Television
Emmerdale - - episode on Thursday 19th January 2005 shows a 16mm projector blowing up (incorrectly).
Unknown - According to Duncan Smith in an episode of Columbo: The projectionist was the murderer and was caught by columbo because he found out that he only had 20 mins for each reel at the most and this timeframe helped him work out the killers method. It showed a lot of the projection room and explaned a little about changeovers too.
Mr Love - According to Andrew Ward 'There was one 'made for TV' film based on the story of the cinema where the sound packed up and the projectionist and an usherette went on stage to 'dub' the voices. I just cannot trace it. The operator was played by Ben Kingsley or Maurice Denham or somebody else like them. A Channel 4 production, maybe, but I can't trace it via that route' Kevin Phelan adds The exterior is, I believe, the Broadway Stockport, and the interior is definitely The Phoenix East Finchley : it was released theatrically in the States, but not here ( I projected the film in it's unfinished form when I worked in preview theatres ) : it's a charming film that any projectionist/cinema fan would adore.
Father Ted, - some scenes outside an Irish cinema.
Dad's Army - They visit the Embassy Chesham.
Steptoe and Son - The old man visits the Galaxy Shepherds Bush.
Fat Friends - - interiors and an exterior at 'The Hyde Park Picture House' Leeds.
Potter's Picture Palace - This was an afternoon children's tv series produced by the BBC between 1976 and 1978 starring Melvin Hayes as a projectionist. Melvin was a projectionist and the handyman was called Bogart. The IMDB has a little more information here
A Turnip-head's guide to the Cinema - made by Steven Frears,1986 and shown on ITV as part of a series, and featuring the director,Alan Parker talking about his North London upbringing and what got him into films : show's one of his favourites that helped inspire him : The Carlton Essex Rd with it's famous Egyptian frontage.
Dalziel and Pascoe - A Pinch of Snuff. - When newly-arrived Inspector Pascoe receives a tip-off from his dentist about an incidence of violence in blue movie, a massive investigation is set in motion. Overseen by the irrascible Superintendent Daziel, routine enquires at an adult cinema club lead to arson and murder. Starring: Norman Pace, Gareth Hale, Christopher Fairbank, Freddie Jones, John McGlynn, Ursula Howells (Widescreen)
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Includes some scenes inside a 'cinema' with a projectionist and a 16mm projector.
Jericho - an episode of this ITV series broadcast on 6th November 2005 used the State Cinema, Essex as "The Rex". The cinema appeared quite prominately in the programme.
All the Presidents' Movies - This fascinating made-for-cable documentary looks at what movies were screened at the White House over the past century, what each president's favorite movies and genres were, how often they watched, and who they watched with.
Odeon Cavalcade - The development of the Odeon chain of cinemas in Britain in the 1930s, and an examination of its Art Deco house style.
