THE SCREENING ROOM
A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern California
Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay
1963
May 29:
55 Days At Peking
Super Technirama 70 / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Performance Engagement
Allied Artists
Beverly Hills: [Statewide] Beverly
Includes U.S. Premiere on May 28
June 20:
Cleopatra
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
20th Century Fox
Hollywood: [RKO] Pantages
Includes West Coast Premiere on June 19
Additional 70mm engagement:
Anaheim: [Vinstrand] Brookhurst (Nov. 24, 1965)
Also see 1971, 2006 re-issues, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals
entries
November 8:
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Ultra Panavision 70 / “Cinerama” / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
United Artists
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Includes World Premiere on November 7
Also see 2003 entry, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals (2004, 2005,
and 2012) entries
December 20:
The Cardinal
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved Seat Engagement
Columbia
Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian
Includes West Coast Premiere on December 19
Additional 70mm engagement:
Redondo Beach: [UA] Strand (April 1, 1964)
More 70mm
70mm In New York
70mm In Orange County