Why were the engagements of Cinerama in Baltimore so short compared to other major cities? Was it because Baltimore was nestled between Wash & Philadelphia and had been running Cinerama for t least 4 yrs before it came to the Town Theatre?
Thanks for the information on Cinerama—you do geaet work/research. When I was about 10 years old growing up in Hagerstown, Maryland, I went on a business trip with my father to Rochester, NY. One day we went to the Monroe Theatre and saw “Search for Paradise” in Cinerama. My father had been a projectionist in Philadelphia in the 30’s and 40’s, and had kept his IATSE union membership current. He knocked on the door of the proj. booth, showed the man his card, and proceededed to give my father and me a complete tour of the three projector process. It was thrilling for 10 year old interest in movies, and a thrill for my late father as well!
Glenn Morrison
Washington, DC
I saw Exodus at the Mayfair in Baltimore in 70mm, Very bad projection. Everytime the projectionist would switch projectors, a large pop would come out of the speakers making it sound like you had just been shot. The picture was fuzzy most of the time and the theatre was dirty.
AUGH!!!!!! Michael, I read your comment, panicked, went back and checked to see how many views your CINERAMA posts have had, went to make this comment and my internet service went down for three days. Now that it’s back here’s the number of views your CINERAMA series has had as of three days ago and Baltimore as of this morning:
3,637 New York City
1,775 San Francisco
1,414 Houston
978 Dallas
634 Los Angeles
412 Northern New Jersey
385 Chicago
346 Toronto
346 Columbus
309 Boston
309 Oklahoma City
282 Salt Lake City
276 Syracuse
275 San Diego
268 Philadelphia
255 Montreal
254 Charlotte
244 Washington DC
244 Atlanta
195 Albuquerque
191 Miami
174 Fresno
163 Pittsburg
162 Minneapolis
130 Orange County
125 Baltimore
118 Detroit
115 El Paso
114 Vancouver
74 Des Moines
14,204 TOTAL
Anyway I think your CINERANA Series has set some kind of CT record for the number of views even if not a lot of comments are not always made. I know it’s a lot of work, but the views show the intrest. Please don’t stop. Besides so far you have only listed half of the cites I have seen CINERAMA in.
And you never know where the interst in CINERAMA will show up. I thought it was interesting that so many views came from Texas and I would have thought a lot more views for Los Angeles instead of San Francisco???
The only thing I’d like to add is to ask why no one from Baltimore has chimed in and offered any comments, questions or nostalgic recollections of Baltimore’s Cinerama era? After all, Baltimore is the subject here. This page has been posted for nearly a week now and no one has posted any comments that actually have anything to do with Baltimore’s Cinerama history.
It doesn’t surprise me that these semi-related questions come up (e.g. the “Song Of Norway” question), but I find it odd (and disappointing) that no one who currently resides in or formerly resided in the Baltimore area has commented, especially since in earlier chapters of this series a couple of people asked if and when Baltimore would get a turn and since this website thrives on memories of the past.
I’m considering bringing the series to a close since I’m questioning how much interest there really is.
Production Companies ABC Pictures/American Broadcasting Company(ABC) get the credit for “Song of Norway”. CINERAMA Releasing Corporation released “Song of Norway” along with lots of other movies that did not end up in CINERAMA, for example “Charly”, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”, those rat movies “Willard” and “Ben” and I think “Cabaret” and many, many others. Care to add anything Michael?
I’ve always felt that the last “real” 70mm CINERAMA film was “Krakatoa: East of Java”. “Song Of Norway”, “The Great Waltz” and “Run Run Joe” which just played in the UK as “CINERAMA” just never seemed to me to be officialy CINERAMA.
I did see “Song Of Norway” on a DIMENSION 150 screen in Oak Brook, Illinois and that was about as good as CINERAMA! I hope that isn’t blasphemy.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas, September 30, 1952
Why hasn’t “Song Of Norway” been included in this series? Simple: it doesn’t belong.
The U.S. and Canadian roadshow bookings of “Song Of Norway” were not promoted as being presented “in Cinerama.” Any confusion with this title probably stems from it having been produced by and distributed by Cinerama, Inc. and getting many bookings in Cinerama theaters.
When some international markets start being featured in the series, “Song Of Norway” (and a few other titles not yet mentioned) may appear on some of them because that title was handled differently overseas.
Why were the engagements of Cinerama in Baltimore so short compared to other major cities? Was it because Baltimore was nestled between Wash & Philadelphia and had been running Cinerama for t least 4 yrs before it came to the Town Theatre?
Thanks for the information on Cinerama—you do geaet work/research. When I was about 10 years old growing up in Hagerstown, Maryland, I went on a business trip with my father to Rochester, NY. One day we went to the Monroe Theatre and saw “Search for Paradise” in Cinerama. My father had been a projectionist in Philadelphia in the 30’s and 40’s, and had kept his IATSE union membership current. He knocked on the door of the proj. booth, showed the man his card, and proceededed to give my father and me a complete tour of the three projector process. It was thrilling for 10 year old interest in movies, and a thrill for my late father as well! Glenn Morrison Washington, DC
I saw Exodus at the Mayfair in Baltimore in 70mm, Very bad projection. Everytime the projectionist would switch projectors, a large pop would come out of the speakers making it sound like you had just been shot. The picture was fuzzy most of the time and the theatre was dirty.
I judge the success of this series on the number of comments, not the number of page views.
I don’t think ‘twopointthreefivetoone’ knows what the difference between CINERAMA and Cinerama Releasing really was.
TWOPOINT, it was the difference between really big screen 3D IMAX and your home HDTV.
AUGH!!!!!! Michael, I read your comment, panicked, went back and checked to see how many views your CINERAMA posts have had, went to make this comment and my internet service went down for three days. Now that it’s back here’s the number of views your CINERAMA series has had as of three days ago and Baltimore as of this morning:
3,637 New York City
1,775 San Francisco
1,414 Houston
978 Dallas
634 Los Angeles
412 Northern New Jersey
385 Chicago
346 Toronto
346 Columbus
309 Boston
309 Oklahoma City
282 Salt Lake City
276 Syracuse
275 San Diego
268 Philadelphia
255 Montreal
254 Charlotte
244 Washington DC
244 Atlanta
195 Albuquerque
191 Miami
174 Fresno
163 Pittsburg
162 Minneapolis
130 Orange County
125 Baltimore
118 Detroit
115 El Paso
114 Vancouver
74 Des Moines
14,204 TOTAL
Anyway I think your CINERANA Series has set some kind of CT record for the number of views even if not a lot of comments are not always made. I know it’s a lot of work, but the views show the intrest. Please don’t stop. Besides so far you have only listed half of the cites I have seen CINERAMA in.
And you never know where the interst in CINERAMA will show up. I thought it was interesting that so many views came from Texas and I would have thought a lot more views for Los Angeles instead of San Francisco???
The only thing I’d like to add is to ask why no one from Baltimore has chimed in and offered any comments, questions or nostalgic recollections of Baltimore’s Cinerama era? After all, Baltimore is the subject here. This page has been posted for nearly a week now and no one has posted any comments that actually have anything to do with Baltimore’s Cinerama history.
It doesn’t surprise me that these semi-related questions come up (e.g. the “Song Of Norway” question), but I find it odd (and disappointing) that no one who currently resides in or formerly resided in the Baltimore area has commented, especially since in earlier chapters of this series a couple of people asked if and when Baltimore would get a turn and since this website thrives on memories of the past.
I’m considering bringing the series to a close since I’m questioning how much interest there really is.
Production Companies ABC Pictures/American Broadcasting Company(ABC) get the credit for “Song of Norway”. CINERAMA Releasing Corporation released “Song of Norway” along with lots of other movies that did not end up in CINERAMA, for example “Charly”, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”, those rat movies “Willard” and “Ben” and I think “Cabaret” and many, many others. Care to add anything Michael?
I don’t get it. If SONG OF NORWAY was produced & distributed by Cinerama, then how is it not a Cinerama movie?
I’ve always felt that the last “real” 70mm CINERAMA film was “Krakatoa: East of Java”. “Song Of Norway”, “The Great Waltz” and “Run Run Joe” which just played in the UK as “CINERAMA” just never seemed to me to be officialy CINERAMA.
I did see “Song Of Norway” on a DIMENSION 150 screen in Oak Brook, Illinois and that was about as good as CINERAMA! I hope that isn’t blasphemy.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas, September 30, 1952
Why hasn’t “Song Of Norway” been included in this series? Simple: it doesn’t belong.
The U.S. and Canadian roadshow bookings of “Song Of Norway” were not promoted as being presented “in Cinerama.” Any confusion with this title probably stems from it having been produced by and distributed by Cinerama, Inc. and getting many bookings in Cinerama theaters.
When some international markets start being featured in the series, “Song Of Norway” (and a few other titles not yet mentioned) may appear on some of them because that title was handled differently overseas.
Hey…how come SONG OF NORWAY is never mentioned in this series? Wasn’t that a Cinerama movie?