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

Laurence Olivier, George Pearson, Sir Carol Reed, Paul Rotha, Vincent Korda, Vivien Leigh, Michael Powell, Basil Wright, Mary Field. Management: Sir Michael Balcon Henry Cornelius, Charles Crichton, Mary Field, Lewis Gilbert, George Gunn, John Hales, Anthony Have lock-Allan, Guy Hamilton, Frank Launder, Muir Mathieson, Peter Tanner. Director . . Roger Manvell, Ph.D Executive Secretary ................00 Mrs. P. J. Steele The British Film Academy was founded in 1947 ond in general terms its aims are: _To advance the art and technique of motion pictures in every way, particularly by encouraging exceptional creative work, experiment and research. To co-operate with all organizations and groups concerned with the artistic and technical advancement of the motion picture everywhere. To compile statistics and records of the world motion picture industry; to form a library of film literature, scripts, designs, films, musical scores, photographs and other material; to encourage and sponsor publications, promote exhibitions and lectures; and to organize and assist in the organization of, film festivals. To co-operate with educational organizations to increase cinema appreciation and understanding, and to encourage the educational aspect of motion pictures in every way. To make awards of merit for outstanding artistic, technical and scientific achievements in connection with motion pictures. 1956 WINNERS Best Film From Any Source: Gervaise (France). Best British Film: Reach for the Sky U. Arthur Rank). Best Documentary Film: On the Bowery (USA). Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Feature and Documentary Fields: The Red Balloon (France). United Nations Award for the Best Film IIlustrating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: Race for Life (France). Best Animated Film: Gerald McBoing-Boing on Best British Screenplay: The Man Who Never Was, Nigel Balchin. Best British Actress: Virginia McKenna in A Town Like Alice. Best British Actor: Like Alice. Best Foreign Actress: Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo. Best Foreign Actor: Francois Perier in Gervaise. Most Promising Newcomer: Eli Wallach in Baby Doll, WINNERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS The Best Picture from any Source: 1947—The Best Years of Our Lives; 1948—Hamlet; 1949— The Bicycle Thief; 1950—AIl About Eve; 1951— Peter Finch in A Town La Ronde; 1952—Breoking the Sound Barrier; 1953—Jeux Interdits; 1954—Le Solaire de la Peur; 1955—Richard Ill. The Best British Picture: 1947—Odd Mon Out; 1948—The Fallen Idol; 1949—The Third Man; 1950—The Blue Lamp; 1951—The Lavender Hill Mob; 1952—Breaking the Sound Barrier; 1953 —Genevieve; 1954—Hobson’s Choice; 1955— Richard III. The Best Documentary Picture: 1947 — The World Is Rich; 1948—The Louisiana Story; 1949— Daybreak in Udi; 1950—The Undefeated; 1951— Beaver Valley; 1952—Royal Journey; 1953— The Conquest of Everest; 1954—The Great Adventure; 1955—The Vanishing Prairie. Special Award for Work Lying Outside the Feature and Documentary Fields: 1948—Atomic Physics; 1949—La Famille Martin; 1950—The True Face of Japan (This Modern Age); 1951— Gerald McBoing-Boing; 1952—Animated Gensis; 1953—The Romance of Transportation; 1954— Time Out of War; 1955—The Bespoke Overcoat. United Nations Award for the Best Picture Illustrating One or More Principles of the United Nations Charter: 1949—The Search; 1950—Intruder in the Dust; 1951—Four in a Jeep; 1952 —Cry, the Beloved Country; 1953—World Without End; 1954—The Divided Heart; 1955— Children of Hiroshima. Canadian Film Awards Planet Moo (USA), Chairman ussevelevstpscesnas (Chores) LOpshee Management ... Canadian Film Institute (142 Sparks St., Ottawa 4, Ont., CE. 3-6259) MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Charles Topshee, Canadian Film _ Institute, chairman; Walter B. Herbert, The Canada Foundation; Dr. J. R. Kidd, Canadian Association for Adult Education; Miss Maud Ferguson, Radio and TV commentator; Miss Helen Wilson, Ottawa Film Society; Jack Williams, Canaidan Labor Congress; John Kidd, Canadian Citizenship Council; E. R. McEwen, RCAF; Murray Tevlin, Dominion Brewers Association; Michael Spencer, National Film Board; Ralph Foster of Toronto and Graeme Fraser of Ottawa, Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada, 159 JUDGES—Special Awards, 1957 Walter B, Herbert, Dr. J. R. Kidd, Charles Topshee, Miss Helen Wilson, Dr. John Robbins. JUDGES—Amaoteur, 1957 Guy Glover, Tom Daly, Henry E. Strub, Gordon Sparling, Henry Michaud, All categories, except Amateur, were suspended for one year by the Canadian Film Awards in order to permit a re-examination and overhauling of classes, regulations and methods of judging. For this one year, along with the trophy of the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada for the Amateur competition, the Management Committee set up Special Awards for people, projects and pictures which made “distinguished contributions to Canadian film making.” Certificates were given to individuals and organizations for significant contributions and whose projects raised standards of production.