The
following is a reference / historical listing of the 70-millimeter
engagements of Thats Entertainment! in North America. These were the
cinemas worth seeking out to experience this motion picture.
Thats Entertainment! was among five confirmed first-run films released in
1974 with 70mm prints for selected engagements. Forty-eight 70mm prints of
the film were reportedly struck for worldwide distribution with about half
of them booked in North America. The MGM presentation and United Artists
release directed by Jack Haley, Jr. and narrated by Fred Astaire, Bing
Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald OConnor, Debbie
Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor
premiered in Beverly Hills on May 17th.
The 70mm prints of Thats Entertainment! featured six-track stereophonic
sound and variable aspect ratio imagery blown up from a combination of
anamorphic and spherical 35mm.
Opening date YYYY-MM-DD
city venue (duration in weeks) [notes]
1974-05-17
Los Angeles (Beverly Hills) Beverly (25)
1974-05-23
New York Ziegfeld (18)
1974-06-26
Boston Cinema 57 Twin (16)
1974-06-26
Chicago McClurg Court (16)
1974-06-26
Detroit (Southfield) Northland (16)
1974-06-26
Philadelphia SamEric (13)
1974-06-26
San Francisco Northpoint (14)
1974-06-26
Toronto Eglinton (26)
1974-06-26
Washington Uptown (20)
1974-07-17
San Diego Valley Circle (14)
1974-07-17
Seattle Cinerama (17)
1974-07-19
Dallas Preston Royal (14)
1974-07-19
Houston Windsor (23)
1974-07-19
Minneapolis (St. Louis Park) Cooper (17)
1974-07-19
Montreal (Westmount) Westmount Square (15)
1974-07-26
Denver Cooper (11)
1974-08-02
Kansas City (Overland Park) Glenwood Twin (12)
1974-08-07
Des Moines River Hills (10)
1974-08-09
Omaha Indian Hills (10)
SUBSEQUENT 70MM ENGAGEMENTS & SCREENINGS
1974-08-07
Oxnard, CA Carriage Square Twin (9)
1974-09-27
New York, NY Rivoli (3)
1974-10-18
Northbrook, IL Edens Twin (8)
1974-11-20
San Diego, CA Capri (4)
1974-11-27
Tulsa, OK Continental (1)
1975-04-23
San Francisco, CA Parkside (1)
1975-09-12
Southfield, MI Northland (1)
1975-12-10
Toronto, ON Science Centre
1976-09-10
Chicago, IL McClurg Court (1) [w/ Thats Entertainment Part
II]
1978-07-31
Atlanta, GA Fox [1st Annual Summer Film Festival]
1978-08-01
Toronto, ON Science Centre [70mm festival]
1980-07-01
Toronto, ON Science Centre [70mm Classics series]
1981-09-25
Cleveland, OH Colony (2 days)
1982-06-28
Atlanta, GA Fox [5th Annual Summer Film Festival]
1982-09-10
Portland, OR Bagdad Triplex (5 days) [w/ Thats
Entertainment Part II]
1989-10-20
Fremont, CA GCCs Fremont Hub 8 (4 days) [THX]
1990-04-21
Dayton, OH Neon Movies
1990-10-05
San Francisco, CA Alhambra (1) [Best of 70mm festival]
1991-01-25
Creve Coeur, MO Creve Coeur Triplex (1) [70mm festival]
The information included in this article was principally referenced from
film industry trade publications, regional newspaper promotion, and print
enclosures. Special thanks to Jeffry Johnson, Bill Kallay, Bill Kretzel and
Stan Malone.
International 70mm presentations of this title have not been accounted for
in this work.
If you believe this article contains any errors or omissions, please
consider emailing the
author or editor.
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