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  • <p>New lobby taken today</p>
  • <p>December 14th, 2007 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>Trade ad: …less than 1 mile from Look Cinemas. As such, we will not be licensing films day-and-date with this theatre…..</p>
  • <p>May 5th, 2006 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>Theater #8 (203 seats). If this theater had murals, this is where it would be.</p>
  • <p>(The Divergent Series) ‘Insurgent’</p>
  • <p>Inside new RPX Theater, Auditorium # 1</p>
  • <p>The old jumbo MEADOWS A, D & O are visible. Bagel Nosh replaced Horn & Hardart and was in turn replaced by the Future Diner wher Bill Clinton once campaigned.</p>
  • <p>This was taken after the Meadows reopened as a sevenplex by Cineplex Odeon.</p>
  • <p>The cinder block elevator shaft is on the left, so the view is of Cinema 5 and Cinema 2 directly below it. The front wall of Cinema 5 is in the middle with cutouts for observation and projection ports. Worker leans over at upper left.</p>
  • <p>This picture was taken around 2000 after Cineplex made a seven-plex. There were six 35MM Simplex X-L projectors and one 35/70 X-L. All seven projectors were served by Potts platters. We ran 70 MM just twice: Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom and Far and Away.</p>
            
              <p>It took 25 minutes to convert format from 35 to 70 MM and involved changing the gate and trap of the head and inserting a 70 MM “brain,” or speed control plate into the platter hubs. The sprockets had both 70 and 35 MM teeth and the idlers had sliding rollers to widen their grip. A separate “flat” or spherical lens was inserted to project a gorgeous image onto Theatre 4’s mammoth screen that closely paralleled the position of the original 1952 single, building-wide Cinemascope screen.</p>
            
              <p>Unfortunately, 70 MM died out and the 35 MM image on the big screen was dark and unsharp because of the short throw and inefficient wide angle lens, especially when showing 1.85 flat.</p>
  • <p>Theater #8 (296 seats). Equipped to show 3D.</p>
  • <p>This projector was installed before Regal inked the deal with Sony.</p>
  • <p>A look towards the front.</p>
  • <p>The Digital IMAX Theatre</p>
  • <p>March 7th, 1977 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>AmStar Cinemas 14 Dallas, located at 10110 Technology Blvd. East in Dallas re-opened to the public on Oct. 14, 2011. The theatre boasts 14 new auditoriums with all-digital projection and sound, 3D capabilities, wall-to-wall screens, stadium seating and high-back rocking chairs along with a birthday party and game room. (Photo by Lindsay Jones)</p>
  • <p>The entrances for theaters 10 & 11. I bet people who ignored the marquees probably stepped into the wrong auditorium. I should also mention that the door for theater 11 was left open during the entire show. It wasn’t too much of a distraction, but still odd nonetheless.</p>
  • <p>Theater #14 (226 seats)</p>
  • <p>Sweet and Sticky!</p>