Canadian Film Weekly (Apr 10, 1946)

April 10, 1946 WB Wild West Gets Started (Continued from Page 1) gun his western trip. All the picturesque trappings of a typical wild-and-woolly-west affair have been developed, lending the traditional Buffalo Bill atmosphere. Ten-gallon sombreros, bandannas, lariats, pistols and holsters, jewel-studded belts, side-show banners and replicas of candy-striped grand entrance marquees will decorate the six Canadian coast-to-coast branch offices and the Toronto District headquarters during the Drive. Entries in the Cowboy Calf Roping Event, ‘‘for Canadian audiences only,” are headed up by the branch managers who have been nicknamed as _ follows: “Stampede Sam” Pearlman, Toronto; ‘Canuck”’ Coval, Montreal; “Musher” Dalgleish, Vancouver; “Phantom Frank” Davis, Winnipeg; ‘‘Bluenose’ McKenzie, St. John; and ‘Ropin’ Kid” Saifer, Calgary. Brahma Bull and Indian Pony Bareback Riding Contests, an Oldtimers Stagecoach Race, and a Cowboys’ Broncobusting Event, are the names given to other divisions of the Drive. Awards will be made upon the basis of sales performances on Warner Bros. motion pictures currently in general distribution as well as on the following new films: “Saratoga Trunk” (Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman) “My Reputation” (Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent), ‘‘Devotion” (Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland and Sydney Greenstreet), “One More Tomorrow” (Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith and Jane Wyman), ‘‘Three Strangers” (Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Peter Lorre),:‘‘Her Kind of Man’ (Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson), “Cinderella Jones” (Joan Leslie and Robert Alda), “A Stolen Life” (Bette Davis, Glenn Ford and Dane Clark), “The Man I Love” (Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett) and “Janie Gets Married’ Joan Leslie and Robert Hutton). BC Session of USA Exhibitors Off Independent Theatre Owners of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska called off their idea of staging the annual convention in Victoria, BC, when accommodation couldn’t be obtained. Most of the Pacific states would have been represented, Canadian FILM WEEKLY Page 3 Ottawa Order Will Ansco of Canada Clear The Air (Continued from Page 1) tribution of building supplies, Reconstruction Minister C. D. Howe said in making public the Orderin-Council. “It will then be the duty of each municipality to determine whether its quota of materials should be properly used for housing, for industrial projects, or otherwise,” he added. ‘‘Should the municipality decide to use its building materials to build motion picture theatres or other places of amusement, that municipality can hardly complain if a shortage develops in materials for the construction of houses. It is expected that theatre building will be held up in most large cities. In Toronto, where Mayor Robert Saunders has led well-publicized attacks on theatre building, six applications will be delayed. The mayor had no comment to make when asked how he felt about other building plans, among them one for a bank. He had contended earlier that theatres don’t employ enough people. and that was another reason why their construction should fall in behind others. Theatre officials had not replied to criticism, having no desire to enter into a controversy. Announcements of plans which could not proceed for a long time created a false impression, many such having been released publicly by civic officials and boards of trade. The mere acquisition of a site, the essential move, and the need of making it public to prevent others from making blind purchases in locations already staked out, was usually followed by objections from those who did not understand the situation. The order will clear the air. F. G. Spencer has announced that his projected Campbellton, New Brunswick, house will seat 1,000. The company operates the Capitol, 778-seater, and its manager, Gordon Gazely, will also manage the new house. A theatre to seat 400 is planned for Castlegar, British Columbia. Edmonton has granted a permit to Mike Starko and John Makowichuk for erection of a 700-seater in the downtown area. A. Bosseberry is planning a structure in Grand Bend, Ontario, to house a theatre, billiard hall and coffee bar. Estimated cost is $50,000. Theatre Amusements will build a theatre in Beamsville, Ontario. Luke & Little, Montreal architects, are extremely busy. They are designing a house in Montreal for Suburban Theatres, Limited, of which W. H. Giles is president, at an estimated cost of $85,000; and the Avenue in the Westmount section of the city. They are also designing a $125,000 structure in Granby, Quebec, for Romeo Robert. The building will include an 1,152-seater, the Princess. Henri S. Labelle is the architect .©f a $100,000 Montreal house for J. M. Arpin on Lakeshore Road. France-Film will demolish Theatre Canadien, Quebec, and erect a 1,200-seater costing $75,000 and to be known as Theatre Elysee. Henry E. Greenspoon is designing the Trafalgar Theatre as part of a $175,000 structure on Cote des Neiges Road, Montreal. British Columbia’s fourth largest hotel will be constructed in Ocean Falls and it will include a movie theatre. Personal Tour Paramount is planning a tour of leading eastern division cities for Olivia DeHavilland in connection with her latest picture, “To Each His Own.” Schedule hasn't been announced yet. BUY OR LEASE Returned man wants 800-seat theatre in Ontario. Will make good deal for right house. BOX 10 CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY Can We Merge? Exhibitor operating profitable theatres wishes to contact another exhibitor in <2 similar position with a view to joint partnership operation, Box No, 17 CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY Vol. 11, No. 15 ES ‘HYE BOSSIN, Managing Editor esas Address all communications—The Managing Editor, Canadian Film Weekly, 25 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada. Published by Film Publications of Canada Ltd., 25 Dundas Square Canada. Phone ADelaide 4317. Price 5 cents each or $2.00 Entered as Second Class Matter. April 10, 1946 Toronto, Ontario, per yoar, To Build Here (Continued from Page 1) length movie film. The necessary equipment is being manufactured on this side of the border. The company, states Giles, has a definite interest in the growth of Canadian production, as indicated by the recently-establshed studios in the Toronto area, and in due course will endeavor to supply 16 and 35 mm. color stock in a large way to domestic producers. A certain amount of color stock of the reversible type, from which satisfactory dupes are made, will be supplied in 1946. Experiments are being carried on for the perfection of a complementary negative method of using film but this is a long way off. When perfected it is likely that a manufacturing wing will be attached to the Toronto plant for supplying Canada. Requirements are being studied with this in view. When 35 mm. color film is ready for industrial shooting it will be processed by the USA by two plants to be erected, one each by the Houston Corporation and Pathe Laboratories. Giles, a veteran of the Canadian film field, joined Ansco in 1937 and came ‘to Toronto two years ago. He was with Ben Norrish when the Associated Screen News chief was in charge of the government’s film activities. Norrish resigned in 1922 and was succeeded by Ray Peck. Giles remained until 1932 with what became the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau. He then joined S. C. 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