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Vol. 14, No. 33
VOICE of
A the CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE
TORONTO, AUGUST 31, 1949
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Royal Comm’n Gets NFB Brief
Ask Place In TV, More Scope; Tells O£ Film Trade Amity
Consideration “directly in relation to those of any other agencies which may be charged with responsibility for the development of television programs in Canada” was asked by the National Film. Board in its brief to the Royal Com
MPTAO Reports On Screen Ads
“Most exhibitors are opposed to screen advertising agreements, according to leaders in our industry and those exhibitors having the best interests of our industry at heart,” says the latest bulletin of the Motion Picture Theatres Association of Ontario.
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Dillon, Fitzg bons
To Chi PR Talks
Fred Dillon, executive director of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association, will attend the joint exploratory meeting for an _ all-industry co-operative public relations program, to be held in the Drake Hotel in Chicago August
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N. A. Taylor Now IFD President
Announcement was made in Toronto last week that N. A. Taylor has been appointed president and general manager of International Film Distributors.
The company will continue with the distribution of the product of Associated BritishPathe Ltd.
Hughes Keeps Stock
Howard Hughes RKO theatre stock, which comes to him when divorcement takes effect, is not up for sale at present. He must, however, sell before Nov. 8th or it will be put in a trustee’s hands.
Famous Players Inks Big UK Film Deal
Millions of Canadian theatregoers will see a regular flow of British films as a result of the signing of a contract by Famous Players Canadian Corporation, by far this country’s leading circuit, with Eagle-Lion Films of Canada. Famous
Players has acquired exhibition rights to 19 features, described by President John J. Fitzgibbons as “a _ selection of the finest British films ever made.”
“We felt that if we could get the better pictures to play, we should do so,’ Fitzgibbons told the Canadian Film Weekly. ‘Not ‘only because we wish to give our patrons the opportunity of seeing
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British Star Signed
Stewart Granger has_ been signed by MGM to star opposite Deborah Kerr in King Solomon’s Mines.
mission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, now sitting in Ottawa. NFB production facilities have proved capable of high standard output for televiSion use, as demonstrated by the use of its productions by UK and USA TV agencies, it claims.
The National Film Board, the Royal Commission was also informed, “requires an increased budget to discharge the responsibilities entrusted to it by Parliament in serving the national needs and aspirations and con
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e Warner Title Change Locked In is the title for Warners’ Eleanor Parker starrer formerly known as The Cage.
No Golf Tourney For This Year
There will be no Canadian Film Weekly motion picture industry golf tournament this year, it was announced by, Tom S. Daley, chairman of the committee. Inability to obtain satisfactory accommodations for several hundred golfers and non-golfers who
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Fox Sales Drive. For Branch Men
The launching of an 18-week 20th Century-Fox branch managers testimonial drive starting August 28th through December 31st was announced recently by Andy W. Smith, Jr., vice-president and general sales manager.
Keynote of the drive, accord
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Chernoff Named Fox Montreal Manager
Successor to Ed English, Canadian film industry veteran, as Montreal branch manager for Twentieth CenturyFox will be Gerald (Gerry) L. Chernoff, it was announced jointly by Andy W. Smith, Jr., vice-president and general
NEWS OF THEATRE BUILDING
A number of theatres have opened and several have reopened to highlight current news of industry building in Canada. Others under way and planned were also reported. One of these in work is a new house to replace one recently destroyed in a fire.
Theatres open include:
Swan River, Man. Conrad Auguston’s 400-seat Crescent. Only other house here is J. Bierwirth’s 295-seat Palace. Enderby, BC. K. Samol and S. Abramenko’s 375-seat Mon
arch. First here.
Montreal. Emil Ruffo’s 400-seat, Quonset-type Dieppe on St.
Helene Street, near Victoria.
Theatres reopened after complete renovations include: Winnipeg. Odeon Theatres’ Garrick. Seating raised from 1,107
to 1,125.
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sales manager, and Arthur Silverstone, general manager for Canada. The appointment is effective September 12, by which time Chernoff will have left his present post, that of Montreal manager for International Film Distributors. Chernoff, whose genial personality is well known to Quebec exhibitors, enjoys their affection and trust. Thirty-two years old, (Continued on Page 6)
U-I Casts Peggy Dow
Peggy Dow will have the starring role opposite Scott Brady and John Russell in U-I’s Frame Up.