This is Cinerama opened in the Palace Theatre on November 14, 1956.
Plain Dealer, November 30, 1956. Unfortunately this picture opened during a newspaper strike.
From Boxoffice, October 13, 1956.
From Boxoffice, November 3, 1956.
Plain Dealer, October 30, 1956.
Max Mink sells his first Ticket to Marlene Lurie at the Palace1956, from the Cleveland Memory Project.
From Boxoffice, November 24, 1956.
From Boxoffice, February 9, 1957.
Explanation from How The West Was Won hardcover program book, 1963.
Simplified drawing from How The West Was Won hardcover program book, 1963.
The initial Cinerama installation was a temporary one, lasting to 1959. Late that year a permanent Cinerama installation necessitated the removal of four of the six boxes, along with a chunk of the proscenium. This installation was removed in late 1964, the scars covered with giant red curtains.
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