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22.06.1907 | Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen was born in Minneapolis. Later known as Michael Todd (height 173 cm).
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08.10.1929 | Michael Todd, Jr is born.
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30.09.1952 | "This is Cinerama" world premiere in New York.
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xx.10.1952 |  Michael Todd approaches Dr Brian O’Brien of The Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester, New York in a bar across Rochester airfield to discuss new process (Note 1).
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Late 11.1952 or early 12.1952 | Todd-AO photographic lens commissioned (late November 1952 (Note 1)). 128’ = 22mm (The Bug-Eye lens). 64’ = 44mm, 48’ = 58mm and 37’ = 76mm) (Note 9) decided later.
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25.03.1953 | Magna Theatre Corporation Theatre Corporation organized.
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xx.05.1953 | Construction of Todd-AO "Bug Eye" lens completed in only 6 months (It was 9 inch across front element).
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15.06.1953 | 65mm test footage shot with vintage 23-year-old Paramount camera (Note 2) filmed by Michael Todd. Actress is Evelyn Keyes.
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14.08.1953 | Regent Theatre, Buffalo (800 seats). First screening of prototype Todd-AO process.
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| August 1953 |  Todd-AO Corporation came into being at Wilmington, Delaware, US (Note 6).
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September 1953 | Magna Theatre Corporation places an order of 50 Todd-AO multi purpose projectors from Philips in Holland.
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xx.01.1954 | More Todd-AO process tests shown in Regent Theatre in Buffalo (Note 2).
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xx.06.1954 |  Todd-AO Corporation formed.
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22.06.1954 | First public Todd-AO process performance at MGM's stage 2 in Culver City (CA).
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14.07.1954 | Filming of "Oklahoma!" began with 2 Todd-AO cameras at MGM sound studios and at locations in Arizona (Note 5).
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03.08.1954 |  More test 65mm footage filmed by director Fred Zinnemann and filmed by Harry Stradling ACS. Scenes are a 2-horse carriage with two people filmed in California.
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| Fall 1954 | First DP70 prototype (Note 9). 3 DP70 pre-production models delivered from Philips in Holland (Note 6). May have been installed like this: 2 at American Optical Company in Southbridge and in Buffalo and one in MGM´s Stage 2 in Culver City. One machine also installed at Philips ELA Department in Holland.
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15.10.1954 | A Todd-AO demonstration with one DP70 concluded a long period of laborious research and experiments. This was the first presentation with the DP70.
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06.12.1954 | Filming of "Oklahoma!" ends. At that time 6 Todd-AO cameras were used (Note 5).
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xx.02.1955 | "Oklahoma!" scheduled for a May opening.
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23.04.1955 | "Oklahoma!" scheduled for a July 17 opening.
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10.10.1955 | "Oklahoma!" invitation premiere in New York. Also October 11 & 12.
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13.10.1955 | "Oklahoma!" world premiere at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. Two shows a day.
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15.10.1955 | 10 Todd-AO cameras available (Note 6).
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29.10.1955 | "Oklahoma!" Hollywood premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
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02.11.1955 | It was announced that Michael Todd had sold his holdings in Magna Theatre Corporation Theatre Corporation (Note 10).
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22.03.1958 | Michael Todd is killed in a plane crash near Grants, New Mexico and laid to rest at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago (Remains moved to Hollywood, CA during the 1990s).
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26.03.1958 | 1957 OSCAR. Todd-AO Corporation and Westrex Corporation for developing a method of producing and exhibiting wide-film pictures, known as Todd-AO System (Scientific and technical awards. Class 1 awards).
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xx.12.1958 | 20th Century Fox invests USD 600.000 in the Todd-AO company and the rights to produce three films in the Todd-AO process.
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08.04.1963 |  AMPAS president Wendell Corey presents the 1962 OSCAR to Norelco president Fred Pfeiff.
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| 1986 | New Cinespace 70 cameras introduced
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| Late 1990s | Todd-AO camera department is sold and closed.
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| xx.05.2002 | Michael Todd, Jr. passed away (Lung cancer)
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| 2005 | 50th anniversary of the Todd-AO process
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