F. H. Richardson's bluebook of projection (1935)

Record Details:

Title:
F. H. Richardson's bluebook of projection
Date:
1935
Publisher:
New York : Quigley Publishing Company, Inc.
Volume:
F. H. Richardson's bluebook of projection
Leaf #:
00014
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Jeff Joseph"}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 01, 2024
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FOREWORD By ADOLPH ZUKOR Chairman, Paramount Pictures, Inc. THERE comes in the career of every motion picture that final occasion when all the artistry, all the earnest constructive endeavor of all the man-power and genius of the industry, and all the capital investment, too, must pour through the narrow gate of the projector on its way to the fulfillment of its purpose, the final delivery to the public. That delivery is a constant miracle of men and mechanism in the projection rooms of the world's fifty thousand theatres. That narrow ribbon, thirty-five millimeters, flowing at twenty-four frames a second through the scintillating blaze of the spot at the picture aperture and coursing at an exactingly precise 90 feet a minute past the light slit of the sound system, demands a quality of skill and faithful, unfailing attention upon which the whole great industry depends. The projector lens is the neck of the bottle through which all must pass. The projectionist presiding over that mechanism is responsible for the ultimate performance upon which we must all depend. The projector must not fail and, more importantly still, the man must not fail or per