I was surprised to see a listing of the Patio Theater in the Cinema Treasures. During my teenage years, I was employed at the Patio Theater as a projectionist. I believe the years were 1958 through 1961. The projection equipment were two Simplex XL projectors with carbine rod arc lamps for the light source. We operated with 20 minute 35mm film reels making change-overs from one projector to another throughout the feature.
The Patio Theater was my second theater with the first being the Starview Drive-in located on Big Basin Highway between Big Basin State Park and Boulder Creek, California. My parents managed the theater in 1954 and I was the projectionist at the age of 14 years. This theater closed in the year of 1955 and became a two house subdivision.
My projectionist years extended to the 20th Century Theater and the Taku Twin Theater during the years of 1970’s and 1980’s. Both Theaters were located in Juneau, Alaska.
I was surprised to see a listing of the Patio Theater in the Cinema Treasures. During my teenage years, I was employed at the Patio Theater as a projectionist. I believe the years were 1958 through 1961. The projection equipment were two Simplex XL projectors with carbine rod arc lamps for the light source. We operated with 20 minute 35mm film reels making change-overs from one projector to another throughout the feature.
The Patio Theater was my second theater with the first being the Starview Drive-in located on Big Basin Highway between Big Basin State Park and Boulder Creek, California. My parents managed the theater in 1954 and I was the projectionist at the age of 14 years. This theater closed in the year of 1955 and became a two house subdivision.
My projectionist years extended to the 20th Century Theater and the Taku Twin Theater during the years of 1970’s and 1980’s. Both Theaters were located in Juneau, Alaska.
Gordon Epperly â€" Juneau Alaska