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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

1971

January 22:
My Fair Lady (Re-Issue)
Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Warner Bros.

Beverly Hills [NGC] Fox Wilshire

Includes Re-Premiere on January 21

Also see 1964 & 1994 entries




February 3:
The Last Valley
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
ABC/Cinerama Releasing

Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian

Southern California Premiere Engagement




April 2:
Waterloo
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Paramount

Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian




May 28:
Cleopatra (Re-Issue)
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
20th Century Fox

Hollywood [UA] Egyptian

Also see 1963 entry




September 15:
West Side Story / Around The World In Eighty Days
(Double Feature Re-Issue)
United Artists
"First Time Together! 70mm And Our Magnificent Stereo Sound. Great Entertainment For All Ages! Unsurpassed Visual Imagery!"

Beverly Hills: [NGC] Fox Wilshire

Also see 1956 & 1961 original release entries




October 1:
Porgy And Bess (Re-Issue)
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Columbia
"Your Last Chance To See It On The Wide Screen In 70mm"

Miracle Mile: [UA] 4 Star

Also see 1959 entry




October 13:
"MGM Fabulous Three"

Oct. 13 - 19:
Gone With The Wind

Oct. 20 - 26:
Doctor Zhivago

Oct. 27 - Nov. 2:
2001: A Space Odyssey

Beverly Hills: [NGC] Fox Wilshire

Also see 1965, 1967 & 1968 original release/re-issue entries




November 5:
Fiddler On The Roof
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
United Artists

Beverly Hills [NGC] Fox Wilshire

Expanded release in March 14, 1972:
Orange: [Syufy] Cinedome 21

Additional 70mm engagement:
Westwood Village: [NGC] National (Jan. 24, 1973)

Also see 1973 Double Feature re-issue entry




November 16:
House Of Wax (Re-Issue)
Spherical 3-D Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Sherpix

Hollywood: [NGC] Grauman's Chinese

Expanded release on Nov. 24:
Anaheim: [NGC] Cinemaland




December 22:
Nicholas And Alexandra
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Columbia

Beverly Hills: [Loew's] Beverly

Includes West Coast Premiere on December 21

Stereophonic soundtrack unconfirmed — mix may have been monaural




December 23:
Mary, Queen Of Scots
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Universal

Beverly Hills: [Pacific] Beverly Hills

Includes World Premiere on December 22

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