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Topic: The Art of Film Presentations
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Monte L Fullmer
Film God
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Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 01-07-2005 04:52 AM
In my post and pictures from the 1922 edition of "The Motion Picture Projection" of James R. Cameron, here is an opening statement from Sam L. "Roxy" Rothafel, in the 1922, 3rd Edition of the said title of the book above:
The picture of Samuel L. Rothafel
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His statement supporting "the prophecy"
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This statement from "Roxy" Rothafel,back in 1922, is what we projectionists, engineers and technicians are proud of having: these talents, skills, knowledge and this trade to this very day.
thx-Monte
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Gordon Bachlund
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 696
From: Monrovia, CA, USA
Registered: Aug 1999
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posted 01-08-2005 12:07 PM
Rothafel was not the only voice that, if heard today, would be "crying in wilderness."
The Sixth Edition of F. H. Richardson's BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION has a forward by no less a film legend than Adolph Zukor, then Chairman of Paramount Pictures, who summarized the art of projection and honored Mr. Richardson. His are words, too, are well worth reading.
“There comes in the career of every motion picture that final occasion when all the artistry, all the earnest constructive endeavor of all the man-power and genius of the industry, and all the capital investment, too, must pour through the narrow gate of the projector on its way to the fulfillment of its purpose, the final delivery to the public.
“That delivery is a constant miracle of men and mechanism in the projection rooms of the world’s fifty thousand theatres. That narrow ribbon, thirty-five millimeters, flowing at twenty-four frames a second through the scintillating blaze of the spot at the picture aperture and coursing by at an exactingly-precise 90 feet a minute past the light slit of the sound system, demands a quality of skill and faithful, unfailing attention upon which the whole great industry depends.
“The projector lens is the neck in the bottle through which all must pass. The projectionist presiding over that mechanism is responsible for the ultimate performance upon which we must all depend.
“The projector must not fail, and more importantly still, the man must not fail or permit it to waiver in its performance. It is to the tremendous credit of the skill of the modern projectionist that perfect presentation of the motion picture upon the screen is today a commonplace, a perfection that is taken as a matter of course.
“For more than a quarter of a century now F. H. Richardson, author of this and the Bluebooks that have gone before, has been the philosopher, friend and guide of the projectionists. He began in the nickelodeon days when the two-pin Edison projector was considered a wonderful machine, and he has continued, becoming himself an institution along with the developing art, into this day of the amazing complexities and large responsibilities of the modern projection room, with its maze of machinery and all the delicate, intricate devices that are involved in sound picture reproduction.
“It is appropriate that here in this place one who has shared and experienced these years of the building of the screen into its world dominion as an amusement medium should record the industry’s recognition of Mr. Richardson’s long and diligent service and his valued contributions to the progress of the motion picture art.” Amen.
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