Canadian Film Weekly (Oct 1, 1947)

Page 6 Fall Blackout For Ottawa-Windsor (Continued from Page 1) Association of Ontario, Canada’s largest regional exhibitors’ association. In the area to be affected there has been an increase in power use of 20 per cent over last year and in general a considerable rise over the peak during the war. Arrangements have already been completed to stagger the hours of industrial plants during the fall and winter. Arch Jolley, executive secretary of the MPTAO, will serve on the special committee set up by the Association of Canadian Advertisers when it meets with the Hydro commissioners. Voluntary action is proposed to offset having to submit to arbitrary action. This year’s meeting will be held at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on October 21st. The business session, at 10.30 a.m., and the luncheon, at 12.30 p.m., are slated for the Vanity Fair. The Honorable Russell T. Kelley, Minister of Health, guest speaker last year, will be back along with some other members of the Ontario cabinet. President Joe Garbarino will preside over the business session, during which officers for the new term will be elected. At present Clare Appel of Odeon Theatres is vice-president; E. 8S. (Hi) Meehan of Lindsay treasurer; and H. C. D. (Dick) Main of Sutton and Listowel secretary. The 20 per cent federal amusement tax will also be discussed, as will the annual reports of the president and the executive secretary. About 160 exhibitors, representing 325 theatres, comprise the membership. St. Catharines Golf Gets Variety $1,000 Variety’s building fund for crippled children will get a»out $1,000 through the Canadian vs. American match between the teams of Phil Farley of Toronto and Rex Stymers of Niagara Falls versus Jim Wells of WBEN and Ralph Hubell of WGR, Buffalo sports commentators. The Canadians won. The sale of admission and draw tickets yielded the money. Vern Hudson, Wannie Tyers, Joe Cardwell, John Allen, Sid Burton and other theatre men of that area were responsible for putting it over. Guest of honor was Margaret Marshall, winner of this year’s ‘Miss Canada” title. Canadian FILM WEEKLY —__ dt J |) Bs -* The Din and the Glare Win Barron won three bets that Miss Canada would rank at least third at Atlantic City and gave the money to Variety—a good place for some of the many winning wagers on the run of films made among the boys . . . The Vigus mourners smashed the camera and cut the eye of Doug Cronk, Ben’s boy, while he was taking scenes of the funeral . . . Our tribute to Jay English caused requests for dozens of copies, an indication of the high regard in which the late Odeon architect was held .. . H. P. Goddard of Delta, Ontario, who wrote the original serial, ‘Perils of Pauline,” got a salute on the screen and in the press book... “That Billy De made some hit at the Variety show,” said Sammy Sales. “They still ‘Cry Wolf’ at the Imperial.” The gag was pulled while that WB pic was playing there . . . Did I mention that the United Artists lads are into their annual Grad Sears drive for extra cash and that their sendoff party was some shucks? . . . It looks as though Tent 28, Toronto, will lead or come close to leading all tents in the net for the “Variety Girl” premiere, having earned over $22,000 that night. Greater Miami’s tent, for instance, netted $10,800. * * The Way We Are Did you hear about the filmtown fellow who told a friend: “My wife says she’ll quit me if I don’t ston running around with other women.” “Too bad,” sympathized the other. “It is,” answered the first. “I’m going to miss her.” The acme of venominity: ‘‘There’s so-and-so,” one woman said to another. “I haven’t seen her in years. She was in the service, I hear.” “I know,” the other purred, “—in the Boer War.” Sad city sights: The lonely souls who go from window to window studying dinner menus. Or maybe they’re just visitors to the city. Schnook of the month: The guy who showed up at the City Hall with last year’s marriage license and wanted it renewed. You can’t carry racetrack superstition too far, it seems. The man in charge of the men’s room at a local track trades on it. “Here you are,” he cries. ‘‘Get your lucky seat!” People don’t really listen. “You were late again this morn ing,” said his boss to a friend of ours. “You're right,’’ answered my pal apologetically, “but I intended to leave early this afternoon to make up for it.” And the boss snapped: “See that you do!” Observation: ‘Dachshunds,” said a lady, “look like seals with legs instead of flippers.” a a * +e Here’s an Innovation If theatres install clotheslines for patrons, it will be because Jack Nelson of the Capitol, North Bay, started it. Folks in the lineup for “The Yearling” were soaked so Jack and his assistant were busy hanging nylons to dry while their owners watched the show ... Pete and Mrs. Egan of Calgary just celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary ... A bright paper for moviegoers is Amherst Screen News, edited by B. T. Girouard, manager of the Empress and Strand ... Theatre Confections is now in its new building at 284 King St. W., Toronto. . . Joy juice can spread cheer in different ways. George Norgan, who gave Palmerston a $60,000 theatre with the promise that kids wouldn’t pay more than five cents, made his money out of UDL. Congrats to Editor Art Carr of the Palmerston Observer, who got up a 32-page issue to mark the opening .. . Ken Garbig of the Kent, Lindsay, was the speaker at the local Rotary Club, his subject being our favorite industry ... According to Advertising Age, the most powerful mail order copy words, in order of importance, are Free, Amazing, New, Now and How. October 1, 1947 Columbia s Long Shorts Schedule (Continued from Page 1) serial program for the forthcoming year. Color will play an increasingly important part in the schedule with 24 reels set for the new period as against 14 the previous one. Total releases call for 28 two-reelers, 84 single reels and three serials. It is expected that the increased number of short subjects will find a ready market with exhibitors because of the curtailment of production by severat of the larger producers of animated cartoons. Due to the cost involved having risen to a new high, and with rentals staying at approximately the same level, some animators have been operating at a loss and have turned to other fields, notably featurelength films. Of the 28 two-reelers the Three Stooges will make eight comedies; ten ‘All Star Comedies” will feature .Harry Von Zell, Sterling Holloway, Andy Clyde and Joe De Rita; and the balance will be ‘“‘Assorted Comedies,” in which will appear Gus Schilling and Dick Lane, Hugh Herbert, Vera Vague and Eddie Foy, Jr. The color one-reelers, num»bering 24 in the new season, will include eight “Color Rhapsodies,” eight “Color Phantasies” and eight ‘Color Favorites.”’ The lastnamed will be a series of re-releases of the most popular “Color Rhapsodies” of. previous years. | The remaining 60 one-reelers ' will be made up of 12 issues of each of five series including “Thrills of Music,’’ which was inaugurated this current year with eight releases; ‘Screen Snapshots,” the oldest series in the industry; ‘‘Sportsreels,” all to be narrated by Bill Stern; ‘“Community Sing” shorts which will feature Don Baker and Dick Leibert, organists, and the Song Spinners, vocalists; and “Film Novelties” a new issue dealing wth various topics. Serials will be “The Sea Hound,” dealing with the adventures of Captain Silver and featuring Buster Crabbe; “Brick Bradford,” cartoon strip hero; and “Tex Granger,” a western serial based on a comic book cowboy. Singer Contracted Mario Lanza has been signed to a contract by MGM, following his sensational debut at Hollywood Bowl. The young tenor, acclaimed by musicians and critics as the greatest voice since Caruso, will report to the Culver City studio following concert engagements.