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Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1957)

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Record Details:

Title:
Canadian Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Date:
1957
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly 1957-58 Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Leaf #:
000152
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:
August 28, 2025
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COMMITTEE: CHAIRMEN (1957) Len Bishop S. Mandell, Wm. A, Summerville, Jr., Conn Smythe, J. J. Fitzgibbons, Sr., J. K. Cooke. Und) Ralsing) ccsciscsscsseasaduacsesaenecasntadee Dan Krendel FIMOMCe. ..ccadsexestnhaczsvbanisedttains R. W. Bolstad Production & Entertainment ............ M. L. Axler Bublicity: °.isvcissssccncssnexchivokp eine tiie Chet Friedman Public Relations )tics.---aesksaz/,fest oti Jim Nairn Constitution & By-Laws Gurston Allan Membership ...........c.ceceeeeee Archives & Records Movies for Shut-ins Sick & Welfare Program sisnnaeuanne Chet Friedman Ceremonial Barkers ........ Phil Stone, Larry Mann Out-of-Town Fund Raising John Kurk Liaison Women‘s Committee Clare Appel Telephone Committee Joe Bermack TENT 28 CHARTER MEMBERS The Variety Club of Toronto received its charter from the Variety Clubs of America (which became Variety Clubs International) in Ralph Dale .. Ben Halter J. A. Troyer Ben Granoatstein Sept., 1945, and its Interim Crew, made up of charter members, was confirmed in February, 1946. The first Crew was comprised of John J. Fitzgibbons, Chief Barker; Poul L. Nathanson, First Assistant Chief Barker; the late L. M. Devaney, Second Assistant Chief Barker; B. S. Okun, Dough Guy; O. R. Hanson, Property Master; and the late William P, Covert, H. L. Nathanson, Ben Freedman, Gordon Lightstone, Ernest Rawley and N. A. Taylor, canvasmen. PAST CHIEF BARKERS 1946, 1947-1948: John J. Fitzgibbons, CBE; 1949-1950: Morris Stein; 1951: J, J. Chisholm; 1952, 1953: R. W. Bolstad; 1954: Wm, Summerville, Jr.; 1955: Harry S. Mandell; 1956: David Griesdorf. TENT 28. HEART AWARD WINNERS In 1947 the late Peter Campbell, then president of the Maple Leaf Baseball Club, was singled out by the Variety Club for his great work and presented with a gift to symbolize it. The following year Conn Smythe, president of the Maple Leaf Hockey Club, was similarly honored. By vote of the tent it was decided to undertake an annual award for the member who had done the most to serve its cause and that this was to be known as a “‘Heart Award.” The winners since its inception ore—1948: John J. Fitzgibbons; 1949: James Cameron; 1950: Wm. Summerville, Jr.; 1951: Ernest M. Rawley; 1952: George Altman; 1953: Monty Hall; 1954: Dan Krende!l; 1955: Jim Nairn; 1956: R. W. Bolstad. VARIETY CLUBS — WILL ROGERS HOSPITAL Gordon Lightstone is the representative of the Variety Club of Toronto on the board of the hospital and Dr. Samuel J. Forest, 262 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, is Tent 28’s examining physician. VARIETY VILLAGE 3701 Danforth Ave. Address Mail to Box 67, Station H, Toronto, Ont. (OXford 7167) Principal and Headmaster .... J. Arthur Robertson Matron § tc cstenece ene Mrs. Evelyn Tyrell Situated at Scarboro, Ontario, beside the eastern entrance to Toronto, Variety Village, o training school and residence for crippled children from any part of the province, is the major project of the Variety Club of Toronto. It is 151 operated for the Club by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, Overlooking Lake Ontario, it was built on land donated by the Provincial Government and the cornerstone was laid on December 21, 1948, by Col. George A. Drew, QC, LLD, leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition in the House of Commons and former Prime Minister of Ontario. It was officially opened on November 16, 1949, by the Hon. Dona Porter, QC, Minister of Education and Attorney-General for the Province, who represented the Hon. Leslie Frost, QC, Prime Minister of Ontario, VARIETY VILLAGE COUNCIL Secretary Reg Hopper c/o Ontario Society for Crippled Children 92 College St., Toronto Representing the Voriety Club of Toronto: D. Griesdorf, chairman; Wm. A. Summerville, Jr., and H. S. Mandell. Representing the Ontario Society for Crippled Children: Conn Smythe, and John Counsell. Representing the Provincial Department of Education: A. M. Moon. VARIETY VILLAGE SCHOOL BOARD Representing the Variety Club of Toronto: Morris Stein, chairman. Representing the Ontario Society for Crippled Children: Conn Smythe, Secretory-Treasurer ........... . Reg Hopper INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS International Office 314 S. Harwood St., Dallas, Texas International Big Boss: John H. Harris, Harris Amusement Company, 3875 Bigelow Blvd., Pittsburgh 13, Pa. International Ringmaster: R. J. O'Donnell, Interstate Circuit Inc., Majestic Theatre Bldg., Dallas, Texas. International Main Guy: Marc Wolf, Y & W Management Corp., 642 Illinois Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. Chairman, Executive Board: Jack Beresin, 333 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. International Chief Barker: John H. Rowley, 314 S. Harwood St., Dallas, Texas. First Assistant Chief Barker: George W. Eby, Oliver Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Second Assistant Chief Barker: Edward Emanuel, 246 N. Clarion St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. Property Master: Rotus Harvey, 291 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. International Dough Guy: Jack Dumestre, Jr., P.O. Box 906, Atlanta 1, Ga. International Press Guy: Don C. Douglas, 314 S. Harwood St., Dallas 1, Texas. International Sergeant-at-Arms: James G. Balmer, 3875 Bigelow Blvd., Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Chairman, Heart Committee: Nathan D. Golden, 4000 Cathedral Ave. NW, Washington, Dc. Chairman, Humanitarian Award Committee: Albert K. Rowswell, 906 Bessemer Bldg., Pittsburgh 22, Pa. International Executive Director: George C. Hoover, P.O. Box 1162, South Miami, Fla. International . European Representative: C. J. Latta, Associated British Pictures Corp., Limited, 30 Golden Sq., London, England. International Fixers: Edword Shafton, 736 First National Bank Blda., Omaha, Neb.. and Ezra £. Stern, Film Exchange Bldg., Washinaton & Vermont Sts., Los Angeles. International Chaolain: Father Sylvester M. McCarthy, Room 208, Bellvue-Stratford Hotel. Philadelphia 2, Pa. International Representatives: Paul Bruun, Miami