Boxoffice-November.19.1955

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VANCOUVER
Tack Barron, partner with Odeon circuit at
' Calgary, lias presented his 25-year collection
of more than 5.000 orchestral scores
and part-s, all compiled and cataloged, to the
fund for Israel institutions. The music will
be used by the Israeli Philharmonic and other
schools of music in Israel . . . Dollie Inkster,
Plaza cashier, is engaged to Jim Woodcock
of the Canadian Navy, a member of HMCS
Athabaskan, stationed at Victoria . . . Irene
McKendrie. RKO secretary, was hospitalized
for surgery . . . Tom Bailey of the Cinema
also is hospitalized for surgery.
President Leo Samuels of Buena Vista was
and was hosted by Perry
here on a brief visit
Wright. Empire Universal manager, who
handles BV product in this territory . . . Bill
Grant. RKO office manager, is back at his
desk after a stay in the hospital with back
injuries . . . Phyllis Latta and Barbara
Latta. cashier and steno, both resigned from
MGM and will enter other businesses . . . Bob
Myers. Canadian general manager for 20th-
Fox, was in town to install Gordon Lightstone
jr. as local manager, succeeding Jimmy
Patterson, who remains with the company
in another capacity.
. . .
Harry Wood, traveling auditor for 20th-Fox,
was here for three weeks, then left for
The 450-seat Community Theatre
Seattle . . .
at Port Coquitlam in the Fraser Valley has
closed because of lack of patronage. Directors
blamed high film rentals for the closing . . .
Myron McLeod, Powell River exhibitor, w-as
on Filniiow doing his winter booking and
buying The Dunbar, suburban house in
a good residential section, is doing well on
second run British pictures. British product
now is getting about 50 per cent of playing
time in British Columbia theatres.
General Sales Manager Joe Bermack of
Peerless Films was in Toronto on a ten-day
visit . . . Owen Bird, president of the British
Columbia Exhibitors Ass'n, is back from Toronto,
where he attended the national convention
of exhibitors and the Canadian Picture
Pioneers annual meeting . . . The J.
Arthur Rank films. "Doctor at Sea" and
"The World, Our Audience," were shown to
an invitational audience here recently. Invited
were consular representatives, advertising,
newspaper and radio people, equipment
dealers and members of the industry.
Resolutions passed at the recent Social
Credit League convention held here included,
one urging that daylight saving time be
wiped out, and that the provincial government
vacate the amusement tax field in
favor of the municipalities. The Social Credit
party won a majority in British Columbia
elections. Showmen here are watching with
interest to see what the government will do
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. . . Phyliss
A bid for operation of city theatres on
Sundays will be made if the Sunday sport
plebiscite is passed in December . . . Vancouver
Colle,;e In Victoria, has started a Canadian
f.lm course. The eight-week sessions will
cover 60 yeai-s of filmmaking
Dixon, who has been on Filmrow for a number
of years, last as cashier at MGM, has
retired from film business to become a
housewife , . . A new feature "Personality
Parade," will be staged every Friday at the
Orpheum. A prominent person, whose identity
each week will be a mystery until the curtain
rises, will be interviewed on stage. Manager
Ivan Ackery says it may be a movie
star, sports star or a world celebrity.
Showman Lynch Speaks
To Kiwanis at Moncton
MONCTON. N. B.—Doing the kind of public
relations job that is sure to win more
boxoffice friends and keep the regular patrons
coming back again and again is T. Murray
Lynch of the Paramount Theatre.
Lynch's latest achievement is a half-hour
public address before the local Kiwanis Club,
of which he is a member, on the making of a
motion picture, right through from creation
of the idea to presentation on the theatre
screen.
During his talk, Lynch naturally was able
to throw in quite a few plugs for upcoming
product at the Paramount. Both the Moncton
Tianscript and the Moncton Daily Times gave
his speech excellent news coverage the next
day.
To quote from the press writeup: "The
speaker was thanked on behalf of the club
by E. Hoover, who said from now on he
would visit his local theatre with a better
understanding of what went into the making
of a movie." Titles of the Paramount's future
product also were woven into the news reports.
Toronto Declines to Set
Dec. 27 as Boxing Day
TORONTO—The city board of control declined
to proclaim Tuesday, December 27 as
a public holiday locally for the traditional
observance of Boxing Day, which follows
Christmas Day although the federal government
has declared a statutory holiday for
Monday, December 26. Toronto exhibitors
are disappointed because Boxing Day has
always been a better day for business than
Christmas Day. The fear is that the local
decision will be followed by other municipalities,
hitting the extra Boxing Day revenue
for theatres everywhere.
Council Resumes Programs
MONTREAL—Montreal Film Council, in
conjunction with the Rotary Club, has resumed
activities. Among films shown at the
first meeting were "A Family Affair." a
drama of everyday life; "A Child's Guide to a
Parent's Mind," various episodes where parents
speak and act without realizing how
they are impressing their child, and "Someone
Who Cares," show'ing how volunteers can
assist with the social and recreational program
in mental hospitals.
TORONTO
Tack Arthur, the 1954 Canadian Picture Plo-
' neer of the 'Y'ear, is working on a project
for four-week bookings of grandstand attractions
next year for the three leading expositions
in Ontario, first at the Central
Canada exhibition, Ottawa, followed by two
weeks at Toronto's Canadian National exhibition
and then the Western fair at London . .
Arch JoUey. as a director of the Ontario
Safety League representing the film Industry,
took part in the annual meeting here last
Tuesday of the organization. He was reelected
to the board.
Toronto film exchange general managers
have been on the move. Peter S. Myers,
Canadian general manager for 20th-Fox, attended
a sales conference at Chicago and
then toiu-ed several branches of the company
in Canada. Haskell M. Masters came back
enthused from a Warner Bros, home office
meeting in New York. Jack Labow of RKO
left for a western Canadian trip after meeting
here with Herbert Greenblatt of the home
office. A. W. Perry, chief of Empire-Universal,
conferred with Leo Samuels and James
O'Gara of Buena Vista.
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Martin Simpson, manager of the Downtown,
is back to normal after the rush in
connection with the personal appearance of
Meg Myles, featured singer in "The Phenlx
City Story." Among other things she appeared
on the CBC television network for an interview
John Davis, chief executive of the
J.
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Arthur Rank Organization in England,
conferred here with Canadian officials. He
was accompanied by Kenneth Winckles who
spent some time in the Dominion last year.
"Out of This World," which is handled in
Canada by Jay L. Smith, was .screened at the
Eaton Auditorium as a charity benefit under
the auspices of the Canadian Public Relations
Society . Capitol at Kitchener and the
Waterloo at Waterloo, units of Allen's Premier
Theatres, have introduced chinaware
giveaways for the first half of each week . ,
Manager Bill Burke of the Capitol. Brantford,
had the high school students parade to the
theatre on the morning of Armistice Day for
a service in honor of the war dead.
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