Tag Archives: projector

a night at the movies

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our then movie expert, the late Robert Gutteridge discovered a rare Edision c1897 movie projector on display in a small theatre up in Beaverton on the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe. Bob writes in a copyrighted article, “Just over … Continue reading →

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moving shadows at home

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As mentioned in an earlier post, in issue 25-1 we have a collection of reprints from exchange organizations. This one originally appeared in sixteen frames – the journal of the Movie Machine Society (MMS). In “The Vitak Story”, Alan … Continue reading →

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this is a strange one …

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. My friend and associate at the PHSC, Les Jones (sports photographer and author) sent me an email the other day, saying, some one was auctioning off , “A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FLOOR STANDING STUDIO CAMERA WITH A HINGED BULLSEYE LENS … Continue reading →

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Newsletter 25-2 issued

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Editor Patrick Gunn has put together an impressive issue for February. A fine example of his artistic and writing talent – the issues just keep getting better! Patrick tells us the basic framework including non time-sensitive articles are already … Continue reading →

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don’t hide your light …

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Photography collectors are a gregarious bunch. A subset collects projectors, from the so called magic lanterns which amuse and educate with special slides, to more modern apparatus from last century. One such collector was the late Dr Robert Wilson. … Continue reading →

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the Canadian connection

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Apologies to Gene Hackman and the exciting movie, “The French Connection”. In late 1987, one of our founders and a driving force for our fairs, the late Lauro (Larry)  Boccioletti, wrote an article in issue 13-3 called, “ARCHIE JOHNSON, … Continue reading →

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serendipity

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Movies began with small machines at penny arcades, home movie projectors and finally movie theatres. Our resident movie expert, the late Robert Gutteridge, amassed a collection of old movie cameras, projectors, etc. An author of both books and articles, … Continue reading →

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one for the birds

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. A rare Pettibone projector from 1888 is nick-named ‘the Peacock’ with the circular array of slides. Such a strange device was displayed about 15 years ago at our fall fair. It was photographed by the late Bob Lansdale, our … Continue reading →

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projecting dreams

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Like stereo, the eyes and the brain work together to give one the sensation of motion. In the case of ‘movies’ a phenomenon called “persistence of vision”  transforms the sequence of still frames (about 24 per second) seen by … Continue reading →

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clowning around

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Taking a break from stills, my good friend, George Dunbar, found this ad for Castle Films. Most of our members are ‘stills’ professionals or collect still cameras and images. The occasional member is keen on movies as well (the … Continue reading →

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