I don't recall much else about it, so perhaps I'd better watch it again and see if I can pick out any more--er--booth details.

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Already Mentioned..THE PICTURE SHOW MAN... The story of a travelling picture show around the country towns of Australia. Nitrate film, gas lamps. Shows a nitrate fire happening one show night. If you can get a copy, well worth the look. Stars imported US star Rod Taylor

NEWSFRONT..An excellent pictorial of Newsreel cameramen and their demise at the hands of television. They show a Sydney theatre running the Newsreels at the start of a show. Very good Movie, out on DVD on June 13

My favourite non-Australian Film is THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH...The scene where the audience streams out of the thatre before the projectionist (Peter Sellers) plays The National Anthem (God Save the Queen) at ear splitting levels is priceless.

Cinema Paradiso is perfection. I would however love to see the uncut version.
30 minutes got whacked on this baby and if you watch the end credits, you'll see two scenes that never made the North American release. I have seen the uncut on ebay but not one video store can find any info on this.
The Projectionist and Drive-in I'm told are no longer available.

Anyone know if the Drive-in in Back to the Future 3 exists?

Indeed, the theater was a grand old one! The filming took place at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, in the winter prior to the Paramount's opening for the summer of 1970. I know, because this was my first job as a projectionist, working for the now defunct local 247 (Asbury Park & Long Branch).

Tim is correct in identifying the Ashcraft Cinex watercooled carbon arc lamps and the Simplex XL,s with the Western Electric Soundheads. The penthouses were for mag prints, originally installed for the long run of "The Sound of Music." These heads were used for an engagement of "Patton" that ran most of the summer of 1970.

The Brinkert Enarc was still in place when I arrived in June of 1970, but the third machine had been removed by that time. The Walter Reade chain leased the theatre from the city of Asbury Park. The Paramount was part of the Convention Hall complex and was originally a vaudville theater built in the 1920's. It was a magnificent theatre in its day and closed in the mid 1970's. It is still used today for special engagements, and I understand that the premiree of "City By the Sea", starring Robert DeNero, may be scheduled to be shown in the Paramount this fall.

Incidently, Danny DeVeto, a native of Asbury Park, screened "Throw Momma From the Train" at the Paramount a few years back.

From what I understand, the original projection equipment has long since been removed. However, I can tell you that the acoustics of the theater were and still are amazing. You can talk in a normal voice in the projection booth and be heard clear as day in the front row of the theater. When I showed "Patton" in mag sound, the bugles in the opening scene just echoed throughout the theatre and sent chills up your spine.

They don't build them like this anymore! I have many found memories of the Paramount, so it's not surprising that my favorite film is "The Projectionist".

BTW, anybody know anything about a film format called double 8, or double 8mm? I use both 8mm and super 8 film, and I've heard of double 8, but I can't seem to find anyone who will give me a straight answer on the subject.

Kodak's invention of Super-8 in the early 1960's replaced this cumbersome format with an 8mm film having smaller perforations to increase image area and quality. The film was cartridge-loaded, eliminating the need to thread the camera or flip the film roll halfway through the roll.

The famous "Zapruder Film" of the assasination of President Kennedy was shot on 8mm film. My colleague Rollie Zavada evaluated the camera and film to verify its authenticity. There are several photos of a typical 8mm camera and the film before slitting:
http://www.jfk-info.com/zavada1.htm

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The 1950 British film “The Blue Lamp” a story about the police, with Jack Warner and Dirk Bogarde featured the auditorium during a variety act in the Metropolitan Theatre, an Irish Music Hall in Edgeware Road, London. The theatre was also equipped to show films on Sundays only. Also in the film is the foyer and exterior of the Coliseum Cinema in Harrow Road, London, a well known and popular old pictures fleapit. When the “The Blue Lamp” was released in the London area, there were often loud cheers in many cinemas from the young lads in the audiences when the Coliseum scene appeared.
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“Look At Life” a weekly 10 minute colour short, that replaced the Gaumont British News and Universal News during the late 60’s, featured the projection room of the Odeon Leicester Square, London. Cinemeccanica 8s.

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