DECEMBER

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MONTREAL
TTnited Amusement Corp. associates presented
a four-piece, maroon leather luggage
set and a well-filled purse to Nora Tinhof,
executive secretary to George Ganetakos,
president, during a cocktail party November
26 in the UAC office. Ganetakos made the
presentation in the presence of over 72 persons,
many of whom also attended Miss Tinhof's
wedding in St. Philips church to Kenny
Clark November 29.
Bill Trow, Gerry Chernoff, M. J. Isman
and George Destounis were among film exchange
executives who went to Toronto to
attend the Grey cup football final November
29. The Montreal money was wagered on
the Edmonton Eskimos . . . Film trade executives
and their wives were entertained at a
cocktail buffet party Wednesday evening (26)
by Edouard Gauthier and Gerard Langevin,
co-owners of the new Rio Theatre in Sorel.
The party was held in the residence of
Gauthier prior to the opening of the theatre.
to which a visit was paid after the reception.
First picture shown at the Rio was "Just for
You," a Paramount film starring Bing Crosby.
Haskell Masters, Toronto, general sales
manager for Warner Bros., and wife were
here recently. Masters conferred with the
local manager of Warners, Grattan Kiely . . .
Charles S. Chaplin of Toronto, Canadian
division manager of United Artists, visited his
Montreal office en route to St. John, New
Brunswick, and neighboring centers.
Scheduled for showing: in Montreal theatres
early irj 1953 are "Melba," a Hollywood
production starring Patrice Munsel, outlining
the life of the great Australian singer;
"Moulin Rouge," starring Jose Ferrer, and
"Return to Paradise," starring Gary Cooper
during the week's showing of "Tlie
Fighting Rats of Tobruck" at the Orpheum
detachments of Montreal regiments paraded
to the theatre and attended the showing.
RKO salesman Harry Decker and Del Buckley
are on business trips, the former to
Gaspe peninsula for two weeks and the latter
to the maritimes for three weeks . . . Barbara
Fi-adkin, bookkeeper of 20th-Fox who was
married recently, visited Detroit on a threeweek
Guy Bachand of the
wedding trip . . .
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Rex, Sherbrooke, was a Filmrow visitor . . .
The Montreal Men's Press club showed three
of the original silent Chaplin pictures with
appropriate piano accompaniment.
NFB FILM WINS AWARD—W. Arthur
Irwin, chief of the National Film Board,
received the certificate of merit won by
the P^B picture, "Monastery," at this
year's International Film Festival of
India at Bombay. The presentation was
made by His Excellency R. R. Saksena,
diplomatic representative of the government
of India at Ottawa, who is shown at
the left of the group with Commissioner
Irwin, seated. From left to right in background
are Roger Blais, director of the
award- winning film; R. Lemieux, the
cameraman, and Guy Glover, NFB producer.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce has produced
"Pathway of Plenty," a color film illustrating
the operation of the private enterprise
system . . . Juveniles already prohibited
from attending motion pictm-e theatres, will
henceforth be banned from the showings of
films in parish halls, convents and other
Catholic properties in the province of Quebec
by order of Archbishop Leger . province
of Quebec motion picture censors joined those
from nine other provinces in urging censorship
for television.
"La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc," a silent
Parisian film produced in 1926, was shown to
a Cine club here recently . . . Shooting has
been completed on the French-Canadian film,
"Tit-Coq," starring Gratien Gelinas. The
actors and producers were visited by J. A.
deSeve, president of France Film Co., who
congratulated them on the progress made .
The Museum of Pine Arts included in its
film program two documentaries, "Newfoundland"
and "Klee Wyck," the latter the life
story of Emily Carr, noted Canadian artist.
At the Cinema de Paris, the attraction was
"Les Sept Peches Capitaux," (The Seven
Capital Sins) currently in its sixth week .
Religious films, including "Cathedral City,"
"Good Samaritan," "Road to Damascus,"
"David Livingstone" and "The Service" were
screened in the Benograph projection room.
Schoolboy Patrols Given
Free Show in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG—Good citizenship among
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Winnipeg's youngsters was rewarded by Bill I
Novak at the Capitol when school patrols
from 67 schools in this area attended a special
screening of "The Greatest Show on
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Earth" recently. The patrols were guests of
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the Winnipeg Free Pi-ess, sponsors of the
patrols in cooperation with the police traffic
department and the safety bureau of the
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Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce.
Similarly, Phil Young of the Grand invited
members of all football teams in greater
Winnipeg to a screening of "The Ro.se Bowl
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Story" in the midst of the season's final i
games.
'Where's Charley?' in Eight
TORONTO—A record number of eight units
were combined in the chain booking by Famous
Players Canadian Corp. of "Where's
Charley?" as the Show of the Week. Previously
this featm-e had played two weeks
first run at Shea's, after which it was transferred
to the Capitol and Tivoli for a moveover
engagement of one week, then went into
the eight key neighborhood houses. The
quintet comprised the Village, Beach, College,
Parkdale, Bloor, Oakwood, Runnymede and
Palace.
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