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I was there - in a small way - at the birth of Todd-AO |
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Written by: Michael Williams,
England |
Date:
27.05.2014 |
Exterior of the Drake at
night, showing the very attractive lighting of the Golden Hind sign
Back in the fifties as a lowly rewind boy on
holiday in Plymouth, to be able to attend the Premier of
"South Pacific" at
the
new Drake Cinema, what an experience! Prior to this I had, due to an
enthusiastic Chief Projectionist, I had been to the
London Casino to see the
Cinerama set up. This was gut wrenchingly good, but, Todd-AO was the magic
that infused My soul! On my return to the Olympia I raved about this new
Todd-AO process I had witnessed at the Drake in Plymouth. After a few weeks,
news came through to us that the Olympia had been chosen for conversion to
show the new Todd-AO version of
"Oklahoma!" Talk about a beautiful morning, it
surely was "Out of My Dreams". Weeks before the deadline, electricians, builders, painters and engineers moved into the cinema, to work
mostly at night thus starting the most exciting time of My life (I can still
say that after all these years). Eventually the time came when the cinema
had to be closed for a fortnight to enable structural work to be carried
out. The Proscenium arch (reinforced concrete) was demolished and, as the
projection suite was in the front circle, part of the circle had to be
chopped of to enable the "spread". This to allow the spread of the image
onto the huge new screen being installed (93 foot between screen and
projector). During this time the dirt and dust were unbelievable but it all
went on regardless. Eventually, we had installed two of the most beautiful
machines I has ever seen, Philips DP70s, surely the Rolls-Royces of the
Projection World. During the refurbishment time I was promoted to Third
Projectionist, so on the opening night I was allowed to to lace up, to
change from 35mm to 70mm and best of all to show "OKLAHOMA!" in all its original Glory This experience has stayed with Me throughout My life and I
will always be proud to say - I was there - in a small way - at
the birth of
TODD-AO. I would like to dedicate this piece to a dedicated Projection tea.
Chief Frank Saunders Senior Second, Ernie Brown Second, Ken Harvey Third, John
Williams and of course, myself Mike Williams.
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