I’m confused why only some of the entries say “Mountain States Premiere.” Denver is located in the Rocky Mountain States area, so why wouldn’t all of the entries include that claim?
You mention as a trivia item that the Cooper was the first “purpose built” Cinerama theatre, but wasn’t the Syosset Theatre on Long Island (and mentioned in Part 31 of this series) the first “purpose built” Cinerama theatre?
Thanks. In glancing over that Cinerama web site list, it would appear some cities had more than one theatre. This interesting series seems to be presenting the Cinerama history by city, so I would like to revise my question to be: In how many cities was Cinerama?
Thank you for pointing me in the direction of the original comment about the BACKDRAFT incident. No way was I gonna wade thru 1,000’s of postings to find that!! Anyway, heads musta rolled bigtime. Did it make the newspapers?
Do you mean some reels were stereo and others were mono? Or do you mean the Menlo Park Cinema started with a print in one format and later in the year switched to a different type of print?
Did Menlo Park even have Dolby stereo as far back as 1977?
Thank you Micheal Coate and Bill Kallay. WOW! What a COOL website you guys have. I expecially love the New York 70MM pages because I grew up in that area (well, OK, New Jersey) and have a hard time remembering whether something I saw was 70MM or not because I really didn’t know the technical details back then. Now I don’t have to worry about remembering cause you guys have documented it for me! I even found the answer to my E.T. question.
This is the theater where I saw E.T. I don’t remember if it was shown in 70mil or Dolby 6 track or any thing. I do remember vividly that my dad cried at the end! I thought that was funny since I never saw him do that any other time.
Was the Lafayette ever able to project films in 70MM? I’m pretty sure this is the theater where I saw Disney’s BLACK CAULDRON in summer of 1985. I recently learned that movie was shown in some cities in 70MM. How can find out if what I saw at Lafayette was a 70MM presentation? In checking the microfilm of the newspaper ads, it said ‘70MM & Dolby Stereo’ for its first week but only ‘Dolby Stereo’ its second week and I don’t remember when I saw it other than it was sometime that summer. Did they start out with a 70MM print only to have it get damaged and switched to a 35MM?
But it sez THX SOUND SYSTEM right there in the trailer clips we see before the movie.
I understand what you’re saying regarding the acoustics and standards and stuff, but it seems like a semantics thing to argue over whether THX is or isn’t a “system”.
At any rate, I posted to offer info suggesting the theater opened earlier than another person’s recollection, not to argue over wording. All I know is that I had a GREAT time watching INDIANA JONES in that theater. It sounded phenomonal. Whether that was due to the sound recorded onto the film print or brand X speakers or brand Y cables or brand Z amplifiers or whether the air conditioning system was on or off or whether the projectionist simply turned the volume knob up to 11, I couldn’t say.
Post above says BRIDGEWATER COMMONS opened in 90 or 91. I saw INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE here and that was in 89. Not sure if it was 70MM but definitely was in THX sound. Awesome!
that link to the lost boys newspaper ad showed it in 70mm at the coronet. did cineplex odeon have 70mm and stereo sound installed when they took over from walter reede? or did the coronet show movies in 70mm before that? didn’t they show some important roadshow films in the sixties?
I’m confused why only some of the entries say “Mountain States Premiere.” Denver is located in the Rocky Mountain States area, so why wouldn’t all of the entries include that claim?
You mention as a trivia item that the Cooper was the first “purpose built” Cinerama theatre, but wasn’t the Syosset Theatre on Long Island (and mentioned in Part 31 of this series) the first “purpose built” Cinerama theatre?
Thanks. In glancing over that Cinerama web site list, it would appear some cities had more than one theatre. This interesting series seems to be presenting the Cinerama history by city, so I would like to revise my question to be: In how many cities was Cinerama?
How many Cinerama theatres were there in total?
What’s the difference between a “Florida Premiere” and a “Southern Premiere”?
You’re up to 27…which begs the question: How many Cinerama cities were there?
In its heyday, how many cities in the United States showed Cinerama?
I love this series!!!
Thank you for pointing me in the direction of the original comment about the BACKDRAFT incident. No way was I gonna wade thru 1,000’s of postings to find that!! Anyway, heads musta rolled bigtime. Did it make the newspapers?
What is the BACKDRAFT DISASTER?
When was the theater twinned?
What do you mean by “mostly a stereo version”?
Do you mean some reels were stereo and others were mono? Or do you mean the Menlo Park Cinema started with a print in one format and later in the year switched to a different type of print?
Did Menlo Park even have Dolby stereo as far back as 1977?
So which version of STAR WARS played here? The STEREO version or MONO version?
I read that the MONO version didn’t sound as good but had more soundeffects and extra speaking parts for C3PO and the Stormtroopers?
Thank you Micheal Coate and Bill Kallay. WOW! What a COOL website you guys have. I expecially love the New York 70MM pages because I grew up in that area (well, OK, New Jersey) and have a hard time remembering whether something I saw was 70MM or not because I really didn’t know the technical details back then. Now I don’t have to worry about remembering cause you guys have documented it for me! I even found the answer to my E.T. question.
This is the theater where I saw E.T. I don’t remember if it was shown in 70mil or Dolby 6 track or any thing. I do remember vividly that my dad cried at the end! I thought that was funny since I never saw him do that any other time.
Was the Lafayette ever able to project films in 70MM? I’m pretty sure this is the theater where I saw Disney’s BLACK CAULDRON in summer of 1985. I recently learned that movie was shown in some cities in 70MM. How can find out if what I saw at Lafayette was a 70MM presentation? In checking the microfilm of the newspaper ads, it said ‘70MM & Dolby Stereo’ for its first week but only ‘Dolby Stereo’ its second week and I don’t remember when I saw it other than it was sometime that summer. Did they start out with a 70MM print only to have it get damaged and switched to a 35MM?
But it sez THX SOUND SYSTEM right there in the trailer clips we see before the movie.
I understand what you’re saying regarding the acoustics and standards and stuff, but it seems like a semantics thing to argue over whether THX is or isn’t a “system”.
At any rate, I posted to offer info suggesting the theater opened earlier than another person’s recollection, not to argue over wording. All I know is that I had a GREAT time watching INDIANA JONES in that theater. It sounded phenomonal. Whether that was due to the sound recorded onto the film print or brand X speakers or brand Y cables or brand Z amplifiers or whether the air conditioning system was on or off or whether the projectionist simply turned the volume knob up to 11, I couldn’t say.
Post above says BRIDGEWATER COMMONS opened in 90 or 91. I saw INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE here and that was in 89. Not sure if it was 70MM but definitely was in THX sound. Awesome!
That article from the link above states the UA CINEMA 150 was in Woodbury. I thought it was in Syosset. Anyone know for sure?
that link to the lost boys newspaper ad showed it in 70mm at the coronet. did cineplex odeon have 70mm and stereo sound installed when they took over from walter reede? or did the coronet show movies in 70mm before that? didn’t they show some important roadshow films in the sixties?