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Author Topic: United Artists Cinema 150 Marcial Feliciano Ramos Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Puerto Rico Registered: Oct 2003 posted 11-01-2003 09:01 PM                     To remember one of the most magnificent screens ever build...do you know where UA build Cinemas 150's in the US and outside the US? how many still operating?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-01-2003 09:15 PM                        Not familiar with them. Were they purpose-built theatres for the Dimension-150 (D-150) 70mm process ("Patton", "The Bible") that used a deep curved screen? I recall that D-150 inventor Richard Vetter was with UA. Film Teknik Article Come Back D-150 D-150 In 70mm Article Filming Patton Patton HQ Article on Production  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-01-2003 09:16 PM                    Do you mean theatres with the Dimension 150 (D150) system in general or only those that were built by the UA Theatre Circuit?  |  IP: Logged Marcial Feliciano Ramos Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Puerto Rico Registered: Oct 2003 posted 11-01-2003 11:47 PM                     the ones build by UA...UA called them CINEMA 150  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 11-02-2003 12:48 AM                     The former U.A. 150 in Carolina Puerto Rico still had the original D-150 lenses and construction blueprints in storage prior to closing. The screen had a four way masking system for 1.37 / 1.85 / 2.35 anamorphic and D-150. The location suffered from years of U.A. neglect and was bought out by Caribbean Cinemas which injected $450,000 in improvements. Our former company installed new 35 & 70mm projection ( from DP-75 and 4kw ORC in the D-150 to Cinemeccanica V-8/35-70mm and Christie lamphouse at 6kw / dual machine + platter ) and ( DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS-8 )sound in the five plex ( original D-150 house + added U.A. shoebox cinemas in an additional building.UA special Bauers / ORC consoles to Cinemeccanica V-5 + consoles ). In addition to myself and staff, I recruited the late Alysson Defaria, then of U.A. to finish the project. The cinema survived a few more years but had to close due to structural weakening and higher maintinance cost due to hurricane damage which would have required $500,000 ( including replacing seats, drapes, main curtain, air conditioning, roof rebuilding ) to fix. The center had poor parking for a 780 seat D-150 house and we had built 29 cinemas within 10 minutes of this location over the years. It was a grand dame to the end. I remember driving many miles to St. Petersburg Florida D-150 cinema ( name which escapes me....getting senile ), an independent operator, to see Patton. I remember the "painted on" steadyness of the flag on the screen as Patton walks on stage.  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 11-02-2003 05:35 PM                        There used to be a D150 theater in Long Island, I think in Syosset.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-02-2003 10:00 PM                    Bah...double post.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-02-2003 10:01 PM                    D-150 Theatres Source: The International Cinerama Society theater listing 20th edition. Sukhumuit...............Bangkok, Thailand Cine Sabena.............Bogota, Columbia UA Trumbull.............Bridgeport, CT USA Von Riebeek.............Cape Town, South Africa River Oaks..............Calumet City (Chicago), IL USA UA Cinema 150...........Oak Brook (Chicago), IL USA UA Cinema 150...........Colorado Springs, CO USA 3 Falke Bio.............Copenhagen Denmark UA Cinema 150...........Dallas, TX USA Continental.............Denver CO USA United Artists..........Detroit, MI USA UA Groton 150...........Groton, CT USA Cine 150................Laredo, Mexico UA Lefrak...............Lefrak City, NY USA UA Cinema 150...........Little Rock, AR USA Odeon Marble Arch.......London England Egyptian................Los Angeles, CA USA Rialto..................Louisville, KY USA UA......................Louisville, KY USA Cine Latino D-150.......Mexico City Mexico Loews State.............New York, NY USA Rivoli..................New York, NY USA Camelot.................Palm Springs, CA USA Metro...................Panama City, Panama Century 21..............Pleasant Hill, CA USA Cine Variedades.........Puebla Mexico Metro Boavista..........Rio de Janeiro Brazil Cinema 150..............Sacramento, CA USA UA Cinema 150...........San Juan Puerto Rico Northgate...............San Rafael, CA USA Cinema 150..............Santa Clara, CA USA UA Cinema 150...........Seattle, WA USA UA Cinema 150...........Syosset USA Continental.............Tulsa, OK USA Cinema 3................West Springfield, VA USA UA Cinema...............White Plains, MD USA Edit: typo fixed [ 11-04-2003, 04:04 PM: Message edited by: Steve Kraus ]  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-03-2003 02:45 PM                        One of the long-gone Holiday Showcase Cinemas in Buffalo NY (on Union Road near Galleria Drive) had an auditorium equipped for D-150. I saw "Patton" there.  |  IP: Logged Timothy Ervin Film Handler Posts: 84 From: Oklahoma Registered: Jan 2001 posted 11-03-2003 03:05 PM                     There was/is a Cinema 150 in Little Rock, Arkansas. There was a Continental in Tulsa and Oklahoma City and one in Denver I believe. The Continental in OKlahoma City was a nice one.....too bad it is long gone.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-03-2003 09:03 PM                     THere were several D150 theatres in Canada the Holiday Inn in Windsor Ont, The Centre Twin Hamilton Ont, There were several 70mm Cinerama houses as well  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 11-04-2003 12:05 AM                     I believe the Continental in Oklahoma City was a 70mm Cinerama theatre.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Wright Expert Film Handler Posts: 163 From: Okmulgee, Ok , USA Registered: Oct 2003 posted 11-04-2003 11:50 AM                     There were three Continentals and I think all were built from the same blueprints. The oklahoma city location is still standing, But has been vacent for many years. You have pictures on your site of the Denver location. It is now a UA theatre and has had several screens built on but the original house is still intact.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-04-2003 03:22 PM                     On Steve's list above, it lists the UA LeFrak City, Il, USA. Where is that theatre located? Because it comes up in map searches as "City could not be found" And UA does not list any theatre by that name in their unit listings. Daryl I did the searches using LeFrak. It was just mistype.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 11-04-2003 03:24 PM                        It's LeFrak not LeFark.  |  IP: Logged

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