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Issue 67
What is Todd-AO?	"Baraka" cast and credits
The Amazing Optical Adventures of Todd-AO By Jeff Hecht Todd had just launched Cinerama, a wide-screen system that put the audience in the middle of the action. Yet he knew the cumbersome three-projector Cinerama system dated from before World War II, and had split with his partners even before the first Cinerama film opened.	Hollywood Comes to American Optical Co. Roy C. Gunter Jr. O'Brien was interested in what Todd said about Cinerama and sent Siegmund to New York to look at the system. He reported back to O'Brien that while the optical system was not really sophisticated, the audience response to the wide screen was clearly favorable.
The Importance of Panavision
In the Splendour of 70mm By Grant Lobban While working on "This Is Cinerama" Michael Todd became convinced that there must be an easier way of achieving the same "wrap around" effect using only one projector and a single strip of film.	In the Splendor of 70mm (in German)

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