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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)
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
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 re-issue 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
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
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
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
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.
Holywood: [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
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