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The stereo soundtrack was issued on CD - http://tinyurl.com/8vojwvx But is out of print and goes for big bucks! Dave Weiner On 8/8/12 10:42 AM, "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Cinerama Screenings (was archiving slide-tape >shows, was voca-film technology) >From: Roderic G Stephens <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, August 07, 2012 2:02 pm >To: [log in to unmask] > >> Having seen "This is Cinerama" at the original Cinerama theater >> in Los Angeles as a young man, I immediately ran out and bought >> the LP. My only regret is that it wasn't released in stereo, >> but the sound is impressive none the less. > >I think there was a later stereo reissue. When I saw it in Dayton a few >years ago the scene I was waiting for was the early one filmed in an >Italian church with the choir entering from behind the camera. I was >flabbergasted to find that the audio was so obviously fake. > >I really would like to see Russian Adventure. I got the LP a few months >ago. Bing did the narration on the American version -- I understand >that the original Soviet version is occasionally shown in Moscow in real >3-strip. > >Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > >--- On Tue, 8/7/12, Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >From: Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Cinerama Screenings (was archiving slide-tape >shows, was voca-film technology) >To: [log in to unmask] >Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 10:47 AM > >According to their website, the Cinerama Dome will be celebrating the >60th anniversary of Cinerama this fall. I'm hoping to see "Windjammer," >which I have never seen before. I have seen "How the West Was Won" at >the theater and it was spectacular. > >Cary Ginell > >2012 marks the 60th Anniversary of Cinerama, and plans are now being >finalized for the biggest, most complete Cinerama festival of the last >50 years. In September, The Cinerama Dome will present all five of the >1950's Cinerama travelogues, (This Is Cinerama, Cinerama Holiday (1955), >Seven Wonders of the World (1956), Search for Paradise (1957), South >Seas Adventure (1958)) plus Windjammer (1958) which was filmed in the >rival CineMiracle process, Cinerama's Russian Adventure (1966), HOW THE >WEST WAS WON and Cinerama oddities including a 3 strip Renault >automobile commercial which played with HOW THE WEST WAS WON in France. >More information will be available later this year through the ArcLight >Cinemas website: arclightcinemas.com . It has been 49 years since The >Cinerama Dome showed its first film, and yet, it is still "the only >theatre of its kind in the world!" > > >> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 07:31:47 -1000 >> From: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Cinerama Screenings (was archiving slide-tape >>shows, was voca-film technology) >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> If you get a chance to see 2001: A Space Odyssey in Cinerama on >> September 28th, do so. When I saw it in NYC when it was first released >> in 1968 that's how I saw it. I was mightily impressed! >> Malcolm >> >> ******* >> >> On 8/7/2012 6:00 AM, Scott D. Smith wrote: >> > OK, this topic is getting a bit far afield now, but since Mike >>started >> > it it, I figured I might as well follow up... >> > >> > For those interested in Cinerama, the Arclight Theaters in Hollywood >> > will be presenting another run of all the Cinerama titles (some with >> > new prints), running from September 28th to October 4th. See: >> > >>https://www.arclightcinemas.com/news/promotion-cinerama?promo=spotlightM1 >> > >> > If you've never had the opportunity to view these films in their >> > original format, you don't want to miss this. While some of the >>titles >> > will unfortunately have to rely on digital projection (in 4K, I >>hope), >> > many will be projected in the original Cinerama three-projector film >> > format. Although there are still Cinerama system in Seattle and >> > Moscow, it is highly unlikely that all of these titles will be >> > presented together at showing anytime in the near future, so see 'em >> > now while you can. >> > >> > FYI: The screenings that Mike alludes to were done by John Harvey at >> > the New Neon Cinema, which had been extensively remodeled for the >>run. >> > What started out as a special one month run ended up going for 3 1/2 >> > years before they finally had to shut it down! (BTW: The print of >>"How >> > the West Was Won" was an original Technicolor IB print, and was not >> > faded in the least. Some of the other titles though, such as "Roman >> > Holiday", were unfortunately Eastman color prints, which had gone >> > severely magenta). >> > >> > It was John who was responsible for putting Cinerama back on the >> > screen, and is owed a huge debt of gratitude by the entire film >> > community. When I first met John, he had assembled full Cinerama >> > system in the living room of his home in Dayton, where we were >>treated >> > to a private screening of "How the West Was Won" (with all three >> > projectors run single-handedly by John)! While I had seen the film in >> > it's original Chicago run, I was really too young to appreciate it >>(or >> > even remember it, for that matter...) It was stunning. >> > >> > Fortunately, I was not the only one who was enthralled to see the >> > original presentation of the film, and soon John had a steady stream >> > of visitors arriving at his door in Dayton, which prompted him to >> > mount a special run at the New Neon theater (with lots of assistance >> > from Larry Smith). Sadly, John has suffered from a series of strokes, >> > which has severely curtailed his activities. A huge loss, IMHO. >> > >> > For those who are interested in more information on Cinerama, see: >> > Martin Hart's excellent site >> > at:http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingcr1.htm, along with >> > Thomas Hauerslev's site: >> > http://www.in70mm.com/newsletter/1997/49/afterglow/index.htm These >>two >> > guys have assembled a massive amount of material-you could spend days >> > on their sites. >> > >> > RE: 30 FPS Todd-AO, we have the original Norelco projectors (along >> > with the curved gates), just no venue to set them up with a curved >> > screen! >> > >> > Sorry to get so far astray on this thread, but thought it might be of >> > interest to some... >> > >> > --Scott >> > >> > Scott D. Smith CAS >> > Chicago Audio Works, Inc. >> > >> > On 8/6/2012 6:21 PM, Michael Biel wrote: >> >> About 10 to 15 years ago there was a theater in Dayton, Ohio which >>had a >> >> local collector re-do the theater for Cinerama, and they had weekly >> >> showings using original prints. Unfortunately most were not >>Technicolor >> >> so have faded to magenta. But it was still great to be able to have >> >> Leah experience it. There are about four or five theaters that can >>still >> >> show it including one in Seattle, and Moscow, Russia, and I >>understand >> >> that the one in London does not use original equipment. Now, if only >> >> there was some place to see original curved-negative, 30 fps Todd-AO. >> >> >> >> Mike Biel [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] archiving slide-tape shows (was voca-film >> >> technology) >> >> From: "Randy A. Riddle" <[log in to unmask]> >> >> Date: Mon, August 06, 2012 6:10 pm >> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Richard L. Hess >> >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> The point I think I was originally trying to make was that properly >> >>> archiving one of these shows is very difficult to retain full >>impact. >> >> Any kind of audio-visual preservation is only giving the viewer and >> >> listener and approximation of what the original experience of the >> >> media was like. >> >> >> >> With film, it's really impractical to set up a Cinerama system >>without >> >> a great deal of basic funding and maintenance. Even a chemical or >> >> digital based restoration of an old film isn't going to have the same >> >> look and feel of original nitrate or Technicolor elements. It's can >> >> be a compromise in some cases to save something and make it available >> >> for later researchers versus not having it in a viewable form at all. >> >> >> >> Doing a plan for a "proof of concept" for one of these multimedia >> >> slide shows would make an interesting journal article or presentation >> >> that might look at the relative costs, advantages and disadvantages >>of >> >> doing it through a 4K or 6K master versus a computer controlled >> >> version using multiple high-def projectors and some approaches with >> >> the major audio-track formats used to control the systems. >> >> >> >> rand >> >> >> >