CINEMA GROSSMONT PART III: THE 1980s AND 90s
550 Grossmont Center Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from the San Diego Union, the San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
02/22/80 … THE BLACK STALLION (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/20/80 … BRUBAKER (8 weeks)
08/15/80 … THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (6 weeks)
09/26/80 … HOPSCOTCH (2 weeks)
10/10/80 … PRIVATE BENJAMIN (10 weeks)
12/19/80 … TRIBUTE (8 weeks)
02/13/81 … MELVIN AND HOWARD
02/20/81 … MELVIN AND HOWARD / RESURRECTION (2 weeks)
03/06/81 … ALL NIGHT LONG (3 weeks)
03/27/81 … ROCKSHOW (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/81 … ALTERED STATES (MO, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/17/81 … CAVEMAN (5 weeks)
05/22/81 … SLEEPING BEAUTY / THE BLACK HOLE (RE, 70mm-Stereo / 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/29/81 … APOCALYPSE NOW (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/06/81 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/12/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (58 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/23/82 … THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (8 weeks, Four-Track Stereo)
09/17/82 … PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/05/82 … THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/17/82 … TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (5 weeks)
01/21/83 … GANDHI (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/10/83 … OCTOPUSSY (14 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/16/83 … MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/83 … THE RIGHT STUFF (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/09/83 … YENTL (15 weeks, Four-Track Stereo)
03/23/84 … RACING WITH THE MOON (5 weeks)
04/27/84 … CHAMPIONS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/11/84 … THE STONE BOY (2 weeks)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (19 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/05/84 … TEACHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/84 … FIRSTBORN (2 weeks)
11/09/84 … THE HIGHEST HONOR (2 weeks)
11/21/84 … FALLING IN LOVE (4 weeks)
12/21/84 … FALLING IN LOVE / TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (2 weeks)
01/04/85 … NIGHT PATROL
01/11/85 … TUFF TUFF
01/18/85 … A PASSAGE TO INDIA (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/12/85 … LADYHAWKE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/85 … THE GOONIES (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/28/85 … THE GOONIES / EXPLORERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/09/85 … MY SCIENCE PROJECT (Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … MY SCIENCE PROJECT / PALE RIDER (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
08/23/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE / THE BREAKFAST CLUB (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
08/30/85 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (4 weeks)
09/27/85 … AGNES OF GOD (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … KING SOLOMON’S MINES (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/20/85 … A CHORUS LINE (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/07/86 … HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (2 weeks)
02/21/86 … JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS (8 weeks)
04/18/86 … JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS / MURPHY’S ROMANCE
04/25/86 … VIOLETS ARE BLUE
05/02/86 … JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … ECHO PARK
05/23/86 … HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (RE)
05/30/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (RE, Dolby Stereo)
06/06/86 … BACK TO THE FUTURE / E.T. (RE, Dolby Stereo)
06/11/86 … FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/25/86 … HEARTBURN (3 weeks)
08/15/86 … ARMED AND DANGEROUS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/29/86 … ARMED AND DANGEROUS / RUNNING SCARED (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
09/26/86 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/86 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/30/87 … OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/87 … RAISING ARIZONA (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/87 … THE UNTOUCHABLES (10 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/14/87 … NO WAY OUT (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … THE PRINCESS BRIDE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/25/87 … PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/15/88 … GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/15/88 … RETURN TO SNOWY RIVER (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/10/88 … THE PRESIDIO (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/22/88 … BULL DURHAM (MO, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/88 … COCKTAIL (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/23/88 … EIGHT MEN OUT (3 weeks)
10/14/88 … THE ACCUSED (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/04/88 … U2: RATTLE AND HUM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/23/88 … SCROOGED (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/13/89 … MISSISSIPPI BURNING (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/10/89 … COUSINS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … MAJOR LEAGUE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/09/89 … STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/21/89 … UHF (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/11/89 … SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/25/89 … THE PACKAGE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/22/89 … BLACK RAIN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/27/89 … THE BEAR (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … STEEL MAGNOLIAS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/90 … GLORY (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/02/90 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (14 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/08/90 … ANOTHER 48 HOURS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/13/90 … GHOST (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/19/90 … AVALON (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/21/90 … DANCES WITH WOLVES (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/01/91 … THE DOORS (5 weeks, Cinema Digital Sound)
04/05/91 … THE DOORS (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/26/91 … THE OBJECT OF BEAUTY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/10/91 … THE OBJECT OF BEAUTY / REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Dolby Stereo)
05/17/91 … TRUTH OR DARE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/14/91 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/27/91 … THE FISHER KING (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/18/91 … OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/08/91 … BLACK ROBE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/20/91 … JFK (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/92 … CLOSED
And for those interested in other San Diego area theaters, there is…
CINEMA GROSSMONT PART II: THE 1970s
550 Grossmont Center Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from the San Diego Union, the San Diego Tribune, the Daily Aztec and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
Special thanks to Michael Coate for review and feedback.
03/20/70 … A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN (6 weeks)
04/29/70 … PADDY
05/08/70 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 3 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
05/26/70 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 4 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
06/23/70 … THE OUT OF TOWNERS (6 weeks)
08/05/70 … CATCH-22 (13 weeks)
11/03/70 … THE TRAVELING EXECUTIONER / THE BIG STICK
11/10/70 … SCROOGE (6 weeks)
12/25/70 … THERE’S A GIRL IN MY SOUP (5 weeks)
01/27/71 … FOOLS (2 weeks)
02/11/71 … LITTLE BIG MAN (18 weeks)
06/16/71 … LE MANS (4 weeks)
07/14/71 … BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH / RESURRECTION OF BRONCO BILLY (3 weeks)
08/04/71 … WILLARD
08/13/71 … WILLARD / WAIT UNTIL DARK (2 weeks)
08/25/71 … THE OMEGA MAN / THX-1138 (5 weeks)
09/29/71 … THE DEVILS (4 weeks)
10/29/71 … PLAY MISTY FOR ME (4 weeks)
11/24/71 … MAN IN THE WILDERNESS / ZEPPELIN (4 weeks)
12/22/71 … SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION (7 weeks)
02/09/72 … THE COWBOYS (6 weeks)
03/24/72 … WHAT’S UP DOC (11 weeks)
06/07/72 … THE WAR BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN / THE LITTLE ARK (3 weeks)
06/28/72 … FRENZY / PUPPET IN A CHAIN (3 weeks)
07/19/72 … PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT / WHERE’S POPPA (2 weeks)
08/02/72 … JOE KIDD / THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID (4 weeks)
08/30/72 … EASY RIDER / TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
09/08/72 … BLUEBEARD / KOTCH (2 weeks)
09/22/72 … WHERE DOES IT HURT / THE BABYMAKER (4 weeks)
10/18/72 … CANCEL MY RESERVATION / APRIL FOOL
10/25/72 … THE DEADLY TRAP/ THE RED SUN (2 weeks)
11/08/72 … CABARET / SWEET CHARITY
11/15/72 … ULZANA’S RAID / HANNIE CAULDER (2 weeks)
11/29/72 … HAMMERSMITH IS OUT / PRIME CUT (2 weeks)
12/22/72 … PETE N’ TILLIE (8 weeks)
02/16/73 … UP THE SANDBOX (4 weeks)
03/14/73 … THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (4 weeks)
04/11/73 … CLASS OF ’44 (5 weeks)
05/16/73 … CLASS OF ’44 / HERE COMES THE FUZZ
05/23/73 … HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
05/30/73 … HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER / YOU’LL LIKE MY MOTHER (4 weeks)
06/27/73 … JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (16 weeks)
10/19/73 … CHARLEY VARRICK (3 weeks)
11/07/73 … CHARLEY VARRICK / SHOWDOWN
11/14/73 … CHARLEY VARRICK / HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (3 weeks)
12/05/73 … THE VALACHI PAPERS / SHAMUS
12/12/73 … KID BLUE / ACE ELI AND RODGER OF THE SKIES
12/19/73 … SCROOGE / TOM SAWYER
12/25/73 … THE STING (42 weeks)
10/17/74 … AIRPORT 1975 (10 weeks)
12/25/74 … FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (9 weeks)
02/26/75 … THE STEPFORD WIVES (3 weeks)
03/19/75 … SHAMPOO (9 weeks)
05/23/75 … THE EIGER SANCTION (4 weeks)
06/17/75 … THE EIGER SANCTION / THE FRONT PAGE (2 weeks)
07/02/75 … THE DROWNING POOL (2 weeks)
07/16/75 … THE DROWNING POOL / RAFFERTY AND THE GOLD DUST TWINS (2 weeks)
07/30/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION (8 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
09/24/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION / JUGGERNAUT (2 weeks)
10/08/75 … HARD TIMES (2 weeks)
10/22/75 … HARD TIMES / THE STEPFORD WIVES (2 weeks)
11/05/75 … LET’S DO IT AGAIN / TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (7 weeks)
12/25/75 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON (9 weeks)
02/25/76 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON / THE DROWNING POOL (2 weeks)
03/12/76 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON / BLUME IN LOVE (3 weeks)
03/31/76 … SHAMPOO / TOMMY
04/09/76 … ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (11 weeks)
06/23/76 … LOGAN’S RUN (6 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
08/04/76 … THE GUMBALL RALLY (3 weeks)
08/25/76 … OBSESSION (4 weeks)
09/22/76 … THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE (2 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
10/06/76 … THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE / THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (2 weeks)
10/22/76 … THE FRONT (6 weeks)
12/11/76 … SHOUT AT THE DEVIL (4 weeks)
12/25/76 … A STAR IS BORN (14 weeks)
04/06/77 … AUDREY ROSE (4 weeks)
05/06/77 … ANNIE HALL (6 weeks)
06/17/77 … EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (3 weeks)
07/06/77 … EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC / IT’S ALIVE
07/13/77 … VIVA KNIEVEL! / LOGAN’S RUN
07/20/77 … GREASED LIGHTNING (2 weeks)
08/03/77 … ONE ON ONE (7 weeks)
09/21/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (2 weeks)
10/05/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE / FUNNY LADY
10/14/77 … A PIECE OF THE ACTION (3 weeks)
11/04/77 … HEROES (7 weeks)
12/21/77 … THE GOODBYE GIRL (23 weeks)
06/02/78 … CAPRICORN ONE (6 weeks)
07/14/78 … THE SWARM
07/19/78 … THE SWARM / THE LATE SHOW
07/26/78 … THE SWARM / ROLLERCOASTER (2 weeks)
08/09/78 … HOOPER (8 weeks)
10/06/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (3 weeks)
10/25/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? / BIG WEDNESDAY (3 weeks)
11/15/78 … MESSAGE FROM SPACE
11/22/78 … MESSAGE FROM SPACE / LASERBLAST
11/29/78 … A WOMAN AT HER WINDOW
12/08/78 … DERSU UZALA (70mm-Stereo)
12/15/78 … THE LAST WALTZ (Dolby Stereo)
12/22/78 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/31/79 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/14/79 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / CORVETTE SUMMER
02/21/79 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (2 weeks)
03/02/79 … AGATHA (4 weeks)
03/28/79 … THE DEER HUNTER (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/22/79 … THE MAIN EVENT (8 weeks)
08/17/79 … AMERICATHON (2 weeks)
08/31/79 … AMERICATHON / FOUL PLAY
09/07/79 … MANHATTEN/ INTERIORS
09/14/79 … SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR / THE PROMISE (2 weeks)
09/28/79 … TIME AFTER TIME (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/02/79 … PROMISES IN THE DARK
11/09/79 … PROMISES IN THE DARK / A LITTLE ROMANCE (2 weeks)
11/21/79 … QUADROPHENIA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/05/79 … QUADROPHENIA / SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
12/15/79 … A STAR IS BORN (RE)
12/21/79 … THE ROSE (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
Actually, Che is going to get a release. I think Magnolia picked up the rights.
It’s even going to play “roadshow” style with Intermission at the Zieg and the Landmark in Los Angeles.
neeb
commented about
Cinema 21on
Sep 24, 2008 at 5:10 am
[b]Cinema 21
1440 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108[/b]
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserve-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only, from the first day of commercial release. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and â€70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
07/19/63 … 55 DAYS AT PEKING (RSE, 4 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/14/63 … IRMA LA DOUCE (8 weeks)
10/09/63 … THE V.I.P.s (7 weeks)
11/26/63 … TAKE HER, SHE’S MINE (4 weeks)
12/25/63 … MOVE OVER, DARLING (6 weeks)
02/04/64 … TOM JONES! (8 weeks)
04/01/64 … THE PINK PANTHER (8 weeks)
05/27/64 … WHAT A WAY TO GO! (7 weeks)
07/15/64 … THE CARPETBAGGERS (7 weeks)
09/02/64 … A SHOT IN THE DARK (10 weeks)
11/10/64 … YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE (6 weeks)
12/25/64 … SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (8 weeks)
02/17/65 … 36 HOURS (4 weeks)
03/17/65 … ZORBA THE GREEK (6 weeks)
04/28/65 … HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (8 weeks)
06/23/65 … THE YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE (5 weeks)
07/28/65 … THE SANDPIPER (5 weeks)
09/01/65 … WHAT’S NEW PUSSY CAT? (6 weeks)
10/13/65 … SHIP OF FOOLS (3 weeks)
11/03/65 … MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS (3 weeks)
11/24/65 … THE CINCINNATI KID (4 weeks)
12/22/65 … BOEING BOEING (2 weeks)
01/05/66 … DO NOT DISTURB (2 weeks)
01/19/66 … DO NOT DISTURB / THE NANNY (2 weeks)
02/02/66 … DO NOT DISTURB / DARLING (2 weeks)
02/16/66 … INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (3 weeks)
03/09/66 … FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (3 weeks)
03/30/66 … THE SILENCERS (3 weeks)
04/20/66 … THE SILENCERS / HARPER (5 weeks)
05/22/66 … LA BOHEME (2 days, Stereo)
05/24/66 … THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (5 weeks)
06/29/66 … WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (14 weeks)
10/05/66 … FANTASTIC VOYAGE (4 weeks)
11/02/66 … FANTASTIC VOYAGE / AROUND THE WORLD UNDER THE SEA (6 weeks)
12/14/66 … FANTASTIC VOYAGE / BORN FREE
12/21/66 … IS PARIS BURNING? (RSE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/09/67 … THE SAND PEBBLES (RSE, 33 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/27/67 … TWO FOR THE ROAD
10/04/67 … TWO FOR THE ROAD / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (4 weeks)
11/02/67 … THE COMEDIANS (4 weeks)
11/29/67 … THE COMEDIANS / PATCH OF BLUE (3 weeks)
11/22/67 … WAIT UNTIL DARK (8 weeks)
02/15/68 … DR. DOLITTLE (RSE, 22 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
07/17/68 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
07/24/68 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR / NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (9 weeks)
09/27/68 … INTERLUDE (3 weeks)
10/16/68 … INTERLUDE / POOR COW
10/23/68 … THE ODD COUPLE / THE PARTY (3 weeks)
11/13/68 … BARBARELLA (5 weeks)
12/18/68 … THE LION IN WINTER (RSE, 32 weeks)
07/30/69 … THE GAY DECEIVERS / THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY’S (2 weeks)
08/13/69 – 12/24/69 … no listings
12/25/69 … PAINT YOUR WAGON (RSE, 39 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/23/70 … ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (13 weeks)
12/25/70 … LOVE STORY (26 weeks)
06/23/71 … PLAZA SUITE (6 weeks)
08/04/71 … THE ANDERSON TAPES / PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (4 weeks)
09/01/71 … THE RED TENT (2 weeks)
09/17/71 … BILLY JACK (3 weeks)
10/08/71 … THE STEAGLE / THE MAN WHO HAD POWER OVER WOMEN (2 weeks)
10/22/71 … SEE NO EVIL / A NEW LEAF
10/29/71 … T.R. BASKIN (2 weeks)
11/12/71 … ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS / THE LION IN WINTER (RE)
11/19/71 … BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN (2 weeks)
12/01/71 … MY FAIR LADY / FINIAN’S RAINBOW (RE)
12/08/71 … JENNIFER ON MY MIND / MIDNIGHT COWBOY
12/15/71 … WEST SIDE STORY / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (RE)
12/25/71 … HAROLD AND MAUDE (2 weeks)
01/07/72 … 200 MOTELS (3 weeks)
01/28/72 … THE HOSPITAL (8 weeks)
03/22/72 … THE GODFATHER (39 weeks)
12/20/72 … YOUNG WINSTON (RSE, 8 weeks)
02/14/73 … SLEUTH (10 weeks)
04/25/73 â€" 09/26/73 … no listings
09/26/73 … ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (5 weeks, Stereo)
10/31/73 … THE WAY WE WERE (8 weeks)
12/23/73 … SLEEPER (7 weeks)
02/15/74 … THE LAST DETAIL (19 weeks)
06/26/74 … CHINATOWN (12 weeks)
09/18/74 … CALIFORNIA SPLIT (5 weeks)
10/25/75 … THE ODESSA FILE (8 weeks)
12/18/74 … THE GODFATHER: PART II (22 weeks)
05/21/75 … THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE (5 weeks)
06/25/75 … THE FORTUNE (6 weeks)
08/06/75 … NASHVILLE (10 weeks, Stereo)
10/15/75 … THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (14 weeks)
12/25/75 … LUCKY LADY (11 weeks)
03/12/76 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH
03/19/76 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 3 weeks)
04/07/76 … THE BAD NEWS BEARS (11 weeks)
06/22/76 … MURDER BY DEATH (12 weeks)
10/15/76 … MARATHON MAN (14 weeks)
12/25/76 … NICKELODEON (7 weeks)
02/09/77 … FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (7 weeks)
04/01/77 … THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE (4 weeks, Stereo)
04/29/77 … THE LATE SHOW (3 weeks)
05/20/77 … THE GREATEST (4 weeks)
06/17/77 … THE DEEP (15 weeks, Stereo)
09/28/77 … WELCOME TO L.A. (4 weeks)
10/26/77 … BOBBY DEERFIELD (7 weeks)
12/14/77 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/17/78 … THE FURY (10 weeks)
05/26/78 … BIG WEDNESDAY (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/23/78 … THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (6 weeks)
08/02/78 … FOUL PLAY (11 weeks)
10/20/78 … THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (8 weeks)
12/15/78 … SUPERMAN (Dolby Stereo)
12/22/78 … SUPERMAN (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/02/79 â€" 05/17/79 … no listings
05/18/79 … BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (6 weeks, Sensurround)
06/29/79 … NIGHTWING (3 weeks, Stereo)
07/20/79 … RUST NEVER SLEEPS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo, Rust-O-Vision)
08/17/79 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks, Stereo)
09/28/79 … A MAN, A WOMAN AND A BANK (2 weeks)
10/12/79 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE)
10/19/79 … …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (9 weeks)
12/21/79 … THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN (8 weeks)
02/15/80 … ALL THAT JAZZ (17 weeks)
06/11/80 … URBAN COWBOY (9 weeks)
08/15/80 … SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (7 weeks)
10/03/80 … STARDUST MEMORIES (5 weeks)
11/07/80 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 3 weeks)
11/27/80 … FANTASIA (RE, 4 weeks, Stereo)
12/25/80 … FIRST FAMILY (7 weeks)
02/13/81 … TESS (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/81 … LION OF THE DESERT (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/26/81 … FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/81 … BODY HEAT (14 weeks)
12/25/81 … CHARIOTS OF FIRE (25 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/18/82 … ANNIE (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/23/82 … THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (14 weeks)
10/29/82 … IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD
11/05/82 … IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD / SOME KIND OF HERO (2 weeks)
11/19/82 … FANTASIA (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/17/82 … TOOTSIE (21 weeks)
05/13/83 … BLUE THUNDER (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/15/83 … STAYING ALIVE (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/14/03 … THE BALLAD OF GREGORIO CORTEZ (3 weeks)
11/04/83 … NEVER CRY WOLF (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/20/84 … REUBEN, REUBEN (6 weeks)
03/02/84 … AGAINST ALL ODDS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/27/84 … THIS IS SPINAL TAP (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/11/84 … THE NATURAL (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/10/84 … RED DAWN (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/21/84 … PLACES IN THE HEART (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/21/84 … MICKI + MAUDE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/18/85 … THE KILLING FIELDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/08/85 … 1984 (5 weeks)
03/15/85 … SYLVESTER (3 weeks)
04/05/85 … LOST IN AMERICA (11 weeks)
06/21/85 … RETURN TO OZ (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/10/85 … SILVERADO (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/04/85 … PLENTY (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … THAT WAS THEN… THIS IS NOW (MO)
11/27/85 … ROCKY IV (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/86 … POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/27/86 … RUNNING SCARED (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/01/86 … HOWARD THE DUCK (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/15/86 … MANHUNTER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/05/86 … DESERT BLOOM (2 weeks)
09/19/86 … WHERE THE RIVER RUNS BLACK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/03/86 … BLUE VELVET (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/07/86 … TRUE STORIES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/86 … NUTCRACKER: THE MOTION PICTURE (Dolby Stereo)
12/05/86 … TOP GUN (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … CRIMES OF THE HEART (7 weeks)
01/30/87 … ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (Ultra Stereo)
02/06/87 … DEAD OF WINTER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/20/87 … DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR (2 weeks)
03/06/87 … LETHAL WEAPON (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/87 … ISHTAR (4 weeks)
06/12/87 … THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/05/87 … STAKEOUT (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … BABY BOOM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/87 … MADE IN HEAVEN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/87 … THE LAST EMPEROR (18 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/13/89 … BEACHES (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/17/89 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/09/89 … DEAD POET’S SOCIETY (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/28/89 … TURNER & HOOCH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/18/89 … CASUALTIES OF WAR (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/06/89 … OLD GRINGO (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/27/89 … IMMEDIATE FAMILY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/10/89 … COMMUNION (Dolby Stereo SR)
11/17/89 … THE LITTLE MERMAID (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/09/90 … STANLEY & IRIS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/23/90 … MY LEFT FOOT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/16/90 … LORD OF THE FLIES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/06/90 … ERNEST GOES TO CAMP (Dolby Stereo)
04/13/90 … THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY II (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/11/90 … IMPULSE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/90 … FIRE BIRDS (70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/01/90 … FIRE BIRDS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/15/90 … DICK TRACY (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/27/90 … PRESUMED INNOCENT (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/90 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/16/90 … ROCKY V (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/07/90 … THE ROOKIE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/25/90 … THE GODFATHER: PART III (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/08/91 … THE NEVER ENDING STORY II (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/22/91 … SCENES FROM A MALL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/22/91 … DANCES WITH WOLVES (MO, 6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/03/91 … SPARTACUS (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/91 … WILD HEARTS CAN’T BE BROKEN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/14/91 … WILD HEARTS CAN’T BE BROKEN / DANCES WITH WOLVES (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo SR)
06/21/91 … THE ROCKETEER (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/26/91 … V.I. WARSHAWSKI (Dolby Stereo SR)
08/03/91 … THE DOCTOR (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/91 … DECEIVED (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/25/91 … THE BUTCHER’S WIFE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/91 … BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/21/92 … RADIO FLYER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/13/92 … THIS IS MY LIFE (Dolby Stereo)
03/20/92 … SHADOWS AND FOG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04/03/92 … BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/01/92 … THE PLAYER (9 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
07/01/92 … A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/21/92 … THE GUN IN BETTY LOU’S HANDBAG
08/28/92 … TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/92 … CAPTAIN RON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/02/92 … GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/92 … JENNIFER 8 (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/92 … A FEW GOOD MEN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/19/93 … CLOSED (8 weeks)
03/19/93 … POINT OF NO RETURN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/93 … INDECENT PROPOSAL (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/28/93 … SUPER MARIO BROTHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/18/93 … WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/16/93 … HOCUS POCUS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/06/93 … THE FUGATIVE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE GOOD SON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/22/93 … THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/93 … SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
I didn’t see Die Hard until it came to video.
But I made sure to see every entry thereafter in the theater…
I did finally see an actual print at UCLA with DP Jan de Bont in 1994.
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE AWESOME EIGHTIES
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
04/04/80 … NIJINSKY (4 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (6 weeks)
06/13/80 … THE SHINING (7 weeks)
08/01/80 … RAISE THE TITANIC (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/80 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (12 weeks)
12/19/80 … SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (13 weeks)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (5 weeks)
04/24/81 … ATLANTIC CITY (4 weeks)
05/22/81 … OUTLAND (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/17/81 … ARTHUR (10 weeks)
09/25/81 … ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (12 weeks)
12/18/81 … PENNIES FOM HEAVEN (6 weeks)
01/29/82 … ON GOLDEN POND (18 weeks)
06/04/82 … POLTERGEIST (27 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01/21/83 … SOPHIE’S CHOICE (9 weeks)
03/25/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/01/83 … MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD (4 weeks)
04/29/83 … BABY, IT’S YOU (4 weeks)
05/27/83 … LA TRAVIATA (4 weeks)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/09/83 … PUBERTY BLUES (2 weeks)
09/21/83 … GANDHI (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … THE BIG CHILL (8 weeks)
11/23/83 … TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (19 weeks)
04/06/84 … MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/01/84 … ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (3 weeks)
06/22/84 … THE KARATE KID (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/84 … COUNTRY (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/07/84 … 2010 (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/08/85 … MRS. SOFFEL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/08/85 … FANTASIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/22/85 … MASK (9 weeks)
05/24/85 … A VIEW TO A KILL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/24/85 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … YEAR OF THE DRAGON (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/85 … MARIE (2 weeks)
10/11/85 … AFTER HOURS (4 weeks)
11/08/85 … THAT WAS THEN… THIS IS NOW (2 weeks)
11/22/85 … ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/85 … WHITE NIGHTS (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … MURPHY’S ROMANCE (5 weeks)
03/07/86 … NINE ½ WEEKS (Dolby Stereo)
03/14/86 … CROSSROADS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (RE, Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … TROUBLE IN MIND (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … SALVADOR (3 weeks)
06/06/86 … ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/20/86 … THE KARATE KID II (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/22/86 … STAND BY ME (8 weeks)
10/17/86 … THE COLOR OF MONEY (10 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/25/86 … THE MISSION (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/13/87 … TIN MEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/01/87 … INNERSPACE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/24/87 … LA BAMBA (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/87 … THE FOURTH PROTOCOL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … HELLRAISER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/87 … WEEDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/05/88 … SHE’S HAVING A BABY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/26/88 … FRANTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/18/88 … LITTLE NIKITA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/15/88 … BAMBI (RE, 2 weeks)
07/29/88 … A FISH CALLED WANDA (10 weeks)
10/07/88 … MEMORIES OF ME (4 weeks)
11/04/88 … THE GOOD MOTHER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo )
11/18/88 … 1969 (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
12/09/88 … 1969 / A CRY IN THE DARK (Ultra Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/89 … TRUE BELIEVER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/10/89 … NEW YORK STORIES (2 weeks)
03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/28/89 … CRIMINAL LAW (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/12/89 … EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (Dolby Stereo)
05/19/89 … ROAD HOUSE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/09/89 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
06/16/89 … GHOSTBUSTERS II (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/12/89 … WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/06/89 … A DRY WHITE SEASON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/20/89 … GROSS ANATOMY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/10/89 … STAYING TOGETHER (Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserve-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
01/08/71 … THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES / BORSALINO
01/15/71 … THUNDERBALL / YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (2 weeks)
01/27/71 … CROMWELL (5 weeks)
03/05/71 … I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (2 weeks)
03/19/71 … COLD TURKEY (7weeks)
05/05/71 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 4 weeks)
06/02/71 … BANANAS (4 weeks)
06/30/72 … WILD ROVERS / PRETTY MAIDS IN A ROW
07/21/71 … FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYE (2 weeks)
08/04/71 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / GRAND PRIX (RE, 70mm-Stereo)
08/13/71 … THE LOVE MACHINE (6 weeks)
09/22/71 … DOC / THE HUNTING PARTY
10/06/71 … JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (3 weeks)
10/29/71 … WEST SIDE STORY / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (RE, 2 weeks)
11/10/71 … AMERICAN WILDERNESS
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (9 weeks)
01/21/72 … STRAW DOGS (7 weeks)
03/08/72 … THE TROJAN WOMEN
03/15/72 … NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (RSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/07/72 … FUZZ (3 weeks)
06/29/72 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (13 weeks)
09/29/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (8 weeks)
11/22/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS (3 weeks)
12/11/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS / THE DEADLY TRAP
12/20/72 … THE GETAWAY (12 weeks)
** listed as “An X-Rated Movie in Colorâ€
03/16/73 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (RE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/29/73 … 40 CARATS (3 weeks)
07/18/73 … TOM SAWYER (3 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/10/73 … OKLAHOMA CRUDE (3 weeks)
08/29/73 … A TOUCH OF CLASS (MO, 6 weeks)
10/10/73 … JEREMY (4 weeks)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (6 weeks)
12/19/73 … PAPILLON (15 weeks)
04/05/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (2 weeks)
04/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / PAPER MOON (3 weeks)
05/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / A TOUCH OF CLASS (8 weeks)
06/26/74 … OUR TIME
07/05/74 … OUR TIME / 40 CARATS (2 weeks)
07/17/74 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (14 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/23/74 … THE GAMBLER (5 weeks)
11/27/74 … THE NIGHT PORTER (3 weeks)
12/19/74 … THE TOWERING INFERNO (13 weeks)
03/19/75 … FUNNY LADY (15 weeks)
07/04/75 … BITE THE BULLET (7 weeks)
08/22/75 … THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (4 weeks)
09/19/75 … THE HAPPY HOOKER (2 weeks)
10/03/75 … FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (3 weeks)
10/24/75 … MAHOGANY (4 weeks)
11/21/75 … FANTASIA (RE, 5 weeks)
12/25/75 … HUSTLE (7 weeks)
02/11/76 … BARRY LYNDON (11 weeks)
04/28/76 … ROBIN AND MARIAN (4 weeks)
05/26/76 … WON TON TON (3 weeks)
06/16/76 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Part II (7 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/04/76 … FUTUREWORLD (6 weeks)
09/15/76 … HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK (4 weeks)
10/15/76 … CAR WASH (5 weeks)
11/19/76 … LED ZEPPELIN: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (4 weeks)
12/17/76 … KING KONG (9 weeks)
02/16/77 … TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING (2 weeks)
03/04/77 … BOUND FOR GLORY (4 weeks)
03/30/77 … BLACK SUNDAY (8 weeks)
05/25/77 … STAR WARS (37 weeks)
Tower was definitely on Westwood through the 1990s- about the middle of the first block south of the UCLA campus (Westwood and Le Conte[?]). They had something called the “Classical Annex” a door or two down but that was gone by 1995.
Glendon was a block east of Westwood, but Tower did have an entrance on Glendon, behind the Plaza.
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
06/30/65 … IN HARM’S WAY (5 weeks)
08/05/65 … THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (GSE, 12 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
10/27/65 … THE GREAT RACE (14 weeks)
02/02/66 … THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (3 weeks)
02/23/66 … THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD / DARLING (2 weeks)
03/09/66 … OUR MAN FLINT (2 weeks)
03/23/66 … OUR MAN FLINT / NORTH BY NORTHWEST (2 weeks)
04/03/66 … THE SINGING NUN (2 weeks)
04/20/66 … THE SINGING NUN / THE GREAT CARUSO
04/27/66 … THE SINGING NUN / SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
05/04/66 … GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN / TOKYO OLYMPIAD (2 weeks)
05/18/66 … MY FAIR LADY / PROMISE HER ANYTHING (3 weeks)
06/08/66 … STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF / CAT BALLOU (2 weeks)
06/24/66 … BORN FREE / THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS
06/29/66 … THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED / HARPER (2 weeks)
07/13/66 … A FINE MADNESS / THE PINK PANTHER
07/20/66 … A FINE MADNESS / BOY DID I GET A WRONG NUMBER (2 weeks)
08/03/66 … TORN CURTAIN (2 weeks)
08/17/66 … TORN CURTAIN / BLINDFOLD
08/24/66 … TORN CURTAIN / NEVADA SMITH (3 weeks)
09/14/66 … TORN CURTAIN / BEAU GESTE
09/21/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / STAGECOACH (2 weeks)
10/05/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / BORN FREE
10/12/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / GLASS BOTTOM BOAT
10/19/66 … GOLDFINGER / DR. NO
10/26/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / MODESTY BLAISE
11/02/66 … WAY… WAY OUT / AN AMERICAN DREAM
11/09/66 … WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF / AN AMERICAN DREAM
11/16/66 … THE APPALOOSA / ARABESQUE
11/23/66 … NOT WITHOUT MY WIFE YOU DON’T / KALEIDOSCOPE (3 weeks)
12/16/66 … NOT WITHOUT MY WIFE YOU DON’T / THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
12/23/66 … FUNERAL IN BERLIN (3 weeks)
01/09/67 … FUNERAL IN BERLIN / IPCRESS FILE (2 weeks)
01/27/67 … FAHRENHEIT 451 (3 weeks)
02/17/67 … FAHRENHEIT 451 / BUTTERFIELD 8
02/24/67 … ALFIE (MO)
03/01/67 … ALFIE / PENELOPE (2 weeks)
03/17/67 … A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (16 weeks)
07/07/67 … THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (17 weeks)
11/01/67 … MORE THAN A MIRACLE
11/08/67 … MORE THAN A MIRACLE / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (2 weeks)
11/22/67 … THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES / VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (2 weeks)
12/06/67 … POINT BLANK / UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (2 weeks)
12/22/67 … THE GRADUATE (30 weeks)
07/17/68 … THE ODD COUPLE (13 weeks)
10/16/68 … I LOVE YOU ALICE B. TOKLAS (5 weeks)
11/21/68 … THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (4 weeks)
12/20/68 … CANDY (10 weeks)
02/28/69 … THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE (5 weeks)
04/02/69 … THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (5 weeks)
05/07/69 … SOUTH PACIFIC (RE, 3 weeks)
05/28/69 … LOVES OF ISADORA (3 weeks)
06/18/69 … TRUE GRIT (9 weeks)
08/20/69 … THE APRIL FOOLS (6 weeks)
10/01/69 … DADDY’S GONE A-HUNTING (2 weeks)
10/17/69 … ME, NATALIE (2 weeks)
10/31/69 … TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (4 weeks)
11/26/69 … TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN / MCKENNA’S GOLD (4 weeks)
12/25/69 … THE REIVERS (12 weeks)
Booking lists for the Valley Circle and the Center theaters are already available. Booking lists for the Cinerama, the Cinema 21, and the 1970s to the 1990s are coming soon.
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†(http://www.in70mm.com/library/70mm_in/san_diego.htm) by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
17 Feb 1965 … CIRCUS WORLD (GSE, 8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
13 Apr 1965 … THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (GSE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
27 Jul 1965 … THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL (GSE, 13 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
27 Oct 1965 … MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY (8 weeks, Cinerama)
22 Dec 1965 … BATTLE OF THE BULGE (GSE, 20 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
11 May 1966 … CINERAMA’S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE (GSE, 6 weeks, Cinerama)
24 Jun 1966 … KHARTOUM (GSE, 8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
17 Aug 1966 … OKLAHOMA (RE, 7 weeks)
05 Oct 1966 … GIGI (RE, 6 weeks)
18 Nov 1966 … ALFIE (14 weeks)
21 Feb 1967 … GRAND PRIX (GSE, 35 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
26 Oct 1967 … GONE WITH THE WIND (GSE, 31 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
28 May 1968 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (GSE, 44 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02 Apr 1969 … ICE STATION ZEBRA (GSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
26 Jun 1969 … KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA (GSE, 16 weeks, Cinerama)
13 Oct to 18 Nov 1969 … closed
19 Nov 1969 … THE STERILE CUCKOO (5 weeks)
25 Dec 1969 … THE ARRANGEMENT (7 weeks)
11 Feb 1970 … THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN (4 weeks)
12 Mar 1970 … PATTON (GSE, 16 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
01 Jul 1970 … AIRPORT (25 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
25 Dec 1970 … I LOVE MY… WIFE (7 weeks)
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Enagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†(http://www.in70mm.com/library/70mm_in/san_diego.htm) by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
23 Dec 1966 … AFTER THE FOX (3 weeks)
13 Jan 1967 … A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (4 weeks)
08 Feb 1967 … BLOW UP (6 weeks)
22 Mar 1967 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
29 Mar 1967 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / KHARTOUM
05 Apr 1967 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / ANY WEDNESDAY
12 Apr 1967 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / 25th HOUR
19 Apr 1967 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / PENELOPE
26 Apr 1967 … HOMBRE
03 May 1967 … HOMBRE / THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
24 May 1967 … FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE / WELCOME TO HARD TIMES (2 weeks)
07 Jun 1967 … EIGHT ON THE LAMB
14 Jun 1967 … EIGHT ON THE LAMB / FINDERS KEEPERS
21 Jun 1967 … EIGHT ON THE LAMB / THE GREAT ESCAPE
28 Jun 1967 … THE DIRTY DOZEN (9 weeks)
30 Aug 1967 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (3 weeks)
20 Sep 1967 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE / THE NAKED RUNNER
27 Sep 1967 … THE FAMILY WAY / THE BOBO (5 weeks)
01 Nov 1967 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / ZORBA THE GREEK
08 Nov 1967 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE
15 Nov 1967 … COOL HAND LUKE (2 weeks)
29 Nov 1967 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT? (2 weeks)
11 Dec 1967 … JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS (two days only)
13 Dec 1967 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT?
20 Dec 1967 … FITZWILLY / ROSIE
27 Dec 1967 … FITZWILLY / GEORGY GIRL
03 Jan 1968 … FITZWILLY / LUV
10 Jan 1968 … SMASHING TIME / WATERHOLE #3
17 Jan 1968 … BONNIE AND CLYDE / YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW (MO, 4 weeks)
16 Feb 1968 … GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER? (17 weeks)
13 Jun 1968 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS (6 weeks)
24 Jul 1968 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE
31 Jul 1968 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O'FARRELL
07 Aug 1968 … FOR LOVE OF IVY (7 weeks)
25 Sep 1968 … THE SWIMMER (2 weeks)
09 Oct 1968 … THE SWIMMER / THE PARTY
16 Oct 1968 … HELGA / PLANET OF LIFE
23 Oct 1968 … THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM / HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
30 Oct 1968 … THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE / WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?
06 Nov 1968 … SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES / FANTASTIC VOYAGE
13 Nov 1968 … WEST SIDE STORY (RE, 2 weeks)
27 Nov 1968 … YELLOW SUBMARINE (3 weeks)
18 Dec 1968 … CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (GSE, 14 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
27 Mar 1969 … OLIVER! (GSE, 26 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
24 Sep 1969 … EASY RIDER (9 weeks)
26 Nov 1969 … OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (2 weeks)
10 Dec 1969 …2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 2 weeks)
25 Dec 1969 …BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (12 weeks)
Since I just watched ‘Richard Pryor, Live on the Sunset Strip’ I thought I’d point out that the Dome has a quick cameo in the opening seconds.
‘Ghost Story’ is on the marquee.
I drove up from San Diego to see 2001 and, the gaffes aside, I’d do it again.
The clicking was a bit annoying but I blame the print and not the theater.
If only the Dome could play some more 70mm movies (Patton, Dr Zhivago, Wild Bunch, Empire Strikes Back [yeah, I know]…) the world would be a better place.
The Grand Opening was on 24 May 1945. Admission was the purchase of a $100 War Bond.
The opening attraction was ‘Diamond Horseshoes’ starring Betty Grable.
A more accurate location for the theater would be between B and C Streets on 4th Avenue (the current building would have an address of 1127 4th Ave across from the California)).
John C. Fisher is credited as building this theater but whether he was the architect or contractor is undetermined. As an aside, as it was built for theatrical events, it was built without dressing rooms.
Does anyone know where it played in the Seattle / Tacoma area?
I don’t think it was the Cinerama or the UA 150/70.
Was it at the SouthCenter?
CINEMA GROSSMONT PART III: THE 1980s AND 90s
550 Grossmont Center Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from the San Diego Union, the San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
02/22/80 … THE BLACK STALLION (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/20/80 … BRUBAKER (8 weeks)
08/15/80 … THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (6 weeks)
09/26/80 … HOPSCOTCH (2 weeks)
10/10/80 … PRIVATE BENJAMIN (10 weeks)
12/19/80 … TRIBUTE (8 weeks)
02/13/81 … MELVIN AND HOWARD
02/20/81 … MELVIN AND HOWARD / RESURRECTION (2 weeks)
03/06/81 … ALL NIGHT LONG (3 weeks)
03/27/81 … ROCKSHOW (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/81 … ALTERED STATES (MO, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/17/81 … CAVEMAN (5 weeks)
05/22/81 … SLEEPING BEAUTY / THE BLACK HOLE (RE, 70mm-Stereo / 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/29/81 … APOCALYPSE NOW (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/06/81 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/12/81 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (58 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/23/82 … THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (8 weeks, Four-Track Stereo)
09/17/82 … PINK FLOYD: THE WALL (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/05/82 … THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/17/82 … TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (5 weeks)
01/21/83 … GANDHI (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/10/83 … OCTOPUSSY (14 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/16/83 … MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/83 … THE RIGHT STUFF (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/09/83 … YENTL (15 weeks, Four-Track Stereo)
03/23/84 … RACING WITH THE MOON (5 weeks)
04/27/84 … CHAMPIONS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/11/84 … THE STONE BOY (2 weeks)
05/23/84 … INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (19 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/05/84 … TEACHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/26/84 … FIRSTBORN (2 weeks)
11/09/84 … THE HIGHEST HONOR (2 weeks)
11/21/84 … FALLING IN LOVE (4 weeks)
12/21/84 … FALLING IN LOVE / TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (2 weeks)
01/04/85 … NIGHT PATROL
01/11/85 … TUFF TUFF
01/18/85 … A PASSAGE TO INDIA (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/12/85 … LADYHAWKE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/07/85 … THE GOONIES (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/28/85 … THE GOONIES / EXPLORERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/09/85 … MY SCIENCE PROJECT (Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … MY SCIENCE PROJECT / PALE RIDER (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
08/23/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE / THE BREAKFAST CLUB (Dolby Stereo / Mono)
08/30/85 … COMPROMISING POSITIONS (4 weeks)
09/27/85 … AGNES OF GOD (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … KING SOLOMON’S MINES (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/20/85 … A CHORUS LINE (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/07/86 … HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (2 weeks)
02/21/86 … JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS (8 weeks)
04/18/86 … JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS / MURPHY’S ROMANCE
04/25/86 … VIOLETS ARE BLUE
05/02/86 … JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … ECHO PARK
05/23/86 … HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (RE)
05/30/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (RE, Dolby Stereo)
06/06/86 … BACK TO THE FUTURE / E.T. (RE, Dolby Stereo)
06/11/86 … FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/25/86 … HEARTBURN (3 weeks)
08/15/86 … ARMED AND DANGEROUS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/29/86 … ARMED AND DANGEROUS / RUNNING SCARED (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
09/26/86 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/86 … STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/30/87 … OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/27/87 … SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/87 … RAISING ARIZONA (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/87 … THE UNTOUCHABLES (10 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/14/87 … NO WAY OUT (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … THE PRINCESS BRIDE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/25/87 … PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/15/88 … GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/15/88 … RETURN TO SNOWY RIVER (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/10/88 … THE PRESIDIO (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/22/88 … BULL DURHAM (MO, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/88 … COCKTAIL (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/23/88 … EIGHT MEN OUT (3 weeks)
10/14/88 … THE ACCUSED (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/04/88 … U2: RATTLE AND HUM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/23/88 … SCROOGED (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/13/89 … MISSISSIPPI BURNING (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/10/89 … COUSINS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … MAJOR LEAGUE (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/09/89 … STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/21/89 … UHF (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/11/89 … SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/25/89 … THE PACKAGE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/22/89 … BLACK RAIN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/27/89 … THE BEAR (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … STEEL MAGNOLIAS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/90 … GLORY (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/02/90 … THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (14 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/08/90 … ANOTHER 48 HOURS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/13/90 … GHOST (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/19/90 … AVALON (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/21/90 … DANCES WITH WOLVES (14 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/01/91 … THE DOORS (5 weeks, Cinema Digital Sound)
04/05/91 … THE DOORS (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/26/91 … THE OBJECT OF BEAUTY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/10/91 … THE OBJECT OF BEAUTY / REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Dolby Stereo)
05/17/91 … TRUTH OR DARE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/14/91 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (15 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/27/91 … THE FISHER KING (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/18/91 … OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/08/91 … BLACK ROBE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/20/91 … JFK (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/92 … CLOSED
And for those interested in other San Diego area theaters, there is…
Cinerama
Cinema 21
Center
Valley Circle
Booking lists for the Loma and the Burton Jones years of the Capri are coming soon (but not too soon).
CINEMA GROSSMONT PART II: THE 1970s
550 Grossmont Center Drive
La Mesa, CA 91942
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from the San Diego Union, the San Diego Tribune, the Daily Aztec and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
Special thanks to Michael Coate for review and feedback.
03/20/70 … A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN (6 weeks)
04/29/70 … PADDY
05/08/70 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 3 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
05/26/70 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 4 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
06/23/70 … THE OUT OF TOWNERS (6 weeks)
08/05/70 … CATCH-22 (13 weeks)
11/03/70 … THE TRAVELING EXECUTIONER / THE BIG STICK
11/10/70 … SCROOGE (6 weeks)
12/25/70 … THERE’S A GIRL IN MY SOUP (5 weeks)
01/27/71 … FOOLS (2 weeks)
02/11/71 … LITTLE BIG MAN (18 weeks)
06/16/71 … LE MANS (4 weeks)
07/14/71 … BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH / RESURRECTION OF BRONCO BILLY (3 weeks)
08/04/71 … WILLARD
08/13/71 … WILLARD / WAIT UNTIL DARK (2 weeks)
08/25/71 … THE OMEGA MAN / THX-1138 (5 weeks)
09/29/71 … THE DEVILS (4 weeks)
10/29/71 … PLAY MISTY FOR ME (4 weeks)
11/24/71 … MAN IN THE WILDERNESS / ZEPPELIN (4 weeks)
12/22/71 … SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION (7 weeks)
02/09/72 … THE COWBOYS (6 weeks)
03/24/72 … WHAT’S UP DOC (11 weeks)
06/07/72 … THE WAR BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN / THE LITTLE ARK (3 weeks)
06/28/72 … FRENZY / PUPPET IN A CHAIN (3 weeks)
07/19/72 … PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT / WHERE’S POPPA (2 weeks)
08/02/72 … JOE KIDD / THE GREAT NORTHFIELD MINNESOTA RAID (4 weeks)
08/30/72 … EASY RIDER / TWO-LANE BLACKTOP
09/08/72 … BLUEBEARD / KOTCH (2 weeks)
09/22/72 … WHERE DOES IT HURT / THE BABYMAKER (4 weeks)
10/18/72 … CANCEL MY RESERVATION / APRIL FOOL
10/25/72 … THE DEADLY TRAP/ THE RED SUN (2 weeks)
11/08/72 … CABARET / SWEET CHARITY
11/15/72 … ULZANA’S RAID / HANNIE CAULDER (2 weeks)
11/29/72 … HAMMERSMITH IS OUT / PRIME CUT (2 weeks)
12/22/72 … PETE N’ TILLIE (8 weeks)
02/16/73 … UP THE SANDBOX (4 weeks)
03/14/73 … THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN (4 weeks)
04/11/73 … CLASS OF ’44 (5 weeks)
05/16/73 … CLASS OF ’44 / HERE COMES THE FUZZ
05/23/73 … HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
05/30/73 … HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER / YOU’LL LIKE MY MOTHER (4 weeks)
06/27/73 … JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (16 weeks)
10/19/73 … CHARLEY VARRICK (3 weeks)
11/07/73 … CHARLEY VARRICK / SHOWDOWN
11/14/73 … CHARLEY VARRICK / HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (3 weeks)
12/05/73 … THE VALACHI PAPERS / SHAMUS
12/12/73 … KID BLUE / ACE ELI AND RODGER OF THE SKIES
12/19/73 … SCROOGE / TOM SAWYER
12/25/73 … THE STING (42 weeks)
10/17/74 … AIRPORT 1975 (10 weeks)
12/25/74 … FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (9 weeks)
02/26/75 … THE STEPFORD WIVES (3 weeks)
03/19/75 … SHAMPOO (9 weeks)
05/23/75 … THE EIGER SANCTION (4 weeks)
06/17/75 … THE EIGER SANCTION / THE FRONT PAGE (2 weeks)
07/02/75 … THE DROWNING POOL (2 weeks)
07/16/75 … THE DROWNING POOL / RAFFERTY AND THE GOLD DUST TWINS (2 weeks)
07/30/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION (8 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
09/24/75 … THE WIND AND THE LION / JUGGERNAUT (2 weeks)
10/08/75 … HARD TIMES (2 weeks)
10/22/75 … HARD TIMES / THE STEPFORD WIVES (2 weeks)
11/05/75 … LET’S DO IT AGAIN / TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (7 weeks)
12/25/75 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON (9 weeks)
02/25/76 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON / THE DROWNING POOL (2 weeks)
03/12/76 … DOG DAY AFTERNOON / BLUME IN LOVE (3 weeks)
03/31/76 … SHAMPOO / TOMMY
04/09/76 … ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (11 weeks)
06/23/76 … LOGAN’S RUN (6 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
08/04/76 … THE GUMBALL RALLY (3 weeks)
08/25/76 … OBSESSION (4 weeks)
09/22/76 … THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE (2 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
10/06/76 … THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE / THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (2 weeks)
10/22/76 … THE FRONT (6 weeks)
12/11/76 … SHOUT AT THE DEVIL (4 weeks)
12/25/76 … A STAR IS BORN (14 weeks)
04/06/77 … AUDREY ROSE (4 weeks)
05/06/77 … ANNIE HALL (6 weeks)
06/17/77 … EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC (3 weeks)
07/06/77 … EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC / IT’S ALIVE
07/13/77 … VIVA KNIEVEL! / LOGAN’S RUN
07/20/77 … GREASED LIGHTNING (2 weeks)
08/03/77 … ONE ON ONE (7 weeks)
09/21/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (2 weeks)
10/05/77 … YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE / FUNNY LADY
10/14/77 … A PIECE OF THE ACTION (3 weeks)
11/04/77 … HEROES (7 weeks)
12/21/77 … THE GOODBYE GIRL (23 weeks)
06/02/78 … CAPRICORN ONE (6 weeks)
07/14/78 … THE SWARM
07/19/78 … THE SWARM / THE LATE SHOW
07/26/78 … THE SWARM / ROLLERCOASTER (2 weeks)
08/09/78 … HOOPER (8 weeks)
10/06/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (3 weeks)
10/25/78 … WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? / BIG WEDNESDAY (3 weeks)
11/15/78 … MESSAGE FROM SPACE
11/22/78 … MESSAGE FROM SPACE / LASERBLAST
11/29/78 … A WOMAN AT HER WINDOW
12/08/78 … DERSU UZALA (70mm-Stereo)
12/15/78 … THE LAST WALTZ (Dolby Stereo)
12/22/78 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/31/79 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/14/79 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / CORVETTE SUMMER
02/21/79 … INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (2 weeks)
03/02/79 … AGATHA (4 weeks)
03/28/79 … THE DEER HUNTER (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/22/79 … THE MAIN EVENT (8 weeks)
08/17/79 … AMERICATHON (2 weeks)
08/31/79 … AMERICATHON / FOUL PLAY
09/07/79 … MANHATTEN/ INTERIORS
09/14/79 … SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR / THE PROMISE (2 weeks)
09/28/79 … TIME AFTER TIME (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/02/79 … PROMISES IN THE DARK
11/09/79 … PROMISES IN THE DARK / A LITTLE ROMANCE (2 weeks)
11/21/79 … QUADROPHENIA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/05/79 … QUADROPHENIA / SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
12/15/79 … A STAR IS BORN (RE)
12/21/79 … THE ROSE (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
Actually, Che is going to get a release. I think Magnolia picked up the rights.
It’s even going to play “roadshow” style with Intermission at the Zieg and the Landmark in Los Angeles.
[b]Cinema 21
1440 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108[/b]
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserve-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only, from the first day of commercial release. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and â€70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
07/19/63 … 55 DAYS AT PEKING (RSE, 4 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/14/63 … IRMA LA DOUCE (8 weeks)
10/09/63 … THE V.I.P.s (7 weeks)
11/26/63 … TAKE HER, SHE’S MINE (4 weeks)
12/25/63 … MOVE OVER, DARLING (6 weeks)
02/04/64 … TOM JONES! (8 weeks)
04/01/64 … THE PINK PANTHER (8 weeks)
05/27/64 … WHAT A WAY TO GO! (7 weeks)
07/15/64 … THE CARPETBAGGERS (7 weeks)
09/02/64 … A SHOT IN THE DARK (10 weeks)
11/10/64 … YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE (6 weeks)
12/25/64 … SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (8 weeks)
02/17/65 … 36 HOURS (4 weeks)
03/17/65 … ZORBA THE GREEK (6 weeks)
04/28/65 … HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (8 weeks)
06/23/65 … THE YELLOW ROLLS ROYCE (5 weeks)
07/28/65 … THE SANDPIPER (5 weeks)
09/01/65 … WHAT’S NEW PUSSY CAT? (6 weeks)
10/13/65 … SHIP OF FOOLS (3 weeks)
11/03/65 … MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS (3 weeks)
11/24/65 … THE CINCINNATI KID (4 weeks)
12/22/65 … BOEING BOEING (2 weeks)
01/05/66 … DO NOT DISTURB (2 weeks)
01/19/66 … DO NOT DISTURB / THE NANNY (2 weeks)
02/02/66 … DO NOT DISTURB / DARLING (2 weeks)
02/16/66 … INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (3 weeks)
03/09/66 … FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (3 weeks)
03/30/66 … THE SILENCERS (3 weeks)
04/20/66 … THE SILENCERS / HARPER (5 weeks)
05/22/66 … LA BOHEME (2 days, Stereo)
05/24/66 … THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (5 weeks)
06/29/66 … WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (14 weeks)
10/05/66 … FANTASTIC VOYAGE (4 weeks)
11/02/66 … FANTASTIC VOYAGE / AROUND THE WORLD UNDER THE SEA (6 weeks)
12/14/66 … FANTASTIC VOYAGE / BORN FREE
12/21/66 … IS PARIS BURNING? (RSE, 7 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02/09/67 … THE SAND PEBBLES (RSE, 33 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/27/67 … TWO FOR THE ROAD
10/04/67 … TWO FOR THE ROAD / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (4 weeks)
11/02/67 … THE COMEDIANS (4 weeks)
11/29/67 … THE COMEDIANS / PATCH OF BLUE (3 weeks)
11/22/67 … WAIT UNTIL DARK (8 weeks)
02/15/68 … DR. DOLITTLE (RSE, 22 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
07/17/68 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
07/24/68 … THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR / NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (9 weeks)
09/27/68 … INTERLUDE (3 weeks)
10/16/68 … INTERLUDE / POOR COW
10/23/68 … THE ODD COUPLE / THE PARTY (3 weeks)
11/13/68 … BARBARELLA (5 weeks)
12/18/68 … THE LION IN WINTER (RSE, 32 weeks)
07/30/69 … THE GAY DECEIVERS / THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY’S (2 weeks)
08/13/69 – 12/24/69 … no listings
12/25/69 … PAINT YOUR WAGON (RSE, 39 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
09/23/70 … ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (13 weeks)
12/25/70 … LOVE STORY (26 weeks)
06/23/71 … PLAZA SUITE (6 weeks)
08/04/71 … THE ANDERSON TAPES / PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (4 weeks)
09/01/71 … THE RED TENT (2 weeks)
09/17/71 … BILLY JACK (3 weeks)
10/08/71 … THE STEAGLE / THE MAN WHO HAD POWER OVER WOMEN (2 weeks)
10/22/71 … SEE NO EVIL / A NEW LEAF
10/29/71 … T.R. BASKIN (2 weeks)
11/12/71 … ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS / THE LION IN WINTER (RE)
11/19/71 … BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN (2 weeks)
12/01/71 … MY FAIR LADY / FINIAN’S RAINBOW (RE)
12/08/71 … JENNIFER ON MY MIND / MIDNIGHT COWBOY
12/15/71 … WEST SIDE STORY / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (RE)
12/25/71 … HAROLD AND MAUDE (2 weeks)
01/07/72 … 200 MOTELS (3 weeks)
01/28/72 … THE HOSPITAL (8 weeks)
03/22/72 … THE GODFATHER (39 weeks)
12/20/72 … YOUNG WINSTON (RSE, 8 weeks)
02/14/73 … SLEUTH (10 weeks)
04/25/73 â€" 09/26/73 … no listings
09/26/73 … ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (5 weeks, Stereo)
10/31/73 … THE WAY WE WERE (8 weeks)
12/23/73 … SLEEPER (7 weeks)
02/15/74 … THE LAST DETAIL (19 weeks)
06/26/74 … CHINATOWN (12 weeks)
09/18/74 … CALIFORNIA SPLIT (5 weeks)
10/25/75 … THE ODESSA FILE (8 weeks)
12/18/74 … THE GODFATHER: PART II (22 weeks)
05/21/75 … THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE (5 weeks)
06/25/75 … THE FORTUNE (6 weeks)
08/06/75 … NASHVILLE (10 weeks, Stereo)
10/15/75 … THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (14 weeks)
12/25/75 … LUCKY LADY (11 weeks)
03/12/76 … THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH
03/19/76 … GONE WITH THE WIND (RE, 3 weeks)
04/07/76 … THE BAD NEWS BEARS (11 weeks)
06/22/76 … MURDER BY DEATH (12 weeks)
10/15/76 … MARATHON MAN (14 weeks)
12/25/76 … NICKELODEON (7 weeks)
02/09/77 … FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (7 weeks)
04/01/77 … THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE (4 weeks, Stereo)
04/29/77 … THE LATE SHOW (3 weeks)
05/20/77 … THE GREATEST (4 weeks)
06/17/77 … THE DEEP (15 weeks, Stereo)
09/28/77 … WELCOME TO L.A. (4 weeks)
10/26/77 … BOBBY DEERFIELD (7 weeks)
12/14/77 … CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/17/78 … THE FURY (10 weeks)
05/26/78 … BIG WEDNESDAY (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/23/78 … THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (6 weeks)
08/02/78 … FOUL PLAY (11 weeks)
10/20/78 … THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (8 weeks)
12/15/78 … SUPERMAN (Dolby Stereo)
12/22/78 … SUPERMAN (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/02/79 â€" 05/17/79 … no listings
05/18/79 … BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (6 weeks, Sensurround)
06/29/79 … NIGHTWING (3 weeks, Stereo)
07/20/79 … RUST NEVER SLEEPS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo, Rust-O-Vision)
08/17/79 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks, Stereo)
09/28/79 … A MAN, A WOMAN AND A BANK (2 weeks)
10/12/79 … BLAZING SADDLES (RE)
10/19/79 … …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (9 weeks)
12/21/79 … THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN (8 weeks)
02/15/80 … ALL THAT JAZZ (17 weeks)
06/11/80 … URBAN COWBOY (9 weeks)
08/15/80 … SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II (7 weeks)
10/03/80 … STARDUST MEMORIES (5 weeks)
11/07/80 … SONG OF THE SOUTH (RE, 3 weeks)
11/27/80 … FANTASIA (RE, 4 weeks, Stereo)
12/25/80 … FIRST FAMILY (7 weeks)
02/13/81 … TESS (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/81 … LION OF THE DESERT (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/26/81 … FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/81 … BODY HEAT (14 weeks)
12/25/81 … CHARIOTS OF FIRE (25 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/18/82 … ANNIE (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/23/82 … THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP (14 weeks)
10/29/82 … IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD
11/05/82 … IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD / SOME KIND OF HERO (2 weeks)
11/19/82 … FANTASIA (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/17/82 … TOOTSIE (21 weeks)
05/13/83 … BLUE THUNDER (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/15/83 … STAYING ALIVE (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/14/03 … THE BALLAD OF GREGORIO CORTEZ (3 weeks)
11/04/83 … NEVER CRY WOLF (11 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/20/84 … REUBEN, REUBEN (6 weeks)
03/02/84 … AGAINST ALL ODDS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/27/84 … THIS IS SPINAL TAP (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/11/84 … THE NATURAL (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/10/84 … RED DAWN (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/21/84 … PLACES IN THE HEART (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/21/84 … MICKI + MAUDE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/18/85 … THE KILLING FIELDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/08/85 … 1984 (5 weeks)
03/15/85 … SYLVESTER (3 weeks)
04/05/85 … LOST IN AMERICA (11 weeks)
06/21/85 … RETURN TO OZ (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/10/85 … SILVERADO (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/04/85 … PLENTY (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/85 … THAT WAS THEN… THIS IS NOW (MO)
11/27/85 … ROCKY IV (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/23/86 … POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/27/86 … RUNNING SCARED (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/01/86 … HOWARD THE DUCK (2 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/15/86 … MANHUNTER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/05/86 … DESERT BLOOM (2 weeks)
09/19/86 … WHERE THE RIVER RUNS BLACK (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/03/86 … BLUE VELVET (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/07/86 … TRUE STORIES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/26/86 … NUTCRACKER: THE MOTION PICTURE (Dolby Stereo)
12/05/86 … TOP GUN (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/12/86 … CRIMES OF THE HEART (7 weeks)
01/30/87 … ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (Ultra Stereo)
02/06/87 … DEAD OF WINTER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/20/87 … DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR (2 weeks)
03/06/87 … LETHAL WEAPON (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/15/87 … ISHTAR (4 weeks)
06/12/87 … THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/05/87 … STAKEOUT (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … BABY BOOM (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/87 … MADE IN HEAVEN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/87 … THE LAST EMPEROR (18 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/15/88 … COLORS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/88 … WILLOW (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/22/88 … WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (15 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/07/88 … PUNCHLINE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/11/88 … SPLIT DECISION (Ultra Stereo)
11/18/88 … OLIVER & COMPANY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/23/88 … TORCH SONG TRILOGY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/13/89 … BEACHES (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/17/89 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/09/89 … DEAD POET’S SOCIETY (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/28/89 … TURNER & HOOCH (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/18/89 … CASUALTIES OF WAR (7 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
10/06/89 … OLD GRINGO (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/27/89 … IMMEDIATE FAMILY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/10/89 … COMMUNION (Dolby Stereo SR)
11/17/89 … THE LITTLE MERMAID (12 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/09/90 … STANLEY & IRIS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/23/90 … MY LEFT FOOT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/16/90 … LORD OF THE FLIES (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/06/90 … ERNEST GOES TO CAMP (Dolby Stereo)
04/13/90 … THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY II (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/11/90 … IMPULSE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/90 … FIRE BIRDS (70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/01/90 … FIRE BIRDS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/15/90 … DICK TRACY (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/27/90 … PRESUMED INNOCENT (10 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/05/90 … FANTASIA (RE, 6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
11/16/90 … ROCKY V (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/07/90 … THE ROOKIE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/25/90 … THE GODFATHER: PART III (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/08/91 … THE NEVER ENDING STORY II (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/22/91 … SCENES FROM A MALL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/22/91 … DANCES WITH WOLVES (MO, 6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
05/03/91 … SPARTACUS (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/91 … WILD HEARTS CAN’T BE BROKEN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/14/91 … WILD HEARTS CAN’T BE BROKEN / DANCES WITH WOLVES (Dolby Stereo / Dolby Stereo SR)
06/21/91 … THE ROCKETEER (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/26/91 … V.I. WARSHAWSKI (Dolby Stereo SR)
08/03/91 … THE DOCTOR (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/91 … DECEIVED (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/25/91 … THE BUTCHER’S WIFE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/91 … BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (13 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/21/92 … RADIO FLYER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
03/13/92 … THIS IS MY LIFE (Dolby Stereo)
03/20/92 … SHADOWS AND FOG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04/03/92 … BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/01/92 … THE PLAYER (9 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
07/01/92 … A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
08/21/92 … THE GUN IN BETTY LOU’S HANDBAG
08/28/92 … TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/92 … CAPTAIN RON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/02/92 … GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/06/92 … JENNIFER 8 (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/92 … A FEW GOOD MEN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/19/93 … CLOSED (8 weeks)
03/19/93 … POINT OF NO RETURN (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/93 … INDECENT PROPOSAL (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/28/93 … SUPER MARIO BROTHERS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/18/93 … WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/16/93 … HOCUS POCUS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/06/93 … THE FUGATIVE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE GOOD SON (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/22/93 … THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/10/93 … SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/07/94 … SHADOWLANDS (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/04/94 … ANGIE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/25/94 … D2: THE MIGHTY DUCKS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/22/94 … BACKBEAT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/06/94 … CLEAN SLATE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/20/94 … MAVERICK (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/24/94 … THE LION KING (13 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/23/94 … RAPA NUI (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/07/94 … ED WOOD (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/94 … STARGATE (3 weeks, DTS)
11/18/94 … STAR TREK: GENERATIONS (6 weeks, DTS)
12/25/94 … I.Q. (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/20/95 … MURDER IN THE FIRST (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/95 … JUST CAUSE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/17/95 … LOSING ISAIAH (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/31/95 … FORREST GUMP (RE, Dolby Digital)
04/07/95 … ROB ROY (5 weeks, DTS)
05/12/95 … CRIMSON TIDE (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/16/95 … BATMAN FOREVER (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/28/95 … THE NET (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/25/95 … DESPERADO (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/22/95 … SEVEN (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/20/95 … GET SHORTY (5 weeks, DTS)
11/22/95 … TOY STORY (8 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/19/96 … MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/19/96 … CELTIC PRIDE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/03/96 … GOLDENEYE (RE, DTS)
05/10/96 … TWISTER (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/07/96 … THE ROCK (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/24/96 … A TIME TO KILL (11 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/11/96 … THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/08/96 … RANSOM (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/13/96 … MARS ATTACKS! (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/10/97 … JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE (Dolby Stereo)
01/17/97 … METRO (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
01/31/97 … STAR WARS (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/21/97 … THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (RE, 4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/21/97 … THE GODFATHER (RE, 2 weeks, DTS)
04/04/97 … THE SAINT (4 weeks, DTS)
05/02/97 … BREAKDOWN (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/06/97 … CON AIR (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/18/97 … NOTHING TO LOSE (3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/08/97 … CONSPIRACY THEORY (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
09/19/97 … L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (6 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/31/97 … RED CORNER (3 weeks, DTS)
11/21/97 … MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/19/97 … TITANIC (21 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/15/98 … THE HORSE WHISPERER (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/19/98 … THE X-FILES (7 weeks, DTS)
08/07/98 … SNAKE EYES (3 weeks, DTS)
08/28/98 … BLADE (MO, 4 weeks, DTS)
09/25/98 … CLOSED
Notable Facts:
Charlton Heston attended the premiere of 55 DAYS AT PEKING.
THE GODFATHER holds the record for longest run at the Cinema 21. Despite its reputation as a box office failure, PAINT YOUR WAGON comes in second.
The San Diego premiere of TOP GUN was held at this theater with Anthony “Goose†Edwards in attendance.
One of Francis Ford Coppola’s final previews for THE GODFATHER II was held at this theater in mid-November.
One of the final previews for BLADE RUNNER was held at the Cinema 21 and news of it even reached Starlog magazine.
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE NIFTY NINETIES
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
01/12/90 … STEEL MAGNOLIAS (MO, Dolby Stereo)
01/19/90 … MUSIC BOX (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/02/90 … STELLA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/16/90 … REVENGE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/09/90 … BAD INFLUENCE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/23/90 … PRETTY WOMAN (13 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/22/90 … BETSY’S WEDDING (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/18/90 … ARACHNOPHOBIA (5 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/22/90 … PUMP UP THE VOLUME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/14/90 … POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/19/90 … QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/09/90 … REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/30/90 … MISERY (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/11/91 … AWAKENINGS (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/01/91 … SHIPWRECKED (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/91 … GUILTY BY SUSPICION (Dolby Stereo)
03/22/91 … THE LONG WALK HOME (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/26/91 … OSCAR (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/17/91 … IMPROMPTU (Dolby Stereo)
05/24/91 … FANTASIA (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
05/21/91 … AMBITION (Dolby Stereo)
06/07/91 … DANCES WITH WOLVES (MO, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/14/91 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
07/10/91 … REGARDING HENRY (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/16/91 … ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
09/07/91 … STAR TREK MARATHON (one day, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/91 … LATE FOR DINNER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/11/91 … FRANKIE AND JOHNNY (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/22/91 … THE ADDAMS FAMILY (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
12/25/91 … THE PRINCE OF TIDES (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/07/92 … MEDICINE MAN (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/13/92 … THE MAMBO KINGS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04/10/92 … NEWSIES (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
04/24/92 … PASSED AWAY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/08/92 … WILD ORCHID 2 (2 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
05/22/92 … ENCINO MAN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/05/92 … PATRIOT GAMES (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/17/92 … HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/14/92 … SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/25/92 … MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
10/16/92 … CONSENTING ADULTS (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
11/25/92 … ALADDIN (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/26/93 … BORN YESTERDAY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/16/93 … BOILING POINT (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/30/93 … SIDEKICKS (Dolby Stereo)
05/07/93 … DAVE (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/18/93 … LAST ACTION HERO (4 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/16/93 … FREE WILLY (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/27/93 … FATHER HOOD (Dolby Stereo)
09/03/93 … FORTRESS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/24/93 … THE JOY LUCK CLUB (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/24/93 … A PERFECT WORLD (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/25/93 … HEAVEN & EARTH (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
01/21/94 … SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/04/94 … MY FATHER THE HERO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/18/94 … ON DEADLY GROUND (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/11/94 … THE REF (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/94 … JIMMY HOLLYWOOD (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/15/94 … WHITE FANG 2: MYTH OF THE WHITE WOLF (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/29/94 … THE FAVOR (Dolby Stereo)
05/06/94 … WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/03/94 … THE ENDLESS SUMMER II (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/24/94 … MAVERICK (MO, Dolby Stereo)
07/01/94 … BLOWN AWAY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/20/94 … THE CLIENT (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/02/94 … A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/16/94 … QUIZ SHOW (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/21/94 … LOVE AFFAIR (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/11/94 … INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/09/94 … DISCLOSURE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/06/95 … SAFE PASSAGE (Dolby Stereo)
01/13/95 … NOBODY’S FOOL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/17/95 … FORREST GUMP (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/10/95 … OUTBREAK (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/95 … DON JUAN DEMARCO (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/21/94 … WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/24/95 … BRAVEHEART (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/23/95 … POCAHONTAS (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
08/11/95 … DANGEROUS MINDS (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/15/95 … BRAVEHEART (Dolby Stereo)
09/22/95 … SHOWGIRLS (3 weeks, DTS)
10/13/95 … THE SCARLET LETTER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/03/95 … HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/17/95 … THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/20/95 … NIXON (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/12/96 … TWO IF BY SEA (Dolby Stereo)
01/19/96 … FROM DUCK TILL DAWN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/16/96 … MR. WRONG (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/08/96 … BRAVEHEART (RE, Dolby Stereo)
03/15/96 … TWO MUCH (Dolby Stereo)
03/22/96 … DIABOLIQUE (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/03/96 … PRIMAL FEAR (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/22/96 … MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (6 weeks, DTS)
07/03/96 … PHENOMENON (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/09/96 … ESCAPE FROM L.A. (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/23/96 … THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/20/96 … THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/18/96 … SLEEPERS (5 weeks, DTS)
11/22/96 … STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (5 weeks, DTS)
12/25/96 … EVENING STAR (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/10/97 … THE RELIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
01/31/97 … METRO (MO, weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/12/97 … DANGEROUS GROUND (Dolby Stereo)
02/21/97 … STAR WARS (RE, 3 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/14/97 … RETURN OF THE JEDI (RE, 5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
04/18/97 … 8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG (Dolby Stereo)
04/25/97 … ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
05/09/97 … FATHERS’ DAY (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/06/97 … BREAKDOWN (MO, 2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
06/20/97 … BATMAN AND ROBIN (5 weeks, Dolby Digital)
07/25/97 … AIR FORCE ONE (9 weeks, DTS)
09/26/97 … THE EDGE (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
10/24/97 … A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/07/97 … MAD CITY (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
11/21/97 … MAD CITY / RED CORNER (Dolby Digital / DTS)
11/26/97 … ALIEN: RESURRECTION (4 weeks, Dolby Digital)
12/25/97 … AS GOOD AS IT GETS (7 weeks, Dolby Digital)
02/13/98 … SPHERE (2 weeks, Dolby Digital)
03/02/98 … CLOSED
Further information on the Valley Circle can be found by clicking the link.
Booking lists are also available for for the Cinema Grossmont, the Center, and the Cinerama.
The Cinema 21 is coming soon.
I didn’t see Die Hard until it came to video.
But I made sure to see every entry thereafter in the theater…
I did finally see an actual print at UCLA with DP Jan de Bont in 1994.
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE AWESOME EIGHTIES
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
04/04/80 … NIJINSKY (4 weeks)
05/02/80 … THE 39 STEPS (6 weeks)
06/13/80 … THE SHINING (7 weeks)
08/01/80 … RAISE THE TITANIC (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/26/80 … ORDINARY PEOPLE (12 weeks)
12/19/80 … SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (13 weeks)
03/20/81 … THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (5 weeks)
04/24/81 … ATLANTIC CITY (4 weeks)
05/22/81 … OUTLAND (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/17/81 … ARTHUR (10 weeks)
09/25/81 … ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (12 weeks)
12/18/81 … PENNIES FOM HEAVEN (6 weeks)
01/29/82 … ON GOLDEN POND (18 weeks)
06/04/82 … POLTERGEIST (27 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/10/82 … AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL (6 weeks)
01/21/83 … SOPHIE’S CHOICE (9 weeks)
03/25/83 … RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
04/01/83 … MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD (4 weeks)
04/29/83 … BABY, IT’S YOU (4 weeks)
05/27/83 … LA TRAVIATA (4 weeks)
06/24/83 … TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/29/83 … KRULL (6 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/09/83 … PUBERTY BLUES (2 weeks)
09/21/83 … GANDHI (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
09/30/83 … THE BIG CHILL (8 weeks)
11/23/83 … TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (19 weeks)
04/06/84 … MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/01/84 … ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (3 weeks)
06/22/84 … THE KARATE KID (16 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/12/84 … COUNTRY (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/07/84 … 2010 (9 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/08/85 … MRS. SOFFEL (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/08/85 … FANTASIA (RE, 2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/22/85 … MASK (9 weeks)
05/24/85 … A VIEW TO A KILL (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/28/85 … ST. ELMO’S FIRE (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/24/85 … THE BLACK CAULDRON (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
08/16/85 … YEAR OF THE DRAGON (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/27/85 … MARIE (2 weeks)
10/11/85 … AFTER HOURS (4 weeks)
11/08/85 … THAT WAS THEN… THIS IS NOW (2 weeks)
11/22/85 … ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/06/85 … WHITE NIGHTS (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
01/31/86 … MURPHY’S ROMANCE (5 weeks)
03/07/86 … NINE ½ WEEKS (Dolby Stereo)
03/14/86 … CROSSROADS (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/11/86 … THE COLOR PURPLE (RE, Dolby Stereo)
04/18/86 … TROUBLE IN MIND (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/16/86 … SALVADOR (3 weeks)
06/06/86 … ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/20/86 … THE KARATE KID II (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/22/86 … STAND BY ME (8 weeks)
10/17/86 … THE COLOR OF MONEY (10 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
12/25/86 … THE MISSION (11 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/13/87 … TIN MEN (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/10/87 … THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/01/87 … INNERSPACE (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
07/24/87 … LA BAMBA (5 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
08/28/87 … THE FOURTH PROTOCOL (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
09/18/87 … HELLRAISER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/09/87 … SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/28/87 … WEEDS (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/20/87 … FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/11/87 … EMPIRE OF THE SUN (8 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
02/05/88 … SHE’S HAVING A BABY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
02/26/88 … FRANTIC (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/18/88 … LITTLE NIKITA (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/30/88 … BEETLEJUICE (8 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/25/88 … CROCODILE DUNDEE (7 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/15/88 … BAMBI (RE, 2 weeks)
07/29/88 … A FISH CALLED WANDA (10 weeks)
10/07/88 … MEMORIES OF ME (4 weeks)
11/04/88 … THE GOOD MOTHER (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo )
11/18/88 … 1969 (3 weeks, Ultra Stereo)
12/09/88 … 1969 / A CRY IN THE DARK (Ultra Stereo / Dolby Stereo)
12/16/88 … RAIN MAN (9 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
02/17/89 … TRUE BELIEVER (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
03/10/89 … NEW YORK STORIES (2 weeks)
03/24/89 … DEAD BANG (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/07/89 … DEAD CALM (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
04/28/89 … CRIMINAL LAW (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
05/12/89 … EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (Dolby Stereo)
05/19/89 … ROAD HOUSE (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo SR)
06/09/89 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 70mm-Dolby Stereo SR)
06/16/89 … GHOSTBUSTERS II (4 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
07/12/89 … WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… (12 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/06/89 … A DRY WHITE SEASON (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
10/20/89 … GROSS ANATOMY (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
11/10/89 … STAYING TOGETHER (Dolby Stereo)
11/17/89 … ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (2 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
12/01/89 … NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (6 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE SUPER SEVENTIES
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
RSE = Reserve-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Dates represent the first day of commercial release and, where known, the presentation format has been provided. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
03/18/70 … MAS*H (32 weeks)
10/28/70 … closed
11/25/70 … DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE (4 weeks)
12/23/70 … WHERE’S POPPA? (2 weeks
01/08/71 … THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES / BORSALINO
01/15/71 … THUNDERBALL / YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (2 weeks)
01/27/71 … CROMWELL (5 weeks)
03/05/71 … I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (2 weeks)
03/19/71 … COLD TURKEY (7weeks)
05/05/71 … LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (RE, 4 weeks)
06/02/71 … BANANAS (4 weeks)
06/30/72 … WILD ROVERS / PRETTY MAIDS IN A ROW
07/21/71 … FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYE (2 weeks)
08/04/71 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY / GRAND PRIX (RE, 70mm-Stereo)
08/13/71 … THE LOVE MACHINE (6 weeks)
09/22/71 … DOC / THE HUNTING PARTY
10/06/71 … JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (3 weeks)
10/29/71 … WEST SIDE STORY / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (RE, 2 weeks)
11/10/71 … AMERICAN WILDERNESS
11/19/71 … BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (9 weeks)
01/21/72 … STRAW DOGS (7 weeks)
03/08/72 … THE TROJAN WOMEN
03/15/72 … NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (RSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/07/72 … FUZZ (3 weeks)
06/29/72 … A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (13 weeks)
09/29/72 … EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX * BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (8 weeks)
11/22/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS (3 weeks)
12/11/72 … THEY ONLY KILL THEIR MASTERS / THE DEADLY TRAP
12/20/72 … THE GETAWAY (12 weeks)
** listed as “An X-Rated Movie in Colorâ€
03/16/73 … THE SOUND OF MUSIC (RE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
06/29/73 … 40 CARATS (3 weeks)
07/18/73 … TOM SAWYER (3 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/10/73 … OKLAHOMA CRUDE (3 weeks)
08/29/73 … A TOUCH OF CLASS (MO, 6 weeks)
10/10/73 … JEREMY (4 weeks)
11/07/73 … EXECUTIVE ACTION (6 weeks)
12/19/73 … PAPILLON (15 weeks)
04/05/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (2 weeks)
04/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / PAPER MOON (3 weeks)
05/17/74 … THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS / A TOUCH OF CLASS (8 weeks)
06/26/74 … OUR TIME
07/05/74 … OUR TIME / 40 CARATS (2 weeks)
07/17/74 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (14 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
10/23/74 … THE GAMBLER (5 weeks)
11/27/74 … THE NIGHT PORTER (3 weeks)
12/19/74 … THE TOWERING INFERNO (13 weeks)
03/19/75 … FUNNY LADY (15 weeks)
07/04/75 … BITE THE BULLET (7 weeks)
08/22/75 … THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (4 weeks)
09/19/75 … THE HAPPY HOOKER (2 weeks)
10/03/75 … FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (3 weeks)
10/24/75 … MAHOGANY (4 weeks)
11/21/75 … FANTASIA (RE, 5 weeks)
12/25/75 … HUSTLE (7 weeks)
02/11/76 … BARRY LYNDON (11 weeks)
04/28/76 … ROBIN AND MARIAN (4 weeks)
05/26/76 … WON TON TON (3 weeks)
06/16/76 … THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Part II (7 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
08/04/76 … FUTUREWORLD (6 weeks)
09/15/76 … HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK (4 weeks)
10/15/76 … CAR WASH (5 weeks)
11/19/76 … LED ZEPPELIN: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (4 weeks)
12/17/76 … KING KONG (9 weeks)
02/16/77 … TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING (2 weeks)
03/04/77 … BOUND FOR GLORY (4 weeks)
03/30/77 … BLACK SUNDAY (8 weeks)
05/25/77 … STAR WARS (37 weeks)
02/10/78 … STAR WARS (20 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
06/28/78 … HEAVEN CAN WAIT (16 weeks)
10/20/78 … FANTASIA (3 weeks, Stereo)
11/08/78 … MAGIC (6 weeks)
12/22/78 … ICE CASTLES (9 weeks)
02/23/79 … DAYS OF HEAVEN (3 weeks, 70mm-Dolby Stereo)
03/16/79 … THE CHINA SYNDROME (9 weeks)
05/18/79 … HANOVER STREET (3 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
06/08/79 … PLAYERS (5 weeks)
07/13/79 … JUST YOU AND ME, KID (3 weeks)
08/03/79 … NORTH DALLAS FORTY (9 weeks)
10/05/79 … STARTING OVER (9 weeks)
12/07/79 … STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (17 weeks, Dolby Stereo)
Pack,
Bad Call.
There was a line at the AVCO for The World is Not Enough in 1999. Opening night, though.
Apparently the Cinerama is playing Superman 1978 in 70mm this weekend.
…
The Arclight could learn a thing or two from their Seattle brethren.
Tower was definitely on Westwood through the 1990s- about the middle of the first block south of the UCLA campus (Westwood and Le Conte[?]). They had something called the “Classical Annex” a door or two down but that was gone by 1995.
Glendon was a block east of Westwood, but Tower did have an entrance on Glendon, behind the Plaza.
CINEMA GROSSMONT PART I: THE 1960s
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
06/30/65 … IN HARM’S WAY (5 weeks)
08/05/65 … THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (GSE, 12 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
10/27/65 … THE GREAT RACE (14 weeks)
02/02/66 … THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (3 weeks)
02/23/66 … THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD / DARLING (2 weeks)
03/09/66 … OUR MAN FLINT (2 weeks)
03/23/66 … OUR MAN FLINT / NORTH BY NORTHWEST (2 weeks)
04/03/66 … THE SINGING NUN (2 weeks)
04/20/66 … THE SINGING NUN / THE GREAT CARUSO
04/27/66 … THE SINGING NUN / SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
05/04/66 … GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN / TOKYO OLYMPIAD (2 weeks)
05/18/66 … MY FAIR LADY / PROMISE HER ANYTHING (3 weeks)
06/08/66 … STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF / CAT BALLOU (2 weeks)
06/24/66 … BORN FREE / THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS
06/29/66 … THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED / HARPER (2 weeks)
07/13/66 … A FINE MADNESS / THE PINK PANTHER
07/20/66 … A FINE MADNESS / BOY DID I GET A WRONG NUMBER (2 weeks)
08/03/66 … TORN CURTAIN (2 weeks)
08/17/66 … TORN CURTAIN / BLINDFOLD
08/24/66 … TORN CURTAIN / NEVADA SMITH (3 weeks)
09/14/66 … TORN CURTAIN / BEAU GESTE
09/21/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / STAGECOACH (2 weeks)
10/05/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / BORN FREE
10/12/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / GLASS BOTTOM BOAT
10/19/66 … GOLDFINGER / DR. NO
10/26/66 … HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / MODESTY BLAISE
11/02/66 … WAY… WAY OUT / AN AMERICAN DREAM
11/09/66 … WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF / AN AMERICAN DREAM
11/16/66 … THE APPALOOSA / ARABESQUE
11/23/66 … NOT WITHOUT MY WIFE YOU DON’T / KALEIDOSCOPE (3 weeks)
12/16/66 … NOT WITHOUT MY WIFE YOU DON’T / THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
12/23/66 … FUNERAL IN BERLIN (3 weeks)
01/09/67 … FUNERAL IN BERLIN / IPCRESS FILE (2 weeks)
01/27/67 … FAHRENHEIT 451 (3 weeks)
02/17/67 … FAHRENHEIT 451 / BUTTERFIELD 8
02/24/67 … ALFIE (MO)
03/01/67 … ALFIE / PENELOPE (2 weeks)
03/17/67 … A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (16 weeks)
07/07/67 … THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (17 weeks)
11/01/67 … MORE THAN A MIRACLE
11/08/67 … MORE THAN A MIRACLE / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (2 weeks)
11/22/67 … THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES / VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (2 weeks)
12/06/67 … POINT BLANK / UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (2 weeks)
12/22/67 … THE GRADUATE (30 weeks)
07/17/68 … THE ODD COUPLE (13 weeks)
10/16/68 … I LOVE YOU ALICE B. TOKLAS (5 weeks)
11/21/68 … THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (4 weeks)
12/20/68 … CANDY (10 weeks)
02/28/69 … THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE (5 weeks)
04/02/69 … THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (5 weeks)
05/07/69 … SOUTH PACIFIC (RE, 3 weeks)
05/28/69 … LOVES OF ISADORA (3 weeks)
06/18/69 … TRUE GRIT (9 weeks)
08/20/69 … THE APRIL FOOLS (6 weeks)
10/01/69 … DADDY’S GONE A-HUNTING (2 weeks)
10/17/69 … ME, NATALIE (2 weeks)
10/31/69 … TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (4 weeks)
11/26/69 … TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN / MCKENNA’S GOLD (4 weeks)
12/25/69 … THE REIVERS (12 weeks)
Booking lists for the Valley Circle and the Center theaters are already available. Booking lists for the Cinerama, the Cinema 21, and the 1970s to the 1990s are coming soon.
Center Theatre (1965 to 1971)
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Engagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†(http://www.in70mm.com/library/70mm_in/san_diego.htm) by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
17 Feb 1965 … CIRCUS WORLD (GSE, 8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
13 Apr 1965 … THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (GSE, 15 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
27 Jul 1965 … THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL (GSE, 13 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
27 Oct 1965 … MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY (8 weeks, Cinerama)
22 Dec 1965 … BATTLE OF THE BULGE (GSE, 20 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
11 May 1966 … CINERAMA’S RUSSIAN ADVENTURE (GSE, 6 weeks, Cinerama)
24 Jun 1966 … KHARTOUM (GSE, 8 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
17 Aug 1966 … OKLAHOMA (RE, 7 weeks)
05 Oct 1966 … GIGI (RE, 6 weeks)
18 Nov 1966 … ALFIE (14 weeks)
21 Feb 1967 … GRAND PRIX (GSE, 35 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
26 Oct 1967 … GONE WITH THE WIND (GSE, 31 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
28 May 1968 … 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (GSE, 44 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
02 Apr 1969 … ICE STATION ZEBRA (GSE, 12 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
26 Jun 1969 … KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA (GSE, 16 weeks, Cinerama)
13 Oct to 18 Nov 1969 … closed
19 Nov 1969 … THE STERILE CUCKOO (5 weeks)
25 Dec 1969 … THE ARRANGEMENT (7 weeks)
11 Feb 1970 … THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN (4 weeks)
12 Mar 1970 … PATTON (GSE, 16 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
01 Jul 1970 … AIRPORT (25 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
25 Dec 1970 … I LOVE MY… WIFE (7 weeks)
10 Feb 1971 … RYAN’S DAUGHTER (21 weeks, 70mm-Stereo)
07 Jul 1971 … CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (10 weeks)
CLOSED 13 September 1971
TRIPLED 24 November 1971
THE VALLEY CIRCLE: THE SWINGING SIXTIES
RE = Re-Issue/ Return Engagement
MO = Move-over (i.e. continuation of engagement from another theater)
GSE = Guaranteed-Seat Enagement
Listings include regular engagements only. Test screenings, sneak-preview screenings, midnight screenings, premieres and other private events are not included. Unless noted, presentations are all 35mm â€" mono sound presentation.
All listing from San Diego Union, San Diego Tribune and “70mm in San Diego†(http://www.in70mm.com/library/70mm_in/san_diego.htm) by Michael Coate and William Kallay.
23 Dec 1966 … AFTER THE FOX (3 weeks)
13 Jan 1967 … A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (4 weeks)
08 Feb 1967 … BLOW UP (6 weeks)
22 Mar 1967 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
29 Mar 1967 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / KHARTOUM
05 Apr 1967 … HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING / ANY WEDNESDAY
12 Apr 1967 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / 25th HOUR
19 Apr 1967 … OH DAD, POOR DAD / PENELOPE
26 Apr 1967 … HOMBRE
03 May 1967 … HOMBRE / THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
24 May 1967 … FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE / WELCOME TO HARD TIMES (2 weeks)
07 Jun 1967 … EIGHT ON THE LAMB
14 Jun 1967 … EIGHT ON THE LAMB / FINDERS KEEPERS
21 Jun 1967 … EIGHT ON THE LAMB / THE GREAT ESCAPE
28 Jun 1967 … THE DIRTY DOZEN (9 weeks)
30 Aug 1967 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE (3 weeks)
20 Sep 1967 … UP THE DOWN STAIR CASE / THE NAKED RUNNER
27 Sep 1967 … THE FAMILY WAY / THE BOBO (5 weeks)
01 Nov 1967 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / ZORBA THE GREEK
08 Nov 1967 … THE FLIM-FLAM MAN / DIVORCE, AMERICAN STYLE
15 Nov 1967 … COOL HAND LUKE (2 weeks)
29 Nov 1967 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT? (2 weeks)
11 Dec 1967 … JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS (two days only)
13 Dec 1967 … COOL HAND LUKE / WHO’S MINDING THE MINT?
20 Dec 1967 … FITZWILLY / ROSIE
27 Dec 1967 … FITZWILLY / GEORGY GIRL
03 Jan 1968 … FITZWILLY / LUV
10 Jan 1968 … SMASHING TIME / WATERHOLE #3
17 Jan 1968 … BONNIE AND CLYDE / YOU’RE A BIG BOY NOW (MO, 4 weeks)
16 Feb 1968 … GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER? (17 weeks)
13 Jun 1968 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS (6 weeks)
24 Jul 1968 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE
31 Jul 1968 … YOURS, MINE AND OURS / THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O'FARRELL
07 Aug 1968 … FOR LOVE OF IVY (7 weeks)
25 Sep 1968 … THE SWIMMER (2 weeks)
09 Oct 1968 … THE SWIMMER / THE PARTY
16 Oct 1968 … HELGA / PLANET OF LIFE
23 Oct 1968 … THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM / HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
30 Oct 1968 … THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE / WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?
06 Nov 1968 … SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES / FANTASTIC VOYAGE
13 Nov 1968 … WEST SIDE STORY (RE, 2 weeks)
27 Nov 1968 … YELLOW SUBMARINE (3 weeks)
18 Dec 1968 … CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (GSE, 14 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
27 Mar 1969 … OLIVER! (GSE, 26 weeks, 70 mm-Stereo)
24 Sep 1969 … EASY RIDER (9 weeks)
26 Nov 1969 … OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (2 weeks)
10 Dec 1969 …2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (RE, 2 weeks)
25 Dec 1969 …BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (12 weeks)
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Ad for the San Diego premiere of King Kong in May 1933.
At the California.
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Notes on the California.
Since I just watched ‘Richard Pryor, Live on the Sunset Strip’ I thought I’d point out that the Dome has a quick cameo in the opening seconds.
‘Ghost Story’ is on the marquee.
Colin,
Anyway you scan those schedules in and post a link here?
Old rep calendars are so much fun.
I drove up from San Diego to see 2001 and, the gaffes aside, I’d do it again.
The clicking was a bit annoying but I blame the print and not the theater.
If only the Dome could play some more 70mm movies (Patton, Dr Zhivago, Wild Bunch, Empire Strikes Back [yeah, I know]…) the world would be a better place.
San Diego:
Operating
The Ken – /theaters/914/
La Paloma – /theaters/1922/
Operating but not as a Movie Theater
Balboa – /theaters/710/
Copley Sh (the Fox) – /theaters/2277/
North Park Theater – /theaters/2280/
Spreckels – /theaters/2759/
Closed But the Structure Still Stands:
Aztec – /theaters/2273/
Casino – ?
Adams – /theaters/7172/
California – /theaters/681/
Center – /theaters/18221/
Cinema Grossmont- /theaters/20164/
Strand – /theaters/4281/
Clairemont – /theaters/14493/
Academy – /theaters/17292/
Loma – /theaters/1716/
Bijou – /theaters/11663/
The Grand Opening was on 24 May 1945. Admission was the purchase of a $100 War Bond.
The opening attraction was ‘Diamond Horseshoes’ starring Betty Grable.
A more accurate location for the theater would be between B and C Streets on 4th Avenue (the current building would have an address of 1127 4th Ave across from the California)).
John C. Fisher is credited as building this theater but whether he was the architect or contractor is undetermined. As an aside, as it was built for theatrical events, it was built without dressing rooms.
Apparently Louis J. Wilde was responsible for building the Pickwick.
Later he became mayor of San Diego.
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Ad for Loews in 1968.
Also, the only first run engagement of Skidoo I’m aware of.