Schedule is Friday, Saturday, and Monday only. There are no shows on Sunday as this is a Mormon town. Yes, there is a tiny balcony. There is a cry room but it is converted to theater manager’s office. Bathrooms are very tiny. Theater was built around 1936 and is equipped with Century “C” projector heads and RCA 1040 soundheads. Was lit with carbon arc lamphouses, but in 2002 converted to xenon (Strong Super Lume-x lamphouses).
The Krappy Kreme doughnuts is doing considerably less business than the theater ever did. The Mall was stupid to have ever demolished this wonderful theater.
I’m a little confused here. In one paragraph you say these are 35mm film prints. Yet in another sentence you refer people to a DVD site. So is this going to be a film presentation or just another big screen tv showing?
I see in the pictures there’s a huge Altec-Lansing “Voice of the Theater” loudspeaker on stage (that’s good!). I hope these folks consider showing movies once in a while.
It looks like they have some work ahead for them in getting the building working again. How’s the roof? Is it leaking? Has the place been broken into? Any vandalism? Who was the last company to show movies there? Was this a Moyer theater at one time?
Wow! That certainly is great equipment. That Strong Highlight 2A console should give you plenty of light and that Smart DI processor is a wise choice to feed your transmitter.
How about pictures of the projection equipment? Projector make and model? Soundhead make and model? Lamphouse make, model & wattage? I assume you’re using a platter? Is this a 7 day a week operation or just Fri-Sat-Sun?
Your theater website doesn’t really give much information on it and a suggestion would be to include the following:
street address
phone number
what movies are showing now or comming soon
theater pictures/history
food menu
65 feet by 33 feet doesn’t sound right for 35mm film projection. Is that the size of the picture area or the entire structure?
For flat (1.85) aspect ratio the screen picture area should be 65 by 35½. For scope (2.35) aspect ratio the screen picture area should be 65 by 27½. This assumes the dimensions of the screen you mention. A screen with a 65 by 33 picture area would be the dreaded “2:1” ratio (something to be avoided at all costs!).
A 65 foot wide screen is kinda dinky for a drive-in. Most good drive-in screens are in the range of 40' high by 94' wide.
With an inflatable screen, how can you be assured that the screen will be in absolutely the same exact position? Must play havoc with cutting an aperture plate for the projector and keeping the picture focused & masked properly?
What happens when the winds kick up? Is the show shut down? If so, that wouldn’t happen with a real drive-in screen made of steel.
Schedule is Friday, Saturday, and Monday only. There are no shows on Sunday as this is a Mormon town. Yes, there is a tiny balcony. There is a cry room but it is converted to theater manager’s office. Bathrooms are very tiny. Theater was built around 1936 and is equipped with Century “C” projector heads and RCA 1040 soundheads. Was lit with carbon arc lamphouses, but in 2002 converted to xenon (Strong Super Lume-x lamphouses).
Was it Esco Pacific sign company taking the marquee down? If so, I understand it will be repaired or replicated.
And absolutely none of these are authorized licensed showings. What’s worse is these are all videos and not even real film projection.
The Krappy Kreme doughnuts is doing considerably less business than the theater ever did. The Mall was stupid to have ever demolished this wonderful theater.
Theater has reopened.
The Krispy Kreme doughnuts store that replaced this theater is deserted nowadays.
I found a theater in Pacific Beach that I hadn’t even known existed on the Jones site.
You want Cy Young Industries. they manufacture about 90% of the cupholders and cupholder retrofits out there for theater seats.
Check out www.cyyoungind.com –> Cinema Products –> Cupholders
So….are all these actually going to be 35mm prints or are they shown on video (yuch)?
I’m a little confused here. In one paragraph you say these are 35mm film prints. Yet in another sentence you refer people to a DVD site. So is this going to be a film presentation or just another big screen tv showing?
It’s been “down for repairs” almost two years from what I understand.
You might have some luck on the forums at http://16mmfilmtalk.com and www.film-center.com
A 35' by 70' screen? That’s the dreaded 2:1 ratio (something to be avoided).
I see in the pictures there’s a huge Altec-Lansing “Voice of the Theater” loudspeaker on stage (that’s good!). I hope these folks consider showing movies once in a while.
It looks like they have some work ahead for them in getting the building working again. How’s the roof? Is it leaking? Has the place been broken into? Any vandalism? Who was the last company to show movies there? Was this a Moyer theater at one time?
Film distributors want the most money they can get from film rentals. Having only 35 seats ain’t gonna do it.
Wow! That certainly is great equipment. That Strong Highlight 2A console should give you plenty of light and that Smart DI processor is a wise choice to feed your transmitter.
How about pictures of the projection equipment? Projector make and model? Soundhead make and model? Lamphouse make, model & wattage? I assume you’re using a platter? Is this a 7 day a week operation or just Fri-Sat-Sun?
Your theater website doesn’t really give much information on it and a suggestion would be to include the following:
street address
phone number
what movies are showing now or comming soon
theater pictures/history
food menu
65 foot wide screen is way too small for 300 cars.
This is indeed great news!
Real drive-in screens (steel) are designed to withstand 150 mph winds since you never can tell about the weather.
What about the other issues I mentioned above?
65 feet by 33 feet doesn’t sound right for 35mm film projection. Is that the size of the picture area or the entire structure?
For flat (1.85) aspect ratio the screen picture area should be 65 by 35½. For scope (2.35) aspect ratio the screen picture area should be 65 by 27½. This assumes the dimensions of the screen you mention. A screen with a 65 by 33 picture area would be the dreaded “2:1” ratio (something to be avoided at all costs!).
A 65 foot wide screen is kinda dinky for a drive-in. Most good drive-in screens are in the range of 40' high by 94' wide.
With an inflatable screen, how can you be assured that the screen will be in absolutely the same exact position? Must play havoc with cutting an aperture plate for the projector and keeping the picture focused & masked properly?
What happens when the winds kick up? Is the show shut down? If so, that wouldn’t happen with a real drive-in screen made of steel.
How’s the rent there? Could the rent have been too high to continue to operate the theater?
You ought to post this story on the forums at www.bigscreenbiz.com as there are theater owners/operators on there always looking for other theaters.
Their website no longer works and has been that way for over a month.
Looks like the theater has closed.