THE PROJECTIONIST

Gordon Brinckle (1915-2007) seemed like an ordinary man--a modest and reserved husband and father living in an ordinary 1950s-era ho me in Middletown, Delaware. Known around town as the night projectionist at the local movie theater, it was the unusual way he spent his days that eventually brought him attention. In his free time, Brinckle meticulously constructed a miniature version of a grand movie palace in his basement. The Shalimar, as he called it, was not only fully functional (with nine authentic movie seats, a proje ction boo...[Read more]