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the photogra- government's led companies budgets. Pho- odels felt the MARKS FAMILY NITIONALLY KNOWN IN CANADA'S] GAS - LIGHT ERA | Brothers Made Theatrical History The following story is re- Daly Tincrcazete ot Feo. MAYOR MARKS (IN STRATFORD 16, 1952. It is of special Cen- London Life, diy identified andisers of su- d, Its owners, anization, said failing to show atre, often de- yrid's most ex- having an off- ng productions mise, an im- a, and Fiddler musical import States. Loot, @ also is doing » other produc- a tired kind of in's best actors e away making rights are also ie of the coun- screen, The re- an upsurge im R RACE P)-- A total of jing eight Cana- © ill hoist canvas iennial Marble- ailing race start- n Sunday. The s will be out to es domination of pan classic, U.S. yon every race icant eet tae ensue (FOR AVON TH gas-light era theatrical career of the seven Marks Brothers. Ome of them was the late Ernest Marks, Sr.,.a former mayor of Oshawa and father of the City's incumbent chief magistrate, Ernest Marks, Jr. The legitimate theatre in these days is sometimes pity- ingly called The Fabulous In- valid. But there was a day when the invalid was a lusty young giant who wore seven-league boots. Around the turn of the century show business was big business, and one of the tower- ing figures in Canadian show business was Oshawa's promi- nent citizen, Ernie Marks, Sr. He retired a few years ago, after more than fifty years in the game. One of seven theatrical broth- ers, who took their road shows and theatrical troupes all across Canada from the Maritimes to the Rockies, and even down into the States, Ernie Marks had had the theatre in his blood from an Mayor Ernest Marks and Mrs. Betty Kelly of Oshawa, his sister, participated yes- terday in the opening cere- ATRE EVENT monies of the newly-re- furbished Avon Theatre at Stratford, Ont. in a ceremony that had much significance for those who remember their famous parents -- the Jate Ernest Marks, Sr. and his late wife Kitty. The honored guests included several persons directly or in- directly associated with old troupes that once played Stratford. The famous Marks Bros. (which troupe included the late Ernest Marks, Sr. and his wife) were the greatest impresario-performers of Can- ada's small-town stage in the era before the nickleodeon Their breathless world of stage Villainy and Virtue "churned the emotions" of 8,000,009 Canadians in the gas- light era. Mayor Marks, who was also accompanied by Mrs. Marks, became a bien- was also one of the guests at Remagrorg Py early age. a special luncheon held by ball : " The seven Marks brothers | Tom Patterson, founder of the ajaayeyre . 5 came from Christie Lake, near) MAYOR ERNEST MARKS Stratford Festival and now os Perth in Eastern Ontario, All of) . « « History Recalled director of public relations for : 'ee ' them were in the show business that organization. 'yr THE ~\) CANADIAN KINGS |) f feng THE LATE ERNEST MARKS, SR. SEVEN DAZZLING MARKS BROTHERS BELONGED TO CANADA'S GAS-LIGHT ERA . . - His Theatrical Roots Were Deep CENTENNIAL 'Muerte sen cn maura ON THE TOWN THE CORONET ROOM of the|lyrics and can sock a son | Cadillac Hotel will have a top-|home with plenty of style an THURSDAY, July 27 notch an and Western act! drive. by|Oshawa Choral Society appear-|25 its headline for two weeks) Miss Lanier recently appears canoe for Expo from Scugog| ing at Expo July 27-28 starting Monday night. jed at the Cambridge and Bever- at one tine or another, but to five of them it was their life work. Robert Marks, the eldest,| Grand Cafe, ran both vaudeville jear and Joe, Tom, Ernie and Alex) and pictures. The Regent, then ie er he bs were the five who toured thel as now, a Famous Players agaptiesta date. x F somo d for years -- rig each house, concentrated on movies IN CIVIC AFFAIRS . : \ wi is own company. In the|/but boasted its own theatre or- But Mr. ' ' : home neighborhood the whole! chestra. time to dn go lige yee family was known for its laugh- welfare. He spent. thi Mee * ( \\ ter and song, long before the|PREFERRED SHOW BUSI. . sige man per wes Goa : A boys went trouping. NESS mayor in 1931, in what he : ' a Treland was the "'auld sod" to} The movies are all well andiermed "the worst year of the the Marks family. Father was|g00d in their place, says Mr depression."" Mayor Marks spent : Thomas, who with his wife Mar-|Marks, (and he would be the many an afternoon meeting and garet Farrell (a cousin of Lord|last one to deny that they havetajting with the unemployed in Mount Stephen, first president/been good to him financially), the Memorial Park, and doin of the CPR) seitled near Chris-/but he likes to harken back tcwhat little he could to alleviats| tie Lake. Tom Séniér was a inle great Gays oF SHOW WUNINeSE| their distress. Several years giant, standing 6 feet 1 inch in| When, in 1901, he married Mi: jlater he ran unsuccessfully for his stocking feet. He was the Kitty, his leading lady, with|the provincial parliament, op- strongest man in that district;|whom he last year celebrated|posing -the late W E N. his son, Ernie of Oshawa is in|their golden anniversary, they) Sinclair, er the same fine upstanding mold,|had already spent several sea-| CALENDAR The winds of the years have|sons on the road, travelling by|FINDS LIFE RICHER bowed him no whit. train and stage, and playing be-| Those were the days of politi-'savURDAY, July 8 Today the name Marks is per-| fore flaring gas foot-lights. Now, |cal turmoil. Ernie Marks is Whitby Venturers petuated as a symbol of public| #5 their family came along, they/slowing down a bit now, he} leave entertainment in Osha w a's\C2'tied their boys Ernie and/says, and finding life much) : : 2156 Marks Theatre, of which" x./Ted along with, them, until it|richer, His health 1s pretty good, | &"!8 Oshawa Fair--Alexandra Park), Slim Gordon and the Country/jey Hills Motor Hotels in Tor- a Mayor Marks was the former abn time for them to go tojhis hobbies few. He likes an|SUNDAY, July 9 --July 27-28-29, Picoaltady lie hed e Come lon agi hamigysd hed ial so .» Oshawe i , . whe ry were $ | i ' Alay : : eee J s+ Sount- a wi proprietor. He decided to settle|SChool, when they were sent to occasional flutter on the stock| Vancouver Jr. Band The FRIDAY, July 28 ry and Western show. called apr Ps Playing down in Oshawa in February|the care of their grandmother,|market. He drew the plans and| 1922, after having visited it|Mrs. Charles Reynolds at|supervised the building of the|. Blair Park Street Dance-- many thane with his theatrical| Brockville. fy agg 4 at 398 Simcoe Street pc retnge ag B | Whitby | companies. They usually played : |North, where he and his wife|JS0@wa Film Coun at the Martin 'Theatre, got LARGE 'REPERTOIRE live, which daily rings with the| Presentation--Mem was renamed the New Marti Sone seasons it was a difficult|pattering feet and laughte when it came under the man(Play each night, with the play|visiting grandchildren. ehter of| THURSDAY, July 13 Beefeaters"---Memorial Park |Red River Jamboree in Oshawa some years ago. | addy Wood D: uty pee | 4 The troupe has been jie uo, a rhythm mus- -- Film|Centennial Caravan --. Bow-|many tues on national tele: ical group and by popular de- jal Park) manville -- July 28-29-30 vision, on such shows as Count-|™224 a holdover from the last | suNDAY, suly. 98 ry Hoedown. He is a record-| ree weeks. The popular exotic J ; rida a ««q\dancer, the Black Panther, will . rfl (°° Sh 7 Re ntal . a ed ' : ._,\ing star in his own right ("I x} agement of Mr, Marks in 1922. whe" Ganich Rit" henge' His oldest son, Jack, who for Bandshell pany Coe bags PP iba Can't lane cere Blues" is one|P® back next week. 4 ae > 'y ie i id has appear- BOUGHT OSHAWA THEATRE |Hooligan," "The Black Fiag,"|* time ran the Marks Theatre,|saruRpay, Jul ea on radio show 'The Blue Horse Loun ig \ P » 5 iy 15 .\ed on radio shows with Hank eka oe 'Theatre had been|and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" or as|now manages a tourist camp at\UAW Picnic--Lakeview Park iomowmonmadl AUG Snow in Nashville, Tenn. Claud-| Hotel Lancaster next 5 oe a throu, couple of bad years,|Mr.. Marks jestingly put »it,| Christie Lake. Ted, the next son, onfederation Caravan -- Alex-lette Leferve is the feminine) feature the. Wells the Post-war business rec. Proce: ithe RCAF; 'was killed ove ¥ BONEADAY July andra Park -- Aug..1- 11 his travels, Mr. Marks had re-|playing in St. Catharines a pro-/°8* in World War Il. His third The revue also includes the 19 e : r ee ae | WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2 ceived a private tip that a large|duction of "Wildfire," 'at one/#0", Ernie, Jr., a lawyer, Hves|East Whitby Evening Aquatic --Newcastle ad ed any was moving into -- a eee | - -- gg bee his wife and five children,| Display--Camp Samac imei ates shawa. He took this as an in Russell. amon im/Jill, Marsha, Teddie, Joe and| THURSDAY, Jul , AUG. 3 omen of better days for the city,|Brady, a "friend" of Miss Rus- eas ren » July 20 , bt : CENTRAL HOTEL & FENDER and realizing that "the road"|sell's, threatened to sue, but Melinda at 98 Wood Street. His|Regimental Band Concert -- culo Whit-' The Ray Belmonte Duo will rob patrons are in for a real PAINTING was nearly a goner, decided to|that didn't faze the Marks|®ly daughter, Mrs. Betty Mc-| Bandshell ti diate be held over for a second week| 'reat. See ; TALISTS buy his own theatre where he|troupe. They went on with the/Garry (Colborne Stree () FRIDAY July 21 |SATURDAY, AUG. & Le pete en = vg Bic teeys <5 first visit he v4 could produce plays and vaude-| show. |has four children, Virginia, | Legion Carnival --Bowmanville | Patade -- Ont. Regiment--Whit-| gery nm King st. management is ing H.) 728-3401 ville, and play the increasingly| After quitting the road in 1922,|"Happy," Georgia and Rickie.) --July 21-22 | by Civie Dinuer at Contonnial| Nout norntinn wit ie oc ton foo te ke ae an : Popular "'photoplays." And he/prnie Marks, with his older/and on t f et Centre -- Whitby t he fi es also De wack TE Ye eee attract(@u. f chose Oshawa for the venture.| ce : jan one or two of them, along TUESDAY, July 25 y : : 0 perform for the patrons. GEORGIAN MOTOR Hi ae Any advarianient a the iscue brother Joe E, C. Marks, the)with the children of Ernie, Jr.,| Destroyer HMCS "Nipigon", FRIDAY, AUG. IL Pon Belmonte duo presents Bobby Van is holding forth ; ieee' of February 11, 1922, has the(oWly survivors of the famous|are bound to be up for a visit) Whitby Harbor -- July 25-27'|Kinsmen Camival -- Bowman-| mya' they alen Rebel 'pccon|it_ the posh Vintage Room of UPHOLSTERY superscription '"Martin'sifive, the two brothers more oriwith the grandparents just|/2@CS "Kootney", Oshawa Har-| vill -- Aug. 11-12, ldian, drums and. « Tnialatute the Georgian Motor Hotel. " . Theatre, -- Marks, Man-|less settled down, Joe to live at|about every day in the week. | bor--July 25-26 |SATURDAY, AUG. 12 |piano to put their song num-|. Bobby, who has appeared on rc peers et between the opening|the family stamping ground.| "what is your philosophy wt|WEDNESDAY, July 26 [East Whitby Gala Night -- Cen-| D&S cross. Be a se eee = bars of Dvorak's "Humoresque"| ¢ Lake, Ernie to th slinaer : | : las | ) 8 shows as the John Carson and cao presenting, Marie Prevost i Christie Lake, Ernie to the man-jife" The Times-Gazette asked|OShawa Film Council -- Film| tennial Caravan -- Whitby|" STAGE DOOR LOUNGE |} riffi ian Bal U holste " st in/agement of the New Martin|this grand old tro d city|. Presentation--Memorial Park! A 12-17 y NG Merv Griffin shows sings bal- n Pp ry "Parisan Scandals," (a photo-\Theatre in Oshawa, which was/father ACR AOE CY ee Aug. 12 - The Jimmy Allen Quartet -/lads and Folk songs in his own ING ST. W. play). The ad continues: "Theljater re - named the Marks| wn. ; | eee ~-----| with their colorful Western Mus-| inimitable style which fits in orig Vaudeville Bill is high-class, re-|"Theatre hea ee "3 nove ms onal 0 M ic « he be the key attraction| well with the Vintage Room at: FB fined, up-to-the-minute and var-| : gh! Live by the day," ad-| R ] 1, at the Stage Door Lounge,| mosphere. : } ied . . . for the first half of the| "4 gradually silent pictures| vised Ernie Marks. 'vne an ules Whitby Hotel next week. week." and plugs comics by the|came to supercede plays and CIVIC AUDITORIUM name of car Reno Fitz. vaudeville in the public favor.| FUTURE OF OSHAWA | : SPRUCE VILLA HOTEL Oshawa's Old Country Club panuid and Johnston and That was the heyday of Charlie "What future do you see for| 0 U Ls =. Kitty Lanier and her musical|has lined up a super - attrac- SPACE = "whistling comedian." All this Levenger bee oe -- was the final ques-| nh alga ovie e€nsors Ips, "ae ce eens ia ae Lae ' iti 'urpin, Mabel Normand, Mary . crowds to Ralph Snow's Spruce!}Oshawa Civic Auditorium. ILABLE THE LATE KITTY MARKS OF OSHAWA ol Right gig price of 25) 7icktord and Douglas' Fair-| "When I first came here in| muiewooh tally cc Win a Villa Hotel in Whitby. Two of the better known pop- . «. She Was Star Of Husband's Troupe Not content with that, the|banks, to name but a few. Theli999, the population was 1,000. |stale consorahip virally Be i age tom scandals in the} Miss Lanier is unquestion-jular singers from the British YOUR theat Special Candy Mati.|Cowboy stars were Tom Mix, Dane ert : s, when moralists threat-|ably one of the finest perform-| Isles will head the special show- reatre ran Special Candy ati Jack Holt and Hoot Gibson. Oshawa was declared a city)°Ut by court rulings, respon-jened to create censor boards in|ers to appear at the Spruce in}Ruby Murray and David Wit nees on Saturday -- "A bag of}: 4 icture|shortly after, in M J sibility for determining the taste|every state and city. A strict|s i y, is RTISING candy given to every child on nih gare prea a poh omc. el rhs movie entertainment in the|code of morality was created way sc eens dancer and| 'The Civie Auditorium will bi entering the theatre." s , Tne : m. 10K atiUnited States rests largely in|and enf d : ys : fe vised 'd remembers, citizens used 0|jt now. past 40.000 and ati ; nforced. sings, not only Rock N' Roll/ busy all summer with such at- SSAGE THEATRE COMPETITION line up for blocks, Merchants] ../.7 ro ig =" u = ge ae : Bers pati has advocated a/Rhythm and the Blues, but also|tractions as roller skating and There was competition fromjand factory owners, he avers,|*'°"8- - @ move!) He is Liverponl-born Geoffrey) Classification system for age|standards and Pop tunes. She|lacrosse, but there will be ne ; two other theatres in those|used to plead: "Don't show Hoot Next thing we know, we'll be|Shurlock, 72, who administers|Sroups, as is done in most other|/has a definite respect for the'big shows until September. days. The Grand, an upstairs\Gibson any more!" Evidently|annexing Toronto," and that|'"¢ Production code for the Mo-|countries. In the last year 14} MOVING i auditorium, over the present|the industrial wheels of the city og the final quip which showed peels gen oe car ' 7 gga nt nem ga the| the grand old trouper still re- of the nistrauon | wi e =m. A HAWA P CENTR MORE AND MORE OF OSHAWA'S FINEST PEOPLE HAVE. DISCOVERED; AND ARE LIVING IN Rosslynn Arms A tained his crisp and quick wit which made him a _ stage} favorite many years ago. Buying or Selling! 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Each letter carries the) _ ing fire from industry and pub-|notice: 'You understand our fi-| With C ue lic critics. |nal opinion must be based on|!taly's Michelangelo Antonioni "I think we are doing a good|the completed picture." |in his first English - language job of reflecting the taste of the! Shurlock says he will prob-|film, Blow-up. Less successful American public," he says.|ably continue to be attacked by|H@S_ been France's Francois "After all, the people are the|the moralists, But he feels that|!uffraut, whose Fahrenheit 451 final judges." } CENSOR OVERLOAD Hollywood's self - censorship| films. HOLLYWOOD (AP) --Cana his genius to a language that is not his own? The feat was accomplished Puritan tradition and is taking have the English-made films of plaudits of those he made in Po- ___|land. | Other foreign directors such 'as Sweden's Ingmar Bergman Up And Down The Staire spectacular success by| |the U.S. is breaking out of the| failed to move the critics. Nor} Leal Lal movies seen in U.S. theatres|label, "suggested for mature} Indian Film Maker Has Sein leaner sm tam Sang TOUGH Assignment Now jbeen working with non-actors," masterful film maker translate|he remarked. "Now I want to 'see what it is like to work with | virtuoso performers." Ray and producer Michael jilson figure they have their jvirtuoso in Peter Sellers, who jhas agreed to appear in The Alien on the basis of Ray's reputation; the actor didn't jeven need to see the script. |Now Ray and Wilson are seek- ing an American actor for the other major role. They would a more mature attitude toward) Roman Polandski drawn the like Steve McQueen or Marlon Brando, but then, what film maker wouldn't? | Ray, 46, speaks flawless Eng- lish. He was a founder of the ers, and we are dedicated to providing the very best care for all e | Bi : y, pre &. TuneAlp sa. Fo ee j GENERAL REPAIRS jand Italy's Federico Fellinij|cajoutta Film Society and Scan 73 A pa r t men t KY oe us jhave so far resisted the offers! noonlighted from an _advertis- yo ee U S E I . ee we English-| ing job to film Paine PS, re © ie | insane part of a trilogy which won in- rath 745 STEVENSON ROAD NORTH ra | & K W I ' K gs «Ws niry n Russ Festival! Sit: detgail Thay, most te-ttedatent Ge | Deliver; ] © Painting ee jmous film maker of India,} Ray continues to work in Cal- | sLYWOOD -- "Up the)Award winner for her perfor-|plans to accept the challenge. jcutta, which he describes as bier PHONE 728-9724 Cleaners and coe Down Staircase," Watner Bros.'|mance in "Who's Afraid ofl, pe oo ./"the centre for modest films, wv ile page picture production of the best-|Virginia Woolf?" stars as an Pic god pesca od rood usually based on novels and IETT J Shirt Launderers Sanitone seller by Bel Kaufman, tha tlidealistic young teacher facing] which he will make for Colum-|Short stories and rooted in the ac did OR ig a oe athe realities of her first class-|pia Pictures. Until now, all of| environment of India. is . " "0 jbig city high school, has beenjroom assignment. She is ex-! pj; i " in| _ The world of Satyajit Ray re- al 723-1009 728-5133 rai Genenteet" | elaed ax the ofa Unie petedo scompany ie USNs Revie Nance? fun fects onthe sol det ete i pre bogs: f Ae Cee po ager to the Festival,|for the Indian audience. Fg egg pages yt s nm.) 434 SIMCOE SOUTH 728-2061 | p s' oscow,;which will include Robert Mul). ; i act that-he is the only: Indian 728. jrunning from July 5 to July 20. jligan, the firm's director and ACCEPTS CHALLENGE film maker to be recognized Sandy Dennis, Academy'Alan J. Pakula, the producer. ! 'In most of my films I have loutside the country's borders. e : \