Canadian Film Weekly (Aug 18, 1954)

Page 16 BENEV FUND (Continued from Page 1) neers charter, the pamphlet, like Taylor’s letter, suggests donations with@ut delay to Oscar Hanson, Chairman of the FundRaising Coinmittee, c/o Sterling Films Limited, Second Floor, King Edward Hotel, Toronto. There are no operating expenses deducted and contributions are deductible from taxable income. Clause 3 reads: “To aid those who were formerly in and part of the Motion Picture Industry without in any way expecting or requiring the persons in receipt of such assistance to purchase or pay for such assistance either by contributions, donations, assessments or otherwise.” The Canadian Picture Pioneers Benevolent Fund, established on February 12, 1943, was superseded by the Canadian Picture Pioneers Trust Fund on December 16, 1947 for legal purposes. However, it is generally referred to by its original title. The late Charles Mavety, one of the first trustees, passed on several years ago and was replaced by Clare Appel. The pamphlet, offering examples of the Fund’s work, gives these cases: CASE 206—An aged colleague in a Home was helped to enjoy the sunset of his life a little more by getting $90 a year for three years to buy additional comforts. CASE 175—Clothing, dentures, hospitalization and, inevitably, funeral expenses for an aged and indigent member of the industry came to $570. CASE 96—Medical treatment, surgery and an artificial limb in another case lessened the Trust Fund by $243. CASE 101—-The widow of an industry member, faced with debts which mounted during her husband’s extended illness and requiring support for herself and the children until she could become self-supporting, was given an amount which reached $2,160. CASE 27—A brain tumor, expensive hospitalization and surgery, followed by _ preliminary expenses involved in entering a Government institution — this cost $401.15. Funeral expenses, operations for aged persons without families, a hearing aid at $229.85 that helped make the recipient employable, $1,520 for a young lady seriously ill and with no source of income—these are typical. Mn "Lucy Gallant’ Claire Trevor has been signed as the fourth star of Para mount’s forthcoming VistaVision production, Lucy Gallant, which also stars Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston and Thelma Ritter. Robert Parrish will direct. CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY MGM Lists 27 Features (Continued from Page 1) board Jungle, Digby and The Power and the Prize. MGM’s program includes such classics as Ben Hur, Sir Walter Scott’s Quentin Durward, Green Mansions and In Missouri, based on Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. First of the eight pictures is Bad Day at Black Rock, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, which Schary will produce. The others are The Prodigal, in CinemaScope with Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom heading a cast of thousands; Hit the Deck, starring Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller and Russ Tamblyn, produced by Joe Pasternak, and directed by Roy Rowland; Mboonfleet, starring Stewart Granger, Viveca Lindfors, George Sanders and Joan Greenwood; Interrupted Melody, starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford. It’s Always Fair Weather, starring Gene Kelly, Dolores Gray, Michael Kidd, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen; Paris Story, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest, produced by Henry Berman and directed by Mitchell Leisen, and Love Me Or Leave Me, the story of Ruth Etting, starring Doris Day and James Cagney, produced by Joe Pasternak and_ directed by Charles Vidor. Of the nine pictures started since April two are still shooting. They are Jupiter’s Darling, starring Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion, George Sanders, and The Glass’ Slipper, = starring Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding and the Roland Petit Ballets de Paris. Pictures slated to follow the eight and set for almost immediate start are The Cobweb, starring Robert Taylor and Grace Kelly; My Most Intimate Friend, starring Lana Turner and Ava Gardner; The Scarlet Coat, starring Cornel Wilde and Michael Wilding; Blackboard Jungle, produced by Pandro S. Berman, and directed by Richard Brooks; Jeremy Rodock, starring Spencer Tracy, produced by Sam Zimbalist; The Long Day, starring Grace Kelly; Mail Order Bride, starring Robert Taylor, produced by Arthur Loew, Jr.; Diane, produced by Edwin H. Knopf; Highland Fling, starring Spencer Tracy; produced by Lawrence Weingarten, based on the novel Digby, by David Walker, screen play by John Dighton; The Tea House of the August Moon; St. Louis Woman, based on the stage musical with music the best seat 4 HEYWoOD-WAKEFIELD Whatever your angle a good theatre chair should fit your curves. Heywood-Wakefield Chairs feature ‘ ‘contour forming”—your patrons sit in not on these richly-upholstered chairs. Ask us about the new “CONTOUR” Formed Rubber and “‘SIT-IN” Coil Spring Cushions, They’re made for real comfort during the entire showing of the longest movie program. DOMINION SOUND EQUIPMENTS LIMITED HEAD OFFICE: 4040 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal. BRANCHES AT: Halifax, Saint John, Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, London, North Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver. in the house... August 18, 1954 by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, produced by Arthur Freed; Bhowani Junction; Green Mansions, produced by Arthur Freed, and directed by Vincente Minnelli; Robin Hood, filmed for the first time as a musical, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel, and produced by Jack Cummings, with music by Reginald De Koven; Quentin Durward, starring Robert Taylor; The Female, starring Ava Gardner; The Marauders, produced by Arthur Loew, Jr.; and Forbidden Planet. The most important attraction on the year’s schedule will be Ben Hur, set for Spring production. The most lavish and costly picture MGM has ever filmed, Sam Zimbalist will produce. MGM Signs Cagney James Cagney has been signed by MGM to star opposite Doris Day in Love Me or Leave Me, the story of Ruth Etting. Cagney will portray “‘The Gimp,” one of the most important roles in the story. Joe Pasternak will produce the picture, with Charles Vidor directing. Same Taste Level For Press, Films Movies are made for the people who read newspapers and for this reason they are newsworthy, says the 20th of the series of COMPO ads in the Editor & Publisher. COMPO stands for the Council of Motion Picture Organizations, an all-embracing USA motion picture industry body. Suggesting to newspapermen that they attend the movies if they “want to know what the people are thinking about,” the ad points out that “movies are really made for the millions, for the people who follow the comics, who read your woman’s page, who devour your sports pages, the people to whom you appeal for circulation.” ‘They are made, the ad continues, “for the millions who must count the cost of their recreation, who need hours of economical relaxation to refuel and freshen up for the time they spend on the assembly line, at the desk, behind the counter, in the kitchen. Yes, and among the movies’ patrons is the business man who finds relief from’ the day’s anxieties in the darkened movie theatre” The ad, which is directed primarily to newspapermen, says: “Just about 75 per cent of your able-bodied readers go to the movies more than you do. They go a lot more. In fact, despite all competition, new and old, for the public’s leisure hours, the local movie house still holds a solid, important place in your community’s way of life.” sens Ra om es Te ia sith te RR Sons i i RS 2a Pe eee na Ne Pe Ares) BO eS Oe ee Lee (CURES ARR os ah a aS aha Bae Ne ae en eT aa