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International “Around the World in 80 Days” 70mm & Cinestage Seasons

This article first appeared in
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Written By: David Coles, Australia. Modified and expanded 2017 by in70mm.com's readers: Lars Walldow (Sweden), John Carver (USA), Paulo Roberto P. Elias (Brasil), Doug Louden (Australia), Johan Wolthuis (Holland)

Issue 60 - March 2000

Date:	Cinema:	City:	Country:	Notes and weeks:
17.10.1956 – 05.10.1958	Rivoli	New York	USA	Todd-AO Theatre #1 113 weeks
21.12.1956	Film Centre	Baltimore	USA	Todd-AO
22.12.1956	Carthay Circle	Los Angeles	USA	Todd-AO - New installation
27.12.1956	United Artists	Detroit	USA	Todd-AO
26.12.1956	Coronet	San Francisco	USA	Todd-AO
c27.12.1956	Tower	Houston	USA	Todd-AO
c29.12.1956	Midtown	Philadelphia	USA	Todd-AO
??.12.1956	[Sheridan]	Miami Beach	USA	Todd-AO
c17.01.1957 - 03.12.1957	Tower	Dallas	USA	Todd-AO. 46 weeks
01.03.1957	Alouette	Montreal	USA	Todd-AO
04.04.1957	Todd's Cinestage	Chicago	USA	Todd-AO - New installation
c05.04.1957	Century	Buffalo	USA	Todd-AO
08.04.1957	Uptown	Washington	USA	Todd-AO
11.04.1957 -04.01.1958	Nixon	Pittsburgh	USA	Todd-AO
c08.04.1957 -03.04.1958	Blue Mouse	Seattle	USA	Todd-AO. 51 weeks
c19.04.1957	Broadway	Portland	USA	Todd-AO
20.04.1957	Saxon	Boston	USA	Todd-AO
?	Broadway	San Antonio	USA	Todd-AO. Playing until August / September 1957
02.05.1957	Cannes, France	Cannes Film Festival	France	First Cinestage presentation
15.05.1957	Tabor	Denver	USA	Todd-AO
28.05.1957	Brown	Louisville	USA	Cinestage?
xx.05.1957	[Eckel or Shoppingtown]	Syracuse	USA	Todd-AO
xx.05.1957	Center	Atlantic City	USA	Todd-AO
xx.05.1957	Tower	Corpus Christi	USA	Todd-AO
xx.05.1957	[Capitol]	Little Rock	USA	Todd-AO
15.05.1957	Richelieu Gaumont	Paris	France	Cinestage
29.05.1957	Tower	Kansas City	USA	Todd-AO
xx.06.1957	[Strand/Tower]	Milwaukee	USA	Todd-AO
12.06.1957	Loew´s Ohio	Cleveland	USA	Todd-AO
13.06.1957	Valley	Cincinnati	USA	Todd-AO
26.06.1957	Roxy	Atlanta	USA	Todd-AO
02.07.1957	Astoria	London	England	Cinestage
10.07.1957	Academy	Minneapolis	USA	Todd-AO
01.08.1957	Capri	San Diego	USA	Todd-AO
c08.08.1957	Tivoli	Toronto	USA	Todd-AO
c08.08.1957	Lyric	Indianapolis	USA	Todd-AO
28.08.1957	Cinema Vitória	Rio	Brazil	CinemaScope
c29.08.1957 - c11.12.1957	Admiral	Omaha	USA	35mm?
02.10.1957	Paris	Sydney	Australia	Cinestage
03.10.1957	Granada	Buffalo	USA	35mm?
04.10.1957	Capitol cinema	Düsseldorf	Germany	Cinestage
c10.10.1957	Elmwood	Providence	USA	35mm?
1957	Panorama	New Orleans	USA	Todd-AO Theatre #30. 9½ month Todd-AO run, followed by 3 months in Cinestage
c.xx.12.1957	Apollo	Zürich (CH)	Switzerland	Todd-AO. 1^st “80 Day” 70mm outside US?
20.12.1957 - 21.11.1958	Nöggerath	Amsterdam	Holland	Cinestage. The Nöggerath was equipped with a special wider slightly curved screen for this movie. 47 weeks.

24.01.1958	Ritz	Stockholm	Sweden	CinemaScope. 4800 meters = 175 min
16.02.1958 - 11.04.1958	Sky Theatre	Singapore	Singapore	54 feet screen and 68 speakers. 35mm and 6 sound tracks.
Advert from the Singapore Newspaper The Straits Times February 1958 Festival at The Great World Park / Singapore:	SKY Advert stating: "Right in The Great World is the magnificent new SKY cinema specially built and equipped to show Michael Todd's "Around the World in Eighty Days".
25.02.1958	Rex Theatre	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysias	CinemaScope
23.05.1958 - 12.09.1958	Lutusca	Rotterdam	Holland	16 weeks
03.10.1958 - 22.02.1959	World Cinema	Copenhagen	Denmark	Cinestage

16.01.1959 - 27.02.1959	Cinema Palace	Haarlem	Holland	6 weeks
23.01.1959 - 20.02.1959	Rembrandt	Utrecht	Holland	4 weeks
23.01.1959 - 13.02.1959	Alhambra	Enschede	Holland	3 weeks
06.02.1959 - 05.06.1959	West-End	Den Haag	Holland	17 weeks
13.02.1959 - 13.03.1959	Chicago	Eindhoven	Holland	4 weeks
06.03.1959 - 27.03.1959	Scala	Venlo	Holland	3 weeks
13.03.1959	Concertgebouw	Den Bosch	Holland	1 week
27.03.1959	Cinema Palace	Deventer	Holland	2 weeks
27.03.1959 - 17.04.1959	Schouwburg	Gouda	Holland	3 weeks
27.03.1959 - 17.04.1959	Chicago	Tilburg	Holland	3 weeks
03.04.1959 - 24.04.1959	Churchil	Hilversum	Holland	3 weeks
10.04.1959 - 15.05.1959	Trianon	Leiden	Holland	5 weeks
24.04.1959 - 22.05.1959	Cinema	Groningen	Holland	4 weeks
01.05.1959 - 22.05.1959	Carolus	Nijmegen	Holland	3 weeks
01.05.1959 - 29.05.1959	Luxor	Arnhem	Holland	4 weeks

15.08.1963	Paris	Sydney	Australia	First time in 70mm
04.04.1968	?	Stockholm	Sweden	Todd-AO
1968	Colosseum	Oslo	Norway	Todd-AO
1968	Colosseum	London	England	Todd-AO
1983	-	-	USA

Further in 70mm reading:

Mike Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days" in Todd-AO

Brian O'Brien, Jr. tracks American Optical Co's development of the Todd-AO process

Presentation and cast/credit of Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days"

in70mm.com Presents: You are in the Show with Todd-AO

"Oklahoma!"
"South Pacific"
Cinestage

70mm Engagements

“Around the World in Eighty Days”: The North American Roadshow and 70mm Engagements

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