m00se1111… It’s unclear to me if you are being genuine or snarky. My query was not a request for tips on how to conduct research (and you’d know this if you were familiar with my hundreds of articles and thousands of internet postings). Anyway, 1962 is the year in question (not 1961). And moreover the NJ State Library does not in fact possess the Atlantic City newspaper for the relevant timeframe.
m00se1111… It’s unclear to me if you are being genuine or snarky. My query was not a request for tips on how to conduct research (and you’d know this if you were familiar with my hundreds of articles and thousands of internet postings). Anyway, 1962 is the year in question (not 1961). And moreover the NJ State Library does not in fact possess the Atlantic City newspaper for the relevant timeframe.
Fifty years ago today, “Shaft” opened at the DeMille (and day-and-date at 72nd Street Playhouse). A benefit premiere was reportedly held three days prior.
Despite what you may have read elsewhere, New York (and Los Angeles) were not the first markets in which “Shaft” played. For fans of the film and/or those interested in historical playdate details, here’s the link to my latest film history column which includes the film’s first-run bookings chronology and historian Q&A.
Mark Brack… Happy New Year! You mentioned in an earlier comment the 70mm prints that you guys played at Manor East. How many of your three screens were equipped to play 70mm? I ask because of the titles you cited, “2010” and “Dune” were released only a week apart as were “Star Trek III” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Did you play these simultaneously or were some of them booked second-run?
I managed to ascertain the desired playdate details regarding “Amadeus” and, just as I suspected, it was a subsequent run commencing several months after the initial San Diego exclusive first-run at the Cinerama. This hdtv267 dude, consumed by his snarky attitude, no doubt thought the answer September 19th 1984 (because, you know, that’s what a five-second internet search yields when you misunderstand the question). Anyway, it appears the Chula Vista run commenced December 21st 1984 in 35mm with a mid-run switch to 70mm on January 25th 1985. If I did the math correctly, the run played 18 weeks in total.
The original “Star Wars” played here 30 weeks. That’s a lengthy run by any measure but nowhere near the year-and-a-half duration claimed by raylearchive on June 29, 2015. (The longest run of “Star Wars” in North Carolina was a 64-week run at Janus in Greensboro.)
I don’t see any evidence “Pink Floyd: The Wall” was promoted as a 70mm presentation during its September/October 1982 first-run engagement. What evidence do you possess, kucharsk, to suggest the advertising was faulty? Or is this nothing more than a case of misremembering?
Fifty years ago today the National held its invitational premiere grand opening. It’s disappointing the venue isn’t still with us to celebrate the milestone.
Do any Clevelanders know if the original Severance could run 70mm prints? (I know the 1980s expansion could; I’m asking about the original screen during the 1960s.)
Here’s the link to a newly-published 70mm playdate chronology for the Seattle region which, of course, includes numerous mentions of the Cinerama Theater.
m00se1111… It’s unclear to me if you are being genuine or snarky. My query was not a request for tips on how to conduct research (and you’d know this if you were familiar with my hundreds of articles and thousands of internet postings). Anyway, 1962 is the year in question (not 1961). And moreover the NJ State Library does not in fact possess the Atlantic City newspaper for the relevant timeframe.
m00se1111… It’s unclear to me if you are being genuine or snarky. My query was not a request for tips on how to conduct research (and you’d know this if you were familiar with my hundreds of articles and thousands of internet postings). Anyway, 1962 is the year in question (not 1961). And moreover the NJ State Library does not in fact possess the Atlantic City newspaper for the relevant timeframe.
Did “West Side Story” have a roadshow run at this venue?
Did “West Side Story” have a roadshow run at this venue?
Cinerama Dome playdates article was recently published.
Fifty years ago today, “Shaft” opened at the DeMille (and day-and-date at 72nd Street Playhouse). A benefit premiere was reportedly held three days prior.
Despite what you may have read elsewhere, New York (and Los Angeles) were not the first markets in which “Shaft” played. For fans of the film and/or those interested in historical playdate details, here’s the link to my latest film history column which includes the film’s first-run bookings chronology and historian Q&A.
Fifty years ago today, George Lucas’s directorial debut, “THX 1138,” opened here (and Loews State 2).
Fifty years ago today, George Lucas’s directorial debut, “THX 1138,” opened here (and Loews Cine).
Fifty years ago today, George Lucas’s directorial debut, “THX 1138,” opened here (and Loews Cine and State 2 in New York).
What was the surprise preview screened during the Syosset’s grand opening?
In what year did Factoria expand from five to eight screens?
Mark Brack… Happy New Year! You mentioned in an earlier comment the 70mm prints that you guys played at Manor East. How many of your three screens were equipped to play 70mm? I ask because of the titles you cited, “2010” and “Dune” were released only a week apart as were “Star Trek III” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Did you play these simultaneously or were some of them booked second-run?
I managed to ascertain the desired playdate details regarding “Amadeus” and, just as I suspected, it was a subsequent run commencing several months after the initial San Diego exclusive first-run at the Cinerama. This hdtv267 dude, consumed by his snarky attitude, no doubt thought the answer September 19th 1984 (because, you know, that’s what a five-second internet search yields when you misunderstand the question). Anyway, it appears the Chula Vista run commenced December 21st 1984 in 35mm with a mid-run switch to 70mm on January 25th 1985. If I did the math correctly, the run played 18 weeks in total.
The original “Star Wars” played here 30 weeks. That’s a lengthy run by any measure but nowhere near the year-and-a-half duration claimed by raylearchive on June 29, 2015. (The longest run of “Star Wars” in North Carolina was a 64-week run at Janus in Greensboro.)
I don’t see any evidence “Pink Floyd: The Wall” was promoted as a 70mm presentation during its September/October 1982 first-run engagement. What evidence do you possess, kucharsk, to suggest the advertising was faulty? Or is this nothing more than a case of misremembering?
Anyway, the reason I wish to sort this out is so the movie in question can be accurately included/excluded from my 70mm Presentations in Milwaukee and Pink Floyd: The 70mm Engagements articles.
Corrections are welcome, of course, but please be prepared to provide some reasonable evidence.
MrMarin and hdtv267: The theater depicted in the news report was the Coronet.
Hitchcock’s “Psycho” opened here (and the Baronet) sixty years ago today.
On a related note, here’s the link to a new 60th anniversary retrospective article which, of course, includes mention of a bunch of cinemas in which the film played.
According to local newspaper coverage, the Summit-Pandora’s June 1977 revival run of Kubrick’s “2001” actually played four weeks (not one).
When did “Amadeus” play here in 70mm? (It’s mentioned sans playdates in overview.)
When did “Pink Floyd: The Wall” play here in 70mm? (It’s mentioned sans playdates in overview.)
Fifty years ago today the National held its invitational premiere grand opening. It’s disappointing the venue isn’t still with us to celebrate the milestone.
Do any Clevelanders know if the original Severance could run 70mm prints? (I know the 1980s expansion could; I’m asking about the original screen during the 1960s.)
“Airport” opened its world premiere engagement here fifty years ago this month.
A 20-week run is considered short?