Boxoffice-October.01.1955

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n muspment pages in the daily newspapers of
the Canadian capital are carrying the
eight-column banner line for the current
Theatre Managers Ass'n month-long celebration:
"1905-1955—Ottawa Salutes Movies'
50th Anniversary—There's More Fun at the
Movies" . revival of "Going My Way"
at the Little Elgin proved so successful that
Manager Ernie Warren held it for a second
week. "Not As a Stranger" in the Main Elgin
was worth four weeks.
In his address before the Ottawa Kiwanis
Club luncheon for the local movie celebration,
General Manager Frank H. Fisher of the
J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors declared
that 70 per cent of every boxoffice dollar remained
in Canada although most films originated
in Hollywood or the United Kingdom.
He paid tribute to the National Film Board.
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saying it was far ahead of similar organizations
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The drive-ins are starting to close for the
season, the fu'st in the Ottawa district to
go dark being the Aladdin which is operated
by 20th Century Theatres . guilty
to theft as well as to a charge of breaking
into the Capitol at nearby Thurso, Raymond
Labelle, 27. of Wrightville was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary by Magistrate
Jacques Boucher.
Manager F. G. Robertson of the suburban
Mayfair. Ottawa South, got a nine-day run,
including holdover, out of a program consisting
of "There's No Business Like Show Business"
and "The Caine Mutiny" . . . The
Canadian Repertory Theatre, stock company
which now i.s homeless, called a special public
meeting to decide on its future. Previously
there had been talk of leasing the Imperial
or Glebe, two film houses, but nothing developed.
Jack Snow, whose retail store is in the
Centre Theatre building, made the trip to
Toronto to see the closed-circuit presentation
of the Marciano-Moore fight at Loew's Uptown.
"Just like a ringside seat," he exclaimed.
Archie Ralph Axler, 47, Dead
LEAMINGTON, ONT.—Archie Ralph Axler,
manager of the Vogue Theatre here for 19
years until his resignation a short time ago,
died recently at the age of 47.
Dore Schaiy will personally produce the
MGM roman'ic drama, "The Swan."
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Ted Bielby, assistant at the International-
Cinema, was back from a California vacation
. . . James and Reber have opened their
Jubilee Theatre in Valleyfield, Alta., the first
35mm house in that farming community.
With movable seats in the hall for aftertheatre
dancing, it will seat 350 . , . Hugh
Hamilton, formerly with RKO in Calgary, is
now with International Film Distributors as
sales representative in the wheat provinces.
George Atkinson, a newcomer to film business,
is the new booker at the IFD Calgary
branch . Rubil ha.- opened his 200-car
drive-in theatre in Mi'burn. Alta . . . Dean
Inglis. from the now-closed Kitsilano here,
now at the Paramount in the interior town
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of Kelowna . . . Phil Dieringer of the Plaza
and Mrs. Dieringer are back from an auto
vacation trip to Banff and Calgary.
Lloyd Bradley, owner of the 300-seat Lyric
in Mooiomin, Sask., is building an office
builr'mg which will house his new theatre, a
450-.'-eater. He will close the Lyric when the
new house opens late this fall . . . Dorice
Walls, Orpheum secretary, was away on a
California holiday. She planned to stop at
Marion Rich resigned as
Las Vegas too . . .
Plaza cashier to work at the Georgia Hotel
coffee shop in the same capacity. Jackie
Lienweber is the new Plaza cashier.
Bob Foster, business agent of local B-72
theatre employes union, is gravely ill in St.
Doreen Lorenz, formerly
Paul's Hospital . . .
at the Orpheum, replaced Bette Seymour who
resigned to join a local bank . Hamill,
former Odeon manager, now in Kitimat
in Northern B. C, will marry Agnes Schaeffer
of the Vogue Theatre in December.
Alberta is the latest province in Western
Canada to give consideration to the elimination
or reduction of the amusement tax,
which now is ten per cent. British Columbia
is waiting for the tax reduction Premier Bennett
promised exhibitors some time ago .
Jim Fitz-Henry, former manager of the
Odeon at New Westminster, has left with his
family to reside in California.
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Four boys attending "Not As a Stranger" at
the Odeon-Olympia enjoyed the dialog a bit
loo boisterously for one woman. Police say
she took off her shoe and thumped the four
on the head, with one of the teen-agers hospitalized.
Henry Klassen replaced Gerald Stoll, who
left for Ottawa to work in a film laboratory
at Empire-Universal at E-U, Jean
Parker replaced
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Ray Tarling who left for
California as shipper . Kelly, manager
of the Dimbar Theatre and a keen worker for
juvenile football, was voted a life membership
in the Vancouver district Senior Soccer
league.
The Massey clan is gathering in Vancouver
for a wedding in the family. Stage and
screen star Raymond Massey and his wife
are here from Hollywood for the wedding of
their son Geoffrey, a Vancouver resident,
to a local girl, Ruth Killam.
Widescreen at Invemere Toby
INVEMERE. B. C—A new widescreen has
been installed at the Toby Theatre by Sharpe
Theatre Supply Co. of Calgary.
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