This blog has some still captures from the 1950 movie "Dial 1119":
http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/13/0713/070113.html
(Scroll down to Black and White World)

I was wondering, is the black and white projection TV in the bar a real television set? If so, any idea what it is?

Also, further down there are shots of an RCA TJ-48A mobile studio.

Enjoy!

Another screenshot...

All I see is the screen.... At that size it had to be a projection set, and likely a Norelco Protlegram optics system.

This blog has some still captures from the 1950 movie "Dial 1119":
http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/13/0713/070113.html
(Scroll down to Black and White World)

I was wondering, is the black and white projection TV in the bar a real television set? If so, any idea what it is?

Also, further down there are shots of an RCA TJ-48A mobile studio.

Enjoy!

It could be a RCA Clubman, there was a version for custom wall installation.

Chuck

Here's an old newspaper article on the RCA Clubman.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19490319&id=Fp4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3473,5486399

Scroll around in that newspaper. The entire Section C is about TV -- "Television Comes to Miami." The ads include just about everything manufactured in 1949. There's even an ad for a Farnsworth-Capehart 610P.

Phil Nelson

Thanks for sharing that newspaper, great articles and ads!

Did you see the control box next to the bartender in the first shot? I don't know if that provides a clue or not.

I remeber watching that movie several years ago and I remember the tv screen. I don't think they ever really showed the projector itself. As I recall, my thinking was there was no way a little out of the way bar like that could afford an expensive projector tv. I think they just used that type of tv so that it would seem plausable for the people in the bar to see it from across the room. Otherwise, the actors would have to crowd around a small screen set, and that would change the story a little. It didn't look to me at the time to be a real set, but I'm no expert.

Those late '40's early '50's B film-noir's are great for seeing early TV's/radio's/jukeboxes'/coin machines, etc. You have to keep a sharp eye for them.
I heard that a very large percentage of TV's in the late 40's went into bars. It was a huge customer draw at the time. I also heard that the majority of the early projection sets went into bars. They were nearly made for them! It was a sizable expense for a small bar, but sure worth the investment!

I seem to have an GE 830 somewhere, don't think I paid much, if anything for it. THINK it has a good tube, but foldover and major vertical problem. ANd I have a 810 in the basement, last time I tried it, it mostly worked with a decently bright pix.

NICE article...lost of good stuff!!

if you look carefully, you'll see that the vast majority of the "prop" sets are Zenith. Do ya think that Cmdr. McDonald might have had some kind of "deal" with Hollywood producers?? :D