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DP70s in the USA (New York City)
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Written
by: Thomas
Hauerslev |
Date:
20.06.2009 |
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New York City |
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New York City |
Criterion
Theatre (*»P) |
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Three DP70. "South
Pacific" world premiered here in Todd-AO
19.03.1958. Rebuilt into 6 theatres with 2x1090, 2x250, 200
and 150 seats. Originally 1700 seats. SR.D |
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New York City |
Loews State
Theatre (*») |
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 Three DP70
(+ +750) installed for the opening of "Ben Hur" in
18.11.1959. One projector (750)moved to SONY 12-plex in Webster,
Rochester (NY). Re-opened 28.09.1966 with Dimension-150 and
1884 seats. Was twinned in December 1968. Demolished 1987.
One DP70 went to private Roger Getsoff.
Loews State Theatre. Todd-AO Corporation still.
Brad and I thought of the Rivoli also, but their DP70's had micrometers on
the focus mechanisms, which I suspect were there from the days of the
Gretner lamps.
My suspicion is that the booth is the "middle" booth at Loew's State. It
may have had a ceiling that sloped at the back, but the photo doesn't show
it. It was built at the front of the balcony, and after the theatre was
twinned, became a concession storage area behind the upper theatre's
concession stand. I was there for "The Agony and the Ecstasy" when they were using that booth, which may have been put in for "Ben Hur". They had
DP70s which were later transferred downstairs (if so I've run the
projectors in the photo.) Loew's was a big user of Peerless HyCandescent
lamps, and may well have used them for "Ben Hur", I wasn't in the booth when
I was there for "Agony" so I'm not sure. I have other photos taken in that
booth (I think) which were put out by Ampex and featured the Ampex 6-channel
sound system, and an Ampex professional tape transport for intermission
music. The pictures don't identify which booth it is, but I remember seeing
them in "International Projectionist" and the booth being identified as
Loew's State. Bob Endres, 29.06.2000 |
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New York City |
MGM Screening
room |
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Two
DP70 at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in the 1980s. The pair
of DP70's were removed in around 1993. I was over there on
Wednesday (May 2005). No info on where they went. Bill Gabel |
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New York City |
National
Theatre |
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Two DP70.
Removed, and taken to the Rialto across the street. |
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New York City |
Rialto |
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Two DP70. They
were dragged across the street from the National Theatre by
the stage crew, and as a result one developed an incurable
oil leak around it's seal. Rialto is now gone. Those
machines were probably thrown in the trash! |
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New York City |
Rivoli
Theatre (*») |
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Five DP70. (Two
downstairs and three upstairs) The first public Todd-AO
theatre. 1554 seats. "Oklahoma!" opened
13.10.1955. Todd-AO screen: 63 x 27 ft and 13 ft deep.
Chord: 52 ft. Booth at top of balcony (Projection angle 22
dgr down) and at mezzanine level. Booth at mezzanine level,
originally intended for Todd-AO showroom, re-built in 1966
when Dimension-150 was installed for the premiere of
"The Bible...in the Beginning" (That ran at
State!). Ampex 6-track stereo.
The sound for "Oklahoma!"
was obtained from a separate sound film which contained 6
track magnetic stereo. Synchronised to the 65mm print in the
projector by means of a Selsyn interlock. "Oklahoma!"
shown one full year and replaced by "Around the
World in 80 Days" 17.10.1956. By 05.03.1960 the
projectors had shown more than 12.000 hours of film since
the opening (70mm 9628 hours/35mm 2490 hours). Twinned 1981
under the name UA Twin and demolished 1987.
Now an office block.
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New York City |
Warner Theatre,
Broadway at 47th (*») |
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3-strip
Cinerama. Took over "This is Cinerama" from
Broadway theatre 05.06.1953. Removed 3-strip equipment
17.05.1959. "Porgy and Bess" in Todd-AO
world premiered in this cinema 24.06.1959. 2720 seats. Three
screens from 1968. Became Cinerama Twin 15.11.1976 and the
Warner Twin 25.05.1983. Closed 08.02.1987 and demolished
1987. |
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New York City |
Tower
Theatre/Eastman Kodak Pavillon/The worlds Fair 1964/65 (T) |
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Two DP70 |
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New York City |
Du Pont/The
worlds Fair 1964/65 (T) |
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Two DP70. Ran a
film called "Die Wunderwelt der Chemie". |
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New York City |
Billy
Graham/The worlds Fair 1964/65 (T) |
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One DP70. "Man
in the 5th Dimension" in Todd-AO and shown with a
Technicolor print on a deeply curved screen. The soundtrack
could be heard in English, Spanish, French, German,
Japanese, Russian and Chinese languages. |
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