1,933 Comments for North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum)

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Maybe this is where Weight Watchers was founded, in merry olde England
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Looks like it would play 33's and 45's
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Made me think of J.Geils, "Freeze Frame"
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Didn't look in as we were pressed for daylight.
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It looks like a ghost all lonley
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so good picture!
It reminds me about horror games such as Alone In The Dark..silly I guess:D
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Wow, I have never seen wooden revolving doors! That is just too cool.
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I'm sure the effect when new and balanced with furniture was much more subtle. I love it.
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Amazingly beautiful. A poster of that would be incredible.
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That is the redlight district. What an odd place to run such a business. It shows how times change places.

The Freedom Bar you linked to is actually THE gay bar in London.

"Yet another subsidiary of Gaumont British was G.B-Kalee
Ltd which among other activities marketed general cinema supplies. In 1947
British Optical & Precision EngineersLtd was formed as a public company, and
was subsequently re-named Rank Precision Industries Ltd. It acquired the
businesses of British Acoustic Films Ltd and G.B-Kalee Ltd "
http://www.competition.../fulltext/054c02.pdf

"Gaumont-Kalee Equipment chosen for London Premiere. British premiere of Michael Todd's mammoth film "Around the World in 80 Days", at the Astoria, Charing Cross Road, London, on Tuesday last week, was in a new system of presentation, called Cinestage, which has been evolved by technical experts in co-operation with Mr. Todd and, in addition to the installation of special projection equipment, involved one of the most comprehensive sound installations ever built in Great Britain"
http://www.in70mm.com/...estage/cinestage.htm
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For some reason a google search of "Kalee Model 18" turns up a whole plethora of websites completely unrelated to projectors.

What I was able to find is the manual for the three projector models that followed this #18.
http://www.film-tech.c...manuals/GK192021.pdf

It was manufactured by a British Subsidary of a French company called Gaumont, which still operates today as a production company for independant french films.
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Wow. That's so cool (being Polish myself). Thanks for sharing that!
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It's true - I've been ~Me's biggest fan for a L-O-N-G time now. :-)
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Big Ed is correct - I remember now - elopement or escape precautions (depending on what part of the country you lived in and what year it was).
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Now that is interesting - thanks!