Historical Paper: The Development of CinemaScope by Twentieth Century-Fox

John Belton

The development of CinemaScope marks a unique instance of technological engineering, where optics, film design, screen construction/illumination, and magnetic stereo sound recording and playback figure as interdependent elements in a single motion-picture experience. This article explores the coordinated development of the interrelated technologies which comprise the CinemaScope system.

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Published
1988-09
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J02895