I worked there as a projectionist in the 1970s.
I believe Ken is right – the theater actually burned down twice. We used to joke that this was Bennington’s form of urban renewal.
I worked there as a projectionist in the mid 1970s. It had Simplex E7 projectors with Strong High-Intensity arc lamps, and a magnificent Western Electric Vacuum Tube amplification system.
Worked there as projectionist, then technical director through the 1980s, and oversaw the introduction of many of the technical innovations mentioned in the article. I also took the picture above, at a time when we were replacing the screen.
Worked as a substitute projectionist there through the 1970s. The theater had two Super-Simplex projectors and Brenkert carbon-arc lamps. It was fully set up for synchronized projectors with Polaroid’s 3D system, though I never saw that system in actual use there. It was the main roost of Jim Coddaire, then Business Agent of the local projectionists' union, and something of a curmudgeon.
I worked there as a projectionist through the mid to late ‘70s, at the time it was acquired by a new, Boston owner, and its name changed from Nickelodeon to Images. The projection room had an ornate, tin ceiling, and featured some of the oldest projection equipment of any theater in the area: Carbon arc lamps, old “straight” Simplex projectors (pre-“Super-Simplex”) projector bases converted from Vitaphone record disc players to optical sound heads, and a vacuum tube amplifier. The power supplies for the carbon arcs were also vacuum tubes. All of those Fellini, Bogdonovich and usual college-town fare were projected on this historical setup. I worked part time at the Mohawk in North Adams at the same time, and at Bennington’s Harte Theater.
I worked there as a projectionist in the 1970s. I believe Ken is right – the theater actually burned down twice. We used to joke that this was Bennington’s form of urban renewal.
I worked there as a projectionist in the mid 1970s. It had Simplex E7 projectors with Strong High-Intensity arc lamps, and a magnificent Western Electric Vacuum Tube amplification system.
I took this picture in 1987. The original is a 13x18cm (5x7")Ektachrome.
Worked there as projectionist, then technical director through the 1980s, and oversaw the introduction of many of the technical innovations mentioned in the article. I also took the picture above, at a time when we were replacing the screen.
Worked as a substitute projectionist there through the 1970s. The theater had two Super-Simplex projectors and Brenkert carbon-arc lamps. It was fully set up for synchronized projectors with Polaroid’s 3D system, though I never saw that system in actual use there. It was the main roost of Jim Coddaire, then Business Agent of the local projectionists' union, and something of a curmudgeon.
I worked there as a projectionist through the mid to late ‘70s, at the time it was acquired by a new, Boston owner, and its name changed from Nickelodeon to Images. The projection room had an ornate, tin ceiling, and featured some of the oldest projection equipment of any theater in the area: Carbon arc lamps, old “straight” Simplex projectors (pre-“Super-Simplex”) projector bases converted from Vitaphone record disc players to optical sound heads, and a vacuum tube amplifier. The power supplies for the carbon arcs were also vacuum tubes. All of those Fellini, Bogdonovich and usual college-town fare were projected on this historical setup. I worked part time at the Mohawk in North Adams at the same time, and at Bennington’s Harte Theater.
Worked there as a projectionist in the 1970s
I used to work there as a projectionist in the 1970s. At that time it was owned by Al Coury, who also owned Coury’s Drive-In in North Adams.