| Theatre | Melba AKA Capri |
| Cinerama film formats shown | 3-strip and 70mm |
| 3-strip dates | 07/01/54 to 05/18/58 - 146 degree screen and
three booths 06/13/58 - Cinerama removed 10/03/61 to 10/15/63 - 120 degree screen and one booth |
| 70mm dates | From 12/20/63 |
| Screen curvature and size | 76ft by 30ft |
| Address | 1913 Elm Street |
| Comments | |
| Current status | Demolished |
List of Cinerama films that played at the theatre from http://cinematreasures.org
THIS IS CINERAMA
Premiere: 01 July 1954
Engagement Duration: 43 weeks
CINERAMA HOLIDAY
Premiere: 27 April 1955
Duration: 52 weeks
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Premiere: 01 May 1956
Duration: 55 weeks
SEARCH FOR PARADISE
Premiere: 02 October 1957
Duration: 33 weeks
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
Premiere: 03 October 1961
Duration: 11 weeks
THIS IS CINERAMA (Return Engagement)
Premiere: 22 December 1961
Duration: 6 weeks
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD (Return Engagement)
Premiere: 02 February 1962
Duration: 3 weeks
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Premiere: 15 August 1962
Duration: 12 weeks
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
Premiere: 27 February 1963
Duration: 33 weeks
IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
Premiere: 20 December 1963
Duration: 23 weeks
CIRCUS WORLD
Premiere: 24 June 1964 (World Premiere)
Duration: 11 weeks
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Premiere: 17 March 1965
Duration: 19 weeks
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL
Premiere: 27 July 1965
Duration: 9 weeks
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
Premiere: 22 December 1965
Duration: 10 weeks
KHARTOUM
Premiere: 29 June 1966
Duration: 7 weeks
RUSSIAN ADVENTURE
Premiere: 17 August 1966
Duration: 1 week
GRAND PRIX
Premiere: 25 January 1967
Duration: 14 weeks
CUSTER OF THE WEST
Premiere: 24 January 1968 (American Premiere)
Duration: 3 weeks
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Premiere: 29 May 1968
Duration: 24 weeks
ICE STATION ZEBRA
Premiere: 13 November 1968
Duration: 13 weeks
1934
12/25/52
12/26/52
01/01/53
06/24/53
08/19/53
09/22/53
11/13/53
02/05/54
06/06/54
06/27/54
07/01/54
From the September 4, 1954 issue of Boxoffice
03/06/55
03/27/55
04/27/55
07/28/55
05/01/56
Ticket flyers
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Below ticket envelopes and postcard
10/02/57
05/18/58
05/21/58
05/29/58
06/12/58
06/20/58
06/27/58
07/04/58
07/10/58
06/11/59
12/13/59
12/21/59
12/25/59
02/01/60
06/09/60
09/17/61
09/20/61
10/01/61
10/03/61
10/04/61
12/22/61
01/26/62
02/02/62
08/15/62
11/06/62
11/08/62
11/16/62
12/06/62
12/13/62
12/20/62
01/16/63
01/31/63
02/06/63
02/17/63
02/28/63
08/15/63
08/16/63
08/21/63
12/20/63
06/23/64
06/24/64
09/08/64
09/16/64
09/23/64
10/07/64
10/14/64
10/28/64
11/25/64
12/16/64
01/01/65
01/22/65
02/12/65
02/26/65
03/14/65
03/18/65
07/25/65
7/27/65
09/29/65
10/13/65
10/27/65
11/10/65
11/24/65
12/01/65
12/15/65
12/22/65
03/02/66
03/16/66
04/06/66
04/20/66
05/03/66
05/11/66
05/25/66
06/08/66
06/29/66
08/25/66
08/30/66
09/14/66
09/28/66
12/23/66
01/25/67
05/04/67
05/18/67
06/01/67
06/22/67
06/29/67
07/12/67
07/26/67
08/02/67
08/16/67
08/30/67
09/13/67
09/27/67
10/11/67
10/25/67
11/08/67
11/22/67
12/07/67
12/22/67
01/24/68
02/16/68
02/23/68
03/08/68
03/22/68
04/04/68
04/26/68
05/10/68
05/15/68
05/29/68
06/18/68
11/13/68
02/11/69
12/28/75 - Last show
