The Lyceum Theatre is at ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Glastris" <glastris at comcast.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Len Spencer's Lyceum > Most likely they were used for "sing alongs" between acts. They would be > projected on a screen from a magic lantern and the audience would > participate. Later, when animation came to be used, they added a > "bouncing ball" to make it easier to follow the music. > > I assume Len Spencer owned a theatre somewhere named the Lyceum, most > likely in his hometown or wherever his home base was. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael funk" <funk at insightbb.com> > To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 4:14 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] Len Spencer's Lyceum > > >>I was cleaning out some boxes I had with old phono materials in them and >> came across a tin box full of glass slides illustrating lyrics or photos >> to >> a song. The box in embossed "property of Len Spencer's Lyceum". How >> would >> these have been used at the Lyceum? To accompany singers and phonograph >> records as they played? Is it possible there was also an arcade that >> with a >> coin op machine that played a record and showed the glass slides (like a >> kinetescope)? I was not able to find anything with Google. Thanks in >> advance for your help, >> >> >> >> >> >> P.S. Mike and I had a fun project yesterday. We had bought a huge Nipper >> at >> Stanton's that has a speaker fixed inside with a screen in his neck area. >> We were able to combine the old speaker wire with new wire and hook it up >> to >> a CD player. We were thrilled to hear Fred Van Epps coming from Nipper! >> >> >> >> >> >> Suellen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: > 269.16.7/1152 - Release Date: 11/26/2007 10:50 AM >