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Author Topic: What is it?? - Misc theatre objects Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-25-2003 11:25 PM                     Yeh that's an Aiphone telephone style intercom. You couldn't pay me to buy Aiphone products---they suck! It took 6 moths to get repair parts for an Aiphone system in a local theater and Aiphone is hq'd just 40 miles from me!  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-26-2003 01:00 PM                        That first object (the 'pole') looks like the pole used in the back of the "Back to the Future" Delorean (however you spell it) - you know back in 1955 when they had to 'harness' the electricity from the clock tower.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-26-2003 08:49 PM                        Or it could be one of those thngs that attaches to bumper cars to give them their power. Don't most theaters have bumper cars?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-26-2003 09:44 PM                    quote: Don't most theaters have bumper cars? ACTUALLY, Joe, it's funny you should mention that. A Regal Fun Scape theater near me DID have bumper cars! And Laser Tag, and go carts, and miniature golf....  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 05-27-2003 12:20 AM                     About the poles -- They are most definitely "jimmy rigged", looks like four 5 foot rods welded together with a hook welded to the top. The old fashion marquee idea's & curtain related ideas seem to be the best answers thus far for their use. Another one for ya: This has been hanging in the booth since we opened (1 year ago). Again, we have NO IDEA what it is for, do you?  |  IP: Logged John Scott Master Film Handler Posts: 252 From: Oakdale, MN, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-27-2003 01:12 AM                     Hmmm, If it wasn't for the fact that there was no adhesive or velcro or somethign on one end, I'd swear it looks like something similar we've used to build up a print so that we could drop in a completed trailer pack at a later time. (That is of course if the bolts do line up with your platter holes.)  |  IP: Logged Tom Fermanian Expert Film Handler Posts: 101 From: Sainte Adele, Quebec, Canada Registered: Dec 2001 posted 05-30-2003 02:07 PM                     quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't most theaters have bumper cars? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well Guzzo Theatres in Quebec DO have bumper cars in their lobby's along with video arcades & mini bowlings!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-30-2003 02:35 PM                     Definitely looks like a homemade center ring to me.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-30-2003 02:40 PM                        I agree with Brad: ...Definitely looks like a homemade COLLAPSIBLE center ring to me. Wind the print onto it, then squeeze the soft plastic to remove the center ring. Neat idea. Has anyone used something similar?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-30-2003 04:53 PM                     In a pinch, I have made many center rings out of 35mm plastic cans (2000' size). I just got a long nut and some bolts and would drill through the plastic can (using top and bottom) and voila...cheap center rings perfect for film festivals and such.  |  IP: Logged

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