[Frameworks] when was the film splicer invented?

[FrameWorks Admin]

Leo Catozzo was allergic to acetone and invented the tape splicer, it says here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Catozzo
The company still makes a wide range of them: https://www.cir-srl.com/splicers/



> On Apr 20, 2020, at 9:20 PM, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't know when tape splicing of workprints came in, but it was in common
> use in the forties.  Tape splices aren't clean on screen but they can be