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Owen Marsh -camera operator on HOW THE WEST WAS WON has died aged 90

MARCH was never shown in Sydney, Australia. We screened in in New Zealand where I worked. Pretty sure it was with THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Meant to say THE MIRACLF OF TODD-AO not 'March".

Yes that was indeed great showmanship. Great reaction from the audiences every screening. Had the original ,slightly longer cut of THE MARCH OF TODD-AO been shown ,the effect would have been lost.

I was referring to it's 'original' Roadshow season in 1958

But they ,like the USA never had an overture for the film. We did where I worked in New Zealand.

So WSS ran 5 years at 2 cinemas -does that mean it only ran 2 and a half years in total. I'm confused.

True John, but with one smash hit (HTWWW) and another (BROTHERS GRIMM) that was not the expected hit at the box-office, MGM eventually lost money on the combined films. It was also the end of 3-strip Cinerama. 3-strip Kinopanorama (Russia) did after approx. a 40 year break , have a...

True Cleopatra did finally earn back it's cost and eventually made a small profit. But that took many years. It was only THE SOUND OF MUSIC that restored Fox's dwindling money in the bank to a healthy amount .SOM was and still is the longest running English speaking film in history.5...

CLEOPATRA was a 'massive' financial flop. It never made a cent.It did not make a ton of money like you said. It was the biggest financial flop ever at the time of it's release. It almost sent a studio broke. It had a very disappointing run in TODD-AO where I worked. HTWWW and BROTHERS...

TOM JONES was a massive hit that year. Probably made more money than any of the other films that you listed.