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Cinerama Theatre
Photo from the Scott Neff collection
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Pacific Theatres
6360 W Sunset Blvd
Hollywood (Los Angeles) CA 90028
(323) 466-3401
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| Record #2115 |
Opened: 1963
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Capacity: 937 seats
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| Also Known As: Cinerama Dome |
Information for this tour was contributed by David Stambaugh & Ken Roe. The Cinerama Dome opened in 1963 after just 16 weeks of construction. The first film to play the dome was the 70mm Cinerama presentation of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
A renovation in 2002 saw the hexagons in the geodesic dome restored and the 126-degree deep-curve Cinerama screen replaced to its original size and shape. Much to the disappointment of Cinerama fans and historians across the U.S., the 32-foot by 86-foot screen is now a single sheet screen, not the louvered screen designed for Cinerama. However, the three Cinerama projection rooms have been retained and the theater will finally be equipped to play 3-strip Cinerama productions, the original design of the Cinerama format.
The first time that real 3-strip Cinerama was shown in the theatre was on 4th October 2002 when a brand new print of This Is Cinerama was screened. Photos
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September 2004 photos from the Rex Poblete collection. 
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2002 photos from the David Stambaugh collection. 
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The Dome's thre... | 
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Photos from the Scott Neff collection. 
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