formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
For the 9:20 p.m. movie, Jesse Locascio threaded film through the projector. This was after he had sprayed compressed air on the sprockets and rollers, blowing out dust that could show up as black dots on the screen. Source: How … Continued
Jon Bauckham and Frank Gray explore Regent Street Cinema, where motion pictures were first screened to a paying audience in Britain Source: BBC History Magazine Explores Regent Street Cinema and the Birth of British Cinema – History Extra
THE lead public body set up to safeguard Scotland’s historic environment has hit out at potential plans to bulldoze the O2 ABC. Historic Environment Scotland were consulted by Glasgow City Council on plans to flatten the C-listed building on Sauchiehall … Continued
Cinema chain HOYTS is to equip four auditoriums in Melbourne and Sydney with over 200 D-BOX motion seats. With installations in more than 40 countries, D-BOX Technologies’ motion seats immerse audiences in the storyline by perfectly synchronising movement with the … Continued
WILLIAM Herbert was once Newcastle’s original picture show man.The former American pioneered bringing moving pictures permanently to Newcastle, first with silent flicks from 1907 and then “talkies”. In his heyday, the canny entrepreneur (1867-1947) operated not one, but three profitable … Continued
CJ 4DPLEX (www.cj4dx.com), the world’s leading cinema technology company, and Warner Bros. Pictures are teaming up to release six additional titles in the immersive, multi-sensory 4DX format. The multi-picture agreement extends a longstanding relationship between the two companies dating back … Continued