When the Odeon in London Road Liverpool was a Paramount theatre it was equipped with Simplex projectors.When it became Odeon, Kalee 21s were in use. When it became a 70mm house, Philips DP70s were employed. Today the ten screen cinema uses Cinemeccanica equipment.
In 1964 projection equipment at the Odeon was Kalee 21 machines with President arc lamps and Duosonic sound. Projectomatic automation was another feature enabling auto changeovers etc. The chief projectionist was Fred Laird. Trainee operator was John Forster. He went on to work for ABC and later as a relief operator for Cheshire County Cinemas based at the now demolished Empress Runcorn. John is now working at the Odeon in Bournemouth. A few doors up from the Odeon in Warrington stood the Empire, demoished in the early 1960s. It had a large poster on the side advertising stereophonic sound. It said it was the only cinema in Warrington with stereophonic sound. Eventually the Kalee machines were removed from the Odeon and replaced by Cinemeccanica equipment.
When the Odeon in London Road Liverpool was a Paramount theatre it was equipped with Simplex projectors.When it became Odeon, Kalee 21s were in use. When it became a 70mm house, Philips DP70s were employed. Today the ten screen cinema uses Cinemeccanica equipment.
In 1964 projection equipment at the Odeon was Kalee 21 machines with President arc lamps and Duosonic sound. Projectomatic automation was another feature enabling auto changeovers etc. The chief projectionist was Fred Laird. Trainee operator was John Forster. He went on to work for ABC and later as a relief operator for Cheshire County Cinemas based at the now demolished Empress Runcorn. John is now working at the Odeon in Bournemouth. A few doors up from the Odeon in Warrington stood the Empire, demoished in the early 1960s. It had a large poster on the side advertising stereophonic sound. It said it was the only cinema in Warrington with stereophonic sound. Eventually the Kalee machines were removed from the Odeon and replaced by Cinemeccanica equipment.