Goldie
Senior Member
I love the idea of a "great historical film epic of Toronto."
Some thoughts:
Since Toronto's Grand Opera House was recently featured on these pages along with notes on the theatre's owner,
The film could be based on the 1919 mystery of Amrose Small and filmed by Norman Jewison in the style of Citizen Kane.
Many of the street scenes and buildings we admire would be featured landmarks in such a film.
Here's a Wikipedia brief on Small:
Ambrose Joseph Small (born January 11, 1863 in Bradford, Ontario, vanished December 2, 1919) was a Canadian theatre magnate, who owned theatres in several Ontario cities including the Grand Opera House in Toronto and the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. More notably, he is a famous Canadian missing person. He disappeared on 2 December 1919 and his body was never recovered. He was 56 years old. It is alleged that Small's wife and her lover killed Small and cremated his body in the London Ontario Grand Opera theater furnace (ironically, one of Small's holdings). It is further alleged that a police inspector was involved in a "cover-up" of Small's disappearance.
What a magnificent plot!!
Some thoughts:
Since Toronto's Grand Opera House was recently featured on these pages along with notes on the theatre's owner,
The film could be based on the 1919 mystery of Amrose Small and filmed by Norman Jewison in the style of Citizen Kane.
Many of the street scenes and buildings we admire would be featured landmarks in such a film.
Here's a Wikipedia brief on Small:
Ambrose Joseph Small (born January 11, 1863 in Bradford, Ontario, vanished December 2, 1919) was a Canadian theatre magnate, who owned theatres in several Ontario cities including the Grand Opera House in Toronto and the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. More notably, he is a famous Canadian missing person. He disappeared on 2 December 1919 and his body was never recovered. He was 56 years old. It is alleged that Small's wife and her lover killed Small and cremated his body in the London Ontario Grand Opera theater furnace (ironically, one of Small's holdings). It is further alleged that a police inspector was involved in a "cover-up" of Small's disappearance.
What a magnificent plot!!