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Theatre |
Boyd Theatre AKA Sam Eric |
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Cinerama film formats shown |
3-strip and 70mm |
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3-strip dates |
From 10/05/53 to 03/16/58 and 10/29/58 to10/25/59. Cinerama removed and flat 70mm installed from 11/24/59 to 07/17/62. 3-strip restored 08/08/62 to12/01/63 with single booth. |
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70mm dates |
From 12/19/63 to 03/06/66. Cinerama screen removed 12/01/71 |
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Screen curvature and size |
76ft by 26ft |
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Address |
19th at Chestnut |
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Comments |
I'm not positive that the Cinerama screen was ever removed from 10/05/53 till 12/01/71. I cannot find any articles in newspapers that mention the removal of the screen till 12/17/71. |
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Current status |
Demolished 2015 |
List of Cinerama films that played at the theatre from Cinema Treasures
THIS IS CINERAMA
Premiere: October 5, 1953 (Pennsylvania Premiere)
Engagement Duration: 72 weeks
CINERAMA HOLIDAY
Premiere: February 16, 1955
Duration: 63 weeks
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Premiere: April 24, 1956
Duration: 68 weeks
SEARCH FOR PARADISE
Premiere: October 2, 1957 (Pennsylvania Premiere)
Duration: 21 weeks
WINDJAMMER
Premiere: October 27, 1958
Duration: 16 weeks
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
Premiere: February 1959
Duration: 35 weeks
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Premiere: August 8, 1962
Duration: 30 weeks
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
Premiere: March 7, 1963 (Pennsylvania Premiere)
Duration: 39 weeks
IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
Premiere: December 19, 1963
Duration: 27 weeks
CIRCUS WORLD
Premiere: June 25, 1964 (Pennsylvania Premiere)
Duration: 9 weeks
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Premiere: March 1965
Duration: 20 weeks
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL
Premiere: July 1965
Duration: 8 weeks
MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY
Premiere: September 1965 (Pennsylvania Premiere)
Duration: 4 weeks
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Premiere: December 1965 (Pennsylvania Premiere)
Duration: 11 weeks
1928
1928
08/02/53
1953
1953
09/27/53
10/04/53
10/04/53
10/05/53
10/06/53
10/06/53
Postcard
02/16/55
02/17/55
04/24/56
10/02/57
03/16/58
04/03/58
04/05/58
05/07/58
05/21/58
05/28/58
07/08/58
10/19/58
Ticket flyer
10/29/58
02/17/59
02/18/59
Photo below was taken by Ray Meyer. Click on the picture to
super size it.
10/25/59
11/24/59
02/01/61
07/19/61
10/26/61
02/21/62
04/24/62
04/29/62
06/22/62
07/08/62
07/17/62
08/07/62
08/08/62
8/10/62
10/02/62
03/07/63
Click on the picture to
super size it.
Click on the picture to
super size it.
12/19/63
06/25/64
Front of ticket flyer
Back of ticket flyer
08/26/64
03/05/65
03/09/65
07/27/65
09/22/65
10/20/65
10/22/65
11/26/65
12/03/65
12/22/65
02/01/66
03/07/66
02/12/67
1968
11/12/69
1969
10/21/71
12/01/71
12/17/71
1980
1981
1983
1986
1991
1994
2002
06/18/2002
2003
2004
Below taken in 2007 from Rob
Bender
Below taken in 2010 from flickr.com
Below taken in 2011
2014
2015
May 2020
