Famous News (Jan 1981)

Page scan 0000 from Famous News

Record Details:

Title:
Famous News
Date:
Jan 1981
Volume:
Famous News (Jan 1981)
Leaf #:
0000
Language:
English
Collection:
Global Cinema, Canada, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library, Greig Dymond in memory of David Dymond, Paul Moore and Jessica Whitehead
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:

Famous News

Editors: Michelina Trigiani (1981), Elizabeth Pollack (1981-82), uncredited (1990-91)

Famous News (1981-91) was a bi-monthly corporate newsletter for Famous Players Canada, Ltd., reviewing promotional ideas for early 1980s blockbusters, combined with news about the latest openings of multiplexes. Famous News revived and rebranded What’s New? (1942-74) when Famous Players moved into a new headquarters on Bloor Street in Toronto. Edited by Michelina Trigiani for its first issues, then by Elizabeth Pollack, the newsletter addressed all employees as “family.” Personal milestones of local ushers and head office staff alike were celebrated in every issue, noting birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and retirements, alongside baby pictures and family snapshots.

– Paul Moore, March 2024

Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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New Head Office Tops Off Our 60th Year! @ In 1920, the year Famous Players Limited was founded, the company was known as Famous Players Canadian Corporation and occupied a small suite of rooms in the Temple Building on the corner of Bay and Richmond Streets in Chamous ¥ ews Toronto. ‘‘We had half a floor back then,’’ recalls retired Famous employee Tom Callendar, ‘‘number 901 on the door.”’ On November 17, 1980, the dust settled on the company’s explosive 60-year growth with the opening of FAMOUS PLAYERS a new 7-storey head office building. Famous Players is now proudly under its own roof for the first time in company history. continued, see ‘Birth of a Building’’ page 13 Premiere Issue January 1981 Published bimonthly in the interest of Famous Players employees and associates from coast to coast. The magnificent central core of Famous Players new head office/ cinema complex a towering glass atrium. A work of art from every angle, it provides a sunny sanctum for theatregoers and office staff. For Grand opening photostory see page 14