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THE SCREENING ROOM

A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern California

 Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay

1965

February 18:
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Ultra Panavision 70 / “Cinerama” / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
United Artists

Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome

Includes West Coast Premiere on February 17

Additional 70mm engagements:
Pasadena: [UA] United Artists (Feb. 9, 1966)
Santa Ana: [UA] United Artists (Feb. 9, 1966)

Also see 2004 entry




March 5:
Lord Jim
Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Columbia

Beverly Hills: [Stanley-Warner] Stanley-Warner Beverly Hills

Includes West Coast Premiere on March 4

Also see 2002 entry, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals (2005 and 2006) entries




March 11:
The Sound Of Music
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
20th Century Fox

Beverly Hills: [Fox West Coast] Wilshire

Includes West Coast Premiere on March 10

Additional 70mm engagements:
Carthay Circle: [Fox West Coast] Carthay Circle (Dec. 25, 1966)
Palm Springs: [Metropolitan] Camelot (Mar. 8, 1967)
Beverly Hills: [NGC] Fox Wilshire (Aug. 13, 1969)

Also see 1973, 1978, 1990, 2003 re-issue entries, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1999, 2006 and 2012) entries

[Julie Andrews placed her hand and foot prints at the Chinese Theatre in connection with "The Sound Of Music," "Mary Poppins," and "The Americanization Of Emily" on Mar. 26, 1966]




April 9:
In Harm’s Way
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Paramount

Hollywood: [Statewide] Hollywood Paramount

Includes West Coast Premiere on April 8

Also see Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1990) entry

 


April 9:
Mediterranean Holiday (“Traumreise Unter Weissen Segeln”)
MCS Superpanorama 70 / “Cinerama” / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Walter Reade-Sterling

Hollywood: [Stanley-Warner] Stanley-Warner Cinerama




June 18:
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
20th Century Fox

Beverly Hills: [Statewide] Beverly

Includes West Coast Premiere on June 17

Also see 2004 re-issue entry, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals (2005 and 2008) entries




June 23:
The Hallelujah Trail
Ultra Panavision 70 / “Cinerama” / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
United Artists

Hollywood: [Stanley-Warner] Warner Cinerama




July 2:
The Great Race
Anamorphic Blow-UP / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Warner Bros.

Hollywood: [Pacific] Pantages

Includes World Premiere on July 1

Also see Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1990) entry




October 21:
The Agony And The Ecstasy
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
20th Century Fox

Carthay Circle: [NGC] Fox Carthay Circle

Includes West Coast Premiere on October 20

Also see 2005 entry



 
October 30:
Dimension-150 Demonstration

Santa Monica: Rosemary

"D-150" industry premiere demonstration — No known 70mm commercial engagements at Rosemary Theatre




December 15:
The Flight Of The Phoenix
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
20th Century Fox

Hollywood: [Stanley-Warner] Warner Hollywood

One-week Academy Award-consideration engagement

Release on February 2, 1966:
Beverly Hills: [Stanley-Warner] Stanley-Warner Beverly Hills

Selected screenings included 70mm documentary short, "To Be Alive!"

70mm feature presentation unconfirmed — engagement may have been 35mm




December 17:
Battle Of The Bulge
Ultra Panavision 70 / “Cinerama” / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Warner Bros.

Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome

Includes World Premiere on December 16




December 24:
Doctor Zhivago
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
MGM

Hollywood: [Statewide] Hollywood Paramount

Includes West Coast Premiere on December 23

Expanded release on February 6, 1967:
Palm Springs: [Metropolitan] Camelot

Expanded release on February 15, 1967:
Fullerton: [Statewide] Titan

Additional 70mm engagements:
Beverly Hills: [Stanley-Warner] Stanley-Warner Beverly Hills (May 29, 1968)
Anaheim: [Vinstrand] Brookhurst (Dec. 4, 1968)
Beverly Hills: [Pacific] Beverly Hills (May 20, 1970)
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome 20 (May 27, 1970)
Beverly Hills: [NGC] Fox Wilshire (July 29, 1970)
Beverly Hills: [Pacific] Beverly Hills (Sep. 4, 1970)
Beverly Hills: [GCC] Beverly (May 4, 1973)
Century City: [ABC] Century Plaza (June 1, 1973)

Also see 1971 "MGM Fabulous Three" and 1974 re-issue entries, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1990 and 1992) entries

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