msycamore said:
none said:
Still a little confused what was shown opening day in the theaters which couldn't play the 35mm or 70mm Dolby Stereo version...
The mono engagements on opening day would just have been 35mm Dolby Stereo prints played back in mono, Dolby Stereo was and is mono compatible. Apparently 12 of the original 32 engagements on the 25th of May were presented that way.
From what I've read, that was not the case in those days--that existing mono projectors could not read the stereo prints' dual optical track. That was the reason they did a mono mix in the first place.
Speaking of opening day, I thought that only 75mm houses were running the film on May 25.