Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 20, 1949)

July 20, 1949 THEATRE TRANSFERS (Continued from Page 1) atre Services has taken over the operation of the six-day, 280-seat Stanley from Foto-Nite. Westlock, Alta. J. L. Serenas and J. Wojcicki have acquired the 250-steat, six-day Roxy from A. E. Staniland. Barrhead, Alta. N. K. and A. Jensen have bought the six-day, 333-seat Roxy from A. E. Staniland. Dominion City, Man. J. Meshwa ‘has sold his 150-seat Dominion City Theatre, which is Open one or two days weekly, to M. D. Borodenko. St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que. Tony Yanakis has taken over the six-day, 250-seat Municipal from N. Leclerc. Marieville, Que. Emile Forest has purchased J. Venne’s 398seat, six-day National Theatre. Huntingdon, Que. Thomas and William Trow have leased, with option to buy, Mrs. Mae O’Connor’s 288-seat, six-day O’Connor Theatre. Fernie, BC. The six-day, 280seat Orpheum has been transferred from B. J. Hawkey to S. J. Rosell. Kingston, NS. F. J. Mumford has acquired the 250-seat, six-day Roxy from United Enterprises Limited. Quebec Productions Signs Three Players Lise Roy, Ovila Legare and Denis Drouin have been signed by Quebec Productions Corporation for the leading roles in the company’s forthcoming Frenchlanguage film, Le Cure-de Village. Film, due to start shortly, will’ be shot at Quebec Productions’ St. Hyacinthe studios. Script and dialogue are by Robert Choquette. "Ma And Pa Kettle’ Defies Heat Wave Empire-Universal’s Ma and Pa Kettle, starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, has proved itself weatherproof during the recent heat wave. The film, which had been doing holdover business before the wave kept most people outdoors, went right along—and at an increased pace. Bookers and exhibitors are amazed at its power of endurance at the boxoffice. Since it grew out of the slapstickian and comedic parts of The Egg and I, and is made up of those elements, perhaps that is what the public wants now.. Position Wanted Young, aggressive theatre manager would like position. Now at liberty. Married, no children. Willing to go anywhere. Can supply references. Write Box 22 CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY 175 Bloor St. E., Toronto Canadian FILM WEEKLY VAUDEVILLE ETC FOR VARIETY BALL NIGHT (Continued from Page 1) Association and a clown band will mingle with the patrons, who will get a chance at 35 fine prizes. Main feature is, of course, the regularly-scheduled game between those old Canadian rivals, the Maple Leafs and the Montreal Royals. Entire proceeds, which means almost every dollar that comes in, will go for the building of Variety Village, vocational guidance school and residence for Ontario’s crippled children, the project of the Toronto tent of Variety International. The figures above the beginning of this article, on the front page, are of the top-hatted, hale and hearty citizen who symbolizes show business and Variety, The Barker, and Handlebar Hank, who is the symbol of the diamond jubilee of the Toronto Baseball Club. HARRY LAHMAN, 39, PASSES IN TORONTO Suffering a heart attack, Harry Lahman, president of the Canadian Automatic Confections Company, passed away in Toronto last week. He was 39 years old. Born in Montreal, Mr. Lahman’s residence since childhood was Toronto, where he was prominent in the business and sporting world. He was.head of Brand & Millen, a radio and television set manufacturing concern, as well as president of the Brownie Chocolate Company and a partner in the Paddock Tavern. A few years ago he purchased several horses and since then the racing game was his chief sporting interest, although he was an enthusiastic hockey fan. Surviving are his widow, a son and a daughter, two brothers and sister. Services were held in the Holy Blossom Synagogue. FPCC TV TESTS BEING CARRIED ON Famous Players now has a receiver cable on the Herman Building and it will be used for the Imperial’s television when the equipment is here and its mobile unit gets going. Tests are being carried on between the Victoria, the company’s TV headquarters, and the receiver cable. Although Famous Players has its license for this type of actuality broadcast, much of the necessary equipment has not arrived from Paramount in the USA, particularly that for rapid processing of film. It is hoped to show Canadian National Exhibition doings on the Imperial screen. WINNIPEG PIC PIONEERS PICNIC Annual picnic of the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Picture Pioneers will be held on July 24th this year. The place is Maple Grove and July 3lst is the alternate date in case of rain. Past outings have proven to be very successful and local film folk consider it the highlight of the summer. It is hoped to raise a considerable sum of money for the benevolent fund through the picnic. JARO WILL EXPLOIT ‘ANIMALAND’ TOYS The J. Arthur Rank Organization is licensing the manufacture of toys and novelties based on the film cartoon characters in the Animaland series and Canadians may get rights direct or through JARO of Canada. So far but two cartoons of the Animaland series, mage by the G. B. Animation, Ltd., have been distributed in Canada by Eagle-Lion. It is expected that the first batch of toys and novelties will be imported for the Christmas season. Applications for licenses to manufacture them in this country will likely be made when the characters have had a chance to become popular. Vol. 14, No. 29 Address all communications —The Managing Editor, Canadian Film Weekly, 175 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Canada. Entered as Second Class Matter. Published by Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., 175 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Phone PRincess 1757 or PRincess 3707, Price $2.00 per year, July 20, 1949 Ubseh U2 YE BOSSIN, Managing Editor Page 3 RENAISSANCE FILMS (Continued from Page 1) the meeting and the stockholders gave the new board a vote of confidence. The film, Le Gros Bill, is completed and will be released to theatres this September. Also finished is Rhothomago, a film made especially for television showing to youngsters. In production at the moment is a big-budget picture, Docteur Louise, which has already been booked into two of the leading theatres in Paris — the Gaumont Palace and the Rex. An outstanding cast is featured in the film. Due to start shortly is the company’s first color film, Sacrifice, and in preparation are a number of pictures with timely themes. These incude Rancons, Les Mains Liees, L’Homme aux Bonbons, Clairfontaine, etc. The board of directors for the next 12 months is comprised of Dr. Paul Gilbert, president; Rosaire Beaudoin, first vice-president; J. Henri Duval, second vice-president; Camille Ducharme, treasurer; Samuel L. Gagne, secretary pro-term and general manager; Raymond Dionne, controller; and Ovila Robitaille, Cc. E. Massicote, Charles Lambert, Dr. Paul Racicot and Roger Brossard. NFB's "Famous Fish’ August CCO Release August release in the National Film Board’s Canada Carries On series is Famous Fish I’ve Met, which deals with sports fishing across Canada and features Greg Clark, Montreal Standard sports columnist, and Pete McGillen, who holds the same position with the Toronto Telegram. October release in the CCO series will be an as yet untitled film on visual education in schools. This will be followed by White Fortress, a film dealing with hospitals, in October and the November release will be about Canadian ballet. Nathanson Succeeds Washer At Param'nt Mort Nathanson has been appointed Paramount’s Eastern publicity manager, succeeding Ben Washer, who resigned recently. Nathanson entered the motion picture industry after being press representative for many years in the legitimate theatre field. His first position was with United Artists, then he was advertising and publicity manager for Samuel Goldwyn from 1942 to 1944, He next became Eastern advertising and publicity manager for Liberty Films and when that company was acquired by Paramount he became special adverUsing and exploitation representative for the latter outfit, ee