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MANAGERS AND PROJECTIONISTS 303
(S) If good results are to be expected and those results are to be had with a maximum of efficiency, the projection room must be placed in charge of a thoroughly competent reliable staff of projectionists, who are possessed of both practical and technical knowledge of the art of projection, and who are able to supplement their knowledge by a good fund of horse sense. No applications for position as projectionist should be considered unless the applicant can show that he has served at least one year's bonafide apprenticeship in a projection room.
(T) Either in the projection room or immediately adjacent thereto should be a wash bowl with running water. In handling carbons and in oiling the projectionist gets more or less grime on his hands, and unless this be washed off some of it will adhere to the films, to their damage. It is also imperatively necessary that toilet facilities be provided. (U) There should be a telephone to the manager's office and, under some conditions, to the orchestra pit and stage. This is essential to modern practice. It should be a house phone only, not connecting with outside telephones, though an arrangement may well be made for such connection, but through the manager's office only.
(V) Proper tanks must be provided for storage of films when not in use. These tanks should be such as will (a) provide a separate fireproof compartment for each reel, (b) Each compartment should close automatically by gravity, (c) Top of tank should be so shaped that it will not serve as a shelf for reels of film or other things, (d) Place should be provided for moisture-containing sponge.
(W) In case the houselights are not handled from the projection room, there should always be a switch therein by means of which the projectionist will be enabled to light the auditorium instantly in case of serious trouble.
The foregoing constitutes what might be termed the fundamental essentials of projection room construction and equipment, but in addition a detailed explanation of the various things is necessary.
PROJECTION ROOM DOOR.— The door of the projection room must not be less than two feet wide by six feet in height. It must, of course, be built of fireproof material. Three-eighths inch asbestos mill board on both sides of a steel frame is perhaps best. The door may be either hung on hinges, in which case it must always open outward and be held normally closed by a substantial spring, or, very