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* The Theatorium, Toronto's first movie theatre, opened in 1906 <ref>https://www.torontojourney416.com/red-mill-theatre/#:~:text=In%20March%201906%2C%20The%20Theatorium,was%20covered%20in%20movie%20posters.</ref> | * The Theatorium, Toronto's first movie theatre, opened in 1906 <ref>https://www.torontojourney416.com/red-mill-theatre/#:~:text=In%20March%201906%2C%20The%20Theatorium,was%20covered%20in%20movie%20posters.</ref> | ||
* Starting in 1957, 3-Strip Cinerama came to Toronto's University Theatre. Cinerama introduced stereophonic sound and widescreen images to the movies and inspired other widescreen formats like Fox's CinemaScope and Paramount's VistaVision and can be seen as an forerunner to IMAX. <ref>https://cinematreasures.org/blog/2008/11/19/remembering-cinerama-part-12-toronto</ref> | * Starting in 1957, 3-Strip Cinerama came to Toronto's University Theatre. Cinerama introduced stereophonic sound and widescreen images to the movies and inspired other widescreen formats like Fox's CinemaScope and Paramount's VistaVision and can be seen as an forerunner to IMAX. <ref>https://cinematreasures.org/blog/2008/11/19/remembering-cinerama-part-12-toronto</ref> | ||
− | * For decades, Toronto basked in a golden age of movie palaces. <ref>https://www.thestar.com/life/remembering-the-dreamy-and-palatial-downtown-movie-palaces/article_0ad36c6c-0c73-599d-a157-6accd73363ba.html</ref> Cineplex's arrival in 1979 marked | + | * For decades, Toronto basked in a golden age of movie palaces. <ref>https://www.thestar.com/life/remembering-the-dreamy-and-palatial-downtown-movie-palaces/article_0ad36c6c-0c73-599d-a157-6accd73363ba.html</ref> Cineplex's arrival in 1979 marked an end to that golden age. What follows is a timeline of the decline. |
== 1979 - [DEBUT] Cineplex Eaton Centre opens == | == 1979 - [DEBUT] Cineplex Eaton Centre opens == |