Sinerama
3615 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70119
3615 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70119
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Here’s a new 4-page 50th anniversary FIDDLER ON THE ROOF retrospective featuring a roadshow playdate chronology and historian Q&A. The Cinerama’s lengthy run is mentioned in the piece.
I knew this only as “Trans-Lux” Cinerama. I saw Woodstock there in 1970 as a teenager visiting New Orleans, and was totally blown away. Went back twice by bus on weekends just to see it again. I remember that patrons were not allowed to take refreshments into the theatre (even items purchased at the snack bar).
The Cinerama Engagements of “How The West Was Won”,
“Circus World”, “Ice Station Zebra”, “2001”, along with
“Battle of the Bulge”, “Krakatoa:East of Java” to
“The Wonderful World of the Brother Grimm”, not to mention “Custer’s Last Stand”, “Khartoum” to
“The Greatest Story Ever Told”,“It’s A Mad,Mad World”
MARTIN’S CINERAMA THEATRE OF NEW ORLEANS
I remember seeing a bunch of movies here. How the West was Won, 2001 a Space Oddicy and many more. Also saw a good many when it was the Sinarama. Brandie and I had some great erotic adventures in the balcony. NN
Great “Sinerama” photo posted by DriveinMike on 9/12/08.
I remember seeing “How The West Was Won” at Martin’s Cinerama, right off Tulane. Three projectors on the huge curved screen. Pretty cool for its time.
Announcing a book about New Orleans Movie Theaters
THEREâ€\S ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
The History of the Neighborhood Theaters in New Orleans
is being written by 89-year-old Rene Brunet, the dean of the motion picture industry in Louisiana, and New Orleans historian and preservationist Jack Stewart. The 160-page,coffee table book will be released in November and is being published by Arthur Hardy Enterprises, Inc. Attention will be focused on 50 major neighborhood and downtown theaters, culled from a list of nearly 250 that have dotted the cityâ€\s landscape since the first “nickelodeon†opened in 1896 at 626 Canal Street. The book will be divided by neighborhoods and will open with a map and a narrative about each area. Each major theater will feature “then and now†photographs, historic information, and a short series of quotes from famous New Orleanians and from regular citizens who will share their recollections.
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
We are trying to acquire memorabilia and additional photos of this theater for this publication. (deadline July 1.) You will be credited in the book and receive a free autographed copy if we publish the picture that you supply. Please contact Arthur Hardy at or call 504-913-1563 if you can help.
I saw Mary Poppins at this theater in 1964 when I was 7 years old.
According to this website, the architects for the New Orleans and St. Louis Martin Cinerama theaters were Cinerama Inc., and Finch Alexander Barnes Rothschild and Paschal: View link
Here’s a pic of the curved billboard in front of the Cinerama after it became the Sinerama. This is from a newspaper ad.
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I spent a great deal of time at this theater in the 1960s. I caught “How The West Was Won” “Mad Mad Mad World” “Battle of The Bulge” “Custer of The West” and “2001” there.
I honestly never cared for this large expensive theater. Even as a kid, I prefered Art Deco or movie palace theaters. The modern 1960s exterior and interior left me more than cold. I did not like walls hung with drapes and the cold futuristic lobby.
It was completely torn down, and a Social Security office now sits on the site.
That big curved billboard that looks like a screen, was it used for advertising Cinerama films?