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Author Topic: Interesting photos of cinemas Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-07-2007 11:20 AM                     Check out the "Theaters" images. Nice record of the vanishing single-screen palace - and a few skytops. Edit: Bugger, forgot to include the link http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/sugimoto/photography.htm [ 02-07-2007, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: Dave Macaulay ]  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-07-2007 01:51 PM                     Also interesting photos: Warner Theatre [ 02-07-2007, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: Rick Raskin ]  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-07-2007 03:26 PM                     Fortunately most of those single screen palaces still exist. The Drive in photos show how badly aperature platess CAN be filed and how off center projectors CAN be lined up or should we say film done badly! All in all very unimpressive and silly. And I love good B&W photography too... but somehow those palaces beckon to be shown only in full color. Now Ricks photo link has some meaning to it! Especially this photo..... Thats got to be the worlds only uphill projection booth! Mark  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-07-2007 04:41 PM                     1992 photos of the Warner  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-07-2007 04:45 PM                     The Sugimoto picture of the Ohio Theatre shows the pit up and the organ in accompaniment position. That is taken from the aisle right in front of the second balcony. I've seen his work before in an exhibition at the Wexner Center. It was a picture of the Cinerama Dome shot the same as these pictures with a lit white screen.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-07-2007 05:06 PM                     What it reminds me of is how good theatres used to be and how blah they are now. Those theatres were worth going to. <sigh>  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-07-2007 05:55 PM                     quote: Thats got to be the worlds only uphill projection booth! I was in there in the 1970s and "Pop" Shannon was still working the booth at 90 years of age. He claimed to have been working that booth since the theatre opened in the 20s. Sadly the venue had turned to running porn but at least the DP70s were pointing in the right direction.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-07-2007 09:09 PM                     Rick, Thats interesting. The neat thing about that picture is that if you download the hi-rez version you can read almost all of the writing on the walls. Nothing like large format photos! Mark  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-08-2007 06:31 AM                     Mark, Check out the hi-res version of the stage switchboard. Rick  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-14-2007 03:16 AM                     quote: What it reminds me of is how good theatres used to be and how blah they are now. Those theatres were worth going to. <sigh> So well said. Lets hope the industry goes back to the experience for its future.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-14-2007 02:16 PM                     quote: Thats got to be the worlds only uphill projection booth! I bet they only hire projectionists with one leg shorter than the other!  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-15-2007 01:13 AM                  I find it interesting the optical path points to the top of the port. YIKES! Talk about masking!  |  IP: Logged

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