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This paper analyzes the problem presented by the continuous lighting of motion picture theater auditoriums; gives data on screen brightness with various types of film running; relates auditorium brightness to average screen brightness with film running; proposes a specific arrangement of brightnesses from screen background to theater lobby; and suggests a practical method by which this arrangement of brightnesses may be attained with standard lighting equipment.
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Henrietta L. Logan (1948) studied this question.
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