Huge news! We’ve acquired the Seattle Cinerama Theater from the estate of Paul G. Allen and will be reopening later this year.
This acquisition adds to our current venue offerings: SIFF Film Center, SIFF Cinema Uptown, and SIFF Cinema Egyptian. We look forward to stewarding this historic venue for magical moviegoing experiences well into the future—with all of you.
In the meantime, please enjoy the 49th Seattle International Film Festival in venues across Seattle now through May 21, followed by a week of select films streaming on the SIFF Channel May 22–28."
“After long consideration and much effort, we regret that we are unable to continue operating the Ken Cinema.”
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Dec 15, 2017 at 7:03 pm
kagemusha98, Do you have some of those flyers? I’d love to get a look at them.
There was a similar issue when THE DEVILS played at the Cinema Grossmont. I had to look up the Daily Aztec to confirm that it was indeed THE DEVILS and not something else.
CAPRI THEATRE: THE BURTON JONES YEARS
3812 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92103
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserved-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm – mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
07/27/54 … ABOUT MRS. LESLIE (3 weeks)
08/20/54 … HOBSON’S CHOICE (3 weeks)
09/07/54 … FANFAN THE TULIP (2 weeks)
09/22/54 … ROME, 11 O’CLOCK
10/01/54 … THE PICKWICK PAPERS
10/08/54 … REAR WINDOW (7 weeks)
11/28/54 … HIGH AND DRY (3 weeks)
12/22/54 … YOUNG AT HEART (3 weeks)
01/12/55 … THE DETECTIVE (2 weeks)
01/28/55 … THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (7 weeks)
03/18/55 … ROMEO AND JULIET (2 weeks)
03/31/55 … ON THE WATERFRONT (5 weeks)
05/03/55 … THE END OF THE AFFAIR (2 weeks)
05/14/55 … TO PARIS WITH LOVE (2 weeks)
05/29/55 … GATE OF HELL (3 weeks)
06/19/55 … AIDA (2 weeks)
07/01/55 … MARTY (4 weeks)
07/26/55 … THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS (4 weeks)
08/23/55 … TO CATCH A THIEF (7 weeks)
10/09/55 … BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS
10/19/55 … ULYSSES (3 weeks)
11/09/55 … THE AFRICAN LION (6 weeks)
12/23/55 … GUYS AND DOLLS (8 weeks, Stereo)
02/20/56 … THE ROSE TATTOO (5 weeks)
03/26/56 … THE LITTLEST OUTLAW (3 weeks)
04/17/56 … ANYTHING GOES (3 weeks)
05/08/56 … THE LADYKILLERS (2 weeks)
05/23/56 … THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (5 weeks)
06/26/56 … UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (3 weeks)
07/17/56 … 23 PACES TO BAKER STREET (2 weeks)
07/31/56 … FANTASIA (RE, 4 weeks, Stereo)
08/28/56 … THE VAGABOND KING (4 weeks)
09/25/56 … LUST FOR LIFE (4 weeks)
10/23/56 … MAGIC FIRE
11/02/56 … TEA AND SYMPATHY (3 weeks)
11/25/56 … THE MOUNTAIN (3 weeks)
12/18/56 … MUSIC LAND / TOM AND JERRY CARTOON FESTIVAL
12/25/56 … THE LOVES AND DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL (2 weeks)
01/08/57 … SECRETS OF LIFE (2 weeks)
01/24/57 … LA STRADA (2 weeks)
02/06/57 … RICHARD III (2 weeks)
02/21/56 … THE RAINMAKER (3 weeks)
03/15/57 … THE BARRETS OF WIMPOLE STREET (2 weeks)
03/29/57 … FRIENDLY PERSUASION (2 weeks)
04/12/57 … INVITATION TO THE DANCE (2 weeks)
04/26/57 … WEE GEORDI (3 weeks)
05/17/57 … THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (RE, 2 weeks)
05/28/57 … THE LITTLE HUT (4 weeks)
06/26/57 … LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (4 weeks)
07/22/57 … CLOSED
08/01/57 … AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (RSE, 44 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/08/58 … DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (2 weeks)
06/22/58 … THE BOLSHOI BALLET
07/01/58 … SOUTH PACIFIC (RSE, 21 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
11/25/58 … GIGI (RSE, 16 weeks)
03/20/59 … SLEEPING BEAUTY (8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
05/12/59 … THE HORSE’S MOUTH (4 weeks)
06/10/59 … ROOM AT THE TOP (6 weeks)
07/22/59 … DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (7 weeks)
09/09/59 … THE SCAPEGOAT (6 weeks)
10/22/59 … THE BIG FISHERMAN (RSE, 10 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/31/59 … PORGY AND BESS (RSE, 11 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/17/60 … WILD STRAWBERRIES (3 weeks)
04/08/60 … SWAN LAKE (4 weeks)
05/04/60 … THE SEVENTH SEAL / SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT
05/13/60 … THE MAGICIAN
05/23/60 … THE MAGICIAN / WILD STRAWBERRIES
06/01/60 … CARRY ON NURSE / ROOM AT THE TOP (2 weeks)
06/13/60 … CLOSED
06/16/60 … BEN-HUR (RSE, 49 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/05/62 … ONE, TWO, THREE / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (2 weeks)
02/14/62 … WEST SIDE STORY (RSE, 36 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/26/62 … THE CHAPMAN REPORT (3 weeks)
11/16/62 … THE CHAPMAN REPORT / A TASTE OF HONEY (3 weeks)
12/07/62 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 3 weeks)
12/25/62 … JUMBO (4 weeks)
01/23/63 … TWO FOR THE SEE SAW (5 weeks)
03/01/63 … MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (RSE, 17 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/26/63 … CLEOPATRA (RSE, 42 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
04/29/64 … SOUTH PACIFIC (RE, 6 weeks)
06/11/64 … THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (RSE, 10 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/12/64 … BECKET (MO, 6 weeks)
09/23/64 … HAMLET (2 days, Electrovision)
09/25/64 … BECKET
09/30/64 … MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
10/07/64 … HOW THE WEST WAS WON (RE, 4 weeks)
11/06/64 … CARRY ON SPYING (3 weeks)
11/25/64 … LILI (2 weeks)
12/09/64 … CLOSED FOR REMODLEING (2 weeks)
12/25/64 … THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (8 weeks)
02/19/65 … MY FAIR LADY (RSE, 44 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/23/65 … THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (RSE, 13 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/27/66 … AN EVENING WITH THE ROYAL BALLET (3 days)
03/30/66 … A PATCH OF BLUE (7 weeks)
05/18/66 … A PATCH OF BLUE / A THOUSAND CLOWNS (6 weeks)
06/29/66 … THE BLUE MAX (RSE, 17 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/26/66 … THE BIBLE (RSE, 38 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
07/20/67 … THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (RSE, 31 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/21/68 … IN COLD BLOOD (5 weeks)
03/27/68 … IN COLD BLOOD / THE PRESIDENT’S ANALYST (3 weeks)
04/19/68 … POOR COW
04/26/68 … POOR COW / LIVE FOR LIFE
05/03/68 … FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (7 weeks)
06/21/68 … THE FOX (10 weeks)
08/28/68 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/11/68 … RACHEL, RACHEL (10 weeks)
12/19/68 … FUNNY GIRL (RSE, 39 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/19/69 … LAST SUMMER (2 weeks)
10/03/69 … LAST SUMMER / JOANNA
10/08/69 … LAST SUMMER / THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (2 weeks)
10/24/69 … THE RAIN PEOPLE (3 weeks)
11/14/69 … THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN (2 weeks)
11/26/69 … TROIKA / DANDELION
12/03/69 … DOWNHILL RACER / THE APRIL FOOLS (2 weeks)
12/17/69 … JOHN AND MARY (7 weeks)
02/04/70 … JOHN AND MARY / STAIRCASE (3 weeks)
02/25/70 … JOHN AND MARY / ME, NATALIE (2 weeks)
03/13/70 … A DREAM OF KINGS (3 weeks)
04/03/70 … closed (2 weeks)
04/15/70 … EASY RIDER / LAST SUMMER
04/22/70 … TRUE GRIT / THE STERILE CUCKOO (3 weeks)
05/13/70 … closed
05/20/70 … JENNY / THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY?
05/27/70 … THE MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART (2 weeks)
06/10/70 … 2001: A SPACE ODYESSY (RE, Stereo)
06/19/70 … THE BOYS IN THE BAND (4 weeks)
07/17/70 … THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT (3 weeks)
08/05/70 … ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS / GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (2 weeks)
08/19/70 … BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID / THE PRIDE OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
08/28/70 … SOLDIER BLUE (6 weeks)
10/09/70 … THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY (2 weeks)
10/21/70 … THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY / RIDER ON THE RAIN ( 2 weeks)
11/04/70 … WUSA (3 weeks)
11/25/70 … BORSALINO
12/02/70 … BORSALINO / GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
12/09/70 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (RE, 2 weeks)
12/20/70 … CLOSED
12/25/70 … SONG OF NORWAY (RSE, 22 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
05/28/71 … FANTASIA (RE, 2 weeks)
06/16/71 … PATTON / MAS*H
06/25/71 … THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT / WHERE’S POPPA?
07/02/71 … WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN (2 weeks)
07/14/71 … WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN / ROSEMARY’S BABY (2 weeks)
07/30/71 … THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (6 weeks)
09/08/71 … THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE / A GUNFIGHT (2 weeks)
09/24/71 … DEATH IN VENICE (2 weeks)
10/06/71 … AIRPORT / A NEW LEAF (2 weeks)
10/20/71 … THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT / BIG JAKE (2 weeks)
11/03/71 … PLAZA SUITE / OMEGA MAN
11/10/71 … THE LOVE MACHINE / DOCTORS’ WIVES (2 weeks)
11/24/71 … PETER RABBIT AND TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER (2 weeks)
12/08/71 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO / PAINT YOUR WAGON (2 weeks)
12/24/71 … THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT / ZIG-ZAG (3 weeks)
01/12/72 … SUMMER OF ’42 / JOHN AND MARY (2 weeks)
01/28/72 … THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (17 weeks)
05/12/72 … MADE FOR EACH OTHER (4 weeks)
06/07/72 … TO FIND A MAN / WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH HELEN?
06/14/72 … ARRUZA / THEY CALL ME TRINITY (2 weeks)
06/28/72 … THE OTHER / THE HOT ROCK (4 weeks)
07/26/72 … THE BURGLARS / BANANAS
08/02/72 … X-rated Feature / CHASTITY
08/09/72 … MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS / ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
08/16/72 … THE PUBLIC EYE / SILENT RUNNING
08/23/72 … THE GARDEN OF FINZI CONTINIS (4 weeks)
09/20/72 … GONE WITH THE WIND (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
09/27/72 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
10/04/72 … RYAN’S DAUGHTER (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
10/11/72 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
10/18/72 … THE GARDEN OF FINZI CONTINIS / BLESS THE BEASTS AND LITTLE CHILDREN (2 weeks)
11/01/72 … AIRPORT / THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (2 weeks)
11/15/72 … THE RULING CLASS (3 weeks)
12/06/72 … BUTERFLIES ARE FREE / BUCK AND THE PREACHER
12/13/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW… / MONEY TALKS
12/20/72 … YOU’LL LIKE MY MOTHER / HAROLD AND MAUDE (2 weeks)
01/05/73 … PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
01/12/73 … PLAY IT AS IT LAYS / A SEPARATE PEACE (3 weeks)
01/31/73 … TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (3 weeks)
02/28/73 … THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISE (2 weeks)
03/14/73 … THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER / LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (2 weeks)
03/28/73 … THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON / THE BOY FRIEND (2 weeks)
04/13/73 … THE NELSON AFFAIR
04/18/73 … THE NELSON AFFAIR / WOMEN IN LIMBO
04/27/73 … TWO PEOPLE / PLAY MISTY FOR ME
Landmark’s La Jolla Village Theater will show its last films Sunday, as it set to be torn down to make way for a Nordstrom Rack.
The four-screen theater, which shows mostly independent and fine-arts films, opened in 1979.
The shopping center, called the Shops at La Jolla Village, at 8801 Villa La Jolla Drive, is undergoing a major revitalization that will include a 32,000 square-foot and two 6,000-square-foot commercial buildings. It’s the first major change for the mall since 1990.
Also leaving are a TGI Friday’s and B.J’s Pizza. Elijah’s Deli moved to Kearny Mesa earlier this year. The Whole Foods, CVS, and Aaron Brothers are expected to remain on the other end of the strip mall.
“Pacific Beach Movie House To Close February 21, 1986|HILLIARD HARPER | San Diego County Arts Writer
SAN DIEGO — The Fine Arts Theatre in Pacific Beach, one of San Diego’s few big movie houses, will close March 9.
Landmark Theaters of Los Angeles operates the 500-seat Fine Arts, which specializes in foreign films. In the Pacific Plaza shopping center, the 22-year-old theater has fallen victim to the center’s redevelopment plans, which call for more small retail stores. The wing housing the theater building will be demolished and is not likely to be replaced, said Bill Tribolet, vice president of Collins Development Corp.
“There’s a greater need for smaller retail stores in the beach area … and theaters typically aren’t open during the day,” Tribolet said. The parking spaces required by movie theaters for lengthy periods also conflict with the short-term parking needs of most retail establishments, Tribolet said.
Bill Richardson, Landmark’s San Diego area manager, called the closing “a shame,” adding that the theater will shut down when the current run of Akira Kurosawa’s Oscar-nominated movie “Ran” ends March 9.
Landmark, which also operates the Ken Cinema in Kensington, the Guild Theatre in Hillcrest and the Cove Theatre in La Jolla, took over the Fine Arts in 1979. The company is looking at other vacant theaters in San Diego, including the downtown Broadway Playhouse.
The immediate effect of the Fine Arts' closing will be a change in programming at the Ken, Richardson said. The Ken normally shows double features that change daily. “You will probably see more one- or two-week runs of foreign films or fine art films. There’s a lot of good product available.”
Richardson said the chain will try to absorb the Fine Arts' staff at its other theaters. “I feel particularly sorry for our janitor, who’s been there 15 or 20 years,” he said.
Richardson called the Fine Arts' sound system with its Dolby “surround” configuration one of the best in the city. The sound system and the Fine Arts' projection equipment will be used at the chain’s other San Diego theaters.
The Fine Arts opened in 1964, showing art films. In the mid-1970s, the fare shifted to pornography, until the Landmark takeover.
The Fine Arts is the only movie house in Pacific Beach. Based on current retail trends, Tribolet indicated that it may be the beach community’s last.
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserved-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates for this part represent the first day of release or premiere, and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, exclusive premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm-mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
03/02/60 … THE GAZEBO / HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (2 weeks)
03/16/60 … AUNTI MAME / GIGI
03/23/60 … LIL’ ABNER / THE F.B.I. STORY
03/31/60 … PORGY AND BESS / THE LAST ANGRY MAN
04/08/60 … BLACK ORPHEUS (4 weeks)
05/06/60 … CARRY ON NURSE (2 weeks)
05/20/60 … CARRY ON NURSE / YOUR PAST IS SHOWING (2 weeks)
06/01/60 … CAN-CAN (RSE, 17 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/28/60 … I’M ALL RIGHT, JACK (4 weeks)
10/26/60 … THE ROYAL BALLET
11/02/60 … MAN IN A COCKED HAT (3 weeks)
11/23/60 … SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS / THE BIG CHIEF
11/30/60 … THE APARTMENT / THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
12/07/60 … PSYCHO / ELMER GANTRY
12/14/60 … AND QUIET FLOWS THE DAWN / RUE DE PARIS
12/23/60 … NEVER ON SUNDAY (4 weeks)
01/20/61 … TUNES OF GLORY (3 weeks)
02/08/61 … SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON / THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER (2 weeks)
02/21/61 … THE STORY OF RUTH
02/22/61 … HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR / MITSOU (2 weeks)
03/08/61 … BUTTERFIELD 8 / MIDNIGHT LACE (2 weeks)
03/22/61 … THE MISFITS / GIRLS OF THE NIGHT
03/29/61 … THE GRASS IS GREENER / FACTS OF LIFE
04/05/61 … THE SUNDOWNERS / SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO
04/12/61 … SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER / STRANGERS WHEN WE MET
04/19/61 … NEVER ON SUNDAY / SONS AND LOVERS (2 weeks)
05/03/61 … THE APARTMENT / ELMER GANTRY
05/12/61 … 101 DALMATIANS / WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY
05/17/61 … GONE WITH THE WIND
05/24/61 … FROM THE TERRACE / INHERIT THE WIND
05/31/61 … SUZIE WONG / BUTTERFIELD 8 (2 weeks)
06/14/61 … BEN HUR (4 weeks)
07/12/61 … CIMARRON / THE ABSENTMINDED PROFESSOR (2 weeks)
07/24/61 … THE ABSENTMINDED PROFESSOR / ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT 07/26/61 … SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING / THE ANGRY SILENCE
08/02/61 … PARRISH / WILD IN THE COUNTRY
08/09/61 … ALAKAZAM THE GREAT / BEWARE OF CHILDREN
08/16/61 … BY LOVE POSSESSED / THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY*
08/23/61 … THE PARENT TRAP / SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES
08/30/61 … SPINNING BOARDS
08/31/61 … THE PARENT TRAP / MORGAN, THE PIRATE
09/06/61 … FANNY / A RAISIN IN THE SUN
09/16/61 … FANNY / CRY FOR HAPPY
09/22/61 … LA DOLCE VITA (3 weeks)
10/13/61 … LA VERITE / MORE DEADLY THAN THE MALE
10/20/61 … FANNY / GOODBYE AGAIN
10/25/61 … THE GUNS OF NAVERONE / THE LAST SUNSET
11/01/61 … COME SEPTEMBER / THE HONEYMOON MACHINE
11/08/61 … WARREN MILLER’S SWINGIN’ SKIS
11/09/61 … ROMANOFF AND JULIET / ON THE DOUBLE
11/17/61 … GREYFRIARS BOBBY / GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN
11/22/61 … THE HUSTLER / RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
12/06/61 … THE COMANCHEROS / MAGNIFICENT
12/13/61 … BLUE HAWAII / I BOMBED PEARL HARBOR
12/20/61 … BACK STREET / PARIS BLUES
12/25/61 … THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE (6 weeks)
*: Featuring ‘Pinky,’ the Channel 6 Clown
02/07/62 … A MAJORITY OF ONE (7 weeks)
03/28/62 … JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (11 weeks)
06/13/62 … ONLY TWO CAN PLAY (4 weeks)
07/11/62 … CAVALCADE OF SURF
07/12/62 … THE MIRACLE WORKER (4 weeks)
08/10/62 … A TASTE OF HONEY (6 weeks)
09/19/62 … THE MUSIC MAN (MO, 7 weeks)
11/07/62 … BOCCACCIO 70 (2 weeks)
11/21/62 … GIGOT (2 weeks)
12/05/62 … GIGOT / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (2 weeks)
12/20/62 … CLOSED
12/21/62 … THE LONGEST DAY (RSE, 14 weeks, Stereo)
03/27/63 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RSE, 23 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/04/63 … 8 ½ (3 weeks)
09/27/63 … 8 ½ / PHAEDRA (3 weeks)
10/18/63 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks, Stereo)
11/06/63 … THE WHEELER DEALERS
11/15/63 … THE WHEELER DEALERS / SPENCER’S MOUNTAIN (2 weeks)
11/27/63 … LILIES OF THE FIELD (4 weeks)
12/25/63 … CHARADE (11 weeks)
03/11/64 … DR. STRANGELOVE (8 weeks)
05/06/64 … DR. STRANGELOVE / THE MOUSE THAT ROARED (2 weeks)
05/20/64 … THE BEST MAN / THE CEREMONY (2 weeks)
06/03/64 … LILIES OF THE FIELD / THE CARDINAL (2 weeks)
06/19/64 … BECKET (8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/12/64 … THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (10 weeks)
10/28/64 … TOPKAPI (8 weeks)
12/23/64 … GOLDFINGER (14 weeks)
03/31/65 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (133 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/18/67 … TO SIR, WITH LOVE (25 weeks)
04/10/68 … IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (RE, 7 weeks)
05/29/68 … HALF A SIXPENCE (2 weeks)
06/12/68 … BEDAZZLED / TWO FOR THE ROAD
06/19/68 … ROSEMARY’S BABY (19 weeks)
10/30/68 … BELLE DE JOUR (4 weeks)
11/27/68 … BELLE DE JOUR / INTERLUDE (3 weeks)
12/18/68 … STAR! (RSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/12/69 … CHARLY (12 weeks)
05/28/69 … IF IT’S TUESDAY, THIS MUST BE BELGIUM (5 weeks)
07/02/69 … GOODBYE, COLUMBUS (14 weeks)
10/08/72 … ALICE’S RESTAURANT (11 weeks)
12/25/69 … CACTUS FLOWER (12 weeks)
03/18/70 … MAROONED (8 weeks)
05/13/70 … WOODSTOCK (21 weeks, Stereo)
10/07/70 … TORA TORA TORA (RSE, 25 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/31/71 … LITTLE MURDERS (4 weeks)
04/28/71 … MRS. POLLIFAX – SPY / ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
05/05/71 … MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN (4 weeks, Stereo)
06/02/71 … THE MEPHISTO WALTZ / THE MAGUS (2 weeks)
06/18/71 … SUMMER OF ‘42 (9 weeks)
08/18/71 … SCANDALOUS JOHN (3 weeks)
09/10/71 … THE ANDERSON TAPES / THE REIVERS
09/17/71 … THE TOUCH (2 weeks)
09/29/71 … THE TOUCH / Z (2 weeks)
10/15/71 … BEAD AND BOARD / CLAIRE’S KNEE
10/22/71 … THE STEAGLE / THE MAN WHO HAD POWER OVER WOMEN
10/29/71 … SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (3 weeks)
11/19/71 … THE LION IN WINTER / ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (3 weeks)
12/08/71 … BONNIE AND CLYDE / BULLITT
12/14/71 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (RSE, 52 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/14/72 … MAN OF LA MANCHA (RSE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
04/04/73 … LOST HORIZON (10 weeks)
06/13/73 … CAMELOT (RE, 5 weeks)
07/20/73 … A TOUCH OF CLASS (4 weeks)
08/15/73 … AMERICAN GRAFFITI (18 weeks)
12/21/73 … THE PAPER CHASE (7 weeks)
02/08/74 … THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN (8 weeks)
04/03/74 … MAME (13 weeks)
07/03/74 … DAISY MILLER (2 weeks)
07/17/74 … OUR TIME / 40 CARATS (MO)
07/24/74 … THE WHITE DAWN (2 weeks)
08/09/74 … THE TAMARIND SEED (9 weeks)
10/09/74 … FANTASIA (5 weeks)
11/15/74 … EARTHQUAKE (19 weeks, Sensurround)
04/30/75 … TOMMY (17 weeks, Stereo)
08/27/75 … BEYOND THE DOOR (4 weeks, “Quadrophonic Possesound” )
09/26/75 … BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
10/03/75 … THE HAPPY HOOKER (MO, 2 weeks)
10/17/75 … ROOSTER COGBURN (6 weeks)
11/26/75 … ROOSTER COGBURN / KING OF HEARTS (4 weeks)
12/25/75 … THE HINDENBERG (10 weeks)
03/05/76 … GABLE AND LOMBARD (6 weeks)
04/14/76 … GABLE AND LOMBARD / THE SUNSHINE BOYS (2 weeks)
04/30/76 … BABY BLUE MARINE (2 weeks)
05/14/76 … THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST (2 weeks)
05/28/76 … W.C. FIELDS AND ME (3 weeks)
06/18/76 … CAMELOT (RE)
06/25/76 … THE OMEN (16 weeks)
10/15/76 … FANTASIA (4 weeks)
11/12/76 … TWO MINUTE WARNING (5 weeks)
12/14/76 … TWO MINUTE WARNING / THE EIGER SANCTION
12/22/76 … SILVER STREAK (16 weeks)
06/16/78 … JAWS 2 (10 weeks)
08/25/78 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (RE, 5 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/29/78 … DEATH ON THE NILE (11 weeks)
12/15/78 … OLIVER’S STORY (5 weeks)
02/29/80 … NORMA RAE (3 weeks)
03/21/80 … LITTLE MISS MARKER (5 weeks)
04/25/80 … WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM (4 weeks)
05/23/80 … NIGHT GAMES (3 weeks)
06/13/80 … THE ISLAND (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/11/80 … THE BLUE LAGOON
07/18/80 … THE BLUE LAGOON (10 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/26/80 … DIVINE MADNESS (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/24/80 … IT’S MY TURN (6 weeks)
12/05/80 … FLASH GORDON (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/30/81 … THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (5 weeks)
03/06/81 … AMERICAN POP (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/81 … NIGHTHAWKS (6 weeks)
05/22/81 … THE FOUR SEASONS (9 weeks)
07/24/81 … EYE OF THE NEEDLE (5 weeks)
08/28/81 … COMIN’ AT YA! (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 3-D)
09/25/81 … MOMMIE DEAREST (8 weeks)
11/20/81 … WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (2 weeks)
12/04/81 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE / 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo / 70mm-Stereo)
12/18/81 … RAGTIME (8 weeks)
02/19/82 … SHOOT THE MOON (5 weeks)
03/26/82 … PERSONAL BEST (3 weeks)
04/16/82 … FANTASIA (RE, 5 weeks, Stereo)
05/21/82 … AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/11/82 … E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (52 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/08/83 … TRADING PLACES (20 weeks)
10/28/83 … THE RETURN OF LAUREL AND HARDY (2 weeks)*
11/11/83 … STAR 80 (4 weeks)
12/09/83 … SUDDEN IMPACT (6 weeks)
*: Presented with “Live Organ Accompaniment by Tommy Stark”
01/20/84 … NEVER CRY WOLF (MO, 4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/84 … LASSITER (3 weeks)
03/09/84 … CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2 weeks)
03/23/84 … CHILDREN OF THE CORN / SUDDEN IMPACT
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (18 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/28/84 … A SOLDIER’S STORY (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (18 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/12/85 … LADYHAWKE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/85 … THE GOONIES (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/12/85 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/26/85 … NATIONAL LAMPOON’S EUROPEAN VACATION (3 weeks)
08/16/85 … THE BRIDE (Dolby Stereo)
08/23/85 … THE BRIDE / THE EMERALD FOREST (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
08/30/85 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (4 weeks)
09/27/85 … AGNES OF GOD (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … AMERICAN FLYERS (70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/27/85 … MACARONI
12/04/85 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/03/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/07/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/21/86 … SLEEPING BEAUTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … SLEEPING BEAUTY / CROSSROADS (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … WISE GUYS
04/25/86 … VIOLETS ARE BLUE
05/02/86 … JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/26/86 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/87 … 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (2 weeks)
04/10/87 … RAISING ARIZONA (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/87 … BEVERLY HILLS COP II (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/17/87 … SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/31/87 … THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/87 … HAMBURGER HILL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … FATAL ATTRACTION (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/18/87 … DARK
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE SWINGING SIXTIES
5040 Mission Center Road
San Diego, CA 92108
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm – mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
12/23/66 … AFTER THE FOX (3 weeks)
01/13/67 … A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (4 weeks)
02/08/67 … BLOW UP (6 weeks)
03/22/67 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
03/29/67 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / KHARTOUM
04/05/67 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / ANY WEDNESDAY
04/12/67 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / 25th HOUR
04/19/67 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / PENELOPE
04/26/67 … HOMBRE
05/03/67 … HOMBRE / THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
05/24/67 … FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE / WELCOME TO HARD TIMES (2 weeks)
06/07/67 … EIGHT ON THE LAM
06/14/67 … EIGHT ON THE LAM / FINDERS KEEPERS
06/21/67 … EIGHT ON THE LAM / THE GREAT ESCAPE
06/28/67 … THE DIRTY DOZEN (9 weeks)
08/30/67 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (3 weeks)
09/20/67 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE / THE NAKED RUNNER
09/27/67 … THE FAMILY WAY / THE BOBO (5 weeks)
11/01/67 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / ZORBA THE GREEK
11/08/67 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE
11/15/67 … COOL HAND LUKE (2 weeks)
11/29/67 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT? (2 weeks)
12/11/67 … JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS (two days only)
12/13/67 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT?
12/20/67 … FITZWILLY / ROSIE
12/27/67 … FITZWILLY / GEORGY GIRL
01/03/68 … FITZWILLY / LUV
01/10/68 … SMASHING TIME / WATERHOLE #3
01/17/68 … BONNIE AND CLYDE / YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW (MO, 4 weeks)
02/16/68 … GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER? (17 weeks)
06/13/68 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS (6 weeks)
07/24/68 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE
07/31/68 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O'FARRELL
08/07/68 … FOR LOVE OF IVY (7 weeks)
09/25/68 … THE SWIMMER (2 weeks)
10/09/68 … THE SWIMMER / THE PARTY
10/16/68 … HELGA / PLANET OF LIFE
10/23/68 … THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM / HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
10/30/68 … THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE / WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?
11/06/68 … SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES / FANTASTIC VOYAGE
11/13/68 … WEST SIDE STORY (RE, 2 weeks)
11/27/68 … YELLOW SUBMARINE (3 weeks)
12/18/68 … CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (GSE, 14 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
03/27/69 … OLIVER! (GSE, 26 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo*)
09/24/69 … EASY RIDER (9 weeks)
11/26/69 … OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (2 weeks)
12/10/69 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 2 weeks)
12/25/69 … BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (12 weeks)
01/08/71 … THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES / BORSALINO
01/15/71 … THUNDERBALL / YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (2 weeks)
01/27/71 … CROMWELL (5 weeks)
03/05/71 … I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (2 weeks)
03/19/71 … COLD TURKEY (7 weeks)
05/05/71 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 4 weeks)
06/02/71 … BANANAS (4 weeks)
06/30/72 … WILD ROVERS / PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
07/21/71 … FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYE (2 weeks)
08/04/71 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / GRAND PRIX (RE, 70mm-Stereo)
08/13/71 … THE LOVE MACHINE (6 weeks)
09/22/71 … DOC / THE HUNTING PARTY
10/06/71 … JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (3 weeks)
10/29/71 … WEST SIDE STORY / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (RE, 2 weeks)
11/10/71 … AMERICAN WILDERNESS
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (9 weeks)
01/21/72 … STRAW DOGS (7 weeks)
03/08/72 … THE TROJAN WOMEN
03/15/72 … NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (RSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/07/72 … FUZZ (3 weeks)
06/29/72 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE** (13 weeks)
09/29/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (8 weeks)
11/22/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS (3 weeks)
12/11/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS / THE DEADLY TRAP
12/20/72 … THE GETAWAY (12 weeks)
** listed as “An X-Rated Movie in Color”
03/16/73 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (RE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/29/73 … 40 CARATS (3 weeks)
07/18/73 … TOM SAWYER (3 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/10/73 … OKLAHOMA CRUDE (3 weeks)
08/29/73 … A TOUCH OF CLASS (MO, 6 weeks)
10/10/73 … JEREMY (4 weeks)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (6 weeks)
12/19/73 … PAPILLON (15 weeks)
04/05/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (2 weeks)
04/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / PAPER MOON (3 weeks)
05/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / A TOUCH OF CLASS (8 weeks)
06/26/74 … OUR TIME
07/05/74 … OUR TIME / 40 CARATS (2 weeks)
07/17/74 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (14 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/23/74 … THE GAMBLER (5 weeks)
11/27/74 … THE NIGHT PORTER (3 weeks)
12/19/74 … THE TOWERING INFERNO (13 weeks)
03/19/75 … FUNNY LADY (15 weeks)
07/04/75 … BITE THE BULLET (7 weeks)
08/22/75 … THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (4 weeks)
09/19/75 … THE HAPPY HOOKER (2 weeks)
10/03/75 … FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (3 weeks)
10/24/75 … MAHOGANY (4 weeks)
11/21/75 … FANTASIA (RE, 5 weeks)
12/25/75 … HUSTLE (7 weeks)
02/11/76 … BARRY LYNDON (11 weeks)
04/28/76 … ROBIN AND MARIAN (4 weeks)
05/26/76 … WON TON TON (3 weeks)
06/16/76 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Part II (7 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/04/76 … FUTUREWORLD (6 weeks)
09/15/76 … HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK (4 weeks)
10/15/76 … CAR WASH (5 weeks)
11/19/76 … LED ZEPPELIN: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (4 weeks)
12/17/76 … KING KONG (9 weeks)
02/16/77 … TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING (2 weeks)
03/04/77 … BOUND FOR GLORY (4 weeks)
03/30/77 … BLACK SUNDAY (8 weeks)
05/25/77 … STAR WARS (37 weeks)
02/23/79 … DAYS OF HEAVEN (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/16/79 … THE CHINA SYNDROME (9 weeks)
05/18/79 … HANOVER STREET (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/08/79 … PLAYERS (5 weeks)
07/13/79 … JUST YOU AND ME, KID (3 weeks)
08/03/79 … NORTH DALLAS FORTY (9 weeks)
10/05/79 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12/07/79 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/04/80 … NIJINSKY (4 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (6 weeks)
06/13/80 … THE SHINING (7 weeks)
08/01/80 … RAISE THE TITANIC (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/80 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (12 weeks)
12/19/80 … SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (13 weeks)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (5 weeks)
04/24/81 … ATLANTIC CITY (4 weeks)
05/22/81 … OUTLAND (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/17/81 … ARTHUR (10 weeks)
09/25/81 … ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (12 weeks)
12/18/81 … PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (6 weeks)
01/29/82 … ON GOLDEN POND (18 weeks)
06/04/82 … POLTERGEIST (27 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01/21/83 … SOPHIE’S CHOICE (9 weeks)
03/25/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/01/83 … MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD (4 weeks)
04/29/83 … BABY, IT’S YOU (4 weeks)
05/27/83 … LA TRAVIATA (4 weeks)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/09/83 … PUBERTY BLUES (2 weeks)
09/21/83 … GANDHI (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … THE BIG CHILL (8 weeks)
11/23/83 … TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (19 weeks)
04/06/84 … MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/01/84 … ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (3 weeks)
06/22/84 … THE KARATE KID (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/84 … COUNTRY (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/07/84 … 2010 (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/08/85 … MRS. SOFFEL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/08/85 … FANTASIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/22/85 … MASK (9 weeks)
05/24/85 … A VIEW TO A KILL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/24/85 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … YEAR OF THE DRAGON (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/85 … MARIE (2 weeks)
10/11/85 … AFTER HOURS (4 weeks)
11/08/85 … THAT WAS THEN… THIS IS NOW (2 weeks)
11/22/85 … ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/85 … WHITE NIGHTS (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … MURPHY’S ROMANCE (5 weeks)
03/07/86 … NINE ½ WEEKS (Dolby Stereo)
03/14/86 … CROSSROADS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (RE, Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … TROUBLE IN MIND (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … SALVADOR (3 weeks)
06/06/86 … ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/20/86 … THE KARATE KID II (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/22/86 … STAND BY ME (8 weeks)
10/17/86 … THE COLOR OF MONEY (10 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/25/86 … THE MISSION (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/13/87 … TIN MEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/01/87 … INNERSPACE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/24/87 … LA BAMBA (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/87 … THE FOURTH PROTOCOL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … HELLRAISER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/87 … WEEDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/05/88 … SHE’S HAVING A BABY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/26/88 … FRANTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/18/88 … LITTLE NIKITA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/15/88 … BAMBI (RE, 2 weeks)
07/29/88 … A FISH CALLED WANDA (10 weeks)
10/07/88 … MEMORIES OF ME (4 weeks)
11/04/88 … THE GOOD MOTHER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo )
11/18/88 … 1969 (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
12/09/88 … 1969 / A CRY IN THE DARK (Ultra Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/89 … TRUE BELIEVER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/10/89 … NEW YORK STORIES (2 weeks)
03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/28/89 … CRIMINAL LAW (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/12/89 … EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (Dolby Stereo)
05/19/89 … ROAD HOUSE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/09/89 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
06/16/89 … GHOSTBUSTERS II (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/12/89 … WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/06/89 … A DRY WHITE SEASON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/20/89 … GROSS ANATOMY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/10/89 … STAYING TOGETHER (Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
CINERAMA PART III (1984 to 1988): SATURATION AND GÖTTERDÄMERUNG
As the release patterns of movies changed, the Cinerama lost its distinguished role as being one of the few theaters that offered exclusive engagements in San Diego. Films would no longer open at one theater for their premiere run. Instead, they would open at several theaters on their opening day. Despite this, the Cinerama would continue to host significant runs for such films as Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Amadeus, and Top Gun.
In 1988, against the wishes of its parent, the Cinerama was closed and demolished by the land owner, the Douglas Allred Company.
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm – mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
01/20/84 … SCANDALOUS (2 weeks)
02/03/84 … AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/17/84 … BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (5 weeks)
03/23/84 … TENDER MERCIES (RE)
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/01/84 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/20/84 … BEST DEFENSE (3 weeks)
08/10/84 … THE NATURAL (MO, Dolby Stereo)
08/17/84 … SHEENA (Dolby Stereo)
08/24/84 … SHEENA / GREYSTOKE (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
08/31/84 … BOLERO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/84 … THE RIGHT STUFF (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/19/84 … AMADEUS (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (19 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/19/85 … THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/03/85 … STOP MAKING SENSE (Dolby Stereo)
05/10/85 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/31/85 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY / PLACES IN THE HEART (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
06/07/85 … A PASSAGE TO INDIA / THE COTTON CLUB (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
06/14/85 … D.A.R.Y.L. (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/85 … D.A.R.Y.L. / DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
07/03/85 … AMADEUS (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/12/85 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/26/85 … THE HEAVENLY KID (Dolby Stereo)
08/02/85 … THE HEAVENLY KID / ST. ELMO’S FIRE (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
08/09/85 … AMADEUS (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … THE BRIDE (Dolby Stereo)
08/23/85 … THE BRIDE / THE EMERALD FOREST (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
08/30/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE / THE EMERALD FOREST (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
09/06/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE / THE BREAKFAST CLUB (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
09/13/85 … ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE (3 weeks)
10/04/85 … JAGGED EDGE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/04/85 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/17/86 … RUNAWAY TRAIN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … WHITE NIGHTS / ENEMY MINE (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
02/07/86 … WHITE NIGHTS / WITNESS (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
02/14/86 … QUICKSILVER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/28/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … PRETTY IN PINK / YOUNGBLOOD (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
04/25/86 … JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS / MURPHY’S ROMANCE
05/02/86 … BLUE CITY (2 weeks)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/03/86 … CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (8 weeks)
11/25/86 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … THE GOLDEN CHILD (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/30/87 … PLATOON (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/87 … BEVERLY HILLS COP II (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/22/87 … SUMMER SCHOOL (2 weeks)
08/07/87 … BACK TO THE BEACH
08/14/87 … CAN’T BUY ME LOVE (2 weeks)
08/28/87 … HAMBURGER HILL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … FATAL ATTRACTION (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/18/87 … EDDIE MURPHY RAW (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/15/88 … MOONSTRUCK (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/25/88 … A NEW LIFE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/08/88 … ABOVE THE LAW (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/06/88 … SALSA (2 weeks)
05/18/88 … TOP GUN (RE, Dolby Stereo)
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/grand-illusion-cinema-plans-to-leave-university-district-this-winter/
They’re closing January 31, 2025.
Currently looking for a new home and
soliciting donations.
https://grandillusioncinema.org/moving/
IT’S COMING BACK!!!!
https://www.siff.net/blog/cinerama-announcement
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SIFF Acquires Seattle Cinerama Theater
Thursday, May 11, 2023
SIFF logo and the Seattle Cinerama Theater
Huge news! We’ve acquired the Seattle Cinerama Theater from the estate of Paul G. Allen and will be reopening later this year. This acquisition adds to our current venue offerings: SIFF Film Center, SIFF Cinema Uptown, and SIFF Cinema Egyptian. We look forward to stewarding this historic venue for magical moviegoing experiences well into the future—with all of you.
In the meantime, please enjoy the 49th Seattle International Film Festival in venues across Seattle now through May 21, followed by a week of select films streaming on the SIFF Channel May 22–28."
OC Register is reporting that Regal has closed this theater, effective immediately.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seven-gables-theatre-in-u-district-in-flames/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1mg5MzE8DJY8R61bOK1cSkE4mm4RWnWs7yrjjCmSzf21tZXYkqTE9bE2w#Echobox=1608842931
And it’s on fire. Thanks 2020.
Closing March 22, 2020.
https://twitter.com/cinebeth/status/1231772281094856705?s=19
“After long consideration and much effort, we regret that we are unable to continue operating the Ken Cinema.”
kagemusha98, Do you have some of those flyers? I’d love to get a look at them.
There was a similar issue when THE DEVILS played at the Cinema Grossmont. I had to look up the Daily Aztec to confirm that it was indeed THE DEVILS and not something else.
And apparently it will get a new lease on life… with only 8 screens but a rooftop bar.
http://www.lamag.com/askchris/classic-landmark-regent-theatre-westwood-closing-50-years/
And its days are numbered…
CAPRI THEATRE: THE BURTON JONES YEARS
3812 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92103
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserved-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm – mono sound presentation. All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
07/27/54 … ABOUT MRS. LESLIE (3 weeks)
08/20/54 … HOBSON’S CHOICE (3 weeks)
09/07/54 … FANFAN THE TULIP (2 weeks)
09/22/54 … ROME, 11 O’CLOCK
10/01/54 … THE PICKWICK PAPERS
10/08/54 … REAR WINDOW (7 weeks)
11/28/54 … HIGH AND DRY (3 weeks)
12/22/54 … YOUNG AT HEART (3 weeks)
01/12/55 … THE DETECTIVE (2 weeks)
01/28/55 … THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (7 weeks)
03/18/55 … ROMEO AND JULIET (2 weeks)
03/31/55 … ON THE WATERFRONT (5 weeks)
05/03/55 … THE END OF THE AFFAIR (2 weeks)
05/14/55 … TO PARIS WITH LOVE (2 weeks)
05/29/55 … GATE OF HELL (3 weeks)
06/19/55 … AIDA (2 weeks)
07/01/55 … MARTY (4 weeks)
07/26/55 … THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS (4 weeks)
08/23/55 … TO CATCH A THIEF (7 weeks)
10/09/55 … BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS
10/19/55 … ULYSSES (3 weeks)
11/09/55 … THE AFRICAN LION (6 weeks)
12/23/55 … GUYS AND DOLLS (8 weeks, Stereo)
02/20/56 … THE ROSE TATTOO (5 weeks)
03/26/56 … THE LITTLEST OUTLAW (3 weeks)
04/17/56 … ANYTHING GOES (3 weeks)
05/08/56 … THE LADYKILLERS (2 weeks)
05/23/56 … THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (5 weeks)
06/26/56 … UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (3 weeks)
07/17/56 … 23 PACES TO BAKER STREET (2 weeks)
07/31/56 … FANTASIA (RE, 4 weeks, Stereo)
08/28/56 … THE VAGABOND KING (4 weeks)
09/25/56 … LUST FOR LIFE (4 weeks)
10/23/56 … MAGIC FIRE
11/02/56 … TEA AND SYMPATHY (3 weeks)
11/25/56 … THE MOUNTAIN (3 weeks)
12/18/56 … MUSIC LAND / TOM AND JERRY CARTOON FESTIVAL
12/25/56 … THE LOVES AND DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL (2 weeks)
01/08/57 … SECRETS OF LIFE (2 weeks)
01/24/57 … LA STRADA (2 weeks)
02/06/57 … RICHARD III (2 weeks)
02/21/56 … THE RAINMAKER (3 weeks)
03/15/57 … THE BARRETS OF WIMPOLE STREET (2 weeks)
03/29/57 … FRIENDLY PERSUASION (2 weeks)
04/12/57 … INVITATION TO THE DANCE (2 weeks)
04/26/57 … WEE GEORDI (3 weeks)
05/17/57 … THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (RE, 2 weeks)
05/28/57 … THE LITTLE HUT (4 weeks)
06/26/57 … LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (4 weeks)
07/22/57 … CLOSED
08/01/57 … AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (RSE, 44 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/08/58 … DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (2 weeks)
06/22/58 … THE BOLSHOI BALLET
07/01/58 … SOUTH PACIFIC (RSE, 21 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
11/25/58 … GIGI (RSE, 16 weeks)
03/20/59 … SLEEPING BEAUTY (8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
05/12/59 … THE HORSE’S MOUTH (4 weeks)
06/10/59 … ROOM AT THE TOP (6 weeks)
07/22/59 … DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (7 weeks)
09/09/59 … THE SCAPEGOAT (6 weeks)
10/22/59 … THE BIG FISHERMAN (RSE, 10 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/31/59 … PORGY AND BESS (RSE, 11 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/17/60 … WILD STRAWBERRIES (3 weeks)
04/08/60 … SWAN LAKE (4 weeks)
05/04/60 … THE SEVENTH SEAL / SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT
05/13/60 … THE MAGICIAN
05/23/60 … THE MAGICIAN / WILD STRAWBERRIES
06/01/60 … CARRY ON NURSE / ROOM AT THE TOP (2 weeks)
06/13/60 … CLOSED
06/16/60 … BEN-HUR (RSE, 49 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
05/22/61 … CLOSED
05/24/61 … EXODUS (RSE, 11 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/07/61 … CLOSED
08/09/61 … SPARTACUS (RSE, 20 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/25/61 … ONE, TWO, THREE (6 weeks)
02/05/62 … ONE, TWO, THREE / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (2 weeks)
02/14/62 … WEST SIDE STORY (RSE, 36 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/26/62 … THE CHAPMAN REPORT (3 weeks)
11/16/62 … THE CHAPMAN REPORT / A TASTE OF HONEY (3 weeks)
12/07/62 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 3 weeks)
12/25/62 … JUMBO (4 weeks)
01/23/63 … TWO FOR THE SEE SAW (5 weeks)
03/01/63 … MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (RSE, 17 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/26/63 … CLEOPATRA (RSE, 42 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
04/29/64 … SOUTH PACIFIC (RE, 6 weeks)
06/11/64 … THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (RSE, 10 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/12/64 … BECKET (MO, 6 weeks)
09/23/64 … HAMLET (2 days, Electrovision)
09/25/64 … BECKET
09/30/64 … MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
10/07/64 … HOW THE WEST WAS WON (RE, 4 weeks)
11/06/64 … CARRY ON SPYING (3 weeks)
11/25/64 … LILI (2 weeks)
12/09/64 … CLOSED FOR REMODLEING (2 weeks)
12/25/64 … THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (8 weeks)
02/19/65 … MY FAIR LADY (RSE, 44 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/23/65 … THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (RSE, 13 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/27/66 … AN EVENING WITH THE ROYAL BALLET (3 days)
03/30/66 … A PATCH OF BLUE (7 weeks)
05/18/66 … A PATCH OF BLUE / A THOUSAND CLOWNS (6 weeks)
06/29/66 … THE BLUE MAX (RSE, 17 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/26/66 … THE BIBLE (RSE, 38 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
07/20/67 … THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (RSE, 31 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/21/68 … IN COLD BLOOD (5 weeks)
03/27/68 … IN COLD BLOOD / THE PRESIDENT’S ANALYST (3 weeks)
04/19/68 … POOR COW
04/26/68 … POOR COW / LIVE FOR LIFE
05/03/68 … FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (7 weeks)
06/21/68 … THE FOX (10 weeks)
08/28/68 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/11/68 … RACHEL, RACHEL (10 weeks)
12/19/68 … FUNNY GIRL (RSE, 39 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/19/69 … LAST SUMMER (2 weeks)
10/03/69 … LAST SUMMER / JOANNA
10/08/69 … LAST SUMMER / THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (2 weeks)
10/24/69 … THE RAIN PEOPLE (3 weeks)
11/14/69 … THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN (2 weeks)
11/26/69 … TROIKA / DANDELION
12/03/69 … DOWNHILL RACER / THE APRIL FOOLS (2 weeks)
12/17/69 … JOHN AND MARY (7 weeks)
02/04/70 … JOHN AND MARY / STAIRCASE (3 weeks)
02/25/70 … JOHN AND MARY / ME, NATALIE (2 weeks)
03/13/70 … A DREAM OF KINGS (3 weeks)
04/03/70 … closed (2 weeks)
04/15/70 … EASY RIDER / LAST SUMMER
04/22/70 … TRUE GRIT / THE STERILE CUCKOO (3 weeks)
05/13/70 … closed
05/20/70 … JENNY / THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY?
05/27/70 … THE MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART (2 weeks)
06/10/70 … 2001: A SPACE ODYESSY (RE, Stereo)
06/19/70 … THE BOYS IN THE BAND (4 weeks)
07/17/70 … THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT (3 weeks)
08/05/70 … ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS / GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (2 weeks)
08/19/70 … BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID / THE PRIDE OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
08/28/70 … SOLDIER BLUE (6 weeks)
10/09/70 … THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY (2 weeks)
10/21/70 … THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY / RIDER ON THE RAIN ( 2 weeks)
11/04/70 … WUSA (3 weeks)
11/25/70 … BORSALINO
12/02/70 … BORSALINO / GOODBYE, COLUMBUS
12/09/70 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (RE, 2 weeks)
12/20/70 … CLOSED
12/25/70 … SONG OF NORWAY (RSE, 22 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
05/28/71 … FANTASIA (RE, 2 weeks)
06/16/71 … PATTON / MAS*H
06/25/71 … THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT / WHERE’S POPPA?
07/02/71 … WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN (2 weeks)
07/14/71 … WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN / ROSEMARY’S BABY (2 weeks)
07/30/71 … THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (6 weeks)
09/08/71 … THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE / A GUNFIGHT (2 weeks)
09/24/71 … DEATH IN VENICE (2 weeks)
10/06/71 … AIRPORT / A NEW LEAF (2 weeks)
10/20/71 … THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT / BIG JAKE (2 weeks)
11/03/71 … PLAZA SUITE / OMEGA MAN
11/10/71 … THE LOVE MACHINE / DOCTORS’ WIVES (2 weeks)
11/24/71 … PETER RABBIT AND TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER (2 weeks)
12/08/71 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO / PAINT YOUR WAGON (2 weeks)
12/24/71 … THE GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT / ZIG-ZAG (3 weeks)
01/12/72 … SUMMER OF ’42 / JOHN AND MARY (2 weeks)
01/28/72 … THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (17 weeks)
05/12/72 … MADE FOR EACH OTHER (4 weeks)
06/07/72 … TO FIND A MAN / WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH HELEN?
06/14/72 … ARRUZA / THEY CALL ME TRINITY (2 weeks)
06/28/72 … THE OTHER / THE HOT ROCK (4 weeks)
07/26/72 … THE BURGLARS / BANANAS
08/02/72 … X-rated Feature / CHASTITY
08/09/72 … MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS / ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
08/16/72 … THE PUBLIC EYE / SILENT RUNNING
08/23/72 … THE GARDEN OF FINZI CONTINIS (4 weeks)
09/20/72 … GONE WITH THE WIND (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
09/27/72 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
10/04/72 … RYAN’S DAUGHTER (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
10/11/72 … DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (MGM’s Fabulous Four, Stereo)
10/18/72 … THE GARDEN OF FINZI CONTINIS / BLESS THE BEASTS AND LITTLE CHILDREN (2 weeks)
11/01/72 … AIRPORT / THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (2 weeks)
11/15/72 … THE RULING CLASS (3 weeks)
12/06/72 … BUTERFLIES ARE FREE / BUCK AND THE PREACHER
12/13/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW… / MONEY TALKS
12/20/72 … YOU’LL LIKE MY MOTHER / HAROLD AND MAUDE (2 weeks)
01/05/73 … PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
01/12/73 … PLAY IT AS IT LAYS / A SEPARATE PEACE (3 weeks)
01/31/73 … TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (3 weeks)
02/28/73 … THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISE (2 weeks)
03/14/73 … THE THIEF WHO CAME TO DINNER / LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (2 weeks)
03/28/73 … THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON / THE BOY FRIEND (2 weeks)
04/13/73 … THE NELSON AFFAIR
04/18/73 … THE NELSON AFFAIR / WOMEN IN LIMBO
04/27/73 … TWO PEOPLE / PLAY MISTY FOR ME
La Jolla Village Theater to close Sunday
By Jonathan Horn 2:25 p.m.June 8, 2015
Landmark’s La Jolla Village Theater will show its last films Sunday, as it set to be torn down to make way for a Nordstrom Rack.
The four-screen theater, which shows mostly independent and fine-arts films, opened in 1979.
The shopping center, called the Shops at La Jolla Village, at 8801 Villa La Jolla Drive, is undergoing a major revitalization that will include a 32,000 square-foot and two 6,000-square-foot commercial buildings. It’s the first major change for the mall since 1990.
Also leaving are a TGI Friday’s and B.J’s Pizza. Elijah’s Deli moved to Kearny Mesa earlier this year. The Whole Foods, CVS, and Aaron Brothers are expected to remain on the other end of the strip mall.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/08/landmark-lajolla-village-movie-theater-closing/
Closed now. Last shows were 08 January 2015.
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2015/01/09/exit-harvard-exit-photos-from-the-last-night-of-a-seattle-institution
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-21/entertainment/ca-10487_1_fine-arts-staff
“Pacific Beach Movie House To Close
February 21, 1986|HILLIARD HARPER | San Diego County Arts Writer
SAN DIEGO — The Fine Arts Theatre in Pacific Beach, one of San Diego’s few big movie houses, will close March 9.
Landmark Theaters of Los Angeles operates the 500-seat Fine Arts, which specializes in foreign films. In the Pacific Plaza shopping center, the 22-year-old theater has fallen victim to the center’s redevelopment plans, which call for more small retail stores. The wing housing the theater building will be demolished and is not likely to be replaced, said Bill Tribolet, vice president of Collins Development Corp.
“There’s a greater need for smaller retail stores in the beach area … and theaters typically aren’t open during the day,” Tribolet said. The parking spaces required by movie theaters for lengthy periods also conflict with the short-term parking needs of most retail establishments, Tribolet said.
Bill Richardson, Landmark’s San Diego area manager, called the closing “a shame,” adding that the theater will shut down when the current run of Akira Kurosawa’s Oscar-nominated movie “Ran” ends March 9.
Landmark, which also operates the Ken Cinema in Kensington, the Guild Theatre in Hillcrest and the Cove Theatre in La Jolla, took over the Fine Arts in 1979. The company is looking at other vacant theaters in San Diego, including the downtown Broadway Playhouse.
The immediate effect of the Fine Arts' closing will be a change in programming at the Ken, Richardson said. The Ken normally shows double features that change daily. “You will probably see more one- or two-week runs of foreign films or fine art films. There’s a lot of good product available.”
Richardson said the chain will try to absorb the Fine Arts' staff at its other theaters. “I feel particularly sorry for our janitor, who’s been there 15 or 20 years,” he said.
Richardson called the Fine Arts' sound system with its Dolby “surround” configuration one of the best in the city. The sound system and the Fine Arts' projection equipment will be used at the chain’s other San Diego theaters.
The Fine Arts opened in 1964, showing art films. In the mid-1970s, the fare shifted to pornography, until the Landmark takeover.
The Fine Arts is the only movie house in Pacific Beach. Based on current retail trends, Tribolet indicated that it may be the beach community’s last.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Cinerama-to-close-for-months-5660009.php
Closing for a few months starting August 4, 2014.
Also, seeking a liquor license.
http://boingboing.net/2014/07/07/the-end-of-the-chicagos-maje.html
Article about the last night of the Woods. Has a few internal photos.
And… it will live!
It’ll be closed from Monday to Thursday and be back on Friday, 02 May 2014.
Today, in things that suck,
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/apr/14/screen-ken-cinema-close-april-27/
This one hurts. In ways I can’t describe, it hurts.
Here’s a link with photos before they started tearing the insides apart.
NSFW
http://www.whatsupmann.com/2013/07/the-fox-theatre-before-the-renovation/
Most surprising thing I saw was probably the projector.
The reddit link: http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1ulq2z/fox_theater_a_recently_shut_down_adult_theater/
Also, NSFW.
LOMA THEATRE (1960 to 1987)
3150 Rosecrans Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92110
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater) RSE = Reserved-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates for this part represent the first day of release or premiere, and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, exclusive premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm-mono sound presentation. All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
03/02/60 … THE GAZEBO / HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (2 weeks)
03/16/60 … AUNTI MAME / GIGI
03/23/60 … LIL’ ABNER / THE F.B.I. STORY
03/31/60 … PORGY AND BESS / THE LAST ANGRY MAN
04/08/60 … BLACK ORPHEUS (4 weeks)
05/06/60 … CARRY ON NURSE (2 weeks)
05/20/60 … CARRY ON NURSE / YOUR PAST IS SHOWING (2 weeks)
06/01/60 … CAN-CAN (RSE, 17 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/28/60 … I’M ALL RIGHT, JACK (4 weeks)
10/26/60 … THE ROYAL BALLET
11/02/60 … MAN IN A COCKED HAT (3 weeks)
11/23/60 … SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS / THE BIG CHIEF
11/30/60 … THE APARTMENT / THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
12/07/60 … PSYCHO / ELMER GANTRY
12/14/60 … AND QUIET FLOWS THE DAWN / RUE DE PARIS
12/23/60 … NEVER ON SUNDAY (4 weeks)
01/20/61 … TUNES OF GLORY (3 weeks)
02/08/61 … SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON / THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER (2 weeks)
02/21/61 … THE STORY OF RUTH
02/22/61 … HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR / MITSOU (2 weeks)
03/08/61 … BUTTERFIELD 8 / MIDNIGHT LACE (2 weeks)
03/22/61 … THE MISFITS / GIRLS OF THE NIGHT
03/29/61 … THE GRASS IS GREENER / FACTS OF LIFE
04/05/61 … THE SUNDOWNERS / SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO
04/12/61 … SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER / STRANGERS WHEN WE MET
04/19/61 … NEVER ON SUNDAY / SONS AND LOVERS (2 weeks)
05/03/61 … THE APARTMENT / ELMER GANTRY
05/12/61 … 101 DALMATIANS / WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY
05/17/61 … GONE WITH THE WIND
05/24/61 … FROM THE TERRACE / INHERIT THE WIND
05/31/61 … SUZIE WONG / BUTTERFIELD 8 (2 weeks)
06/14/61 … BEN HUR (4 weeks)
07/12/61 … CIMARRON / THE ABSENTMINDED PROFESSOR (2 weeks)
07/24/61 … THE ABSENTMINDED PROFESSOR / ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT 07/26/61 … SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING / THE ANGRY SILENCE
08/02/61 … PARRISH / WILD IN THE COUNTRY
08/09/61 … ALAKAZAM THE GREAT / BEWARE OF CHILDREN
08/16/61 … BY LOVE POSSESSED / THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY*
08/23/61 … THE PARENT TRAP / SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES
08/30/61 … SPINNING BOARDS
08/31/61 … THE PARENT TRAP / MORGAN, THE PIRATE
09/06/61 … FANNY / A RAISIN IN THE SUN
09/16/61 … FANNY / CRY FOR HAPPY
09/22/61 … LA DOLCE VITA (3 weeks)
10/13/61 … LA VERITE / MORE DEADLY THAN THE MALE
10/20/61 … FANNY / GOODBYE AGAIN
10/25/61 … THE GUNS OF NAVERONE / THE LAST SUNSET
11/01/61 … COME SEPTEMBER / THE HONEYMOON MACHINE
11/08/61 … WARREN MILLER’S SWINGIN’ SKIS
11/09/61 … ROMANOFF AND JULIET / ON THE DOUBLE
11/17/61 … GREYFRIARS BOBBY / GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN
11/22/61 … THE HUSTLER / RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE
12/06/61 … THE COMANCHEROS / MAGNIFICENT
12/13/61 … BLUE HAWAII / I BOMBED PEARL HARBOR
12/20/61 … BACK STREET / PARIS BLUES
12/25/61 … THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE (6 weeks)
*: Featuring ‘Pinky,’ the Channel 6 Clown
02/07/62 … A MAJORITY OF ONE (7 weeks)
03/28/62 … JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (11 weeks)
06/13/62 … ONLY TWO CAN PLAY (4 weeks)
07/11/62 … CAVALCADE OF SURF
07/12/62 … THE MIRACLE WORKER (4 weeks)
08/10/62 … A TASTE OF HONEY (6 weeks)
09/19/62 … THE MUSIC MAN (MO, 7 weeks)
11/07/62 … BOCCACCIO 70 (2 weeks)
11/21/62 … GIGOT (2 weeks)
12/05/62 … GIGOT / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (2 weeks)
12/20/62 … CLOSED
12/21/62 … THE LONGEST DAY (RSE, 14 weeks, Stereo)
03/27/63 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RSE, 23 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/04/63 … 8 ½ (3 weeks)
09/27/63 … 8 ½ / PHAEDRA (3 weeks)
10/18/63 … FANTASIA (RE, 3 weeks, Stereo)
11/06/63 … THE WHEELER DEALERS
11/15/63 … THE WHEELER DEALERS / SPENCER’S MOUNTAIN (2 weeks)
11/27/63 … LILIES OF THE FIELD (4 weeks)
12/25/63 … CHARADE (11 weeks)
03/11/64 … DR. STRANGELOVE (8 weeks)
05/06/64 … DR. STRANGELOVE / THE MOUSE THAT ROARED (2 weeks)
05/20/64 … THE BEST MAN / THE CEREMONY (2 weeks)
06/03/64 … LILIES OF THE FIELD / THE CARDINAL (2 weeks)
06/19/64 … BECKET (8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/12/64 … THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (10 weeks)
10/28/64 … TOPKAPI (8 weeks)
12/23/64 … GOLDFINGER (14 weeks)
03/31/65 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (133 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/18/67 … TO SIR, WITH LOVE (25 weeks)
04/10/68 … IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (RE, 7 weeks)
05/29/68 … HALF A SIXPENCE (2 weeks)
06/12/68 … BEDAZZLED / TWO FOR THE ROAD
06/19/68 … ROSEMARY’S BABY (19 weeks)
10/30/68 … BELLE DE JOUR (4 weeks)
11/27/68 … BELLE DE JOUR / INTERLUDE (3 weeks)
12/18/68 … STAR! (RSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/12/69 … CHARLY (12 weeks)
05/28/69 … IF IT’S TUESDAY, THIS MUST BE BELGIUM (5 weeks)
07/02/69 … GOODBYE, COLUMBUS (14 weeks)
10/08/72 … ALICE’S RESTAURANT (11 weeks)
12/25/69 … CACTUS FLOWER (12 weeks)
03/18/70 … MAROONED (8 weeks)
05/13/70 … WOODSTOCK (21 weeks, Stereo)
10/07/70 … TORA TORA TORA (RSE, 25 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
03/31/71 … LITTLE MURDERS (4 weeks)
04/28/71 … MRS. POLLIFAX – SPY / ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 05/05/71 … MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN (4 weeks, Stereo)
06/02/71 … THE MEPHISTO WALTZ / THE MAGUS (2 weeks)
06/18/71 … SUMMER OF ‘42 (9 weeks)
08/18/71 … SCANDALOUS JOHN (3 weeks)
09/10/71 … THE ANDERSON TAPES / THE REIVERS
09/17/71 … THE TOUCH (2 weeks)
09/29/71 … THE TOUCH / Z (2 weeks)
10/15/71 … BEAD AND BOARD / CLAIRE’S KNEE
10/22/71 … THE STEAGLE / THE MAN WHO HAD POWER OVER WOMEN
10/29/71 … SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (3 weeks)
11/19/71 … THE LION IN WINTER / ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (3 weeks)
12/08/71 … BONNIE AND CLYDE / BULLITT
12/14/71 … FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (RSE, 52 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/14/72 … MAN OF LA MANCHA (RSE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
04/04/73 … LOST HORIZON (10 weeks)
06/13/73 … CAMELOT (RE, 5 weeks)
07/20/73 … A TOUCH OF CLASS (4 weeks)
08/15/73 … AMERICAN GRAFFITI (18 weeks)
12/21/73 … THE PAPER CHASE (7 weeks)
02/08/74 … THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN (8 weeks)
04/03/74 … MAME (13 weeks)
07/03/74 … DAISY MILLER (2 weeks)
07/17/74 … OUR TIME / 40 CARATS (MO)
07/24/74 … THE WHITE DAWN (2 weeks)
08/09/74 … THE TAMARIND SEED (9 weeks)
10/09/74 … FANTASIA (5 weeks)
11/15/74 … EARTHQUAKE (19 weeks, Sensurround)
04/30/75 … TOMMY (17 weeks, Stereo)
08/27/75 … BEYOND THE DOOR (4 weeks, “Quadrophonic Possesound” )
09/26/75 … BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
10/03/75 … THE HAPPY HOOKER (MO, 2 weeks)
10/17/75 … ROOSTER COGBURN (6 weeks)
11/26/75 … ROOSTER COGBURN / KING OF HEARTS (4 weeks)
12/25/75 … THE HINDENBERG (10 weeks)
03/05/76 … GABLE AND LOMBARD (6 weeks)
04/14/76 … GABLE AND LOMBARD / THE SUNSHINE BOYS (2 weeks)
04/30/76 … BABY BLUE MARINE (2 weeks)
05/14/76 … THE MAN WHO SKIED DOWN EVEREST (2 weeks)
05/28/76 … W.C. FIELDS AND ME (3 weeks)
06/18/76 … CAMELOT (RE)
06/25/76 … THE OMEN (16 weeks)
10/15/76 … FANTASIA (4 weeks)
11/12/76 … TWO MINUTE WARNING (5 weeks)
12/14/76 … TWO MINUTE WARNING / THE EIGER SANCTION
12/22/76 … SILVER STREAK (16 weeks)
04/01/77 … SLAP SHOT (6 weeks)
05/13/77 … NASTY HABITS (4 weeks)
06/10/77 … ROLLERCOASTER (8 weeks, Sensurround)
08/05/77 … MACARTHUR (10 weeks)
10/19/77 … LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (8 weeks)
12/16/77 … SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (26 weeks)
06/16/78 … JAWS 2 (10 weeks)
08/25/78 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (RE, 5 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/29/78 … DEATH ON THE NILE (11 weeks)
12/15/78 … OLIVER’S STORY (5 weeks)
01/19/79 … GOIN’ SOUTH (MO)
01/26/79 … GREASE (MO, 2 weeks)
02/09/79 … SUPERMAN (MO, 20 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/29/79 … BLOODLINE (5 weeks)
08/03/79 … MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/79 … WINDS OF CHANGE (3 weeks)
11/02/79 … SLEEPING BEAUTY (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
12/14/79 … 1941 (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/29/80 … NORMA RAE (3 weeks)
03/21/80 … LITTLE MISS MARKER (5 weeks)
04/25/80 … WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM (4 weeks)
05/23/80 … NIGHT GAMES (3 weeks)
06/13/80 … THE ISLAND (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/11/80 … THE BLUE LAGOON
07/18/80 … THE BLUE LAGOON (10 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/26/80 … DIVINE MADNESS (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/24/80 … IT’S MY TURN (6 weeks)
12/05/80 … FLASH GORDON (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/30/81 … THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (5 weeks)
03/06/81 … AMERICAN POP (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/81 … NIGHTHAWKS (6 weeks)
05/22/81 … THE FOUR SEASONS (9 weeks)
07/24/81 … EYE OF THE NEEDLE (5 weeks)
08/28/81 … COMIN’ AT YA! (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo, 3-D)
09/25/81 … MOMMIE DEAREST (8 weeks)
11/20/81 … WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (2 weeks)
12/04/81 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE / 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo / 70mm-Stereo)
12/18/81 … RAGTIME (8 weeks)
02/19/82 … SHOOT THE MOON (5 weeks)
03/26/82 … PERSONAL BEST (3 weeks)
04/16/82 … FANTASIA (RE, 5 weeks, Stereo)
05/21/82 … AC/DC: LET THERE BE ROCK (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/11/82 … E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (52 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/08/83 … TRADING PLACES (20 weeks)
10/28/83 … THE RETURN OF LAUREL AND HARDY (2 weeks)*
11/11/83 … STAR 80 (4 weeks)
12/09/83 … SUDDEN IMPACT (6 weeks)
*: Presented with “Live Organ Accompaniment by Tommy Stark”
01/20/84 … NEVER CRY WOLF (MO, 4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/84 … LASSITER (3 weeks)
03/09/84 … CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2 weeks)
03/23/84 … CHILDREN OF THE CORN / SUDDEN IMPACT
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (18 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/28/84 … A SOLDIER’S STORY (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (18 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/12/85 … LADYHAWKE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/85 … THE GOONIES (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/12/85 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/26/85 … NATIONAL LAMPOON’S EUROPEAN VACATION (3 weeks)
08/16/85 … THE BRIDE (Dolby Stereo)
08/23/85 … THE BRIDE / THE EMERALD FOREST (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
08/30/85 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (4 weeks)
09/27/85 … AGNES OF GOD (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … AMERICAN FLYERS (70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/27/85 … MACARONI
12/04/85 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/03/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/07/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/21/86 … SLEEPING BEAUTY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … SLEEPING BEAUTY / CROSSROADS (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … WISE GUYS
04/25/86 … VIOLETS ARE BLUE
05/02/86 … JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/26/86 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/27/87 … 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (2 weeks)
04/10/87 … RAISING ARIZONA (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/87 … BEVERLY HILLS COP II (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/17/87 … SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/31/87 … THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/87 … HAMBURGER HILL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … FATAL ATTRACTION (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/18/87 … DARK
Thank you, Reddit.
http://imgur.com/a/VSvKQ
I saw a P&S VHS on a 19" TV in 1993 and it blew my mind. It’s that good.
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7275
A bit of history as to how everything got started.
Wonder if they’ll play Inadmissible Evidence when they hit 50 years?
http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/43579813681
A very moody, night shot set from after the ones posted by Lost Memory.
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE SWINGING SIXTIES 5040 Mission Center Road San Diego, CA 92108
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater) GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm – mono sound presentation. All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
12/23/66 … AFTER THE FOX (3 weeks)
01/13/67 … A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (4 weeks)
02/08/67 … BLOW UP (6 weeks)
03/22/67 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
03/29/67 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / KHARTOUM
04/05/67 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / ANY WEDNESDAY
04/12/67 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / 25th HOUR
04/19/67 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / PENELOPE
04/26/67 … HOMBRE
05/03/67 … HOMBRE / THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
05/24/67 … FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE / WELCOME TO HARD TIMES (2 weeks)
06/07/67 … EIGHT ON THE LAM
06/14/67 … EIGHT ON THE LAM / FINDERS KEEPERS
06/21/67 … EIGHT ON THE LAM / THE GREAT ESCAPE
06/28/67 … THE DIRTY DOZEN (9 weeks)
08/30/67 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (3 weeks)
09/20/67 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE / THE NAKED RUNNER
09/27/67 … THE FAMILY WAY / THE BOBO (5 weeks)
11/01/67 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / ZORBA THE GREEK
11/08/67 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE
11/15/67 … COOL HAND LUKE (2 weeks)
11/29/67 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT? (2 weeks)
12/11/67 … JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS (two days only)
12/13/67 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT?
12/20/67 … FITZWILLY / ROSIE
12/27/67 … FITZWILLY / GEORGY GIRL
01/03/68 … FITZWILLY / LUV
01/10/68 … SMASHING TIME / WATERHOLE #3
01/17/68 … BONNIE AND CLYDE / YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW (MO, 4 weeks)
02/16/68 … GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER? (17 weeks)
06/13/68 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS (6 weeks)
07/24/68 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE
07/31/68 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O'FARRELL
08/07/68 … FOR LOVE OF IVY (7 weeks)
09/25/68 … THE SWIMMER (2 weeks)
10/09/68 … THE SWIMMER / THE PARTY
10/16/68 … HELGA / PLANET OF LIFE
10/23/68 … THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM / HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
10/30/68 … THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE / WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?
11/06/68 … SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES / FANTASTIC VOYAGE
11/13/68 … WEST SIDE STORY (RE, 2 weeks)
11/27/68 … YELLOW SUBMARINE (3 weeks)
12/18/68 … CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (GSE, 14 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
03/27/69 … OLIVER! (GSE, 26 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo*)
09/24/69 … EASY RIDER (9 weeks)
11/26/69 … OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (2 weeks)
12/10/69 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 2 weeks)
12/25/69 … BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (12 weeks)
*:May not have been 70mm for its entire run.
03/18/70 … MAS*H (32 weeks)
10/28/70 … closed
11/25/70 … DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE (4 weeks)
12/23/70 … WHERE’S POPPA? (2 weeks
01/08/71 … THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES / BORSALINO
01/15/71 … THUNDERBALL / YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (2 weeks)
01/27/71 … CROMWELL (5 weeks)
03/05/71 … I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (2 weeks)
03/19/71 … COLD TURKEY (7 weeks)
05/05/71 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 4 weeks)
06/02/71 … BANANAS (4 weeks)
06/30/72 … WILD ROVERS / PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW
07/21/71 … FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYE (2 weeks)
08/04/71 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / GRAND PRIX (RE, 70mm-Stereo)
08/13/71 … THE LOVE MACHINE (6 weeks)
09/22/71 … DOC / THE HUNTING PARTY
10/06/71 … JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (3 weeks)
10/29/71 … WEST SIDE STORY / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (RE, 2 weeks)
11/10/71 … AMERICAN WILDERNESS
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (9 weeks)
01/21/72 … STRAW DOGS (7 weeks)
03/08/72 … THE TROJAN WOMEN
03/15/72 … NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (RSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/07/72 … FUZZ (3 weeks)
06/29/72 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE** (13 weeks)
09/29/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (8 weeks)
11/22/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS (3 weeks)
12/11/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS / THE DEADLY TRAP
12/20/72 … THE GETAWAY (12 weeks)
** listed as “An X-Rated Movie in Color”
03/16/73 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (RE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/29/73 … 40 CARATS (3 weeks)
07/18/73 … TOM SAWYER (3 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/10/73 … OKLAHOMA CRUDE (3 weeks)
08/29/73 … A TOUCH OF CLASS (MO, 6 weeks)
10/10/73 … JEREMY (4 weeks)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (6 weeks)
12/19/73 … PAPILLON (15 weeks)
04/05/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (2 weeks)
04/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / PAPER MOON (3 weeks)
05/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / A TOUCH OF CLASS (8 weeks)
06/26/74 … OUR TIME
07/05/74 … OUR TIME / 40 CARATS (2 weeks)
07/17/74 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (14 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/23/74 … THE GAMBLER (5 weeks)
11/27/74 … THE NIGHT PORTER (3 weeks)
12/19/74 … THE TOWERING INFERNO (13 weeks)
03/19/75 … FUNNY LADY (15 weeks)
07/04/75 … BITE THE BULLET (7 weeks)
08/22/75 … THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (4 weeks)
09/19/75 … THE HAPPY HOOKER (2 weeks)
10/03/75 … FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (3 weeks)
10/24/75 … MAHOGANY (4 weeks)
11/21/75 … FANTASIA (RE, 5 weeks)
12/25/75 … HUSTLE (7 weeks)
02/11/76 … BARRY LYNDON (11 weeks)
04/28/76 … ROBIN AND MARIAN (4 weeks)
05/26/76 … WON TON TON (3 weeks)
06/16/76 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Part II (7 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/04/76 … FUTUREWORLD (6 weeks)
09/15/76 … HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK (4 weeks)
10/15/76 … CAR WASH (5 weeks)
11/19/76 … LED ZEPPELIN: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (4 weeks)
12/17/76 … KING KONG (9 weeks)
02/16/77 … TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING (2 weeks)
03/04/77 … BOUND FOR GLORY (4 weeks)
03/30/77 … BLACK SUNDAY (8 weeks)
05/25/77 … STAR WARS (37 weeks)
02/10/78 … STAR WARS (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/28/78 … HEAVEN CAN WAIT (16 weeks)
10/20/78 … FANTASIA (3 weeks, Stereo)
11/08/78 … MAGIC (6 weeks)
12/22/78 … ICE CASTLES (9 weeks)
02/23/79 … DAYS OF HEAVEN (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/16/79 … THE CHINA SYNDROME (9 weeks)
05/18/79 … HANOVER STREET (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/08/79 … PLAYERS (5 weeks)
07/13/79 … JUST YOU AND ME, KID (3 weeks)
08/03/79 … NORTH DALLAS FORTY (9 weeks)
10/05/79 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12/07/79 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/04/80 … NIJINSKY (4 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (6 weeks)
06/13/80 … THE SHINING (7 weeks)
08/01/80 … RAISE THE TITANIC (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/80 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (12 weeks)
12/19/80 … SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (13 weeks)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (5 weeks)
04/24/81 … ATLANTIC CITY (4 weeks)
05/22/81 … OUTLAND (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/17/81 … ARTHUR (10 weeks)
09/25/81 … ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (12 weeks)
12/18/81 … PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (6 weeks)
01/29/82 … ON GOLDEN POND (18 weeks)
06/04/82 … POLTERGEIST (27 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01/21/83 … SOPHIE’S CHOICE (9 weeks)
03/25/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/01/83 … MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD (4 weeks)
04/29/83 … BABY, IT’S YOU (4 weeks)
05/27/83 … LA TRAVIATA (4 weeks)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/09/83 … PUBERTY BLUES (2 weeks)
09/21/83 … GANDHI (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … THE BIG CHILL (8 weeks)
11/23/83 … TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (19 weeks)
04/06/84 … MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/01/84 … ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (3 weeks)
06/22/84 … THE KARATE KID (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/84 … COUNTRY (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/07/84 … 2010 (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/08/85 … MRS. SOFFEL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/08/85 … FANTASIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/22/85 … MASK (9 weeks)
05/24/85 … A VIEW TO A KILL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/24/85 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … YEAR OF THE DRAGON (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/85 … MARIE (2 weeks)
10/11/85 … AFTER HOURS (4 weeks)
11/08/85 … THAT WAS THEN… THIS IS NOW (2 weeks)
11/22/85 … ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/85 … WHITE NIGHTS (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … MURPHY’S ROMANCE (5 weeks)
03/07/86 … NINE ½ WEEKS (Dolby Stereo)
03/14/86 … CROSSROADS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (RE, Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … TROUBLE IN MIND (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … SALVADOR (3 weeks)
06/06/86 … ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/20/86 … THE KARATE KID II (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/22/86 … STAND BY ME (8 weeks)
10/17/86 … THE COLOR OF MONEY (10 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/25/86 … THE MISSION (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/13/87 … TIN MEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/01/87 … INNERSPACE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/24/87 … LA BAMBA (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/87 … THE FOURTH PROTOCOL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … HELLRAISER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/87 … WEEDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/05/88 … SHE’S HAVING A BABY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/26/88 … FRANTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/18/88 … LITTLE NIKITA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/15/88 … BAMBI (RE, 2 weeks)
07/29/88 … A FISH CALLED WANDA (10 weeks)
10/07/88 … MEMORIES OF ME (4 weeks)
11/04/88 … THE GOOD MOTHER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo )
11/18/88 … 1969 (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
12/09/88 … 1969 / A CRY IN THE DARK (Ultra Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/89 … TRUE BELIEVER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/10/89 … NEW YORK STORIES (2 weeks)
03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/28/89 … CRIMINAL LAW (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/12/89 … EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (Dolby Stereo)
05/19/89 … ROAD HOUSE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/09/89 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
06/16/89 … GHOSTBUSTERS II (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/12/89 … WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/06/89 … A DRY WHITE SEASON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/20/89 … GROSS ANATOMY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/10/89 … STAYING TOGETHER (Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/90 … STEEL MAGNOLIAS (MO, Dolby Stereo)
01/19/90 … MUSIC BOX (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/02/90 … STELLA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/16/90 … REVENGE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/09/90 … BAD INFLUENCE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/23/90 … PRETTY WOMAN (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/22/90 … BETSY’S WEDDING (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/18/90 … ARACHNOPHOBIA (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/22/90 … PUMP UP THE VOLUME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/90 … POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/19/90 … QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/09/90 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/30/90 … MISERY (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/11/91 … AWAKENINGS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/01/91 … SHIPWRECKED (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/91 … GUILTY BY SUSPICION (Dolby Stereo)
03/22/91 … THE LONG WALK HOME (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/26/91 … OSCAR (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/17/91 … IMPROMPTU (Dolby Stereo)
05/24/91 … FANTASIA (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/21/91 … AMBITION (Dolby Stereo)
06/07/91 … DANCES WITH WOLVES (MO, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/14/91 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/10/91 … REGARDING HENRY (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/16/91 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/07/91 … STAR TREK MARATHON (one day, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/91 … LATE FOR DINNER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/11/91 … FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/91 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/25/91 … THE PRINCE OF TIDES (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/07/92 … MEDICINE MAN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/13/92 … THE MAMBO KINGS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04/10/92 … NEWSIES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04/24/92 … PASSED AWAY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/08/92 … WILD ORCHID 2 (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
05/22/92 … ENCINO MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/05/92 … PATRIOT GAMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/17/92 … HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/14/92 … SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/25/92 … MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/16/92 … CONSENTING ADULTS (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/25/92 … ALADDIN (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/26/93 … BORN YESTERDAY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/16/93 … BOILING POINT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/30/93 … SIDEKICKS (Dolby Stereo)
05/07/93 … DAVE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/18/93 … LAST ACTION HERO (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/16/93 … FREE WILLY (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/27/93 … FATHER HOOD (Dolby Stereo)
09/03/93 … FORTRESS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE JOY LUCK CLUB (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/24/93 … A PERFECT WORLD (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/25/93 … HEAVEN & EARTH (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/21/94 … SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/04/94 … MY FATHER THE HERO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/94 … ON DEADLY GROUND (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/11/94 … THE REF (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/94 … JIMMY HOLLYWOOD (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/15/94 … WHITE FANG 2: MYTH OF THE WHITE WOLF (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/29/94 … THE FAVOR (Dolby Stereo)
05/06/94 … WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/94 … THE ENDLESS SUMMER II (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/24/94 … MAVERICK (MO, Dolby Stereo)
07/01/94 … BLOWN AWAY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/20/94 … THE CLIENT (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/02/94 … A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/16/94 … QUIZ SHOW (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/94 … LOVE AFFAIR (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/11/94 … INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/94 … DISCLOSURE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/06/95 … SAFE PASSAGE (Dolby Stereo)
01/13/95 … NOBODY’S FOOL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/95 … FORREST GUMP (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/10/95 … OUTBREAK (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/95 … DON JUAN DEMARCO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/94 … WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/95 … BRAVEHEART (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/23/95 … POCAHONTAS (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/11/95 … DANGEROUS MINDS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/15/95 … BRAVEHEART (Dolby Stereo)
09/22/95 … SHOWGIRLS (3 weeks, DTS)
10/13/95 … THE SCARLET LETTER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/03/95 … HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/17/95 … THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/20/95 … NIXON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/96 … TWO IF BY SEA (Dolby Stereo)
01/19/96 … FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/16/96 … MR. WRONG (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/08/96 … BRAVEHEART (RE, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/96 … TWO MUCH (Dolby Stereo)
03/22/96 … DIABOLIQUE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/03/96 … PRIMAL FEAR (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/22/96 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (6 weeks, DTS)
07/03/96 … PHENOMENON (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/09/96 … ESCAPE FROM L.A. (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/23/96 … THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/96 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/18/96 … SLEEPERS (5 weeks, DTS)
11/22/96 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (5 weeks, DTS)
12/25/96 … EVENING STAR (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/10/97 … THE RELIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/31/97 … METRO (MO, weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/12/97 … DANGEROUS GROUND (Dolby Stereo)
02/21/97 … STAR WARS (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/14/97 … RETURN OF THE JEDI (RE, 5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/18/97 … 8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG (Dolby Stereo)
04/25/97 … ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/09/97 … FATHERS’ DAY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/06/97 … BREAKDOWN (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/20/97 … BATMAN AND ROBIN (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/25/97 … AIR FORCE ONE (9 weeks, DTS)
09/26/97 … THE EDGE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/97 … A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/07/97 … MAD CITY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/21/97 … MAD CITY / RED CORNER (Dolby Digital / DTS)
11/26/97 … ALIEN: RESURRECTION (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/97 … AS GOOD AS IT GETS (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/13/98 … SPHERE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/02/98 … DARK
Booking lists are also available for for the Cinema Grossmont, the Center, Cinerama and the Cinema 21.
CINERAMA PART III (1984 to 1988): SATURATION AND GÖTTERDÄMERUNG
As the release patterns of movies changed, the Cinerama lost its distinguished role as being one of the few theaters that offered exclusive engagements in San Diego. Films would no longer open at one theater for their premiere run. Instead, they would open at several theaters on their opening day. Despite this, the Cinerama would continue to host significant runs for such films as Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Amadeus, and Top Gun. In 1988, against the wishes of its parent, the Cinerama was closed and demolished by the land owner, the Douglas Allred Company.
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm – mono sound presentation. All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego” by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
01/20/84 … SCANDALOUS (2 weeks)
02/03/84 … AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (RE, 2 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/17/84 … BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (5 weeks)
03/23/84 … TENDER MERCIES (RE)
03/30/84 … GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/01/84 … STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/20/84 … BEST DEFENSE (3 weeks)
08/10/84 … THE NATURAL (MO, Dolby Stereo)
08/17/84 … SHEENA (Dolby Stereo)
08/24/84 … SHEENA / GREYSTOKE (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
08/31/84 … BOLERO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/84 … THE RIGHT STUFF (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/19/84 … AMADEUS (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/05/84 … BEVERLY HILLS COP (19 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/19/85 … THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/03/85 … STOP MAKING SENSE (Dolby Stereo)
05/10/85 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/31/85 … RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY / PLACES IN THE HEART (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
06/07/85 … A PASSAGE TO INDIA / THE COTTON CLUB (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
06/14/85 … D.A.R.Y.L. (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/85 … D.A.R.Y.L. / DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
07/03/85 … AMADEUS (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/12/85 … EXPLORERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/26/85 … THE HEAVENLY KID (Dolby Stereo)
08/02/85 … THE HEAVENLY KID / ST. ELMO’S FIRE (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
08/09/85 … AMADEUS (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … THE BRIDE (Dolby Stereo)
08/23/85 … THE BRIDE / THE EMERALD FOREST (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
08/30/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE / THE EMERALD FOREST (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
09/06/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE / THE BREAKFAST CLUB (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
09/13/85 … ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE (3 weeks)
10/04/85 … JAGGED EDGE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/04/85 … YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/17/86 … RUNAWAY TRAIN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … WHITE NIGHTS / ENEMY MINE (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
02/07/86 … WHITE NIGHTS / WITNESS (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
02/14/86 … QUICKSILVER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/28/86 … PRETTY IN PINK (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … PRETTY IN PINK / YOUNGBLOOD (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
04/25/86 … JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS / MURPHY’S ROMANCE
05/02/86 … BLUE CITY (2 weeks)
05/16/86 … TOP GUN (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/03/86 … CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (8 weeks)
11/25/86 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … THE GOLDEN CHILD (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/30/87 … PLATOON (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/87 … BEVERLY HILLS COP II (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/22/87 … SUMMER SCHOOL (2 weeks)
08/07/87 … BACK TO THE BEACH
08/14/87 … CAN’T BUY ME LOVE (2 weeks)
08/28/87 … HAMBURGER HILL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … FATAL ATTRACTION (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/18/87 … EDDIE MURPHY RAW (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/15/88 … MOONSTRUCK (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/25/88 … A NEW LIFE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/08/88 … ABOVE THE LAW (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/06/88 … SALSA (2 weeks)
05/18/88 … TOP GUN (RE, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/88 … DARK