Grand Theatre
240 Hennipin Avenue,
Minneapolis,
MN
55401
240 Hennipin Avenue,
Minneapolis,
MN
55401
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Operating since at least 1950, the Grand Theatre was a very small single aisle, single story, non-discript theatre. The Grand Theatre was a grind house operating every day from 10:00 am to 11:30 pm. The Grand Theatre specialized in showing burlesque and "girly" films, i.e. "A Night At The Follies", etc.
The Grand Theatre was a rare example of the projection booth being located behind the screen.
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Richard Varani
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This was a straight on rear projection system. Screen was translucent glass. The projectors were set to a slight upward angle so the audience would not see a “hot spot”. Used a 2-½ inch lense. The throw (distance from the lense to the screen) was between 30 and 40 feet. In a normal operation the projectionists always worked with the sound track toward him/her. At the Grand we had to work with the sound track away from us. Worked many a shift in the booth during 1957-58. Booth equipt with Standard Simplex Heads, Peerless Low Intensity Arc Lamps, and Ultraphone Sound. Ultraphone made a special sound head to handle the sound track being on the other side.