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Arc Lamps:
Calder: Solidly built lamp-houses from
J.&W. Bunt, Sydney from the 1950s.

Hamilton and Baker: Lightly
constructed lamp-houses used in many
country cinemas in the 1930s and 40s.
The factory was at 9 Wilmot Street Trutrim: Similar to Calder lamp- Note the 'R' for Raymac
Sydney. One photo of the booth at the houses, but smaller. Raymac Supplies Re-Branded Products
Regent Adelaide taken in the 1940s (see below) were the distributor. Raymac Supplies: Ray MacIntosh
shows projectors with H&B arcs. Westrex 14: A 1950s lamp-house
available in two forms, both with 14- worked from Elizabeth Street Sydney.
His specialty was C&W projector heads
inch (35cm) mirrors. One was from
with Raycophone sound and H&B arc
G.B.H. Electronic Laboratories N.S.W.;
lamps and pedestals, re-branded with
the other, an exact copy of the Peerless (10)
the letter ‘R’. Another was to re-
Magnarc, was apparently made at the
brand the same package ‘GB’
Small Arms Factory, Lithgow.
(Gaumont British) painted in the gold
Other Specialists hammertone of post-war Kalee
A. K. Pyers: Technical whiz Arthur projectors. CATHS’ member Don
Pyers, working from St Kilda Flowers has one.
Hylite: Sometimes seen on C&W (Melbourne), specialised in anamorphic
Juniors, where the arc feed mechanism lens mounts for CinemaScope New Zealand Manufacturers:
could be erratic. A specialty was a lamp conversions and front-to-rear shutter Collier and Beale: Made amplifiers
(11)
for a biunal slide projector. (A biunal conversions for Simplex projectors. (7) from the 1930s to the 40s.
gives a dissolve or wipe effect from one Cu-Tone: Kelvin Cuff and his Cu-Tone
C. Alger & Sons: Made spare parts for
slide to the next). Hylite was used in has been mentioned. After World War II
imported projectors in the 1930s from
many larger cinemas and drive-ins from the firm Cuff and Thompson moved
Market Lane Melbourne.
the 1950s to the 70s. An example from into 16mm projectors.
Paradise Optics: Tom Halbert of the
the former Cinema Centre Bourke Street Fisher: T.A. Fisher of King Street
Gold Coast, Queensland manufactured
was on display at the film and television Wellington: sound-heads from the mid-
an anamorphic lens half the price of (12)
museum, Mornington Peninsula. (8) (9) 1930s to about 1953.
one from Bausch and Lomb.
National: Probably a re-branded Roycroft & Postlethwaite: Made
Hylite. amplifiers, speakers and screen frames
Peerless Magnarc. A well-designed from c.1945 to 1957.(13)
lamp of US origin, copied worldwide TUI: A sound-head used by travelling
(see Standard Superlight). Possibly also shows and army camps from the late
made here under license. 1930s to 1955. Manufactured by
Raycophone: Made by Raycophone Cinema Supplies as Realtone Sound
(12)
Ltd. to complete their package: light Systems.
and sound matched to C&W projectors Hopefully this overview will give
from the 1930s up to model C.P.10 in the reader exploring the nooks of a
the 1960s. second-hand shop or local museum a
Standard Superlight: Similar to the little more insight about cinema
Peerless Magnarc, and made by the equipment on display. Fortunately too,
Standard Projector Company of South local input to this specialty area
Australia (Fittons), in the 1950s-60s. continues. Here is a little background
Superlite Hi-Power: Thought to be a on the current scene.
Arc lamp and projector images:
1960s Queensland design.
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