Elwy Yost

Television personality Elwy Yost was best known as the avuncular host of TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies; he hosted more than 1,000 episodes over 25 years. He studied sociology at UC, and with a classmate, made a movie called In Between, one of the first independent films in Canada. A classic cinema enthusiast, he interviewed several movie stars for television and was the author of four books about film.