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 #:
000321
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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286 HANDBOOK OF PROJECTION FOR need no tail-piece, but the sloppy man who either does not care or is too lazy to do his work right, and who lets the end of the film pass the aperture before changing over to the second projector should have an opaque tail-piece on all his reels, Figure 79B. At A we see an improperly packed shipping case. Resultant possible damage to the films is apparent. At B we see a properly packed shipping case. Remarks seem unnecessary. so that instead of the screen going white it will go dark, provided, of course, he is sufficiently on the job to stop the projector while the tail-piece is over the aperture. The allowing of the entire film to run through and the flashing of the white light on the screen at the end of the run is very crude work indeed, so crude that no man deserving the title projectionist would even think of doing it. Even the "operator" should be ashamed to do such a stupid thing. FILM INSPECTION— The projectionist should, so far as is practicable, repair all damage, other than ordinary wear he himself inflicts upon film while it is in his possession. It is the duty of film exchanges 'to thoroughly inspect and repair all films before they are sent to a theatre. THE PRICE EXHIBITORS PAY FOR FILM INCLUDES THIS SERVICE, AND WHEN AN EXCHANGE FAILS TO PERFORM IT, IT JUST TO THAT EXTENT IS NOT DOING ITS DUTY, MODIFIED ONLY BY THE FACT THAT IN OCCASIONAL INSTANCES WHERE THERE IS IN