Abstract: A modified film transport roller for use with film handling systems to prevent the sticking and bunching of film due to build-ups of static electric charges on the surface of the film. The modified roller has a strip or layer of magnetized polymeric material applied to the hub between the end supports or collars, but of a thickness less than the height of the collars. The film rests on the collars as it passes over the roller and through the magnetic field, but does not come in contact with the magnetized layer. Static charges are polarized by the magnetic field. As a result of the polarization of the static charges, sections of film are not attracted to one another and the film does not stick or bunch as it moves to and from the projector.