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 Reflections
on the 60th Anniversary of Todd-AO screening of Oklahoma
By Dick Whitney
I
began working at American Optical 41 years ago, and today I work for Zeiss,
which is now sponsoring the Museum. They purchased AO’s eyeglass business 10
years ago. My Father, Donald Whitney, began working at AO in 1947 in
ophthalmic lens design. He was hired by John Davis, who later would be
involved in Todd–AO. |
 Todd-AO
Conference 1954 at American Optical Company
Research Center
By Brian O'Brien, Jr
The people on the picture are from left to right: Skyler Sanford, Bob Surtees,
Brian O'Brien, Jr., Walter Siegmund, Mike Todd, Steve Macnielle, Fred Zinneman, Art Miller,
Brian O'Brien, Oscar Hammerstein, Arthur Hornblow |
 "Oklahoma!"
- The First Movie Produced by Todd-AO
By Gordon Macrae
On Sunday night
I will act as the host of one of the most important telecasts of my career.
At that time, I will tell the story of how "Oklahoma!" was made. I will be
helped in my storytelling with most of the principals from "Oklahoma!",
including the wonderful team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. |
 The Rivoli Theatre
By John Belton
In preparation for the premiere of “Oklahoma!”, the Rivoli underwent an extensive, $350,000 renovation, including the installation of a new booth
and new 1600 seats
• Go to
Rivoli Theatre,
Idependent Film Journal |
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• Go to
"Oklahoma!" Cast &
Credits |
• Go to
3 Falke Bio |
 Newly
Restored Oklahoma!
to open TCM Classic
Film Festival
This unique 4k
presentation,
painstakingly
restored from 65mm
Todd-AO elements by
Twentieth Century
Fox and Fotokem,
will be screened at
30 frames per second
— the same frame
rate as when the
film was originally
released in 1955.
The original 6 -
track soundtrack has
been also restored
and re - mastered at
Twentieth Century
Fox, in
collaboration with
End Point Audio and
Chase Audio by
Deluxe. |
 The
restoration of the Todd-AO feature Oklahoma
By Paulo Roberto P. Elias
Come 2014 and we were
finally granted the result of years of lab work trying to recover the
original elements of the Todd-AO feature "Oklahoma!", directed by the
renowned Fred Zinemann, and released for theatrical exhibition in 1955. |
  A
restauração do clássico Todd-AO “Oklahoma”
Escrito por Paulo Roberto P. Elias
Depois de vários anos de esforço, foi finalmente
liberada para exibição digital em cinemas e masterização para mídia a
cópia restaurada do filme Oklahoma, adaptação do musical da Broadway e
dirigido pelo notável Fred Zinemann. O filme foi lançado em 1955 nos
Estados Unidos em cinemas adaptados para o processo Todd-AO e nos demais
adaptados para a projeção em CinemaScope. |
 Schauburg
Cinerama Premieres New "Oklahoma!" DCP 2. October 2014
By Born &
Hauerslev
Fred
Zinnemann's beloved OSCAR winning musical "Oklahhoma!" (1955) will
have it's European DCP premiere at one of the most prestigious 70mm cinemas;
the Schauburg in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is a single screening of the new and
much anticipated digital 4K restoration of this classic musical by Rodgers &
Hammerstein. |
 Restoring
70mm Movie Musical Oklahoma! at 30fps
By Bryant Frazer
The restoration premiered April 10 at the Chinese Theater, but the restoration process actually began about nine years ago. At
that time, FotoKem had the opportunity to assess the degraded quality of the
film's camera negative, which was badly faded. At that point, Fox asked that
a new interpositive be made. |
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 How
Todd-AO Began
By Brian O'Brien, Jr.
My father was a college
professor, uninterested in show business, and had never
heard of Mike Todd, so when Mike called him late one night
saying he wanted a meeting, my dad was naturally cautious. |
 Distortion
Correcting Printing Process
By Grant Lobban
The process was
originally designed to eliminate keystone distortion,
distortion resulting from using a deeply curved screen, plus
correcting the distortion arising from use of the extremely
wide-angle lenses |
 "Oklahoma!"
Printing Operation in the Todd-AO Mark III Printer
By Dr. Walter P. Siegmund
The
American Optical Company has the responsibility of printing the release
prints of the motion picture "Oklahoma!". In order that this
printing may have the closest supervision, it is planned that, at least
for the initial stages, this printing will be done in the Research
Center in Southbridge. |
 Description
of Todd-AO Mark III Printer Principle
By Dr. Walter P. Siegmund
The problem of
obtaining any given overall frame keystone correction
(K-correction) along with any given droop while at the same
time matching the "intrinsic" printer keystone requires the
control of several factors in the printing system. The focal
length of the printer lens and the bridge angle determine
the intrinsic keystone. The curvature of field of the
printer lens and the bridge angle determine the droop. |
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 AFI's
Spectacular 70MM Festival
By Howard B Hass
On Sunday, I found myself in the historic auditorium
of the AFI Silver, at the “70mm Spectacular, Part 3” watching the first ever
Todd-AO movie, "Oklahoma!". This screening was from
the new DCP restoration, made from the 65mm negative. The film, especially
its colors, looked gorgeous, really phenomenal. The scenery and costumes
looked great. As wonderful as it looked, no 4k DCP has the resolution of 70mm. |
Reviews:
• Go to
New York
Times
• Go to
Hollywood
reporter
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Other
1955 reviews
• Oklahoma!
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"Oklahoma!" |
 The
Samuel Goldwyn Co
1982 re-release of
"Oklahoma!"
The Samuel
Goldwyn Co
The re-release, to
begin in November,
will mark the first
time "Oklahoma!" has
been shown in its
original form since
its initial release.
First dates will be
in Oklahoma City, to
coincide with the
75th anniversary of
the state of
Oklahoma, and in Los
Angeles. Openings
will follow in New
York, San Francisco,
Seattle and other
key cities.
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• Go to
“Oklahoma!”: The North American Roadshow
and 70mm Engagements |
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