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Boston |
Astor Theatre (*») |
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Two DP70 probably installed for "Porgy and Bess"
06.08.1959. 1384 seats. Demolished circa 1980 with both DP70s inside. |
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Boston |
Loews Cheri |
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One DP70 removed to Loews Liberty Tree Mall 20. |
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Boston |
Loews Liberty Tree Mall 20 |
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One DP70 from Loews Cheri in storage. |
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Boston |
Charles Theater |
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DP70 from 1966. Had OMA6 sound system with tropicalzation equipment. Two DP70 or AAll which replaced original Cinemeccanica V8.Name change to Walter Reade, then to Sack. Now Loews Cheri Theatre #1 |
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Boston |
Coolidge Corner Theatre |
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 Two
DP70 (1920+1924).
Ready to run
"The
Hateful Eight" 25. December 2015. Prepared by
Michael Schaffer.
Image by Michael Schaffer
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 Pictures
by Michael Schaeffer
The two at the Coolidge Corner are 1920 (6311) and 1924 (6312)
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Boston |
Gary Theatre (*») |
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Two DP70. "Around the World in 80 Days" was playing October 1957. 1277 seats. Demolished circa 1990 for goverment office building. DP70 to BLSI |
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Boston |
Mayflower Theatre |
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One DP70 (806)
sold to James Bond, Chicago. Boston's Mayflower Theatre never had 70mm or Scope of any type. Closed and a dump.
Actually 806 has a way more
colored history than just being bought by James Bond. It
went from BL&S to Sam Chavez in CA., to Paul Mundt in El
Cerrito CA (They shared the same shop there) to Myself in
St. Charles, Illinois via Paul Mundt and then several years
later to James Bond. 806 has a blue plexi door, only one
I;ve seen like this and it was used at the Cinema Borealis
Outdoor Screening in Grant Park Chicago to run Days Of
Heaven and 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Mark Guldbrandsen,
01.01.2016
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Boston |
Sack Cinema 57 #1 |
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Two DP70. (694+695). DP70s came from Gary or Saxon. Closed 1996. DP70 to BLSI |
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Boston |
Sack Cinema 57 #2 |
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Two DP70. DP70s came from Gary or Saxon. Closed 1996. DP70 to BLSI |
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Boston |
Saxon Theatre (*») |
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Two DP70 installed for "Oklahoma!". 13.09.1956. Formerly the Majestic. 1046 seats. Altec Sound. Changed to live theatre: Emerson Majestic Theatre. DP70 to BLSI |
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Boston |
Boston Light and Sound |
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Five DP70. (6XX
1013 no plans). 601 1019 and 611 1010 removed from Egyptian, Hollywood. no plans. 694 1120 and 695
1119 removed from Cinema 57 #1 circa 1996. no plans.
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 Picture
by Larry Shaw
06.05.2018
Here are some DP-70s we are working on. They are 3
changeover pairs for a particular theatre.
Serial numbers:
2085 - sent to Vista, LA
Nov 2023
2158 - sent to Vista, LA
Nov 2023
2411
739
1377
627
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 Picture
by Larry Shaw
06.05.2018
Here are some DP-70s we are working on. They are 3
changeover pairs for a particular theatre.
Serial numbers:
2085 - sent to Vista, LA
Nov 2023
2158 - sent to Vista, LA
Nov 2023
2411
739
1377
627
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Boston |
Wang Theatre (now: Citi
Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre) |
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Two DP70. Former Metropolitan
Theatre, mostly performing arts since early 1980s
restoration. DP70s (donated by National Amusements)
installed several years ago (by BL&S). Ran "Oklahoma!"
in 70mm/30fps Todd-AO in spring 1998. Two DP70 removed to
BL&S 2009. These 2 may go to Eastman House in Rochester, NY. |
| Brighton |
National
Amusements Cleveland Circle |
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Two
DP70. Only one may be there now after the theatre was cut
into 7 houses. |
| Brookline |
Coolidge Corner
Moviehouse #1 |
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Two DP70. |
| Cambridge |
Loew's
Harvard Square Theatre #1 |
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One DP70 (625)
AO base No. 1035. Its companion machine was removed about
ten years ago (1991) when they started platter operation;
location unknown.
April 2003
The DP70 at Loews Harvard Square in Cambridge, Ma has been
removed [To another Loews Theatre in New Jersey where there
are supposedly others, I was told] and replaced by a new
twin-lens turret 35mm Century, ending the theatre's 70mm
capablility. The company crushed the professional union
projectionists, and within weeks the managers who replaced
them were unable to operate the DP70 or destroyed it.
Bill Luca |
| Lawrence |
National
Amusement theatre |
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Two
DP70 installation in mid sixties. One machine left. Theatre
converted from original 2 screens to 6. |
| Somerville |
Somerville Theatre (P) |
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Two DP70 (1421+1423)
with base no 59-189+59-191. From Robert A. Harris’
screening room in Bedford Hills, NY in 2009. Installed in
2009 by BL&S. Platter and c/o operation. |
| Southbridge |
American
Optical Company, Power house |
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One DP70. Power
house installation included a very large curved screen and
an Erneman 65mm projector. When the DP70 was ready, it was
installed. |
| Southbridge |
American
Optical Company, Research Building |
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 One DP70. In
the Research Building a ˝-scale model of a Todd-AO cinema
was built. This machine and a complete distortion corrected
70mm print of "Oklahoma!" was sent to Kodak
in Rochester to their museum in the Eastman Kodak Building
in 1957/8. Rumoured to have been lost in a fire.
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| Worcester |
Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) |
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 Three DP70.
(803+806+873).
Donated to the university by National Amusements in
early 1990s. Current facility is Perreault Lecture Hall,
which seats 386 students before a single screen.
806 is a spare DP70 in storage that is used for parts. 806
came from James Bond in Chicago,
Illinois (IL).
The projectors are operated by the student club Lens and
Lights, which started offering projection services back in
1962. There’s a whole
webpage dedicated to projection. DP70s 803 and 876 are a
changeover pair located in the Fuller Laboratories Upper
Perrault Hall. In 2009 the large hall was split to two
sections, with the theatre in the upper split, which seats
192 now due to the remodel. DP70 806, the James Bond
machine, is in storage. Recently, its driveshaft was swapped
into 873, and the 873 driveshaft was repaired and placed in
806. With 806 is the famed blue door (the unique door with a
blue plexiglas window) which at some point had been covered
with green lighting gel, ostensibly to provide better light
filtering. We uncovered it in 2019 and I removed the gel,
revealing the blue window. The BL&S folks were very excited
to see that it was still around. The students take great
pride in the heritage of these machines and they are
well-loved.
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 DP70
#806 in storage. Used for parts. Number plate: DP70
#806
Picture
by Joe Murray
I don’t have any
good pictures of 806 (James Bond), but I will move it out
and take some of it and it’s accompanying blue door in
several weeks when I return to the University campus. And I
will send another message should I recall any more
information.
Nicholas Dal Porto
Mechanical Engineering – Class of 2022
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road, Worcester MA 01609-2280 |
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