Canadian Film Weekly (Nov 6, 1957)

Page 4 CF! CONFERENCE (Continued from Page 1) Church, St. Clair Avenue, on January 22-23 and their theme, “The Film in Canada 1958,” will be explored under the chairmanship of James A. Cowan, CFI president. A feature will be a symposium, ‘“‘What’s wrong with our films?’’, which will be chaired by Graeme Fraser, vice-president of Crawley Films. Guest speakers will be Erik Barnouw, director of the Centre for Mass Communication of Columbia University, and Glen Burch of tie Ford Foundation’s Study and Discussion Program Development section. The meetings are open to ail persons interested in the use of film professionally or otherwise. There will be exhibits of materials and displays and screenings of selected films. Reports of the groups will be discussed by a general assembly, consisting of the speakers who addressed the Conference, at the end of the second day. Co-sponsors of the Conference on Films with the CFI are the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada, the Canadian Association for Adult Education, the Canadian Federation of Film Societies, the Canadian Trade Union Film Committee, the Community Programmes Branch of the Ontario Department of Education, the National Film Board of Canada, the Ontario Association of Film Councils, the Ontario Library Association, the Teaching Aids Centre of the Toronto Board of Education and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. CANADA CARRIES ON RELEASE presents CITY OF GOLD The fabulous era of the Klondyke gold rush is recreated in this award-winner about Dawson City— past and present. Pierre Berton tells the story of his boyhood days in the city of sourdoughs. Book THIS ALL-CANADIAN NATIONAL FILM BOARD SERIES EVERY MONTH THROUGH COLUMBIA PICTURES CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY Short “Shnows NATIONAL contest to promote Across the Bridge, which stars Rod Steiger, has been arranged by Rank Film Distributors of Canada Limited in co-operation with The Odeon Theatres (Canada) Limited. Contestants are asked to name and locate six famous Canadian bridges built by Dominion Bridge Company from pictures on the entry form and write a 25-word essay on why they would like a_holiday in Mexico, the country which provides the background for the film. Winner will get a vacation for two at the Hotel Prado Americas in Acapulco, Mexico, with all expenses paid. STUDY of ‘‘the possibilities of associating British and Canadian television more closely from the program aspects” is being made by Lord Bessborough, 44, a director of Independent Associated Television Limited of Britain. The son of Canada’s Governor-General from 1931 to 1935, Lord Bessborough said in Edmonton that Canadian production companies would be joined to the plan if it becomes a reality. RETURN to exhibition by distribution companies is foreseen. Paramount recently acquired a Chicago theatre and United Artists will assume operation of the Astor and Victoria, New York, on January 1. In 1949 the USA courts ordered separation of exhibition from distribution and production. EMILE HARVARD cast Mike Fitzgerald as the father and Elix Breckenridge as the mother in the 30-minute pilot film of his TV series, The Tyler Touch, which was a popular CBC radio program written by Ray Darby. The children are Raymond Bellew and Beth Morris and Higgy will be played by Eric Lane. The pilot was made last week at the studio of Shelly Films, Toronto. NOV. 28th The Industry's Biggest ANNUAL EVENT CANADIAN PICTURE PIONEERS Award Dinner and Dance KING EDWARD HOTEL Tickets $6 per person Lionel Lester EM, 3-4377 Len Bishop WA, 4-5511 a eee CALGARY branch of 20th Century-Fox has been moved to larger and more convenient quarters at 1401-11th Avenue SW. Parking presents no problems at the exchange office and Bob Stern, Calgary manager, has extended an invitation to all interested to inspect the premises. ANIMATION “‘is a_ highly personalized business and _ cannot really be sold by remote control,”’ states Harry Gutkin, vice-president and managing director of PhillipsGutkin and Associates Limited of Winnipeg. The company has decided to close its regional office in Toronto but will maintain its contacts in Toronto, Montreal and New York for business. CHRISTMAS party of Toronto film bookers has been set for Monday Evening, December 16 at the newly-redecorated 48th Highlanders Memorial Hall, 519 Church Street. Restricted to film folk only, there are 200 tickets available and the price is $2.50, which includes buffet luncheon, refreshments and dancing. Invitations can be obtained from the committee, on which are Bill Munro, Keith Wilson and Jim Harrison of Regional Theatres; Gerald Hogan and Molly Nisker of Columbia; Blaine Covert of WB; Frank Price of Empire-Universal; Sid Sniderman of AA; and Jim Hogan of Odeon. MEMBERS of the Common Council of Saint John, replying to a resolution criticizing their indifference to the difficulties of theatre operators, said no delegation had ever called on them. Mitchell Franklin, who led the criticism of the Common Council and the Provincial Government, said that he had exchanged letters on the subject with no result. NS Provincial Treasurer H. D. Patterson said the criticism was ‘“‘not fair’ and that the executive council had given careful consideration to the theatre owners’ problems. James McDonough of Famous Players opposed sending the resolutions. TORONTO author Thomas P. Kelley’s book, I Stole $16,000,000, written in collaboration with its central figure, Herbert Emerson Wilson of Vancouver, has been purchased by Bryna Productions, Kirk Douglas’ company, for production. It will be handled by his associates in Paths of Glory, producer James B. Harris and director Stanley Kubrick. It is not known whether Douglas will act in the film, which will be about Wilson’s career as a safecracker in the 1920’s. MGM's ‘Imitation General’ Glenn Ford will star in MGM’s Imitation General. November 6, 1957 39 VIA UNIVERSAL (Continued from Page 1) best-sellers as U-I properties; Twilight of the Gods, Emperor Jones, For Love or Money, The Galileans, The Spiral Road and Bon Voyage. Each is by a famous writer. Universal, which developed Rock Hudson, Jeff Chandler, Tony Curtis, Audie Murphy and others, has a program for creating more new personalities. Universal is backing up its plan to build new stars by casting young and new talent in important roles rather than bit parts. If we are to make stars, we must find talent and then expose them importantly, Daff stated. ‘“‘We have done this with John Gavin and Liza Pulver in There’s A Time To Love and we are doing it in The Wonderful Years, based on the important Broadway drama, Teach Me How to Cry, in which we have cast John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Luana Patten and Jody McCrea in starring roles. All of these young players are destined for stardom. “In Middle of the Night we have Gia Scala starring with Audie Murphy and Gia Scala has been a product of our development program. In For Love or Money we have Curt Jurgens, one of the most important European stars, co-starring with Debbie Reynolds and again, John Saxon. In Once Upon a Horse we have the new comic team, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, who are now on their way to becoming a popular box-office combination. Co-starring in this picture is Martha Hyer who just completed a starring role in My Man Godfrey, starring June Allyson and David Niven. Martha Hyer is certainly one of the most glamorous and talented young stars in Hollywood and is now being widely accepted by the public. “Jock Mahoney, who is also one of the stars in There’s a Time to Love, also co-stars in Slim Carter and The Western Story and has an important future in our industry. Rod McKuen has a starring role in Summer Love, a picture for young people, which also stars John Saxon and another talented youngster, Jill St. John. In The Big Beat, a picture about our times, we have another group of fresh and potentially-exciting new personalities in Andra Martin, Bill Reynolds and Jeffrey Stone. “These are just some of the new talents. Many of them are already on the way and others are to be heard from in the months ahead, but all of them are an important part of the Universal program which is putting a great emphasis on youth and using these talents along with the established marquee names of our industry to provide a great combination of exciting boxoffice personalities. “Universal Pictures is 45-years young. We are looking ahead with vigor to ever-expanding horizons for our company,” he said,