The Oak Bay Encyclopedia ^TM
T . H . E . .. E . A . R . L . Y . .. Y . E . A . R . S

A listing of noteworthy
people, places and things from
Oak Bay's early years

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	Quarry
	see Rock Quarries
	Quikwrap Tapes 2271 Bowker Avenue (1954 phone book)
	GUMMED ADVERTISING TAPES FROZEN FOOD TAPES MYSTIK TAPE QUIKSTICK & SPECIALTY TAPES PRINT-O-TAPE (Printed Scotch Tape) GUMMED TAPE MACHINES Phone 2-9515 Mgr., R.C. Barman; Res., 7-2454 2271 Bowker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-95151 — ad in 1954 phone book
	Photos, artifacts and recollections welcomed
	Quimper, Manuel Profile under development
	Quimper Park see Street/Place Names section
	Quimper Street see Street/Place Names section
	"Quota Quickies"
	Hollywood "B" movies produced in Oak Bay during the 1930s
	original lobby card original lobby card ... Charles Starrett Rita Hayworth "QUOTA QUICKIES" Click on image to view enlargement
	The production of quota quickies in the 1930s was a ploy developed by non-British film producers to circumvent the British film quota system that imposed a British-content quota (actors / producers / country-of-origin / etc) on foreign film producers to be eligible for distribution in British Commonwealth countries.
	This British quota system encouraged a rash of quickly-produced foreign "B" films with British content enabling foreign "A" films to be distributed worldwide with no restrictions.
	Filming quickly-produced "B" films in Canada (a Commonwealth country) employing some local actors supporting Hollywood stars helped American filmmakers meet British quota demands.
	Twelve Hollywood quota quickies were produced in British Columbia through Willows Park Studio in Oak Bay between 1936 and 1938. An off-season exhibition building on the Willows Fairgrounds was converted to a soundstage where films were produced with stars such as Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows, Charles Starrett* and Rin Tin Tin Jr.
	Oak Bay's twelve "quota quickies" were:
	1936 Fury and the Woman (aka Lucky Corrigan) Lucky Fugitives Secret Patrol Stampede Tugboat Princess What Price Vengeance 1937 Manhattan Shakedown Murder is News Woman Against the World 1938 Death Goes North Convicted Special Inspector
	Although primarily "B" movies, these Oak Bay films helped launch the careers of such stars as Charles Starrett (Secret Patrol and Stampede) in 1936 and Rita Hayworth (Special Inspector and Convicted) in 1938.
	* After signing with Columbia Pictures in 1935 and honing his skills in Oak Bay (Secret Patrol and Stampede, both in 1936), Charles Starrett would go on to greater fame in the 1940s and 1950s as cowboy superhero, the Durango Kid.
	see Willows Park Studio
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