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Projectionists calling film reels "pizzas"[edit]

I read a Mickey Mouse comic where Mickey is investigating the theft of films from cinemas. He interviews a projectionist, who tells him and Chief O'Hara that projectionists call film reels "pizzas". This was the first time I had heard of such a thing. Googling "projectionist pizza" found no mention of this. Is this true, or was it invented for the comic? JIP | Talk 01:38, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I couldn't find anything either. It's plausible that the writer knew one projectionist who used that jargon and added it to the text. Alansplodge (talk) 10:35, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If the theater has a platter system for the movies, the films lay on their side without a reel on the platter. So, it can be similar to a pizza. In the older systems where film is on reels, they are vertical on spindles and look nothing like pizzas. Some platter systems allow you to remove the center rollers so you can use a very large paddle to slide under the film and move it to another platter just like taking a pizza out of an oven and place in a different oven. That similarity breaks down if done correctly. You should use film locks to keep the movie from coming undone in transport. With good planning, you should never have the need to move a movie from one platter system to another. Often, multiple screens are fed from a central platter system so you can play a movie in one theater and then another theater without changing platter systems. You just direct the film to a different projector. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 17:35, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

These kinda look like pizza boxes... https://laurelleaffarm.com/item-pages/old-1950s-16mm-movie-film-reels-mailing-cases-vintage-shipping-labels-photo-props-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-z011959.htm 41.165.67.114 (talk) 06:18, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]