Grandeur

Title	Released	Cinema	Notes

Fox Grandeur News (S) (FOX)	Gaiety, NYC, USA	17.09.1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (FOX)	Gaiety, NYC, USA	17.09.1929	70mm only in New York This film was never shot in a widescreen format despite some books referring to it being in widescreen .About ten minutes of it was blown up to 70mm and shown as a featurette with another fox film in New York only. The film is said to be lost forever. Mansor Peter Added 17.02.2010 by Dan Sherlock: Although I don't have any record of a 70mm release of the "FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1929" in Los Angeles, it was shown in 70mm Grandeur in New York at the Gaiety theater in September 1929. I strongly question the claim that only about 10 minutes of it was shown in 70mm, and that it was blown up from 35mm. The "GRANDEUR NEWS" and "NIAGARA FALLS" films were short subjects, and "FOLLIES" was the only feature-length film to be shown at those screenings. Other evidence that it was a feature length movie: The review from the New York Times, September 22, 1929, page X7: "The long film, "The Fox Movietone Follies," which is also screened in Grandeur form, ... The memo by H.F. Germain to Earl Sponable, noting that during the evening performance on Friday, September 27th: "... the sixth reel of the Follies on the Simplex machine ran off the top sprocket and jammed, due to a break in the perforations. The show was continued on the other machine and finished without further trouble." This clearly indicates there were at least 6 reels to "FOLLIES". The Germain memo may give a hint on the origin of the belief that only one reel was in Grandeur: He mentions that at special demonstration screenings at 11:30 PM on September 24th and at 11:15 AM on September 25th, only one reel of "FOLLIES" was shown at those demonstration screenings along with other footage.
Niagara Falls (S) (FOX)	Gaiety, NYC, USA	17.09.1929
Happy Days (FOX)	Roxy, NYC, USA	14.02.1930	AFI 17.09.1929. NY release 02.03.1930. 70mm only in New York and Los Angeles. Shot simultaneously in 35mm.
Song o' My Heart (FOX)	44^th St.th, NYC, USA	11.03.1930	Only 35mm version released, Grandeur version never shown. This film was never released in 70mm anywhere despite it being filmed in the wide screen process. It was also the most popular of the early widescreen films from 1929/31.A strange film as the songs were sung but the dialogue was silent with title cards. Mansor Peter
The Big Trail (FOX)	Chinese, LA, USA	02.10.1930	24 fps
Hudson River Bridge (S) (FOX)	Roxy Theatre, New York	01.03.1930	24 fps "Hudson River Bridge" was shown with the 35mm feature film "LET'S GO PLACES"