I was lucky to see the 70mm Roadshow version at the Madison Theatre in Detroit. The main thing I remember is how well the sound engulfed you during a song. But after, the dialog went back to mono.
I did that earlier in time with a 5 inch reel to reel. I taped Guys & Dolls, Oklahoma!, The King Family and others. I stopped using a mic because my brother would always talk and laugh. I placed a cable from Radio Shack with alligator clips on to the speaker terminals in back of the TV and the...
One of the first movies I watched utilizing Beta hifi. I remember the sound of those hamburgers frying. It changed the way we listened to a movie soundtrack.
The sensurround people, I think Sound Chamber, from North Hollywood, started selling the system to the new Discos that were opening up. I was working at the Cabaret (The Zoo in TGIF) and at closing, I played the album soundtrack on the system and it sounded real good. There were two different...
Getting back to the movie Mame..
Two questions---
1. Who would go skiing, knowing that they would be going through vigorous dance routines, needed for a multi million dollar musical?
2. Why was the ping pong ball story removed from this musical or movie?