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

This article first appeared in
..in 70mm
The 70mm Newsletter

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 – 05.10.1958RivoliNew YorkUSATodd-AO Theatre #1
113 weeks
21.12.1956Film CentreBaltimoreUSATodd-AO
22.12.1956Carthay CircleLos AngelesUSATodd-AO - New installation
27.12.1956United ArtistsDetroitUSATodd-AO
26.12.1956CoronetSan FranciscoUSATodd-AO
c27.12.1956TowerHoustonUSATodd-AO
c29.12.1956MidtownPhiladelphiaUSATodd-AO
??.12.1956[Sheridan]Miami BeachUSATodd-AO
c17.01.1957 - 03.12.1957TowerDallasUSATodd-AO. 46 weeks
01.03.1957AlouetteMontrealUSATodd-AO
04.04.1957Todd's CinestageChicagoUSATodd-AO - New installation
c05.04.1957CenturyBuffaloUSATodd-AO
08.04.1957UptownWashingtonUSATodd-AO
11.04.1957 -04.01.1958NixonPittsburghUSATodd-AO
c08.04.1957 -03.04.1958Blue MouseSeattleUSATodd-AO. 51 weeks
c19.04.1957BroadwayPortlandUSATodd-AO
20.04.1957SaxonBostonUSATodd-AO
?BroadwaySan AntonioUSATodd-AO. Playing until  August / September 1957
02.05.1957Cannes, FranceCannes Film FestivalFranceFirst Cinestage presentation
15.05.1957TaborDenverUSATodd-AO
28.05.1957BrownLouisvilleUSACinestage?
xx.05.1957[Eckel or Shoppingtown]SyracuseUSATodd-AO
xx.05.1957CenterAtlantic CityUSATodd-AO
xx.05.1957TowerCorpus ChristiUSATodd-AO
xx.05.1957[Capitol]Little RockUSATodd-AO
15.05.1957Richelieu GaumontParisFranceCinestage
29.05.1957TowerKansas CityUSATodd-AO
xx.06.1957[Strand/Tower]MilwaukeeUSATodd-AO
12.06.1957Loew´s OhioClevelandUSATodd-AO
13.06.1957ValleyCincinnatiUSATodd-AO
26.06.1957RoxyAtlantaUSATodd-AO
02.07.1957AstoriaLondonEnglandCinestage
10.07.1957AcademyMinneapolisUSATodd-AO
01.08.1957CapriSan DiegoUSATodd-AO
c08.08.1957TivoliTorontoUSATodd-AO
c08.08.1957LyricIndianapolisUSATodd-AO
28.08.1957Cinema VitóriaRioBrazilCinemaScope
c29.08.1957 - c11.12.1957AdmiralOmahaUSA35mm?
02.10.1957ParisSydneyAustraliaCinestage
03.10.1957GranadaBuffaloUSA35mm?
04.10.1957Capitol cinemaDüsseldorfGermanyCinestage
c10.10.1957ElmwoodProvidenceUSA35mm?
1957PanoramaNew OrleansUSATodd-AO Theatre #30. 9½ month Todd-AO run, followed by 3 months in Cinestage
c.xx.12.1957ApolloZürich (CH)SwitzerlandTodd-AO. 1st “80 Day” 70mm outside US?
20.12.1957 - 21.11.1958NöggerathAmsterdamHollandCinestage. The Nöggerath was equipped with a special wider slightly curved screen for this movie. 47 weeks.
     
24.01.1958RitzStockholmSwedenCinemaScope. 4800 meters = 175 min
16.02.1958 - 11.04.1958Sky TheatreSingaporeSingapore54 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"
.
 
25.02.1958Rex TheatreKuala Lumpur MalaysiasCinemaScope
23.05.1958 - 12.09.1958LutuscaRotterdamHolland16 weeks
03.10.1958 - 22.02.1959World CinemaCopenhagenDenmarkCinestage
     
16.01.1959 - 27.02.1959Cinema PalaceHaarlemHolland6 weeks
23.01.1959 - 20.02.1959RembrandtUtrechtHolland4 weeks
23.01.1959 - 13.02.1959AlhambraEnschedeHolland3 weeks
06.02.1959 - 05.06.1959West-EndDen HaagHolland17 weeks
13.02.1959 - 13.03.1959ChicagoEindhoven Holland4 weeks
06.03.1959 - 27.03.1959ScalaVenloHolland3 weeks
13.03.1959ConcertgebouwDen BoschHolland1 week
27.03.1959Cinema Palace DeventerHolland2 weeks
27.03.1959 - 17.04.1959SchouwburgGouda
 
Holland3 weeks
27.03.1959 - 17.04.1959ChicagoTilburgHolland3 weeks
03.04.1959 - 24.04.1959Churchil HilversumHolland3 weeks
10.04.1959 - 15.05.1959Trianon LeidenHolland5 weeks
24.04.1959 - 22.05.1959Cinema GroningenHolland4 weeks
01.05.1959 - 22.05.1959CarolusNijmegen Holland3 weeks
01.05.1959 - 29.05.1959LuxorArnhemHolland 4 weeks
     
15.08.1963ParisSydneyAustraliaFirst time in 70mm
04.04.1968?StockholmSwedenTodd-AO
1968ColosseumOsloNorwayTodd-AO
1968ColosseumLondonEnglandTodd-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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