Theatre | Astoria |
Cinerama film formats shown | 70mm |
3-strip dates | |
70mm dates | From 12/17/68 |
Screen curvature and size | |
Address | 157 Charing Cross Road at Oxford Street |
Comments | Converted from Todd-AO screen to Cinerama with new CM projectors. Only Cinerama presentation Krakatoa East of Java - 07/31/69 to 01/13/70. Also showed the 70mm version of How The West Was Won in 1971. In 1972 they had Philips DP70s. Closed 1976 |
Current status | Demolished |
ASTORIA
CINERAMA LONDON PLAYDATES
Converted
to 70mm Cinerama and opened Tuesday December 17 1968.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.
Todd-AO.
Tue
Dec 17 1968 to 1 July 1969.
KRAKATOA,
EAST OF JAVA. (Premiere)
70mm.
July
31 1969 to January 1 1970. 24 weeks.
PAINT YOUR WAGON.
Panavision 70.
Jan 14 1970 .....
Reverted to live theatre May 1976. Subsequently Rock concerts and Disco. Recently demolished to make way for new underground station.
David Hemmings and wife Gayle Hunnicut
Barbara Werle
Christopher Lee
Dame Edith Evans
Ingrid Pitt
June Allison
Richard Johnson
Roger Moore
Ron Moody and Daisy Glagg
Stanley Baker