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Toronto Jogs Along
At Seasonal Levels
TORONTO — Holdovers
piedominated
for the week with continued endurance being
shown by "EI Cid" at the Tivoli and
"Holiday in Spain" at the Eglinton, both
'
for a 16th week. "Breakfast at Tiffany's in
its 17th week at the Hollywood and "Judgment
at Nuremberg" counting an eighth
week at the University. The only new picture
at an ace house was "La Notte Brava."
an Italian production, at the Odeon
Carlton.
Corlton— La
(Average Is 100)
Noftc Brovo (IFD) 105
Eglirvton— Holidoy in Spain (Cinemiracle), 16th wk. 105
Hollywood— Breaiifast of Tiffany's (Pora),
17th wk 100
Hyland— Victim i20th-Fox), 3rd wk 100
Iniperial— Sotan Never Sleeps (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. 105
Loews— Lover Come Bock (U-l), 3rd wk 105
Tlvoh— El Cid (AA), 1 6th wk 105
Towne— Light in the Piolio (MGM), 4tt> wk 100
Universit> — Judgment of Nuremberg (UA)
8th wk 100
Uptown— The Outsider (U-l), 2nd wk 100
Seasonable Weather Lures
Montreal Fans Downtown
MONTREAL — With more seasonable
weather and more movie fans inclined to
go out, leading local cinemas in the week
under review had good boxoffice results.
The programs continued to show a fairly
good assortment of high-class features with
such productions as "West Side Story," at
the Alouette, "Judgment at Nuremberg" at
the Imperial. "El Cid" at the Seville and
"Two Women" at the Snowdon.
Alouette—West Side Story (UA), 6th wk. ..Excellent
Avenue—Summer and Smoke (Poro), 2nd wk. Good
Copitol—The Hoppy Thieves (UA) Good
Imperial—Judgment at Nuremberg (UA), 7th
wk
Excellent
Kent— Raising the Wind (5R), 3rd wk Good
Loew's—The Four florsemen of the Apocalypse
(MGM), 2nd wk Excellent
Polace—Wolk on the Wild Side (Col) Good
Seville— El Cid (AA), 15th wk Good
Snowdon—Two Women (IFD), 4th wk Excellent
Westmount—The Mork (IFD), 3rd wk Good
'Majority' Builds a Following
During 2nd Vancouver Week
VANCOUVER—Wet. cold weather still
had the Indian sign on local first runs. Best
of the crop was "A Majority of One." which
moves over to the Strand from the Capitol.
Copitol—A Moiority of One (WB), 2nd wk Good
Orpheum—The George Roft Story (AA) . . . .Average
Pork—Victim (20th-Fox) Average
Plozo—Something Wild (UA) Fair
Stonley—West Side Story (UA), 3rd wk Good
Studio—Mory Hod a LiMIe (UA), 2nd wk Fair
Vorsity—Nights of Cobirio (SR), 3rd wk Good
Vogue—On the Fiddle (20th-Fox), 2nd wk Light
More Bingo Bans at Windsor
WINDSOR, ONT.—The cmsade against
bingo is being continued by the police with
more organizations being ordered to cancel
games. The latest to come under the ban
were St. Jerome's Church, St. George's
Church, the Masonic Hall and the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. All told,
some 20 halls or groups have been dii'ected
to halt bingo games in the last couple of
weeks.
April Bookings on Pay TV
TORONTO—April bookings on the pay
TV circuit in Etobicoke include: For the
family at $1.25. The Guns of Navarone, The
Hustler, Fanny, Susan Slade, The King and
I, and Mr. Topaze. For $1, Flame in the
Streets and Pinocchio. The longest run of
five days was for "The King and I."
QUEBEC ALLIED OFFICERS—The executive committee of Quebec Allied Theatrical
Industries posed for this photo at the recent 29th annual meeting. Left to
right, front row: Leo Choquette, vice-president; Gaston H. Theroux, president;
William Lester, chairman of the board. Standing: George Arnott, treasurer;
Arthur Bahen, director; George Destounis, director; Maurice Arpin, vice-president,
and Elie N. Tabah, director.
Sam Fingold's Success
Keeps Experts Buzzing
TORONTO—Toronto's Wall Street is still
buzzing about Sam Fingold, onetime smalltown
theatre owner who bought a controlling
interest in Foundation Co. of Canada,
a large construction industry, with the
recent acquisition of 500,000 shares at
$14.75 a share.
Fingold explained that diu'ing the big depression
he worked 18 hours a day and
made $10 a week. Then in 1937 he bought
his first theatre in the small town of
Mount Forest which was the beginning of
a chain of 40 theatres, selling out a few
years ago to Odeon Theatres for $1,500,-
000. Next he traded in cocoa, sugar, wool
and other commodities, but watched for
opportunities.
Fingold said the recent purchase was
made with the help of bank loans. As for
selection of a construction company which
has been in a cost-price squeeze, Fingold
said: "You can't get good value if an industry
is in an uptrend. You must buy
when it's in a downtrend."
Criticism arose over the anonymous
offer through which he made the deal but
Fingold pointed out that "people wouldn't
sell their shares if they didn't want to." As
for the anonymity, he commented that
trading was done that way all the time
"We don't know who's buying the shares
we sell."
The former country boy still has one
35mm theatre, the plush Bayview Manor in
Willowdale. A story is that he was unsuccessful
in an offer to get control of Famous
Players Canadian Corp.
'Americaine' in Third
TORONTO — "La Belle Americaine,"
which took a third week at the International
Cinema, was one of three art house
pictures to go into extended time. "Lady
With the Dog" enjoyed a fifth week in one
section of the Little Cinema while the second
studio featured "Peter the Great." At
the downtown Arcade "Anna Christie" was
good for a second week on the dramatic
side.
VANCOUVER
Qtan Creech of the Skyway Drive-In at
Kamloops is reported on the road
to recovery after a serious illness . . . David
Griesdorf . former manager in this territory
for Odeon Theatres, now heads Television
Productions Corp. at Toronto, which sells
films to networks.
Odeon has taken over operation of the
1,100-car Skyvue at Edmonton. Joe Feldman
and several associates formerly ran
the place . Players has closed
the Capitol in Penticton. leaving the place
without an FPC house the first time in 40
years. The 449-seat Penmar Theatre and
two drive-ins operate there.
Bob O'Brian, formerly on the Orpheum
Theatre staff, now owns a jeweli-y and
optical store downtown . . . J. D. Scanlon
of the Cascades Drive-In at Bumaby. who
has been suffering from a lung ailment, is
reported improving.
Classified as adult entertainment only
by the provincial censors are The Hellions,
The Mask, The Imwcents, Something Wild.
This Greedy Old Skin. Too Late Blues.
Two Women was banned for pei'sons under
18.
.•\lvin Himmelfarb, former Winnipeg
booker-salesman for 20th Century -Fox,
has been promoted to manager at the
branch in Calgary. He succeeds Frank
Scott there, who resigned to join Warner
Bros. Blain Covert, WB manager in Calgary,
was moved to Winnipeg to succeed
Mel Cherry, resigned . . . Eric Gee. executive
chairman of the Vancouver Film Festival,
went east to line up product for the
July event.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
For Rent or Sole: 2-1 fully equipped
Brunswick lanes, well established operating
business, choicest location. "LaSalle."
945 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C.
BOXOFHCE April 16, 1962 K-1