Paul Langan

  Kent Theatre 1219 Ottawa Street - 1946, 1960 and January 2021 Many old theatres have been torn down in Canada. Windsor was not immune to seeing some of their beautiful theatres neglected and demolished. Windsorites should rejoice in having the Capitol and Tivoli Theatres still standing proud. Some Windsor folk will not realize that there are other Windsor theatres still standing. The interior of these theatres may have been torn out but are still standing and have current owners. Kent Theatre Opening 1946 The Kent Theatre located at 1219 Ottawa Street was opened in 1946. One of the first movies to play there was Valley in the Sun. (see photo above with movie poster out front of the Kent) Here is a link to trailer for that movie. http://pmd.cdn.turner.com/tcm/big/tcmweb/TRAILERS/2012/06/ValleyOfTheSun_TR_133a_24f_mobile-baseline.mp4 1960 - Kingdom Hall Of The Jehovah's Witnesses The theatre has had different uses over the years. It was used as the Kingdom Hall Of The Jehovah'

I am happy to announce that my compilation book titled: Hespeler History - The Authorized Winfield Brewster Collection book in now out. I received copies today and you can pick up copies from my house in Hespeler. Use the contact page on my website, http://paullangan.com ,  to let me know when you are coming to pick it up. It is 546 pages and costs $20.00 It is also at Wordsworth Books Waterloo and of course Amazon worldwide.  It is the definitive early history on Bergeytown, New Hope, and Hespeler, Ontario by Winfield Brewster. Featuring the following booklets:   J. Hespeler, New Hope C.W. - 1951 The Floodgate: Random Writings of Our Ain Folk - 1952 Hespeler Yarns - 1953 La Rue de Commerce; Queen St. Hespeler, Ontario, - 1954 The Short History of Hespeler Public School Rare Maps and Photos  This compilation has been approved by the Brewster Estate.

Film Detective Releases on Blu-ray or DVD Restored  Sherlock Holmes Classics Amazing Sherlock Holmes Film Box Set Featuring Restored Arthur Wontner and Reginald Owen   The last couple years I have written about the need to restore the existing Arthur Wontner Sherlock Holmes Films. Some people commented that it would never happen. Thankfully they are wrong!  Over the years there have been many releases of  dreadfully poor quality versions of the Arthur Wontner Sherlock Holmes films. Previously, The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932) was beautifully restored by Ealing Studios, Network and Studio Canal. It is available from Amazon on dvd - Ealing Studios Rarities Collection Volume 14. Then Philip Hopkins from Film Detective restored the Silver Blaze (1937) (USA title: Murder at the Baskervilles, release 1941), based on "The Adventure of Silver Blaze".  Jeff Joseph, long time film collector, historian restored  Fatal Hour (The Sleeping Cardinal 1931) . 

Paul Langan holding copy of Hespeler History  Thanks to Mehreen Shahid and Cambridge Today for an excellent article. Hespeler History - The Winfield Brewster Collection book release date is 11/14/21. It is the definitive history of Bergeytown, New Hope and early Hespeler. 548 pages. You can read the whole article HERE .

Canadian Author Paul Langan Releases Six Books in 2021   Canadian Author Paul Langan is publishing six books in 2021.  As of October 25th, 2021 four have been released already.They are:  Forgotten Monorails of Canada (12/2020),   Tragedy in Galt - The May 2nd, 1956 CP Rail Crash (01/2021), Remembering Glen Christie - The History of the Village of Glen Christie, ON from those that lived there (06/01/2021). Tales of Opera - Waterloo County/ Region 1885-2020 (09/23/2021) The last two books for 2021 to be released are: Hespeler History - The Authorized Winfield Brewster Collection . 548 pages, The definitive history of early Hespeler, New Hope, Bergeytown Ontario. (release date Nov. 14th,2021) Classic Hockey Stories from the Golden Era of Pulp Magazines - 1930s-1950s . - Nine stories, novelettes, rink novels with a touch of Canadiana!   Paul Langan states ," I have been very fortunate to have a supportive environment in which I was able to release so many books in a year. There was a

   Here is the promo video for my new compilation book titled, Hespeler History - The Authorized Winfield Brewster Collection . The book is available from the author through the contact page on his website, Wordsworth Books Waterloo, and Amazon and Kobo worldwide. http://paullangan.com