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Thomas14 commented about AMC Puente 4 on Mar 14, 2006 at 3:32 pm

This theater had ground level projection booths. The projector would project into a mirror at ground level and bounce off of an elevated mirror and out to the screen.

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Thomas14 commented about AMC Puente 6 on Mar 14, 2006 at 3:28 pm

In the days of union projectionists, AMC and the projectionist’s union would negotiate a separate contract for this theater because it had six screens

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Thomas14 commented about AMC Fashion Square 4 on Jan 19, 2006 at 2:03 pm

A few things about this theater:
It had curtains on the screens, rare for a multiplex.
The Projection Booth was off-limits to everyone except for the Projectionist, of course, and the Theater Manager- No visitors or tours. It was said that Durwood did this so his Theater set-up would be hard to copy.
Finally, the Projection Booth used the change over method, employing 2 projectors with 6000' reels in the 4 Theaters.

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Thomas14 commented about Star Theatre on Dec 1, 2003 at 3:00 pm

I believe it is now a church. Prior to 2001 it showed XXX movies.

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Thomas14 commented about Avalon Theatre on Dec 1, 2003 at 2:46 pm

This theatre is owned by the Santa Catalina Island Company. Their movies are booked through Pacific Theaters. Every June they have a Silent Movie Festival.

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Thomas14 on Dec 1, 2003 at 2:44 pm

This is the same as the Avalon Theatre. It is located in the Casino on Catalina Island.

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Thomas14 commented about Whittwood Theatre on Nov 24, 2003 at 1:12 pm

The Whittwood Theater was a Pacific Theater.