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PART 3: THE ROADSHOW ENGAGEMENTS — INTERNATIONAL

What follows is a list of the roadshow engagements of The Sound of Music shown outside the United States and Canada. Note that this segment is incomplete and accounts for a sampling of the world’s major cities to give a sense of the film’s global distribution and regional appeal.

• 1965-03-29 ... London, England, UK – Dominion (170 weeks)

• 1965-04-09 ... Auckland, New Zealand – Plaza (77)
• 1965-04-15 ... Bournemouth, England, UK – Odeon (82)
• 1965-04-15 ... Brighton, England, UK – Regent (62)
• 1965-04-15 ... Christchurch, New Zealand – State (69)
• 1965-04-15 ... Manchester, England, UK – Gaumont (128)
• 1965-04-16 ... Glasgow, Scotland, UK – Gaumont (140)
• 1965-04-17 ... Melbourne, Australia – Paris (140)
• 1965-04-17 ... Sydney, Australia – Mayfair (140)
• 1965-04-18 ... Birmingham, England, UK – Gaumont (168)
• 1965-04-18 ... Blackpool, England, UK – Palladium (46)
• 1965-04-18 ... Bristol, England, UK – Odeon (95)
• 1965-04-18 ... Cardiff, Wales, UK – Capitol (82)
• 1965-04-18 ... Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Odeon (95)
• 1965-04-18 ... Leeds, England, UK – Majestic (130)
• 1965-04-18 ... Newcastle, England, UK – Queens (140)
• 1965-04-18 ... Southampton, England, UK – Odeon (34)

• 1965-05-20 ... Buenos Aires, Argentina – Ambassador (96) (La Novicia Rebelde)
• 1965-05-26 ... San Juan, Puerto Rico – Metropolitan (44) (La Novicia Rebelde)

• 1965-06-06 ... Liverpool, England, UK – Odeon (99)
• 1965-06-16 ... Johannesburg, South Africa – Fine Arts (69)
• 1965-06-16 ... Nairobi, Kenya – 20th Century (3)
• 1965-06-26 ... Tokyo, Japan – Piccadilly (20)

• 1965-07-06 ... Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Palacio (44) (A Novica Rebelde)
• 1965-07-12 ... Nottingham, England, UK – Odeon (112)
• 1965-07-12 ... Sao Paulo, Brazil – Rivoli (39) (A Novica Rebelde)
• 1965-07-14 ... Manila, Philippines – Ever (37)
• 1965-07-14 ... Port of Spain, Trinidad – De Luxe (24+)
• 1965-07-20 ... Bloemfontein, South Africa – Ritz
• 1965-07-21 ... Singapore – Orchard (15)
• 1965-07-28 ... Brisbane, Australia – Paris (72)

• 1965-08-12 ... Kampala, Uganda – Norman (2)
• 1965-08-16 ... Cape Town, South Africa – Van Riebeeck (19+)
• 1965-08-18 ... Perth, Australia – Paris (70)

• 1965-09-03 ... Tel Aviv, Israel – Peer (25) (Tze-leh ha-musica)
• 1965-09-07 ... Santiago, Chile – Ducal (40) (La Novicia Rebelde)
• 1965-09-09 ... Caracas, Venezuela – Florida (48) (La Novicia Rebelde)
• 1965-09-26 ... Leicester, England, UK – Odeon

• 1965-10-04 ... Sheffield, England, UK – Odeon (71)
• 1965-10-06 ... Pretoria, South Africa – 20th Century (12+)
• 1965-10-29 ... Bangkok, Thailand – Krung Kasem (20)

• 1965-11-18 ... Mexico City, Mexico – Cine Manacar (65) (La Novicia Rebelde)

• 1965-12-09 ... Stockholm, Sweden – Riviera (145)
• 1965-12-17 ... Helsinki, Finland – Savoy
• 1965-12-17 ... Wellington, New Zealand – Kings (41)
• 1965-12-17 ... Zurich, Switzerland – Corso (6) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)
• 1965-12-20 ... Barcelona, Spain – Aribau (14) (Sonrisas y Lágrimas)
• 1965-12-20 ... Copenhagen, Denmark – Imperial (24)
• 1965-12-20 ... Madrid, Spain – Amaya (52) (Sonrisas y Lágrimas)
• 1965-12-22 ... Rotterdam, Netherlands – Corso (125) (De Mooiste Muziek)
• 1965-12-23 ... Antwerp, Belgium – Rubens (12)
• 1965-12-23 ... Brussels, Belgium – Varietes (12)
• 1965-12-23 ... Mumbai (Bombay), India – Regal (47)
• 1965-12-25 ... Berlin (West Berlin), West Germany – Royal (4) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)
• 1965-12-25 ... Frankfurt, West Germany – Metro (2) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)
• 1965-12-25 ... Hamburg, West Germany – City (2) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)
• 1965-12-26 ... Oxford, England, UK – ABC George Street (57)
• 1965-12-30 ... Bogota, Colombia – Palermo (La Novicia Rebelde)
• 1965-12-30 ... Milan, Italy – Cavour (1) (Tutti Insieme Appassionatamente)
• 1965-12-31 ... Vienna, Austria – Tabor (5) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)

• 1966-01-10 ... Lisbon, Portugal – Tivoli (44) (Musica no Coracão)

• 1966-02-17 ... Adelaide, Australia – Paris (119)
• 1966-02-17 ... Amsterdam, Netherlands – Du Midi (39) (De Mooiste Muziek)
• 1966-02-18 ... Paris, France – Cameo (8) (La Mélodie du Bonheur)
• 1966-02-18 ... Paris, France – Ermitage (8) (La Mélodie du Bonheur)

• 1966-03-17 ... Hong Kong – Queen’s (12)
• 1966-03-17 ... Hong Kong – Royal (12)
• 1966-03-17 ... Hong Kong – State (10)

• 1966-04-07 ... Oslo, Norway – Colosseum
• 1966-04-18 ... Dusseldorf, West Germany – Capitol (4) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)

• 1966-05-20 ... Dublin, Ireland – Cinerama (91)
• 1966-05-20 ... Munich, West Germany – City (3) (Meine Lieder, meine Träume)

• 1966-06-29 ... San Jose, Costa Rica – Raventos (La Novicia Rebelde)
• 1966-06-29 ... Taipei, Taiwan – Great World (16)

• 1966-07-03 ... Norwich, England, UK – Gaumont (32)

• 1966-10-24 ... Cairo, Egypt – Cairo Palace (23)

• 1966-12-22 ... Delhi, India – Odeon (17)
• 1967-12-20 ... Sydney, Australia – Paris (moveover from Mayfair, 41 [181])
• 1967-12-21 ... Melbourne, Australia – Esquire (moveover from Paris, 38 [178])

SOURCES/REFERENCES:

The primary references for this project were numerous newspaper articles, film reviews and theater advertisements archived on microfilm; and the periodicals Boxoffice, The Film Daily, The Hollywood Reporter, Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Exhibitor, Movie Marketing, and Variety. General references included the books George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success (George Lucas Books/Harper Collins, 2010) and The Sound of Music: The Making of America’s Favorite Movie (Julia Antopol Hirsch, Contemporary Books, 1993); the websites CinemaTour.com and CinemaTreasures.org; and the motion picture The Sound of Music (1965, 20th Century-Fox).

This is a revised and updated version of a previously-published article. Research was conducted at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt, Germany; Young Research Library (University of California Los Angeles); Southern Regional Library Facility (University of California Los Angeles); Margaret Herrick Library (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study), Beverly Hills, CA; Main Library (University of Illinois), Urbana, IL; as well as at several public libraries throughout the world.

Selected images ©Twentieth Century Fox

SPECIAL THANKS:

Stefan Adler, Jerry Alexander, Marilyn Arnold, Jan-Hein Bal, Serge Bosschaerts, Deborah Bryan, Raymond Caple, Mary Piero Carey, Evans Criswell, Anthony Cutts, Nick DiMaggio, Peter Fraser, Carlos Fresnedo, Jarrell Greever, Jean-Pierre Gutzeit, Sheldon Hall, Martin Hart, Thomas Hauerslev, Mike Heenan, Udo Heimansberg, Kim Holston, William Hooper, Bill Huelbig, Bill Jenkins, Matthew Kennedy, Bill Kretzel, Mark Lensenmayer, Paul Linfesty, Mike Matessino, Barry Monush, Robert Morrow, Gabriel Neeb, Jim Perry, Jochen Rudschies, Barbara Shatara, Grant Smith, Aubrey Solomon, Carol Stanley, Norman Shetler, Bob Throop, Ashley Ward, Gerhard Witte, Johan Wolthuis, Vince Young. As well, the author extends a very special thank-you to the many librarians who were of assistance throughout this project.

- Michael Coate

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