Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)

Page scan 000173 from Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry

Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Date:
1954
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly 1954-55 Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Leaf #:
000173
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook",Canad
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:
April 11, 2024
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owe Honorable Mentions Non-Theatrical—Open: Embryonic Development of the Chick, National Film Board, directed by J. V. Durden, for “effective realization of pur pose.” Non-Theatrical—Sponsored by a Government Agency: Everybody’s Handicapped, Graphic Associates for the Federal Dept. of Labour, produced by John Ross, directed by Ernest Reid, for “highly effective achievement of purpose.” Non-Theatrical—Sponsored by a non-Government Agency: The Ring-Necked Pheasant, Wildlife Productions for the Carling Conservation Club, directed by T M. Shortt, for “‘a unique presentation.” Polysar, Crawley Films Ltd. for Polymer Corp, Ltd., produced and directed by Peter Cock, for “‘excellence of production.” Theatrical Short: L’Abatis, National Film Board, produced by Guy Glover, directed by Bernard Devlin, for ‘‘masterly handling of difficult sequences.”” Danish Scining, Atlantic Films & Electronics Ltd, for the Newfoundland Dept. of Fisheries, directed by Herman Noelle, for “effective explanation of a new method of fishing.” Special Mentions Amateur: E. F. Attridge of Toronto, for ‘‘excellent approach to a difficult subject.’’ A-Hunting We Will Go, Edmonton Movie & Photo Club, for ‘good sense of the medium of film.” 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 Ju‘,‘as. Honorable Mention to In the Daytime, Stanley Fox-Peter Varley. 1 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 172 first Canadian film exchange and created whot 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 What?), National Film Board. Non-Theatrical: Feelings of Depression, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to The Oyster Man, National Film Board, Amateur: Honorable mention to Frontiersman, Emaneul 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 two excellent films on forest conservation and use, Look to the 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. (After Prison, 1951 WINNERS Film of the Year: Newfoundland Scene, Crawley Films Ltd. Special Awards: Around Is Around—Now Is the Time, produced by the National Film Board. Theatrical—Feature: Royal Journey, produced by National Film Board. Honorable Mention to La Petite Aurore, produced by Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne Inc. Theatrical—Short: Opera School, produced by the National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Struggle for Oil, (NFB); The Fruitful Earth, produced by Associated Screen News; 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. Non-Theatrical — Government Sponsor: Milk Made, National Film Board. Honorable Mention to Ski a 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. 1952 WINNERS Film of the Year: Tit-Coq, Les Productions Gratien Gelinas. Theatrical Feature: Tit-Coq, Les Productions Gratien Gelinas. Theatrical Short: L'Homme Aux Oiseaux, Na