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Felix, after "This Is Cinerama" opened in 1952 to huge success the major studios rushed to put out their own versions of wide-screen and stereo sound. 1953 was the first year MGM, WB, 20th et al started releasing some films in Cinemascope/VistaVision and magnetic stereo soundtracks. The...

For the upcoming 50th Anniversary showing of "This Is Cinerama" at the Dome in Hollywood, a new 7 channel digital conversion of the soundtrack has been made from the original analog elements along with a brand new print (I should say 3 prints). I hope an annoucement of when the 3 projector...

Modern surround sound (after Fantasia) was introduced in 1952's "This Is Cinerama". There were 5 speakers spaced behind the 146 degree curved screen; 2 speakers on either side of the auditorium and one in the rear which was manually turned on from time to time by a sound technician during the...