|
|
 
|
|
Author
|
Topic: Rialto Theatre South Pasadena booth upgrade
|
Alexandre Pereira
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 126
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Jan 2016
|
posted 03-17-2018 11:46 AM
Here is an interesting article with some photos.
https://southpasadenareview.com/?p=3848
Friends of the Rialto has been working for the last few months on restoring the long dormant 35mm projection system in the Rialto Theatre.
With the support of Mosaic Church and the expertise of projection specialist Tom Ruff, the organization is working to bring back proper 35mm projection capabilities to South Pasadena.
A little history. When the Rialto opened it had two 35mm projectors, used to show shorts and features by switching back and forth.
In the 1970s, one of the projectors was removed and a “platter system” was installed in the projection booth. This allowed the projectionist to splice a feature film and all of the trailers and shorts onto one large reel, or “platter”.
Friends of the Rialto President Escott Norton says he is working with Mosaic Church to coordinate film showings open to the community. Photos by Escott Norton
These Platter systems are no longer used because the studios do not want their films cut and spliced every time they are rented. Now, two working projectors electronically connected with a “Changover” system are required.
Over a series of late night work sessions, original equipment stored in the Rialto’s dressing rooms has been discovered, hauled up to the projection booth, and begun to be carefully restored.
In December of last year, Friends of the Rialto reached a milestone. Both projectors are now running smoothly! The organization still has a lot of work to do: installing a new “cinema sound” system behind the screen, running new speaker cables from projection booth to stage, and restoring the lamp housing on the second projector.
There is no hard deadline for the project’s completion, as it an all-volunteer effort, but Friends of the Rialto Director Escott Norton hopes it can be completed by the end of summer.
Norton would also like to thank Mosaic Church for its assistance.
“The church has been very supportive of the project, some members of the church have even helped by carrying pieces of heavy equipment from the Rialto basement all the way up to the projection booth!” Norton said.
Friends of the Rialto was formed in 1983 as a committee of the South Pasadena Preservation Foundation. Its current advisors include theatre professionals, artists, historians, film fans, and interested residents of South Pasadena and surrounding communities. Friends of the Rialto is a 501(c)3 non-profit designation.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bill Brandenstein
Master Film Handler
Posts: 413
From: Santa Clarita, CA
Registered: Jul 2013
|
posted 03-21-2018 04:59 PM
Did NOT make the cut for 2018, but don't be surprised to see this in a future year.
From the "Last Remaining Seats" web page: (all should be 35mm except for the Ace Hotel and San Gabriel Mission screenings)
quote: Los Angeles Conservancy
2018 Last Remaining Seats Lineup
Saturday, June 2
8 p.m.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
State Theatre, downtown L.A.
Saturday, June 9
8 p.m.
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Million Dollar Theatre, downtown L.A.
Co-Presented by Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles
Wednesday, June 13
8 p.m.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Theatre at Ace Hotel, downtown L.A.
Saturday, June 16
2 p.m.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Los Angeles Theatre, downtown L.A.
Saturday, June 16
8 p.m.
The Birds (1963)
Los Angeles Theatre, downtown L.A.
Wednesday, June 20
8 p.m.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Orpheum Theatre, downtown L.A.
Saturday, June 23
6 p.m.
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, San Gabriel
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
All times are Central (GMT -6:00)
|
|
Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classicTM
6.3.1.2
The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion
and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.
|
Home
Printer-friendly view of this topic