Thomas T
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I think it highly unlikely Torch Song was ever shot with widescreen intentions. The Robe, the CinemaScope film that started the wide screen craze opened in September 1953 and Torch Song opened only a month later in October 1953. It was the success of The Robe that started all the studios jumping on the "wide screen" band wagon. Shane, for example, opened the same month as The Robe and was exhibited in fake "wide screen" in some avenues although it was composed for 1.37. I suspect Torch Song suffered a similar fate.