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Topic: Unusual old-style film leader
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Stephen Furley
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Posts: 3059
From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-12-2006 11:24 AM
The print of 'To Have and Have Not' that I wrote about in the 'Hey you, you suck' thread had a rather unusual leader. Firstly, there was the following message to the projectionist, that I have never seen before:
![-](http://www.film-tech.com/uploads/uploads0503/leader1.jpg) ![-](http://www.film-tech.com/uploads/uploads0503/leader2.jpg) ![-](http://www.film-tech.com/uploads/uploads0503/leader3.jpg)
This seems to suggest that the idea of standardising sound levels between theatres by calibrating a standard setting for each theatre was something that long pre-dated the Dolby era, which I wasn't aware of.
Secondly, what did they mean by 'REGULAR SINGLE TRACK'? Films didn't have multiple tracks, as in different languages etc, and stereo tracks at that time were limited to Fantasound and a few experimental systems, so it seems unlikely that they meant that it wasn't in stereo. The only other possible meaning I can think of is that they were saying that it wasn't a push-pull track, but how likely would that have been anyway? I've never seen a push-pull track on a release print, though I did once see a pair of ancient projectors that were still fitted with the split photocells. Were Warners producing release prints with push-pull tracks at this time, except possibly on anything other than a very limited, more or less experimental, basis? Could it be that the print has a duo-bilateral track, which were then relatively new, and it was thought that this might be mistaken for a push-pull track? The difference is pretty obvious to look at. Any other ideas?
Thirdly, the leader has several different 'START' frames, including this one:
![-](http://www.film-tech.com/uploads/uploads0503/leader4.jpg)
Any suggestions as to what a 'Control start' might be? The fact that the wording is reversed suggests that it was intended to be read on the negative, and therefore used in the lab, rather than the projection room.
Lastly, I rather like the 'artistic' title frame.
Edit to correct punctuation error. [ 02-12-2006, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: Stephen Furley ]
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