Long-Time Movie Operator To Retire
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
March 14, 1954
March 1954
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The Passing Parade - Middletown’s oldest movie camera operator, who started his cranking in a simple business devoid of big screens, powerful projectors, Marilyn Monroe and popcorn, will retire before May 1 from the Paramount Theater. He celebrated his 65th birthday yesterday. Gus Miles of 820 Auburn St. began his movie work in the middle of August 1909 at the old Princess Theater, the site on which the Welfare Finance Co. on Central Avenue now stands. The trademarks then were five cent admissions, two reels of 1000 feet of film (about a half-hour playing time), and no eats for the kiddies. The tour of duty for the projectionist included the Broadway, Eagle, Grand, Gem, Rex, Sorg, Majestic, State, Strand and Paramount Theater. Things were easier in the early days, Miles says, because "nobody knew anything about it then..."
The Passing Parade - Middletown’s oldest movie camera operator, who started his cranking in a simple business devoid of big screens, powerful projectors, Marilyn Monroe and popcorn, will retire before May 1 from the Paramount Theater. He celebrated his 65th birthday yesterday. Gus Miles of 820 Auburn St. began his movie work in the middle of August 1909 at the old Princess Theater, the site on which the Welfare Finance Co. on Central Avenue now stands. The trademarks then were five cent admissions, two reels of 1000 feet of film (about a half-hour playing time), and no eats for the kiddies. The tour of duty for the projectionist included the Broadway, Eagle, Grand, Gem, Rex, Sorg, Majestic, State, Strand and Paramount Theater. Things were easier in the early days, Miles says, because "nobody knew anything about it then..."
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