A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying motion picture film by projecting it onto a screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound dev
35 mm movie projector in operation
An early projector and seats from a movie theater
1910s 35mm hand-cranked tinplate toy movie projector manufactured by Leonhard Müller in Nuremberg, Germany
35 mm Kinoton FP30ST movie projector, with parts labeled. (Click thumbnail for larger text.)
A movie theater or cinema, also known as a movie house, cinema hall, picture house, picture theater, the movies, the pictures, the big screen, or simply theater, is a business that contains auditorium
Movie projector
…projector reel and taken apart when the film is to be returned to the distributor. It is the complete automation of projection that has enabled the modern multiplex cinema – a single site typically containing from 8 to 24 theaters/auditoriums with only a few projection and sound technicians, rather than a platoon…
Ptuj City Cinema, Slovenia, opened on 3 March 1897, making it the oldest active movie theater in the world.
Modern theater auditorium, Madrid
Rodgers Theatre, Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This Art Deco-style theater opened in 1949.
The view from the projectionist's booth at Ultimate Palace Cinema in Oxford. The projector is displaying the 1997–2012 Universal Pictures logo.