In its original 1967 re-released,only 23 minutes was cut from the original film,including the “infamous” bath scene and the “notorious” suicide scene with Charles Laughton that was missing from its original 194 minute running.
The 1967 re-released of “Spartacus” was cut from several scenes including the “infamous” bath scene with Laurence Olivier and Tony Curtis. The film was also re-released again in selected markets in 1970 as well.
But it wasn’t until 1994,when that scene and others were faithfully restored in its original 194 minute running time when it was re-released back in theatres in selected cities for its enagement,this time around with the original Technicolor restoration(by Robert Harris and James Katz),and presented in 70MM-Six Track Dobly Stereo.
About its North Carolina Enagement:
The Center Theatre in Charlotte was its only roadshow enagement showing that premiered on June 23,1961.
Other cities didn’t get this film until later on during 1961 and within its general release in 1962. But I do remember where “Spartacus” was booked……
RALEIGH:
-State Theatre
DURHAM:
-Carolina Theatre
COLUMBIA,S.C:
-Fox Theatre
Exclusive Area Enagements are available come November at the following theatres in North Carolina. And it it presented in its original 70MM format and Dobly Stereo sound.
-Charlotte (70MM) at either Park Terrace or Manor
-Raleigh/Cary at the Galaxy Theatre
-Chapel Hill at the Varsity
-Durham at the Carolina Theatre
Just like Carmike and Cineplex Odeon did when they ruined all of the great moviehouses in North Carolina. Speaking of which,Frank Theatres operates several movie theatres in the state and mostly operated in small towns in North Carolina. Frank Theatres operates multiplexes in Sanford, Shallotte, Southern Pines/Aberdeen, New Bern
and even as far as Shelby,Morganton and Mount Airy.
The location for this theatre was on Sycamore Dairy Road. It opened in the early-or-mid 1970’s as a twin cinema under Schneider-Merl Corporation before it was taken over by Martin Theatres and later on by Carmike Cinemas until its closing in the early 1990’s.
A car dealership now sits where the cinema once stood.
FYI:
The Rialto and The Criterion were demolished in the mid-1970’s to make way for a parking lot and nearby office buildings. The offices of the Durham County Judicial Building and Courthouse and the Durham County Sheriff’s Department was constructed in the mid-1970’s and it officially open to the public in 1978 where the two theatres once stood right around the corner from each other in Downtown Durham where the intersections of East Main Street,Church Street,and East Parrish Street stand.
The drive-in closed in early 1975 and was demolished. Located off New Bern Avenue near the Raleigh Beltline in Southeast Raleigh,
The Tower Drive-In Theatre sat where Tower Shopping Center and Tower Merchants Shopping Center now stands.
While “My Fair Lady” played in 1971 as a re-released,the CENTER also re-released other classic films as exclusive enagements presented in 70MM. Among them “Lawrence of Arabia”,“Gone With The Wind”,“Ben-Hur”,
“Ryan’s Daughter”,and “Giant” to name a few.
Potpie:
CENTER II’s featured attraction in October of 1971 was a James Garner flick called “Skin Game”. While CENTER I re-released “My Fair Lady”,and it was given the exclusive enagement run presented in 70MM. While “Skin Game” didn’t do well in the second auditorium,the next attraction “Billy Jack” for the CENTER II was a megahit when it played to record crowds in late-October of 1971.
The building where the Ram Theatres is still vacant.
The nightclub closed in 2007 and its been empty ever since. However,a barber shop has opened next door where it took over part of where the club was at the main entrance of the theatre.
A lot of the Universal films played at the Carolina Theatre:
“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"
"THE BIRDS"
"MARNIE"
"TORN CURTAIN"
"TOPAZ"
"FRENZY"
"AIRPORT"
"HELLFIGHTERS"
"THE WAR WAGON"
"THE SECRET WAR OF HARRY FRIGG"
"AIRPORT"
‘COOGAN’S BLUFF”
Who remembers when theatre chains had a bargain matinee policy where all seats were $3.00 before 6:00PM,and night admission was $5.75???
General Cinema had this policy and so did at one time Carmike.
Carmike used to have Tuesday Night Bargain where you can see a show,first-run at discount prices….
I know there are some in Virginia: Roanoke, Charlottesville,
Lynchburg, Danville, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and Richmond and as far as South Hill, Danville and Fredericksburg.
I too remember seeing NEW JACK CITY here when it was re-released as a discount movie house. All seats were just a buck and the projection was horrible.
About the Tryon Hills Theatre,aka The Tryon Theatre:
I remember seeing a lot of good movies there in the mid-1980’s and early 1990’s when it was a single screen theatre. I remember seeing
“Out for Justice” with Steven Seagal in 1991. Also played here were a underrated flick title “Tuff Stuff” starring former Disney child actress Kim Richards where she played a tough biker chick with ESP.
Also played here were a lot of blaxploitation films,adult films,and other films of interest. I came back to this theatre six months later and this once great theatre was twinned where they split this once 550-seat theatre down the middle….which made it terrible. It became a discount movie house. After that it sucked,since the projected was always braking down and the picture was never focused. When it was twinned,it became the worst movie house in Raleigh. It closed shortly there after.
Steven Spielburg’s 1975 blockbuster JAWS played to capacity crowds at the Bailey Theatre on June 20, 1975.
Also to point out too….but the mid-to-late 1970’s,the venue changed from showing first-run features to a variety of either blaxploitation,kung-fu flicks,and some adult flicks before it closed its doors forever in 1980.
In fact,Stewart and Everett OWNED and OPERATED all of the movie houses and drive-ins in the greater Wilmington area,including all of the Downtown movie houses too like the Manor Theatre, the Bailey,and
the Colony.
DC also had Tenley Circle, Janus, Cerberus, Cinema, Fine Arts,
Outer Circle, the MacArthur and the Embassy….are a part of the DC movie theatre history that I remember from the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Wasn’t the Jenifer part of those DC movie theatres as well…I knew it was not part of K-B,but it was operated under General Cinema.
The Hanes Mall Cinemas also had competition as well in the late 1990’s,when Carmike Cinemas built a huge 12-screen multiplex just south of the shopping center near Interstate 40 and Stratford Road that put this theatre out of business in early 2001.
A lot of UA films played at the Carolina Theatre:
“THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN"
"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT"
"THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN"
"MIDNIGHT COWBOY"
"ELECTRA GUIDE IN BLUE"
"THE HOSPITAL"
"FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE"
"A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS"
"THE GOOD,THE BAD,AND THE UGLY"
"FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"
"BRANNIGAN!”
In its original 1967 re-released,only 23 minutes was cut from the original film,including the “infamous” bath scene and the “notorious” suicide scene with Charles Laughton that was missing from its original 194 minute running.
The 1967 re-released of “Spartacus” was cut from several scenes including the “infamous” bath scene with Laurence Olivier and Tony Curtis. The film was also re-released again in selected markets in 1970 as well.
But it wasn’t until 1994,when that scene and others were faithfully restored in its original 194 minute running time when it was re-released back in theatres in selected cities for its enagement,this time around with the original Technicolor restoration(by Robert Harris and James Katz),and presented in 70MM-Six Track Dobly Stereo.
About its North Carolina Enagement:
The Center Theatre in Charlotte was its only roadshow enagement showing that premiered on June 23,1961.
Other cities didn’t get this film until later on during 1961 and within its general release in 1962. But I do remember where “Spartacus” was booked……
RALEIGH:
-State Theatre
DURHAM:
-Carolina Theatre
COLUMBIA,S.C:
-Fox Theatre
Exclusive Area Enagements are available come November at the following theatres in North Carolina. And it it presented in its original 70MM format and Dobly Stereo sound.
-Charlotte (70MM) at either Park Terrace or Manor
-Raleigh/Cary at the Galaxy Theatre
-Chapel Hill at the Varsity
-Durham at the Carolina Theatre
There is a website to get more information…..
http://www.ncsu.edu/cinema
COMING SOON to Cary, Holly Springs, and Wilson.
Just like Carmike and Cineplex Odeon did when they ruined all of the great moviehouses in North Carolina. Speaking of which,Frank Theatres operates several movie theatres in the state and mostly operated in small towns in North Carolina. Frank Theatres operates multiplexes in Sanford, Shallotte, Southern Pines/Aberdeen, New Bern
and even as far as Shelby,Morganton and Mount Airy.
The location for this theatre was on Sycamore Dairy Road. It opened in the early-or-mid 1970’s as a twin cinema under Schneider-Merl Corporation before it was taken over by Martin Theatres and later on by Carmike Cinemas until its closing in the early 1990’s.
A car dealership now sits where the cinema once stood.
There were two drive-in theatres in Myrtle Beach…..
One was the Myrtle Drive-In Theatre….
The other was the Highway 17 North Drive-In Theatre
FYI:
The Rialto and The Criterion were demolished in the mid-1970’s to make way for a parking lot and nearby office buildings. The offices of the Durham County Judicial Building and Courthouse and the Durham County Sheriff’s Department was constructed in the mid-1970’s and it officially open to the public in 1978 where the two theatres once stood right around the corner from each other in Downtown Durham where the intersections of East Main Street,Church Street,and East Parrish Street stand.
The drive-in closed in early 1975 and was demolished. Located off New Bern Avenue near the Raleigh Beltline in Southeast Raleigh,
The Tower Drive-In Theatre sat where Tower Shopping Center and Tower Merchants Shopping Center now stands.
While “My Fair Lady” played in 1971 as a re-released,the CENTER also re-released other classic films as exclusive enagements presented in 70MM. Among them “Lawrence of Arabia”,“Gone With The Wind”,“Ben-Hur”,
“Ryan’s Daughter”,and “Giant” to name a few.
Potpie:
CENTER II’s featured attraction in October of 1971 was a James Garner flick called “Skin Game”. While CENTER I re-released “My Fair Lady”,and it was given the exclusive enagement run presented in 70MM. While “Skin Game” didn’t do well in the second auditorium,the next attraction “Billy Jack” for the CENTER II was a megahit when it played to record crowds in late-October of 1971.
The building where the Ram Theatres is still vacant.
The nightclub closed in 2007 and its been empty ever since. However,a barber shop has opened next door where it took over part of where the club was at the main entrance of the theatre.
A lot of the Universal films played at the Carolina Theatre:
“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"
"THE BIRDS"
"MARNIE"
"TORN CURTAIN"
"TOPAZ"
"FRENZY"
"AIRPORT"
"HELLFIGHTERS"
"THE WAR WAGON"
"THE SECRET WAR OF HARRY FRIGG"
"AIRPORT"
‘COOGAN’S BLUFF”
Who remembers when theatre chains had a bargain matinee policy where all seats were $3.00 before 6:00PM,and night admission was $5.75???
General Cinema had this policy and so did at one time Carmike.
Carmike used to have Tuesday Night Bargain where you can see a show,first-run at discount prices….
It was also known as the Regency Theatres I & II
Virginia has several Carmike Cinemas,including one that just opened up near Washington,DC.
Check out the site at www.carmike.com
I know there are some in Virginia: Roanoke, Charlottesville,
Lynchburg, Danville, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and Richmond and as far as South Hill, Danville and Fredericksburg.
I too remember seeing NEW JACK CITY here when it was re-released as a discount movie house. All seats were just a buck and the projection was horrible.
About the Tryon Hills Theatre,aka The Tryon Theatre:
I remember seeing a lot of good movies there in the mid-1980’s and early 1990’s when it was a single screen theatre. I remember seeing
“Out for Justice” with Steven Seagal in 1991. Also played here were a underrated flick title “Tuff Stuff” starring former Disney child actress Kim Richards where she played a tough biker chick with ESP.
Also played here were a lot of blaxploitation films,adult films,and other films of interest. I came back to this theatre six months later and this once great theatre was twinned where they split this once 550-seat theatre down the middle….which made it terrible. It became a discount movie house. After that it sucked,since the projected was always braking down and the picture was never focused. When it was twinned,it became the worst movie house in Raleigh. It closed shortly there after.
Steven Spielburg’s 1975 blockbuster JAWS played to capacity crowds at the Bailey Theatre on June 20, 1975.
Also to point out too….but the mid-to-late 1970’s,the venue changed from showing first-run features to a variety of either blaxploitation,kung-fu flicks,and some adult flicks before it closed its doors forever in 1980.
In fact,Stewart and Everett OWNED and OPERATED all of the movie houses and drive-ins in the greater Wilmington area,including all of the Downtown movie houses too like the Manor Theatre, the Bailey,and
the Colony.
DC also had Tenley Circle, Janus, Cerberus, Cinema, Fine Arts,
Outer Circle, the MacArthur and the Embassy….are a part of the DC movie theatre history that I remember from the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Wasn’t the Jenifer part of those DC movie theatres as well…I knew it was not part of K-B,but it was operated under General Cinema.
The Hanes Mall Cinemas also had competition as well in the late 1990’s,when Carmike Cinemas built a huge 12-screen multiplex just south of the shopping center near Interstate 40 and Stratford Road that put this theatre out of business in early 2001.
A lot of UA films played at the Carolina Theatre:
“THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN"
"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT"
"THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN"
"MIDNIGHT COWBOY"
"ELECTRA GUIDE IN BLUE"
"THE HOSPITAL"
"FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE"
"A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS"
"THE GOOD,THE BAD,AND THE UGLY"
"FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"
"BRANNIGAN!”