Old Movie Projector by wile1

Photography • Historical • posted on Oct 23, 2006

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This picture was taken by my son. He got a chance to go through the old movie theater in town that has been shut down for about 25 years. They are redoing it and going to make it into a show place for shows, movies, etc. Like it used to be back in the 30's and 40's when my great uncle was an actor there. I spent many a day in that theater when I was young and I was really happy that he got a chance to go through it. Its still in need of a lot of work but it will eventually be the showplace it once was. The theater is the Colony and is located in Marietta Ohio. This is the old movie projector that still sits in the projection room.. a real ghost of the past. Enjoy...

Comments (14)

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MagikUnicorn

8:36PM | Mon, 23 October 2006

Cool reminds me great souvenir (70-80)

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jocko500

9:30PM | Mon, 23 October 2006

wow looks like something that sci-fi is made of

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theprojectionist

9:36PM | Mon, 23 October 2006

Thank God i dont have to use this,i hope they get it running.

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bclaytonphoto

9:39PM | Mon, 23 October 2006

wow..that is a BEAST...In the age of DVD's people have forgotten how great Movies look on film.. Plus it was always kinda funny when the film broke and the projectionist had to scramble.. Cool shot, thanks for sharing this.

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ppetersen

9:49PM | Mon, 23 October 2006

WOW... so that's what they looked like!!!!! Wonderful shot, still say your son should be uploading his pictures he's got the touch. Definitely nostalgic and if that old projector could talk.... imagine...

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Sekadhar

10:55PM | Mon, 23 October 2006

Always - good old times! Excellent shot!!!

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AnnaKirsten

5:16AM | Tue, 24 October 2006

My! How things have changed!!

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RodolfoCiminelli

7:52AM | Tue, 24 October 2006

Excellent shot, fantastic machine.......!!!

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madame

9:03AM | Tue, 24 October 2006

Wow, that's an antiquity :) very beautiful and interesting shot !!

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Flannelman

10:29AM | Tue, 24 October 2006

Great post. thanx for the reminder. ;-)

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Thelby

11:35AM | Tue, 24 October 2006

What an Interesting and intriguing piece of machinary!! As a TV Station employee I am fascinated by old pieces such as this!!! Thanks for Sharing it!!!

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IsTLionK

9:09PM | Wed, 25 October 2006

Haven't seen something like that in years. Your son know's how to take a good picture.

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DennisReed

1:17AM | Mon, 30 October 2006

Fantastic capture by your Son! Brravo!

generation2235

10:41AM | Sat, 25 November 2023

Fantastic pho and your son was very smart to capture this as those kind of projectors are already extremely rare but in theatre projection, earlier in my lifetime at least, was how it was commonly done in cinema. Those machines were real workhorses back in the day!