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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

1969

 

 

April 2:

SWEET CHARITY

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

Universal

“Sweet, Sweet Charity”

“70mm/Panavision With Full Dimensional Sound”

 

Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli

 

Includes New York Premiere on Apr. 1

 

Expanded Release on June 25

Hicksville: [NGC Fox Eastern] Twin South

Union: [RKO Stanley-Warner] Union

 

 

 

 

June 18:

MACKENNA’S GOLD

Super Panavision 70 / Six-Track Stereo

Columbia

“A Giant Of A Movie”

 

Manhattan: [Loew’s] Orpheum

Manhattan: [Loew’s] State 2

 

 

 

 

June 19:

BEN-HUR  (Re-Issue)

MGM Camera 65 / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

MGM

“The World’s Most Honored Motion Picture!”

 

Manhattan: [?] Palace*

Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge

Plainview: [Century] Plainview

 

*Includes Re-Premiere on June 18

 

[Also see 1959 entry]

 

 

 

 

June 25:

KRAKATOA EAST OF JAVA

Uncredited 65mm / Cinerama / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

ABC/Cinerama Releasing

“The New Cinerama Hurls You Into The Incredible Day That Shook The Earth To Its Core!”

 

Manhattan: [Pacific East] Cinerama

 

Includes “Earth Shaking” New York Premiere on June 24

 

Expanded Release on Aug. 20

Hicksville: [NGC Fox Eastern] Twin South Cinerama

Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge Cinerama

 

 

 

 

October 16:

PAINT YOUR WAGON

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

Paramount

“Stake Your Claim To The Musical Goldmine of ’69!”

 

Manhattan: [Loew’s] State 2

 

Includes World Premiere on Oct. 15

 

Expanded Release on Jan. 28, 1970

Syosset: [UA] Syosset

Upper Montclair: [Fabian] Bellevue

 

[Also see 1978 “Broadway Comes To Broadway” entry]

 

 

 

 

November 6:

GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

MGM

“The Musical that fills the world with love.”

 

Manhattan: [?] Palace

 

Includes World Premiere on Nov. 5

 

Expanded Release on Feb. 12, 1970

Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge

Plainview: [Century] Plainview

 

 

 

 

December 17:

HELLO, DOLLY!

Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

20th Century-Fox

 

Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli

 

Includes World Premiere on Dec. 16

 

Expanded Release on Feb. 18, 1970

Wayne: [Colonial] Willowbrook

 

Expanded Release on Mar. 26, 1970

Woodbury: [UA] Cinema 150

 

[Also see 1978 “Broadway Comes To Broadway” entry]

 

 

 

 

December 18:

MAROONED

Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo

Reserved-Seat Engagement

Columbia

 

Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld

 

Includes New York Premiere on Dec. 17

 

Additional 70mm Engagement

Manhattan: [Loew’s] State 2  (Feb. 18, 1970; move-over from Ziegfeld)

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