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Looking back from the screen to
the rear of the auditorium.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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The auditorium after the installation of Cinemiracle
in September 1960.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo courtesy of Annette Nielsen
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The screen with the curtains open
for a widescreen film. For a Cinerama film, the curtains
would have opened about another 5 feet on each side.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 18August 2001
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The Cinemiracle
screen, used from September 1960 to July 1961.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo courtesy of Annette Nielsen
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A view of the Villa's screen through
a fisheye lens, looking upwards at the ceiling. The entire
screen is visible, including the floor.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 February 2003 |
The
78-foot, 7-inch screen used by Carmike Cinemas from 1996 to 2003. The
original Cinerama screen was probably 89 feet wide and 29 feet
high.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 February 2003 |
The Villa's stage and draperies
on 9 December 1949, before the theater opened.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Used by permission, Utah State Historical
Society, all rights reserved.
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A view of the screen from the very
back right side of the auditorium.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 February 2003
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Looking across the lower seating
section at the mural on the right wall.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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The mural on the left wall.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 27 January 2003 |
Looking towards the back of the
auditorium from the side of the screen curtains.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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The Villa's screen, from the front
right aisle.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Matt Luthans, 2002
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The lower seating section and part
of the stadium seating section.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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The curved wall at the end of the
lower seating section and part of the mural on the left wall.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 27 January 2003
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Looking back towards the rear
of the auditorium.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 7 November 2001 |
Looking across the lower seating section
at the mural on the south wall.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 13 February 2003 |
The stadium seating section and the last few rows
of the lower seating section.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 27 January 2003
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The two halls from the lobby are connected by a
central aisle that runs across the middle of the auditorium.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 27 January 2003
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Spotlights on the right side of the screen, and
part of the mural on the right wall.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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Three spot lights mounted on the ceiling on the left
side of the screen.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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The left seating sections.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 27 January 2003
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One of ten handicapped seating areas created
in the lower seating section during the 1996 remodel.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 24 January 2003
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The middle spotlight on the left
side of the screen never turns off. It even stays
on during the movie.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 7 November 2001
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A scene from the The Others on
the Villa's screen, as seen from the middle of the front seating
section.
Villa Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Photo by Grant Smith, 7 November 2001
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