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Topic: The longest running DP70 / AAII
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Thomas Hauerslev
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Posts: 451
From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-08-2002 02:20 AM
In Copenhagen we have a pair of DP70s (Sn: 1640 & 1644) which have been running since November 3, 1961 in the same cinema. An original installation. The cinema is Imperial Bio.I'd be interested to know if any FT contributers would know about other cinemas with similar DP70 "mileage". That is, a cinema from the 50s or 60s, still open, with a pair of DP70s still running. There can't be that many original DP70 installations left. On this page you can find the DP70 theatre lists I've made over the years. ------------------ Cheers, Thomas www.in70mm.com www.dp70.com www.70mm.dk
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Peter Hall
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From: London, UK
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 07-10-2002 12:26 PM
I believe that the Empire in Leicester Square had the three DP75s installed in 1959 for Ben Hur - apparently they were installed in the old theatre in a downstairs booth. Dont know if the booth was moved upstairs then or after the 1962 refit. They still have two of these installed in screen 1, however use a FP30D for day to day use. We spent some time in 2000 rebuilding these, fitting sync motors and custom electrics - picture on screen was superb. Sadly the cinema decided to automate and only did this on the FP30, making it a preferred option for one poor guy running three screens over 7 floors. Otherwise the Columbia in Shaftesbury Ave, London (later the Curzon West and and now the Curzon Soho) was built sometime in the 1950s adn had 2 DP70s there. One was retired in the 1980s and the other in 1990, but one has found a home at the Film Institute of Ireland once again we refitted, customised the electrics and put this in a couple of years ago. They regularly run 70mm on a 50' screen to 300 people.. Paul - Good to hear from NZ. As I recall it, the Plaza and Cinerama both had DP70s, but the Civic had Baurs upstairs and DP75s in the Wintergarden. Were the DP70s there before it was twinned ? I know at some time the Baurs were moved to Mid City - I dont know why ? I also have a vague recollection that the Wintergardens DP75s also moved to Mid City - did the DP70s wind up in the Wintergarden ? Shows my age I guess - none of these places are still there, bar the Civic...
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