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10th Canadian Film Awards
The 10th Canadian Film Awards were held on June 21, 1958 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 41-43. The ceremony was hosted by Davidson Dunton, the chair of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Winners Films *Film of the Year: '' City of Gold'' — Colin Low, Wolf Koenig *Theatrical Short: '' The Sceptre and the Mace'' — John Howe *Arts and Experimental: ''Legend of the Raven'' — Judith Crawley ::''A Chairy Tale'' — Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra ::'' City of Gold'' — Colin Low, Wolf Koenig *TV Information: ''Skidrow'' — Allan King *Film for Children: ''En roulant ma boule'' — Studio 7 *Travel and Recreation: ''Stampede Stopover'' — Master Film Studios *General Information: ''Canadian People'' — Allan Wargon ::''Canadian Wheat'' — Stanley Moore *Public Relations: ''Generator 4'' — F. R. Crawley *Sales Promotion: ''Spirit of ...
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King Edward Hotel (Toronto)
The Omni King Edward Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hotel is located at 37 King Street East, and it occupies the entire block bounded by King Street on the north, Victoria Street on the east, Colborne Street on the south and Leader Lane on the west. History The King Edward Hotel was designed by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb and Toronto architect E.J. Lennox for developer George Gooderham's Toronto Hotel Company, and was granted its name by namesake King Edward VII. The structure opened in 1903 with 400 rooms and 300 baths, and it claimed to be entirely fireproof. In 1922, an 18-storey tower with 530 additional rooms was added to the east of the original eight-storey structure. On the two top floors of the tower is the Crystal Ballroom, that until the late 1950s was the most fashionable in the city. The room was closed in the late 1950s due to stricter fire codes and was not restored during the 1979-81 renovation. When the Omni ...
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The Sceptre And The Mace
''The Sceptre and the Mace'' (''Le sceptre et la masse'') is a 1957 short documentary film, directed by John Howe for the National Film Board of Canada."Vanity, Centre Book Sceptre and the Mace". ''Windsor Star'', November 16, 1957. p. 22. The film uses the royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Canada in 1957 to explore and explain the role of The Crown in a constitutional monarchy, focusing in particular on the opening of the 23rd Canadian Parliament, which remains to this day the only session of Parliament in Canadian history formally opened by the Queen herself rather than by the Governor General of Canada. It also shows many informal scenes of the Queen and Prince Philip in residence at Rideau Hall. ''The Sceptre and the Mace'' won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 10th Canadian Film Awards in 1958.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 41-43. In 1970, it w ...
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1958 Film Awards
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ...
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