Dr Griffin
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Why is there such a murky situation with Marty's aspect ratio, a film distributed in 1955 by a major studio? I've noticed that IMDB, for example, also lists it as 1.37:1 AR. Is it beacuse it was done by a smaller production company not in the grip of the major studios or is this off base?Bob Furmanek said:If they were working with a truly open-matte transfer, the cropping for widescreen would have worked fine.
Hecht-Lancaster Productions announced a two year/seven film distribution deal with United Artists on February 9, 1954. The first three features produced under this contract were widescreen: APACHE was 1.85; VERA CRUZ was Superscope 2:1 and THE KENTUCKIAN - which was filmed at the same time as MARTY - was CinemaScope 2.55:1.
At the time of release, two major industry trade journals - the Hollywood Reporter for producers and Boxoffice for exhibitors - list MARTY for 1.85:1.