Anyone here collect vintage movie projectors/films?

[GeorgeJetson]

Originally Posted by holmesuser01

I manage a theatre. I was collecting film long before I went to work here.

I've run some of my stuff at my theatre. They look great!

I think the best way to preserve your films is to run them. They were not ment to be left in a can all the time. I have a set of rewinds, and wind all the prints I have at least once a year.

We ran a vinegar print of mine a few weeks ago on the xenon machine I have at work. The booth reeked of VS after the film ended, but when I got the print back home, I dont notice any smell. It is still kept away from the other prints in the collection, though.

All of the film in the booth at work is polyestar. No VS to worry about there.

What year was your theatre built?
I love old theaters.