Paramount Theater

180 Essex Street,
Salem, MA 01970

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Paramount Theater

The Paramount Theater in Salem tests its 3D projection and new widescreen lenses in 1953 as projectionists Harold Hunt (foreground) and Harold Hunt inspect.

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Bill L
Bill L on February 10, 2017 at 10:14 pm

Wow! That is indeed the Salem Paramount projection room. Yes, those were the new 5000' reel magazines. The oversized reels held half of a 3-D movie, then went to intermission while the second reels were threaded for the rest of the show. This was necessary because both projectors were running simultaneously, one with the left eye image and the other showing the right, through opposing polarized filters corresponding to viewers worn by the audience. All that equipment was new around 1952 and was there through closing in 1969. ‘53 was a big year. 3-D was popular and CinemaScope had just come out. Theaters paid a fortune to equip for these processes to compete with TV. The caption needs correction. That’s Harold Hunt in the foreground but it looks like Charlie Stoddard in back. Charlie also worked the Warner and Paramount in Lynn and retired at the General Cinema on Rt. 1 in Saugus around 1970.

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