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Author Topic: Cummings and Wilson (C&W) projectors Henry Titchen Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Singleton, NSW, Australia Registered: May 2005 posted 04-24-2006 11:57 PM                     Hi, Are there any/many Cummings and Wilson (C&W) projectors still in use in Australian Cinemas? Thanks From, Henry. [ 04-28-2006, 02:53 AM: Message edited by: Henry Titchen ]  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-25-2006 08:13 AM                        there were 2 being used at the Southwest Roxy cinema over your way.  |  IP: Logged Phillip Grace Expert Film Handler Posts: 164 From: ACMI. Melbourne. Australia. Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-25-2006 11:48 PM                     There is a pair of machines at the Theatre Royal, Camperdown, Vic. (Raycophone CP7 configuration - installed new) and another similar pair at Swanpool, Vic. (previously used at The Civic, Rainbow Vic). The others I have seen operating around the east coast are now out of service, although there was a pair of Model B mechanisms (circa 1923) which were still running regularly well into the 1980's at Brunswick.  |  IP: Logged David Kilderry Master Film Handler Posts: 355 From: Melbourne Australia Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-26-2006 12:29 AM                        Phillip, did you mean the Brunswick Liberty C and W plant? If so at least one projector from that plant survives. It leaked a little when I was projectionist there, but otherwise ran well. Westrex 14 arcs on the back. The slide projector was ancient too. I think it last run in 1987. David  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 04-26-2006 01:38 AM                        Mt Vic Flicks has a pair. I know that they were overhauled in Melbourne a couple of years ago. They are running 6000ft spools.  |  IP: Logged Phillip Grace Expert Film Handler Posts: 164 From: ACMI. Melbourne. Australia. Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-26-2006 03:39 AM                     Yes David. Those were the machines. I've remembered another pair up in the Blue Mountains at a place called Bundanoon. They were on MagnaCoustian soundheads. We spent the day converting them back to silent speed for "The Man from Kangaroo". Great fun.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Brown Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Newcastle, NSW, Australia Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-26-2006 03:47 AM                     The Lake Cinema at Boolaroo still has two working as changeover, with Carbon Arcs....Ahh the good ole days. Having said that, I always thought the C&W stood for Crap and Worthless.  |  IP: Logged Phillip Grace Expert Film Handler Posts: 164 From: ACMI. Melbourne. Australia. Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-26-2006 03:58 AM                     Stephen! Have you never run a Ballantyne?  |  IP: Logged Thomas Jonsson Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Bromolla, Sweden Registered: Sep 2003 posted 04-26-2006 03:43 PM                       Pictures? Thomas  |  IP: Logged Henry Titchen Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Singleton, NSW, Australia Registered: May 2005 posted 04-27-2006 04:07 AM                     Thomas, Here is a picture of a Raycophone CP10 which used a C&W mechanism. Henry.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-27-2006 06:32 AM                     My father has a pair he's restoring (after a nitrate accident...not his) in his garage. I'll grab some pics and post them shortly. [ 05-02-2006, 03:24 AM: Message edited by: John Wilson ]  |  IP: Logged Phillip Grace Expert Film Handler Posts: 164 From: ACMI. Melbourne. Australia. Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-27-2006 07:08 AM                     Hi John. Is that a Western Electric soundhead fitted to the C+W pedestal? The projector head looks like a Model "E" of the "Senior" series.  |  IP: Logged Robert Throop Master Film Handler Posts: 412 From: Vernon, NY USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-27-2006 08:22 AM                     Is that a Hall & Connelly reflector lamp? Bob  |  IP: Logged Thomas Jonsson Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Bromolla, Sweden Registered: Sep 2003 posted 04-27-2006 12:52 PM                       Thanks for the pictures! I´ve never heard of this machine. Any delivered to the US or Europe? The lamphouse on the second picture looks very much like a Zeiss Ikon, but I guess it´s not? Thomas  |  IP: Logged Warren Smyth Expert Film Handler Posts: 158 From: Auckland ,New Zealand Registered: Aug 2003 posted 04-27-2006 07:31 PM                     There were a lot of C and Ws in New Zealand used on the Amalgamated Theatres ciruit. I never ran any myself but they seemed to run for ever. A friend has converted one into a portable because the mechanism is quite small.  |  IP: Logged

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