I saw This is Cinerama at the Edens. It was in the big theater and played on three huge side by side screens arranged in a curve with a small gap between them. It was one of these experiences that have always remained with me all these years. As I recall, it was the first time I ever visited that theater, though I returned several times to see other spectaculars – including Star Wars.
I saw the original Starwars and a revival of “This is Cinerama” at the Edens back in the 70s. The later so impressed me that I can remember it in detail today. I recall the theater had a bronze plaque on the wall identifying it as the largest hyperbolic paraboloid" building ever constructed. Sitting in that space was always impressive.
We left the Chicago area in 1977 and after seeing the latest Star Wars Episode III in a new all digital theater (Cinamark in Rochester NY, I began reminiscing about the Edens. I’m saddened to see something like that is no longer in existance.
I saw This is Cinerama at the Edens. It was in the big theater and played on three huge side by side screens arranged in a curve with a small gap between them. It was one of these experiences that have always remained with me all these years. As I recall, it was the first time I ever visited that theater, though I returned several times to see other spectaculars – including Star Wars.
I saw the original Starwars and a revival of “This is Cinerama” at the Edens back in the 70s. The later so impressed me that I can remember it in detail today. I recall the theater had a bronze plaque on the wall identifying it as the largest hyperbolic paraboloid" building ever constructed. Sitting in that space was always impressive.
We left the Chicago area in 1977 and after seeing the latest Star Wars Episode III in a new all digital theater (Cinamark in Rochester NY, I began reminiscing about the Edens. I’m saddened to see something like that is no longer in existance.