{"id":30726,"date":"2025-02-07T01:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30726"},"modified":"2025-02-02T23:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T03:30:03","slug":"evangeline-1913-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/evangeline-1913-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangeline, 1913 Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bob Wilson (right) with staff scientist Michel Maillet, Projection Room, Science North – photo by Stan White<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. You likely think of Hollywood when you think of films\/movies but we also produced movies beginning with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Evangeline in 1913. In issue 21-2, (Sep.Oct 1995) Ev devoted a number of pages to the centenary of motion pictures in Canada,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His own article titled “PHSC celebrates the Centenary of <\/span>Motion Pictures<\/em>”\u00a0begins, “An <\/span>earl<\/span>y Canadian feature <\/span>film <\/span>was\u00a0produced in <\/span>H<\/span>a<\/span>lif<\/span>ax<\/span>, N<\/span>ova <\/span>Scotia, <\/span>in <\/span>that year [1913] by <\/span>th<\/span>e Canad<\/span>i<\/span>an <\/span>Biograph Co. <\/span>Limit<\/span>ed <\/span>of H<\/span>al<\/span>ifax.\u00a0<\/span>The <\/span>co<\/span>mp<\/span>any was formed <\/span>in <\/span>1<\/span>91<\/span>2 by\u00a0<\/span>H<\/span>.H<\/span>.B. <\/span>H<\/span>oll<\/span>and of th<\/span>e Ang<\/span>l<\/span>o-Am<\/span>eri<\/span>can\u00a0Film <\/span>Co. <\/span>of London<\/span>, <\/span>Engl<\/span>and.<\/span><\/p>\n

“H<\/span>o<\/span>ll<\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>was <\/span>president a<\/span>nd <\/span>general manager; N. V. <\/span>Caston<\/span>guay, <\/span>vi<\/span>ce-pr<\/span>esid<\/span>ent<\/span>;\u00a0<\/span>H<\/span>.G. <\/span>L<\/span>awre<\/span>n<\/span>ce<\/span>, <\/span>Secretary-treasurer;\u00a0<\/span>George <\/span>Wint<\/span>er<\/span>s and <\/span>E.<\/span>F. <\/span>K<\/span>ee<\/span>f<\/span>e, <\/span>direc<\/span>t<\/span>ors.\u00a0A <\/span>s<\/span>tudi<\/span>o was <\/span>mainta<\/span>in<\/span>ed <\/span>in <\/span>Halifax <\/span>o<\/span>n\u00a0Barrington Street.<\/p>\n

“‘<\/span>Evangelin<\/span>e’ was the first <\/span>feat<\/span>ur<\/span>e <\/span>re<\/span>l<\/span>ease. It <\/span>was f<\/span>il<\/span>med <\/span>in <\/span>Ann<\/span>apolis and\u00a0<\/span>Grand Pr<\/span>e in <\/span>October <\/span>and N<\/span>ovem<\/span>ber. <\/span>H.T.\u00a0<\/span>O<\/span>l<\/span>iver<\/span>, <\/span>an <\/span>en<\/span>gin<\/span>ee<\/span>r<\/span>, e<\/span>quipp<\/span>ed <\/span>th<\/span>e l<\/span>aborat<\/span>ory <\/span>and <\/span>s<\/span>u<\/span>pervi<\/span>sed <\/span>th<\/span>e e<\/span>ntir<\/span>e <\/span>photog<\/span>r<\/span>ap<\/span>hi<\/span>c a<\/span>nd <\/span>mechanical work, <\/span>beco<\/span>ming a\u00a0<\/span>v<\/span>i<\/span>ce-pres<\/span>id<\/span>ent. W<\/span>.E. <\/span>Thompson was <\/span>ch<\/span>i<\/span>ef\u00a0<\/span>photogr<\/span>a<\/span>pher. <\/span><\/p>\n

“The <\/span>scenario was arran<\/span>ged\u00a0by <\/span>Margueri<\/span>te <\/span>Marquis following th<\/span>e <\/span>fa<\/span>m<\/span>ous poem <\/span>by <\/span>L<\/span>ongfell<\/span>ow.\u00a0<\/span>L<\/span>oca<\/span>l <\/span>dramatic ta<\/span>l<\/span>e<\/span>nt <\/span>featured prominent<\/span>l<\/span>y <\/span>as <\/span>did the fin<\/span>a<\/span>n<\/span>c<\/span>i<\/span>a<\/span>l <\/span>ass<\/span>i<\/span>s<\/span>tan<\/span>ce <\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>l<\/span>ocal <\/span>r<\/span>es<\/span>ident<\/span>s. <\/span>The <\/span>film <\/span>was su<\/span>ccessful\u00a0<\/span>both <\/span>h<\/span>ere and in <\/span>th<\/span>e United St<\/span>a<\/span>tes<\/span>. <\/span>Thi<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>uccess <\/span>was n<\/span>ot <\/span>repeated in <\/span>l<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e<\/span>r <\/span>ve<\/span>ntur<\/span>es.<\/span><\/p>\n

“H<\/span>o<\/span>ll<\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>had <\/span>a <\/span>dispute w<\/span>i<\/span>th <\/span>Oliver, <\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>l<\/span>eft th<\/span>e <\/span>comp<\/span>an<\/span>y i<\/span>n <\/span>Apri<\/span>l <\/span>of 1<\/span>91<\/span>4. <\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>company <\/span>we<\/span>nt <\/span>out of b<\/span>u<\/span>sin<\/span>ess thr<\/span>ee\u00a0<\/span>mo<\/span>nth<\/span>s <\/span>l<\/span>a<\/span>te<\/span>r.”<\/span><\/p>\n

You can read the rest of Ev’s tale and other articles in this issue by viewing the appropriate pdf file on the free members’ only DVD. Not yet a member? Well, heck it is darned easy to join! See the menu above titled MEMBERSHIP for the form. Send it and your cheque to our Membership Secretary. Want to use a credit card or your PayPal account? see the PayPal paragraph at right of this page (don’t forget to send the form). Questions? Write Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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