Canadian Film Weekly (Jun 26, 1957)

AE AT June 26, 1957 CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY FILM AWARDS (Continued from Page 1) that duty with a casual commentary on things Canadian. It was poetic, sentimental, humorous and inspiring and it made it a worthwhile afternoon for other than the winners. The occasion, he said, ‘was the culmination of a magnificent if modest effort’ and he urged those present to “‘do all you can to contribute to the social and artistic history of Canada.” Brockington was thanked by W. R. Carroll, immediate past president of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, one of the sponsors of the Awards. He was introduced by Charles Topshee, director of the Canadian Film Institute, Ottawa, who was joint chairman with Arthur Chetwynd of Toronto, president of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada. Others at the head table were Dr. Roby Kidd, Toronto, director of the Canadian Association for Adult Education and a member of the CFA management committee; Neil LeRoy, Toronto, president of the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists; Walter Herbert, Ottawa, director of the Canada Foundation and chairman of the Canadian Film Awards; Guy Roberge, Montreal, Government Film Commissioner and chairman of the National Film Board; C. S. Band, Toronto, a member of the NFB’s Board of Governors; and Mark Plottel, president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association. Prelude to Spring, which won the AMPPLC trophy as the best amateur film, was screened, as were several of the commercials made by students in the Associated Screen News workshop. The latter films followed a description of workshop activities by Murray Briskin, ASN managing director. Canada’s best known production executives were on hand, since the presentations were made at the luncheon which concluded the quarterly meeting of the AMPPLC. Among them were Spence Criley, Calgary; Alberts Jekste, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Lew Parry, Vancouver; Harry Gutkin, Winnipeg; Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Crawley and Graeme Fraser, Ottawa; and Pierre Harwood, Don Mulholland, Michael Spencer, Arnold Hague and Gordon Sparling, Montreal. The names of the winners of the Awards were given in the last edition of this paper. Some were accepted personally and the rest by others for the winners. "Escape From San Quentin’ Sam Katzman has signed Johnny Desmond for the lead in Escape From San Quentin. Whitmore Added To 'Deep Six' James Whitmore has been added to the starring cast of Warners’ Alan Ladd film, The Deep Six. ————_——————— | OUR BUSINESS (Continued from Page 2) be some of them are no longer in our business but the extent of the error should now be apparent to all. There must be some way to rectify it. Theatre circuits should be permitted to produce and distribute films if they want to and, indeed, should be encouraged. While the situation does not directly affect our business in Canada there have certainly been indirect disadvantages to the extent that we can hope for 4 change in present conditions. Maybe they cannot put Humpty-Dumpty together again but perhaps something can be done to create a new one. Blue Sheet Dropped; Little Exhib Interest Canadian Estimates of Entertainment Films, known as the Blue Sheet and carrying approval of films by leading women’s organizations, has been dropped by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association. The cost was considerable for the 20,000 copies sent out by the organizations listed on the Blue Sheet, which intended them for posting and distribution in lobbies, libraries and other places. Short Throws | (Continued from Page 1) Color and wide screen, the film was produced by Captain I. R. Maxwell, MC, in the two theatres in which the company was performing, directly following their evening shows, and captures on film the actual presentation as seen by theatre audiences. Galina Ulanova, the prima ballerina, dances the complete version of Giselle and The Dying Swan and there are scenes from Ivan Susanin, The Swan Lake, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai and Faust. ADDITIONS to the Adult Entertainment list of the Ontario Board of Censors include The Big Caper, The Brothers Rico, The Burglar, Garment Jungle, Hooked, The little Hut, Monkey on My Back, Rebel Girls, The Strange One, Town on Trial, and Untamed Youth. VETERAN of more than 30 years in executive posts in the film industry, including president of Paramount, and for the last two years head of his own firm, Artists-Producers Associates, Inc., Alfred W. Schwalberg has joined the executive staff of National Telefilm Associates, Inc. of New York. His duties will include overall management activities and responsibility for NTA Pictures, the theatrical distribution subsidiary. Fox-Canada To Offer Own 16 Mm. Nov. 1 Twentieth Century-Fox will begin the sale of its 16 mm. films in Canada on November 1, on which date the second of two five-year franchises with General Films ends. No special sales structure will be established for the sale of the 500 features to be marketed, says Peter Myers, Canadian general manager. They’ll be handled by the regular sales staff in every territory. Some military establishments and institutions will get 16 mm. versions closer in the time of their release as 35 mm. features than others. Odeon Acquires BC Skyview Drive-Ins The Skyview Drive-ins at Kamloops and Vernon, British Columbia, have been purchased by The Odeon Theatres (Canada) Limited from Inland Industries Limited, it was announced in Toronto by L. W. Brockington, president of the former company. Gerry Sutherland, BC District manager for Odeon, acted in the negotiations. Code Appeal Board Set Up By MPAA Production Code Appeal Board, established by the directors of the Motion Picture Association of America, will be comprised of them, Eric Johnson, president, and a matching number of persons from exhibition and from _ production outside the MPAA membership. The board will have 20 members. NEB EAE pe new CANADA CARRIES ON RELEASE presents TROOPING THE COLOUR Calgary regiment performs precise military ceremonial . , eye-catching pomp and splendour . . . Canadian soldiers in traditional event. Book THIS ALL-CANADIAN NATIONAL FILM BOARD SERIES EVERY MONTH THROUGH COLUMBIA PICTURES News Clips J. Arthur Rank personally donated £1000 to the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund’s Memorial to the late British film pioneer, Ralph Bromhead, and John Davis has urged all Rank executives and managers to support the appeal. The aim is £80,000 for a new wing to the Glebelands rest home and Associated British Cinemas will provide £2,500 and Associated British Pictures Corporation 500 guineas. The Fund corresponds to the Canadian Picture Pioneer’s Trust Fund, which says O. R. Hanson, its chairman, could use some of the UK type of help. United Church ministers in Winnipeg will participate in a radioTV workshop designed to increase the value of church TV programs . . » Composer of the score for GM’s The Little Hut was the former Torontonian, Bob Farnon.. . The British Screen and Television Writers Association is asking payment on a royalty basis for its members . . . The Port Coquitlam, BC theatre has closed and so has the one in Calmar, Alberta ... Charles Doerr replaced the late George Robinson in the projection room of Canada’s largest theatre, Toronto’s Imperial. Canadian writer Ted Allan, in Britain, has finished the script for UPA’s first feature-length cartoon, Magoo and the Arabian Nights. . . Famous Players’ Roxy in Lethbridge will reopen soon after being renovated . . . RCA, target of a $150,000,000 monopoly suit by Philco, countered with a denial and a treble-damage suit claiming infringement of patents and asking an accounting. Its action was joined by General Electric and A. T. & T., which companies were also named by Philco. The Vancouver Province, one of two dailies in that city, has become a morning paper, leaving the evening field to the Sun, with which it will pool production facilities . . . Crawley’s has finished a 14-minute color film, Adventure at Your Doorstep, which the Manitoba Government will release to boost tourism . . « Regina exhibitors are asking the City Council to end the amusement tax . . . Queen’s Birthday honors made Sir Donald Wolfit of the British actor and Ralph Reader, CBE, of the producer. MGM's ‘I Thank A Fool’ Inger Stevens has been signed by Sol C. Siegel to star in the forthcoming MGM production, I Thank a Fool. Valerie French In ‘Hard Man’ Valerie French will star opposite Guy Madison in the Romson production for Columbia, The Hard Man.