Anniversary (1963 film)

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Anniversary
Directed by William Weintraub
Written byWilliam Weintraub
Produced by
  • William Weintraub
  • Nicholas Balla (exec.)
Narrated by Walter Pidgeon
Edited by
  • Tony Lower
  • Marguerite Payette (sound)
Music byNorman Bigras
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Anniversary (Anniversaire) is a 1963 Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by William Weintraub. [1] [2]

Created to mark the 60th anniversary of the release of the first Canadian narrative drama film, Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway (1903), the film presents an overview of the history of Canadian contributions to cinema, including archival footage of Canadian actors such as Mary Pickford, Marie Dressler, Mack Sennett, Norma Shearer, Fay Wray, Deanna Durbin, and Walter Huston. [3] It was narrated by Walter Pidgeon.

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 16th Canadian Film Awards in 1964. [4]

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References

  1. "Anniversary". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. Léo Bonneville, "Courts métrages de l'O.N.F.". Séquences, October 1964. p. 42.
  3. "Whitby Woman Put Sex on Film". The Globe and Mail , June 12, 1963.
  4. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN   0-7737-3238-1. pp. 65-67.