Canadian Film Weekly (Oct 19, 1949)

Vol. 14, No. 40 Meyers Sees Big Indie Comeback The returning power of the Independent exhibitor in the USA, brought about by govern ment-inspired changes in the * economic structure of the theatre industry and restraint upon distribution trade practices, was pointed out by Abram F. Mey(Continued on Page 10) MGM's Hilly Cass Wins O’seas Trip Hillis Cass, manager of the Montreal branch of MGM since 1932, was among the 12 “experts” from the United States and Canadian sales organization who will take part in the exchange of ideas with the International sales department, it (Continued on Page 5) Zi UA '49-50 Product List VOICE of the CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY TORONTO, OCTOBER 19, 1949 $2.00 Per Annum WASHINGTON REPORT OK’S CCP "MORE OR LESS PERMANENT BASIS’ FOLLOWS CLAIM OF SUCCESS Lose No-Smoking As Taylor Mills and Francis Harmon of the Motion Picture Association of America, along with John J. Fitzgibbons Appeal In St. John of Famous Players and about a score of others, discussed The Appeal Court of New the Canadian Co-operation Project at a luncheon in La TourBrunswick ruled recently that Defends PQ Law In Commons The Quebec law which prohibits children under 16 entering theatres was defended in the House of Commons by Pierre Gauthier, Liberal, from Portneuf, who suggested that it be adopted by other provinces. He brought it up during his speech on a bill that would stop publication of crime comics and provide penalties. Quebec had been laughed at when the law was passed, he said, but now its value in reducing juvenile delinquency in Quebec below that of other places was evident. A number (Continued on Page 5) Promises Strong BO United Artists will have a number of films which promise powerful boxoffice in Canada as part of their new season’s schedule, while its entire program up to now, which is comprised of 15 films, is varied The much -written about Mrs. Mike, on a Canadian subject and from a bestseller is on the early part of the releasing program, while the Marx Bros. picture, Love Happy, praised widely by tough industry critics, will follow. The program will offer such stars as George Raft, Mickey Rooney, Ronald Colman, Paul Henreid, Shirley Temple, David (Continued on Page 3) Stars Of MGM Film Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr will star in MGM’s filmization of H. Ryder Haggard’s classic, King Solomon’s Mines. ASK CBC OK FOR JOINT TV IN MONTREAL enough to suit any exhibitor. Para Canadian Head At NY Conference Gordon Lightstone, Paramount Canadian general manager, recently attended the company’s conference of division and branch managers in New York. Meeting was to formulate sales policies and merchandising of product to be released. Films discussed included Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah, William Wyler’s The Heiress, Hal Wallis’ My Friend Irma, Song of Surrender, Chicago Deadline, The Great Lover and Red, Hot and Blue. aine, Ottawa, as guests of power to ban smoking by the fire the Bank of Canada, areport marshal on his own was within in which success was claimed the scope of his authority. This for it was released to the power was implied in an order press from Washington. The reissued almost a year ago by port was prepared by Nathan Fire Marshal H. M. Armstrong, D. Golden, chief of the Motion (Continued on Page 3) Picture Photographic Branch of the Office of International Cast In "Outrage’ Trade, Department of ComMacDonald Carey will star in merce, from material gathered Pine-Thomas’ Outrage. by the United States Embassy in Ottawa. Douglas-Wyman Significant to those who have Kirk Douglas and Jane Wyreservations about the Project man will have the leads in Waris the following statement: “Alner Brothers’ The Glass Menag(Continued on Page 3) erie. Popping Off About Popcorn The woes of the world seem to have faded from print and have been replaced by one great question: “To eat or not to eat at the movies.” That's how it appears to anyone who is required to study public and press reactions ‘to the motion picture industry. It would not be surprising if this new question replaces that generation-after-generation schoolroom debate about which is better, a day in the country or a day in the city. Countless editorials have appeared in the last couple of years on the question of stopping the human gap with edibles, almost all of them opposed to it. The invention of a great contribution to man’s peace of mind, a noiseless popcom bag, will no doubt be hailed on the scale it deserves by this continent's opinion offerers. In the Toronto Globe and Mail recently Bruce West, (Continued on Page 3) "Rock Island Trail’ Shooting Started Forest Tucker, Adele Mara, Shooting has started on The Bruce Cabot and Adrian Booth Iriquois Trail, George Montgomwill star in Republic’s Rock ery starrer which Bernard Small Island Trail, Trucolor film of the is producing for UA release, founding of the Rock Island Railroad. "Beauty On Parade’ Sas Virginia Bruce will play th Buy Lang Original feminine lead and Lola “Albright “Hong Kong,” original story the ingenue role in Columbia's by David Lang has been bought Beauty On Parade, which Walby Pine and Thomas for produclace MacDonald will produce tion in 1950. and Seymour Freidman direct. A request by the Canadian Marconi Company, licensee of Station CFCF, Montreal, and an unnamed associate that it be granted a television license will be heard by the CBC Board of Governors at its meetings in Winnipeg October 17th and 18th. '