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MONTREAL
Qeorgc Phahales-Panos of the System
Theatre here and one of Montreal's
best-known motion picture exhibitors, as
president of the general congress of I he
American Hellenic Educational Progressive
Ass'n. was one of the leading officials of
the 38th congress of the association meeting
in Montreal for the first time. As matter
of fact. AHEPA's congress was the biggest
ever held in Montreal and over 20.CO0
Canadians and Americans of Greek origin
participated. Panos and his staff, which
included many officials of the Montreal
motion picture industry, declared themselves
very satisfied with the big turnout.
It included three auxiliary orders of
AHEPA— the daughters of Penelope. Sons
of Pericles and Daughters of Athens.
Armand Besse of Best Theatre Supply
returned from a ten-day motor trip to
Detroit and Chicago. Besse visited many of
his suppliers in the U. S. He reported that
comments heard across the border were
that business is showing signs of improvement.
He was accompanied by his wife ind
two of his children . Rosenberg,
head booker at United Artists, whose
hobby is song-writing, joyously made
known that one of his songs was performed
on television on CBC's Channel 6 program
"Good Evening. Mr. Sinclair." Title of the
song: "Play."
Visitors to the film exchanges were Mr.
and Mrs. Leduc, Normandie. Ste. Marline:
Henri Masse. Opera-House. Coaticook. and
B. Belisle. Bel-Isle. LTslet.
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starring Frank Villard. Saturday
1 ... Peter Lambert, Provincial Advertising,
is recuperating at the Royal Victoria's
neurological department, where he
has been a patient for four months.
Holidaying were Eileen V. Brennan. h.?ad
booker at Warner Bros., to St. Gabriel de
Brandon; Bill Robinson. United Amusement
Corp. head booker: Morey Hamat.
United Artists sales representative, to
Plattsburgh with his wife and children;
Sherry Ross, United Amusement office staff
member, back from a trip to Jamaica,
Haiti and Puerto Rico, and Mrs. Paula
Angheleseu, secretary to Gerry Chernoff.
20th-Fox manager, motoring with her husband
to Miami, Fla.
Morris Diamond, manager. International
Film Distributors, motored te the United
States on business . . . Eloi Cormier. Pavamount's
sales representative, was reported
on a selling trip at Baie Comeau and ihe
surrounding area of the north shore of
Jack Roher. president
the St. Lawrence . . .
of Peerless Films, has returned from
his Toronto office to spend some time he>e.
'Looks Like Gina' Contest
Called Off at Toronto
TORONTO—Following a threat of action
by a legal firm representing Gina LoUobrigida.
Toronto promoters decided to call
off a -'Looks Like Gina" contest for
Canadian young women.
The aspirants were to have paraded
Labor Day at the Maple Leaf Stadium nr re
before a panel of local press and television
folk. The winner was to receive a flight
to Rome with chaperone. a wardrobe, luggage
and other prizes. The Toronto ne'vspaper
Corriere Canadese and three ot'r.er
Italian publishers here had arranged to
sponsor the contest.
Gina Lollobrigida. who had been living
in Toronto since June 4. has given up lifr
apartment here, saying she intended to
spend several months of each year in Rome.
where she is now doing a picture.
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MONTREAL — The first
international
film festival held in Montreal was declared
a huge success—both in boxoffice results
and artistic values.
The festival was held at the Loew's
Theatre in conjunction w-ith the 25th anniversary
of the Montreal Festival Society.
It was under the honorary chairmanship of
Norman McLaren with members of the
commiUee including Pierre Juneau, chairman.
Fernand Cadieux. secretary: Guy L.
Cot.-^. Jacques Lam.oureux. Jean-Francois
PellEtier. directors, and Germain Cadieux,
administrator.
Th3 SJicCvion of recent award-winning
feature and short films presented during
the week-long festival was exceedingly
well-patronized, and daily all seats of the
fairly huge Loew's Theatre were at a premium,
indicating that Montreal public can
be attracted to cinemas despite the many
other attractions.
Films shown were from the United
States, France, United Kingdom, India,
Canada, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
Poland and Czechoslovakia.
WINNIPEG
phil Potasky is leaving International. He
plans to enter the pipe and steel business
at Calgary. The new local manaj;er
for International will be Len Herberman,
who hails from St. John. N. B. . . . Ha.iy
Hurwitz, who recently underwent surg^ :.\
is reported to be recovering satisfacto':ly
Manager Ed Newman report' d
that over 65,000 have seen -'Pollyanna'
"and still they come!"
Plans are underway for the annual meet -
ing of the MMPEA and the Canadian Fn -
ture Pioneers Winnipeg branch. A December
date is likely, the organizations niotting
on the same day and joining in a
dinner and dance as hosts to friends of
the industry.
The 42-day racing meet at Assinibo ne
Dow^ns has been concluded and exhibi'.ors
are looking forward to some improvemiiu
at the boxoffice. Except for Saturda.vs and
holidays, racing was conducted in the c