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  • <p>25 - The left end of new front wall in Cinema I, the larger upstairs cinema. The ‘shelf’ is where the speakers will be placed and the wall covered by the screen, masking and curtains. Behind the wall is the new third cinema, oriented sideways, with the screen at the left end, the entry and projection at the right end. The shelf for the Cin I speakers is above the ceiling of the new smaller cinema. 1988.</p>
  • <p>26 - The right end of new front wall in Cinema I, the larger upstairs cinema. The ‘shelf’ is where the speakers will be placed and the wall covered by the screen, masking and curtains. Behind the wall is the new third cinema, oriented sideways, with the screen at the left end, the entry and projection at the right end. The shelf for the Cin I speakers is above the ceiling of the new smaller cinema. The lighted white structure at the lower right is the new passageway from the upper lobby area to the new smaller cinema. 1988.</p>
  • <p>27 - The two original marquees have been removed, and structure is being installed by Artkraft-Strauss for the single new marquee. 1988.</p>
  • <p>28 - The two original marquees have been removed, and structure is being installed by Artkraft-Strauss for the single new marquee. 1988.</p>
  • <p>29 - The two original marquees have been removed, and structure is being installed by Artkraft-Strauss for the single new marquee. 1988.</p>
  • <p>30 - The light boxes have been installed on the completed marquee structure, lit up and tested. Name and letter-rail panels are being installed. 1988.</p>
  • <p>31 - The light boxes have been installed on the completed marquee structure, lit up and tested. Name and letter-rail panels are being installed. Marquee ceiling an light fixtures are also being installed. 1988.</p>
  • <p>33 - Roof of the new marquee, seen from the roof of the building.</p>
  • <p>34 - The ‘hood in November 1988. Note the marquee of the Baronet-Coronet at the left.</p>
  • <p>42 - Night view, 1986</p>
  • <p>41 - The reconfigured Cinema 1 auditorium, 532 seats, reduced from 700 seats. 1988.</p>
  • <p>40 - Redecorated and expanded upper concession area. 1988.</p>
  • <p>39 - Redecorated stair/escalator passage. 1988.</p>
  • <p>38 - Reconfigured entry to the Cinema 2 auditorium. 1988.</p>
  • <p>37 - Remodeled and combined lobby, seen from the Cinema 1 and Cinema 3 side through to the Cinema 2 side. 1988.</p>
  • <p>36 - Remodeled lobby, on the Cinema 1 and Cinema 3 side. 1988.</p>
  • <p>35 - New air conditioning equipment for the new cinema and the reconfigured Cinema I, 1988.</p>
  • <p>Reproduction of the Danish chandeliers that were in the upper lobby.</p>
  • <p>November 1949 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>New restroom sinks</p>
  • <p>This picture was taken around 2000 after Cineplex made a seven-plex. There were six 35MM Simplex X-L projectors and one 35/70 X-L. All seven projectors were served by Potts platters. We ran 70 MM just twice: Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom and Far and Away.</p> <p>It took 25 minutes to convert format from 35 to 70 MM and involved changing the gate and trap of the head and inserting a 70 MM “brain,” or speed control plate into the platter hubs. The sprockets had both 70 and 35 MM teeth and the idlers had sliding rollers to widen their grip. A separate “flat” or spherical lens was inserted to project a gorgeous image onto Theatre 4’s mammoth screen that closely paralleled the position of the original 1952 single, building-wide Cinemascope screen.</p> <p>Unfortunately, 70 MM died out and the 35 MM image on the big screen was dark and unsharp because of the short throw and inefficient wide angle lens, especially when showing 1.85 flat.</p>
  • <p>This was taken after the Meadows reopened as a sevenplex by Cineplex Odeon.</p>