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CinemaScope logo from The High and the Mighty (1954). CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 [1] to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter.
The Robe is a 1953 American fictional Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that is responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and was the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope. [4]
Knights of the Round Table is a 1953 British adventure historical film made by MGM in England and Ireland. Directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman, it was the first film in CinemaScope made by the studio.
1953. The Robe is the first film to be released in CinemaScope. [citation needed] 1954. Sesto Continente, ...
Films released in CinemaScope, an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953-present, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter.
In 1953, 20th Century Fox returned to the concept and began using the CinemaScope process to make widescreen movies, such as The Robe and How to Marry a Millionaire. Widescreen grew in popularity during the 1950s, and since 1960, nearly every American feature film has been widescreen.
September 16 – Religious epic The Robe, starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons, debuts as the first widescreen anamorphic film in cinema history, filmed in CinemaScope grossing a record $36,000 for a single theatre in its first day. It went on to gross a record (for a single theater) $264,428 in its first week.
In April 1953, Fox announced the film would be shot in CinemaScope. [10] ... The film was a financial failure, the first movie in CinemaScope to lose money. Dunne ...