Theatre

Loew's Cinerama aka Loew's Capitol

Cinerama film formats shown

3-strip and 70mm

3-strip dates

From 08/07/62 to 06/23/64

70mm dates

From 06/25/64 to 09/15/68

Screen curvature and size

90ft by 33ft

Address

1639 Broadway at 51st

Comments

Changed name to Loew's Capitol 11/02/64

Current status

Demolished

List of Cinerama films that played at the theatre from Cinema Treasures

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Premiere: August 7, 1962
Duration: 33 weeks
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
Premiere: March 27, 1963
Duration: 39 weeks
THE BEST OF CINERAMA
Premiere: December 25, 1963
Duration: 13 weeks
WINDJAMMER (Return Engagement)
Premiere: April 29, 1964
Duration: 8 weeks
CIRCUS WORLD
Premiere: June 25, 1964
Duration: 19 weeks
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL
Premiere: June 30, 1965 (World Premiere)
Duration: 11 weeks
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Premiere: April 3, 1968
Duration: 24 weeks

 

1960

08/30/59

01/12/60

08/08/62

 

01/25/62

06/03/62

06/20/62

06/20/62

07/01/62

07/22/62

07/22/62

Ticket flyer

  1920

1960

1962

 

08/08/62

 

 

03/27/63

12/22/63

12/25/63
 

03/22/64

03/25/64

04/27/64

04/29/64

06/23/64

Movie program from the Benefit Premiere for the Cinema Centre on 06/24/64

06/25/64

Trini Lopez and Joey Heatherton at the premiere

Joan Fontaine and family at the premiere

11/02/64

11/25/64

12/23/64

02/24/65

03/03/65

03/24/65

04/07/65

04/21/65

05/05/65

05/26/65

06/09/65

06/16/65

06/23/65

 

06/30/65

09/15/65

 

10/13/65

10/27/65

12/22/65

01/29/67

02/01/67

03/15/67

04/28/67

06/15/67

 

  08/02/67

10/18/67

02/08/68

 

04/03/68

Stanley Kubrick and family at the premiere

 

Below is a hand-out that was never used dated April 22, 1968 based on a forthcoming New York Times interview

 



Movie poster

09/13/68

09/15/68

02/05/69