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Orion Carey, chairman of the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Committee, learns how to set a film reel into a 35mm projector that will be used to show old films at the Egyptian Theatre. Carey and Dan Woodshank, who are leading efforts to install a Wurlitzer organ into the theater, will be the only trained projectionists for the old projectors.
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Orion Carey, chairman of the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Committee, learns how to set a film reel into a 35mm projector that will be used to show old films at the Egyptian Theatre. Carey and Dan Woodshank, who are leading efforts to install a Wurlitzer organ into the theater, will be the only trained projectionists for the old projectors.

  • A functional 35MM projector plays an old film reel Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre.
  • Stanley Hightower (left) and Bob Chaney, who used to operate the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, inspect a 35mm projector that will be used to show old films at the Egyptian Theatre. Both are acting as consultants to revive two projectors for future use at the theater.
  • Orion Carey, chairman of the Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Committee, learns how to set a film reel into a 35mm projector that will be used to show old films at the Egyptian Theatre. Carey and Dan Woodshank, who are leading efforts to install a Wurlitzer organ into the theater, will be the only trained projectionists for the old projectors.
  • Two 35mm projectors are in the process of being restored to show old films at the Egyptian Theatre.
  • Plans to restore a Wurlitzer Organ for use at the Egyptian Theatre are underway. Chicago-based JL Weiler Inc. is being targeted to perform the restoration, which is estimated to take 18 to 24 months.
  • Stanley Hightower (left) and Bob Chaney, who used to operate the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, inspect a 35mm projector Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre. The projector will be used to show old films.
  • Stanley Hightower, a former business partner of the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, inspects film inside of a 35mm projector Sunday.The projector is one of two being restored to show old films at the Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb.
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