Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1952)

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Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Date:
1952
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly 1952-53 Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Leaf #:
000187
Language:
English
Collection:
Canada, Hollywood Studio System, Global Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Canadian Media Magazines Project, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry

Editor: Hye Bossin (1951-64)

Renamed Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Entertainment Industry (1965-70, editor: Stan Helleur)

Hye Bossin was central in the 1950s 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 (1951-1970), an annual directory appendix to Bossin’s editorship at Canadian Film Weekly (1942-1970), owned by Nat Taylor’s Film Publications of Canada, Ltd. Early volumes included several significant historical essays under his byline, remarkably comprehensive and still cited today. Later volumes provided an annual spotlight of the Canadian Picture Pioneers of the Year. In the late 1960s, after Bossin’s death, the magazine was renamed Canadian Film & TV Bi-Weekly, scaling back the pace of publishing but added a purview for television and broadcasting. The annual was renamed similarly, its subtitle amended to “Year Book of the Canadian Entertainment Industry.” When the Film Weekly was relaunched as Canadian Film Digest (1971-76), the publication continued to include an annual, Canadian Film Digest Yearbook (1971-86), which was subsequently renamed Film Canada Yearbook (1986-2007).

– 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.
  • ———. “At the Very Beginning, The Holland Brothers of Ottawa Ushered in the World Motion Picture Industry.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 45-49. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1952.
  • ———. “The Story of L. Ernest Ouimet, Pioneer.” In Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry, 23-43. Toronto: Film Publications of Canada, 1952.

Date Added:
February 24, 2025
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Special Awards NEWFOUNDLAND SCENE judged Film of the Year for “representing the highest achievement in Canadian film production.” _ AROUND IS AROUND, NOW IS THE TIME. “In recognition of research in a new area of film making.” Produced by the National Film Board. Stereoscopic 35 mm. color film 10 minutes in length. Credits: Producer—Norman McLaren. 1951 Winners Special Awards: Around Is Around—Now Is the Time, produced by the National Film Board, for research in a new area of film making. Film of the Year: Newfoundland Scene, Crawley Films Ltd., representing the highest achievement in Canadian film production. Theatrical—Feature: Royal Journey, produced by National Film Board and distributed in Canada by Columbia Pictures, in the USA by United Artists and in Great Britain and other places by the J. Arthur Rank Organization. Honorable Mention to La Petite Aurore, produced by Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne Inc. and distributed by France Film Company. Theatriccl—Short: Opera School, produced by the National Film Board and distributed by Columbia Pictures of Canada. Honorable Mention to Struggle for Oil, (NFB); The Fruitful Earth, produced by Associated Screen News and distributed by Empire-Universal Films as one of the Canadian Cameo series; Man in the Peace Tower, (NFB). Non-Theatrical — Open: Newfoundland Scene, Crawley Films Ltd. Honorable Mention to The Longhouse People and Les Moines de St.-Benoit du Lac, both produced by the National Film Board. Non-Theatrical — Non-Government Sponsor: Packaged Power, Crawley Films Ltd., for Imperial Oil Ltd. Non-Theatrical— Government Sponsor: Milk Made, National Film Board, for Department of Agriculture, Honorable Mention to Ski @ Quebec, Abbe Maurice Proulx of Laval University, for Province of Quebec. Amateur: A Camper and His Canoe, David Palter. Honorable Mention to Cours Primaire de Francais, The French Cine Club, University of Toronto, and The Story of a Georgian Coffee Pot, Victoria, BC, Amateur Movie Club, 1950 Winners Special Awards: L. Ernest Ouimet of Montreal, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the motion picture in Canada as a pioneer exhibitor, distributor, producer and cameraman. He produced the first Canadian newsreel, opened the first Canadian film exchange and created what is claimed to have been the first de luxe motion picture theatre; Sitzmarks the Spot, produced by Associated Screen News and distributed by Warner Bros., named for success in handling a comedy theme; Family Tree, National Film Board, for outstanding animation and musical score; The Fight—Science Against Cancer, National Film Board, for a splendid representation of a significant social problem. Theatrical: Apres le Bagne (Ater Prison, What?), National Film Board, distributed by Columbia Pictures of Canada. Non-Theatrical: Feelings of Depression, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to The Oyster Man, National Film Board. 188 Amateur: Honorable mention to Frontiersman, Emanuel J. Heuer; Parking On This Side, University of Toronto Film Society. Recognition: Winston Barron and Canadian Paramount News for an unique contribution to public information in Canada by providing a Canadian editor and giving special treatment to all its Canadian subjects. Crawley Films for its series of films on child development, produced for the McGraw Hill Company. Graphic Associates for their experimental puppet film, Buffoons. National Film Board for pn forest conservation and Forest and Trees Are a Crop. Crawley Films for the film, Power of Pennies, an excellent example of a sponsored film. Associated Screen News for the general high level of the Theatrical Canadian Cameo Series. National Film Board for A Friend at the Door, a_ skilful interpretation of social services in British Columbia, National Film Board for an unique interpretation of Canadian history by using old prints and engravings in the film, Les Anciens Canadiens. two excellent films use, Look to the Previous Winners 1948 WINNERS Film of the Year: The Loon’s Necklace, Crawley Films. Special Awards: Un Homme et Son Peche, Quebec Productions, Dots and Loops, Norman MacLaren-National Film Board. Theatrical: Who Will Teach Your Child, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to the Canadian Cameo Series, Associated Screen News. Non-Theatrical, Live Action: Beans of Bounty, Shelly Films, and Feeling of Hostility and Drug Addict, National Film Board, were declared tie winners. Non-Theatrical, Animated: Chantons Noel, National Film Board. Amateur: Suite Two by Dorothy Burritt and Making a Life Mask by Louis Shore were awarded Honorable Mentions. 1949 WINNERS Special Awards: Quebec Productions Corporation for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada. Primitive Artists of Haiti, Benoit-De Tonnancour Films. Begone Dull Care, National Film Board. Theatrical: Terre de Caen, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Summer Is for Kids, National Film Board, Non-Theatrical, Sponsored: Science at Your Service, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Zero de Conduite, Crawley Films. Non-Theatrical, Other: Family Circles, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Children’s Concert, National Film Board. Amateur: Mouvement Perpetual, Claude Jutras. Honorable Mention to In the Daytime, Stanley Fox-Peter Varley,