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
1974
February 20:
Panorama Blue
70mm Super Widescreen Panoramascope / Six-Track Stereo
Ellman
"The Mightiest Adult Film!"
Hollywood: [?] Hollywood Paramount
May 18:
That’s Entertainment!
Various Formats / Six-Track Stereo
MGM
Beverly Hills: [GCC] Beverly
Includes World Premiere on May 17
July 24:
2001: A Space Odyssey (Re-Issue)
Super Panavision 70 / "Cinerama" / Six-Track Stereo
MGM (United Artists)
”Exactly As Presented in Cinerama and Stereophonic Sound”
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Westwood Village: [Mann] Village (Aug. 28)
Newport Beach: [Edwards] Newport (Aug. 28)
Westwood Village: [Mann] National (Oct. 23)
Beverly Hills: [Mann] Fox Wilshire (Nov. 26, 1975)
Century City: [Plitt] Century Plaza (Sep. 29, 1976)
Also see 1968, 1977, 1980 & 2001 entries, and 1971 "MGM Fabulous Three"
entry, plus Special Screenings and Film Festivals (1990, 1992, 1996,
1997, 2005, 2007, and 2008) entries
September 20:
Jesus Christ Superstar (Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Universal
"An Experience! For the First Time in 70-mm Wide-Screen with Full
Stereophonic 6 Channel Surround Sound"
Hollywood: [Pacific] Cinerama Dome
[First time in 70mm in Los Angeles — Original 1973 release in 35mm]
Additional 70mm Engagements:
Century City: [Plitt] Century Plaza (Nov. 21, 1975)
Pasadena: [UA] United Artists (Dec. 25, 1975)
November 20:
Doctor Zhivago (Re-Issue)
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
MGM (United Artists)
“The Most Exciting Adventure Ever Filmed Returns In All Its Spectacular
Grandeur”
Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian
Also see 1965 entry, and 1971 "MGM Fabulous Three" entry
December 11:
One By One
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Trans-International/Ellman
"70mm Multi Channel Quadraphonic Sound"
Hollywood: [Pacific] Hollywood Pacific
[8-day Academy Award-consideration engagement]
December 17:
The Towering Inferno
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
20th Century Fox/Warner Bros.
Hollywood: [UA] Egyptian
Westwood Village: [GCC] Avco Center*
*Includes World Premiere on December 16
More 70mm
70mm In New York
70mm In Orange County