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Author Topic: Uniforms Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 11-08-2009 12:07 AM                     Its good to see the ports in the above picture have fire shutters but its a pity they forgot to put a hole in the wall. Thats gunna be one hell of a bright picture!  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-08-2009 12:16 AM                       Guys, I've already identified the photo. It's a still from a Vitaphone demo short (which I have on video - I knew I recognized it). Look in the lower right corner of the picture. It says, "Vitaphone 189". The guy on the left is indeed holding a disc, to show the audience how to cue it up. Just beneath him is a freestanding Vitaphone turntable, between the rear of the projector and the chair.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 11-08-2009 12:40 AM                     Tim do you think you could put said video on youTube or some such, I'd really like to see it.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 11-08-2009 05:45 AM                     Tim. Vitaphone? VITAPHONE!?!?!? VITA What about Tina W Let's get this thread back onto the important things.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-08-2009 12:22 PM                       Heheheh! I don't know what came over me, Ian! I'm losing my mind. Damien.. I'll see if it's not on DVD now from where I originally got it. I have no way to capture video.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-08-2009 05:55 PM                       Nope, they're gone. Got it from Video Yesteryear about 1995, and it looks like they're out of business now. I guess they didn't make the transition to DVDs. Too bad, they had a LOT of great silent titles.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-08-2009 07:22 PM                     How fitting this has come up... Event Cinemas Candy stripe cinema uniforms not so sweet Saturday, August 15, 2009, 2:36 pm | Reported by Ingrid Rubie No candy canes were harmed in the making of these uniforms Event Cinemas’ recent take-over of Birch Carroll and Coyle Chermside has stirred tension among current staff members because the new-look, compulsory uniform “resembles a candy cane”. Staff were informed that the take-over would include changes to the cinema complex, including a revamped movie store – soon to be ‘Scoop Alley’, but little could prepare them for this wardrobe malfunction. Duty manager at the Chermside cinemas Mansoor Noor had spoken to fellow employees about the new dress code. “While some staff were excited by the concept of the new uniform when put into context…inside Scoop Alley, however, the majority did not respond well to it,” he said. While it may seem like a fun take on the movie experience, some staff simply cannot see the sweet side. “Many staff have threatened to quit because they refuse to wear the new uniform due to their own opinions of the outfit and how they they might feel in public being seen in something that may be made fun of,” Mr Noor said. “They feel their safety may be compromised, especially when taking public transport.” Employee William James, 20, agreed catching a bus to or from work in the new uniform may attract unwanted attention. “It would be embarrassing to get on a bus in that uniform…people might think I’m a paedophile!” he said. “Plus, imagine working late night (Thursday’s) surrounded by all those teenagers… You’d feel like a walking joke.” It may seem like an overreaction, but the staff at Event Cinemas Chermside have confronted senior management with their concerns. Business manager at Chermside Gary Heidke has listened to his employees over the past weeks and agreed that the new-look uniform is just not practical. “The management team have indeed taken on board some of the staff’s views and criticisms…and have now convinced head office to re-evaluate the new uniform to something that is more practical, appropriate and acceptable,” he said.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 11-08-2009 08:24 PM                     John Yet another case of those who make the decisions being just too far removed from reality. Dopey wits. All that is missing are straw boaters and handlebar moustaches a la barbershop quartet. "All together now!...By the light...of the Silvery Moon..." Good one! NOT And to think this was once Greater Union!  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-08-2009 08:29 PM                     If those guys are so scared of the uniform couldn't they just... oh I don't know, get into their uniform at work? Or just wear the uniform minus the candy-cane shirt and stick that on once you arrive? And the kid who said someone would think he was a pedophile for wearing a candy-cane shirt is plain moronic. Right... pedophiles regularly go around in a uniform a nametag on. Idiot. Oh and he also will feel emasculated by being around teenagers who'll laugh at him for having the uniform? I'm amazed that by age 20 he hasn't realized that people will find all sorts of reasons to laugh at people. Again, idiot.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-08-2009 09:16 PM                     Agreed people can change after the travel...but those uniforms belong on Main Street in Disneyland...not at a cinema that's trying to show off how wonderful the cinema experience is now with them.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-08-2009 09:22 PM                     Well from Hellezapoppin we have this uniform and the state of the art booth  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 11-08-2009 09:35 PM                     jeez, what a rake.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-08-2009 10:07 PM                        No keystoning on those screens, for sure!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-08-2009 10:36 PM                        What is it with well-dressed operators and the lack of proper lamp exhaust?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-08-2009 10:41 PM                     They're prepared for their funerals?  |  IP: Logged

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