This theater is going to be reopened by a Florida resident as an independent and be renamed the Movie Buff with a mixed menu of film offerings: View link
It now looks as though Carmike is going to replace the theater with a 12-screen multiplex including one screening room with one of their proprietary BIGD screens. The project will be part of an overall upgrading of the aging Apple Blossom Mall. View article
The Victory Theatre, at least in its early days, used elaborate signage to promote the films being shown. There are a number of images in the Denver Public Library digitized collection of the theater’s outer lobby showing these promotional advertisements. Here are links to three:
The theater may have survived beyond 1951; here is a night photo of a Victory Theater in Denver operating as film/burlesque house in 1969 according to the information accompanying the photo.
70mm Cinerama films did look somewhat distorted on the original deeply curved Cinerama screens; there was an attempt made to deal with this in the printing of the roadshow Cinerama films shot in Ultra Panavision (such as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and “Khartoum”) called rectification which adjusted the degree of image compression across the printed image; this was not done for Cinerama films shot in Super Panavision (such as “2001” and “Ice Station Zebra”), so what the manager told you would appear to be correct as a means of reducing optical distortion, especially if the Hollywood had a deeply curved screen as imagine it probably did. Later Cinerama installs used a shallower curve to help reduce the distortion.
In addition, it has to be remembered that the images on each of the three-strip Cinerama films were six perforations in height (regular 35mm is four perfs high, 70mm roadshow prints are typically five perfs), so all the Cinerama 70mm Cinerama film images were always slightly scaled down from those projected using three projectors.
The “This is Cinerama” re-issue was on 70mm stock, so the image would have been slightly shorter than that which people saw who viewed the original three-strip version. There may also have been some image loss at the extreme edges because it has to be remembered that 70mm prints allocate space left and right of the image for the magnetic sound tracks, whereas the sound for the original three-strip Cinerama showings was on a wholly separate 35mm reel that ran through a special sound reproducer.
Scroll down about three-quarters of the way to see vintage programmes and pictures of the Portsmouth Hippodrome, including a photo after the bombs fell: View link
The article says it is to be a part of the Rock Springs Centre development; here is an article about that project that might shed some light on the question of its exact location.
There is a view of the Palace complex in Clacton-on-Sea on this webpage.
There is additional information about this theatre on this webpage.
There is additional information on this webpage.
A thumbnail photo of the theater’s entrance: View link
This theater is going to be reopened by a Florida resident as an independent and be renamed the Movie Buff with a mixed menu of film offerings: View link
Some additional information and pictures can be found on this webpage, including some demolition shots: View link
Closed as of May 31, 2012 after almost thirteen years: View article
Most recently owned by HMV; sold in 2012 to an American-German firm called Stage C: View article
It now looks as though Carmike is going to replace the theater with a 12-screen multiplex including one screening room with one of their proprietary BIGD screens. The project will be part of an overall upgrading of the aging Apple Blossom Mall. View article
This webpage has an extensive history of the Big Pavilion with pictures and memorabilia.
This picture shows the gates sometime in the 1930s. The caption indicates that the theater was previously known as the Orpheum.
There is an extensive theatrical history of the Prince’s Theatre in Bristol with pictures and programmes at this website.
There is quite a bit of history and memorabilia of the Theatre Royal in Stockport on this webpage.
There are two pictures of the Charles Cinema (scroll down about a third of the way) on this webpage.
According to this article, the new name will be the Cine-Grill Cinema. There is no indication though that it will a Frank Theatres operation.
Direct link to the Popular Mechanics magazine of May, 1917. Scroll down to read p. 735
Here is a drawing of how the Tussaud’s building looked before the bombs destroyed the theater portion of the building: View link
Thirty weeks for “Grand Prix”? I am surprised that film did so well in Portland.
The Victory Theatre, at least in its early days, used elaborate signage to promote the films being shown. There are a number of images in the Denver Public Library digitized collection of the theater’s outer lobby showing these promotional advertisements. Here are links to three:
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More images such as these can be viewed by inserting Victory Theater (not Theatre) in the search engine on this webpage.
The theater in 1931: View link
In 1935: View link
The theater may have survived beyond 1951; here is a night photo of a Victory Theater in Denver operating as film/burlesque house in 1969 according to the information accompanying the photo.
70mm Cinerama films did look somewhat distorted on the original deeply curved Cinerama screens; there was an attempt made to deal with this in the printing of the roadshow Cinerama films shot in Ultra Panavision (such as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and “Khartoum”) called rectification which adjusted the degree of image compression across the printed image; this was not done for Cinerama films shot in Super Panavision (such as “2001” and “Ice Station Zebra”), so what the manager told you would appear to be correct as a means of reducing optical distortion, especially if the Hollywood had a deeply curved screen as imagine it probably did. Later Cinerama installs used a shallower curve to help reduce the distortion.
In addition, it has to be remembered that the images on each of the three-strip Cinerama films were six perforations in height (regular 35mm is four perfs high, 70mm roadshow prints are typically five perfs), so all the Cinerama 70mm Cinerama film images were always slightly scaled down from those projected using three projectors.
The “This is Cinerama” re-issue was on 70mm stock, so the image would have been slightly shorter than that which people saw who viewed the original three-strip version. There may also have been some image loss at the extreme edges because it has to be remembered that 70mm prints allocate space left and right of the image for the magnetic sound tracks, whereas the sound for the original three-strip Cinerama showings was on a wholly separate 35mm reel that ran through a special sound reproducer.
Scroll down about three-quarters of the way to see vintage programmes and pictures of the Portsmouth Hippodrome, including a photo after the bombs fell: View link
The theater in 2008: View link
Rear of auditorium, 2008: View link
2011 article about an effort to restore the theater: View link
There are two pictures of the theater as a single screen operation on this webpage
The article says it is to be a part of the Rock Springs Centre development; here is an article about that project that might shed some light on the question of its exact location.
This webpage from the Silent Toronto website, shows the theatre in 1947.