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MONTREAL
and the Iiuki' Kniiii'y dam tlng dcpartmeiU. headed by Mel Johii.ston. tended the funeral of the \uU- J A DniKle,
tobcrl wa.s formerly n.s.slstunt to B. Moynlhnn. owner of the Loul.se Theatre, 8tc. Ro-m; de
icrflury to John Ganetnko.s. executive of Laval, who died NovembiT 2 . , . Since the beginning
of the year. 46 new lheatre.s. inrludlng
'nltcd Aniu.sement and Confederation Amu.seiient.
and to Wllliuni Le.ster, vice-president 22 drive-lns, have been constructed In Canada,
and 26 theatres. Including 12 drlvc-lru,
it the former company . Destounls.
i^.slstanl to LesU-r. has been spending a few now are under construction.
luy.s In Toronto on business .
feminine
taffs of the film exchanges gave a party at C'on.-tolldutcd Theatres, Montreal, will pay
he United Amusement Corp. for Nora Tlnlof
who .soon will wed Kenny Clark. Ml.ss cla.ss A shares and .scmlamiual dividend of
Its regular quarterly dividend of 12 cents on
rinhof was secretary to George Ganetakos, ten cents December 1 to shareholders of
)rcsldenl of United Amusement.
record November 3.
Leo GaKnon has sold his Plaza at Ste. Anne
lo-la-Perade to Rene Fortin .
Avon
llieatre. a United Amusement hou.se manned
by George Pepin, opened a German
Survey on Ad Rates
ilm. ••Figaro," with Engll.sh titles, Novem-
;ier 13 . . . "High Noon" did outstanding Completed by Ass n
jiislness In its first and second weeks at the
TORONTO - Arch H. Jolley. executive
'upltol . . . ••The Magic Box" Is in its fifth
secretary of the Motion Picture Tlieatres
jveek at the Kent and Is continuing to draw
Ass'n of Ontario, at the organization's 11th
Towds. Tlie tridimensional British color
yearly conclave at the King Edward hotel,
horts, forming a group of three stereoscopic
revealed that a survey had been completed
iictures, arranged for the Kent engagement
on advertising rates which were being
)y National Film Board technicians, wert
charged Ontario theatres by dally and weekly
hven two special late showings starting at
newspapers. The information, he said, now
il:15 p. m. In order to meet demand from parens
of the Kent.
Players, chairman of a special committee
is in the hands of James R. Nairn of Famous
appointed by the Motion Picture Industry
.\ ma&s visit of exhibitors to local film exlianges
was occasioned by the annual meet-
Council of Canada to study the ad rate
situation.
ing of the Province of Quebec Tlieatrlcal Inlustry.
Among the arrivals were M. E. Lodge
Jolley reported that a committee, headed
by Morris Stein, had passed on all clips and
,nd his associate George Lovett. Myra Rlchnond;
Mr. and Mrs. Urville Pellet ier and
trailers which charity and other organizations
had asked to be shown on the screens
heir son. Alma, St. Joseph d'Alma. and
of member theatres. The secretary's office
'5eorge Champagne, manager of the theatre
had handled arrangements for 1,.'52G different
bookings of trailers from 13 organ-
lircuit In Shawinigan Falls . . . Local exhibllors
express much interest in the announceiient
by H. C. D. Main, chairman of the
izations for sponsored drives during the last
12 months.
rv committee of the Motion Picture Industry
Pi-oblems of the year included civic zoning
;f Canada that Telemeter, the Industry's
bylaws, unfair competition, the Toronto signremoval
law, regulations for theatre parking
(losed-clrcuit television, may be operating in
L'anada within a year.
lots, encroachment of itinerant 16mm exhibitors
on the territory of standard thea-
Formation of a National Film Institute to
Promote better public relations In the motion tres, amendments to government theatre
kcture Industry has been announced. J. J. regulations and construction permit difficulties.
Ktzgibbons, founder of the Motion Picture
ndustry Council of Canada, retired as presi- He reported considerable cooperative activities
with other societies and with govern-
,ent and was appointed honorary president.
lie was succeeded by the former secretary ment and municipal boards, as well as the
jhalrman of the National Film Institute. Motion Picture Industry Council and the
National Committee of Exhibitors Ass"ns.
Film Board's latest production for Jolley pointed out that he was vice-president
and assistant secretary of the Musical
he Canada Carries On series is "The Moun-
Mn Movers," which pictures impressive and Protective Society of Canada, a director of
emote mountain areas of the Interior of the Ontario Safety league, member of the
(Irltish Columbia. It contrasts the totem motion picture branch of the Toronto Board
"hunderbird. symbol of the past, with shots of Ti-ade, member of the Toronto civil defense
committee and of the Toronto Variety
f new rail connections, forest operations,
atural gas exploration, the ten-mile tunnel Tent. He was also executive secretary of the
elng pushed through a mountain at the Industry Council and the National Committee
of Exhibitors dean hydroelectric development at Kitimat Ass'ns.
OTT AW A
•Phe UmuI of the town (or three dayi. waj
Llndn ChrusllBn. new Hollywood oiar. «ho
wuA the (eaturrd Kucitt of the aniiiMil ball ol
the Ottawa prcsi rlub In the Chateau Laurter
November 7 Ln an appearance at
an advance aci
: Coiumblm't "Th*
Hnppy Tim"" at Uic Utile Elgin. »ilh Introduction
by Manoser Ernie Warren. A
round "' iiu and panlex wok followed
by a tour November 8 at the
A. J. Freimuii department itore.
F. R. Crawley of Ottawa, president o( the
Ans'n of Producers and Laboratories of Canada,
hua announced that the annual meeting
of the group will be held in the Canadian
capital .sometime In January. Crawley,
who Ls president of Crawley Fllm.-i. nald that
preliminary arrangcmento for the convention
were made at a conference in Montreal
attended by representatives oJ 17 companies.
Bob Maynard of the PrancoLt conducted a
splash campaign for the Introduction of a
combination policy November 10. Thf vaudeville
presentation each night wa.s topped by
Tlzoune, French-Canadian comedian The
night price Ls 60 cents. Matinee .'(hows have
(ilm programs only, with the double .screen
bill being repeated at night.
.Manager J. Chalmers of the Odeon ha-s
been very busy with the nightly appearance
of aspirants (or the title o( ••Canada's Penny
Princess " with the British picture, "Penny
Princess." The local winner will compete
with finalists o( other cities (or a trip to
London . . . Ralph Dale and Harvey Fingold
of National Theatre Services were in
Montreal to confer with Arch Laurie at the
Seville, first NTS unit there.
The engagement of "Monkey Business" at
the Capitol was broken Wednesday night
(12) by Manager T. R. Tubman (or the first
concert appearance of the season of the
Ottawa Philharmonic orchestra . . . Fred
Leavens, manager of the Elmdale. added
Henry LaRlviere, western balladler. to the
week's bill for nightly singing appearances.
.
The Star-Top alrer. managed by Len Larmour,
Manager Ernie
closed November 1 . . . Warren, Elgin Theatre, has played ••The Quiet
Man" five weeks Maynard of the
Francals turned to a combination policy
November 3. when he Introduced a stage unit
headed by comedian Olivier Gulmond. which
made two appearances nightly along with a
screen program.
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