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Plitt Intermountain Theaters collection, 1960s-1980s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Plitt Intermountain Theaters
- Title
- Plitt Intermountain Theaters collection
- Dates
- 1960s-1980s (inclusive)19601989
- Quantity
- 7.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0867
- Summary
- The Plitt Intermountain Theaters collection (1960s-1980s) contains posters, slicks, advertisement stubs and pads, color display kits, and merchandising and advertising manuals used by this movie theater chain to promote films.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Plitt Intermountain Theaters chain is a subsidiary of the Cineplex Odeon Corporation with operations in Utah and surrounding states.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Plitt Intermountain Theaters collection (1960s-1980s) contains posters, slicks, advertisement stubs and pads, color display kits, and merchandising and advertising manuals used by this movie theater chain to promote films.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Gift of Richard Vorstadt in 1985 and 1986.
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa Townsend in 1999.
Separated Materials
Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (A0213). Oversize posters are located in the Manuscripts Division's map case.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Movies, A-GReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 |
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
|
1975 |
| 1 | 2 |
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family
|
1975 |
| 1 | 3 |
Against a Crooked Sky
|
|
| 1 | 4 |
Airport 1975 and Airport '77
|
1974; 1977 |
| 1 | 5 |
Alien
|
1979 |
| 1 | 6 |
All the President's Men
|
1976 |
| 1 | 7 |
The Amazing Dobermans
|
|
| 1 | 8 |
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
|
1979 |
| 1 | 9 |
Best of Disney True Life Adventures
|
1975 |
| 1 | 10 |
Big Foot
|
1971 |
| 1 | 11 |
The Blues Brothers
|
1980 |
| 1 | 12 |
The Boogens
|
|
| 1 | 13 |
Brubaker
|
1980 |
| 1 | 14 |
Butch and Sundance, the Early Days
|
1979 |
| 1 | 15 |
The Candidate
|
1972 |
| 1 | 16 |
The Car
|
1977 |
| 1 | 17 |
Coal Miner's Daughter
|
1980 |
| 1 | 18 |
Cougar Country
|
|
| 1 | 19 |
Damnation Alley
|
1977 |
| 1 | 20 |
Don't Go in the Woods Alone
|
1981 |
| 1 | 21 |
Dragonslayer
|
circa 1982 |
| 1 | 22 |
Earthbound
|
1980 |
| 1 | 23 |
The Eiger Sanction
|
1975 |
| 1 | 24 |
The Electric Horseman
|
1979 |
| 1 | 25 |
Fantasia
|
|
| 1 | 26 |
Fletch
|
1984 |
| 1 | 27 |
Footloose
|
|
| 1 | 28 |
Gray Eagle
|
1977 |
| 1 | 29 |
The Great Gatsby
|
1974 |
Movies, G-RReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 |
The Great Waldo Pepper
|
1975 |
| 2 | 2 |
Hangar 18
|
|
| 2 | 3 |
Harry's War
|
1980 |
| 2 | 4 |
Heartland
|
|
| 2 | 5 |
Honky Tonk Freeway
|
1981 |
| 2 | 6 |
In Search of Golden Sky
|
1983 |
| 2 | 7 |
In Search of Noah's Ark
|
1976 |
| 2 | 8 |
Indian
|
1976 |
| 2 | 9 |
The Island
|
1980 |
| 2 | 10 |
Jeremiah Johnson
|
1972 |
| 2 | 11 |
The Lincoln Conspiracy
|
1977 |
| 2 | 12 |
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
|
1981 |
| 2 | 13 |
The Man from Snowy River
|
1982 |
| 2 | 14 |
Melvin and Howard
|
|
| 2 | 15 |
Mountain Family Robinson
|
1979 |
| 2 | 16 |
The Mountain Men
|
1980 |
| 2 | 17 |
The Natural
|
1984 |
| 2 | 18 |
Nikelodeon
|
1976 |
| 2 | 19 |
The Nude Bomb
|
|
| 2 | 20 |
Octopussy
|
1983 |
| 2 | 21 |
One Little Indian
|
1973 |
| 2 | 22 |
The Outlaw Josey Wales
|
1976 |
| 2 | 23 |
Philadelphia Experiment
|
1984 |
| 2 | 24 |
Planet of the Apes
|
|
| 2 | 25 |
Red Fury
|
1984 |
Movies, R-WReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 |
Revenge of the Ninja
|
1983 |
| 3 | 2 |
Romancing the Stone
|
1984 |
| 3 | 3 |
The Rose
|
1979 |
| 3 | 4 |
Rustler's Rhapsody
|
|
| 3 | 5 |
Savannah Smiles
|
|
| 3 | 6 |
Secret of Nimh
|
1982 |
| 3 | 7 |
Seven Alone
|
|
| 3 | 8 |
Solo
|
1983 |
| 3 | 9 |
Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Day
|
1983 |
| 3 | 10 |
The Sting
|
circa 1973 |
| 3 | 11 |
Stir Crazy
|
1980 |
| 3 | 12 |
The Ten Commandments
|
1960s |
| 3 | 13 |
Three Days of the Condor
|
1975 |
| 3 | 14 |
Time Walker
|
1982 |
| 3 | 15 |
Trap in Cougar Mountain
|
|
| 3 | 16 |
2001: A Space Odyssey
|
1980 |
| 3 | 17 |
Vanishing Prairie and Living Desert
|
1971 |
| 3 | 18 |
West Side Story
|
1968 |
| 3 | 19 |
Where the Red Fern Grows
|
1974 |
| 3 | 20 |
Whiffs
|
1975 |
| 3 | 21 |
Windwalker
|
|
| 3 | 22 | Plitt Theaters Inc., Advertisement Poster |
|
| 3 | 23 | 20th Century Fox Audio Visual Press Kit |
|
| 3 | 24 | Clubhouse Pictures Family Entertainment Advertisement |
|
| 3 | 25 | Advertisement for Dolby So |
|
| 3 | 26 | Miscellaneous |
OversizeReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder | |
| 1-47 | Movie posters These posters are located in the oversize map cases.
|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Advertising--Motion pictures
- Film posters, American--Specimens
Form or Genre Terms
- Posters
- Press releases
Finding aid created by Lisa Townsend
1999 (last modified: 2018)
