Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted January 23, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Our local cinema in Gibraltar, called the Queen's Cinema (named after Queen Elizabeth II) had a massive super wide screen. It had 668 seats in the downstairs 'stalls' and 193 seats upstairs in the 'circle' area that was more expensive. Back in the 70s when I started going to the cinema I remember the red curtain opening up or closing in depending on the film format....I remember, vividly, the excitement we felt when the curtains opened wide and words like Cinemascope and VistaVision appeared on the starting edits.....we really enjoyed the wide format films and were somewhat disappointed by narrower formats..... 6 years ago I took a photo of the projectors they had up there.... Edited January 23, 2023 by Stephen Perera 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted January 23, 2023 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2023 ....now we have smaller cinema of 2 screens, which are fine......fine but doesn't have the majesty of the old one needless to say.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Is it still there? If so, go back with a tripod and take some proper photos. Put them up at the Internet Archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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