Canadian Film Weekly (Feb 27, 1957)

Page 6 SWEEPSTAKES (Continued from Page 1) left to the regional directors to approach the Independent exhibitors in their areas and get as many of them to participate as possible. Similar plans to the Ontario one are being worked out across Canada, with the exception of the Maritimes, which will not be in the Sweepstakes because it was found last year that poor co-operation made it too expensive a proposition. It has also been found that supplying of an Oldsmobile to Alberta and Saskatchewan, even on the basis of one car for the two provinces, would make it uneconomical to conduct the Sweepstakes and these two provinces will award only locally-promoted prizes. A car will be the grand prize in four provinces — Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Manitoba. Main has notified theatres which cannot join the regional group because of distance or other factors that they can conduct their own campaign using the Oldsmobile as the only prize, providing, of course, that the theatres are properly entered in the contest and the rules are strictly adhered to. Such theatres must send their ballots to Mort Margolius at 1104 Royal Bank Building in Toronto for checking. Those entered with regional groups will send their ballots to their respective regional centres. The Academy Award nominations were announced on February 18 and start of distribution of the ballots took place on the 23rd. The Sweepstakes will close at the end of business on March. 23, in order to allow time for the collection of ballots before the Academy Awards are announced on March 27. The Sweepstakes winners will be made public as soon as possible thereafter. Main strongly advocates that the ballots be kept under lock and key, so that they cannot be tampered with, and urges regional directors to enlist the aid of local newspapers in checking the ballots, especially if they have helped sponsor the contest. He will notify the directors what process to follow with winning ballots later. Ontario regional directors as appointed by Main are: A. E. Cauley of the Paramount, Peterboro; W. J. Burke, Capitol, Brantford; E. Landsborough, Capitol, Galt; D. Edwards, Tivoli, Hamilton; W. Trudell, Capitol, London; D. Watts, Rideau, Ottawa; L. E. Mitchell, Capitol, Welland; M. Summerville, Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie; J. V. Ward, Seneca, Niagara Falls; R. E. Knevels, Tivoli, Windsor; L. S. Evans, Century, Kitchener; F. Colameco, Palace, Timmins; Chris Georgas, Classic, Owen Sound; T. Naylor, Capitol, Woodstock. Also G. Forhan, Belle, Belleville; CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY Short “Shows CALVIN Company, Kansas City, Mo. 16 mm. color-film processing firm, has made its services available for Canadians through Motion Picture Centre, Toronto. MPC, of which Jerry Kedey is manager, is now its official agent. Calvin has been handling films for leading sponsors directly. MARCH will be Red Cross month in Canada and motion picture industry people will help in many ways. Overseas shipments in the past 16 years were worth $100,000,000 and its children’s fund has provided medical treatment for over 50,000 children. Another service is the regular showing of films to hospitalized veterans in 52 institutions through the Canadian Red Cross Film Service. The great task of aiding the Hungarian refugees has delayed work on the coming campaign and motion picture people, who are in touch with the public, should do all they can to educate it about the work and requirements of the Red Cross Society. DESTRUCTION of films now classics was becoming a major problem, Sylvester Gates, chairman of the British Film Institute, said in his annual address recently. ‘‘For a variety of no doubt excellent reasons, many companies have been jettisoning their stocks of nitrate films’’ and for this reason projection copies have _ disappeared, even though the negatives have been kept in the countries of origin. ““May I take this opportunity to appeal to those companies contemplating the destruction of old films to get in touch with the Institute first? It is quite possible that historically important films may be involved which the Institute would be immensely glad to salvage in the national interest,” he said. DENIS BREWER, Vancouver projectionist, was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross, which he earned with the RCAF in WW II, by Governor-General Vincent Massey recently. He flew 25 missions over Germany in 1944 as a wireless operator and was shot down and captured that year. He and two others escaped. H. F. Wilson, Capitol, Chatham; F. G. Doney, Royal, Guelph; E. O. Smithies, Capitol, Kingston; A. Hartshorn, Regent, Oshawa; Lorne Moore, Odeon, North Bay; G. Garrett, Century, Sudbury; H. Chappel, Capitol, Sarnia; V. Hudson, Capitol, St. Catharines; Gord Carson, Capitol, Fort William; Don Gauld, Odeon, Fort William; C. G. Markell, Capitol, Cornwall; and Mort Margolius, Famous Players head office in Toronto and Paul Hanner, Odeon head office, Toronto. VALENTINE parties at the O’Brien Theatre in Pembroke, Renfrew, Almonte and Arnprior for carriers of the The Ottawa Journal were arranged recently by the Ottawa Valley Amusement Company and the newspaper. The carrier boys brought their “best girls,” their mothers, and congratulatory wires from Jeff Chandler and Tony Curtis, arranged for by Walter Kennedy of EmpireUniversal, were read. The Journal gave the affairs a full-page spread, including pictures of the theatres. ATTENDANCE at French cinemas went up by four per cent in 1956 to 410,000,000 and French films in France, at 25,000,000 francs, brought an increase of 2,000,000 francs at the boxoffice. France provided 48.2 of the films exhibited and the USA 34 per cent. Overseas. exhibition of French films was up 17 per cent in receipts returned, the figure being 3,500,000 francs. (350 francs equal one USA dollar at the official rate of exchange.) STORY in the Toronto Globe and Mail by its Northern correspondent, Don Delaplante of North Bay, recalled how the late Robert Flaherty, a geologist but later a great film maker, rediscovered the Belcher Islands in 1914 after 300 years. He came back in 1915 and photographed Eskimo life on the island’s 3,000 square miles, thus beginning his career as a documentary maker. The Belchers are in the Hudson’s Bay area. ON THE SET of The Helen Morgan Story at Warners Gerald Pratley, in Hollywood writing a series for the Toronto Globe and Mail, noticed that a Canadian scene showed 12 provincial coats of arms — two for Quebec and one for the Northwest Territories. There should have been nine, for this was 1923 and Newfoundland was a long way from provincial status. He asked John Beckman, the set designer, about this scene in Montreal, which is used as background for a beauty contest. Beckman, saying the Canadian Consul in Los Angeles had been consulted, added: ‘‘Anyway, the scene is not long and if it’s wrong, only Canadians will know the difference.”’ Menjou, Macready In "Paths Of Glory’ Adolphe Menjou and George Macready have been signed for the roles. of generals in the French Army.for Bryna Productions’ Paths of Glory, to be filmed in Germany for United Artists release. James B. Harris will produce and Stanley Kubrick will direct the screen version of Humphrey Cobb’s novel of a World War I mutiny. Kirk Douglas will be starred. February 27, 1957 Jack Lemmon Cast In Col.’s 'The Mad Ball’ The long-negotiated deal between Harry Cohn and Jed Harris for the unproduced play, The Mad Ball, by Arthur Carter, has been consummated and the picture will go before the cameras shortly at Columbia. Jack Lemmon will star in the Jed Harris Production. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY For a house manager for a Biltmore theatre in downtown Toronto. Top starting salary and excellent future prospects for experienced person. Apply Mr. Bergman, Suite 108, 221 Victoria St., EMpire 6-5695 For Sale or Rent College Theatre Brantford, Ont. Wide Screen, CinemaScope, modern theatre on main street location. STOCK SHOT LIBRARIAN THE NATIONAL FILM ‘BOARD requires a person with experience in a Stock Shot or Picture Library, or as a film or photo editor, to take charge of a collection of stock shot and archival film footage. Candidates must be capable of assuming responsibility for the selection of stock shot material, maintenance of a card file, and answering inquiries about the suitability and availability of stock shots for new productions. A thorough knowledge of cataloguing principles is necessary and preference will be given for a degree in Library Science. Initial salary will depend on qualifications. Generous employee benefits, cafeteria, etc. Apply by letter stating education, experience and salary expected to NATIONAL FILM BOARD Personnel Division P.O. Box 6100 Montreal 3, Quebec