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PAGE SIXTEEN ; La THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE is __a SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1951 ° Whore ow Tak : On "Now. Look"! 0 AR neary AMBROSIA Ww. Cockerill Marks Oldest PP me | --_ | Employee Relates History [swoon ey BEE | OUR CONGRATULATIONS... Repertoire were heing closed by . The Great Mummer and the Marks : ro Of Theatre To Reporter family gradually died out. Now re- : ' : 5 pi 4 tired, Ernie Marks entered fully : 3 x : : ; «+ ¥into Oshawa's public life;and served ; ; -- ee. X 2 his time as Mayor. i Log By DICK BRIMMELL Taking his mayoral duties as se- riously as he took the duty of pre- Bearing the name of the theatrical family who wowed senting entertainment to the pub-| : : Co H T : WT] AE ' Te lic, Ernie Marks was one of the few : 3 Canadian audiences for more than 50 years, the Marks Mayors who held unofficial - court ; bi EE : y R w RA -- -- Theatre has been part of Oshawa's life since the city had py. meeting ratepayers in the City . " ' .| Hall every morning of the week. board-walks, buggies and roads that were seas of mud. Old SE nS Ne Beni est theatre in Oshawa the Marks has had famed vaudeville business, control of the Marks pass-| 4 : ! - " to have had the hon- stars on its boards and has progressed from Kinefescope|®d. to 20th Century Theatres in To © We are proud to ha i ronto. On May 6, 1942, Walter Cock- flashings of 'The Great Train Robbery" to the latest lush |erii was honored for his 25 years i : ; 5 lobb th ; : ham : service by the presentation of a gold | pr i j ! ; renovations to the lol of the Hollywood Technicolor creations. signet ring and scroll inscribed with i re at v Y Id For old-timers the Marks is more than a cinema -- it He Dames of ine management and | Rok Morks Theatre, . Oshawa's oldest A . ~ e entire stall, psec na Bo 3 : & H is a part of Oshawa that has grown up with the city. For| «I started off as errand boy and : : theatre. ti larks is second home. In his 34 years since 1917 Ihave done almost every one old-timer the Marks is secon Y [job in the theatre at one time or with the theatre Walter Cockerill has seen more-than 12,000,- another," is Walter's comment. He 000 people pass through the doors to watch the pictures. He|ls on friendly terms with thousands |of moviegoers but never mentions : has served under 17 managers and has memories of ev ery |his part in quelling a blaze that ; : 4 " Tep photo shows the Marks Thea- of them ' fry broke out behind the stage of : tre as it appears today with . one . the Marks. Walter is more talka- |: Ga : : i newly remodelled front and Foy- Back in the wild and woolly days® | tive about a woman who gave birth : : oo : : : er. life in the theatre was lively. Mr. only lasted a few weeks with the|to a baby in the Marks during a Fon Ege : tt | i ife in e > x Marks. | matinee years ago. onde i B@ Boitom photo taken many years : - GENERAL CONTRACTOR i c remembers | A awh ! NE Cockerill chuckles as he | Still going strong is thé Marks! Dubbed as "Oshawa's Mr. Show |i i : : Bi ago shows same building which one anonymous gentleman Who tc \popular maintenance man. Walter| Business" Walter saw his eighth |i J oo : | was then known as the Ameri- || 18 WILSON RD. N., OSHAWA DIAL 3-3889 cided he could look after two the-|js a walking history book of the ox : Fe : : ji Yas Den | : atres at the same time and eould|theatre: His induction to the busi- | & Wd LOOK vi | ; : | t bbth. He ness was in 1917 when he applied | (Continued on Page 17) : ; i io -- ---- show the same films 'a (for -- and got -- a job at the| : ° | princely salary of $3.50 a week. On | " + 99 (May 6, 1917, he started work at | Best For Public : hi / i [the Martin Theatre, as the| -- : ; 4 : " Marks was then known, working || Latest improvements to the artin Cm ea re Presents for Ford Martin. Ford died while, Marks have brought about the ho 1 ; i a . : [still managing the theatre and it|| addition of modern new offices * EL i Br a ee a Lend (8 THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE MOTION ker, still a familiar name to Osh-|| completely modernized and the 3 : 4 4 a | fhe ntvion't smcens pen | ER aki FEN | PICTURE EVER FILMED FOR THE SCREEN : - One of the four famed Marks bro- | isos formerly used for a bare hers, Ernie decided to enter the , : oO p . || ber's business. Manager W. movie theatre business in the 1920's. | Payne describes the improve- Although the moving picture finally Ji Bo $5 0 i killed "the road" for the acting pro- eas Jnmhar sop 108 oy 1 3 ; i i Jes lon, eiiie 204 bis days a a bo. public the best in comfort and i : om OUT OF SPACE COMES A FEARFUL MENACE! tween-act feature. Contortionists, | entertainment. ; : Has 2 > : jugglers and singers shared space | with the flickering "Perils of Paul- ine" and the Chaplin reelers. f Top-notchers appearing at the i " " "New Martin," as it was then cal-, space men a) powers led by Ernie Marks, were the Mag- : beyond our understanding gle and Jinks Company, the Har-! | 8 vey Minstrels and the Maybelles. In | we nd and indestructible robots with opposition to the New Martin, with n . |its first-rate Marketscope projector, . ; oy electron-magpetic brains ? were the Crystal Theatre, located WILLIAM PAYNE where Zeller's store is now, and the | Breet amin Maly Yiwase [Grant wheis' the vesauant bore. B EST WISI ES a | vip] MARKS THEATR to the MARKS i THEATRE | SUPER-PUFFT || Elf i Ra Ey POP CORN LTD. | BK Ng a RENNIE ov NEAL wor MARLOWE ond SAM JAFFE - BILLY GRAY : FRANCES BAVIER - LOCK MARTIN - Bosed on a Story by HARRY BATES 83 DUKE ST ° PHONE EM.3-5215 \ RR oe JULIAN BLAUSTEIN - wow ROBERT WISE - woe nw EDMUND H. NORTH TOZERELECTRIC| ~~ "™ "roronto - [= a 310 ELM GROVE DIAL 3-9633 Colored Cartoon "GOONS FROM THE MOON" = When Attending The MARKS . . . Be Sure: CONGRATULATIONS! and Pay a Visit to Our New and Modern Candy Bar! "Our Sincere Congratulations ~ MARKS : = A THEATRE MARKS THEATRE | On Your ON THE REMODELLING OF YOUR | Remodelled "our of the general contracting on the Can the world survive the deadly menace of strange PREMISES « Premises It was our pleasure to have done your plumbing > 2. » re 1 Silverwood Dairies || ing ® 588 Dupont Street =~ TORONTO LA. 3381 | * W. R. BROWN SILVERWOOD'S- ICE CREAM IS SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY | and SON THE MARKS THEATRE TO THEIR PATRONS || PruMBING & HEATING i 201 KING W. Pictured above is our new confection bar. "This new feature has been added . DIAL 3-2121 for your convenience where you muy obtain candies, pop corn, drinks, also Silverwoods lee. Cream Bars.