Saga Cinema, Helsingborg, Sweden |
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| Written by: Roland Håkansson. All pictures by: Roland Håkansson | Issue 64 - March 2001 |
 The
Saga cinema was opened during Christmas 1940. The owners were the Engstrøm
Family. In 1957 Skandinavisk Biograf AB took over the Saga.Management was taken over by Svensk Filmindustri in 1985 and ultimately was closed March 17, 1987 when the new "Filmstaden" multiplex was opened. |
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in 70mm reading: DP70s in Sweden You are in the Show with Todd-AO Royal and the 70mm Film Internet link: |
 From
the beginning the Saga was equipped with Erneman VIIb projectors and 725
seats in the auditorium. CinemaScope arrived in 1958 and so did two new
Swedish AGA projectors.One year later Skandinavisk Biograf AB bought a mobile 70mm unit in the form of two Philips DP70s and AGA valve ("tubes", in the USA) amplifiers. In 1961 Skandinavisk Biograf AB had 5 mobile 70mm units all over Sweden. |
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 One
70mm unit was permanently installed at the Saga in 1970, only this time the
AGA valve amps were replaced with Philips transistor amplifiers.The Saga was remodelled in 1975 and reduced to 456 new more comfortable seats. A few years later Dolby Stereo was installed. |
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 The
screen width was 12 meters for 70mm.The first 70mm film projected at the Saga was "South Pacific" and the last film in 70mm was "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial". In the period between 1959 and 1980 the Saga ran most of the films that were available in 70mm in Sweden. "South Pacific" in its third run at the Saga was shown 09.07.1962 - 22.07.1962 |
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 Two DP70s were installed. Serial numbers were 2344 and 2371. |
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 Shown19.01.1962 - 18.02.1962 |
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 Shown19.02.1962 - 11.03.1962 |
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 Note how
"Solomon and Sheba", filmed in Technirama, was
advertised as being "In Todd-AO".Shown 26.06.1962 - 08.07.1962 |
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 Shown
04.09.196? - 03.11.196? |
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 Not
70mm - but a nice advert for the first James Bond at the SAGA, 26. August
1963 |
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