Handbook of projection for theatre managers and motion picture projectionists ([1922])

Record Details:

Title:
Handbook of projection for theatre managers and motion picture projectionists
Date:
[1922]
Publisher:
New York, Chalmers
Volume:
Handbook of projection for theatre managers and motion picture projectionists
Leaf #:
000253
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Gerstein - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
14
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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218 HANDBOOK OF PROJECTION FOR bound to win. It may and probably will require considerable time ; it may be discouraging, but success will finally come, and with it, at least in some degree, financial reward. The manager who employs a high class projectionist, pays him an adequate salary, provides him with good working conditions, tools and supplies, and insists on high class projection, may not immediately see the benefit. The fact remains, however, that in due course of time the public will recognize the fact that in a certain theatre they are sure to see a perfect screen result and other things being equal the effect of this will be made visible at the box office. We might expend pages in setting forth interesting and valuable matters pertaining to the broad subject of projection, but inasmuch as space is limited, and the whole book is really devoted to that subject, we will end by saying: Over-speeding the projector is an outrage on the public; an outrage on the producer; an outrage on the projector manufacturer; an outrage on the film exchange and an outrage on the projectionist himself. There is and can be no excuse for it — absolutely none whatever. If the house is full and a crowd waiting to gain entrance it would be far better to eliminate one reel of the program than to butcher the whole performance. THE MAN WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE VALUE OF EXPERT KNOWLEDGE IS AN EXPENSIVE EMPLOYE AT ANY PRICE.