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Cinemiracle - Windjammer
<em>Can-Can</em> at the Villa Theatre in TODD-AO and Technicolor.  "Positively Last Day Today!  Last 2 shows: Matinee at 2, Tonite at 8:30.  Then Closed for the installation of CINEMIRACLE." - , Utah
Can-Can at the Villa Theatre in TODD-AO and Technicolor.  "Positively Last Day Today!  Last 2 shows: Matinee at 2, Tonite at 8:30.  Then Closed for the installation of CINEMIRACLE."
Deseret News, page B2, 24 August 1960
"Box Office Now Open.  Get Your Tickets Now!  At 2 Box Offices or by Mail.  Avoid disappointment!" - , Utah
"Box Office Now Open.  Get Your Tickets Now!  At 2 Box Offices or by Mail.  Avoid disappointment!"
Deseret News, page B2, 24 August 1960
"Salt Lake City's Home of Magnificent Motion Pictures, the Villa Theatre, is now CLOSED for one week only, for the installation of CineMiracle.  3 Magic Cameras bring you 3rd Dimension without 3-D glasses!  Gala Reopening Thursday, Sept. 1, with Windjammer.  Largest screen and only Cinemiracle Theatre between Chicago and the West Coast!" - , Utah
"Salt Lake City's Home of Magnificent Motion Pictures, the Villa Theatre, is now CLOSED for one week only, for the installation of CineMiracle.  3 Magic Cameras bring you 3rd Dimension without 3-D glasses!  Gala Reopening Thursday, Sept. 1, with Windjammer.  Largest screen and only Cinemiracle Theatre between Chicago and the West Coast!"
Deseret News, page B3, 25 August 1960
A drawing shows how Cinemiracle uses three interlocked projectors in a single booth to project onto a curved screen. The sound system uses five speakers behind the screen and 18 on the side walls of the auditorium. - , Utah
A drawing shows how Cinemiracle uses three interlocked projectors in a single booth to project onto a curved screen. The sound system uses five speakers behind the screen and 18 on the side walls of the auditorium.
Utah State Historical Society
Deseret News, page B3, 25 August 1960
"C.A.R.E. Benefit Premiere Tonite - SOLD OUT!  Tonight is the Big Event!  Special Guests for Windjammer C.A.R.E. Benefit Premiere: Tony Randall, Lauritz Melchior, Miss Sweden, Miss Norway, Miss Denmark." - , Utah
"C.A.R.E. Benefit Premiere Tonite - SOLD OUT!  Tonight is the Big Event!  Special Guests for Windjammer C.A.R.E. Benefit Premiere: Tony Randall, Lauritz Melchior, Miss Sweden, Miss Norway, Miss Denmark."
Deseret News, page B6, 1 September 1960
"Cinemiracle puts you right in the middle of thrill-packed Adventure!  3-headed camera puts you right in the middle of the picture.  Wrap-around sound ... Cinemiracle, the true third dimension (without glasses) , made possible only with the 3 magic cameras and the giant sreen." - , Utah
"Cinemiracle puts you right in the middle of thrill-packed Adventure!  3-headed camera puts you right in the middle of the picture.  Wrap-around sound ... Cinemiracle, the true third dimension (without glasses) , made possible only with the 3 magic cameras and the giant sreen."
Deseret News, page A9, 2 September 1960
"AT GLAMOR-FILLED PREMIERE - Among those attending the premiere of 'Windjammer' Thursday night at the Villa were: Samuel P. Norton, president of Cinemiracle; singer Lauritz Melchior; M. Warshaw, president of Grand Central Markets; Miss Sweden; Abraham Becker, assistant director of CARE; Miss Norway; actor Tony Randall; Miss Denmark and H. L. Cox, Cinemiracle sales executive." - , Utah
"AT GLAMOR-FILLED PREMIERE - Among those attending the premiere of 'Windjammer' Thursday night at the Villa were: Samuel P. Norton, president of Cinemiracle; singer Lauritz Melchior; M. Warshaw, president of Grand Central Markets; Miss Sweden; Abraham Becker, assistant director of CARE; Miss Norway; actor Tony Randall; Miss Denmark and H. L. Cox, Cinemiracle sales executive."
Deseret News, page A8, 2 September 1960