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I saw it ("Ice Station Zebra") in Cinerama as well. I thought it looked good and the first half was fine but Part 2, after breaking through the ice was dull, with a "so what" climax, and the obvious studio setting ruined any sense of realism. A masterpiece, however, compared to the following...

I saw it when it opened in London although, for a 70mm film, I didn't think it looked very good.

Fortunately I managed to avoid Song of Norway but I did have the misfortune to see The Great Waltz at the Casino (one has to compromise sometimes) which doesn't seem to have turned up even on TV since. That was a con because despite having the Cinerama logo, I later found out it was a 70mm blow...

Yes Custer was at the Casino although I happened to see it in Manchester at the Theatre Royal, which was a poor Cinerama conversion because the circle was so far from the screen - it didn't overhang the stalls but began at the end of them, with the projection box below. From the circle, it...

Adrian's list beats me by several. I don't know why I never got to see EL CID in 70mm and I'd liked to have seen THE ALAMO and 55 DAYS AT PEKING as well. I caught up with KING OF KINGS at an NFT showing and caught up with the 70mm version of BEN-HUR around about 1964 when the roadshow version...

Looking at that London list, I saw 35 genuine 70mm films (most first run but a few as reissues) and 75 70mm blow-ups, making a total of 110. So I beat you by 1. :D