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The Cinerama Archaeologists |
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Copenhagen Cinerama Introductions
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Smell-O-Vision & CineMiracle at the
Cinemateket, Copenhagen |
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CINERAMA
REMASTER |
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“The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”: The North
American Cinerama Roadshow Engagements |
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"The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" to be released on BluRay
from Warner Archive |
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"The Wonderful World
of the Brothers Grimm" Remaster Trailers |
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Restoration and re-mastering “The Wonderful
World of the Brothers Grimm" from 3-strip 35mm negatives |
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Flicker Alley
presents "This is
Cinerama" and
"Windjammer: The
Voyage of the
Christian Radich"
2017 Authorized
Restorations
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2018 European Cinema
Cinerama Engagements |
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ANNOUNCING SOME BIG
BIG NEWS…
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 Cinerama's
65th Anniversary
Event at the Cooper
in Casper
By Strohmaier,
Gitsch and March
Casper's Cooper Auditorium has hosted a special Cinerama Weekend over three
days to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Cinerama in the heart of Wyoming's
famed Cowboy Country.
The Cooper proved the perfect venue for the event. Wyoming Theater's owner
Randy Pryde has built this special auditorium at his Studio City Mesa West
theater complex as an homage to the glorious Cooper Theater. |
 Cinerama,
Dave Strohmaier and the "We have all seen it as a kid" thing
By Thomas Hauerslev
We went to see "Seven
Wonders of the World" in 1957, It was an interesting and very unique
movie experience,
because because seeing that in the widescreen format was kind of mind
boggling. That is probably why Cinerama lasted so long, because it was so
different. Not only did it create a wide screen in the cinema, but it was
different on its own right, and people felt they were moving with the
theatre.
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Copenhagen Gallery: 2015_Cinerama Festival Tour |
 Interview
with producer Randy Gitsch
By Thomas hauerslev
Cinerama has not played here
in years. Many, many years, and you can now get a clue as to the excitement
of the live experience, seeing it in a real theatre on a big screen, and
enjoy that experience. It is very theatrical. There is a lot of Showmanship
in Cinerama and this is a chance to go back to a theatre and learn about
what that was like.
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Copenhagen Gallery: 2015_Cinerama Festival Tour |
 Re-constructing
“The Best of Cinerama”. And a new restoration of “This is Cinerama”
By Dave Strohmaier
This title that was created with select clips from all the shows,
except “Windjammer”. The postproduction process was performed at the
Forum Theater in Los Angeles and was a bit unusual. The Cinerama editors
assembled the work picture in a few months using old existing prints of
the five travelogues, then cleaned and rejuvenated at Pix Fix. That’s
why no negatives were ever located for “Best of” in the vaults. |
 The
2015 European
Cinerama Festival
Tour in Oslo
By Anders M
Olsson
I've seen these films many times, but only on deeply curved screens, and
on my own smallish TV. Never before had I seen them on a large flat
screen. When seated at least halfway back into the cinema, the smilebox
process made the illusion of a curved screen complete. If I hadn't known
better, I could have sworn that I was actually sitting in front of a
curved screen.
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Cinerama Remaster,
Oslo, Norway |
 Smilebox®
Wows On Curved Or
Flat Screens
By Randy Gitsch
In Karlsruhe’s Schauburg Cinerama Theater, where the screen is curved 120
degrees, Smilebox® had viewers recalling seeing analog Cinerama in Berlin,
when it first premiered there, in 3-strip projection, in 1959.
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Picture Highlights
from the 2015
European Cinerama
Festival Tour |
 The
2015 European
Cinerama Festival
Tour
Randy Gitsch has
announced that Dave
Strohmaier and he
have been invited to
present a slate of
motion pictures
they’ve digitally
re-mastered, in a
traveling film
festival in four
cities in Germany,
Austria and Norway.
Each venue will
program from a
roster of available
titles, including
features and
short-subjects
originally from
3-panel and 70mm.
THE 2015 EUROPEAN
CINERAMA FESTIVAL
TOUR, as it is now
called, will kick
off on April 18 with
multiple screenings
at the Schauburg
Cinerama in
Karlsruhe, Germany. |
 Cinerama Remaster
Credits
By Randy Gitsch
The entire library of 3-strip Cinerama and Cinemiracle productions are being
Remastered for theatrical showings. These credits are technically complete
for the moment, however may be added to, in case of the last two travelogues
(7WW & SFP), which are being worked on now. |
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The 2015 European
Cinerama Festival
Tour |
 Cinerama
Goes to Venice - Sensational Festival Screening
By Randy Gitsch
The Venice International Film Festival has now finalized
the schedule for its 69th edition, and we wanted you to
be the first to know when and where you'll get to see
digital Cinerama within it. |
 Cinerama
South Seas Adventure
in Venice
By Randy Gitsch
On Sept. 2, Dave
Strohmaier, Tom
March and myself
left Los Angeles
headed for the 69th
edition of the
progenitor of all
film festivals, the
Venice International
Film Festival in,
where else, Venice,
Italy. |
 Cinerama
at The Camerimage Film Festival
By Strohmaier & March
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE is
the greatest and most recognized festival dedicated to the art of
cinematography and its creators. Travelling this day were Dave Strohmaier,
Douglas Knapp SOC, Rebecca Olkowski and Tom March. Dave and Doug were
invited to give two presentations that were moderated by Jon D. Witmer,
associate editor of the American Cinematographer magazine. |
 New
Cinerama
Restorations at
Widescreen Weekend
2014
By Dave
Strohmaier & Tom March
Dave Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch returned to Widescreen Weekend for
their eighth appearance bringing along two new Cinerama restorations,
“Seven Wonders of the World” and “Search for Paradise”
which were digitally scanned at Image Trends in Austin, Texas. Here are some
“Cinerama Highlights” from this year’s Widescreen Weekend. |
 Cinerama
Color recovery
examples
By Dave
Strohmaier
Where we had several areas of missing negatives in "Seven Wonders",
"South Seas
Adventure" as well as the next title "Search for Paradise" we were able to go
to the Library of Congress original deposit Eastman color prints stored
there since the mid
1950s and scan these
areas off of the
faded prints. |
 Scanning
Cinerama Films
By Tom March
Now that the digital scanning of the negatives
has begun, Dave Strohmaier and I were invited to the Image Trends Lab to
observe the progress of the restoration work. |
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The 2015 European
Cinerama Festival
Tour |
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 Historic
Big Screen Films Get Major Digital Makeover
The complete catalog of
Cinerama's 3-panel travelogue epics
will be remastered in high definition for limited theatrical screenings at
any digital venue and a home video release will follow. |
 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. |
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CINERAMA's 70mm LIBRARY REMASTERED |
 Cinerama
70mm short subject remastering work completed
By Dave Strohmaier
The 6-track magnetic prints were certainly faded to the usual Eastman color
magenta, and we realized that at some point we should do a digital makeover
to protect the assets. Tom March and I went to the vaults last January to
pull the titles and examine them for overall condition. We could see that
the fading was even more severe that when the prints were shown a few years
back. Since no negatives were ever located we would have to relay on color
recovery techniques to try to rebuild back as much color as possible. |
 "Fortress
of Peace" 70MM
Remastering In 2K
Digital
By Dave
Strohmaier
I took both existing
70mm prints from the
vaults down to Todd-AO in Hollywood for a digital transfer from the
original 6 channel magnetic striped print. We brought both 70mm prints to
make sure to check that at least one of them would have a usable track. A
few days later I got a call from the guys at Todd AO transfer room and they
said the sound on the prints was fine and the new digital track was ready
for pick up. |
 Cinerama
Inc. Scans 70mm
By Dave Strohmaier
Inspired by the scanning and remastering of "Windjammer" and their
library of Cinerama films, Cinerama Inc. decided to go ahead and see
what could be done about three "lost" 70mm films in their vault. |
 Cinerama
Inc. Scans "Holiday In Spain"
By Dave Strohmaier
Inspired by the scanning and remastering of "Windjammer" and their
library of Cinerama films, Cinerama Inc. decided to go ahead and see
what could be done with Mike Todd Jr.'s "lost" 70mm film |
 "The
Golden Head" and "Russian Adventure" Update
By Dave Strohmaier
We are almost done with the 2K "The Golden Head" and
"Cinerama's Russian Adventure" remastering and they look
pretty darn good. |
 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. |
 "Holiday
In Spain" released
on Blu-Ray
Redwind Productions
Inc., in association
with Cinerama Inc,
is proud to present
for the very first
time – the lost and
now re-mastered 70mm
treat, filmed
entirely in
Spain…Originally
titled “Scent of
Mystery” and
presented in
“Smell-O-Vision”,
this unique and
magical adventure,
follows a mystery
novelist, played by
Denholm Elliott, who
discovers a plan to
murder an American
heiress, played by
Beverly Bentley,
while on vacation in
Spain. |
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Mike Todd Jr.'s
"Scent of Mystery"
in Smell-O-Vision |
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CINERAMA REMASTER PRODUCERS |
 Dave
Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch - in conversation with Mark Lyndon
Cinerama’s future might evolve into a name on more than just a couple of
theaters; Cinerama could come to mean a curved screen presentation; a
noticeable distinct curved screen, perhaps not 146 degrees, but
certainly more than a marginal curved screen. |
 Randy
Gitsch (USA)
In 1990, he became
one of the founding
members of the
Association of
Moving Image
Archivists and in
1999, he produced
the critically
acclaimed
documentary on film
preservation and
restoration,
"Keepers of the
Frame" |
 Dave
Strohmaier (USA)
By Thomas Hauerslev
This man works in Hollywood, where he sometimes presides over film
presentations at the local “three-strip” cinema. |
 Tom
March (Canada)
By Bill Lawrence
Tom March has made an outstanding contribution to
bringing life back to the finest of widescreen formats that we all love. |
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CINERAMA REMASTERS ON BLU-RAY |
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Flicker Alley presents "The Golden Head" and
"Flying Clipper" 2019 Authorized Restorations |
 Cinerama Impressions
From The Dome
By
David Granadino
The crowd in the Dome on both nights were enthusiastic and surrounded the
Cinerama master himself, Dave Strohmaier, during the intermission and after
the presentations! I noticed that the crowd for THE BEST OF CINERAMA had
more young people in attendance than the night before which made me hopeful
that these young people will love Cinerama as much as we "older" ones. |
 Flicker
Alley presents "The Best Of Cinerama" And "Cinerama’s
Russian Adventure"
By Flicker Alley, Press
Flicker Alley, in association with Cinerama Inc., adds
two newly-restored, Blu-ray/DVD premieres to its popular
Cinerama collection: The Best of Cinerama and Cinerama’s
Russian Adventure. Release Date: November 15, 2016.
Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc. invite you once more to
celebrate the thrilling spectacle of Cinerama with two
exciting releases - The Best of Cinerama and Cinerama’s
Russian Adventure – both featuring new restorations of
some of the most fantastic footage in Cinerama history. |
 Flicker
Alley presents
"Seven Wonders of
the World" and
"Search for
Paradise"
Flicker Alley, in
association with
Cinerama, Inc.,
releases two
historic gems -
Seven Wonders of the
World and Search for
Paradise - presented
in brand new,
beautifully restored
editions. Release
Date: November 11,
2014. Flicker Alley
and Cinerama, Inc.
invite you to
celebrate the rich
spectacles of
Cinerama's Seven
Wonders of the World
and Search for
Paradise, both newly
restored and never
before seen on home
video. Both Deluxe
Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Editions are
available for
pre-order on the
Flicker Alley
website. |
 Flicker
Alley presents CINERAMA HOLIDAY and SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
Flicker Alley and Cinerama Inc.
are pleased to announce the home video digital premieres of "Cinerama
Holiday" (1955) and "South Seas Adventure" (1958). Both films will be
released in Deluxe Combo Blu-ray/DVD editions in conjunction with the 50th
Anniversary of Pacific Theatres' historic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood,
California. These two widescreen treasures will be presented in the "Smilebox"
curved screen simulation |
 "Windjammer"
and "This is
Cinerama" released
Blu-ray and DVD
By Flicker Alley
Now digitally
remastered, the
color, the music,
the true artistry of
these classics are
reborn. Release date
is medio September
2012, in conjunction
with Cinerama's
Official 60th
Anniversary. |
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"WINDJAMMER" REMASTERED |
 "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. |
 "Windjammer"
Returns to Hamburg
By Thomas Hauerslev
For the first time in nearly 50 years, "Windjammer", a
Cinemiracle Adventure, is back in Hamburg at the
Metropolis Cinema |
 The
movie miracle in Aalborg
By Lars Borberg
The biggest movie in the
world will now be shown in one of the world’s smaller theatres: The Biffen, at Nordkraft in Aalborg. |
 WINDJAMMER sails again!
By Rick Mitchell
"Windjammer" sailed across the screen of the Cinerama Dome, 58 years after it first sailed across the screen of the Chinese Theater |
 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. |
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Louis de Rochemont's "Windjammer" in
Cinemiracle |
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CINERAMA REMASTERS ON CD |
 Remastering
the soundtrack of "The Best Of Cinerama"
By Robert Weisgerber
Sepia Records and I have started the editing process for a CD release of
"The Best Of Cinerama." What makes this different than the other Sepia
Cinerama CD's is that the source elements are 35mm 7-track full coats of
the production. The full coats are a mixture of the only surviving
Cinerama 7-track audio of Act I, with narration and Act II, the music
and effects without narration |
 CINERAMA
HOLIDAY CD
Soundtrack
First time on CD is
the original movie
sound track to the
1955 released
"Cinerama Holiday"
re-mixed from the
movie audio tapes
combined with music
from the studio
recording issued on
the LP, making this
Morton Gould score
release as complete
as possible for
sound track buffs. |
 Cinerama's
Search For Paradise
CD Soundtrack
The sound track to
the 1957 SEARCH FOR
PARADISE was only
issued in Mono on
vinyl but this CD
release has been
mixed from the
original movie sound
track in stereo.
Composed by Dimitri
Tiomkin and with him
conducting the
Cinerama Symphony
Orchestra, the score
sounds glorious.
Opera star Robert
Merrill sings on the
solo numbers on the
sound track and also
on the pop versions. |
 "Windjammer"
Remastered
Soundtrack
Sepia records has
remastered the
soundtrack from the
original tapes in
stereo and together
with the studio LP
are releasing the
complete
"Windjammer" music
on 2CDs. It took a
lot of hard work by
Audio Mechanics in
LA to get the
somewhat warped 1/4"
tapes to properly
play back but they
did it! The tapes
were originally
recorded for a sound
track album but then
when Columbia
Records committed to
a LP version that
was it. |
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Re-constructing “The Best of Cinerama”. And a new restoration of “This
is Cinerama” from o-negs |
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Life in Three Panels |
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