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Cinerama was invented by Fred Waller (1886–1954) [2] and languished in the laboratory for several years before Waller, joined by Hazard "Buzz" Reeves, brought it to the attention of Lowell Thomas who, first with Mike Todd and later with Merian C. Cooper, produced a commercially viable demonstration of Cinerama that opened on Broadway on ...
Waller is most known for his contributions to film special effects while working at Paramount Pictures, for his creation of the Waller Flexible Gunnery Trainer, [2] and for inventing Cinerama, [3] the immersive experience of a curved film screen that extends to the viewer's peripheral vision, for which he received an Academy Award.
Cinerama Adventure is a 2002 documentary about the history of the Cinerama widescreen film process. It tells the story of the widescreen process' evolution, from a primitive multi-screen pyramid process to a Vitarama format that played a big part in World War II, to the three-screen panoramic process it eventually became.
The Waller Gunnery Trainer was a simulator for training World War II aerial gunners using multiple film projectors. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its inventor, Fred Waller , later invented the Cinerama film format. [ 3 ]
Cinerama was a panoramic screen format invented by Fred Waller. It followed Waller's earlier eleven-camera, eleven-projector "Vitarama" process, first presented in 1939 at the New York World's Fair , which proved too unwieldy for widespread commercial deployment.
Angelenos are still processing their grief about the closure of the ArcLight theaters. Pacific Theatres announced on Monday that it would close all of its locations, which include the ArcLight ...
This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. [1] It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama , which broadens the aspect ratio so that the viewer's peripheral vision is involved.
Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome theater, which has been shuttered since the beginning of the pandemic, will not be reopening in 2024, sources confirmed on background. It’s hoped that the Dome and ...