Boxoffice-11.11.1950

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I a.rlawn—Morning . . The ' Exclusive CANADIAN DISTRIBUTORS for ashcraft Lamps .... always first in Lamp Development The Super G-70 Ashcroft Lamp is made from new principle in mechanism design and produces a constant, brilliant white light over on extremely wide range. Everything for the THEATRE Northern Electric and R. C. A. Sound Systems Century and Motiogroph Projector Mechanisms Ashcroft Lamps Starke "CYCLORAMIC" and R. C. A. Snowhite Screens Rosskote Lens — Golde Stereopticons Booth Stools — Booth Tables Film Cabinets — Theatre Chairs — Sales and Service A NATIONAL THEATRE SERVICE DOMINION Sound Equipments LIMITED Head Olfice - 4040 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Que. Branches at - - Haliiax, Saint John, Quebec, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Ed- 'Sunset' 2nd Week High In Vancouver Houses VANCOUVER—Fir.st run.s here continued their mild pace, with new bilKs suffering. Tliree foreign film.s and four revivals were on local screens. "Mister 880" in its second week at the Vogue and a moveover of "Sun- .set Boulevard" at the Dominion were best. 'Eve' Collects the Crowrds In Soft Toronto Week TORONTO—Dirty weather, heralding the arrival of winter following a period of summer heat, caused a drop in theatre attendance generally, although there were big crowds for "All About Eve" at the University and Nortown. (Av Is 100) Biltmore- 1 Shot Billy the Kid (LP); To the Last Man (Para) 100 Departure (EL), 2nd d. t, wk 100 Hyland—Trio (Para), 2nd wk 105 Imperial—711 Ocean Drive (Col) 110 Loews—A Life of Her Own (MGM), 2nd wk 110 115 Odeon—Prelude to Fame (EL) Shea s—Walk Softly. Stronger (RKO) 110 Capitol—The Black Rose wk ; Within These Walls (20th-Fox), (20th-Fox) Tivoh and 2nd d t .. 95 University and Nortown— All About Eve (20.h-Fox) Uptown—Toast of New Orleans (MGM), 4th wk 140 SO Victoria and Eglinton—Reap the Wild Wind (Para); Saigon (Para), reissues 95 'Broken Arrow' Second Week Paces Winnipeg First Runs WINNIPEG—"Broken Arrow" did so well at the Capitol that after an excellent twoweek run, it was moved over to the Gaiety for a third week Capitol—Broken Arrow (20th-Fox), 2nd wk ..Very gjod Mel—Summer Stock (MGM) Very good Ga.ely—A Lady Without Passport (MGM) Good Garnck— Destination Moon (EL), 2nd wk Good Odeon— Kind Hearts and Coronets (EL) Good Lyceum—Return of the Frontiersman (WB) Fair Grand—Movie Crazy (Cardinal) Fair I .;:;i;:i:or,— City Across the River (U-I); Johnny Stool Pigeon (U-I) Good y .; u:— The Women (MGM), reissue Good Ottawa Theatremen Plan Citywide Bingo Games OTTAWA—City police provided the only immediate reaction to a report from Toronto that Ottawa theatre managers are planning to enter the bingo business. The report said Ottawa theatre managers plan to meet bingo competition by staging a citywide bingo game in theatres linked by telephone for the contest. The Ottawa group asked the Motion Picture Theatres Ass'n of Ontario for moral and financial support in case a test case is necessary. Police Chief Duncan MacDonell .said that if the group wants to test its position in this way, the police department will be glad to cooperate. Casey Swedlove, a past president of the Ottawa Theatre Managers Ass'n who was said to have signed the resolution presented to the Ontario body, declined to comment. VANCOUVER The six-cent chocolate bar is back at theat candy counters, the result of one of tl most effective buyers strikes in history, f major candy companies reduced bars fro eight to six cents after, as one distribut said, kiddies showed so much consumer r sistance that it gummed up production . . The Composers, Authors & Publishers Ass of Canada started an action against Coza & Boyd drive-ins at Kelowna, B. C, for $1C- Good Capitol—A Lile of Her Own (MGM) Fair Cinema—Builalo Bill (20th-Fox), Susannah of the MountisB (20lh-Fo.x), reissues Fair Dominion—Sunset (2aih-Fox), 2nd Boulevard d t, wk (Para); Stella plus damages and a declaration that CAPA Odoon-Hastings- Passionelle (Dist), Torment owner of the Canadian rights to two son^ IS (Oxford) Fair Orpheum—The Breaking Point (WB) Fair The association also asks the court to decla (Para); (Para), reissues Paradise—Wake I land Lucky Jordan the Boyd Drive-In infringed upon CAPAC Fair Pla_a and Fraser—The Fireball (20tli-Fox); copyright by using the songs at the theati S:raight, Place and Show (20th-Fox) Moderate Strand— Crisis (MGM) Moderate Bob Holm, local projectionist, has inco S;u:iio—The Bicycle Thief (M-B), 2nd wk Fair vcgue—Mister 880 (20th-Fox), 2nd wk Good porated the Holm Equipment Service & Ml Co. to service theatre equipment and soui in British Columbia . Queen Theat, in the Vancouver east end has discontinui stage shows and now is on a straight tw bill film policy. Tire Odeon-Hastings in tl same zone has started a stage show poll, with three shows daily, including a first n picture. The new policy will start off at ; admission of 50 cents week days. Famous Players Managers Ass'n staged party for patients at Children's hospital. Tl' group sent many boys and girls to fresh-s camps last summer. It raises money throui the annual motion picture ball, Ivan Ackei president, said. A $2,000,000 motion picture on the life of Royal Canadian Mounted policeman may filmed in Alberta by MGM. An MGM c rector and a producer flew from Hollywoi and conferred with Alberta government of) cials on proposed locations for the film. Ro ert Taylor and Joel McCrea are being co: sidered for the starring roles and Alber Indians will be hired as extras. Direct Andrew Marton and Producer Ruben Rose berg scouted the area between Edmonton ai Jasper and west of Calgary. Irving: Helfont, MGM head office, N« York City, conferred with Charlie Rama; MGM manager here. This is Helfont's fii Canadian visit. He has now visited all MG. offices across the Dominion. He left f! Seattle and California before returning New York . . Violet Yates, Empire-Univc . sal Films, has been very ill . . . Jack Zaitzo owner of the Roxy and Princess at Melvil Sask., who now calls Vancouver home aft leaving the operation of the theatres to Ij two sons, is a member of Canadian Plcti^ Pioneers, Vancouver branch. Harry Page, Monogram salesman, is ba in town after a three-week trip through t territory. Bob Kelly, Odeon Movie club su ervisor, is back from a publicity trip to Vi toria, where he worked on a campaign t "They Were Not Divided." He made sor, excellent tieups with army authorities wi' gave parades, bands and tanks for the Br? ish film. Result was better than avers' business at the Odeon in Victoria. DRIVE-IN THEATRE DIT-MCO DRAO BROOM For Ineling and filling holes in gravil-covcreil Drlvt-lr DRIVE-IN THEATRE MFG. CO. K'>^',„°,V.'i'trM 104 BOXOFFICE November 11, IV
I 1 O'Rourke . . The . . For . . . . . Columbia . . Western . . Mrs. T 1ST. JOHN C^nce a month on the stage of the St. John's Cornwall, one of Newfoundland's newer theatres, a giveway is held under the auspices of a local food manufacturing fir.n. Two prizes are offered, both products of Newfoundland. The giveaway is accompanied by songs and music by local talent . "Stars I in My Crown" at the Royal. Truro. N. S.. Manager Clarence Fraser gave patrons his personal recommendation. For "Treasure Island" and "Beaver Valley" at the Halifax Paramount, Manager Freeman Skinner had a local food store chain sponsor a treasure hunt. Prizes totaling $600. were offered to the holders of lucky number keys. The prizes were grouped in a treasure chest in the Paramount lobby and included electrical appliances, radios, shavers and a bus trip for two to Nova Scotia. The winter home of J. M. Franklin was undamaged by a series of big blows that rampaged along the Florida coast. Before heading north from Miami last spring, the theatre owner covered the windows with shutters. This saved the windows and interior. One palm tree was a casualty. The usual southward trek of the Franklins will start between November 15 and 30, after a week's trip to Montreal and a final inspection tour of F&H theatres in Nova Scotia. "It's in the Air" and "Come on George," both starring George Formby, were booked for three days at the Garrick, Halifax . I After 17 months in hospitals at Moncton and East St. John. Mary Hogan is back at her home here near the Mayfair, where she was cashier for a dozen years. Les Sprague, managing partner with Tom in the Gaiety. Fairville. N. B.. is a skilled photographer with both stills and [ films. He Is showing some on his screen for extra draw . Dominion Sound Equipments HaUfax branch supplied a new public address system and stadium chairs for the Halifax Forum. :lt At the Empire, Demerson & 'Vassis offered "Strange Woman" and "Young Widow" on one bill at 33 cents top and with an adult Tlie Palace in the entertainment label . . . north end. used for many years for films, has been rented to Fred Clark as a public dance spot. Repairs following a fire have been completed by Franklin & Herschorn, owner. Back Home on Theft Charge TORONTO—Accused of stealing $700 from a circuit theatre on Queen street, where he had been employed. David Ralph Satin has been brought back from the U.S. by immigration officers to face early trial. Satin is said to have walked away witli the money when he was sent to the bank to deposit the receipts. Change 'Torero' Title "Death in the Sands" is the new title of the Republic picture formerly called "Torero." NEO-SEAL BURIAL WIRE Fof Drive-ln Theatre 10-2 - 12-2 - 14-2 Solid or Stranded ecliate Delivery From Stock C. E. McCarthy Speaks On COMPO in Canada TORONTO—The Motion Picture Theatres A.ss'n of Ontario in its annual convention here recently heard Charles E. McCarthy of New York, director of the Council of Motion Picture Organizations, say that the industry "as a whole is in a position, for the first time, to meet slanderous criticism from the outside." McCarthy spoke to some 200 theatremen at the convention luncheon. In other convention action .showmen returned the old board of directors with one change Harland Rankin of Tilbury was named to succeed Ben Ulster of Toronto. Association members also decided to renew their fight against bingo competition and they heard a report by Dick Main of Torontu on television. McCarthy told the showmen that over the years "the industry has permittd enmities to be formed and it is high time for COMPO to come into existence. "We had been wonderful in sailing our product." he said, "but we were a dismal failure in selling ourselves. In public relations we were novices of the worst sort." He said that television was a very serious threat to the industry in some parts of the states and that theatres had been held up to ridicule in TV programs. "Television in its present form is nothing more than an advertising medium." he said, "and it should not cast slurs on our business. COMPO affords the agency whereby the whole motion picture business can spring into action in its own defense." Dick Main, in his report on television, expressed the belief that TV influence on theatres in the States was exaggerated. A local ball game, he said, "is far worse competition for a theatre than television ever would be." Other factors than TV. such as increased community recreation and the five-day week, are affecting theatre business, he said. He said that television programs are limited by the amount of revenue they take in and he added that such shows could not measure up to the standard of film theatre entertainment until the TV industry could collect money from the people at home. Renamed to the board of directors were Clare J. Appel. Odeon Theatres; Morris Berlin. Somerset Theatre. Ottawa: Sam Fine. Bloom & Fine Theatres; Stan Gosnell. manager of the Uptown, Toronto; H. C. D. Main, MONTREAL . . . Bill Wisitors to Filmrow included Paul Gendron. co-owner of the Riviera. Drummondville; Princess. Princeville; Warwick, Warwick, Que., and the Victoria. Victoriaville . . . H. Harnick of Toronto, sales manager for Columbia, called at the local office Bourne, formerly with Montreal Lithographing Co.. has joined the display department of United Amusement Corp.. as assistant artist is releasing a single reeler, "Did You Know That?" proceeds of which will go to the Quebec branch of the Canadian Motion Picture Pioneers for charity. Quebec Allied Theatrical Industries held its annual meeting and banquet at the Windsor hotel Tuesday (7) ... Ted Atkinson, manager of Cardinal Films, has received prints of the first three of ten Zane Grey reissues, Thundering Herd," "To the Last Man" and "Fighting Caravan" . Suzanne Paquette-Goyette, professor at tlie Conservatoire Lassalle, recently, sailed on the Liberte for a pilgrimage to Rome and a tour of the continent. Montreal Botanical Gardens, maintained by the provincial government, has resumed motion picture presentations. First films of the current season deal with "the cell structural unit of life" . . . Canada will be cautious in implementing a ban on amusement constructions similar to that being enforced in the United States, a government official states. He added that no restrictions are being drafted now. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne received a tremendous welcome on their first personal appearance at His Majesty's in "I Know My Love" . Quebec Drama league offered two films, a National Film Board production, and "Simplified Staging," a color picture dealing with the decorative aspect of the theatre. Philip Presner. secretary-treasurer. Montreal Posters exchange, is on the sick list. Capitol, Listowel; Harry S. Mandell, 20th Century Theatres; J D. McCulloch Iroquois Theatre. Petrolia; Roy Miller. Lincoln. St. Catharines, retiring president; Lou Rosefield, Westdale, Hamilton; Floyd Rumford, Kineto. Forest; Morris Stein. Famous Players Canadian, and Harland Rankin. Rankin and McCulloch are new executive members. The board will elect new officers for the coming year at its executive meeting later this month. Screens — Arc Lamps — Rectifiers — Lenses — Carbons — Theatre Chairs J. M. RICE & CO. 202 Canada BIdg. Winnipeg, Manitoba Phone 25371 COMPLETE SOUND SYSTEMS DRIVE-IN THEATRE MFG. CO. ^^^^ Everything For Your Theatre An Expert Repair Department r BOXOFFICE November 11. 1950 105
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