The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management (1918)

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It should be built to accommodate two ma- chines, a spotlight and a dissolver or lantern- slide projector. In planning the booth, it is well to be as generous as possible in the allow- ance of room and ceiling height, as well as equipment of vents and exhaust fans to the open air. To accommodate two machines, the booth should be not less than 8 feet by 10 feet with a 7-foot ceiling; three machines require about 8 feet by 14 feet. Observation ports should be about 8 inches by 12 inches, placed at such height from the floor that the operator, stand- ing about 3 feet from the port, at his ma- chine, can see the entire screen without cran- ing. In many booths it is considered best to se- curely fasten clear plate glass in these ports as a fire guard in addition to the metal shutter. The Electrical System The writer believes that it should not be nec- essary, in this enlightened age, to emphasize the desirability, indeed, the obligation, of most careful planning and installation of the elec- trical system of a theatre; nor does he purpose writing a technical treatise on electricity and its control; but he feels it wise to call attention to 41