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Peters and Robinelle
Seek Key City Sites
TORONTO
\X7alt Disney, his wife and friends motored
through here on a holiday trip to visit
Goderich, Ont.. the birthplace of his father,
CALGARY—On an inspection tour of the
which the film cartoon producer had never
west to loolc over renovation and construction
on Odeon units, George V. Peters, vice-
seen. After a stay there, Disney proceeded
to Hollywood to check on studio conditions.
president, and Alan Robinette. secretary of
He declared that the strike at the Technicolor
laboratory had held up considerable
Odeon Theatres stopped here last week.
Peters said they were looking over some suitable
sites in key cities, with the object of
work. His own schedule of short subjects
was 30 units behind time, and he said he had
buying. He denied the newspaper story of
been forced to lay off 350 of his own staff of
last month that Odeon had made any offer
1,000 persons. Disney said "Cinderelte" and
to the Hull estate for the large stone Grain
"Alice in Wonderland" were ready for release.
exchange building, and added that two days
earlier they had bought a suitable site on
Scott street in Reglna. He said they would
The Arthur Rank Queensway studio in
check 6n construction work of new theatres
Islington is preparing to make an Eagle-Lion
in West Vancouver and Victoria.
feature, "Rainbow Ridge." Outdoor sequences
Peters gave credit to his fellow vice-president,
Leonard Brockington. for inspiring J.
will be shot at Niagara Falls, at the Calgary
Stampede in July and possibly at the Duke
Arthur Rank with the idea of investing in
of Windsor's ranch in Alberta.
Canadian theatres. This occurred during a
London visit made by Brockington early in
Alexander M. Huston died at his home in
the war on behalf of the Dominion government.
nearby Manila at 71. He was a brother of
Walter Huston, the screen and stage star.
Burial took place at Orangeville, the original
home of the Hustons. Walter was unable to
Two Full Page Co-Op Ads attend the funeral because he was engaged
in location work in California on a picture.
Promoted in Brantford, Ont.
Martin Simpson, formerly with Theatre
BRANTFORD, ONT.—The Expositor produced
a brace of full page co-op ads with two
Confections. Ltd., an affiliate of Famous
Players Canadian Corp., has been appointed
theatres.
to succeed Lloyd Gurr as manager of the
Oldtime stuff was revived for a page on
Century at Hamilton. Gurr recently turned
"The Good Old Days," a feature made up
to the summer hotel business . . . President
of odds and ends from early film days, which
J. J. Fitzgibbons of Famous Players is again
played at the Brant. In this page, which had
a grandfather, a boy having been born to Mr.
advertLsem,ents of long-e.stablished firms.
and Mrs. J. J. Fizgibbons jr., Toronto. It's
the sweep line across the top read: "Famous
their second son.
Stars and Scenes of Yesterday Return in
'The Good Old Days.' " Four illustrations Monogram Pictures. New York, has renewed
from the film were used in the news section. its Canadian distribution contract for tw.)
The .second co-op page was for a contest years with Oscar Hanson's Monogram Pictures
of Canada. Ltd., after a revision of
spon.sored by the newspaper and the Esquire,
for which the Expositor provided cash prizes previous terms with the company understood
and the theatre contributed passes. Readers to be controlled by J. Arthur Rank . . . Richard
Freeman, 65, popular manager of the
were asked to scan the many advertisements
to name the five business establishments Pix, a suburban theatre, died, leaving a
using certain slogans. There were approximately
60 store ads on the page.
wife, three sons and two daughters.
Theatre Holding Corp., operating the Allen
chain in Ontario, has announced a theatre
Model in 'I Love You'
project at Kapuskasing, a pulp and paper
Former Conover model Karen X. Gaylord town in northern Ontario. The house, to
has been inked for a role In Columbia's "I seat 750 persons, is scheduled to be started
Love V'lU " (';irly in August.
Picnic Boosts Fund
Of Film Pioneers
TORONTO—The industry had a
great day
June 20 when exchange and theatre executives,
their families and friends, turned ouC
at Mavety's Circle M ranch at nearby Kleinj
burg for the picnic and field day of th
Canadian Picture Pioneers. Proceeds fron
the sale of SI tickets and from various eventi
were added to the organization's benevolen
fund, which now has 315,000.
A number of companies declared a ha
holiday for the outing so that a maximu
number of employes could attend. The
enjoyed a program of contests, sports and
dance. More than 300 prizes were promote
The baseball game was between exhibitor
and distributors. The outcome is still mooQ
because no one had brought an adding ma
chine.
O. R. Hanson, president, and Ray Lewis,
secretary of the Pioneers were in charge of
the activities. Head man on the ticket committee
was Don Gauld, district manager of
Odeon Theatres. Tickets were sold throughout
the province.
OTTAWA
flccompanied by his wife. J. J. Fitzgibbons,
president of Famous Players Canadian
Corp.. was here for the Marian congress . . .
Maurice Anka, 23-year-old son of a local
businessman and a graduate of Ottawa college,
has gone to Hollywood to discuss a contract
with a film producing company. Anka,
who tried his hand at professional boxing in
New York, made a trip to Hollywood several
months ago, but decided to wait for a while
because of the strike situation there. Ottawa's
previous contribution to the screen was
Suzanne Cloutier, who already has had several
supporting roles including a speaking
part in "Temptation.
The whole graduating class of nurses at
the Ottawa Civic hospital were guests of the
class of 1948 at a performance in the FPC
Capitol. After the show, a party was held
in the reception hall of the nurses residence.
Manager Gordon Bcavis of the Centre has
arranged a midnight preview of "The Egg
and I" for June 30, the night before the
Dominion day holiday. The picture will play
a regular engagement at the theatre some
time later.
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.\ITF,M» I'AK.X.MOIM (OWKMION—I'ii lurid hen- at the annual convention
of Taramount riim Srrvior of ('anail;i in Toronto arc, left to right, .seated: Mickey
Stevonson, \'anri:uvi'i- ho«»i'. \'anrouvi'r i»rancli manager; Oscar Mi>rRan,
short sulijccts sales nian:it;cr; ('iiriloM l.iKlitstonc. Canadian general manaRcr; Charles
M. IteaKan. vice president in charKc of distribution: Curtis >II(ehell, puhlleitv. arivertlsluK
anil exploit. ition ilircctor: Tom DowliiKKin, Montreal branch manager, and Kuss
.Simpson, Toriinlo l)ianch manager: slanilinK. .lames Dclanev. Toronto salesman; Win
Barron, in charge of Canadian public relations: II.