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Both the 2007 and 2012 restorations verify the film was shot in a 1:66 to 1 ratio. The title in modern Blu-Rays has been returned to he British "Dracula." Any further matting for the American market would have been done by Universal to distribution prints.

I'm sure that's what the commentator means. Since the British restorations are 1.37 : 1 Format, there is no question that is how it was originally filmed. The cameraman probably ensured the action takes place within the area to be used by the lab to make distribution prints.

Absolutely, in the 60s I worked at a local theater chain with three downtown houses. Two had cinemascope styled screens, one "The Orpheum" was a large cracker box like building (no balcony) with no place to widen the screen so it was regular widescreen. Whenever they showed a cinemascope picture...

According to IMDB the 1.37 : 1 (original & negative ratio / alternative theatrical ratio) so it was issued that way, probably in the UK where television was not that big a threat to theaters and they still had a lot of mom and pop (locally owned) theaters at that time. 1.66 : 1 (UK theatrical...

The UK Blue Ray version I have of "Curse" was issued in the Academy Format 1:37:1 and says that is the original format. I haven't listened to the commentary track for a while, but I seem to remember Hammer Historian Marcus Hern when speaking of Horror of Dracula said it was filmed "Hard Matted...