ANTIQUE CENTURY MOVIE REEL CASE HULETT ALARM CA CHICAGO IL NoS HOLLYWOOD HISTORY

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An early antique movie reel compartment with its original Hulett reel alarm, including a new old stock Hulett alarm, original advertising, instructions, and facsimile patent papers, measuring approximately 18 inches in diameter and 3 inches deep. Thanks for looking. Manufacturers of Reel Alarms and Other Motion Picture Theatre Booth Equipment by Gordon R. Bachlund, PE Screening Room Services August 2009 A. Background ?? The motion picture industry began with a storefront ??theatre ? around 1895 in New York City. This small beginning quickly spawned a host of others, and the era of the nickelodeon was born, but their product was limited to short films, generally only 10 minutes in length, the limit of a 1,000-foot reel of 35mm film at ??silent speed. ? Before long, ??photoplays ? of several reels ?? length were common, and the early storefront nickelodeons gradually gave way to sumptuous moving picture theatres that utilized two or more projectors to provide a continuous presentation. Implicit in multiple projector operation was a means to synchronize each successive reel and to effect a seamless changeover between reels. In "Collecting Basics" we discussed this under The Magic of the ??Changeover. ? What we did not discuss in any detail was the development of a device (actually a family of devices) that called the projectionist ??s attention to the impending end of the film ??s supply reel as it emptied through the projector onto the take-up reel. These mechanical marvels were referred to as ??reel alarms ? or ??end-of reel alarms. ? The Hulett Manufacturing Company was a pioneer in the arena of projection booth equipment and the Hulett story illustrates the American ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of the early 1900s. B. The Hulett History ?? This is the story of the E. W. Hulett Manufacturing Company, a firm that designed and manufactured not only reel end alarms, but other booth supplies as well as you will read. The E. W. Hulett Manufacturing Co. was founded by the inventor of the reel alarm, E. W. Hulett, who was himself a motion picture projectionist in Chicago, Illinois. His practical days in projection booths, while motivating his creativity, extracted a toll, as faulty ventilation of carbon arc projection lamps caused his to contract emphysema. When he first became ill, the doctors did not know what was wrong with him. His grandson recalls that one doctor suggested that he go to Florida and essentially retire. He did go to Florida, with his wife and his daughter, Edith, but instead of retiring he opened a gift shop in Miami. They operated the gift shop for three years before he went to John Hopkins and was told that he should have been sent to California instead. The gift shop got sold, and they moved to Southern California. By then the emphysema was causing him great problems. He passed away in January, 1944. His daughter continued to run the manufacturing business after his passing. The Hulett alarms were made with both standard length rod arms for 2,000 ?? magazines, and with extra deep rod arms for larger capacity magazines. A person could easily change between the two length rod arms if the device was being moved from a standard 2,000 ?? magazine to one with a larger reel capacity. The early alarms had only the brass rollers. The ball bearing roller was introduced in the late 1940s. Mr. Hulett also invented a changeover shutter mechanism that could be set up in front of the projectors to block the light from one while the second was open. When the operator needed to make a changeover, he could trigger the shutters and one would open simultaneously while the second closed. The shutters were completely mechanical and very fast. However, they did not sell because there was an impression in those days that things had to be ??electric ? in order to be fast and function well. Of course, double-acting solenoid changeovers were well established by then, but it was Mr. Hulett ??s desire to achieve the de. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 63907-2749

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