Friday, October 19, 2012

3-D MOVIES - - Nothing new for movie theatres


The CAPITOL THEATRE was the first theatre in Rowan County to exhibit 3-D movies when BWANA DEVIL premiered April 25, 1953. Viewers had to wear a pair of glasses to experience the third dimensional effects. Even the movie projectionist had to wear them, to keep the image in proper focus.

The 3-D craze of the 1950s came and went pretty quickly, lasting around one year. The main purpose of producing and exhibiting movies in three-dimension was to create some consumer excitement with the movie business, which was taking a hard hit from that new electronic device called television.

  Down, but not out, 3-D films have made their return in the industry, almost sixty years after their first time around.

CENTER THEATRE
June 27, 1953

CAPITOL THEATRE
August 18, 1953

CENTER THEATRE
October 8, 1953

CENTER THEATRE
October 28, 1953

CENTER THEATRE
November 24, 1953

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 5, 1954

CAPITOL THEATRE
January 17, 1954

Here are the movies which played Salisbury in 3-D:

April 26 - 28, 1953 - BWANA DEVIL - CAPITOL THEATRE
June 12 - 16, 1953 - HOUSE OF WAX - CAPITOL THEATRE
June 27 - 30, 1953 - FORT TI - CENTER THEATRE
August 2 - 6, 1953 - SANGAREE - CAPITOL THEATRE
August 18 - 22, 1953 - THE CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER - CAPITOL THEATRE
September 13 - 14, 1953 - THE MAZE - CAPITOL THEATRE
October 8 - 10, 1953 - IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE - CENTER THEATRE
October 28 - 31, 1953 - THE STRANGER WORE A GUN - CENTER THEATRE
November 22 - 25, 1953 - DEVIL'S CANYON - CENTER THEATRE
December 23 - 24, 1953 - ARENA - CAPITOL THEATRE
January 5 - 9, 1954 - HONDO - CAPITOL THEATRE
January 17 - 19, 1954 - KISS ME KATE - CAPITOL THEATRE
February 7 - 10, 1954 - CEASE FIRE - CAPITOL THEATRE
February 23 - 27, 1954 - JESSE JAMES VERSUS THE DALTONS - CENTER THEATRE
March 11 - 13, 1954 - HONDO - CAPITOL THEATRE
March 28 - April 3, 1954 - MISS SADIE THOMPSON - CENTER THEATRE
April 29 - May 1, 1954 - PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE - CAPITOL THEATRE