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I don't know about that. I remember especially My Fair Lady, South Pacific and Paint Your Wagon having glorious sound. Am I misremembering? The slashing chords opening Lady, the opening notes of Bali Hai which had me pinned to the back of the theater, and the erie murmerings of 'Gold' that start...

There isn't a theater in the NY area left that could present those films as the Cinerama could. And remember those were original 70mm prints from their first runs. I saw all the films that I had an interest in leaving out Cabaret, Finian's Rainbow and Camelot. My Fair Lady was especially...

Yes that's it.

Yes it was. It was in the late 70s.

It seems that Wagon had long roadshow runs in England and Australia. I went to see a roadshow 70mm print at the Warner Cinerama in NY. I went really out of curiosity. I think it was on tv, I had seen it, and it was as bad as they said. Well seeing it on the vast curved screen in 6 track stereo...

Hawaii had its world premiere at the DeMille in Times Square in Oct '66. I remember being wowed by that 3D wraparound billboard of the artwork the DeMille had. By the summer of '67 it was playing at suburban drive ins. Children under 12 free, which I was. A lifetime ago.

uncledougie you're from Dallas? I lived in Plano for a short while in the late 70s. While I was there TSOM played at the Inwood and I went to see it. It was so crowded a woman by me thought people were there actually to see Animal House. There was a poster for that movie in the lobby. Imagine my...

Now uncledougie you of all people know the music would not have been played over a blank screen unless you are just referring to a TV presentation. That's today's 'showmanship.' Not that of 1965.