Canadian Film Weekly (May 1, 1946)

VOICE of the CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY Vol. 11, No. 18 TORONTO, MAY 1, 1946 $2.00 Per Annum British Overcome Handicaps d Problems of Accents, Publicity Billy Allen Dead Fading Out, Rank Reps Told Was Pic Pioneer “Faith, Thrift and Honest Toil” was the slogan passed on by E. T. (Teddy) Carr, managing director of Eagle-Lion, William Edgar (Billy) Allen, a veterans of the theatre industry, Hastie Upped By Dominion Sound F. S. Hastie has been appointed district service supervisor in to the 200 delegates who attended the first international Wetiteuddanly-in “Torontavrecent: gathering in London of the J. Arthur Rank organization. ly at the age of 52 of heart trouble. At the time of his death he was employed by 20th Century-Fox as a revisor. Born in Montreal, he had for (Continued on Page 4) Armstrong Joins Gaumont Kalee Earl Armstrong, veteran of the Canadian projection field, is, the latest to join Gaumont Kalee, Canadian division of J. Arthur Rank’s British supply house, G.B.-Kalee. He resigned from Dominion Sound, where for the past four years he has been con (Continued on Page 4) Spector Handles Mono Publicity Leu Spector has charge of publicity, promoticn and exploitation for Monogram. He will be located in home office, Toronto. He resigned from CHML, Hamilton, with which he was engaged in the same capacity, to join Monogram. Recently discharged from the army, his last film exploitation stint was for “The True Glcry,” having been assigned to that by military authorities. He’s a nice lad and will be welcomed by the industry. assumed Suggest Examination Of Music Tariff The Copyright Appeal Board, which had been studying the worth of requesting that a Royal Commission be appointed to investigate the whole matter of copyright music in Canada, has decided that such procedure would be too expensive and has dropped the idea for another. It will, however, request the right ‘to call to its aid in an advisory capacity the services of any person having technical or special knowledge of the matters in question’ and that salary and travelling expenses be approved by the Secretary of State, the Honorable Paul Martin, KC. It was made public at the same time that the tariffs applied in 1945 to theatres, radio stations and other users of copyright music would be repeated in 1946. (Continued on Page 22) Painter To 16 Mima. The world convention of Eagle-Lion, though part of the general proceedings, was held separately. One of the speakers at the Eagle-Lion sessions was Archie J. Laurie, managing director of Eagle-Lion in Canada, who reviewed difficulties in the exhibition and distribution of British films in the past and reported that remarkable progress had been accomplished in overcoming them. (Continued on Page 3) Gauvin To Resign J. A. Gauvin, Quebec theatre impresario, will shortly resign as superintendent of the Palais Montcalm, Quebec City theatre. Toronto of Dominion Sound Equipments Limited. He _ succeeds Hy Goldin, who resigned recently to join Gaumont Kalee. Joining the Northern Electric Company in 1925, Hastie was (Continued on Page 3) BC Drive-In Site KOd By Council Offer to purchase 11 acres in Burnaby, BC. by L. F. Owens for the establishment of a $30,000 drive-in theatre and barbecue stand was rejected by the local council, which favored the division of the property into 50 lots. Other building developments in (Continued on Page 22) Coval WB’s Toronto Branch Manager 'A YANK IN LONDON’ IS FRIENDLY Celebrating the friendship and common ancestral bond of Canada, the USA and England will be the two-country premiere of “A Yank in London,” to be held on April 30 in theatres in Niagara Falls, New York, and Ontario. English brides married to Canadian and American residents of both Niagara Falls will meet during a special ceremony on Rainbow Bridge, which connects both countries. School cadets, a kiltie band, a color corps and civic officials from both communities will participate in the doings, which will be shot by the newsreels. The event is getting international publicity through radio, newspapers and press services. Correspondents will be on hand. Harry Painter has resigned as Asscciated Theatres, Toronto, October, 1945, and has joined Irvin (Babe) Coval, Montreal branch manager for Warner Brothers, has been placed in charge of the Toronto branch following the resignation of Sam Pearlman, it has been announced by Haskell M. Masters, general manager of the Canadian district. Pearlman, who succeeded Joe Plottel when the latter withdrew in July, 1945, had been considering resigning for some time in favor of other plans, it is known, but states that he is not in a position to make them public as yet. It is understood that he will not remain with Warners, which company he joined in Calgary in 1934, returning there from Montreal in 1943 to succeed the late Lou Geller. Grattan Kiely, who was Montreal branch manager for a while (Continued on Page 3) feneral manager of Which he accepted in Hans I which has expansion plans, Prior to joining Associated Theatres he was Toronto branch manager for Mrepice: ahem Ae