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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 10/25/59. Cinerama removed and flat 70mm installed from 11/24/59. 3-strip restored 08/07/62 to 12/01/63 with single booth |
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70mm dates |
From 12/19/63. Cinerama screen removed 1975 |
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Screen curvature and size |
76ft by 26ft |
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Address |
19th at Chestnut |
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Comments |
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Current status |
A group is trying to restore it. |
Below from 10/05/53 Philadelphia Inquirer scanned by Michael Coate
Below from http://digital.library.temple.edu
A more recent photo below from http://www.robbender.com/gallery/boyd?page=2
Photos below were taken by Ray Meyer. Click on the picture to super size it.
