Photo credits

Opening scene

Arriving at Cinerama’s opening event, 1963 (Cinerama Archives)

Upper images

Cutting the ribbon at Cinerama’s opening event, 1963 (Courtesy of The Everett Collection, found in “The Cinerama Dome: A Landmark of Hollywood History in Photos,” a Variety magazine article published April 14, 2021)

Assembling the concrete polygons, 1963 (Cinerama Archives)

Viewing Cinerama’s opening event from across Sunset Boulevard, 1963 (Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library)

Cinerama Dome roof interior (Courtesy of John Sittig)

Lower images

Cinerama Dome theater roof exterior (Courtesy of John Sittig)

E.T. movie ticket, 1982 (Cinerama Archives)

Viewing Cinerama’s opening event from across Sunset Boulevard, 1963 (Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library)

View of the Dome from above, circa 2001 (Cinerama Archives)

Two page advertisement about Cinerama’s opening (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, published November 3, 1963)

Cinerama projection process depicted in “This is Cinerama” souvenir program, 1952 (Cinerama Archives)

Cinerama Dome theater interior (Cinerama Archives)

Cinerama construction site, 1963 (Cinerama Archives)

Special thanks to John Sittig for providing research assistance.