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. Famous' Capitol 6 Is as an usher in the original Capitol, went to Victoria, returned to the Strand and then moved to the Orpheum. were there, along with many other dignitaries. Opened in Vancouver The latest in a long line of distinguished \ \NCOUVER—When the Capitol Theatre first opened March 12, 1921, crowds who in eight years with FP has progressed managers of the Capitol is Brian Rogers, had to be held hack at the door while from the Stanley to the Lougheed Mall workmen finished tiling the lobby. This three-plex and now to the new flagship. time, it was touch-and-go to gel everything Starting with the opening in 1921, house ship-shape for the invitational screening managers have included: Ralph Ruffner, March 17. 1977. with the house (six Lloyd Dearth. Jack Muir, Maynard Joyner. screens) opening for business Friday. March Charlie Doctor, Jack Randall (on a temporary basis) and Dick Letts, now at the IS. The new Capitol 6 is a far cry from the Downtown. original showhouse which, in its day, cost Famous Players $50,000 and opened with much hoopla. Star Wallace Reid leaped through a paper screen to declare Vancouver's newest picture palace officially VANCOUVER open for business in 1921. ^farner Bros, branch manager Roly Rickard and family planned tor a "Sun With the advent of sound in 1930, the house was renovated and, again in 1965. Fun" holiday away from the Arctic breezes was closed for a lengthy period for extensive changes which reduced the seating which still prevail in British Columbia. Canfilm Western division manager Barry from 2,076 to 1.400. Equipment was updated to accommodate the various novel Gordon visited the local branch to meet the staff and, in company with local sales film types and sizes then making the rounds. manager Dave Gilfillan, visited It was equipment 1974 when the Capitol closed again and 16mm film accounts . . . Gilfillan also and about six months later work began to attended an equipment seminar transform the showcase and sales into a sixple.x. Total meeting in Seattle . . . capacity now Dene Joyal, is just under 3.000. The 16mm booker, has returned Capitol 6 has been from a achieved quick holiday in three years, in Hawaii. in spite of two strikes and many obstacles, at a cost of approximately $7,000,000. Passing through this city soon, en route Overseeing the whole project was Famous' Western division vice-president, Doug gether, will be "The Six Million Dollar to Banff where they will make a movie to- Gow, who started in the business as a doorman at the Broadway. That theatre was Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Man" and his wife. The picture, starring operated by his father, who joined FP and originally was scheduled for Colorado but later became British Columbia district apparently there's a shortage of snow for manager. the proposed ski epic. The project reportly Since he refers to the multiscreen complex as "a shopping center for entertainting credit as executive producer. is financed by Universal, with Majors getment." Gow is convinced that it is the answer World-famous stunt driver Remy Julienne, to revitalization of Granville's theatre row. which who makes the Fiat TV will be further enhanced commercials, is with the opening looking around this of a twin area in Birk's Vancouver Centre. To have and some up-country locations for possible sites approximately 750 for seats, the duo replaces the chase scenes in the old Strand. the Yves Montand starrer, "Flashback," an action thriller that is While picture commitments kept the stars planned for a June start. One chase involves of the six inaugural features from attending, heavy-duty logging trucks. Jack Wasserman th; opening night was graced with local would like to see dignitaries and show him land one of them on business veterans, particularly those associated with the old Capi- the deck of a cross-gulf—of-Georgia ferry. tol. Mrs. Hi Seely, owner-manager of the Mayor Jack Volrich gave a few words of Yukon White Horse, took advantage of the welcome and cut the cake. Mrs. Mae Doctor, widow of Charles Doctor, who man- daughters to give them a taste of the big- spring school break to fly here with her two aged the theatre for many years; Maynard city bright lights while she visited Hosford Joyner. who went from Orpheum manager Theatres with regard to new equipment and to Capitol manager to Famous Players district manager, and Ivan Ackery. who started summer bookings. Classic Film Shown Free CINERAiMAlSIN PITTSBURGH — "Gentleman's Agreement" will be screened free of charge Sunday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the lecture hall SHOW BUSINESS IN HAWAII <strong>TO</strong>O. of Carnegie Institute in the regular "History When you come to Waikiki, of Film" series. Directed by Elia Kazan, don't miss the famous the story concerns a writer, Gregory Peck, [hawauJ Don Ho Show. . . at who uotelsj masquerades as a Jew to investigate l Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel. IN WAIKIKI: REEF REEF <strong>TO</strong>WERS EDGEWATFR anti-Semitism. This was a 1947 feature • production running 118 minutes. K-4 CALGARY powuc Cinema Blue and Warner Bros, cohosted a late-night screening of "Th< Late Show" March 25 at 11:30 p.m. Invi tations were sent to numerous guests to set the regular film program, "Cousin Cou sine," before the special feature. All of us who have lost a friend—or tw< friends— join in sending sincerest condo lences to the Albert Bloomcrist and Ber Cooper families. Ken Mi'Bean of Swift Current, Sask., an nounced that effective March 18 he was n longer associated with Swift Current The atres. The McBeans will stay in Swift Cui rent until the end of the current school yea and then move back to our town. Word has it that one of this city's owi Gary Gibney, had a part in the United Ar ists-distributed winner, "Network." A former Calgarian, well-known in o industry, Frank Kershaw, was killed in t superjet plane disaster in the Canary Islan March 27. Many people in our territo: will remember Frank as a pioneer in tl drive-in field in this province in the ea: 1950s. He was associated with building tlj Chinook Drive-in here and later built fo other open-air theatres in Edmonton, tl city and Lethbridge. Following the death his first wife Aileen several years ag Frank moved to California and was ilj volved in avocado farming at the time , his death. He was traveling with his w: Dorothea, whom he had married just o! week before the fatal crash. The weddi; took place in Borrego Springs, Calif., tal the Kershaws were on their honeymoon. / cording to reports. Mrs. Kershaw survivl the crash. NFB Olympic Film Ready For Global Distribution MONTREAL—"The Games of the XI Olympiad," the official film of the 1 £6 Olympics in Montreal, produced by 1ft National Film Board of Canada, is nff complete and awaiting worldwide distriition. The two-hour color documentary was i- rected by 38-year-old Quebec filmma Jean-Claude Labrecque, in collaborat with associate directors Jean Beaudin, M eel Carriere and Georges Dufaux, vi| Jacques Bobet as executive producer. The filmmaking approach was "cin
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