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
70mm Equipped Theatre Pictures
EGYPTIAN / AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE / LLOYD E. RIGLER
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| Sid Grauman (third from left) |
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| Egyptian's auditorium (c. 1920s) |
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| A view of the auditorium from the stage and screen (1926) |
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| Courtyard set-up for "The Thief Of Baghdad" (1940) |
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| Beauties pose for a promo picture for "Oklahoma!" (1955) |
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| A picture from an era that valued showmanship...yes, in more ways than one! |
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| Artist rendering of Egyptian becoming a D-150 theatre (c. 1960s) |
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| The theatre was remodeled in 1968 for D-150 presentation within a six week time span — This is a view of the former screen area |
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| Workers install the new D-150 screen |
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| D-150 projection equipment with 8-Channel Ampex Sound |
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| D-150 screen |
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| "Funny Girl" played as a reserved seat engagement beginning in 1968 (Picture taken in 1969 after Barbra Streisand won the Oscar for Best Actress) |
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| "Alien" played to huge audiences in 1979 |
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| Eager Earthlings await their fate from the "Alien" in front of the Egyptian |
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| Part of the set of "Mother" was located at the theatre |
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| The "Space Jockey" prop sat in the Egyptian courtyard during the engagement...until it was vandalized by some mean-spirited Earthlings |
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| The Egyptian in 2003 — The theatre was re-modeled by the American Cinematheque and re-opened to the public on December 4, 1998. |
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| The ornate Egyptian ceiling in 2006 |
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| The ceiling's detail in close-up |
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| Much of the Egyptian's interior was gutted during the restoration, but some things like this sculpture remain in the courtyard |
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| Sculpture up-close |
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| A hieroglyphic in the courtyard of the Egyptian |
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[1] Los Angeles Public Library / Los Angeles
Chamber Of Commerce Collection
[2] Los Angeles Public Library / Ralph Morris Collection (Todd-AO
pictures)
[3] Courtesy of Robert Weisgerber [4] Courtesy of Robert Weisgerber
-- Motion Picture Herald, January 13, 1969
[5] "Alien Quadrilogy" DVD Photo gallery (20th Century Fox Home
Entertainment)
[6] William Kallay (taken between 2003-2007)
Special thanks to our photo contributors
Photos © 2012 William Kallay, except where noted. All rights reserved.
Photos used for illustrative purposes and not intended to violate copyrights
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