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Play List for the Cooper Theatre Date Format the Wonderful World of The Play List for the Cooper Theatre Date Format The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grim 8/9/1962 3 stripe CR How the West Was Won 3/15/1963 3 stripe CR It’s a Mad Mad World 10/18/1964 70mm Circus World 10/26/1965 70mm The Greatest Story Ever Told 10/20/1965 70mm Khartoum 6/20/1966 70mm Russian Adventure 11/4/1966 70mm? Best of Cinerama 12/23/1966 3 stripe CR Grand Prix 2/8/1967 70mm Gone With The Wind 11/15/1967 70mm 2001: A Space Odessy 6/26/1968 70mm Ice Station Zebra 1/28/1969 70mm Sweet Charity 7/16/1969 70mm Paint Your Wagon 11/4/1969 70mm Airport 3/18/1970 70mm Tora Tora Tora 12/25/1970 70mm Electrosound System Installed Lawrence of Arabia 5/21/1971 35mm formats estblished in 1971 Big Jake 7/2/1971 Harry Kellerman 8/13/1971 Stock Broker 10/1/1971 Kotch 10/22/1971 Sometimes a Great Notion 12/24/1971 Last Picture Show 2/11/1972 Skyjacked 5/24/1972 Fuzz 7/5/1972 Joe Kidd 7/28/1972 Slaughter House Five 9/1/1972 Lady Sings the Blues 11/3/1972 Jerimiah Johnson 12/22/1972 Save the Tiger 3/9/1973 Baxter 4/20/1973 Ace Eli and Roger of the Skies 5/9/1973 Day of the Jackal 5/25/1973 Dillinger 7/27/1973 This is Cinerama 9/14/1973 Charlie Varrick 11/9/1973 Scrooge + Charlie Brown 12/14/1973 The Sting 12/25/1973 Great Gatsby 4/5/1974 Where the Red Fern Grows 6/21/1974 ws That's Entertainment 7/19/1974 70mm Mixed Company 10/18/1974 ws Amarcord 11/6/1974 ws 2001: A Space Odessy 11/27/1974 70mm Front Page 12/20/1974 scope Murder on the Orient Express 2/14/1975 ws Eiger Sanction 5/23/1974 scope Nashville 7/23/1974 scope magnetic Rooster Cogburn 10/17/1975 scope December 25, 1975 Cameo Screen Opens Cooper Cameo Lucky Lady 12/25/1975 ws 3 Days of the Condor 12/25/1975 scope Gable and Lombard 3/4/1976 ws I Will I Will 3/12/1976 scope Bad News Bears 4/9/1976 ws Next Stop Greenwhich 4/9/1976 ws Gone With The Wind 4/30/1976 ws The Man Who Skied Everest 5/5/1976 scope Mother Jugs and Speed 5/24/1976 Won Ton Ton 5/28/1976 Play it Again Sam 6/11/1976 That's Entertainment #2 6/17/1976 70mm Man Who Fell to Earth 7/7/1976 scope That's Entertainment #2 7/7/1976 Harry and Walter 7/22/1976 scope The Tenant 8/20/1976 ws Harry and Walter 9/17/1976 scope Clockwork Orange 9/17/1976 ws Gone With the Wind 9/24/1976 ws 2001: A Space Oddessy 9/24/1976 scope Fantasia 10/1/1976 ws Barry Lyndon 10/8/1976 ws A Matter of Time 10/15/1976 ws Alex and the Gypsy 10/22/1976 ws Bugsy Malone 11/5/1976 ws Winter Equinox (and short subject) 11/19/1976 ws Network 12/16/1976 ws The Last Tycoon 12/22/1976 ws Wizards 2/11/1977 ws Slipper and the Rose 3/25/1977 scope Black Sunday 4/1/1977 scope Silver Streak 4/15/1977 ws One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest 4/22/1977 ws Jaws 4/29/1977 scope Young Frankenstein 5/13/1977 ws Animated Festival 5/25/1977 ws Black Sunday 5/25/1977 scope A Bridge Too Far 6/15/1977 scope A Bridge Too Far 6/15/1977 scope Boatniks 6/17/1977 ws Rescuers 7/1/1977 MacArthur 8/5/1977 ws A Bridge Too Far 8/5/1977 scope Between the Lines 8/26/1977 ws Dr. Zhivago 10/7/1977 70mm Valentino 10/7/1977 ws Piece of the Action 10/21/1977 ws Waiting for Mr Good Bar 11/18/1977 ws Dr. Zhivago 12/9/1977 scope West Side Story 12/16/1977 scope World's Greatest Lover 12/23/1977 ws High Anxiety 2/3/1978 ws Canole Shoe 2/10/1978 ws Return From Witch Mountain 3/17/1978 ws Coming Home 4/26/1978 ws Greek Tycoon 5/16/1978 scope Cheap Detective 6/22/1978 scope International Velvet 7/21/1978 ws Coming Home 8/18/1978 ws The Sound of Music 9/1/1978 70mm Cheap Detective 9/1/1978 scope Interiors 9/22/1978 ws The Sound of Music 9/22/1978 scope Magic 11/17/1978 ws 2001: A Space Oddessy 11/24/1978 70mm Invasion of the Body Snatchers 12/22/1978 ws (Dolby CP 100 Unit Installed Dec 1978) Great Train Robery 2/9/1979 ws The China Syndrome 3/16/1979 ws The Promise 4/6/1979 scope The Inlaws 6/15/1979 ws Bloodline 6/29/1979 ws North Dallas 40 8/3/1979 scope 10 10/15/1979 scope North Dallas 40 10/15/1979 scope A Little Romance 10/19/1979 scope Running 11/2/1979 ws Plitt North Central Theatres Acquires Cooper 11/19/1979 Kramer vs Kramer 12/19/1979 ws Black Hole 12/21/1979 70mm Hero at Large 2/15/1980 ws Being There 3/7/1980 ws Zombie 7/4/1980 scope Last of Noah's Ark 7/4/1980 ws 101 Dalmations + Mary Poppins (double feature) 7/11/1980 ws Raise the Titantic 8/1/1980 70mm Herbie Goes Bananas 8/1/1980 ws The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu 8/15/1980 ws Being There 9/26/1980 ws Ordinary People 10/10/1980 ws Elephant Man 10/30/1980 scope Any Which Way You Can 12/17/1980 ws Kagemusha 2/20/1981 ws The Postman Always Rings Twice 4/3/1981 ws Improper Channels 4/16/1981 ws Atlantic City 5/15/1981 ws The Four Seasons 5/22/1981 ws S.O.B. 7/1/1981 scope First Monday in October 8/21/1981 scope Mommie Dearest 9/25/1981 ws The French Lt's. Woman 10/2/1981 ws The French Lt's. Woman 11/6/1981 ws Mommie Dearest 11/6/1981 ws Frisco Kid 11/20/1981 ws S.O.B. 11/27/1981 scope Reds 12/4/1981 ws The French Lt's. Woman 12/4/1981 ws Chariots of Fire 12/25/1981 ws Cooper closed 4/21+4/22 New screen installed Dolby CP 50 Stereo Unit Installed 4/23/1981 Das Boot 4/23/1982 scope Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 6/4/1982 70mm The World According to Garp 7/30/1982 ws Yes Giorgio 10/1/1982 ws The World According to Garp 10/1/1982 ws The World According to Garp 10/8/1982 ws Yes Giorgio 10/8/1982 ws The Personnals 10/21/1982 ws The World According to Garp 10/21/1982 ws Complex Renamed Cooper 1 and 2 11/12/1982 Cameo Name dropped 11/12/1982 Cooper 1 Screen Cooper 2 Screen Five Days One Summer 11/12/1982 ws Still of the Night 12/17/1982 The Man From Snowy River 1/21/1983 scope Sophie's Choice 1/21/1983 ws Lords of Discipline 2/18/1983 ws Man Woman and Child 4/1/1983 ws Local Hero 4/1/1983 ws Local Hero 4/19/1983 ws Man Woman and Child 4/19/1983 ws Baby It's You 4/29/1983 Betrayal 6/3/1983 ws Flash Dance 6/9/1983 ws Betrayal 6/9/1983 ws Oklahoma! 7/15/1983 Todd AO 70 Flash Dance 7/15/1983 ws La Traviata 7/29/1983 ws A Star is Born 9/23/1983 scope Beyond the Limit 9/30/1983 scope Daniel 10/7/1983 ws Testament 11/4/1983 ws Star 80 11/10/1983 ws The Keep 12/16/1983 scope El Norte 1/20/1984 ws Broadway Danny Rose 1/27/1984 ws El Norte 1/27/1984 ws The Dresser 2/17/1984 ws Racing with the Moon 3/23/1984 ws Vertigo 4/20/1984 ws Racing with the Moon 4/20/1984 ws And the Ship Sails On 5/18/1984 ws The Man Who Knew Too Much 5/25/1984 ws Koyaanisqatsi 6/1/1984 ws Koyaanisqatsi 6/4/1984 ws The Man Who Knew Too Much 6/4/1984 ws The Natural 6/8/1984 ws Rope 6/15/1984 ws The Natural 6/15/1984 ws The Natural 6/18/1984 ws Rope 6/18/1984 ws The Trouble With Harry 6/29/1984 ws The Natural 6/29/1984 ws Love Letters 7/20/1984 ws Sam's Son 8/17/1984 ws Heat & Dust 7/27/1984 ws Mike's Murder 9/21/1984 ws Choose Me 10/5/1984 ws Soldier Story 10/5/1984 ws Little Drummer Girl 10/19/1984 ws Falling in Love 11/21/1984 ws Little Drummer Girl 11/21/1984 ws Protocol 12/21/2004 ws Falling in Love 12/21/1984 ws The Killing Fields 1/18/1985 ws Protocol 1/18/1985 ws 1984 2/15/1984 ws Blood Simple 3/15/1984 ws The Purple Rose of Cairo 3/22/1985 ws Lost in America 4/5/1985 ws The Purple Rose of Cairo 4/5/1985 ws The Hit 5/17/1985 ws Lost in America 5/17/1985 ws Streetwise 5/31/1985 ws E.T.
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