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| Written and photographed by: Anders M. Olsson, Lund, Sweden | Date: 30.09.2012 + 05.10.2012 |
 The
old Warner Cinerama theater on Hollywood Boulevard is now a religious center
called Ecclesia. | More in 70mm reading: Tom March's Images from Cinerama's 60th Anniversary at the Dome Cinerama Festival Diary 2012 Cinerama Dome (Los Angeles, USA) Celebrates Cinerama's 60th Anniversary Cinerama 60th Anniversary at the Dome in70mm.com's Cinerama page Internet link: Cinerama Dome / Arclight Cinemas Huffington Post LA Observed LA Times Craigofilm |
 The
old Warner Cinerama theater on Hollywood Boulevard is now a religious center
called Ecclesia. | |
 | |
 Right
outside its entrance, you'll find one of Lowell Thomas' stars on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lowell Thomas actually has two stars on the walk,
one for his movie career, and the other for his work in radio. The symbol on
the star indicate which is which. | |
 Merian
C. Cooper's star has his first name misspelled. | |
 A
view of Hollywood from a room at the 10th floor of the Loews Hotel. Can you spot the Cinerama Dome? | |
 Exteriors
of the Dome. | |
 Some
more exteriors of the Dome and Arclight Cinemas. | |
 Some
more exteriors of the Dome and Arclight Cinemas. | |
 Some
more exteriors of the Dome and Arclight Cinemas. | |
 Some
more exteriors of the Dome and Arclight Cinemas. | |
 The
old ticket windows have been boarded shut. Patrons are requested to go to
the new multiplex, "Arclight Cinemas", for tickets. | |
 | |
 It's
9 AM Friday, and people are beginning to queue up for the free 10 o'clock
premiere of "In the Picture". | |
 John
Sittig welcomes people to the premiere of "In the Picture" | |
 John
Sittig welcomes people to the premiere of "In the Picture" | |
 David
Coles and Ramine. | |
 Dan
Sullivan, CEO of Image Trends, speaks a little about 3 panel digital
scanning. | |
 Norman
Karlin and David Strohmaier. Norman was a film editor working on all the
Cinerama films. | |
 Interiors
of the Arclight Cinemas, including the giftshop.
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 | |
 Those
large projection lenses are actually real second hand lenses that have been
used in 70mm cinemas, and quite heavy. Not your typical nicknacks. One can
be yours for $99.95. Why not buy a dozen? | |
 Anders
M Olsson and Dennis Furbush waiting for The Golden Head to start. | |
 Queue
to get in to "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm". | |
 Russ
Tamblyn introducing The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. | |
 Russ
Tamblyn introducing The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. | |
 Russ
Tamblyn introducing The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. | |
 Cinerama
camera #1 used to be on display in Bradford, but a few years ago it was
moved home to the U.S. Unlike later cameras, this model has the three
magazines mounted in parallell for easier dollying through narrow doorways. | |
 A
poster for the new Cinerama short "In the Picture". | |
 Grauman's Chinese Theatre was the site for the premiere of Windjammer. Nowadays it's one of Hollywood's foremost tourist attractions. | |
 Nothing
says Hollywood like the classic sign, seen here from my hotel room at the 10th floor of the Loews Hotel. | |
 Windjammer
poster. | |
 John Sittig is the director of this festival, and it seems like he
does all the jobs by himself. He has produced the films and restorations, he changes the posters, runs the projectors, introduces the films, and
collects the tickets. I could swear that there must be more than one of him... :) | |
 Cameraman
Lance Fisher is eager to demonstrate the Cinerama camera, doing anything to please the festival audience... | |
 ...even
taking the camera apart... | |
 ...and
then finding it slightly difficult to reassemble, because it was unexpectedly loaded with film! | |
 Looking
up at the honeycomb-like ceiling in the dome. | |
 Dave Cavena of Image Trends explains how the digital scanning and restoration of the three panel Cinerama films is done. | |
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