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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
70mm Equipped Theatre Pictures
Warner / Warner Cinerama / Cinerama / Penthouse / Cinerama 2 / RKO Cinerama / RKO Cinerama Twin / RKO Warner Twin
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Warner during engagement of "This Is Cinerama" (date unknown) |
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"Cinerama Holiday" (c. 1955) |
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Note the Capitol Theatre (upper right) |
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Engagement of George Stevens' "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965) |
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The Warner was triplexed in 1968 to include the Cinerama, Penthouse and Orleans theatres |
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Marquees for the Penthouse and Cinerama |
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The Orleans, a 450-seat theatre |
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Giant poster display for the Warner complex |
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1200-seat Cinerama theatre inside of the Warner complex |
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The box office and escalator for The Penthouse |
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Penthouse lobby |
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1000-seat Penthouse auditorium |
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Cinerama & Penthouse engagements Of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" (1968) |
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| [1] Courtesy of Roland Lataille & www.cinerama.topcities.com |
| [2] Courtesy of Matt Lutthans |
| [3] Courtesy of Roland Lataille & www.cinerama.topcities.com -- Motion Picture Herald, March 17, 1965 |
| [4] Courtesy of Roland Lataille & www.cinerama.topcities.com -- Motion Picture Herald, September 11, 1968 |
| [5] Photo by Dennis Zimmerman |
| [6] The New York Times |
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