Why did Warner Bros. insert an intermission into such a short film? Did it have something to do with 3-D projectors? This may be the only movie under two hours where I've seen an intermission indicated. Does anyone know of any others?
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I've read some comments on forums to the effect that the projectionist needed the intermission to change the two reels of a 3D film.
That makes sense because at that time there was ordinarily a second projector, and it was preloaded with the second reel, and as the film on the first projector ran out, the second projector was turned on so the movie just played continuously. But 3D at that time used two film strips (left-eye and right-eye stereo pairs) running simultaneously on two projectors. Hence the second half of the move could not be preloaded.
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Makes sense to me. Thanks.
"We're fighting for this woman's honor, which is more than she ever did."