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IMS Halton Hills OUT Is published each Saturday by the IIA1 TON llll IS lit Home Newspaper tl I a I Ion Hills A Division limited eorgrtuwn l Second I la si Mall Registered Number Borne Miller Tbeir It Illhhr Sharon llcth 11- NT Dave Hastings Mary tlllCUl I Review Twos a Crowd Turn up the contrast By HARRIS After same years of presenting drama on television the CBC has ad as Yet the of Its efforts not a great deal at serious study has been devoted to leg 1 matt analysis o those efforts Turn Up The IBC Drama Since 1SS2 by Mary Miller University Im pages is a sober attempt to the neglect of this important subject Ms Miller Is a professor of literature at Brock University SI Catharines I and has written numerous articles and papers on the subject of television in this country Trie bibliography at he end of Prof Miller tome lists more than published sources fully thirds of which are books or paper dealing with television In other tncs an indication of the dearth of printed material hire Prof Miller chief argument in of television drama much of it has been in one way or another superior to the bulk of television drama produced in Ihe United States She cautions however that many acton laid to blur the differences between and Canadian si on AVOID IMITATION Her title is pica to emphasize those differences to veer away from Imitation to avoid the pitfalls of cop hows soaps and other television drama genres hat have become mired in to formula The author wastes no time on any enous considerations of the drama efforts of Global or any in dependent privately owned lions 11 Is her view that the periodic and feeble attempts by private- broadcasting to make any worthwhile contribution to the an of television drama are not to be taken seriously Admittedly private broadcasters are more concerned with making money than with hiring Canadian identity the sum total of their is Infinitesimal compared to the CBC record In her fairly comprehensive survey of record Prof Miller various programs and of the middle- management policies that from lime to time resulted in what she dearly regards as inferior drama fare Indeed It is to the credit of Enterprise the corporation publishing and merchandising arm and copublishers of this that there appears to have been no at tempt to soften her of the CBC erratic altitude toward drama The authors basic in that television drama has done much to strengthen the fabric of Canada culture 1 take It as a given when there is a modicum of contention controversy anil taking dion television drama is healthy alive and doing its Job Despite their dependence on government subsidy Canadian theatre and even film have been remarkably free although not wholly free from interference However at a time whin few Canadians stage playwrights were tackling material or experimenting with new forms and few people saw what tittle experimental film was around was developing and broadcasting its own experimental scripts Her examination of television drama milestones evokes fond memories of many outstanding pro ductions over the decades in series anthologies mini series and special programs featuring both classical and contemporary plays by both Canadian and other writers We are reminded of Folio Quest and and Presents and memorable productions as Galileo The Open Grave ihe Concert and She analyzes in greater detail several scries Caribou Country The Beachcombers King of Kens ington Jot The Itecord A Gift To Last Seeing Things and a few more She makes no strong attempt to compare the vjilue of sitcoms say as opposed to taking the position that both the greater purpose providing a lanced diet of Canadian drama for Canadian viewers She argues for re- broadcasting of some the more successful prograrcs s history At least this part her crusade being seen to Wojecl and King of Kensington ore being re- shown and MP and A Gift To Last are slated for the Prof Miller also rides around that tired hobby horse regional drama She argues as have others that centrist I Toronto control deprives all of us of learning about each other Aid li several books film and television Coney Island Scenario beware Your conform Region dales or pick I shouldve known when she said I was looking rakish this morning Remember these important words or months now every time he gets a chance the presidint of Dominion Securities has been saying things no me m his position said before at least publicly At the annual convention of the In John Tony tell did it again big in vestment dealers have been scr vinglheirchentswell lie said Your Business Business Thomson News Service II a curious confession par since Mr Fell stops short of promising that his firm at least is changing lis ways Dominion Securities now controlled by the Royal Bank of Canada is one of the biggest Investment dealers in the country Last fall after the slock market crash Mr Fell blasted ducts did not understand them those win sold them did i t what thej hud sold and si who bought them which included some of the must sophisticated investors in the country did know unit they kid Would I u stuck from this erf public Small retail particularly hurt by this practice he His competitors were furious Even people within his own firm began to wonder what had seized the president At the IDA convention Mr Fell waxed positively In 1BB6 and 1967 up to October you could almost sell anything he told reporters He was referring to the host of fancy new Investment pro ducts that have been lhcpislcw years been in the hundreds of millions of dollars said Mr fell In it is evident that those these bed and breakfasts farm vacation establishments in home tourist com ion s and tourist or guest homes in its plan Bui down it week the main concern was to ivmd thai Coney Island look n Ihe Huh Coney Island Well it seems r Hill Johnson wants I signs nil iv the which could givi it Coney island If Mr Fella honesty Is refreshing it is also discomfiting Wed like to hear him say that these things are all In the past and brokers have since mended their ways But really all that has changed the market The suckers Mr Fell refers to have balled out Next time a big corporation comes along and asks its dealer to find it some money the dealers will revert to their old ways getting the highest possible price for the company stock And why noC After all that their business The squeeze comes on the other side People who buy the stock are the dealer clients too and they are indeed poorly served if they pay too Mr I- oil startling confession seems to be designed to woo clients back to his firm If so it could backfire People will not be pleased to learn they may have been rip ped off in the past although may have suspected It all Stockbrokers faced with the Job if selling their firm s new issues will have a tougher time In future In fact many new Issues do not per form well initially if at all Once the stock is sold and in market first pnci movement is often down Next nine your with a n issue remember Mr words Tell her vou wail i while see how stock dies even though means paving tin m dealers will le im I all tbtir Tits whei pricing a dial jumped the Burlington s Jtun 1 it might be good ides to rcgulfile the signs and Hilton Hills Marilyn the ivcrv bed and breakfast has a uniform gn Wi re talking about tinj bedroom establishments here They re hardly going to bring In enough money to invest In a tall flaming red twisting sign Sure keep an eye on Ihem to make sure they blend in nicely But what other in the escarpment arc forced lo have uniform signs Docs every breakfast nook restaurant variety store and motel have to have a uniform sign to avoid that Coney Island look It s and It lust not necessary After all he words free enterprise seem to be conspicuous by their absence during the sation at Region Perhaps It was just a case of analysing something No matter the intentions ore as always good But forcing uniform Poets Corner Abbreviated