Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 11, 1956)

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Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Weekly
Date:
Jul 11, 1956
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly (Jul 11, 1956)
Leaf #:
0005
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Global Cinema, and Canada
Format:
periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Greig Dymond in memory of David Dymond, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Canadian Film Weekly

  • Editor: Hye Bossin (1942-64)
  • Renamed Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly (1965-69, editor: Stan Helleur)
  • Renamed Candian Film Weekly(1970, editor: Ed Hocura)

Canadian Film Weekly (1942-70) was edited by Hye Bossin and published by Film Publications of Canada, Ltd., wholly owned by leading exhibitor, Nat Taylor. In the late 1930s, Taylor was head of the Independent Theatre Association and his Toronto-based chain, Twinex-Century (Twentieth Century), was the largest independent circuit in the country. In 1941, however, he negotiated for chain affiliation with upstart Canadian Odeon before leveraging a better deal and greater booking control with nationally-dominant Famous Players Canada, Ltd. No longer independent, he took ownership of the Independent Theatre Association’s semi-monthly magazine, The Canadian Motion Picture Exhibitor (1940-41), installed Hye Bossin as editor, and laid plans to relaunch in January 1942 under a new name, Canadian Film Weekly. This enduring key publication was no longer solely focused on independent exhibitors but instead covered the entire industry on a national scale–exhibition, distribution and production–with some attention given to studio news from New York and Hollywood.

Bossin was a vibrant writer with a canny way with words, admired in the industry in the United States as well as Canada. He was one of a large family who lived above their father’s secondhand shop in the Jewish “ward” downtown in Toronto. His older brother was a bookie with ties to the underground; his younger brother was a famous journalist, protégé of Walter Winchell, and Hollywood screenwriter. In contrast, Hye spent nearly two decades learning the publishing trade in a printers’ shop before trying a stint as a Hollywood publicist, then writing a column for the Toronto Star Weekly before taking Taylor’s offer to edit the Film Weekly. Bossin was central to the creation of the Canadian Film Archive, the Canadian Film Awards, and he wrote some of the first histories of early cinema in Canada, published in the first volumes of the annual Canadian Film Weekly Year Book (1951-70).

In 1957, the Film Weekly had incorporated the rival Canadian Moving Picture Digest (1917-57), and began dating its start to that paper’s earlier start as the Canadian Universal Bulletin (1915-18). Subsequent variants of the Canadian Film Weekly and its yearbooks always claimed their roots all the way back to 1915 and the origins of the film industry trade press in Canada. After Bossin died in 1964, the Weekly’s new editor, Stan Helleur, renamed the magazine Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly, scaling back the pace of publishing but adding a purview for television and broadcasting. The annual was renamed similarly, its subtitle amended to “Year Book of the Canadian Entertainment Industry.” An attempted renewal to weekly format in 1970, edited by Ed Hocura, was short-lived and Nat Taylor decided instead to relaunch under an entirely new title, Canadian Film Digest (1971-77) and Canadian Film Digest Yearbook (1971-86).

– Paul Moore, March 2024

Further Reading

  • Bossin, Hye. “Canada and the Film: The Story of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 21-41. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1951.
  • Moore, Paul. “Chronicling a National History: Hye Bossin’s Canadian Film Weekly and Year Book.” In Eric Hoyt and Kelley Conway, eds., Global Movie Magazines. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2024.

Date Added:
May 23, 2024
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Page 6 CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY July 11, 1956 FILM AWARDS (Continued from Page 1) ginning at 2.30 p.m. on August 6. Basis: “For its exciting treatment of a difficult subject.” Two other NFB films, Julian Biggs’ The Shepherd and Daly’s The Jolifou Inn, were given Honorable Mention. First Aid For Aircrew, an NFB production by David Bairstow, took First Award as the best 16 mm. film produced principally for non-theatrical distribution by a Government agency. Basis: ‘For its realistic treatment combining high instruction content with genuine interest.” Frank Spiller’s Huff and Puff, from the NFB, got Honorable Mention and Special Mention went to ‘Allan W. Grayston’s Identity, produced by the Nova Scotia Film Bureau as the first 16 mm, subject in CinemaScope, and Larry Gosnell’s Harvest in the Valley, also from the NFB. First Award as the best 16 mm, film produced principally for non-theatrical distribution by a non-Government agency was not made but Honorable Mention went to John J. Carey’s Carey Studio entry, Miracle of the Bees, made for Carlings Breweries, and Stanley Jackson’s Sibling Relations and Personality, from Crawley Films Limited. Special Mention was earned by Peter Cock’s The Revolution Is Now, produced by Crawley for Weekend Magazine, and Arthur Chetwynd’s Jamboree, made by Chetwynd Films for Eaton's of Canada. J. V. Durden’s NFB subject, Colour of Life, got First Award as the best 16 mm. non-theatrical film in the open category of that type. Basis: “For its sensitive treatment in giving additional dimension to scientific fact.’’ Honorable Mention went to Roger Blais’ Les Aboiteaux and Special Mention to J. Stanley Moore's Crawley film for the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee, Face of Saskatchewan. J. W. Ruddell’s Calgary Stampede got First Award in the Amateur competition “For capturing the color and excitement of the Canadian Calgary Stampede.” Honorable Mention was awarded W. Lynch’s Fox Hunting in Canada and the Norman Cowan-George Herman effort, Mexico—Land of Contrast. Experiment in Animation, by Donna Mortinez, won Special Mention. In a new class, that of filmed television programs not kinescopes, First Award was given Grant McLean’s NFB entry, Saskatchewan Traveller. Basis: “For its realistic treatment and penetrating delineation of character.” Another McLean NFB entry, Monkey on the Back, got Honorable Mention, as did Guy Glover’s WORK is proceeding on J. McDonald & E. Hagen’s Willies Theatre, the first in Bonnyville, Alberta. CONTENDING that crime films in Calgary increase juvenile delinquency, Alderman Clarence Mack told City Council that pictures such as Teenage Crime Wave increase the problems of police and he suggested it be banned in the city. REDECORATION and alterations at Famous Players’ Capitol in Rouyn, under way for nearly a month, are almost completed. The show continued operations during work but dropped its weekday matinees for the period. SUPERVISOR of radio and television for Young & Rubicam Limited is now W. Hugh Clark, who was, until his appointment, supervisor of commercial operations, radio and television, for the CBC. Clark started in private L’Alpinisme, also from the NFB. There was no award in the feature-film category, nor a selection of The Film of the Year. radio at Preston, Ontario in 1930 and has wide experience in radio and TV advertising. He joine the production staff of the CBC in 1940, moving to the commercial division in 1947 then the new TV section in 1952. His promotion to the position he held when he left the CBC followed in 1955. VETERAN of more than 40 years in the British film industry and well known to Canadians, Maurice Arthur Dent, 68, died recently of a heart attack at his home in London, England. He was founder and director of Associated British Pictures Corporation and latterly was on the boards of a producing and a distributing company. MUSICAL version of The Good Companions is now before the cameras at the Associated British Pictures studio in England. In CinemaScope and Eastman Color, it is based on the classical novel by J. B. Priestley, who recently drew a good deal of attention to his books through a lecture tour in Canada. REOPENING of Odeon Theatres’ Sapperton Theatre in Sapperton, BC took place last week. One of six theatres closed in the summer of 1955, the Sapperton operates six days weekly and is under the management of Brent Kelly. ADMISSIONS A DAY PAY FOR MAGNETIC SOUND @ It's as economical as that to equip any theatre sound system with Magnetic sound to play the new composite magnetic-opfical prints. © Furthermore, the parts supplied for the conversion include the famous Westrex Magnetic Sound Head. It is capable of reproducing full stereophonic sound affer the necessary additional amplifiers and loudspeakers are installed. @ Maintenance Costs are low because only the wearable gaps on the Magnetic pick-ups need be replaced. For complete details call your nearest D.S.E.L. office 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. Further Changes Unreported Here Further changes unreported by this publication are being revealed in the returns of information for inclusion in the Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, which is being prepared now by Film Publications of Canada Limited. The forthcoming edition, the sixth annual issue, is being edited by Hye Bossin, with the assistance of Ben Halter and Esther Silver. Here are some of the recent changes: Ben Sommers has taken over as the Foto-Nite representative in Winnipeg. R. A. Hackbusch is president of the Canadian Radio Technical Planning Board and C. W. Boadway vice-president. Boadway, formerly president, succeeded H. S. Dawson. Vice-president of Cardinal Films Limited is K. Carter and the secretary is now R. L. Heron. EK. E. Whitely succeeds D. B. Brager as secretary-treasurer of the Edmonton Theatres Association. New president of Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturing Association of Canada is J. D. Campbell, replacing C. A. Pollock. J. R. Longstaffe takes over Campbell's position as a _ vicepresident and Fred W. Radcliffe becomes general manager and secretary in place of Stuart D. Brownlee. Due to the death last year in an automobile accident of George Ganetakos, president and a director of United Amusement Corporation, several executive changes became necessary. J. G. Ganetakos moves up from first vice-president to president and is succeeded by W. G. Lester, who also becomes managing director. W. H. Giles takes over Lester’s former position as second vicepresident. G. Martineau is named a director, filling the vacancy on the board. Patricia J. Larkin is now advertising manager of Bell & Howell Canada Limited, succeeding J. Lisle, and H. G. Russell take over from D. McLaurin as sales manager in the Ontario (2) district. Hal Elias takes over as secretary of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from Edward B. Powell and Perry Lieber is named his assistant. Wendell R. Corey and Hugo Friedhofer replace Powell and William Holden on the Board of Governors. In charge of the Electronics Division in Toronto of Perkins Electric Company Limited is J. Preston, succeeding E. C. H. Muir. previously