Canadian Film Weekly (Feb 27, 1957)

5/9, Af Vol. 22, No. 9 A VOICE of the CANADIAN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY TORONTO, FEBRUARY 27, 1957 $5.00 Per Annum THE Only 35 Mm. Pix At Stfd. Festival Only 35 mm. films will be used in the Stratford Film Festival this year, which will be sponsored by the Stratford Shakespearean Festival during the fifth annual season, which will run from July 1 to September 7. The international film program, which is officially under (Continued on Page 3) Few Surprises In Oscar Nominees Nominations for the 29th annual Academy Awards went pretty much as expected by critics and reviewers, with the early favorites proving their right to hold that position. A mild surprise to some was the nomination of James Dean for a posthumous award for the second (Continued on Page 4) TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY A joint announcement was made this week in Toronto by N. A. Taylor and Hye Bossin, president and vice-president re spectively of Film Publications of Canada Limited, publishers of the Canadian Film Weekly, and Jay L. Smith, editor and Australian Opposition Favors Gov't Video In Australia, where TV sets cost $900 and there are two government and four private stations, the parliamentary Opposition is against any increase in the latter—the opposite to the Canadian situation. So Sir Richard Boyer, chairman of the Australian Broadcasting System, told a press conference at the CBC in Toronto. Sir Richard looked at Canada’s operations after visiting Europe, the UK and the USA. He will report to his government on his return. Although the CBC and the ABC both control and regulate all TV operations, the ABC doesn’t object to more than one station per city. There are 15,000 sets in the two TV cities and the licence fees provide the ABC financing of from 20 to 30 hours weekly. The ABC supports six symphonies as part of its work, There’s considerable rivalry between the Indie and federal stations. Name Regional Directors For Acad Sweepstakes Theatre managers in 28 Ontario centres have been named regional directors in the Academy Award Sweepstakes by H. C. D. Main, co-ordinator for Ontario who is also national head of the contest. Breaking down the province into these divi sions will facilitate the promotion of local prizes, the distribution of advertising material and the handling of the ballots. It will also help in arranging tie-ins with newspapers locally and speed up the eventual checking of the ballots. Head offices of Odeon Theatres, Famous Players and Twinex have signified that their theatres will all enter the contest and it is (Continued on Page 6) Anne Francis Added To Cast Anne Francis has been added to the cast of MGM’s Don’t Go Near the Water, in which Glenn Ford and Anna Kashfi will also star. 67,705 IMMIGRANTS — ROM GREAT BRITAIN ROM Vi8b 19 55 publisher of the Canadian Moving Picture Digest, to the effect that the first-named company has purchased all the shares of the Canadian Moving Picture Digest Company Limited. Commencing next week the Digest will be incorporated in the Canadian Film Weekly. Under this arrangement, the Canadian Moving Picture Digest, which has been published continuously since 1915, will cease publication with the current issue. Paid subscribers of The Digest will have (Continued on Page 3) Times Theatre Ads in International Member company for Canada in the International Screen Advertising Services is Times Theatre Advertising Limited of Toronto, which was elected at an executive council meeting in Paris, along with a USA company and one representing India and Ceylon. There are 20 countries included in the membership. Fox' 'The Young Lions’ Edward Dmytryk will direct 20thFox’ The Young Lions. 23 FROM UA IN NEXT FIVE MONTHS Twenty-three new features, including ten “blue chip’ specials will be released by United Artists in the five months from March to July, it was announced by Wm. J. Heineman, distribution v-p, at the recent sales convention in New York. Heineman and James R. Velde, general sales manager, presided at the three-day meeting. The ten blockbusters are Men in War, starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray; Spring Reunion, with Betty Hutton and Dana Andrews; The Bachelor Party, starring Don Murray; 12 Angry Men, with Henry Fonda; The Ride Back, starring Anthony Quinn and William Conrad; The Monte Carlo Story, with Marlene Dietrich and Vittorio De Sica; Saint Joan, starring Richard Widmark and Jean Seberg; Sweet Smell of Success, with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis; The Pride and the Passion, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren; and Around the World in 80 Days, the Todd-AO roadshow which will be given an expanded program of new dates in the five month period. That number was increased by an estimated 53,000 in 1956 and the number to arrive in 1957 may seach 100,000, Immigration Minister Pickersgill said recently. Although any kind of immigration is beneficial to the theatre industry and has been a factor in holding the fort against TV, the coming of persons who speak the tongue in which most films are made is a real boon. The only problem today is to provide enough transportation for those who want to come to Canada, DIGEST WILL STOP PUBLICATION Sunday Paper By The Tely, Toronto Greater promotion and advertising opportunities for theatres in the Toronto area, which has expanded tremendously since the end of the war, are seen through the emergence of a Sunday paper to be published by The Telegram within the next couple of months. (Continued on Page 3) Our Business THE changing pattern of our business has made itself evident in many directions. Another comes to light with the announcement that this publication has absorbed the Canadian Moving Picture Digest. The reason of _ health, as given by the editor and pub lisher, Jay L. ee -> Smith, is completely true. However, one must face the fact that continually-rising costs have affected detrimentally the economies of all publishers. This has happened at a time when distributors have seen fit to reduce their amounts of paid advertising, thereby lessening the incomes of trade papers. Under the circumstances, it becomes clearer that the Canadian scene cannot support two Canadian trade papers at better than subsistence level. This publication came into being in 1941 as successor to previous trade papers and from then until now achieved an enviable record in the entire film world as an important (Continued on Page 3)