A poem written by Rockyskintight about the last projectionist, which can be read in full here: http://allpoetry.com/poem/11267529-The-Last-Projectionist-by-Rockyskintight … [Read more...]
The Projectionist
For decades he handled our dreams deftly feeding film in serpentine loops through gates, sprockets and spindled spools to release dead images from their celluloid cells with hot white light streaming them down a shimmering beam through an exhaled haar of tobacco-smoke to miraculous resurrection on the silver screen. Alone. Above us. … [Read more...]
NON-SYNC, TABS AND CREAM SODA
Dear editor When I were a lad I was a cinema projectionist on Merseyside for nearly seven years . I wrote up my weird and hilarious experiences during that time giving my book the title NON-SYNC, TABS AND CREAM SODA The non-sync and tabs bit will be self evident to you the cream soda refers to the gallons of the stuff I gulped down to … [Read more...]
Odeon Cavalcade
The development of the Odeon chain of cinemas in Britain in the 1930s, and an examination of its Art Deco house style. … [Read more...]
All the Presidents’ Movies
- This fascinating made-for-cable documentary looks at what movies were screened at the White House over the past century, what each president's favorite movies and genres were, how often they watched, and who they watched with. IMDB page. … [Read more...]
Jericho
An episode of this ITV series broadcast on 6th November 2005 used the State Cinema, Essex as "The Rex". The cinema appeared quite prominately in the programme. … [Read more...]
