Patrick,
Anatomy Of A Murder is from 1959. Wouldn't most theaters have changed over to widescreen by then? Also, I always understood that 1.66:1 was an aspect ratio that was mainly used in Europe and not so much in the USA. Just curious ...
John,
I am not too sure about the MGM titles anymore :b. I thought I would take a screencap of the Topkapi DVD (too make the point) which on my widescreen tv cut off the end credits in 4x3 mode. But lo and behold on my PC-DVD the end credits are nicely placed within the frame. Didn't think I...
Cross Of Iron - 4:3 P&S iso 1.85:1
Anatomy Of A Murder - 4:3 (open matte?) iso 1.85:1
Yojimbo Criterion - +/- 2.1:1 iso 2.35:1
Sanjuro Criterion - +/- 2.1:1 iso 2.35:1
A lot of recent R1 MGM classic releases look also like they are cropped to 1.66:1 iso 1.85:1 (especially noticable in...