Random photos, comics, etc.

[Jim Cassedy]

[From Motiograph's Sound Track Theatre Book

Tim- I've got that same book. I found mine in a used book store about a decade ago.
I bought it not only for the great photos and tech info about old equipment, but also
for all the corny cartoons it had inside too. The one below is one of my favorites:


If you want to learn more than you'll probably ever need to know about circa 1940's vintage
projection & sound equipment, there's a pretty good scan of the book at the Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/soundtra...p?view=theater

[Jim Cassedy]

Very Late One NIght Last Week On My Way Home, I Saw This:
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I Passed By There Again Earlier Tonight, & I Looked Like This:
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The building being used as a "screen" is The Hobart Building in downtown San
Francisco. It was designed & built by architect WIllis Polk in 1914, and still has a
lot of its' original interior architecture intact. One of the screening rooms I work at
is located inside. When it was built, there was another, shorter, building right along
side of it, which was torn down some time in the 1960's or 70's- - which is why one
side of the lower part Hobart Bldg has this 10 or 12 story trapezoidal flat side with
no windows, which make a perfect surface for this holiday projection project!

[Tim Reed]

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From Motiograph's Sound Track Theatre Book

[Leo Enticknap]

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The G key is immediately above the B, so I can see how this happened. What makes it worse is that "bog" in British slang means a toilet.

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

THIS is showmanship!

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Randy, But now that machine is just another feature on your phone...

[Leo Enticknap]

In defense of Fahrenheit...

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[Leo Enticknap]

This will only make sense if you're familiar with California's Inland Empire, but for those that aren't, suffice as to say that San Bernardino is nicknamed San Bernaghetto by natives of the surrounding settlements.

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[Frank Cox]

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[Mark Gulbrandsen]

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The pre-wash cycle in action...

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

Anyone ever stay here, or am I the only one?


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[Mark Gulbrandsen]

the adaptor tool we all should have! Of course this was before USB C, and 3... Converter box.jpg

[Randy Stankey]

THIS is showmanship!

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[Mark Gulbrandsen]

That's the best post so far. I bet D-150 theaters had a Showmanship module in the racks that used a 200 amp knife switch...

[Jim Cassedy]

I Never Realized There Was Actually A Switch For This!
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(For the technically curious- - I saw this switch in a rack-full of equipment
at a theater The Union sent me to work a last minute shift at the other nite.
I wanted to get a picture of the whole device, but it was in a very dark
corner of the booth, and I couldn't turn on the work lites during the show.
The name plate said it was a: "Klone-Tec Automation Unit". Maybe one
of you guys knows more about it, since I can't find any info online.
Although it was powered up, it was not in use- - in fact one of the reasons
I was sent there was because they run all their shows manually and thier
regular operator was busy working another event that night)

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

Fortunately, there are already lots of places that specialize in rebuilding EV battery packs... not that having that done is cheap either...