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???
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
Vito- You always write such interesting stuff. You really ought to write up your whole life in the theater and put it in a book or have it somewhere for us folks to read on the computer. It’s great stuff!
Jeff-That’s interesting, boy would I love to get inside that building and do some exploring. Why don’t you just buy it and restore it as the CINERAMA Theater it was at one time. The closest CINERAMA is either on the west coast or Great Britian, so Norfolk would be a great spot. I don’t know if you ever saw a CINERAMA movie at the ROSNA, put it was really something and the Levine’s really knew how to put on a show at both the Rosna, Riverview and all the other theaters they owned. Is that area around the theater getting any better as ODU gets closer and did you get any snow this week?
PLEASE CHANGE THE ADDRESS TO – 33 NORTH MAIN STREET.
As best as I can find out, the theater opened sometime around the late 1930’s and closed in the 1960’s. In 1940 it was owned by Anderson and in 1964 by Armentrout Circuit.
I really can’t see any reason to get all excited about a theater having diet-max installed (notice I put it in small letters on purpose).
I wish somone would do us the favor of seeing the same movie in real IMAX and in diet-max and then give us a review of the difference in screen size, sound and picture quality. Then I could understand if this is something I should be excited about or not.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas, September 30,1952.
So here I am 40 miles south of Chicago. I have no idea what is going on way up in Seattle. My guess is that the Seattle CINERAMA is doing a GOOD job of telling the Seattle area about it’s 70mm films. I decide that perhaps I can help in my small way by listing the films on Cinema Treasures just in case someone in the Seattle area looks here and decides this is something they want to see. What can it hurt? What a surprise to find out the Seattle CINERAMA did not advertise it, only (on their website)! 20 people, 70mm, beautiful theater, what a waste, what a sin. Someone should be hung by their ——–!
It reminds me of the late Walt Disney’s quote on publicity “NEVER MISS AN ANGLE!”.
A bunch of you up in the Seattle area ought to send this to Paul Allen.
Oh yes, I remember when River Oaks was all outdoors, it was really nice, at least on a nice day. The “concession stand” is stuck in with other photos of the River Oaks area, so I don’t know about it being part of a drive in and would it be completly seperate from the rest of the other food? No pop corn, hot dogs etc. are listed on the menu. Strange to have a name of Intermission. Perhaps it was next to the theaters on the far, far West side of the West mall on the West side of Torence Avenue (I forgot what number they had)???
When you went to the D-150 River Oaks did they ever open and close that giant curtain? I always thought that was a big thrill when they did.
I didn’t know about River Oaks closing till after it did. I did manage to get a hold of some paper stuff with Cineplex Odeon and Loews Cineplex on it. If you want some for your archives and to bring back memories please contact me.
I am also gathering info on every military base theater I can get info on so I can add them to Cinema Treasures. Give me a list of bases you have been stationed at and I can send you what info I have and perhps you can fill in some additional info.
Meanwhile that big D-150 theater sits empty.
“Old Navy Chief’s never die, they just get a little dinghy!”
Any chance anyone can add present day photos of the exterior and interior of what seems to have turned out to be a nicely fixed up theater?
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???
EVERYONE, look at the budyboy100, what a useful site!
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
And the theater at Camp David??????
I think the White House Screening Room should be listed on Cinema Treasures, what do you think?
Lawrence- That was nice, and it brought tears to this old guys eyes!
Vito- You always write such interesting stuff. You really ought to write up your whole life in the theater and put it in a book or have it somewhere for us folks to read on the computer. It’s great stuff!
Vito- You might want to add your comment??
2,600 pipes back and forth?
It seems that the Luna was open from about 1935 to 1955?
River Oaks 9 did!
Why isn’t this sort of thing done somewhere in the United States?
Jeff-That’s interesting, boy would I love to get inside that building and do some exploring. Why don’t you just buy it and restore it as the CINERAMA Theater it was at one time. The closest CINERAMA is either on the west coast or Great Britian, so Norfolk would be a great spot. I don’t know if you ever saw a CINERAMA movie at the ROSNA, put it was really something and the Levine’s really knew how to put on a show at both the Rosna, Riverview and all the other theaters they owned. Is that area around the theater getting any better as ODU gets closer and did you get any snow this week?
Homesick for Norfolk, from Manteno, Illinois
Ret. Navy Chief Bob Jensen
PLEASE CHANGE THE ADDRESS TO – 33 NORTH MAIN STREET.
As best as I can find out, the theater opened sometime around the late 1930’s and closed in the 1960’s. In 1940 it was owned by Anderson and in 1964 by Armentrout Circuit.
A 2 Manual/7 Rank, $5,500.00, Moller Pipe Organ, Opus 3044, was installed in the Colonial Theater in 1921.
It is not know what happened to the organ. If you know anything about what happened to the organ, please Email us.
CHAIN – BUTTERFIELD THEATERS
This theater opened in 1919.
In 1920 a $5,000 Hillgreen-Lane Opus 571, 3 Manual/27 Rank Pipe Organ was installed.
It is not know what happened to the organ, if you know anything about the organ, please let us know.
I really can’t see any reason to get all excited about a theater having diet-max installed (notice I put it in small letters on purpose).
I wish somone would do us the favor of seeing the same movie in real IMAX and in diet-max and then give us a review of the difference in screen size, sound and picture quality. Then I could understand if this is something I should be excited about or not.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, This is CINERAMA!” Lowell Thomas, September 30,1952.
So here I am 40 miles south of Chicago. I have no idea what is going on way up in Seattle. My guess is that the Seattle CINERAMA is doing a GOOD job of telling the Seattle area about it’s 70mm films. I decide that perhaps I can help in my small way by listing the films on Cinema Treasures just in case someone in the Seattle area looks here and decides this is something they want to see. What can it hurt? What a surprise to find out the Seattle CINERAMA did not advertise it, only (on their website)! 20 people, 70mm, beautiful theater, what a waste, what a sin. Someone should be hung by their ——–!
It reminds me of the late Walt Disney’s quote on publicity “NEVER MISS AN ANGLE!”.
A bunch of you up in the Seattle area ought to send this to Paul Allen.
PUBLICITY!
Oh yes, I remember when River Oaks was all outdoors, it was really nice, at least on a nice day. The “concession stand” is stuck in with other photos of the River Oaks area, so I don’t know about it being part of a drive in and would it be completly seperate from the rest of the other food? No pop corn, hot dogs etc. are listed on the menu. Strange to have a name of Intermission. Perhaps it was next to the theaters on the far, far West side of the West mall on the West side of Torence Avenue (I forgot what number they had)???
Perhaps the “concession stand” was some shop in the River Oaks Shopping Center. Comments?
PLEASE ADD TO THE TOP
ARCHITECT-E.C.A. BULLOCK
From
http://www.in70mm.com/now_showing/index.htm
Coming to the Seattle Cinerama
In 70mm Dolby Stero
“The Untouchables"
Tuesday 2/24/2009
Thursday 2/26/2009
Sunday 3/1/2009
Tuesday 3/3/2009
“Gremlins"
Sunday 3/15/2009
Tuesday 3/17/2009
Thursday 3/19/2009
Sunday 3/22/2009
Tuesday 3/24/2009
Thursday 3/26/2009
To keep 70mm films coming to the CINERAMA, please go see these films!
CplexAlumni96…Welcome aboard Cinema Treasures.
Let me guess – Travis AFB?
When you went to the D-150 River Oaks did they ever open and close that giant curtain? I always thought that was a big thrill when they did.
I didn’t know about River Oaks closing till after it did. I did manage to get a hold of some paper stuff with Cineplex Odeon and Loews Cineplex on it. If you want some for your archives and to bring back memories please contact me.
I am also gathering info on every military base theater I can get info on so I can add them to Cinema Treasures. Give me a list of bases you have been stationed at and I can send you what info I have and perhps you can fill in some additional info.
Meanwhile that big D-150 theater sits empty.
“Old Navy Chief’s never die, they just get a little dinghy!”