| CINERAMA |
 How I Became A Trick Photographer
By Fred Waller
D. W. Griffith wanted a cyclone to destroy a distant Village, sweep
clean a country side leaving destruction in its make and at a cross road
destroy a particular Inn in a particular way. I was asked to make a cyclon and film it
and quick too. |
 Matchline
Elimination
By Richard C Babish
Matchline elimination begins in the camera
and continues through the film handling process to the final projection.
In the camera, four possible sources of trouble exist. These are edge vignetting, or masking, edge reflection, scratching and pressure
exposure. |
 This
is Cinerama...at the London Casino
By W. G. Altria
The London Casino Theatre was selected, after an exhaustive survey, as
the best available in London for the showing of Cinerama. Nevertheless,
considerable difficulties had to be overcome to make it entirely
suitable for the purpose. |
 Using the Cinerama Camera
By Harry Squires
The Cinerama camera presents problems not
found in other motion picture cameras. The following material is a
discussion of the features that have been observed or points of
knowledge that have been gained from experience in using the camera. |
 The
Waller Flexible Gunnery Trainer
By Fred Waller
Before Cinerama, there was
The Waller Gunnery Trainer. The Trainer was used by the U. S. Army Air
Corps, U. S. Navy. and the British for the final training and retraining
of machine gunners. |
 Fred
Waller's 1950 Diary
By Thomas Hauerslev
Fred Waller's 1950 desk calendar. A fascinating account about who is visiting Cinerama and Vitarama. |
 Wide
Visit With Willem
By Thomas Hauerslev
We have often talked about his Cinerama files and finally, at our latest
meeting in June 2009, we decided to meet in Rotterdam to find some rare and
unique Cinerama material, suitable for our new mutual
Cinerama page found here on this web
site. |
 How Cinerama got the name "Cinerama"
By
Richard C Babish
Fred Waller called a meeting of all the employees and offered to award a prize of a case of champagne to the one who came up with the most appropriate name. The winner was Waldo McLaury. |  Cinerama's 50th Anniversary
By Greg Kimble
"THIS IS CINERAMA!" - These three words changed movies forever, just as Al Jolsen's ad libbed, "You ain't heard nothing yet" had done in 1927. It was September 30, 1952 at the Broadway Theater in Manhattan | | |
 Sound Level in the Broadway Theatre
By Wentworth D. Fling, 10 Dec 1952
Development of stereo Magnetic recording for Film part I and II
By Hazard E. Reeves
Cinerama Test Shots explained
By Lowell Thomas
Mobile Cinerama
"CInerama Holiday" breakdown films
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| | "HOW THE WEST WAS WON" IN CINERAMA | How The West Was Won - in Cinerama (1983)
By Greg Kimble |  Digital restoration of HOW THE WEST WAS WON
By Rick Mitchell
The "special screening" that ended last weekend's "The Reel Thing-XX" was a digital presentation of MGM's "How The West Was Won" scanned at 2K from original negatives, ultimately yielding a 6K image. |  “West” Film Locations
By Tom March
I first encountered the Lone Pine Film Festival while travelling through Lone Pine searching out old film locations from “How the West Was Won” |  "How the West Was Shown"
By Paul Rayton
Paul has very kindly taken a few shots of Sunday's event at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. |  Large format at the Cinerama Dome
By David Strohmaier
Even if you don't get your favorite seats please come and register your vote for more large format screenings at the Dome. We need your support today! | "How the West Was Won" screening at the Dome
By Richard Greenhalgh with Rick Mitchell | | "This is Cinerama"'s Cinerama Dome |
| | VITARAMA |
A Chronological Story of the entire development of the Cinerama Process
By Fred Waller in a private letter to W L Laurence, dated 31 March 1950 |
A Fred Waller Portrait "Mr Cinerama"
By Ralph G. Martin
Vitarama Staff list
Pioneers of the Giant Deep Curved Screen
Fred Waller's "Dolphin Akwa-Skees" advertising
Excerpt from Lowell Thomas's Broadcast May 18, 1954 on the occasion the Fred Waller's passing |
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| | | "CINERAMA HOLIDAY" REUNION 1997 |
 A Get Together in Dayton
By David Page
This "Cinerama Holiday" performance would
see "in person" appearances by the 2 couples who starred in the
1955 film - the Marshes and the Trollers. |
 Time Traveling to the New Neon
By David Joachim
"Cinerama Holiday", the second film produced in the
process, is the most cinematic and dazzling of the three features I got to
see. Yellows and greens make cameo appearances in a few scenes, but the
starring color is pink |
 This is Oyster Bay
By Thomas Hauerslev
Behind her house, was Fred Waller´s old
barn a.k.a. "Waller Stvdio". In this barn all Waller's ideas took
form. Waterskiis, The Gunnery Trainer, Photometric Fit Picture and Cinerama.
See: Daughters
of Mary St. Pius V Chapel |
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| CINERAMA
PEOPLE |
Sound by
Hazard E Reeves
Sound Engineer
Richard J. Pietschman
Wentworth D Fling
Robert L. Bendick
Assistant Cameraman
Jack Priestly
Cinerama Pilot
Paul Mantz
President Cinerama Productions Corporation
Dudley Roberts Jr
Vice President Cinerama Productions Corporation
Frank M. Smith |
| | CINERAMA CINEMAS |  Cinerama at the Plaza
By Eric White
For twelve years, from 1958 until 1970, Cinerama was exhibited at
Melbourne’s Plaza theatre. It was very popular in a period when the cinema
business was struggling. |
 Savoy The only Cinerama venue in Finland
By Rabbe Sandelin
The Savoy was for a long time the biggest cinema house in Helsinki.
It was built in 1937 in central Helsinki, when some old buildings were
demolished | Empire - Cinerama, Paris Kingdom of curved screen
By Francois Carrin |
Cinerama Festival in Seattle
By Dave Strohmaier | Cinerama at the Pictureville
By Thomas Hauerslev | On the Trail of "Windjammer" - A Visit to Oslo
By Thomas Hauerslev | Vinterpalatset A Story of Magnificence, Proud and Mourned
By Peter Andren | Canadian 70mm and Cinerama screenings
By Bill Kretzel |
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| | CINERAMA FILMS |  "This is CINERAMA" (1952)
"Cinerama Holiday" (1955)
"Seven Wonders of the World" (1956)
"Search for Paradise" (1957)
"Cinerama South Seas Adventure" (1958)
"Renault Dauphine" (Commercial short) (1959)
"The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (1962)
"How The West Was Won" (1962)
"Cinerama's Russian Adventure"
"The Best of Cinerama"
More details on this list |
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| READING ABOUT CINERAMA |
 "Nine Lives of Mike Todd", by Mike Todd Jr., and Susan M. Todd
"So Long until Tomorrow", by Lowell Thomas
"A Bird of Passage: The Story of My Life" by Otto Lang
"Around the World in 90 Years: Images from My Life's Journey" by
Otto Lang
"Hollywood pilot;: The biography of Paul Mantz" by Don Dwiggins (Author)
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| CINERAMA ADVENTURE |
"Cinerama Adventure" in Telluride
By Dave Strohmaier
Telluride was terrific, Carin
Anne, Me, Randy Gitsch, John Sittig and Greg Kimble were treated like
Celebs. They put us up in plush condos in Mountain Village, the exclusive
resort just above the town of Telluride. |
"Cinerama Adventure"
Cast & Credit
By Dave Strohmaier
The documentary is in Director's cut and is 100 minutes long. A lot
has changed since the early versions. We have shown it around Los
Angeles at several "test screenings" and also at professional
documentary film maker private screenings |
 "The Cinerama Adventure" update
By Dave Strohmaier
Final sound mix Dolby 5.1 starts Monday Aug 11th, 2003 with new score & efx.
35mm film out of the Hi-def version starts Tuesday 12th.
(Interviews are 1:33 inside of 1:85. when we cut to Cinerama its in curved Smilebox 1:85) we had to upgrade (re-do) all the Cinerama shots in Hi def. |
"Cinerama Adventure"
- First review
By Richard Greenhalgh
This production is simply perfect! It blends the history of the
people behind Cinerama with the story of the making of the films and
highlights the technical aspects of this pioneering widescreen format in
an exiting and dramatic way. |
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| | | THE INTERNATIONAL CINERAMA SOCIETY | | In October 1985 a group of movie enthusiasts got together and formed the “International Cinerama Society” with the ultimate goal of re-creating an authentic, three projector, seven-track sound Cinerama installation. |  Willem Bouwmeester
By Howard Rust
Willem's role in life was defined when his dad took him to the cinema at age 14 to see Cinerama. In 1992 he discovered that NMPFT was seeking a new attraction to add to it's collection. For him the logical choice could only be Cinerama. |  John Harvey's Cinerama Achievements Recognized
By Bill Lawrence
The NMPFT felt it was in place to pay tribute to John with a special award - a scroll - , thanking him for his contribution to revitalize Cinerama. Thanks to John's enthusiasm, Cinerama has again been made available to the public. |  Keith Swadkins
By Howard Rust
A true Cinerama enthusiast, typed, edited, a Cinerama newsletter that he posted to similarly minded enthusiasts all over the world, at his own expense. All correspondence traveled either by surface or airmail, the cost of which all came out of his own pockets. |
 Who
is David Coles?
At the impressionable age of 12 my mother took me to the Sydney Plaza
Theatre to see “Seven Wonders of the World” and I immediately became a
Cinerama addict - determined to find out all about this wondrous
process. |
New Zealand guy, David Bogorad, Howard Rust
Willem interview on DVtape | TICS Newsletters as PDF
Issue: x, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8,
9,
10,
11,
12, 13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19. TICS' Cinerama Theatre List
issue 18
Cinerama Preservation Society: Quarterly
Newsletter, issue 1, Fall 1997 |
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| CINEMIRACLE |
 "Windjammer" Press Release
By Strohmaier & Hauerslev
Since summer 2009, David Strohmaier, and John Sittig
have spent considerable time to find the best elements of "Windjammer"
for DVD and Blu-ray
release. More:
Telecine,
Danish Locations,
Sweden saves the
day &
Contact |
Working for Louis deRochemont
By Borden Mace |
The Danes And The Windjammers
By Borden Mace |
Is "Windjammer" the Queen of Kitsch?
"Windjammer" dialouge
retyped by Anders M. Olsson |
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| CINERAMA THEATRE DESIGN |
| Ideal Theatre 1961 |
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| CINERAMA |
 Frame scans: West, TIC, Windjammer, Oyster Bay test (in + out)
"Cinerama Holiday" Breakdown Reels Dialouge
The "Renault Dauphine" 3-strip commercial scene by scene explanation, dated February 3, 1959 |
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| CINERAMA MUSIC |
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| | KINOPANORAMA | | John Steven Lashers' Kinopanorama of 1995 | Kinopanorama
history and
about the production of "Chastity Truth and Kinopanorama"
Kinopanorama press release |  Lost Orphaned Films Abandoned in Basement
By Dave Strohmaier
The problem was the building was to be used one last time for a charity art exhibit and the artist were given the film to use. They had planned to spray paint the reels of film with florescent color for a large mobile to hang from the ceiling. |
| | RAMA AND MORE |  All the RAMAs in the World
All readers are invited to send in their RAMAS. See the list as it grows longer and longer. |  "This is New Zealand" 3-strip EXPO Film From New Zealand
In 1969, New Zealand had to promote itself to the world at the Expo 70 in Japan. The star attraction was a revolutionary 20-minute film made that introduced viewers to New Zealand |  "This is New Zealand"
By Bob Jessopp
Tena koto, Tena Koto, Tena Koto, Katoa. Welcome. Here is a little background information to New Zealand’s one and only 3 camera, 3 projector wide screen Film Production. |  The Cinerama Barn
By Paul Samuels
Ever since I saw Cinerama in 1952, I was so deeply affected by it that I only knew that I wanted it. That event sparked my interest in photography, optics and all the rest. |
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