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Author Topic: Need Help Identifying A Projector Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-13-2007 07:03 PM                     The attached photo was taken in the booth of the MANN NATIONAL Theatre in the Westwood Village community of Los Angeles on April 19, 2007, the night of its final show before closing. Can anyone identify the make and model of this projector? Thomas Hauerslev's DP70 website claims that two DP70s were installed at the NATIONAL (serial numbers 2215 & 2216), but I do not know if those projectors were present for the entire lifespan of the venue or if they are the ones in the photo. (There was a second projector out of frame camera right.) That's "Shooter," by the way, on the middle platter and about to be broken down.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-13-2007 07:06 PM                     DP-70 for sure. Ultra 80 lamphouse and Christie AW-3 platter. If you have a picture of the front( or know the number of motors) I could tell you pre 1963(two motors) or after 1963 which would be the AA-2 version of the DP-70(single motor). Mark  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-14-2007 07:25 AM                     Those projectors are not the original installed projectors for the theatre. The National theatre opened with DP-75's at the time in the booth. Both of those projectors ran great and were well maintained during the full time projectionist era for Mann theatres. The projectors were the single motor version. When the Village became a 70MM house it was also equipped with DP75's.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 05-14-2007 12:00 PM                     It appears by the penthouse readers they had all three digital formats. (DTS, SDDS, Dolby.)  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-14-2007 12:25 PM                     Yes, The National Theatre is equipped to run all three Digital formats and at one time it also was equipped to run the CDS digital format. It was a fun booth to run.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-17-2007 11:25 PM                     That's an AAII. You can tell there is only one motor on it.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2007 09:18 AM                     I would assume they are too because of the shorter xenon lamphouse table but since the upper motor area is completely hidden there is no way to be absolutely sure. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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