Boxoffice-December.17.1962

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prank H. Fisher, general manager of Odeon
Theatres, has retired as first assistant
chief barker of the Variety Club and
George Altman, who had been second assistant,
has become chief barker for 1963,
succeeding Lionel Lester. The new assistants
are Robert R. Hall and Hugh Walker,
with Andrew Rouse as property master and
Sam Shopsowitz again the dough guy. The
canvasmen are A. E. Brown, Jack Bernstein,
Wally Crouter, George Heiber and
Donald Summerville. The latter will be the
mayor of Toronto in 1963-64 . . . Mayor
Nathan Phillips, who will step from office
fo our many friends in fhe
December 31, has issued a proclamation for
the observance of December 26 as Boxing
Day a public holiday, which adds another
day for the closing of business.
A rickshaw has been stolen twice from a
local restaurant since Manager Len Bishop
of the Hollywood borrowed the two-wheel
vehicle for a street stunt during the engagement
of "My Geisha." Said Bishop; "I
guess I gave it too much prominence" .
Odeon Theatres hosted a preopening party
for its Bay Ridges Drive -In near Pickering
between Highways 401 and 2 just east of
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metroirolitan Toronto. The invited guests
were treated to a cocktail party and there
was an inspection of the new theatre.
Dr. Bruce Sloane is the chairman of a
committee at Kingston, which has organized
a campaign to raise $118,500 for
the restoration of the Grand as a community
theatre. Famous Players closed the
theatre about 18 months ago after operating
it for years. Incidentally, Kingston
voted for Sunday movies, which should
benefit the PPC Capitol, the Odeon and
Biltmore . first children's show of
the Christmas season was arranged by
Manager Bill Burke of the Capitol in
Brantford for Saturday i8). Featuring "The
Three Worlds of Gulliver," the sponsor was
a Brantford store which distributed free
tickets to juveniles.
Visitors included Joseph Pasternak, the
producer, who visited relatives, Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Decker: Ben Lyon, the screen
star who has spent most of his career in
Britain, and Veronica Lake, retired since
1951. Pasternak said he is still fond of the
former child star he discovered, Deanna
Durbin of Winnipeg, now living in France
gala premiere for "The Longest
Day" scheduled for December 20 at the
Famous Players Tivoli, managed by Fred
Trebilcock, is being sponsored by the
Variety Club, with proceeds to be turned
over to the Variety Village School. The
public engagement opens on the 21st as the
attraction for the holiday season.
Jeffrey Hunter Finishes Role
From Eastern Edition
ROME — Jeffrey Hunter has completed
his starring role in "Gold for the Caesars"
with Joseph Fryd producing for MGM.
Andre de Toth directed the color period
film based on Florence A. Seward's novel
of the same name. Prior to his return to the
U.S., Hunter will do a series of exploitation
projects in connection with his role in
"The Longest Day" presently showing at
the Carthay Circle in California.
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