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Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.
Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.

Your Life: Art Collins, former president of Foster Advertising, watches the personalized video that was custom made for his retirement party. This video and others like it are the creation of Bob Pomerantz, who has formed a company called Your Life Productions. The videos are commissioned by either a company or family.

Date10/7/1988
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126052F
Two-and-a-half-year-old Jessica Berns has the top position at Berns Baby Production, a family company making instructional maternity videos, and on th(...)
Two-and-a-half-year-old Jessica Berns has the top position at Berns Baby Production, a family company making instructional maternity videos, and on th(...)
4/20/1989
X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
9/18/1991
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
1/29/1989
Quality fare: Hy Sarick, who co-owns The Children's Book Store Audio and Video store, has no fear that videos will drive kids away from books.
Quality fare: Hy Sarick, who co-owns The Children's Book Store Audio and Video store, has no fear that videos will drive kids away from books.
11/30/1988
Cramped quarters, Ian Richardson of Video Networks watches Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? at his Church St
Cramped quarters, Ian Richardson of Video Networks watches Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? at his Church St
6/22/1989
Laser discs: Played on Pioneer Model CLD-900, the compact disc produces great sound, the 20-cm size holds 20 minutes of music videos and the 30-cm disc holds a two-hour movie
Laser discs: Played on Pioneer Model CLD-900, the compact disc produces great sound, the 20-cm size holds 20 minutes of music videos and the 30-cm disc holds a two-hour movie
3/26/1986
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
Mistreatment of women is standard fare for rock videos by such stars as Alice Cooper, below, but movies like The War Of The Roses, left, starring Kath(...)
2/12/1988
Interviewer extraordinaire Denise Donlon, 36, now picks what videos get on the air
Interviewer extraordinaire Denise Donlon, 36, now picks what videos get on the air
1/14/1993
Superstar appeal: Hockey stars Mario Lemieux, left, and Paul Coffey joined forces with model Monika Schnarre to promote anti-drug videos in which they are featured
Superstar appeal: Hockey stars Mario Lemieux, left, and Paul Coffey joined forces with model Monika Schnarre to promote anti-drug videos in which they are featured
9/8/1988
Executive showtime: President Allen Karp demonstrates a projector to show slides or videos to business meetings in Toronto Cineplex Odeon theatres
Executive showtime: President Allen Karp demonstrates a projector to show slides or videos to business meetings in Toronto Cineplex Odeon theatres
11/21/1991
Mini-shoot: Not all the action was in the movies or for regular TV - Music videos contributed to the boom, with such artists as Cyndi Lauper shooting here
Mini-shoot: Not all the action was in the movies or for regular TV - Music videos contributed to the boom, with such artists as Cyndi Lauper shooting here
11/12/1984
Street talk: Social worker Stan Chong, centre, chats with Stewart, left, and Stephen at video parior in Scarborough. Chong's job is to cruise the city's youth hangouts in search of the unemployed who have either been forgotten by the system or have simply opted out. Once he locates them, he advises them on how to go about finding a job.
Street talk: Social worker Stan Chong, centre, chats with Stewart, left, and Stephen at video parior in Scarborough. Chong's job is to cruise the city's youth hangouts in search of the unemployed who have either been forgotten by the system or have simply opted out. Once he locates them, he advises them on how to go about finding a job.
2/22/1984