Motion pictures--British Columbia--History

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Aida and Martin Kroeger interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Quota Quickies PERIOD COVERED: 1932-1938 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1980-04-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kroeger discusses his involvement in the production of movies in B.C. in the 1930s, with emphasis on the "Quota Quickies". Mr. Kroeger talks about the establishment of Commonwealth Pictures in Victoria by Kenneth Bishop. The financial backing of Mrs. Seldon Humphries (nee Kathleen Dunsmuir). Bankruptcy after production of "Crimson Paradise" and "The Black Robe" [aka "Secrets of Chinatown"]. Mr. Kroeger discusses writing a shooting script for "Harlow Manor" and Miss Dunsmuir's acting ability. The showing of "Crimson Paradise" at the Capital Theatre. Establishment of Northern Films, and subsequent bankruptcy. Central Films is successor. Mr. Kroeger's duties as continuity writer. Salary and working conditions. The Hollywood crew. Hiring of cast. Production schedule, budget. Shooting locations. Scenes of B.C. logging. Local residents involved. Stories of the actors and actresses. Mrs. Kroeger talks about her experiences with the stars. Mr. Kroeger discusses the directors, writers. TRACK 2: Mr. Kroeger talks about the beginning and end of Bishop's movie production in B.C. The change of legislation in Britain that spelled the end of the quota quickies. His first viewing of these movies in 1980. Mr. And Mrs. Kroeger talk about their photo collection of the stars involved in these movies.

Beverly and Jim Nicholson interview

RECORDED: Brooklin (Ont.), 1988-10-16 SUMMARY: A.D. Kean's daughter and son-in-law relate anecdotes about A.D. Kean, Mrs. Kean, and the Kean family's life in Toronto and Bowmanville. The voice of Fraser D. Kean is also heard. Recorded at the Nicho;lson home in Brooklin, Ont.;

Charlie Edgar interview

RECORDED: Fort Macleod (Alta.), 1988-10-03 SUMMARY: Mr. Edgar, a onetime member of the RNWMP and former mayor of Fort Macleod, Alberta, recalls his involvement as an actor and advisor during the filming of A.D. Kean's POLICING THE PLAINS near Fort Macleod in 1924-25. He also discusses his own career, local personalities and aspects of local history.

David Rimmer interview [1969-1970] : parts 1-5

CALL NUMBER: T4298:0002 track 2 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): David Rimmer interview : part 3 SUMMARY: An interview with Vancouver filmmaker David Rimmer. (cont'd from T4298:0003 track 2);

CALL NUMBER: T4298:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): David Rimmer interview : part 1 and 2 SUMMARY: An interview with Vancouver filmmaker David Rimmer.;

CALL NUMBER: T4298:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): David Rimmer interview : part 4 and 5 SUMMARY: An interview with Vancouver filmmaker David Rimmer. (cont'd from T4298:0002 track 2);

David Rimmer interview [ca. 1976] : part 2 and 3

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): David Rimmer interview [ca. 1976] : part 2 & 3 RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1976] SUMMARY: Vancouver filmmaker David Rimmer discusses the breakup of Intermedia; teaching film; influences upon films; theories about his films -- "Surfacing on the Thames","Cellophane", "Dance"; Al Razutis; hol;ogram show; etc. (Part 1 of this interview is not available);

Douglas S. Wilson collection

  • PR-2232
  • Collection
  • 1947-1990

The collection mainly consists of copies of several short films by Oscar and Dorothy Burritt. The Burritts were film enthusiasts and amateur filmmakers who lived in Vancouver until 1947. Oscar C. Burritt also worked as a professional cinematographer and director. In later years he worked for CBC Television in Toronto. Both the Burritts were active in the film society movement, including the Vancouver Branch of the National Film Society and the Toronto Film Society.

The collection includes footage of Vancouver events and places, as well the amateur or experimental works "And--", "Bats Out of Hell", "Residue 2", "Suite Two: A Memo to Oscar", and "Three There". The collection also includes Douglas Wilson's 1981 oral history interview with Leon C. Shelly, who discusses his career as a film producer in Vancouver and Toronto. It also includes a photograph of a portrait of Dorothy Burritt, painted in 1947 by Peter Bortkus.

Wilson, Douglas S.

Ernest Dixon interview

RECORDED: Fort Macleod (Alta.), 1988-10-03 SUMMARY: Mr. Dixon discusses his family's property on the Oldman River east of Fort Macleod, Alberta, where he and his brothers erected two stockades for the filming of A.D. Kean's POLICING THE PLAINS in 1924.;

Fraser Kean and Robert Kennedy interview

PERIOD COVERED: ;1927;-;1961 RECORDED: Oakville (Ont.), 1988-10-15 SUMMARY: A.D. Kean's son and brother-in-law discuss Kean's activities in Toronto and vicinity, including his work as a feature writer for the Toronto Daily Star and Star Weekly, his personal traits, his love o;f horses, his homes, etc. The voice of Mrs. Mildred Kennedy is also heard. Recorded at the Kennedy home in Oakville, Ont.;

Goldie and Gwen Vanderburgh interview

PERIOD COVERED: ;1932;-;1954 RECORDED: Perth (Ont.), 1988-10-22 SUMMARY: Mr. and Mrs. Vanderburgh recall their friendship with A.D. Kean from 1932 to about 1954. Mr. Vanderburgh particularly recalls their shared interest in horses, and his own involvement in ADK's 1938 CB;C radio drama series "Sails and Saddles." The voice of Fraser D. Kean is also heard. Recorded at the Vanderburgh home in Perth, Ont.;

Inventing grace, touching glory : the story of the British Columbia film & television industry : [widescreen edition]

Documentary. ". . . A documented journey into how the western Canadian film business was built from the early 1950s to the present day. It examines the people and events that helped shape the production landscape and unveils an intimate look into the realm of filmmaking and theeconomics that surround it." (package description)

Jack Darcus interview : parts 1, 2 and 3

CALL NUMBER: T4298:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Darcus interview : part 1 and 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1969-12-31 & ?] SUMMARY: An interview with Vancouver filmmaker Jack Darcus.;

CALL NUMBER: T4298:0002 track 1 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Darcus interview : part 3 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1969-12-31 & ?] SUMMARY: An interview with Vancouver filmmaker Jack Darcus (cont'd from T4298:0001).;

John Fremlin interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1988-10-30 SUMMARY: Mr. Fremlin, whose family owns the Flying U Ranch at Green Lake, B.C., discusses the history of the ranch and the life of rodeo champion Jack Boyd, who owned it ca.1920-1940. Boyd starred in A.D. Kea;n's feature film POLICING THE PLAINS, part of which was filmed around the ranch in 1924. Recorded at Mr. Fremlin's home on the Flying U Ranch.;

Norman King interview

RECORDED: Golden (B.C.), 1983-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Horse freighting for local mines. Getting started in guiding in the 1930s. Class A licence. Advertised in Field and Stream. Minor horse troubles. Blaeberry River: pack trail, hunting cabins, tents, brother Ron helped guide and cook. Mr. Linberg, Ken Jones also guided in the Blaeberry Valley. More outfits appeared after WWII; ex. Sid Webber, Parker. King's outfit had sixteen horses. Bill Romaine helped. Others: Robisons, Charley Lawrence. Guide wages. Recollections and incidents. TRACK 2: Bears raided his cabins. Also hunted in the Spillimacheen Valley. Pack for international water commissioner on the Wood River in the 1960s. Acting in a movie, "The Silent Barrier" in 1932 for $6.50 a day. Old local guides in Golden history book.

Oscar and Dorothy Burritt fonds

  • PR-1780
  • Fonds
  • 1938-1954

The fonds consists of the Burritt's films, which include footage of Vancouver events and places, as well as a completed documentary film called "Stanley Park" (Coast Films, 1939).

Burritt, Oscar C., 1908-1974

Stan Fox interview

CALL NUMBER: T4349:0001
PERIOD COVERED: 1936-1946
RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1988-06-20
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Family background. Fox grew up in Kitsilano area, studied English and history at UBC. Interest in photography began 1942; led to job with photographer R.H. Marlow, ca. 1945-48, and interest in film. Drove taxi 1951-53. Studies at UBC. Early movie-going; reaction to films of John Ford. Post-war interest in foreign films, especially Russian and German silents. Vernon Van Sickle. "Reverent" attitude to classics. TRACK 2: Influence of German and Russian silent films; earlier impressed with wartime dramas (especially Russian), British features, NFB documentaries. Films were screened regularly at Kitsilano High School when Fox was there. Silent comedians "resurrected" by critic James Agee. Other critics: Paul Rotha, Lewis Jacobs. Post-war revival of National Film Society's Vancouver Branch. The Film Survey Group of the Labour Arts Guild; screened silent films at John Goss Studio Theatre, starting May 1946. Vernon Van Sickle. John Goss's experimental theatre. Prior history of the film society since mid-1930s. Post-war revival led by Dorothy Burritt, Moira Armour, Jack Shadbolt and Van Sickle. Van Sickle and Peter Varley shot a film at Leon Shelly's film studio. Fox impressed by the studio and quality of 16mm film.

CALL NUMBER: T4349:0002
PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1953
RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1988-06-20
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Met Peter Varley latter part of 1946, when Varley shooting film with Vernon Van Sickle at Shelly studio. Film was an occult story featuring clairvoyant Nettie Gendall and Van Sickle. Fox shoots and processes his own first footage. Fox met Dorothy Burritt late 1946; she was supportive of Fox's filmmaking interest, and loaned him husband Oscar's movie camera. Her interest in the arts; her qualities, manner; interest in occult; voice; sensitivity. Dorothy and her friends as "early hippies". Fox met Oscar Burritt much later (June 1953) in Toronto. TRACK 2: Oscar Burritt: his interests, appearance, habits, voice. The Burritt's relationship; Dorothy difficult in her last few months. Dorothy brought American avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren to Toronto [1951]. Oscar's creativity later stifled. The Burritts introduced Fox to modern art, modern music; had John Vanderpant's unusual record collection. Fox's photographic influences. Film society was "run into the ground". Dorothy's influence on Fox. With Merwyn "Binky" Marks, she revived film society in late 1940s with summer screenings at Boilermakers' Hall. Other venues: quonset hut on Burrard Street; Vancouver General Hospital Christmas Seal auditorium. Fox's problems with hospital bureaucracy over society's use of auditorium.

CALL NUMBER: T4349:0003
RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1988-06-20
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More about film society screenings, venues. Fox's impressions of people in Dorothy Burritt's circle: film librarian Moira Armour, film editor Maureen Balfe, painter Peter Bortkus. Novelist Malcolm Lowry and his wife Margerie attended film society screenings. Fox's impressions of Lowry; his behaviour, reputation, response to film, etc. The film society's membership; other filmmakers, etc., of Fox's age. The young Allan King. Norman Newton. Careers in film not considered feasible. Jack Shadbolt's influence on local creative life. The School of Art crowd. Homer Powell, a film editor who came to Vancouver from Hollywood. TRACK 2: Homer Powell's uncompleted film noir. Powell married a Citanovich girl, as did film director Spence Crilly, who later claimed to have made films in the Eastern Bloc. Frankie and Lena Citanovich. Other professional film people: sound man Shirley Wilson, art director Marguerite Roozeboom (nee Goulding). Wally Hamilton and Trans-Canada Films. Arla Saare. Jack Ammon. Fox's own filmmaking activities: the making of SUITE TWO (June 1947) with Dorothy Burritt. Film screenings at Burritt apartment; preparing "scores" for silent films. SUITE TWO as a historical record. Fox's film GLUB (1947), which satirized the works of Maya Deren; involvement of Tom Baird, Rolph Blakstad, Dorothy Burritt. Fox's unfinished ABELARD BEFORE A MIRROR (October 1948), which employed life masks made by Blakstad and a complex script by Norman Newton. The inspirations behind the film; its story. Derivative effect caused by viewing and re-viewing films.

CALL NUMBER: T4349:0004
RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1988-06-20
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continues discussion of ABELARD; the story of Abelard and Heloise. Film intended as symbolic statement; interest in expressive use of realistic masks. Genesis of IN THE DAYTIME (shot May-Sept;ember 1949), a documentary depicting "a day in the life of Vancouver". European influences; the "city symphony" films. Film society president Arthur Lourie convinced society to sponsor film; total cost, 60 dollars. Locations used. Norman Newton's poetic commentary, read by Roy Daniells; recording it. Good and bad points about the film; allusions. Premiere. Collaborating with Peter Varley. Details of shooting, film stock, etc. TRACK 2: Fox's last significant amateur film, THE SUETONIUS VERSION, made in 1953 with Gerald Newman. Film was a silent comedy-drama; Newman's story idea played off British film THE BROWNING VERSION. "Literary influence" on filmmaking ideas. Newman appeared in the film, as did Janet Cates, Fox's future wife; Fox lit and photographed it. 8 minutes, b&w. Musical knowledge from assembling "scores" for silent film screenings. Not much filmmaking activity by Fox 1950-53; people and money unavailable. Economics of amateur production. Knew no other serious amateurs in Vancouver area. (End of interview);

The grey fox : artists and their stories

Documentary. "ARTISTS AND THEIR STORIES is a 30 minute documentary profiling the story behind the making of THE GREY FOX. It includes extended interviews with Jackie Burroughs, who plays Kate Flynn, and screen writer John Hunter, as well as archival interviews with director Philip Borsos and star Richard Farnsworth." (Pacific Cinematheque description)

To do a moving picture thing : cine film and the Northwest Coast, 1910-1930 : film clips

The item is a compilation video. It contains excerpts selected from ethnographic films showing First Peoples of the British Columbia coast, 1910-1930, including films produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company (1910), Edward W. Curtis (1914), Pathescope of Canada (1919), Harlan I. Smith (1928-1929), Marius Barbeau and Associated Screen News (1927), and Franz Boas (1930).

Tom Braidwood & Kirk Tougas raps

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1973-12-09 SUMMARY: Vancouver filmmakers Tom Braidwood and Kirk Tougas converse about filmmaking and about program material for the Pacific Cinematheque film study collection.;

West coast filmmaking : an historical sketch

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1986-02-23 SUMMARY: In an illustrated lecture presentation at the Newcombe Auditorium, Dennis J. Duffy, author of "Camera West: British Columbia on Film, 1941-1965", discusses the history of filmmaking in British Columbi;a.;