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The Chinese Classical Theatre, on a to'jr
of Canada for the presentation of its
Peking Opera production, has been booked
into the Famous Players Capitol for performances
September 20, 21. When -.he
company from Communist China opened
its tour in Vancouver, a street demonstration
required police attention. All was quiet
for Calgary performances.
A sign of waning summer was the closing
of the Lakeside Festival of the Arts at
the Britannia Pavilion here under the auspices
of the Civic Department of Parks
and Recreation. Feature films from 14
countries were shown during the Uvo
months. One of them was "II Generale
Delia Rovere" from Italy, which was
screened at the Vancouver International
Festival and has been booked for the Stratford
Festival September 3.
For Ottawa Exhibition Week August i2-
27, the Nelson, of which Jack Marion is
manager, arranged for daily matinees of
"Ben-Hur" to attract visitors to the annual
fair. The "Ben-Hur" engagement opened
here April 13 . . . '-Circus of Horrors," released
by Izzy Allen's Astral Films, Toronto,
secured brisk business during a three-day
run at the Famous Players Capitol in
Cornwall.
The Federal Communications Con'unission
at Washington has approved the use
of Channel 13 in Ottawa for the new tt'evision
station to be operated by the Bushhell
Broadcasting Co., in which a financial
interest is held by David Griesdorf of Nat
Taylor's International Film Distributors,
Toronto . Ottawa theatre team of
the Famous Players Regent and the Odoon
Elmdale held "Portrait in Black" for a
second week, which should be good n;ws
for Barry Carnon of Empire-Universal
Films in Toronto.
The National Museum Friday i26i concluded
the summer series of free film
shows which had been held five days
weekly in its theatre. Plans have oeen
r made by the government museum for free
Saturday morning shows for juveniles during
the fall and winter months . . . Manager
Ernie Warren got what he called .in
eighth demand week for "The Apartment"
at the Ottawa Elgin, thus keeping pace
with the Toronto run of the feature.
La Habra, Calif., Airer
Would Serve 800 Cars
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HABRA, CALIF.—Plans to construct
drive-in theatre on the northwest corner
of Beach and Imperial were revealed
at a recent Planning Commission meeting.
Planning assistant Bob Rogers asked the
for an interpretation of the
zoning in that parcel. He wondered if
city fathers would want a di'ive-in
located there and if so, what conditions
should be imposed.
Commissioners were told that the area is
close to some excellent residential dislocated
to the west. The theatre
would be in the northwest comer of the
lot, Rogers noted.
The plans showed that the screen would
be 50 feet high and the ramp area would
provide for over 800 cars.
Telemeter Has New List
Of Current Attractions
TORONTO—Current attractions of comparatively
recent features have been announced
by Trans-Canada Telemeter Tor
selection by 3.500 subscribers in the pay
TV circuit in suburban Etobicoke.
The programs, which extended into September,
have been provided for engagements
of three or four days with different
schedules on two channels. In addition,
matinee programs for juveniles are listed
for Saturdays and Sundays. The timetables
indicate performances of adult programs
twice each night during the week and three
or four shove's on Sundays, starting in late
afternoon.
The offerings on Channel 5B follow:
Heller in Pink Tights. The Giant of Marathon,
Pay or Die, Middle of the Night, The
Tunnel of Love, I Passed for White and
The Bellboy.
The series on Channel 5A comprises A
Night to Remember, The Diary of Anne
Frank. Crack in the Mirror. It Happened
to Jane, When Comedy Was King and
Conspiracy of Hearts.
Telemeter also operates Channel 5C for
hi-fi music all day. along with news,
weather, sports and special recordings at
listed times Monday through Friday. This
is the channel which also carries live coverage
of major football games here but :or
a charge of $2.
ST.
JOHN
T en Herberman, local manager for Allied
Artists and International Film Distributors,
has been promoted to manager
of the Winnipeg exchange, replacing Phil
Potasky, who leaves for Calgary to enter
another field. Herberman came to the lo^al
exchange from Toronto 15 months ago.
With Paramount Film Sei-vice and Columbia
Pictures of Canada joining offices.
Columbia Manager Lou Simon will head
th? local exchange. Paramount Manager
Norman Simpson is slated to take over *"he
Allied Artists and IFD exchange as a replacement
for Len Herberman. The Paramount
offices most likely will be the new
offices of the merged exchanges. The disposition
of the Columbia and Paramount
siaff members still is unsettled.
Russell Hatfield of the Roxy, Shubenacadie,
N. S., has taken over and will operate
on three days a week the long-closed
Bligh's Theatre at Berwick, N. S. Previously
the house was operated by W. L.
Bligh
. Adkins has closed the
Pine Theatre. Richibucto. No reopening
date has been set. Adkins has been active
in Moncton building apartment houses.
In October, J. S. Liscombe will celebrate
his 50th active year as an exhibitor. Recognized
as the oldest active exhibitor in tne
Dominion, Liscombe is 87. He operates the
Royal Dominion, N. S.
Gordon Lightstone jr., 20th Century-Fox
exchange manager here, has returned from
his tour of the Canadian 20th-Fox oxchanges
as Canadian Drive leader . .
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Charles Staples, owner of the Queen, St.
Stephens, is recuperating at home after
having been a hospital patient.
TORONTO
Ceptembcr will be a busy month in Toronto
for motion picture people. The
annual WOMPI convention is scheduled
for September 9-11 at the Royal York
Hotel. Famous Players has arranged its
national conference for September 12-15
at the Park Plaza and Nat Taylor's 20th
Century Theatres is organizing a 25th anniversary
celebration program.
Richard D'Hondt, owner of the Imperial
at Delhi, received a severe head wound
vvhsn he was attacked and robbed of $225
late at night as he stepped from his car
to enter his residence. The assailant escaped
. Odeon Carlton ran a special
Thursday morning show recently for
Golden Age Club members. The feature
was "Make Mine Mink" . Ed
Hocura, film critic of the Hamilton Spectator,
returned from his vacation, he
threw out the suggestion to readers thst
theatre managers might be sorry to see him
back on the job.
Jack Clarke of Loew's had a nifty teaser
campaign for the current picture inthe
use of the letters "TDTRTBOE" along with
the word -'Soon." It finally spelled out to
"The Day They Robbed the Bank of England"
. I. H. Allen of Astral
Films announced the promotion to Toronto
exchange manager of Martin Bochner
who was with United Artists and JARO
until joining Astral two years ago.
The French Cine Club is the first Toronto
group to arrange for film performances
for members during the coming setson.
It will show a series of Frenchlanguage
pictures in the remodeled 200-seat
theatre in the Public Library . . . Manager
John Miller has surprised trade observi;rs
by holding "Carry On, Nurse" for a 13th
straight week at the Cinema in Hamilton, a
unit of 20th Century Theatres ... Sir
Philip Warder of Associated British-Pathe,
London, is coming to Toronto in September
for an inspection of the Telemeter system
in Etobiocoke.
'Ben-Hur' Sets Records
At Gaiety in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG—An eight-week campaign in
advance of "Ben-Hur" produced the largest
advance sale on record for the Gaiety
opening August 17. The first few days v;sre
sold out well in advance with many ticket
seekers for even later performances. The
first night capacity audience for the Red
Carpet Premiere included guests from pre.