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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
mystery theater.
I always associated the widescreen process Cinerama with the Cinerama Dome.
This Kodachrome slide shows a second Cinerama Theater in Hollywood (or downtown Los Angeles)
eBay / found a long time ago.
Does anyone recognize this theater? (I have an idea..but I'll keep mum)
The studio(?) went to a lot of trouble...and spent alot of money...to cover up the theater's name. (the name is hidden underneath the tall blade sign, as well as on the marquee)
Was all this done just for the showing of South Seas Adventures?
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Great to see a photo of the old Cinerama Theatre again.
Our neighbor on Grace Avenue was the manager and gave us tickets to all the original Cinerama movies. In the beginning, the movies were presented as travelogues, with introductions by Lowell Thomas.
The first film produced as a drama was
How the West was Won in 1962. In those days, first run movies played at the Chinese, the Egyptian, Warner's and the Pantages.
West Side Story and
Gold Finger played at the Chinese;
Back Street and
Imitation of Life played at Warner's;
Spartacus,
The Apartment, Cleopatra and
Gypsy played at the Pantages;
The Unsinkable Molly Brown and
The Poseidon Adventure played at the Egyptian. I almost forgot the Paramount Theatre, which showed
The Pleasure of His Company and
The Young Philadelphians.
As a foot note, you can see William Stromberg's Jewelry Store and Mitchell's Men's Wear to the left of the theater. George, a salesman, later bought Mitchell's and changed the name to By George.
Mr. Stromberg, a true gentleman of his time, also had the Stromberg clock outside. It is still there, but has suffered the ravages of time. Mr. Stromberg gave cloisonné pins to every graduate of every class at Hollywood High School in those years as a graduation gift.