| Theatre | Dabel |
| Cinerama film formats shown | 3-strip and 70mm |
| 3-strip dates | From 05/27/63 |
| 70mm dates | From 1964 |
| Screen curvature and size | |
| Address | 1920 Smithville Road at Wayne Ave. |
| Comments | In
1991 Barry Weaver spent $15,000 on renovating the Dabel, installing new
beige seats, brown carpeting and orange, brown and cream wallpaper. With
the help of John Harvey, who used to run the C** projectors for the Dabel
in the 1960’s, Weaver set out to recreate the theater the way he
remembered it when his mother brought him to see It’s a Mad,
Mad, Mad, Mad World in 1963. Harvey installed a curved,
146-degree, 56 foot by 19 foot screen and installed his own one-projection
system called Wonderama that duplicated the wrap-around C** experience.
Closed in 1992 and razed in October. |
| Current status | Closed 1992 and demolished |
01/09/63
05/04/63
05/28/63
07/24/63
07/31/63
03/25/64
Below tickets and envelope for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
02/04/65
02/17/65
04/07/65
04/11/67
04/12/67
05/24/67
10/11/67
01/24/68
03/27/68
04/24/68
05/22/68
06/07/68
10/30/68
12/19/68
03/14/69
07/30/69
10/11/92
10/22/92
11/07/92
