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Here
are a couple of pictures of the Mann's Fox Theater in Austin Tx. The
theater opened with one screen in the late 1960's with something just shy
of 1000 seats. The built a 2nd theater on the other side of the building
later then eventually built a wall down 1/3 over from the right wall in
the first house and put in a 3rd screen.
The original screen was the only one with the 2 AA's. Later, after I had
left, they installed Xenon lamp houses and shipped one of the machines. I
talked to the man who was the Manager at the time. He thought that the one
shipped may have gone to Detroit.
Hope you find this of some interest. I have a couple more black and white
photos that I will send seperatly.
Best wishes, John Stewart
Picture by John Stewart
Two DP70. Opened with one screen in the late 60's with something just shy of 1000 seats.
DP70 were removed in the very late 70's or early 80's.
Here
is a shot of the big house before it was cloned. I suspect the picture was
about 40' or more wide. I wished I had taken a shot with the curtain open as
well. This was taken sometime around 1976.
Picture
by John Stewart
Beaumont
Liberty Theatre
(*»)
1000 seats
Corpus Christi
Tower Theatre
(*»)
Ampex 6-track
stereo. 960 seats
Dallas
Tower Theatre
(*»)
1295 seats
Dallas
Wynnewood
Theatre (*»)
1000 seats.
Todd-AO installation was most likely done specifically for
showing "South Pacific" in 1958. "South
Pacific" ran there for about a year in Todd-AO as a
roadshow engagement. "Windjammer" was also
shown at this theatre. Many years later the theatre was
divided into two theatres and subsequently closed. Theatre
status checked November 1999 and it has now been demolished.
Houston
Tower Theatre
(*»)
1115 seats
Houston
Uptown (Rivoli)
Theatre (*»)
"South
Pacific" 1958. 3-strip Cinerama and Cinemiracle
from 10.05.1959 and 1960-1961. 663 seats
San Antonio
Broadway
Theatre (*»)
Two DP70 (____
+ 1415) 1031 seats.
San Antonio
Steve Gomez (P)
One
DP 70 (1415) with a base #59-192. Machine came from
Broadway Theatre, San Antonio, Texas.