Separate rooms in the box (Phil Fawke)
Is part of Phil Fawke Interview (incomplete)
Phil Fawke interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes the separation of spaces in cinema projection rooms.
The non-sync room where you played records had to be in a different… every room had to be separate in those days. The non-sync room was a separate room. And it had a little porthole in it that you could sort of look out into the, into the project… because you weren’t allowed into the theatre in those days. Only the chief was the only one who could look out.
Title
Separate rooms in the box (Phil Fawke)
Subject
cinema buildings
Description
Projectionist and cinema manager Phil Fawke describes the separation of spaces in cinema projection rooms.
Creator
The Projection Project
Source
Interview with Phil Fawke
Publisher
The University of Warwick
Date
09/12/2015
Contributor
Richard Wallace
Phil Fawke
Relation
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24797
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/48440
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
1940-1960s
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Phil Fawke
Date of Interview
04/12/2014
Location
Birmingham
Transcription
The non-sync room where you played records had to be in a different… every room had to be separate in those days. The non-sync room was a separate room. And it had a little porthole in it that you could sort of look out into the, into the project… because you weren’t allowed into the theatre in those days. Only the chief was the only one who could look out.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:00:25
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
Regal/Vue, Portland Place, Leamington Spa
Regal, 511 Foleshill Road, Coventry