Famous News (Nov-Dec 1981)

Page scan 0006 from Famous News

Record Details:

Title:
Famous News
Date:
Nov-Dec 1981
Volume:
Famous News (Nov-Dec 1981)
Leaf #:
0006
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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oo Se eT SSS How do you get a 1,500 Ib. air conditioner up to H.O. 4th floor computer department? Simple! In keeping with Famous Players’ constant and rapid growth, a new, ultra sophisticated Honeywell computer was recently purchased to replace the already over-worked unit in our E.D.P. Department. The new computer required a 1,500 lb. air conditioner which was too big Getting rid of the pane (without an aspirin). for either the stairway or the elevators. The only solution was to bring it in through Dudley Dumond’s fourth floor window off busy Bloor Street. T’ wasn’t easy but we made it! ® Photos Tom Noitsis A bird’s eye view all systems go! Look out Dudley here it comes! ‘‘Was this the window we took the glass out of?’ November / December, 1981 7