The Cinemascope Years: Films That Revolutionized Moviegoing, 1953-1967

By: Solomon, Aubrey

Virtually every current widescreen movie, television broadcast or streamed image benefits from the techniques that have evolved since the widespread adoption of the first practical use of anamorphic photography: CinemaScope. Wildly successful, CinemaScope with its huge screen and vividly panoramic images lured audiences away from their television sets and ended a sharp decline in moviegoing attendance. And yet, generations who grew up from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476693684
• ISBN13: 9781476693682
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 120 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up