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MANAGERS AND PROJECTIONISTS 99
ling of the whole show, including the auditorium lighting, and there will be no division of responsibility. A proper coordination of the picture, the music and the lighting is of paramount importance, particularly in houses where the music and staging of the picture have been carefully worked out. An effect which, if properly worked, would be beautiful, may be ruined by just a few seconds delay in the manipulation of the auditorium lighting.
We cannot emphasize the importance of this latter too strongly. It was Samuel L. Rothapfel who first pointed the way to a truly artistic presentation of the photoplay upon the screen, and in the scheme of affairs as outlined by him, which is now followed, in greater or less degree, in all high class photoplay theatres, much depends upon close co-ordination of the auditorium lighting with the other various features of the program. It is therefore evident that the location of the main house switchboard is a matter for careful consideration by the management and the architect at the time the theatre is built.
THE "BOARD."— It is essential that both the projectionist and the man in direct charge of the theatre auditorium have a good understanding of the main house switchboard and its electrical connections. These switchboards are often imposing affairs, but once their connections are traced, they are simple indeed.
The main house switchboard will, or should, carry every circuit in the theatre, including the projection arc circuits and stage feeders, excepting the emergency light circuits, which latter must be attached to the theatre feed wires ahead of everything, including the main house fuses and switch, see page 103.
The main house switchboard will carry the (a) main fuses, placed ahead (on the street side) of everything except the exit and emergency circuits. These fuses will carry the entire house load, except the circuits just named, and except the stage, if the stage has a separate set of service wires, (b) the main switch, which kills everything but the exit and emergency lights, (c) fuses for every individual circuit in the house, including the projection room and stage feeders, if the latter are attached to the main board, (d) service switches for every individual circuit, including projection room feeders and stage feeders.
Of course what the main house switchboard will carry may be subject to modification by the peculiarities of the individual