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Author Topic: Where's GORDON BELL? Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 04-11-2003 10:45 PM                     Gordon Bell hasn't replied to my emails for many months, and hasn't answered letters from Robert Sprague for more than a year. I can no longer find him listed by searching Film-tech. It was Gordon's illustrated reports of his years as projectionist on Cunard/White Star ocean liners, which I found on Film-tech by searching the Net for "Brenkert" that enabled me to discover this valuable website. Gordon was based in Los Angeles, was a Union Business Manager for the projectionists local, and frequently visited Catalina Island, where Brenkert projectors were still used. Has anyone any information about his whereabouts or state of health? Gerard  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-11-2003 11:38 PM                        He only posted here 4 times. Gordon H. Bell  |  IP: Logged Christopher Seo Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 530 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-12-2003 11:12 AM                     Gerard, Gordon (or Harry as we call him, his middle name I think?) is alive and well. He stops by regularly at the theatre I work near Long Beach (an old single-screen house, the Bay). I've tried to get him to post here more often, as he'd have much to contribute, but he's always managed to make an excuse. I think he recently mentioned he was having trouble keeping up with the forums, so that may explain why he hasn't replied.  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 04-13-2003 04:38 PM                     Christopher, Thanks for reassuring me Gordon is alive and well. Please give him my best wishes when you see him. Daryl, Thanks for your help. Search is very exacting--I couldn't find Gordon because I didn't enter his middle initial. Gerard  |  IP: Logged

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