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<html> <head> <title>worldwideboxoffice.source: May 2009</title> <style type="text/css" media="screen"> h1 {border-bottom:dotted 1px #000000;margin-bottom:0px;} h2 {margin-bottom:0px;} h2#archives { padding-top:10px;margin-top:40px;border-top:dotted 1px #999999;} h3 {padding-top:30px;color:#555555;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;} body {font-family:Georgia,Serif;font-size:1em;margin:3%;padding:0px;background:#ffffff;color:#000000;} div.blogPost {padding-left:5%;padding-right:10%;} div.byline {color:#555555;} p#bloggerBug {padding-top:20px;} .blogComments {padding-top:30px;color:#555555;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-weight:bold} .blogComments .byline {font-size:1em;font-weight:normal;color:#555555;margin-right:10px;display:inline} .blogComment {font-size:1em;margin:3%;color:#000000;font-weight:normal} .deleted-comment {font-style:italic;color:gray;} </style> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="true" /> <meta name="generator" content="Blogger" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="http://www.blogger.com/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="worldwideboxoffice.source - Atom" href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/atom.xml" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="worldwideboxoffice.source - RSS" href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/rss.xml" /> <link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="worldwideboxoffice.source - Atom" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7099767/posts/default" /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://www.blogger.com/rsd.g?blogID=7099767" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.blogger.com/static/v1/v-css/3727950723-blog_controls.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?targetBlogID=7099767&zx=b85429c9-3e9a-49ef-81eb-d8e66a6d9dd2"/> </head> <body>  <div id="wrap4">  <h1>worldwideboxoffice.source</h1> <A HREF=.>home</A> <TABLE > <TR> <TD VALIGN=TOP>  <h3>May 17, 2009</h3> <a name="8191681575095445774"> </a> <h2> Bonita Theatre in Toronto, 1933-1964</h2> <div class="blogPost"> <div style="clear:both;"></div>Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of how the Bonita looked between 1933 and 1964, but I took this photo a few years ago:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckkahn/536206146/" title="snaq4084 by Chuck Kahn, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1169/536206146_2a79efb5a6.jpg" alt="snaq4084" width="500" height="400" /></a><br /><br />Bonita (now called Gerrard Cinema)<br />1035 Gerrard East, Toronto, Ontario<br />Opened 1933 and closed in 1964<br />Harry Lester owned the Bonita, which had 542 seats<br /><br />clipping from: <a href="http://boxoffice.com/bocms/archive_viewpages.php?issue_date=1938-06-25&pdf_id=23325">boxoffice.com</a><br /><blockquote>"Scholarship and Sports Furthered by Exhibitor Toronto Ten medals are being offered by Harry Lester, owner of the Bonita Theatre in this city, to constitute awards to the ten highest ranking scholars in the five schools in the area adjacent to his theatre, to stimulate scholarship among the pupils. Lester also is tying into the social life of his community by sponsoring a senior Softball team and cooperating with other sport activities in the neighborhood schools. Needless to say, his popularity has made his theatre a mecca for a regular legion of youngsters in that section of the city."</blockquote><br /><br /><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=1035+Gerrard+St+E,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&cd=1&geocode=FbRVmgIdYmpF-w&split=0&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=16.71875,56.536561&ll=43.677929,-79.332619&spn=0.008009,0.018625&z=14&iwloc=A&iwd=1&cid=15843382332579072066&dtab=0&output=embed" scrolling="no" width="425" frameborder="0" height="350"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=1035+Gerrard+St+E,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&cd=1&geocode=FbRVmgIdYmpF-w&split=0&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=16.71875,56.536561&ll=43.677929,-79.332619&spn=0.008009,0.018625&z=14&iwloc=A&iwd=1&cid=15843382332579072066&dtab=0&source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small><div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><br /> <div class="byline">posted by <a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/2009/05/bonita-theatre-in-toronto-1933-1964.html" title="permanent link">chuck.kahn  # 10:57 AM</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7099767&postID=8191681575095445774"location.href=https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7099767&postID=8191681575095445774;>0 comments</a> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-164302174"><a style="border:none;" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7099767&postID=8191681575095445774" title="Edit Post"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://www.blogger.com:80/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" height="18" width="18"></a></span> </div> </div> <h3>May 09, 2009</h3> <a name="7651726507879797295"> </a> <h2><a href="http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001552/"> Star Trek - Pike's age</a></h2> <div class="blogPost"> <div style="clear:both;"></div>While seeing the new <a name="2000" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/">Star Trek</a> movie reboot today, I was a little confused by the age difference between Kirk & Pike.<br /><br />You see, in the 1966 Star Trek episode "The Menagerie" video footage shown at Spock's trial, Pike was played by Jeffrey Hunter, who was only five years older than William Shatner. In the new movie, however, Pike is played by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339304/">Bruce Greenwood</a>, an actor who is 24 years older than <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1517976/">Chris Pine</a>, who plays Kirk. So I thought that Greenwood's Pike was not the same Pike as Hunter's; I thought he was a new Pike Sr. character who could serve as a father figure to Kirk. But since <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0394904/">The Menagerie</a> footage was supposed to take place 13 years before Spock's trial, that would widen the age difference, making Greenwood's older "father figure" Pike compatible with the tv series.<br /><br />But why Spock didn't look 13 years younger in the same trial footage still eludes me. Must be some Vulcan thing.<br /><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNDE5MjY3MDY1NTkmcHQ9MTI*MTkyNjcwODU5MSZwPTM5NDE4MSZkPSUyZnZpZXdpbWFnZSUyZjUwMjA5NiZnPTEmdD*mb2Y9MA==.gif" border="0" width="0" height="0" /><div><a href="http://www.listal.com/viewimage/502096"><img style="width: 479px; height: 353px;" src="http://img2.listal.com/image/502096/600full-jeffrey-hunter.jpg" alt="Jeffrey Hunter" title="Jeffrey Hunter" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.listal.com/viewimage/502096">Picture of Jeffrey Hunter</a> at <a href="http://www.listal.com/">Listal</a><br /><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNDE5MjU1OTIzNDEmcHQ9MTI*MTkyNTU5NjUyOCZwPTM5NDE4MSZkPSUyZnZpZXdpbWFnZSUyZjYwOTI3OCZnPTEmdD*mb2Y9MA==.gif" border="0" width="0" height="0" /><div><a href="http://www.listal.com/viewimage/609278"><img src="http://img2.listal.com/image/609278/600full-star-trek-photo.jpg" alt="Star Trek" title="Star Trek" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.listal.com/viewimage/609278">Picture of Bruce Greenwood</a> at <a href="http://www.listal.com/">Listal</a><div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><br /> <div class="byline">posted by <a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/2009/05/star-trek-pikes-age.html" title="permanent link">chuck.kahn  # 11:40 PM</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7099767&postID=7651726507879797295"location.href=https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7099767&postID=7651726507879797295;>0 comments</a> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-164302174"><a style="border:none;" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7099767&postID=7651726507879797295" title="Edit Post"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://www.blogger.com:80/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" height="18" width="18"></a></span> </div> </div>  <h2 id="archives">Archives</h2> <p> <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2004_05_01_sources_archive.html">May 2004</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2004_06_01_sources_archive.html">June 2004</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2004_07_01_sources_archive.html">July 2004</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2004_08_01_sources_archive.html">August 2004</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2004_09_01_sources_archive.html">September 2004</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2004_12_01_sources_archive.html">December 2004</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2005_04_01_sources_archive.html">April 2005</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2005_05_01_sources_archive.html">May 2005</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2008_05_01_sources_archive.html">May 2008</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2008_12_01_sources_archive.html">December 2008</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2009_02_01_sources_archive.html">February 2009</a>   <LI><a href="http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/archive/2009_05_01_sources_archive.html">May 2009</a>   <script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">if (location.href.indexOf("archive")!=-1) document.write("<strong><a href=\"http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com/source.html\">Current Posts</a></strong>");</script></p>  <p id="bloggerBug"><a href="http://www.blogger.com"><img width="88" height="31" src="http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" border="0" alt="This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?" /></a></p> </div> </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP BORDER=1> <BR> Primary sources: <UL> <LI>Domestic Daily: <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/dailybox.htm">ShowBIZ Daily Box Office Report</A> <LI><A HREF="http://movies.yahoo.com/boxoffice-daily/today/rank.html">Yahoo! Daily Box Office (U.S.)</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.the-numbers.com/charts/today.html">The Numbers</A> </UL> <LI>Domestic Weekly: <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://movies.yahoo.com/boxoffice/latest/rank.html">Exhibitor Relations</A> </UL> <LI>Overseas Weekly: <UL> <LI> <form method=get action="http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news"> <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/text/headlines/entertainment/#Film">Reuters/Yahoo!:</A> <input size=24 name=p value=""box office" overseas"> <input type=submit value="Search Articles"> <input type=hidden name=g checked value=3> </form> <LI><A HREF="http://www.universal-boxoffice.com/international.html">Universal Pictures</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.screendaily.com/">Screen Daily</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.variety.com>Variety</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.imdb.com/Charts/intltopmovies>IMDb International All-Time Box Office Chart</A> </UL> </UL> <LI> Etc.: <UL> <LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/misc/movies/database/">The Internet Movie Database: Business Data</A> <LI><A HREF="http://la.yahoo.com/external/hollywood/year_top_10.html">The Hollywood Reporter</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/daily/movies/boxoffice/article.htm">The Washington Post</A> <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/search?RELEVANCE_RANK=0&TOTAL_HITLIST=10&DB_NAME=WAPO&ALL=%271402%27">(AP)</A> <LI><A HREF="http://pathfinder.com/ew">Entertainment Weekly</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.calendarlive.com/HOME/CALENDARLIVE/MOVIES/WKNDBOX/">The Los Angeles Times</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.premieremag.com">Premiere</A> </UL> </UL> Sources for my primary sources include: <UL> <LI>Reports from the <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/studios">studios</A> themselves. <LI><A HREF="http://www.entdata.com">Entertainment Data, Inc.</A> <LI><A HREF="http://www.pkbaseline.com/screen/showbiz/">Paul Kagan's Baseline</A> </UL> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/publisher.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/reader/public/javascript/user/17433339844305628780/label/worldwideboxoffice?n=5&callback=GRC_p(%7Bc%3A'blue'%2Ct%3A'recent%20links%3A'%2Cs%3A'true'%7D)%3Bnew%20GRC"></script> There's also the <A HREF="http://www.ministry-of-links.com/follow.cgi?PATH=Top:Entertainment:Movies:News:Box_Office:"> Box Office Pages</A> listed by Ministry of Links. </TD> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=5% > </TD> <TD VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=RIGHT> <BR> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </body> </html>