Magnetic Stereo Filmography



A listing of movies released with 3- and 4-track magnetic stereo soundtracks (1953-1985).

Originally compiled by Michael Coate


Updated: February 12, 2003


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1953

Beneath The 12-Mile Reef
How To Marry A Millionaire
King Of The Khyber Rifles
Knights Of The Roundtable
Robe, The

1954

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Adventures Of Hajji Baba, The
Bad Day At Black Rock
Black Shield Of Falworth, The
Black Widow
Brigadoon
Broken Lance
Carmen Jones
Command, The
Deep In My Heart
Demetrius And The Gladiators
Desiree
Drum Beat
Egyptian, The
Garden Of Evil
Green Fire
Hell And High Water
High And The Mighty, The
King Richard And The Crusaders
Long John Silver / Return To Treasure Island
Lucky Me
New Faces
Night People
Prince Valiant
Ring Of Fear
River Of No Return
Rose Marie
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Sign Of The Pagan
Silver Chalice, The
Sitting Bull
Star Is Born, A
Student Prince, The
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Three Coins In The Fountain
Track Of The Cat
Woman’s World



1955

Battle Cry
Bedevilled
Blood Alley
Captain Lightfoot
Chief Crazy Horse
Cobweb, The
Conqueror, The
Court Martial Of Billy Mitchell, The
Daddy Long Legs
Deep Blue Sea, The
Diane
East Of Eden
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Girl In The Red Velvet Swing, The
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Guys And Dolls
Helen Of Troy
Hit The Deck
House Of Bamboo
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Interrupted Melody
It’s A Dog’s Life
It’s Always Fair Weather
Jupiter’s Darling
Kentuckian, The
King’s Thief, The
Kismet
Lady And The Tramp
Land Of The Pharaohs
Left Hand Of God, The
Long Grey Line, The
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Love Me Or Leave Me
Magnificent Matador, The
Man From Laramie, The
Many Rivers To Cross
McConnell Story, The
Mister Roberts
Moonfleet
Oklahoma!*
Pete Kelly’s Blues
Picnic
Prince Of Players
Prodigal, The
Quentin Durward
Racers, The
Rains Of Ranchipur, The
Rebel Without A Cause
Scarlet Coat, The
Sea Chase, The
Seven Cities Of Gold
Seven Year Itch, The
Soldier Of Fortune
Strange Lady In Town
Tall Men, The
Tender Trap, The
That Lady
To Hell And Back
Untamed
View From Pompey’s Head, The
Violent Men, The
Violent Saturday
Virgin Queen, The
White Feather



1956

23 Paces To Baker Street
Alexander The Great
Around The World In Eighty Days*
Anastasia
Best Things In Life Are Free, The
Between Heaven And Hell
Bhowani Junction
Bigger Than Life
Bottom Of The Bottle, The
Brave One, The
Bus Stop / The Wrong Kind Of Girl
Carousel
D-Day The Sixth Of June
Eddy Duchin Story, The
Fantasia (Re-Issue)
Forbidden Planet
Gaby
Giant
Girl Can’t Help It, The
High Society
Hilda Crane
Ilya Muromets / The Sword And The Dragon
King And I, The
Last Hunt, The
Last Wagon, The
Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The
Love Me Tender
Lust For Life
Man In The Gray Flannel Suit, The
Man Who Never Was, The
Meet Me In Las Vegas
Montecarlo / The Monte Carlo Story
Oasis
On The Threshold Of Space
Opposite Sex, The
Pillars Of The Sky
Power And The Prize, The
Proud Ones, The
Revolt Of Mamie Stover, The
Swan, The
Tea And Sympathy
Teahouse Of The August Moon, The
Teenage Rebel
Ten Commandments, The
Tip On A Dead Jockey
Trapeze
Tribute To A Bad Man



1957

Action Of The Tiger
Affair To Remember, An
April Love
Barretts Of Wimpole Street, The
Bernardine
Boy On A Dolphin
China Gate
Deerslayer, The
Designing Women
Desk Set
Don’t Go Near The Water
Enemy Below, The
Farewell To Arms, A
Forty Guns
Gun Glory
Hatful Of Rain, A
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Hired Gun, The
House Of Numbers
Island In The Sun
Kiss Them For Me
Les Girls
Living Idol, The
No Down Payment
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Peyton Place
Raintree County
River’s Edge, The
Sayonara
Sea Wife, The
Seventh Sin, The
Silk Stockings
Spirit Of St. Louis, The
Stopover Tokyo
Sun Also Rises, The
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
This Could Be The Night
Three Brave Men
Three Faces Of Eve, The
True Story Of Jesse James, The
Until They Sail
Vintage, The
Way Of The Gold, The
Wayward Bus, The
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?



1958

7th Voyage Of Sinbad, The
Anna Di Brooklyn / Anna Of Brooklyn / Fast And Sexy
Auntie Mame
Badlanders, The
Barbarian And The Geisha, The
Bijo To Ekitainingen / The H-Man
Bravados, The
Cattle Empire
Certain Smile, A
Count Five And Die
Fly, The
Fraulein
From Hell To Texas
Gift Of Love, The
Gigi
Harry Black And The Tiger
High Cost Of Loving, The
High School Confidential!
Hunters, The
I Accuse!
Imitation General
In Love And War
Inn Of The Sixth Happiness, The
Intent To Kill
Law And Jake Wade, The
Long, Hot Summer, The
Mardi Gras
Merry Andrew
Naked Earth
Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed, A
Party Girl
Rally ’round The Flag, Boys!
Reluctant Debutante, The
Roots Of Heaven, The
Rx Murder
Saddle The Wind
Seven Hills Of Rome, The
Sheepman, The
Sheriff Of Fractured Jaw, The
Sierra Baron
Sing, Boy, Sing
Sleeping Beauty*
Some Came Running
South Pacific*
Ten North Frederick
Time To Love And A Time To Die, A
Torpedo Run
Tunnel Of Love, The
Underwater Warrior
Villa!
World, The Flesh And The Devil, The
Young Lions, The



1959

Ask Any Girl
Bandit Of Zhobe, The
Beat Generation, The
Behind The Great Wall
Beloved Infidel
Ben-Hur*
Best Of Everything, The
Big Fisherman, The*
Blue Angel, The
Blue Denim
Compulsion
Count Your Blessings
Diary Of Anne Frank, The
For The First Time
Gazebo, The
Green Mansions
Holiday For Lovers
Hound Dog Man
It Started With A Kiss
John Paul Jones
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Man Who Understood Women, The
Mating Game, The
Miracle Of The Hills, The
Never So Few
Night Of The Quarter Moon
Nun's Story, The
Oregon Trail, The
Porgy And Bess*
Private’s Affair, A
Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, The
Sad Horse, The
Sampo / The Day The Earth Froze
Say One For Me
Solomon And Sheba*
Sound And The Fury, The
Summer Place, A
These Thousand Hills
Tingler, The
Warlock
Woman Obsessed



1960

Alamo, The*
Bells Are Ringing
Can-Can*
Cartagine In Fiamme / Carthage In Flames*
Cimarron
Collants Noirs, Les / Un Deux Trois Quatre / Black Tights*
Dog Of Flanders, A
Esther And The King
Exodus*
Let’s Make Love
North To Alaska
Ombre Bianche / The Savage Innocents*
Pepe
Scent Of Mystery / Holiday In Spain*
Song Without End
Spartacus*
Trials Of Oscar Wilde, The / The Man With The Green Carnation*
Wild River



1961

Barabbas*
Commancheros, The
El Cid*
Flower Drum Song
Guns Of Navarone, The
Innocents, The
King Of Kings*
Madame Sans-Gene / Madame*
Master Of The World (StereoSonic Sound)
Povesti Plamennikh Let / The Flaming Years / The Story Of The Flaming Years*
Second Time Around, The
Snow White And The Three Stooges
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
West Side Story*
Wild In The Country



1962

Adventures Of A Young Man / Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young Man
Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse, The
Gypsy
How The West Was Won**
Jumbo / Billy Rose's Jumbo
Lafayette*
Lawrence Of Arabia*
Longest Day, The
Mondo Di Notte Numero 2, Il / The World By Night 2*
Music Man, The
Taras Bulba*
Tender Is The Night
Traumreisse Unter Weissen Segeln / Mediterranean Holiday / Flying Clipper*
Victors, The
Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, The**



1963

55 Days At Peking*
Bye Bye Birdie*
Cardinal, The*
Cleopatra*
From Russia With Love
Honeymoon*
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World*
Paranoiac
Shaka / Buddha*
Sheherazade*
Spencer's Mountain



1964

Americanization Of Emily, The
Becket*
Carpetbaggers, The*
Cheyenne Autumn*
Circus World / The Magnificent Showman*
Fall Of The Roman Empire, The*
First Men In The Moon*
Goldfinger
Long Ships, The*
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady*
Old Shatterhand / Shatterhand!*
Pink Panther, The
Spyaschaya Krasavitsa / The Sleeping Beauty*
Tulipe Noir, La / The Black Tulip*
Unsinkable Molly Brown, The*
Zulu*



1965

Agony And The Ecstasy, The*
Akahige / Red Beard
Battle Of The Bulge*
Doctor Zhivago*
Genghis Khan*
Golden Head, The*
Great Race, The*
Greatest Story Ever Told, The*
Hallelujah Trail, The*
Heroes Of Telemark, The*
In Harm’s Way*
Lord Jim*
Onkel Tom's Hutte / Uncle Tom's Cabin*
Operation Crossbow*
Shin No Shikotei / The Great Wall*
Sound Of Music, The*
Taiheiyo Kiseki No Sakusen Kiska / Miraculous Military Operation In The Pacific
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines*
Thunderball
Vojna I Mir I: Andrei Bolkonsky / War And Peace / War And Peace I: Andrei Bolkonsky*



1966

Around The World Under The Sea
Batman***
Bible, The*
Blue Max, The
Born Free*
Fantastic Voyage
Fantastico Mundo Del Doctor Coppelius, El / Dr. Coppelius*
Faraon / Pharaoh
Grand Prix*
Hawaii*/***
Khartoum / The Battle For Khartoum*
Kongress Amusiert Sich, Der / Congress Of Love*
Lost Command*
Nuit Des Adieux, La / Nights Of Farewell*
Othello*
Pampa Salvege / Savage Pampas*
Paris Brule-t-il? / Is Paris Burning?*
Professionals, The*
Sand Pebbles, The*
Sekret Uspekha / Bolshoi Ballet '67 / Bolshoi Ballet: The Secret Of Success*
Vojna I Mir II: Natasha Rostova / War And Peace / War And Peace II: Natasha Rostova*



1967

Camelot*
Casino Royale*
Clint El Solitario / Clint, The Lonely Nevadan*
Comedians, The*
Custer Of The West / A Good Day For Fighting*
Demoiselles De Rochefort, Les / The Young Girls Of Rochefort*
Dirty Dozen, The*
Doctor Dolittle*
Don't Look Back
Far From The Madding Crowd*
Flim-Flam Man, The
Gone With The Wind (Re-Issue)*
Graduate, The
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
Half A Sixpence*
Happiest Millionaire, The
In Cold Blood*****
Marca Del Hombre Lobo, La / Frankenstein's Bloody Terror*
Play Time*
Taming Of The Shrew, The*/***
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Trip, The
Ulysses
Valley Of The Dolls*
Vojna I Mir III: 1812 God / War And Peace / War And Peace III: 1812 God*
Vojna I Mir IV: Pierre Bezukhov / War And Peace / War And Peace IV: Pierre Bezukhov*
You Only Live Twice*



1968

2001: A Space Odyssey*
Bandolero!
Bataille De San Sebastian, La / Guns For San Sebastian*
Boston Strangler, The
Bullitt
Cervantes / The Young Rebel*
Charge Of The Light Brigade, The
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*
Finian’s Rainbow*
Funny Girl*
Hell In The Pacific*
Hellfighters*
Ice Station Zebra*
Krakatoa, East Of Java / Volcano*
Lion In Winter, The*/***
MacKenna's Gold*
Mayerling*
Monterey Pop
Oliver!*
Planet Of The Apes
Shoes Of The Fisherman, The*
Star! / Those Were The Happy Times / Gertie Was A Lady*
Sweet Charity*
Wild In The Streets



1969

Airport*
Alfred The Great*
Angel, Angel, Down We Go / Cult Of The Damned
Anne Of The Thousand Days*
Battle Of Britain*/***
Bitka Na Neretvi / The Battle Of Neretva*
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid***
Castle Keep*
De Sade
Fantasia (Re-Issue)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips*
Great Bank Robbery, The
Great Sex War, The / Make Love Not War
Hello, Dolly!*
Jolson Story, The (Re-Issue)*
Julius Caesar (Re-Issue)*
MASH / M*A*S*H
Marooned / Space Travelers*
Monte Carlo Or Bust! / Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies*
Nihonkai Daisukaisen / Great Battle Of The Japan Sea
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Paint Your Wagon*
Patton / Patton: A Salute To A General / Patton: Lust For Glory*
Poema O Tantsa / Poem Of Dances*
Reivers, The
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Two Mules For Sister Sara*
Undefeated, The*
Where Eagles Dare*
Wild Bunch, The*
Winning*



1970

Adventurers, The
Chaikovskiy / Tchaikovsky*
Cromwell*
Darling Lili*
Elvis: That’s The Way It Is*
Gekido No Showashi: Gunbatsu / A Turning Point In Showa History
Gimme Shelter / The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
Kelly’s Heroes*
Last Valley, The*
Little Big Man*
Man Called Horse, A*
Music Lovers, The*
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Osvobozhdenie / Liberation / The Great Battle*
Ryan’s Daughter*
Scrooge*
Song Of Norway*
Szerelmi Almok Liszt / The Loves Of Liszt*
Too Late The Hero*
Tora! Tora! Tora!*
Waterloo*
Woodstock / Woodstock, 3 Days Of Peace & Music*
Zachariah



1971

Andromeda Strain, The*/***
Bedknobs And Broomsticks*****
Big Jake
Boy Friend, The*
Diamonds Are Forever
Fiddler On The Roof*
Gekido No Showashi: Okinawa Kessen / The Battle Of Okinawa
Horsemen, The*/***
Le Mans*
Macbeth
Mad Dogs & Englishmen / Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Mary, Queen Of Scots*
Medicine Ball Caravan
Nicholas And Alexandra*/***
Occhi Freddi Della Paura, Gli / Cold Eyes Of Fear*
Raid On Rommel*/***
Shaft
Wild Rovers



1972

Antony And Cleopatra*
Cabaret*
Concert For Bangladesh, The*
Cowboys, The*
Deliverance*
Don Quixote
Elvis On Tour
Fillmore
Great Caruso, The (Re-Issue)*
Great Waltz, The*
Jeremiah Johnson*
Man Of La Mancha*
Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii / Echoes: Pink Floyd In Concert
Poseidon Adventure, The*
Revengers, The*
Silent Running*/***
Sometimes A Great Notion / Never Give An Inch*
Young Winston*



1973

Asphyx, The / The Horror Of Death (Quadrophonic)
Day Of The Dolphin, The
Detroit 9000
Electra Glide In Blue
Jesus Christ Superstar*
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Legend Of Boggy Creek, The
Let The Good Times Roll*
Live And Let Die
Lost Horizon*
Neptune Factor, The / The Neptune Disaster / An Underwater Odyssey
Otello
Papillon*
Tom Sawyer*
Westworld
Wicked, Wicked
Zardoz



1974

Arrivano Joe E Margherito / Run, Joe, Run!*
Chi Sei? / Beyond The Door / The Devil Within Her (Quadrophonic)
Earthquake* (Sensurround)
Great Gatsby, The*
Huckleberry Finn
Janis / Janis: A Film
Kazablan
Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones (Quadrophonic)
Mahler
Man With The Golden Gun, The
No Profanar El Sueno De Los Muertos / Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
One By One (Quadrophonic)*
Panorama Blue*
Phantom Of The Paradise
Steppenwolf****
That’s Entertainment!*
Towering Inferno, The*
Trial Of Billy Jack, The*



1975

Derusu Usara / Dersu Uzala / Dersu Uzala: The Hunter*
Funny Lady*
Hindenburg, The
Jaws***
Lucky Lady*
Man Who Skied Down Everest, The
Man Who Would Be King, The
Nashville
Noce I Dnie / Nights And Days*
Paper Tiger*
Rollerball*
Sholay / Flames Of The Sun*
Tommy (Quintaphonic)
Train Ride To Hollywood (Todd A-O Stereo[sic])
Wind And The Lion, The*
Yessongs (Quadrophonic)



1976

Al-Risalah / Mohammad, Messenger Of God / The Message
All This And World War II
Buffalo Bill And The Indians Or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Bugsy Malone
Drive-In
Guitar Picks & Roach Clips (Quadrophonic)
King Kong*
Logan's Run*/****
Man Who Fell To Earth, The
Omen, The***
Oz / 20th Century Oz / A Rock N Roll Road Movie
People Of The Wind
Return Of A Man Called Horse, The*
Silent Movie
Slipper And The Rose, The
Song Remains The Same, The / Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same****
Star Is Born, A (Dolby Stereo)*/****
That’s Entertainment, Part II*



1977

ABBA The Movie
Bridge Too Far, A*
Capricorn One*
Car, The
Damnation Alley (Sound 360)
Day Of The Animals / Something Is Out There
Deep, The
Dynasty (Quadrophonic)
Fantasia (Re-Issue)
Gauntlet, The
Grateful Dead Movie, The
Metamorphoses / Winds Of Change*/****
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, A
Prince And The Pauper, The / Crossed Swords*/***
Sorcerer
Spy Who Loved Me, The
Star Wars / Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope*/****
Suspiria
Turning Point, The



1978

American Hot Wax
Banjo Man
Buddy Holly Story, The
Comes A Horseman*
Damien: Omen II
Force 10 From Navarone
Fury, The
Game Of Death / Bruce Lee's Game Of Death
Laserblast*
Punk Rock Movie, The
Renaldo And Clara
Swarm, The
Thank God, It’s Friday
That’s Country
Uchu Kara No Messeji / Message From Space (Super Space Sound)
Wild Geese, The



1979

1941*
All That Jazz
Amityville Horror, The
Blechtrommel, Die / The Tin Drum*
Champ, The*
Don Giovanni****
Electric Horseman, The*/***
Fidelio
Hair (Dolby Stereo)*/****
Meteor
Nightwing
Ninth Configuration, The / Twinkle, Twinkle, ‘Killer’ Kane*
Norma Rae***
Sensasia: The Genesis Movie / Genesis
Tilt
Yanks



1980

Blue Lagoon, The*
Blues Brothers, The*
Cloud Dancer
Empire Strikes Back, The / Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back*/****
Fame*/****
Idolmaker, The (Dolby Stereo)****
Nine To Five***
Wholly Moses / White 'Pop' Jesus



1981

History Of The World Part I***
Taps****
Tarzan The Ape Man***
Zoot Suit (Sensurround Plus)*



1982

Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The
Fantasia (Re-Issue / Dolby Stereo)****



1983

Scarface
Yentl (Dolby Stereo)****



1984

Against All Odds (Dolby Stereo)****



1985

Fantasia (Re-Issue / Dolby Stereo)****
Spies Like Us*

 

Short subjects, documentaries, and demonstration films have not been included

List is not region specific; includes some international releases -- fully documenting international releases is a subject requiring much further research (selected international productions have been included)

Re-issues noted only when re-issue audio format differed from original release

Titles are listed wherever possible according to their year of copyright which may differ from year of release

Titles are identified by their original language title

English-language alternate titles are provided where known

In some cases where a film was released with both 35mm and 70mm prints it is possible the mag stereo soundtrack was available only on the 70mm version

Some titles from the 1950s and early 1960s simultaneously released in Perspecta Stereophonic Sound

Movies known or believed to have been exhibited with an interlocked "double system" soundtrack have not been included

* Also released in a “70mm six-track” version
** Also released in a “Cinerama seven-track” version
*** Sources conflict -- soundtrack may have been mag mono rather than stereo
**** Also released in an optical stereo version (Stereo Variable Area/Dolby Stereo)
***** Mixed, but not believed to have been released, in stereo


Sources
Arizona Republic, Various issues

Atlanta Constitution-Journal, Various issues

Bakersfield Californian, Various issues

Belton, John. "Widescreen Cinema," Harvard, 1992

Boston Globe, Various issues

Boxoffice, Various issues

Carr, Robert E., & R.M. Hayes. “Wide Screen Movies: A History And Filmography Of Wide Gauge Filmmaking,” McFarland, 1988

Chicago Tribune, Various issues

Cincinnati Enquirer, Various issues

Daily Variety, Various issues

Dallas Morning News, Various issues

Denver Post, Various issues

Fresno Bee, Various issues

Galbraith IV, Stuart. “The Emperor And The Wolf: The Lives And Films Of Akira Kurosawa And Toshiro Mifune,” Faber & Faber, 2001

Hollywood Reporter, Various issues

Holman, Tomlinson. "Sound For Film And Television," Focal Press, 1997

Houston Chronicle, Various issues

In 70mm: The 70mm Newsletter, various issues

In Stereo. http://instereo.topcities.com/

Internet Movie Database. http://us.imdb.com

Las Vegas Review Journal, Various issues

Los Angeles Times, Various issues

Memphis Commercial Appeal, Various issues

Minneapolis Tribune, Various issues

Monterey Peninsula Herald, Various issues

Movie Sound Newsletter, Various issues

New York Times, Various issues

Oregonian, The, Various issues

Palm Springs Desert Sun, Various issues

Perfect Vision magazine, Various issues

Salt Lake City Deseret News, Various issues

San Diego Union, Various issues

San Francisco Chronicle, Various issues

San Jose Mercury News, Various issues

Screen International, Various issues

Seattle Times, Various issues

Smith, Dave. "The Updated Official Encyclopedia Disney A To Z," Hyperion, 1996

Toronto Star, Various issues

Vancouver Sun, Various issues

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…and other sources, including conversations with motion picture projectionists, restorationists, film collectors, and film historians


Special Thanks
George Flaxman
Peter Fraser
Bill Gabel
Jeff Joseph
William Kallay
Bill Kretzel
Paul Linfesty
Rick Mitchell
Jack Ondracek
Gary Palmer
Jim Perry
David Schleicher