Mrs. Paul with a pendant and Joe with some luggage. He’s a grand lad... Tom Murray, who was assistant at the Park, Welland, now occupies the same post at the Esquire, Brantford ... Bill Bailley dropped a V.L.S.E. product book of 1910 on my desk the other day after my request. V.L.S.E., known as “The Big Four,’ meant Vitagraph, Lubin, Selig and Essanay. Features were from four to ten reels and among the stars was Antonio Garrido Monteagudo Moreno. Must have been before marquees. One of the features was Charlie Chaplin’s four-reel burlesque of Carmen. Don’t remember that one among the reissues, revivals or exhunations. _ Justice Foiled “T am quite willing to play Dr. Watson to Mr. Len Bishop’s Sherlock Holmes,” writes Jack Stone, manager of the Victory, Mission, B.C. “Last night two youngsters, who had held up and robbed another of $3.35 collected from papers, hid out in the theatre here. In true Bishop style I had two policemen wait at the two lobby aisle entrances whilst I went in to get the two ‘bandits.’ After locating them and getting them to start after me down the aisle I'll be darned if they didn’t head for the rear exits and get away. Later, with absolutely no help from me, the local authorities were able to catch them. “My face is still red. Their ages were 11 and 12 respectively.” Page 13 Joins Kid Loop HILLIARD CONWAY Formerly manager of the Colony, Toronto, he has joined — Tom Bowyer as assistant in national organization of Odeon Movie Clubs for Young Canadians. Open Nine New Odeon Kid Clubs With four Odeon Movie Clubs for Young Canadians already in operation, it is announced that nine new clubs will be opened soon in various centres across the Dominion. Theatres now operating clubs and showing special screen programs for children include the Colony, Toronto; Avalon, Ottawa; Odeon, Sarnia; and Palace, Galt, Ontario. New clubs will shortly be opened at the Capitol, Moncton, New Brunswick; at the Capitol, Niagara Falls; Palace, St. Catharines; and Centre, Owen Sound, Ontario; at the Olympia, Dunbar, Park and Circle theatres, Vancouver; and the Oak, Burnaby, British Columbia. Odeon Movie Clubs for Young Canadians are under the direction of Tom Bowyer, who is being assisted in the project by Hilliard Conway, former manager of the Colony Theatre, Toronto. Plan New Theatre For Nutana, Sask. Construction of a modern theatre in Nutana, Saskatchewan, at a cost of $70,000, is planned by I. F. Shacker of Hanna, Alberta. The new house will have a seating capacity of 600 or more. Shacker operates theatres in Edmonton, and Hanna, Alberta, and in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, He is a former mayor of Hanna.