Cinema Retro's Vol 17, Issue 51
Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s. An exciting New Season from our friends at Cinema Retro.

Cinema Retro's Vol 17, Issue 51 featuring "Cleopatra" (in Todd-AO) and "Ice Station Zebra (in Super Panavision 70 / CINERAMA)

A clause in Rex Harrison's contract required his image to appear in any ad featuring Richard Burton. When a giant billboard was erected showing only Taylor and Burton, the actor's lawyers complained and demanded the studio fulfil his contract, so Harrison was added to the artwork in the upper left-hand corner. Harrison was still not satisfied, so a third version featured him standing on Taylor's right, which was used on the American souvenir programme and many overseas posters. The billboard in question was situated on the Seventh Avenue side of the Rivoli Theatre in New York. The original art was by Howard Terpning, who also painted the alternate art.

• Go to Howard Terpning and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's “CLEOPATRA“
• Go to "Cleopatra" Revisited
• Go to A tribute to Howard Terpning

"Ice Station Zebra" has almost disappeared from "a screen near you" despite the fact it was popular film when it came out (at least in Denmark). Most 70mm prints have been junked, and it is rarely seen at 70mm festivals. Only one German 70mm print is known to exist. The film left an impression on many people, including Cinema Retro's Dave Worrall who was 17 years of age when he saw "Ice Station Zebra" at the Gaumont, Birmingham, in September 1969. This cinema and the ABC Bristol Road were both fitted out for 70mm curved-screen presentations, with the Gaumont containing the largest screen in Europe. He recalls:

"I was still at school, and often went to these special reserved-seat performances with my parents. We made them special events, just like going to see a pantomime at Christmas. My father was as much a movie fan as me, and he always treated me to a souvenir programme and my mother a box of chocolates — although the soundtrack LP record was out of the question! I loved going to see these roadshow films, and thoroughly enjoyed Ice Station Zebra. although the film's climax wasn't as dramatic as portrayed on the posters. I still have the brochure, booking form and lenticular postcard."

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