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Location: Basement level 
A look back on the day of the public's first chance to be in the theatre. Thanks to Mike Hume for his September 26, 2021 photo. It's one of 28 (plus a video clip) that he posted on Facebook. 
Posters and a gallery of theatre photos at basement level across from the entrance to the theatre. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
Looking
west with the stairs down to the theatre just beyond the second column
on the right. The desk is one used in a Shirley Temple movie. The
Shirley Temple Education Studio is also on this level. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
The stairs down from the lobby toward the theatre entrance. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
A photo display of some of the theatres that Ted Mann had operated in Minnesota and Los Angeles.
Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
A closer look at the entrance. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
A peek in from behind the last row of seats. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
Seating: 288
Screen size: 22' x 44'
Projection capability: 35, 70 and digital
How about a black house curtain? It's a photo by Josh White / JW Pictures appearing on the Ted Mann Theater page of the museum's website.
The view from house left. It's a photo by Josh White / JW Pictures appearing on the Ted Mann Theater page of the museum's website.
The house right wall. It's a photo by Josh White / JW Pictures appearing on the Ted Mann Theater page of the museum's website.
A wall detail. It's a photo by Josh White / JW Pictures appearing on the Ted Mann Theater page of the museum's website.
A look back on the day of the public's first chance to be in the theatre. Thanks to Mike Hume for his September 26, 2021 photo. It's one of 28 (plus a video clip) that he posted on Facebook.
Another view from down front. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2021
In the booth:
A look at one of the theatre's Norelco AAIIs, equipped with a Strong xenon lamp. That's their 16mm projector beyond it. Thanks to Rob Murphy for sharing this 2023 photo. It's one of eleven views of the Geffen and Mann he included in a Facebook post. He notes that the bases have motorized pitch and yaw adjustment.
The show control. It's a 2023 photo by Rob Murphy, who comments: "16, 35, 70 at ANY speed. All on the board."
The equipment racks. Among the gear in rack #1 is a Dolby MPU mag preamp unit and a number of Dolby Model 363 units with Cat. 300 A/NR noise reduction modules. In the rack at the far end it's an array of power supplies for the Atmos system. The speakers in this installation all have their own internal amps. Below the power supply array are three amps for non-auditorium areas such as the lobby. Photo: Rob Murphy - 2023
Part of the gear in rack #2 including two Dolby CP650 processors and DTS equipment. Photo: Rob Murphy - 2023
A couple of MacPro units at the bottom of rack #3. Photo: Rob Murphy - 2023. He's the director of "Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey," the 2022 documentary about the dying trade of film projection. Also see the Facebook page for the film. Thanks, Rob!
More information: See Thomas Hauerslev's article "DP70s in California" on the In70mm.com site that he curates.
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Thank You! Thank You! Thank you, for your link to "Splice Here!" I'm an "old" IATSE projectionist (L550 and L354) who ran 35-mm at its heyday. As a teen in high school in 1964, I even got a guided tour of the Denver Cooper Cinerama Baker and Charlie booths from the head projectionist, the late Chuck Weber. It was one of the most wonderfully rewarding jobs I've held in my 77-years of life. But with the changeover (no pun intended) to xenon from carbon-arc and the loss of reel-to-reel, it became just another job. Thank God I had a corporate career to fallback on but damn, I sure do miss those days. I've just purchased "Splice Here" on Prime and cannot wait to watch it. Thanks again! And BTW, I'm just starting to tour your superb collection. Keep up your good work. This is a history that cannot ne forgotten.
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