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A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in Southern California

 

 Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay

 


 

70mm Equipped Theatre Pictures

Century City / City / Century Plaza

 

[1]

Century Plaza opening day ad (April 5, 1972) [Enlarge]

[2]

Century Plaza in 1975 — The large auditorium had 1424-seats, and the smaller auditorium in this twin complex had 800-seats*

[2]

Premiere of "The Wiz" (1978)

[4]

Century Plaza (2003)

[4]

Box office — The began as a twin — When Cineplex Odeon took over the theatre, one of the auditoriums was subdivided into three separate screens

[4]

Century Plaza as seen from Avenue Of The Stars — The theatre was located on the bottom floor of the building (right) — The theatre was similiar in some respects to the City Center in Orange, California

[4]

Both the Century Plaza cinemas and Shubert Theatre (off-frame, left) were razed for a huge office building in 2004

 


[1] Los Angeles Times / ABC
[2] Los Angeles Public Library / Herald-Examiner (Photo By Julius Shulman)
[3] Los Angeles Public Library (Photo By Gregg Cobarr)
[4] William Kallay
*Los Angeles Times, June 10, 1979, "Suburban Theatres: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" by Richard Houdek

 


 

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