Vintage Lighting Mystery followspot

[derekleffew]

Anyone know the make/model/year of this spotlight?

 

[Van]

Well, my guess is that it's a hell of a lot newer than those costumes would suggest.

Is that pouch on his waist for Carbons? Was that a thing?

 

[macsound]

Kind of looks like a Lycian midget, but those two handles on the right are interesting.

 

[JohnD]

Could it be French, the beret don't you see. If so, could it be an early Robert Juliat, they have been around since 1919.
While exploring the internet, I ran across this:
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Backstage/Limes.htm

 

[BillConnerFASTC]

Love the lab coats - such a respite from the unrelenting black cloths of most stage technicians.

 

[techieman33]

Kind of looks like a Lycian midget, but those two handles on the right are interesting.

That looks nothing like a midget.

 

[Van]

@derekleffew What is the Screencap from ?

 

[macsound]

That looks nothing like a midget.

Guess it looked different in my mind than in a screenshot.

 

[JD]

Anyone know the make/model/year of this spotlight?

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Something from Russia maybe? So odd to see a spot that looks like it has kick, and a color temp of a arc, but no color boom! Just a lone frame holder on the front. Maybe a drop-in boom that goes with it?
Tripod base. It may be much newer than we think.

 

[TimMc]

Looking at the lamphouse, it's more like the Peerless Magnarc minus the exhaust on top. I note the lack of any light leaks around the lamphouse or the optical train. The curmudgeon in me suspects a props & LX dept build, with some CGI.

What's the source of this image?

 

[ship]

PC fixture front lens train/fixture. Carbon arc spot short throw fixture attached to it... Seemignly balanced... yea I got nothing. Good one. Them levers and knobs extra a tell in what are they doing.

 

[derekleffew]

@derekleffew What is the Screencap from ?

...The curmudgeon in me suspects a props & LX dept build, with some CGI.
What's the source of this image?

Revealing the source would spoil all the fun now, wouldn't it?
Hint: Trust the curmudgeon inside @TimMc .

 

[Michael K]

Revealing the source would spoil all the fun now, wouldn't it?
Hint: Trust the curmudgeon inside @TimMc .

Is this from everyone's favorite autotuned circus musical? Shouldn't this by in QotD, or are you teasing us by putting in here?

 

[gafftapegreenia]

Looks like something props built from a few old instruments. Maybe a PC spot and a studio fresnel.

 

[JD]

I note the lack of any light leaks around the lamphouse or the optical train.

Hummm... Modern spot with a shell around it to make it look old? Now that I know it is from a movie, the concept of it being a prop enters the picture.

 

[Van]

Hummm... Modern spot with a shell around it to make it look old? Now that I know it is from a movie, the concept of it being a prop enters the picture.

Yeah, that accessory holder or gel frame holder on the front is completely out of place on a spot, especially of that vintage. Given the costuming the entire thing would be square cornered, bulky, probably brown not black, thos handle/knobs are completely wrong and the 'holder' on the front would have been from thin flat metal.

 

[derekleffew]

Just happened to notice it in the Dumbo trailer and thought it interesting.

 

[ship]

That is!

 

[TimMc]

Just happened to notice it in the Dumbo trailer and thought it interesting.

It has that "CGI" look you don't notice while the picture is moving... but looking at that individual frame there are a couple of things that brought me to the conclusion it was some kind of composited image.

Look at the front half of the spotlight - the optical train, the stand, and then the operator - I think he's only real above the waist line (like Bert and Ernie). The near-photo detail of the man becomes more "watercolor-ish" right above the belt line, and that look is consistent with the rest of the frame. The stand is nearly photographic, as is the optical train... it gets fuzzy as you get to the lamp house. While the barrel isn't an obvious, existing spotlight, it's been crafted by the props dept out of whatever the electricians and grips left behind...

The light shaft from the spotlight reminds me more of rocket exhaust and it seems to be opaque. Nope.

At a glance, though, it's sufficiently familiar that most of us wouldn't have given it another thought. Thanks for the brain tease.