Canadian Film Weekly (Feb 5, 1947)

February 5, 1947 BC Loop Renews With Famous (Continued from Page 1) The executives were in the west attending meetings of Famous Players’ 25 Year Club and included R. W. Bolstad, vice president; Larry Bearg, western division manager; Morris Stein, eastern division manager and James R. Nairn, director of public relations and advertising. After a meeting with Frank Gow, Maynard Joiner and Victor Armand, Fitzgibbons announced that the lease on the Orpheum Theatre, held by General Theatre Investments, has been renewed to extend to 1966 and the leases on six suburban houses held by the same company had been extended to i957. These houses are the Alma, Kerrisdale, Grandview, Windsor, Victoria and Regent. Famous Players has also purchased from General Theatre Investments a property-at 41st and Granville Streets in Vancouver upon which will be built a modern suburban house seating 1,500. The executives consulted architect Fred Townley of Townley and Matheson on final plans for the building of a new theatre seating 1,000, in Chilliwack. A new FP theatre seating 1,000 will be built in Kelowna and authorization was given for the remodelling and equipping of the Strand in Chilliwack, a silent movie house, which is at present dark. Fitzgibbons declared that Famous Players are giving priority to the work of re-equipping and rebuilding existing theatres when the necessary materials are available and when the company has been assured that the materials ordered are not needed in the work of housing. Autry Film Rolling Republic’s “Robin Hood of Texas,” starring Gene Autry, is now inproduction. It is the third in the current series. How To Manage A Theatre! Learn about MOTION PICTURE THEATRE MANAGEMENT. Also ADVERTISING and EXPLOITATION. Helpful to Theatre Employes. An Excellent Course in Personnel Training. Endorsed by Theatre and Film Executives. Will Help any Men or Woman. No Other Book of its kind availeble. Explains How to BUILD UP YOUR ATTENDANCE. Why some good Theatres Fail and So-Called Cheap Theatres Maks Money. HELPS THOSE NOW IN BUSINESS. Price $4.50 Postpaid. Send Check or Money Order to SAM CARVER, Box 3668, Highland Park, Mich., U.S.A. 2 Canadian FILM WEEKLY Alberta Will Create Advisory Board (Continued from Page 1) Hooke, Provincial secretary and senior officer of the theatre and film branch. One of these was for the creation of a three-man advisory board. Following discussions between Hooke and representatives of the association, a bill providing for such a board was assented to in March, 1946. Pe} Calgary and Edmonton locals of the IATSE disputed for the right to name the union member of the board and this led to the proposed amendment of the bill to increase it to five. It is expected that the board will be comprised cf two union men, two members of the association and a government representative. Following the amendment to the bill, No. 29 of 1946, the Lieu .tenant-Governor in Council will appoint the members of the board. The emergence of a theatre committee with official government standing will be regarded with great interest. During the war an advisory committee comprised of representatives of the exhibition and distribution sections of the trade was created by the WPTB. It met in Toronto several_times and was presided over by the administrator of film and theatre controls. Its existence waS marked by much bickering and, having no power, it faded out. Steal Theatre Safe Thieves broke into the Sapperton Theatre in New Westminster, BC, recently and removed the safe. It was later found abandoned with its contents intact when the robbers were unable to open it. Dentelbeck Speaker At IPS Meeting Charles Dentelbeck, supervisor of projection for Famous Players, was the speaker at the January meeting of the Toronto chapter of the International Pro ‘jection Society. He spoke on drive-in theatres and the equipment used and also headed a round-table discussion on coated lenses and other new equipment. The regular February meeting was set for the 18th. EDITH BOWEN Recently appointed to the Motion Picture Board of Alberta. McPherson Head Of Film Trade Board J. S. McPherson of Eagle-Lion and Monogram was_ recently voted in as president of the Winnipeg Film Board of Trade at the annual election meeting, replacing J. H. Huber of 20th Century-Fox. I. W. Blankstein from EmpireUniversal succeeded McPherson as vice-president. "Out Of All Time’ Maureen O’Hara will next star in RKO’s Technicolor ‘Out Of All Time.” Theatre Sold In Russell, Manitoba The Russell Theatre in Russell, Manitoba, has been purchased by Stanley Belza. Jack Anderson, who operated the theatre for the past nine months, will continue as manager. It is a sixday 189-seat house. Belza will also build a modern 400-seat theatre in Russell when materials become available. Censorship Vol 12, No.6 February 5, 1947 ‘HYE BOSSIN, Managing Editor Address all communications—The Managing Editor, Canadian Film Weekly, 25 Dundas Square, ‘Toronto, Canada. Published by Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., 25 Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Phone ADelaide 4317. Price 5 cents each or $2.00 per year, Entered as Second Class Matter. Page 3 ‘Adult Ruling To Be Added To Act (Continued from Page 1) Theatre Inspection branch, headed by O. J. Silverthorne, informed exhibitors of that requirement. Undertaken as an experiment, no penalty was stated and co-operation of exhibitors was asked. Because of the failure of many exhibitors to provide such co-operation, there having been fifty infractions in Toronto alone, a regulation giving force of law to the requirement and stipulating penalties will be incorporated in the Theatre and Cinematographs Act. In addition, distributors may be asked to withhold films from certain exhibitors who have shown no inclination to co-operate after written warnings. Grading of films, in practise in several countries and some provinces, was adopted as a guide to exhibitors and parents following constant objection to certain films as being unsuitable for juveniles. Specific means of identification in the theatre and for advertising purposes were stated. The chief censor has issued several warnings publicly in the trade that full co-operation was lacking and that incorporation of penalties in the act might follow. "Queen's Necklace" Benedict Bogeaus’ first 1947 production will be “The Queen’s Necklace,” starring Ida Lupino. He is negotiating with Charles Laughton and Brian Aherne for male leads for the film. THEATRE REQUIRE: MENTS CONTRACT SALES OFFICE