Boxoffice-April.07.1958

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Third Week of 'Bridge'
Leads in Toronto
TORONTO—The Academy Awards gave
a
fui-ther push to "The Bridge on the River
Kwai" as it entered its third week at the
Odeon. wlule "Peyton Place" was doing a
sixth week at the Imperial, with "Raintree
County" holding for a third week at Loew's.
(Average Is 100)
Eglinton A Farewell to Arms (20th-Fox),
2nd wk '00
Hollywood Bonjour Tristesse (Col), 2nd wk. ..100
Hyland The Noked Truth (JARO) HO
Imperial Peyton Place (20th-Fox), 6th wk 100
Loew's Rointree County (MGM), 3rd wk 105
Nortown Soyonora i 5th wk 100
Odeon The Bridae on the River Kwoi (Col), 3rd
wk 145
Tivoli Around the World in 80 Days (LIA), 34th
wk 110
Towne The Golden Age of Comedy (DCA),
3rd wk 95
University This Is Cineromo (Cinerama),
23rd wk 100
Uptown The Female Animal (U-l) 100
One "Excellent,' Six 'Good'
In Vancouver Ratings
VANCOUVER—Big pictures still
were solid
but the other product was away off. Witness
for the Prosecution. A Farewell to Arms,
Bolshoi Ballet and Torero were all healthy
grossers. The Award winning Bridge on the
River Kwai has not been here yet.
Capitol A Farewell to Arms (20th-Fox) Good
Cinemo The Safecracker (MGM);
The Lowless Eighties (Rep) Average
Orpheum Old Yeller (BV), 3rd wk
Good
Paradise Viking Women (AlP);
The Astounding She-Monster (AlP) Poor
Pork The Bolshoi Bollet (Rank), 9th wk Good
Plaza-Poramount The Last Paradise (20th-Fox);
Ride Out for Revenge (UA) Fair
Stanley Around the World in 80 Doys (UA),
33rd wk
Good
Strand This Is Cineromo (SW), 3rd wk Good
Studio Torero (Col) Good
Vogue Witness for the Prosecution (UA),
2nd wk Excellent
Winnipeg Boxoifices
Have Busy Week
WINNIPEG — "Old Yeller" was in its sixth
week on a moveover but the crowds still
turned out to see it. It was a good week all
around town, with only one of seven programs
registering lower than average returns.
"Peyton Place" was still packing in
the patrons in its seventh week.
Capitol Raintree County (MGM), 2nd wk 110
Gaiety Peyton Place (20th-Fox),
7th wk. on moveover. 115
Garrick Paths of Glory (UA) 1 05
Lyceum Oregon Passoge (AA);
Looking for Danger ( AA) 90
Met— Deep Six ( WB) 1 05
Odeon Witness for the Prosecution (UA),
2nd wk 115
Tivoli Old Yeller (BV), 6th wk., moveover 120
Uses Fight Film Too
TORONTO—Loew's Uptown, which teamed
with downtown Loew's for the closed-circuit
TV presentation of the Robinson-BasUio
championship fight, followed the TV performance,
for which the admission was $3.50,
with the motion picture of the bout. The
fight film was played as an added feature
for the week's screen engagement of "The
Female Animal."
Opens Soviet Picture
LONDON, ONT.—The Savoy,
independent
520-seater which reopened not long ago after
being dark for a long period, has booked the
Soviet picture, "Twelfth Night," starting April
7 under a reserved-seat, advance-sale plan at
$1 top. This feature was shown at the Stratford,
Ont., Shakespearean Festival last July.
Norman Adilman. 64, Dies;
Montreal Circuit Officer
MONTREAL—Motion picture circles here
lost an active member in the death of Norman
Adilman, 64, treasurer of Con.solidaled
Theatres, which operates several important
local
theatres.
was t)orn
Adilman, who died Monday (24 1,
and educated in Winnipeg. He was wellknown
for his high sense of humor and generosity.
Among charities and in.stitutions to
which he contributed were the Combined
Jewish Appeal, Jewish Public Library, Jewish
General Hospital and the Rabbinical College.
Survivors are his wife, the former Anna
Mendelsohn; a daughter, Mrs. Maurice Solomon,
and a son, Lester. He was a cousin of
the well-known Jewish writer. Sholem Aleichem.
Manitoba Grants Cut
In Admission Tax
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government
has given theatres of the province a gift
in its 1958 budget by cutting admissions
taxes. At present tickets costing 50 cents or
less are tax exempt. On May 1, the new
exemption will include 60-cent tickets.
This tax reduction will cost the government
$80,000 but it means a great deal to many
theatres now charging only 50 cents admission
in order to avoid the tax.
This was the only tax reduction in the
rovince budget and is the largest reduction
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ever presented by any provincial government
in Manitoba.
Stage Shows Are Sellouts
Two Nights in Ottawa
OTTAWA—The Famous Players Capitol,
2,350 seats, had capacity crowds on two
nights for stage attractions, for which film
performances were suspended. In addition,
the regular screen policy of the theatre,
managed by Ray Tubman, was inten-upted
for a political rally which also filled the
house March 28.
The Ottawa Philharmonic Orchestra had
a sellout for its final concert of the season
March 27, while all seats were sold in advance
for the recital of Glenn Gould, pianist. The
Capitol was rented for the wind-up of the
Liberal party's election campaign.
The theatre had no performance of
"Wild
Is the Wind" from Thursday afternoon ^27l
until the following Saturday matinee.
Montreal Theatregoers
See New Hope Film
NEW YORK—Bob Hope's "Paris Holiday"
film was booked for an opening Thursday
i3i at the Capitol Theatre, Montreal, by William
J. Heineman, United Artists vice- president
in charge of distribution. All receipts
go to the Canadian Cancer Society.
The presentation of the picture was preceded
by a dinner and reception in honor
of Hope at the Ritz Carlton Hotel under the
patronage of Onesime Gagnon, lieutenantgeneral
of Quebec. The host was Andrew
Armstrong, representative of the board of
the Canadian Cancer Society. Among the
guests were Sarto Fournier, mayor of Montreal.
Record Sweepstakes
Entries in Ottawa
OTTAWA—No le.SK th;ii. f.ii ood ballots—35
per cent more than last y :ii lutal of votes
received in a similar contest here—were received
at theatres or by mail in the Academy
Awards Sweepstakes competition under the
auspices of the Ottawa Theatre Managers
Ass'n, the Evening Citizen and radio station
CPRA.
Managers worked until 3:30 a.m. March 27
and found that 21 contestanU had turned In
perfect answers, requiring a tie-breaking contest,
which will be held soon on the stage of
the Odeon, managed by Jim Chalmers.
The first prize winner will receive an allexpense
trip to Bermuda for two. Second
prize IS $250 in cash from the Citizen and
consolation awards include a year's supply of
passes from the managers as.sociation.
Included in the flood of ballots, copies of
which had been printed daily by the Citizen
for a month or more, were replies from as far
away as Toronto and towns in New York
state. All of the perfect scores came, however,
from residents of Ottawa and district.
The best British picture in the special category
of the Ottawa competition proved to be
"The Shiralee," an Australian story, which
had been selected by Canadian newspaper
and radio critics in a poll conducted by the
Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Ass'n,
Toronto. The sealed envelope containing the
name of this feature was opened by the
judges when the checking of ballots started.
The Ottawa fans voted heavily for "The
Bridge on the River Kwai," Alec Guinness,
Joanne Woodward and other favorites, but fell
down on the selection of Miyoshi Umeki as
best supporting actress and David Lean as
winning director. Short subjects and other
awards did not figure in the Ottawa contest.
Equipment Business Up
For T. M. Rice, Winnipeg
WINNIPEG—J. M. Rice & Co. of Winnipeg
and Edmonton, motion picture theatre
equipment company, reports that business is
considerably improved in recent weeks.
Churchill River Power Co. has ordered
complete new equipment for its Community
at Island Falls in northern Manitoba, including
projectors, sound system and widescreen.
In addition, other theatres installing widescreen
equipment from Rice include the
Rialto, Winnipeg: Apollo. Transcona: Walbec,
Lac du Bonnet: Parklane, CiTstal City, all
in Manitoba; Midway, St. Brieux, and LeRoy.
LeRoy, both in Saskatchewan, and Kinuso
Legion, Kinuso, and Cold Lake, Cold Lake,
Alta. Rice also recently was awarded the
grandstand seating contract for the new
Assiniboia Downs race track in Winnipeg.
Hamilton Drive-Ins Open
TORONTO— Nearby Hamilton became the
tliird city in Canada to have two di-ive-ins
in operation this year when A. I. Rosenberg
turned on the Ughts of the Scenic March 20.
The Clappison in the Hamilton area was reopened
March 7 by Joe Dydzak. At Windsor
the Windsor and Sunset are in fiill swing.
London also has two, the TwUite and Sunset.
No diive-in has been opened at Toronto
or Ottawa.
BOXOFFICE AprU 7, 1958 K-1