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Topic: When did XXX theaters stop using film?
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-07-2001 10:04 PM
When I ran as a relief union projectionist at the Pussycat in Oakland many years ago, the manager instructed me to just keep it on the screen, no matter how bad it looked, or what it took. They did not care about focus, framing, or anything like that.Nobody in the auditorium watched the movie, anyway. They were all too busy doing other things. Thank God, the porno houses started to die in the '80's.
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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!
Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 04-08-2001 01:48 PM
>>I'm under the impression that most of the porn houses ran 16mm. Is this true?<<Most of the ones I remember ran 35. I wouldn't be surprised if the 35 titles were also printed on 16 (since the vast majority of them were shot on 16mm film or video). >>Did any of them use automated changeover or large reels?<< Assuming we are still talking about 16mm, most porn films were 3-4 reels (35mm-wise) and ran about an hour, If they had to run them in 16mm i'm sure they could have put the whole thing(after cutting some of the 'non-XXX filler material')onto a 16mm 2000' reel and been done with it. Aaron
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
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posted 04-08-2001 03:24 PM
The Pussycat I ran as relief was equipped with Simplex E-7's and SH-1000 sound heads, Peerless magnarc lenses. The other (Esquire) in Oakland, Ca. had Brenkert BX-100's, but I don't recall what the soundheads or lamphouses were. They had a 16mm POS up there, too. I think it was a B&H Filmosound (model unknown). It was never used.I have also serviced the equipment in some of the Seattle houses, they were either Brenkerts or Centurys, depending what rat hole it was.
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Rick Green
Film Handler
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From: Sacramento, CA, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-08-2001 04:00 PM
The Regency /Pussycat did indeed have a Cinemecanica V18 with 13,000 foot reels. Before that it was a changeover house with Wenzel projectors. (kind of a Super Simplex knock-off)I worked down the street for the old Art Theater Guild at the Towne International Theater from `76 until `86 when it was closed and sold to a sailboat retailer. At the Towne we ran X-rated features primarily in 35mm with a sprinkling of 16mm.The booth had E-7's with Peerless Magnarcs, (later converted to xenon) and SH-1000 soundheads. We ran 6000' reels with a simple home-made automated changeover box. 16mm chores were handled by an RCA 400 with an LP Associates 1600 watt exnon lamp. (same mfr. as our Magnarc conversions- great lamp!) But the best part of the job was running the Midnite Movies on Friday & Saturday nites. This was before all the big chains got into it and killed the market. (in my opinion) We used to run cartoons, Rock & Roll films, 3 Stooges and lots more. I had some great times in that place.  (met my wife there, too, she was a cashier)
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Darryl Spicer
Film God
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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-08-2001 06:49 PM
New a guy who was the projectionist at the downtown theater here. Back in the 80's it was a repratory theater and next door was the X-Rated theater. The projectionist ran both theaters. THe X-Rated theater was automated and ran continuous shows. He once told me how this detective came in and watched a few scenes of the movie. He said that the detective came storming out and told the management that he was going to get a warrent to confiscate the film based on a scene, I am not going to describe here, that was illegal to show. Well, the detective returned later that day with a represenative of the dist. attourneys office. They went into theater and he told him to watch for said scene. But to the surprise of the detective. The said scene was totaly missing. The projectionist had edited it out. So they were saved from an arrest. Detective should have kept his mouth shut. One day there was an add in the newspaper where the X-rated theater advertised that read. theater temporarily closed while we install our new seats. 
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