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In 1953, the Adam introduced another major change, installing CinemaScope & the means to screen 3D movies.,

CinemaScope was a revolutionary optical process that compressed the image on the film with a special lens. This widened the image out, almost doubling the width of the picture on the screen, a fore-runner of the widescreen technology used today. This was a huge deal at the time, and theaters took out large newspaper ads boasting that they had made the switch.

The theater also was hip to the 3D fad, showing movies like “Kiss Me, Kate.”

Over the years the Adams would host major premieres including The Blue Bird (1940), Easter Parade (1948), Kiss me Kate (1953 in 3D), Guys and Dolls (1956), Gigi (1958), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), and was the first theater in the state to install the 70mm process projecting equipment.

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