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Topic: The first movie you ran on your own was...?
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John Walsh
Film God
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Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 11-21-1999 12:31 PM
My first film was "Grease" in 1977. But, we got it second run about 2 months later (in Nov, if I remember), and the print was totally beat. I remember thinking; 'This is the way prints come?' The theater I was at had a 50 foot screen, (2) V8's, Ashcraft lamps, 70mm, adjustable top and side masking, it sat 800 people, had a loge. The seat spacing back-to-back was 38". It was a real premium theater. A seperate, "hard ticket" sales office, ladies room had a sink and toliet in each stall. But the company (Consolidated theaters) had invested heavily in, "Hello, Dolly!" and, since 1969, had been running out of bankrupcy. It was strange, because I was surrounded by high quality equipment, but there was no money for anything like maintaince, parts, or even decent quality carbons. One of the owners came around with a box of 25watt light bulbs that we were to use from now on.
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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
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Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 11-21-1999 12:39 PM
My first changeover was on "Teach Me" (appropriately titled) and "The Foursome" double-bill, at the Circle 25 d/i, Lexington, KY, on 9/7/74. I was TWELVE!I couldn't tell you which picture was which, and at that age, I didn't care. I was more entralled with the big machines than big boobs (although it's the other way around today)! I guess the first picture I ran all by my lonesome was "Silver Streak", in 1976, at the Leeds Theatre, Winchester, KY. The regular operator stepped out for supper one night, wished me luck, promptly left town and I never saw him again!
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Erick Ojeda
Film Handler
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From: Vineland, NJ
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-21-1999 02:26 PM
If I remember correctly, the first movie I have ever ran by myself was Doug's 1st Movie. At the theater I work at, the booth is manager operated, so only new managers are trained how to run the booth. I really didn't have a problem, but the frist movie I did have a problem with was Instinct. There was about 15 minutes left in the film, and the print spiraled around the brain. The film around the brian actually looked like a cone. I was extremely nervous because I never came across this problem, so I gave out passes, and allowed patrons to stay for the next showing, which did run. Man, there were a lot of mad people. lol....
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