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LIONEL SHAPIRO of Montreal, whose stories have been made into films, was given the Governor-General’s Award for the best fiction by a Canadian in 1955. Twentieth Century-Fox is shooting his novel, The Sixth of June. He'll be the guest speaker at the National Newspaper Awards dinner, to be given by the Toronto Men’s Press Club on April 21.
FORTY per cent of those asked whether they approved of our immigration policy by the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion, which conducts the Gallup Poll, said yes and 41 per cent no. About 16 per cent objected because of the unemployment situation.
TRANS-ATLANTIC television is not far away, the Lions Club of Montreal was told by J. B. Knox, chief of the engineering products department at RCA Victor. Nearing the practical stage, it is expected to be very costly at first.
UNITED Theatre Managers’ Association of Montreal (UNICON) recently presented a stage show at the Chateau Theatre in that city. The show started at 11.30 p.m. after the regular Saturday performance and all seats were reserved.
POSTERS and other advertising material of Alliance Films Limited wili now be distributed by Theatre Poster Service Limited, following an agreement between Jay Smith, head of Alliance, and Murray Sweigman, president of the theatre poster company.
FIFTY per cent of the financing for the remaining 23 programs of The Force, an RCMP series directed by Victor Stoloff, will be provided by ABC Film Syndication of NY, through the Bankers’ Trust Company, for shooting at General Service. The first 50 per cent came from S&S Films, Limited, Kitchener, Ontario, organized by local business men, with Stoloff, who is from Hollywood, as_ executive vice-president. Three pilot films were made last year, with Lloyd Bridges starring.
ELSIE JANIS, 66, a famed comedienne of other years, died in Beverly Hills last week. Mary Pickford was at her bedside. A film, The Elsie Janis Story, was scheduled for production. She was the singing sweetheart of the USA soldiers in the First World War.
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CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY
NFB NY Sales Rep | Is Lyall Stewart |
New York sales representative | of the National Film Board, as successor to Ralph Ellis, is Lyall Stewart, until his appointment assistant to W. S. Jobbins, chief of the Commercial Division. No one has been named yet to replace him as Jobbins’ aide. Ken Williams, district representative at London, Ontario, goes to Vancouver to replace Jim Patterson, resigned as BC regional supervisor.
Leo-Paul Turcotte, now urban representative for Metropolitan Montreal, will switch to special duties connected with expanding distribution among labor groups and trade unions.
L, Larivie leaves his post as district representative in RouynNoranda to succeed H. L. Marier, now in the St. Jean, Quebec area.
Paramount Signs Yul Brynner
Paramount has signed Yul Brynner to direct and star in an as yet unselected film.
Rabbi Levy Passes; Father Of Jules, Nat
Rabbi Meyer H. Levy, 84, father of Nat Levy, RKO head office sales executive in NY, and of Jules Levey, Independent Hollywood producer, passed away in Toronto last week. He was formerly chief Orthodox rabbi of Toronto and president of the Rabbinical Council of Toronto,
For 50 years until his retirement five years ago Rabbi Levy served Jewry and for 40 of those years he was in the pulpit of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue. Born in Lithuania, his first congregation on this continent was in Syracuse, where he assisted Rabbi Hertz, later Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. He was well known as a scholar and author on Talmudic subjects.
Surviving are five daughters, a sister, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mrs. Levy predeceased Rabbi Levy by five years.
AA's 'Hold Back The Night’ John Payne will star in AA’s Hold Back the Night.
IN THE CANADA CARRIES ON SERIES
PLENTY OF ACTION! EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY!
March 7, 1956
OTHER AWARDS
(Continued from Page 1) Picnic, are just being circulated now in Canada, while another Marty, was not seen in Montreal until a couple of weeks ago. Below are the nominees in seven more categories:
BEST DIRECTION—John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock; Elia Kazan, East of Eden; Delbert Mann, Marty; Joshua
Logan, Picnic; David Lean, Summertime.
BEST SONGS—I'll Never Stop Loving You from Love Me or Leave Me; Love Is @ Many-Splendored Thing from the picture of the same name; Something’s Gotta Give from Daddy Long Legs; Love Is the Tender Trap from The Tender Trap; Unchained Melody from Unchained.
BEST SCREEN PLAY—wMillard Kaufman, Bad Day at Black Rock; Richard Brooks, Blackboard Jungle; Paul Osborn, East of Eden; Daniel Fuchs, Love Me or Leave Me; Paddy Chayefsky, Marty.
BEST STORY AND SCREEN PLAY— Milton Sperling and Emmett Lavery, The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell; William Ludwig and Sonya Levien, Interrupted Melody; Betty Comden and Adolph Green, It’s Always Fair Weather; Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet, Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (French); Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose, The Seven Little Foys.
BEST STORY—Daniel Fuchs, Love Me or Leave Me; Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, The Private War of Major Benson; Nicholas Ray, Rebel Without A Cause; the five writers of The Sheep Has Five Legs (French); Beirne Lay, Jr., Strategic Air Command,
BEST FILM EDITING—Ferris Webster, Blackboard Jungle; Alma Macrorie, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Gene Ruggiero, OkIahoma!; Charles Nelson, Picnic; Warren Low, The Rose Tattoo.
BEST CARTOON—Good Will to Men; The Legend of Rockaby Point; No Hunting; Speedy Gonzales.
Many other motion pictures were mentioned in the other groups dealing with photography, costuming, special effects and special subjects.
"Gunfight At The OK Corra!'
Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas will star in Hal Wallis’ Paramount production, Gunfight at the OK Corral, which will be shot in VistaVision.
Cast In UA's ‘Spring Reunion’
Betty Hutton and Dana Andrews will star in UA’s Spring Reunion.
Bingo Helping Exhibs In Western Canada
Addition of Bingo to their regular film programs on_ slow nights is proving profitable to exhibitors in Western Canada, who have found that the game attracts new patronage and_ increases business. In a number of cases it has kept the theatre from going dark.
Latest reports are that over 30 houses in the Prairie Provinces are now using Bingo, some in cooperation with local service clubs, and many more are toying with the idea. A package deal, including posters, a screen trailer and the actual equipment, is being supplied by Theatre Poster Service Limited,
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