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Posted by Ky Boyd (Member # 23) on 02-19-2001, 03:33 PM:
From Feb. 15th - April 30th, the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, CA is presenting an 11 week program of 66 Hollywood musicals released between 1929 and 1939. Included in the program, according to the calendar I received, are rare titles from the UCLA Film Archive and each Sat. night they will be showing original nitrate prints. The calendar doesn't specify exactly which prints are nitrate, but the Saturday titles include "The Big Broadcast", "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum", "The Kid From Spain", "We're Not Dressing", "Roman Scandals", "Three Smart Girls", "Shall We Dance" (not the miramax movie of a few years ago) "Artists and Models", "On the Avenue", "100 Men and a Girl", and "Rose of Washington Square" just to name a few.There doesn't seem to be an official Stanford Theatre page, but here's a link to a fan page about the theatre if you would like more info. http://www.swixo.com/stanford/
Posted by John Eickhof (Member # 323) on 02-19-2001, 04:34 PM:
Ky, That's great! It's nice to hear that the booth I sold them and installed is still doing it's job! It's a classy theatre and a classy booth! Simplex PR-1002 XLs,SH-1000s and Peerless type F lamps!(From the Keystone Theatre in Reno, NV.) Yes! David Packard did a great job restoring the place! The booth was the first 'Nitrate' compatible carbon arc booth installed and inspected in California in over 30 years! They did it so they can run things like this series! If anyone has a chance to go..it's a theatre that will take you back in time!!! I have many stories about the place, but my favorite was on openeing night, Packard had booked a nitrate print of
Wizard of OZ, he was making his presentation to the audience and he laughed about one journalist while interviewing him wanted to know if this print was the 'colorized' version!!! Of course Packard replied that it was IB Technicolor, and then had to spend another 10 minutes explaining that!!!------------------
John Eickhof President, Chief Slave
Northwest Theatre Equipment Co., Inc.
P.O.Box 258
Wendell, ID. 83355-0258
208-536-5489
email: jeickhof@nteequip.com
Posted by Ky Boyd (Member # 23) on 02-20-2001, 05:39 PM:
John,The Stanford is a great theatre. I've made the trek many times to see some of my favorite classics. My secret wish is that David Packard would rescue the old Alhambra Theatre is San Francisco - another truely great theatre that is rumored to become a health club - into the Stanford Theatre North.
Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 02-20-2001, 07:28 PM:
For a desciption of another theater that runs nitrate, see the SMPTE journal for June, 1990 describing the UCLA Melnitz Theater.
Posted by John Eickhof (Member # 323) on 02-20-2001, 10:26 PM:
Hi John, I'm familiar with the Melnitz installation too! The Stanford is privvy to the entire UCLA archives at will due to the fact that the David & Lucille Packard Foundation annually donates large amounts to UCLA for film preservation! It is a nice place to see film AS IT IS MEANT TO BE SEEN!------------------
John Eickhof President, Chief Slave
Northwest Theatre Equipment Co., Inc.
P.O.Box 258
Wendell, ID. 83355-0258
208-536-5489
email: jeickhof@nteequip.com
Posted by Chuck O'Connor (Member # 127) on 02-23-2001, 02:17 AM:
To Ky Boyd... Regarding Alhambra theatre
in San Francisco. It is now under construction for the health club. I was
the projectionist there till it closed
in Feb of 1998. I held hope for it to
revive as some thing great. May be in
another 20 years or so. Its sister theatre
is still a wonderful place to see a show,
That is the Castro Theatre in San Franciscco.
It has 16mm,35mm and 70mm, plus the organ.
Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 02-23-2001, 07:03 PM:
Chuck: The booth equipment from the Alhambra is in good hands, some of it is back in use as we speak (lamphouse, power supply, Cat 700 reader and two subwoofers are in the big theatre in Fortuna entertaining audiences as we speak... 
...except the CP200, monitor, surround speakers and most of the QSC amps which are property of the health club people 
The NeuTronic platter and Norelco AAII are stored, awaiting installation in the future.
Aaron