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 #:
000322
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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MANAGERS AND PROJECTIONISTS 287 SUFFICIENT TIME TO MAKE REPAIRS THE EXCHANGE MAY BE EXCUSED, PROVIDED IT PLACES IN THE BOX WITH THE FILMS A CARD STATING THAT THE FILMS HAVE NOT BEEN EXAMINED AND REPAIRED, AND INSTRUCTING THE PROJECTIONIST TO MAKE REPAIRS, SENDING TO THE EXCHANGE HIS BILL FOR THE SERVICE. BY NO STRETCH OF IMAGINATION CAN IT BE DEEMED THE DUTY OF THE PROJECTIONIST TO REPAIR FILMS RECEIVED FROM AN EXCHANGE, AND WHEN, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, IT IS NECESSARY FOR HIM TO DO SO, HE HAS THE PERFECT RIGHT TO EXPECT TO BE PAID BY THE EXCHANGE, AT A REASONABLE RATE PER HOUR, FOR HIS SERVICE, SINCE HE IS NOT A FILM INSPECTOR AND REPAIR MAN, BUT A PROJECTIONIST. PERFECT PROJECTION IS IMPOSSIBLE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT UNLESS THE FILM BE ITSELF IN PERFECT MECHANICAL CONDITION, AND A FILM IS NOT IN PERFECT MECHANICAL CONDITION WHEN IT HAS WIDE, STIFF, OR LOOSE SPLICES, MISFRAMES, STRAINED OR RIPPED SPROCKET HOLES RAIN, ETC., OR WHERE ITS SURFACE IS SMEARED WITH OIL. THESE FAULTS ARE PROLIFIC SOURCES OF POOR SCREEN RESULTS. m ZT" 1 I t _<.-.. •;~^5 •ft • fi.&AJ • • 9 Figure 80. It is a well known fact that many film exchanges make only the most superficial inspection of film, and either very little or no repairs at all. The underlying cause of this is, we believe, an endeavor by film exchanges to get too much work out of the film, coupled with a deliberate attempt on the part of the exchange to force the projectionist to do