Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 10, 1946)

Page scan 0008 from Canadian Film Weekly

Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Weekly
Date:
Jul 10, 1946
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 10, 1946)
Leaf #:
0008
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine",Canad
Collection:
Global Cinema, Canada, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Canadian Picture Pioneers, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Canadian Film Weekly

  • Editor: Hye Bossin (1942-64)
  • Renamed Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly (1965-69, editor: Stan Helleur)
  • Renamed Candian Film Weekly(1970, editor: Ed Hocura)

Canadian Film Weekly (1942-70) was edited by Hye Bossin and published by Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., wholly owned by leading exhibitor, Nat Taylor. In the late 1930s, Taylor was head of the Independent Theatre Association and his Toronto-based chain, Twinex-Century (Twentieth Century), was the largest independent circuit in the country. In 1941, however, he negotiated for chain affiliation with upstart Canadian Odeon before leveraging a better deal and greater booking control with nationally-dominant Famous Players Canada, Ltd. No longer independent, he took ownership of the Independent Theatre Association’s semi-monthly magazine, The Canadian Motion Picture Exhibitor (1940-41), installed Hye Bossin as editor, and laid plans to relaunch in January 1942 under a new name, Canadian Film Weekly. This enduring key publication was no longer solely focused on independent exhibitors but instead covered the entire industry on a national scale–exhibition, distribution and production–with some attention given to studio news from New York and Hollywood.

Bossin was a vibrant writer with a canny way with words, admired in the industry in the United States as well as Canada. He was one of a large family who lived above their father’s secondhand shop in the Jewish “ward” downtown in Toronto. His older brother was a bookie with ties to the underground; his younger brother was a famous journalist, protégé of Walter Winchell, and Hollywood screenwriter. In contrast, Hye spent nearly two decades learning the publishing trade in a printers’ shop before trying a stint as a Hollywood publicist, then writing a column for the Toronto Star Weekly before taking Taylor’s offer to edit the Film Weekly. Bossin was central to the creation of the Canadian Film Archive, the Canadian Film Awards, and he wrote some of the first histories of early cinema in Canada, published in the first volumes of the annual Canadian Film Weekly Year Book (1951-70).

In 1957, the Film Weekly had incorporated the rival Canadian Moving Picture Digest (1917-57), and began dating its start to that paper’s earlier start as the Canadian Universal Bulletin (1915-18). Subsequent variants of the Canadian Film Weekly and its yearbooks always claimed their roots all the way back to 1915 and the origins of the film industry trade press in Canada. After Bossin died in 1964, the Weekly’s new editor, Stan Helleur, renamed the magazine Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly, scaling back the pace of publishing but adding a purview for television and broadcasting. The annual was renamed similarly, its subtitle amended to “Year Book of the Canadian Entertainment Industry.” An attempted renewal to weekly format in 1970, edited by Ed Hocura, was short-lived and Nat Taylor decided instead to relaunch under an entirely new title, Canadian Film Digest (1971-77) and Canadian Film Digest Yearbook (1971-86).

– Paul Moore, March 2024

Further Reading

  • Bossin, Hye. “Canada and the Film: The Story of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 21-41. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1951.
  • Moore, Paul. “Chronicling a National History: Hye Bossin’s Canadian Film Weekly and Year Book.” In Eric Hoyt and Kelley Conway, eds., Global Movie Magazines. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2024.

Date Added:
August 14, 2025
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July 10, 1946 Public Issue In UK By J.A. Rank (Continued from Page 7) be offered to the British public shortly. Exchange regulations on this side do not prevent Canadians from purchasing stocks and bonds in the sterling area. The liveliness of the Canadian theatre and film industry at this time may cause Canadians to be interested in the British loan, for it is related to Odeon Theatres of Canada through a private company recently formed by Rank, known as Overseas Cinematograph Theatres. This company, to be capitalized at £1,500,000 with funds raised through the public issue, will take over Rank’s Canadian and New Zealand cinema investments. Odeon of Canada has 107 theatres and the New Zealand group is comprised of 116. Capital shares of Overseas Cinematograph Theatres will be held equally by Odeon Properties and Gaumont-British Pictures Corporation. Twentieth CenturyFox is an important partner in the latter company. The public will be offered $14,000,000 worth of 34%4% debenture stock plus $4,000,000, of 414% preference shares through the Phillip Hill Company of London. Since Odeon Theatres of Canada, according to its president and managing director, the Hon. J. Earl Lawson, has no intention of offering a public issue soon, the senior company will be the sole means of Canadians outside the company investing in Rank’s Dominion doings. Rob Glace Bay Show Thieves recently broke into the Russell Theatre, Glace Bay, NS, and made off with the 200pound safe containing over $1,000, the Saturday and Monday take. NFB To Make Film Of Coastal Trip The National Film Board is considering making a film of a 7,000 mile ‘trip of a schooner from Gaspe to Rio de Janeiro at an approximate cost of $6,500, it was revealed in the House of Commons when the Honorable Brooke Claxton, minister of national health and welfare and chairman of the NFB, replied to a query put to him. M. Andre de Tonnancour will make the trip as cameraman at an expense of $125 per week for not more than 20 weeks, according to Claxton’s statement. Results of the voyage will be a colored film of the trip and the places visited, and several thousand additional feet of film for use in future pictures, Canadian FILM WEEKLY Paramount Final Party at Calgary - —— oe Scenes shown above were taken at the Calgary, Alberta 25Year Club dinner, which was the last of four to induct new members into the club. As at the Saint John, Montreal and Toronto occasions, Gordon Lightstone, Canadian general manager acted as teastmaster of the evening and presented the valued souvenirs to the two 25-year employees of the company. Win Barron, head of public relations, accompanied him on the whole tour. The dinner held in the West Dining Room of the Palliser Hotel in Calgary was a decided success and is proved by the smiling faces in the bottom photograph. In the top picture, from right to left, are Paul Cardell, Famous Players supervisor in the Calgary district, there to honor the initiates; Mrs. Doris McWalters, cashier of the Calgary branch, who was one of the inductees; Gordon Lightstone; W. O. (Bill) Kelly, Calgary branch manager and the other initiate; and Ralph Mitcheltree, manager of the Capitol Theatre, Calgary, also there to pay his respects. Eagle-Lion Ups Pix From Ten To 22 Eagle-Lion Films, Incorporated, which is owned by Pathe Industries, Incorporated, has increased its inaugural year schedule from ten to 22 or 24 milliondoliar film productions, according to a statement issued by Bryan Foy, vice-president in charge of production, on his return from a three week conference in New York. J. Arthur Rank’s Eagle-Lion Films, Limited of Britain, while naving releasing affiliations with Pathe will not increase their output of ten films this year. Foy will have sole say as to the actual cost of the Hollywoodmade films. He has been provided with a sliding scale on budgets so that if a picture merits it he can increase the budget over the million mark. He can also drop others below that mark if he thinks the boxoffice potentialities do not warrant such an expenditure, Paramount Shares Split Two-To-One Stockholders of Paramount Pictures, Incorporated, have approved a split of the present common stock on a two-for-one basis, by issuing one additional share for each share held. The split is effective July 8, to stock of record June 25. Barney Balaban, president, stated that it was the intention of the management to increase the dividend by the payment of extras when cash has again built up to the proper point. He said, that over a 10-year period $96,000,000 in debt has been retired or paid off with a final payment of $2,500,000 last week. Large amounts of cash have been drawn from operating subsidiaries, and it will be the policy to build up cash again for working capital and to maintain the safety of dividends. He said earnings are continuing to run at the rate reported for the first quarter, Page 9 Golf Tournament Committee Meets (Continued from Page 1) such matters is Al Troyer of Famous Players, the official starter, who acted in the latter capacity during the first year’s doings. Secretary-treasurer is Tom S. Daley of the Imperial, Toronto, who is also a holdover from the first tournament. Tom, one of the originators of the tournament, is responsible to a great degree for its success. Head of the ticket committee is I. H. (Izzy) Allen of EagleLion, one of the most energetic and popular men in the film district. Jack Arthur, formerly overall chairman, is head of the entertainment committee. Leonard Bishop of the Tivoli, Toronto, heads the prize committee. Publicity committee is comprised of Hye Bossin of Canadian Film Weekly and Jay Smith, Canadian Moving Picture Digest. Each chairman will appoint the men he requires to his committee. The tournament last year was held on June 26, a bright day, and was highly successful. This year the committee felt that it ought to be held later in the season to give the boys a chance to get into real form, as well as avoid conflict in vacation dates. The present holder of the N. L. Nathanson foursome trophy for low gross is Columbia and the individual low grosser was Raymond Allen of Premier Operating Corporation, who won the Famous Players challenge trophy. Dave Griesdorf of PRC won the Canadian Film Weekly challenge trophy for individual low net. The committee is looking forward to the greatest tournament ever, with many from out of town in attendance. Beacon Theatre Sold Sale of the Odeon-operated 1,550-seat Beacon Theatre in Vancouver for a reported $200,000 by the C. A. Godson estate to Beacon Theatres, Limited, of Vancouver, has been announced. ‘Kathleen’ To Star O'Connor and Blyth Donald O’Connor, after a threeyear absence from the screen while in the army, has returned to star with Ann Blyth in a love story based on Christopher Morley’s famous novel, “Kathleen,” at Universal. To be produced and directed by Frank Ryan, the picture is being given top budgeting and will be filmed on the campus of either Southern California or Los Angeles universities,