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This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so that the viewer's peripheral vision is involved.
May 28, 2021 · Presented in a deluxe Blu-ray edition, this is the most extensive and thorough restoration yet of the film that changed the shape and sound of the movies forever! On the evening of September 30...
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May 2, 2017 · Trailer for the restored version of this classic Cinerama adventure. Restored 2017 by David Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch. Copyright Cinerama Inc 2017. "This is Cinerama" (1952).
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This Is Cinerama: Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Michael Todd Jr.. With Lowell Thomas, Kathy Darlyn, Toni Valk. On the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama.
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This is Cinerama (1952) "Designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so the viewer’s peripheral vision is involved. The film premiered on 30 September 1952 at the New York Broadway theatre in New York City.
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May 8, 2018 · Fred Waller, Cinerama’s creator, dreamed of a motion picture experience that would recreate the full range of human vision. Using three cameras and three proctors on a curved screen 146° deep, Cinerama created an immersive cinematic event, wowing 20 million viewers in its original roadshow version.
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Brief Synopsis. Cinerama Productions Corp. vice-chairman Lowell Thomas introduces the ground-breaking new film process, called Cinerama, by recounting, in a small screen format and in black-and-white, a short history of graphic arts, from cave paintings to today.
