What's This All About?
Lowell Thomas in the first Cinerama film, THIS IS CINERAMA. Image taken from a Technicolor Cinerama film frame.
This guy explained it pretty well 50 years ago,
let's give him another shot at it.
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I'm ready for my close-up: Larger than life part one (July 26, 2007)
London radio interview of director David Strohmaier

See ARTICLES and REVIEWS below for recent items
from Variety and American Cinematographer

CINERAMA ADVENTURE SYNOPSIS
AMAZING AND BIZARRE OCCURANCES - Paul Mantz - King Kong - Water Skis - Lowell Thomas TARGETING AN AUDIENCE FOR THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE - Who wants to watch a documentary? HOW THE CINERAMA TECHNOLOGY THRILLED MILLIONS - Wide Screen Cinematography and Stereophonic Sound Recording PUTTING A HUGE PICTURE IN A SMALL TV FRAME - More than just letterboxing a wide screen image
CINERAMA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COLD WAR - American versus Russian wide screen wars ARTICLES AND REVIEWS ABOUT THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE - Daily Variety discusses Cinerama - Cinemeditor article on 'Cinerama Adventure' BIOGRAPHIES OF THE REMARKABLE CINERAMA PIONEERS - Fred Waller - Lowell Thomas - Mike Todd - Hazard Reeves - Paul Mantz - Merian C. Cooper - Harry Squires THE PEOPLE WHO'S INTERVIEWS ARE USED TO TELL THE AMAZING CINERAMA STORY - Leonard Maltin - Rudy Behlmer - Mike Todd Jr. - Lowell Thomas Jr. - Debbie Reynolds - Carroll Baker - Russ Tamblyn - and a host of others
UPCOMING CINERAMA RELATED EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD - Cinerama Dome - Seattle Cinerama and other upcoming events SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE CAST AND TECHNICAL CREDITS FOR PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CINERAMA ADVENTURE OTHER WEB SITES THAT DISCUSS CINERAMA
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