Vancouver - anamorphic widescreen projection installations
1953-
7 January 2009 REVISE
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NOTATIONS
[CS] CinemaScope
[SS] Superscope
F Famous Players Theatres
O Odeon Theatres
1953------------------------------------------------------
Oct 29 CAPITOL F - The Robe[CS] - stereophonic
‘Canada’s Largest Screen’
‘CinemaScope Western Canadian Premiere’
1954------------------------------------------------------
Apr 16 VOGUE F - King of the Khyber Rifles[CS] - stereophonic
Apr 28 COLUMBIA (New Westminister) F - The Robe - stereophonic
Jun 11 PARAMOUNT ‘AUTO-VUE’ / DRIVE-IN (Burnaby) - magnetic monaural
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef + Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 4
+ Vesuvius Express[CS] #
‘First Time in Canada’ / ‘Largest Screen in Canada’ (09jl54)
‘The Only Drive-In in Canada Equipped with Magnetic and Hi Fi
Sound’ (01oc56)
Jun 23 BROADWAY F - Night People + Tournament of Roses[CS] - stereophonic
Jul 08 STANLEY F
Hell and High Water + Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 4
+ Vesuvius Express[CS]
- stereophonic
Aug 12 ODEON (New Westminister) O - Prince Valiant[CS]
(engagement initially advertised to open 04au54)
Sep 09 ODEON (West Vancouver) O - Garden of Evil[CS]
Sep 29 ODEON (North Vancouver) O - Garden of Evil
Sep 30 CIRCLE O - Garden of Evil
Oct 04 FRASER O - Garden of Evil
OLYMPIA O - Garden of Evil
Oct 08 ORPHEUM F
Broken Lance + The British Empire Games[CS]
‘Introducing the Finest Stereophonic Sound in Canada’ (04mr55)
Oct 11 DOMINION F - Lucky Me[CS]
Oct 28 OAK (Burnaby) O - Prince Valiant
Nov 18 KERRISDALE F - Rose Marie + The Poet & The Peasant Overture[CS]
Nov 22 PARK O - Prince Valiant
Nov 25 KITSILANO F - Rose Marie + The Poet & The Peasant Overture
Dec 02 RIO O - King of the Khyber Rifles
Dec 26 GRANDVIEW F - The Robe
Dec 27 KINGSW’Y O - New Faces[CS]
1955------------------------------------------------------
Jan 05 CAMEO (New Westminister) - The Robe
Jan 07 STRAND F - Black Widow[CS]<
Jan 12 ALMA F - The Robe
REGENT F - The Robe
Jan 19 VICTORIA F - The Robe
Jan 26 WINDSOR F - The Robe
Mar 19 DUNBAR O - Prince of Players[CS]
Mar 21 INTERNATIONAL CINEMA F - Battle Cry[CS]
Mar 24 HOLLYWOOD - Prince Valiant + Tourament of Roses
May 16 CASCADES DRIVE-IN - Sitting Bull[CS]
‘On the Biggest Screen in Town!’
May 18 RIDGE - The Robe
May 20 PLAZA O - A Man Called Peter[CS]
Jun 02 REX - River of No Return[CS]
Jun 06 SAPPERTON (New Westminister) O - The Black Shield of Falworth[CS]
Jun 23 COLONIAL - Woman’s World + Broken Arrow
‘In Improved CinemaScope’
Jun 23 METRO (New Westminister) O - The High and The Mighty[CS]
Jun 24 PARAMOUNT (New Westminister) F - Long Johm Silver[CS]
Jul 21 MARPOLE O - King Richard & The Crusaders[CS]
(closed 31jl55?)
Nov 07 ACADEMY (New Westminister) - Ring of Fear[CS]
Dec 31 AVON - River of No Return + Tourament of Roses
‘grand re-opening’
1956------------------------------------------------------
Jan 02 CAMBIE - Lucky Me
Feb 13 VARSITY O - East of Eden
Mar 30 LOUGHEED DRIVE-IN - Captain Lightfoot
May 03 WESTMINISTER DRIVE-IN - The High anf The Mighty
May 07 LUX O - To Hell and Back
Jun 04 BAY - The High and The Mighty
Jul 09 DELTA DRIVE-IN - East of Eden
Alphabetical Listing
ACADEMY (New Westminister) - 07nv55 - Ring of Fear
ALMA F - 12ja55 - The Robe
AVON - 31de55 - River of No Return
BAY - 04je56 - The High and The Mighty
BROADWAY F - 23je54 - Night People (stereophonic)
CAMBIE - 02ja56 - Lucky Me
CAMEO (New Westminister) - 05ja55 - The Robe
CAPITOL F - 29oc53 - The Robe (stereophonic)
CASCADES DRIVE-IN - 16my55 - Sitting Bull
CIRCLE O - 30se54 - Garden of Evil
COLONIAL - 23je55 - Woman’s World + Broken Arrow
COLUMBIA (New Westminister) F - 28ar54 - The Robe (stereophonic)
DELTA DRIVE-IN - 09jl56 - East of Eden
DOMINION F - 11oc54 - Lucky Me
DUNBAR O - 19mr55 - Prince of Players
FRASER O - 04oc54 - Garden of Evil
GRANDVIEW F - 26de54 - The Robe
HOLLYWOOD - 24mr55 - Prince Valiant
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA F - 21mr55 - Battle Cry
KERRISDALE F - 18nv54 - Rose Marie
KINGCREST
KINGSW’Y O - 27de54 - New Faces
KITSILANO F - 25nv54 - Rose Marie
LOUGHEED DRIVE-IN - 30mr56 - Captain Lightfoot
LUX O - 07my56 - To Hell and Back
MARPOLE O - 21jl55 - King Richard & The Crusaders
METRO (New Westminister) O -23je55 - The High and The Mighty
OAK (Burnaby) O - 28oc54 - Prince Valiant
ODEON (New Westminister) O - 12au54 - Prince Valiant
ODEON (West Vancouver) O - 09se54 - Garden of Evil
ODEON (North Vancouver) O - 29se54 - Garden of Evil
OLYMPIA O - 04oc54 - Garden of Evil
ORPHEUM F - 08oc54 - Broken Lance # (stereophonic)
PARADISE O
PARAMOUNT (New Westminister) F - 24je55 - Long Johm Silver
PARAMOUNT AUTO-VUE / DRIVE-IN (Burnaby) - 11je54
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (magnetic monaural)
PARK O - 22nv54 - Prince Valiant
PLAZA O - 20my55 - A Man Called Peter
REGENT F - 12ja55 - The Robe
REX - 02je55 - River of No Return
RIDGE - 18my55 - The Robe
RIO O - 02de54 - King of the Khyber Rifles
SAPPERTON (New Westminister) O - 06je55 - The Black Shield of Falworth
STANLEY F - 08jl54 - Hell and High Water (stereophonic)
STRAND F - 07ja55 - Black Widow
STUDIO
SURREY DRIVE-IN
VARSITY O - 13fe56 - East of Eden
VICTORIA F - 19ja55 - The Robe
VOGUE F - 16ar54 - King of the Khyber Rifles (stereophonic)
WESTMINISTER DRIVE-IN - 03my56 - The High anf The Mighty
WINDSOR F - 26ja55 - The Robe