| CINERAMA |  "Windjammer" @ the Dome
By Dave Strohmaier
The 1958 roadshow production "Windjammer", will screen at the Cinerama Dome, September 5th, 2010 |  Cinerama Test Shots
By Lowell Thomas
We are starting off with this 35mm picture so you may the better judge of what you are now to see and her. We call it - C I N E R A M A |  Sound level in the Broadway Theatre
By Wentworth D Fling
Since the opening of "This is Cinerama" in the Broadway Theatre, there has been a lot of discussion about whether the sound is too loud. |  So This Is Still Cinerama
By Chace Productions, Inc
Cinerama, the format that earned it's designer, Fred Waller, the nickname "The Man Who Blew Up The Movies", made a return engagement to Chace Productions in the fall of 1998. |  Matchline Elimination
By Richard C Babish
Matchline elimination begins in the camera and continues through the film handling process to the final projection. In the camera, four possible sources of trouble exist. These are edge vignetting, or masking, edge reflection, scratching and pressure exposure. |  Using the Cinerama Camera
By Harry Squires
The Cinerama camera presents problems not found in other motion picture cameras. The following material is a discussion of the features that have been observed or points of knowledge that have been gained from experience in using the camera. |  Wide Visit With Willem
By Thomas Hauerslev
We have often talked about his Cinerama files and at our meeting in June 2009, we decided to meet in Rotterdam to find rare and unique material for this page. |  How Cinerama got the name "Cinerama"
By Richard C Babish
Fred Waller called a meeting of all the employees and offered to award a prize of a case of champagne to the one who came up with the most appropriate name. The winner was Waldo McLaury. |  Cinerama's 50th Anniversary
By Greg Kimble
"THIS IS CINERAMA!" - These three words changed movies forever, just as Al Jolsen's ad libbed, "You ain't heard nothing yet" had done in 1927. It was September 30, 1952 at the Broadway Theater in Manhattan |
| | "HOW THE WEST WAS WON" IN CINERAMA | How The West Was Won - in Cinerama (1983)
By Greg Kimble |  Digital restoration of HOW THE WEST WAS WON
By Rick Mitchell
The "special screening" that ended last weekend's "The Reel Thing-XX" was a digital presentation of MGM's "How The West Was Won" scanned at 2K from original negatives, ultimately yielding a 6K image. |  “West” Film Locations
By Tom March
I first encountered the Lone Pine Film Festival while travelling through Lone Pine searching out old film locations from “How the West Was Won” |  "How the West Was Shown"
By Paul Rayton
Paul has very kindly taken a few shots of Sunday's event at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. |  Large format at the Cinerama Dome
By David Strohmaier
Even if you don't get your favorite seats please come and register your vote for more large format screenings at the Dome. We need your support today! | "How the West Was Won" screening at the Dome
By Richard Greenhalgh with Rick Mitchell | | "This is Cinerama"'s Cinerama Dome |
| | COMING SOON ABOUT VITARAMA | A Fred Waller Portrait "Mr Cinerama"
By Ralph G. Martin
Vitarama Staff list
Pioneers of the Giant Deep Curved Screen
Fred Waller's "Dolphin Akwa-Skees" advertising
Excerpt from Lowell Thomas's Broadcast May 18, 1954 on the occasion the Fred Waller's passing |
| | COMING SOON ABOUT CINERAMA |  A Chronological Story of the entire development of the Cinerama Process
By Fred Waller in a private letter to W L Laurence, dated 31 March 1950
Development of stereo Magnetic recording for Film part I and II
By Hazard E. Reeves
Cinerama Test Shots explained
By Lowell Thomas
Cinerama Goes to War
By Fred Waller
Adding Sound to Cinerama
By Hazard E Reeves
This Cinerama Show
By Lowell Thomas
Finding Costumers for a Product
By Lynn Farnul
The Birth of an Idea
By Ralph Walker
History of Cinerama: A Story of technological Innovation and Industrial Management
By Thomas Edward Erffmeyer (1985)
Log of "Seven Wonders" Productions for Lowell Thomas Productions
Cinerama, It's History and Development
By Hikmet Labib Avedis Aghanigian (Thesis, 1965)
"This is Cinerama"...is still alive
By Otto Lang
 Frame scans: West, TIC, Windjammer, Oyster Bay test (in + out)
& Mobile Cinerama
"Cinerama Holiday" Breakdown Reels Dialouge
The "Renault Dauphine" 3-strip commercial scene by scene explanation, dated February 3, 1959 |
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| | | FRED WALLER |  Fred Waller's 1950 Diary
By Thomas Hauerslev
Fred Waller's 1950 desk calendar. A fascinating account about who is visiting Cinerama and Vitarama. |  How I Became A Trick Photographer
By Fred Waller
D. W. Griffith wanted a cyclone to destroy a distant Village, sweep clean a country side leaving destruction in its make and at a cross road destroy a particular Inn in a particular way. I was asked to make a cyclon and film it and quick too. |  The Waller Flexible Gunnery Trainer
By Fred Waller
Before Cinerama, there was The Waller Gunnery Trainer. The Trainer was used by the U. S. Army Air Corps, U. S. Navy. and the British for the final training and retraining of machine gunners. |
| | "CINERAMA HOLIDAY" REUNION 1997 |  A Get Together in Dayton
By David Page
This "Cinerama Holiday" performance would see "in person" appearances by the 2 couples who starred in the 1955 film - the Marshes and the Trollers. |  Time Traveling to the New Neon
By David Joachim
"Cinerama Holiday", the second film produced in the process, is the most cinematic and dazzling of the three features I got to see. Yellows and greens make cameo appearances in a few scenes, but the starring color is pink |  This is Oyster Bay
By Thomas Hauerslev
Behind her house, was Fred Waller´s old barn a.k.a. "Waller Stvdio". In this barn all Waller's ideas took form. Waterskiis, The Gunnery Trainer, Photometric Fit Picture and Cinerama.
See: Daughters of Mary St. Pius V Chapel |
| | CINERAMA PEOPLE | Sound by
Hazard E Reeves
Sound Engineer
Richard J. Pietschman
Wentworth D Fling
Robert L. Bendick
Assistant Cameraman
Jack Priestly
Cinerama Pilot
Paul Mantz
President Cinerama Productions Corporation
Dudley Roberts Jr
Vice President Cinerama Productions Corporation
Frank M. Smith |
| | CINERAMA CINEMAS |  3-strip in Barcelona, Spain
By Ramon Lamarca
I was browsing through newspapers listings yesterday and I was amazed and the huge amount of blow-ups they had in Spain |  This is Cinerama...at the London Casino
By W. G. Altria
The London Casino Theatre was selected, after an exhaustive survey, as the best available in London for the showing of Cinerama. Nevertheless, considerable difficulties had to be overcome to make it entirely suitable for the purpose. |  Cinerama at the Plaza
By Eric White
For twelve years, from 1958 until 1970, Cinerama was exhibited at Melbourne’s Plaza theatre. It was very popular in a period when the cinema business was struggling. |  Savoy The only Cinerama venue in Finland
By Rabbe Sandelin
The Savoy was for a long time the biggest cinema house in Helsinki. It was built in 1937 in central Helsinki, when some old buildings were demolished |  Empire - Cinerama, Paris Kingdom of curved screen
by Francois Carrin
CINERAMA arrived in 1955 in Paris near the Place de l'Etoile. It was a theatre called EMPIRE which was chosen to play "This is CINERAMA" | Cinerama Festival in Seattle
By Dave Strohmaier | Cinerama at the Pictureville
By Thomas Hauerslev | Vinterpalatset A Story of Magnificence, Proud and Mourned
By Peter Andren | Canadian 70mm and Cinerama screenings
By Bill Kretzel | | Ideal Theatre 1961 |
| | CINERAMA FILMS |  "This is CINERAMA" (1952)
"Cinerama Holiday" (1955)
"Seven Wonders of the World" (1956)
"Search for Paradise" (1957)
"Cinerama South Seas Adventure" (1958)
"Renault Dauphine" (Commercial short) (1959)
"The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (1962)
"How The West Was Won" (1962)
"Cinerama's Russian Adventure"
"The Best of Cinerama"
More details on this list |
| | READING ABOUT CINERAMA |  "Nine Lives of Mike Todd", by Mike Todd Jr., and Susan M. Todd
"So Long until Tomorrow", by Lowell Thomas
"A Bird of Passage: The Story of My Life" by Otto Lang
"Around the World in 90 Years: Images from My Life's Journey" by Otto Lang
"Hollywood pilot;: The biography of Paul Mantz" by Don Dwiggins (Author)
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| | CINERAMA FILM MUSIC |  Liner notes for "The Brothers Grimm" 2-CD
By Jim Lochner
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm was a pet project of producer George Pal, better known for such sci-fi/fantasy films as Destination Moon |  "Brothers Grimm" soundtrack released by Film Score Monthly
This 2CD set presents a key work relating to fantasy filmmaker George Pal, composer Leigh Harline, and the widescreen Cinerama film process |
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| | | THE INTERNATIONAL CINERAMA SOCIETY | | In October 1985 a group of movie enthusiasts got together and formed the “International Cinerama Society” with the ultimate goal of re-creating an authentic, three projector, seven-track sound Cinerama installation. |  Willem Bouwmeester
By Howard Rust
Willem's role in life was defined when his dad took him to the cinema at age 14 to see Cinerama. In 1992 he discovered that NMPFT was seeking a new attraction to add to it's collection. For him the logical choice could only be Cinerama. |  John Harvey's Cinerama Achievements Recognized
By Bill Lawrence
The NMPFT felt it was in place to pay tribute to John with a special award - a scroll - , thanking him for his contribution to revitalize Cinerama. Thanks to John's enthusiasm, Cinerama has again been made available to the public. |  Keith Swadkins
By Howard Rust
A true Cinerama enthusiast, typed, edited, a Cinerama newsletter that he posted to similarly minded enthusiasts all over the world, at his own expense. All correspondence traveled either by surface or airmail, the cost of which all came out of his own pockets. |  Who is David Coles?
At the impressionable age of 12 my mother took me to the Sydney Plaza Theatre to see “Seven Wonders of the World” and I immediately became a Cinerama addict - determined to find out all about this wondrous process. |
New Zealand guy, David Bogorad, Howard Rust
Willem interview on DVtape | TICS Newsletters as PDF Issue: x, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. TICS' Cinerama Theatre List issue 18
Cinerama Preservation Society: Quarterly Newsletter, issue 1, Fall 1997 |
| | CINEMIRACLE |  "Windjammer" - Exclusive Danish Re-release
By Biffen & Hauerslev
Biffen is presenting the remastered version of Louis de Rochemont's CineMiracle Adventure "Windjammer" for 4 days in July 2010 and welcoming Carin-Anne and David Strohmaier to Aalborg to introduce the film |  Movie Star Visits Copenhagen
By Thomas Hauerslev
Cinemiracle star S/S Christian Radich visits Copenhagen. See the images from a visit on the deck of the magnificent ship. |  Oslo's Red Carpet Widescreen Event
By Randy Gitsch
"Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich" returned to Oslo by storm last week, resulting in capacity audiences and many pleased patrons. |  "Windjammer" Press Release
By Strohmaier & Hauerslev
Since summer 2009, David Strohmaier, and John Sittig have spent considerable time to find the best elements of "Windjammer" for DVD and Blu-ray release. More: Telecine, Danish Locations, Sweden saves the day & Contact | Working for Louis deRochemont
By Borden Mace | On the Trail of "Windjammer" - A Visit to Oslo
By Thomas Hauerslev | The Danes And The Windjammers
By Borden Mace | Is "Windjammer" the Queen of Kitsch?
"Windjammer" dialouge retyped by Anders M. Olsson |
| | CINERAMA ADVENTURE | "Cinerama Adventure" in Telluride
By Dave Strohmaier
Telluride was terrific, Carin Anne, Me, Randy Gitsch, John Sittig and Greg Kimble were treated like Celebs. They put us up in plush condos in Mountain Village, the exclusive resort just above the town of Telluride. | "Cinerama Adventure" Cast & Credit
By Dave Strohmaier
The documentary is in Director's cut and is 100 minutes long. A lot has changed since the early versions. We have shown it around Los Angeles at several "test screenings" and also at professional documentary film maker private screenings |  "The Cinerama Adventure" update
By Dave Strohmaier
Final sound mix Dolby 5.1 starts Monday Aug 11th, 2003 with new score & efx. 35mm film out of the Hi-def version starts Tuesday 12th. (Interviews are 1:33 inside of 1:85. when we cut to Cinerama its in curved Smilebox 1:85) we had to upgrade (re-do) all the Cinerama shots in Hi def. | "Cinerama Adventure" - First review
By Richard Greenhalgh
This production is simply perfect! It blends the history of the people behind Cinerama with the story of the making of the films and highlights the technical aspects of this pioneering widescreen format in an exiting and dramatic way. |
| | KINOPANORAMA & PANORAMA FROM RUSSIA |  3 strip shoot in the Melbourne Hills
By Bruce McNaughton
Before the shoot I ran a few feet through the camera to check the overlap points between panels and the consistency of exposure across the three 35MM matching lenses. |  Soviet Circular Panorama
By Grigorij Shandorovich
During the trip across the USA, Chruschev has visited Circarama and has been admired by it. On arrival home, the secretary general has desired "to catch up and overtake" America and for three (3!) month we has been constructed Circular panorama! |  Lost Orphaned Films Abandoned in Basement
By Dave Strohmaier
The problem was the building was to be used one last time for a charity art exhibit and the artist were given the film to use. They had planned to spray paint the reels of film with florescent color for a large mobile to hang from the ceiling. |  The latest press release from Kinopanorama
By Jeremy Sefton-Parke
Fifth Continent has commissioned The Aranda Group in Victoria to design and build special three-lens Kinopanorama film viewers. |  Kinopanorama History
By Jeremy Sefton-Parke
KINOPANORAMA was developed between 1956 and 1957 by film technicians in Moscow at the USSR Cinema and Photo Research Institute. |  About "Chastity Truth and Kinopanorama"
By Jeremy Sefton-Parke
Some six minutes were shot around the City of Moscow of Kremlin, Red Square, and the facade of the world famous Bolshoi Theatre. | | John Steven Lashers' Kinopanorama of 1995 |
| | RAMA AND MORE |  All the RAMAs in the World
All readers are invited to send in their RAMAS. See the list as it grows longer and longer. |  "This is New Zealand" 3-strip EXPO Film From New Zealand
In 1969, New Zealand had to promote itself to the world at the Expo 70 in Japan. The star attraction was a revolutionary 20-minute film made that introduced viewers to New Zealand |  "This is New Zealand"
By Bob Jessopp
Tena koto, Tena Koto, Tena Koto, Katoa. Welcome. Here is a little background information to New Zealand’s one and only 3 camera, 3 projector wide screen Film Production. |  The Cinerama Barn
By Paul Samuels
Ever since I saw Cinerama in 1952, I was so deeply affected by it that I only knew that I wanted it. That event sparked my interest in photography, optics and all the rest. |
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