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And conversely, here's a frame grab from the 1930 British film "Harmony Heaven" It's 1.18 :1 ... So "What is it about 1.66 that I love so much" - It's a good compromise.

Speaking of widescreen!

Film makers tried wide screen ratios in the 1920s and earlier and it failed. I wonder why?

I posted earlier that I projected 35mm at home. I had 4 different lenses and several (home-made) aperture plates for various films.

Was that the Clayton Drive In (formerly the Metro) in Melbourne? I moonlighted there as a projectionist for a couple of years in the 1960s and we had Cinemascope splice flash problems.

I envy those of you using projectors. At least you can keep the picture height the same for all screen ratios. With a fixed 1.78:1 TV screen, films of 2.35 or wider makes the image look soooo small! Since most people watch on a TV screen these days, (and cinema audiences are diminishing) I...