THE SCREENING ROOM
A year-by-year, film-by-film history of 70-millimeter wide gauge exhibition in New York City & Vicinity
Compiled by Michael Coate and William Kallay
March 9:
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Anamorphic Blow-Up* / Six-Track Stereo*
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Columbia
“The Motion Picture [Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton] Were Made For!”
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Coronet
Includes World Premiere on Mar. 8
*70mm presentation unconfirmed — Some sources suggest 70mm print availability in roadshow markets — Some sources suggest the Coronet Theatre was equipped only for 35mm presentation at time of engagement — Stereophonic soundtrack unconfirmed — Some sources suggest film was mixed in mono
March 22:
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Spherical Blow-Up* / Six-Track Stereo*
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Universal
“Julie As You Love Her…In The Happiest Picture Of The Year!”
Manhattan: [B.S. Moss] Criterion
Includes World Premiere on Mar. 21
*70mm presentation unconfirmed — Some sources suggest 70mm print availability in roadshow markets
Additional 70mm Engagement**
Manhattan: [Rugoff] Sutton** (Dec. 15; move-over from Criterion)
**Reserved-Performance Engagement — 70mm presentation unconfirmed — Some sources suggest 70mm print availability in roadshow markets — Some sources suggest the Sutton Theatre was equipped only for 35mm presentation at time of engagement
April 19:
OKLAHOMA! (Re-Issue)
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Magna
“Original Todd-AO 70 mm Version In Full Stereophonic Sound As Presented For One Year On Broadway”
Manhattan: [AIT] Kips Bay
“[Kips Bay is] New York’s Only East Side Theatre Equipped To Show 70mm”
[Also see 1955, 1962 & 1983 entries and 1978 “Broadway Comes To Broadway” entry]
June 16:
THE DIRTY DOZEN
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
MGM
“Train Them! Thrill Them! Arm Them! Then Turn Them Loose On The Nazis!”
“Presented In The Giant Scope Of 70mm Only At Loew’s Capitol”
Manhattan: [Loew’s] Capitol
Includes World Premiere on June 15
October 11:
GONE WITH THE WIND (Re-Issue)
Spherical Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
MGM
“The Most Magnificent Picture Ever! In The Splendor Of 70mm. Wide Screen And Full Stereophonic Sound!”
Manhattan: [UA] Rivoli
Includes New York Re-Premiere on Oct. 10
[First time shown in New York in 70mm]
Expanded Release on Dec. 21
Asbury Park: [Walter Reade] St. James
Montclair: [Beacon] Clairidge
Syosset: [UA] Syosset
Expanded Release on June 25, 1968
Nanuet: [UA] Route 59
Additional 70mm Engagements
Westfield: [Fabian] Rialto (July 17, 1968)
Manhattan: [Walter Reade] Ziegfeld (June 24, 1970)
Manhattan: [AIT] Kips Bay (Nov. 18, 1970)
[Also see 1974 & 1976 re-issue entries and 1970 & 1975 special series entries]
October 19:
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Anamorphic Blow-Up / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
MGM
“Her romance with three men becomes a bold adventure in love!”
Manhattan: [Loew’s] Capitol
Includes U.S. Premiere on Oct. 18
Expanded Release on Jan. 17, 1968
Totowa: [UA] Cinema 46
October 26:
CAMELOT
Anamorphic Blow-Up/ Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
Warner Bros./Seven Arts
“The Most Beautiful Musical Love Story Ever!—In Breathtaking 70mm”
Manhattan: [Stanley-Warner] Warner
Includes World Premiere on Oct. 25
Expanded Release on Feb. 7, 1968
Upper Montclair: [Fabian] Bellevue
Expanded Release on June 19, 1968
Lynbrook: [UA] Lynbrook
[Also see 1978 “Broadway Comes To Broadway” entry]
December 20:
DOCTOR DOLITTLE
Todd-AO / Six-Track Stereo
Reserved-Seat Engagement
20th Century-Fox
“You’ve never seen anything like it in your life!”
Manhattan: [Loew’s] State
Includes U.S. Premiere on Dec. 19
Expanded Release on June 26, 1968
Upper Montclair: [Fabian] Bellevue
Expanded Release on July 3, 1968
Franklin Square: [Century] Franklin
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