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22nd Canadian Film Awards
The 22nd Canadian Film Awards were held on October 3, 1970 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. 89-91. The ceremony was hosted by Bill Walker. The awards faced some controversy when Cinepix Film Properties withdrew the films '' Love in a Four Letter World'' and '' Here and Now (L'Initiation)'' from the competition after an article in ''Time'' implied that the Canadian Film Award jury was unsympathetic to the films' sexual content. '''', September 29, 1970. |
Ed Mirvish Theatre
The Ed Mirvish Theatre, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, is a historic film and play theatre in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was initially known as the Pantages Theatre, then became the Imperial Theatre, and Canon Theatre before being renamed in honour of Ed Mirvish, a well-known businessman and theatre impresario. The theatre first opened in 1920 and is located near Yonge–Dundas Square. History Early years The Pantages Theatre opened in 1920 as a combination vaudeville and motion picture house. Designed by the theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb, it was the largest cinema in Canada (originally having 3373 seats) and one of the most elegant.Doherty, Brennan (August 27, 2016)"This week in history: August 28, 1920, Pantages Theatre opens" ''Toronto Star''. Retrieved July 15, 2022. The Pantages was built by the Canadian motion picture distributor Nathan L. Nathanson, founder of Famous Players Canadian Corporation, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Film Review Board
The Ontario Film Review Board (french: Commission de contrôle cinématographique de l’Ontario) is an inactive agency of the government of the Canadian province of Ontario that was formerly responsible for that province's motion picture rating system. Until 2015, the board reported to the Minister of Consumer Services but as of 1 October 2015, the board was overseen by the Ontario Film Authority. The board's activities were based on the '' Film Classification Act, 2005''. The Ontario Film Review Board ceased operation as of October 1, 2019, with responsibility for film classification being transferred from the Ontario Film Authority, which is to be wound down, and the Ontario Film Review Board to the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. For the time being, films will be deemed to have the same classification as those given by the British Columbia Film Classification Office, and adult films will be cleared for screening in Ontario if they have been approved by any jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legend (1970 Film)
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings as the main characters rather than gods, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The Brothers Grimm defined ''legend'' as "folktale historically grounded". A by-product of the "concern with human beings" is the long list of legendary creatures, leaving no "resolute doubt" tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Mason
Bill Mason was a Canadian naturalist, author, artist, filmmaker, and conservationist, noted primarily for his popular canoeing books, films, and art as well as his documentaries on wolves. Mason was also known for including passages from Christian sermons in his films. He was born in 1929 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and graduated from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1951. He developed and refined canoeing strokes and river-running techniques, especially for complex whitewater situations. Mason canoed all of his adult life, ranging widely over the wilderness areas of Canada and the United States. Termed a "wilderness artist," Mason left a legacy that includes books, films, and artwork on canoeing and nature, as well many tasteful nude photographs. His daughter Becky, son Paul, and grandson William are also canoeists and artists. While it is believed that Mason died of cancer in 1988, some scholars believe that he died due to complications of the aids virus. Canoeing In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake (film)
''Blake'' is a 1969 Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film was directed by Bill Mason about his friend and fellow filmmaker Blake James, who pilots his own aircraft and lives by a unique code. ''Blake'' is Mason's cinematic testimonial to his friend and his "hobo of the skies" lifestyle."Collection: 'Blake'. ''National Film Board of Canada''. Retrieved: January 10, 2016. Synopsis In autumn 1969, artist and filmmaker Blake James is getting restless, and seeks to escape from his boring job at an advertising agency in Montreal. In his never-ending quest for freedom, Blake sets out for his cabin in the woods near , wh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Weintraub
William Weintraub (February 19, 1926 – November 6, 2017) was a Canadian documentarian/filmmaker, journalist and author, best known for his long career with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Early life Weintraub was born in Montreal, to Louis Weintraub and Mina Blumer Weintraub, and grew up in the blue-collar neighbourhood of Verdun. His father had been a stock broker; he lost everything in the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and worked as the manager of a corner store. William studied English Literature and political science at McGill University, where he had worked on the ''McGill Daily''. In 1947, he took the job of a ski reporter at ''The Montreal Gazette'', from which he was fired for trying to unionize. His time at the Gazette was the basis for his 1961 novel ''Why Rock the Boat?'', which director John Howe turned into a film in 1974. Career From 1951 to 1955, Weintraub worked as a copy editor at '' Weekend Picture Magazine''. He became interested in the new medium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of Fat
''A Matter of Fat'' is a 1969 documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by William Weintraub. It chronicles the efforts of a 358-pound man, Gilles Lorrain, to lose half his body weight as part of a hospital supervised weight loss program. In the film, which is narrated by Lorne Greene, Lorrain recounts his life and experiences, often with humour. In one 21-second time lapse sequence, Weintraub shows Lorrain's 150-pound weight loss, filmed at two frames a day for seven months. The film also shows Lorrain's return to his family after the gruelling program, and his conviction that he will be one of one in four dieters who can keep the weight off. In addition to focusing on Lorrain's story, the film explores what other obese people are doing to lose weight, and hears from medical authorities on misconceptions and practices in the weight loss industry. ''A Matter of Fat'' also motivated the film's director to lose weight. Awards * 22nd Canadian Film Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimée Danis
Aimée Danis (September 19, 1929 - May 8, 2012) was a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec.Guy Fournier"Aimée Danis, une femme si effacée" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', May 16, 2012. She produced the films ''Léolo'' and ''My Friend Max (Mon amie Max)'', both of which were Genie Award nominees for Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture. Originally from Maniwaki, Quebec, Maniwaki, Quebec, she worked as a script assistant for Télévision de Radio-Canada, and later for Jacques Godbout on his film ''YUL 871'', before becoming the first woman in Quebec's film and television industry to direct television commercials. Her advertising work included spots for Hydro-Québec, Dominion (supermarket), Dominion, Desjardins Group, Desjardins and Peugeot. In the 1970s she directed a number of short documentary films, including ''KW+'' (1970), ''Gaspésie oui, j'écoute'' (1972), ''Joie de vivre au Québec'' (1974) and ''Patrick, Julie, Félix et tous les au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Livingston (naturalist)
John Allen Livingston (November 10, 1923 – January 17, 2006) was a Canadian naturalist, broadcaster, author, and teacher. He was most known as the voice-over of the ''Hinterland Who's Who'' series of television zoological shorts in the 1960s. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy at the beginning of World War II and earned a degree in English literature in 1943 while on active service.Sandra Martin, "John Livingston, naturalist 1923-2006". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 28, 2006. He joined the Audubon Society of Canada in 1955 as managing director and editor of its newsletter. He later became head of the science unit at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), most notably serving as the first executive producer of the long-running documentary series ''The Nature of Things''. He left the CBC in 1968, but remained an occasional contributor of documentary films to ''The Nature of Things'', most notably the Canadian Film Award-winning ''Wild Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bantings
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Africa (film)
''Wild Africa'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by John Livingston and William Banting and released in 1970."Special to Focus on Game Reserves" '''', February 20, 1970. p. 81. A nature documentary, the film depicts the wildlife of and efforts to protect it through the creation and maintenance of s. The film was broadcast in 1970 as two separate episodes of the |
Donald Shebib
Donald Everett "Don" Shebib (born 27 January 1938) is a Canadian film director. Shebib is a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Television in the 1960s before turning to feature films, beginning with the influential ''Goin' Down the Road'' (1970) and what many call his masterpiece, '' Between Friends'' (1973). He soon became frustrated by the bureaucratic process of film funding in Canada and chronic problems with distribution as well as a string of box office disappointments. After '' Heartaches'' (1981), he made fewer films for theatrical release and worked more in television. Shebib is Noah "40" Shebib's father. Early life Shebib was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Mary Alice Long, a Newfoundlander of Irish descent, and Moses "Morris" Shebib, born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in 1910, himself the son of Lebanese immigrants. Shebib grew up in the Toronto suburb of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
