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A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in New York City & Vicinity
Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay
1964
March 12:
BECKET
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Wallis/Paramount
“Two great stars in the story of two of the most explosive men in history.”
“Presented in 70mm on the Giant Theatre Screen”
Manhattan: [Loew’s] State
Includes World Premiere on Mar. 11
March 27:
THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Ultra Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Bronston/Paramount
“Spectacle. Passions. Savagery.”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade-Sterling] DeMille
Includes World Premiere on Mar. 26
June 26:
CIRCUS WORLD
Super Technirama 70 / Cinerama / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Bronston/Paramount
“Cinerama Surrounds You With The Greatest Thrill-Packed Story Ever Filmed!”
Manhattan: [Loew’s] Cinerama
Includes New York Premiere on June 25
Additional 70mm Engagement
Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge Cinerama (Dec. 14)
October 22:
MY FAIR LADY
Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Warner Bros.
“The Most Loverly Motion Picture Event Of All!”
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion
Includes World Premiere on Oct. 21
Expanded Release on Apr. 14, 1965
Asbury Park: [Walter Reade] St. James
Expanded Release on Dec. 22, 1965
Plainview: [Century] Plainview
Expanded Release on Dec. 29, 1965
Trumbull: [UA] Trumbull
Expanded Release on Jan. 25, 1966
Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge
Additional 70mm Engagement
Nanuet: [UA] Route 59 (June 28, 1966)
[Also see 1971 & 1994 re-issue entries, 1978 “Broadway Comes To Broadway” entry and 1996 “Warner Bros. Classics” entry]
December 15:
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY (“Flying Clipper: Traumreise Unter Weissen Segeln”)
MCS Superpanorama 70 / Cinerama / Six-Track Stereo
Walter Reade-Sterling
“The Thrilling Entertainment That Places You Right In The Middle Of The Most Fabulous Adventure You Ever Lived!”
Manhattan: [Stanley-Warner] Warner Cinerama
New York Area Premiere Engagement of 70mm version — Previously screened in 35mm multi-panel “Wonderama”
Additional 70mm Engagements
Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge Cinerama (Apr. 5, 1965)
Syosset: [Skouras] Syosset* (Apr. 14, 1965)
Nanuet: [Skouras] Route 59* (June 23, 1965)
Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge Cinerama (Aug. 30, 1967)
*Promoted in “CineVision 70mm Giant Screen [and] Stereophonic Sound”
December 24:
CHEYENNE AUTUMN
Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Warner Bros.
“Now the mightiest true adventure of all! Filmed by 6-time Academy Award winner John Ford…with a massive all-star cast!”
Manhattan: [Loew’s] Capitol
Includes New York Premiere on Dec. 23
Expanded Release on Mar. 10, 1965
Syosset: [Skouras] Syosset
Upper Montclair: [Fabian] Bellevue
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