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Nat'l Theatres, Warner Bros. Sign for Cinemiracle
Warner Bros, and National Theatres, Inc., have signed a deal with Cinemiracle process to co-produce an as yet unspecified number of films in that system. The multi-million-dollar productions are slated for long-term roadshowing. First on the schedule will be "The Miracle," the play usually associated with the great German director, Max Reinhardt. It is scheduled to role early in 1958.
Cinemiracle (see IP, March 1957, p. 16, et seq.) is the new widescreen process utilizing three interlocked projectors, employing mirrors. This is designed to eliminate the dividing lines between screen panels.
At a recent demonstration in Hollywood, the Cinemiracle process was rated as being at least equal to, if not better than present widescreen processes. The demonstration was shown at a ratio slightly more than 2V2 to 1. It is expected that the average screen used will be about 35 by 80 feet, with a field of 146 degrees wide and 55 degrees high, which approximates that of human vision. The projection machines will be housed in one room, but installed on the orchestra floor, and some removal of seats will be necessary to accommodate the large screen which will be placed in front of the proscenium.
The process, in which National Theatres originally invested $1,500,000, has been two years in development. At the moment, Louis de Rochemont is producing "Cinemiracle Adventure," an adventure-travelogue, as the initial feature in the process.
20th Drops Optical Prints
20th Century-Fox has discontinued use of optical prints, concentrating on releasing only magoptical. This however, does not indicate a drop in production of prints, since 20th maintains that it is still putting out as many as 450 prints on top releases, just slightly below the print total when both optical and magoptical were being put out.
16-MM PROJECTION
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12 by 12 feet. The company expects the in-a-minute transparency to greatly broaden the use of visual communication.
Historical Collection
The Irving Browning Collection of early motion picture apparatus was exhibited by the Society of Cinema Collec
tors and Historians, of which Browning is president. Entitled "Beginnings of the Visual by Photography," the collection included:
Daguerre camera, circa 1845; early Eastman roll film camera, circa 1888: an early table model stereo apparatus for viewing, circa 1860; early experimental motion-picture mechanisms various sizes, 91/2-mm, llt^-mm, 28-mm; early brass lenses, twin stereo lenses, four lens units used to make four tintypes at one time; a Zoetrope 1865, a Praxinoscope 1872, and a table model paper movie viewer, 1910; large reproductions of early experimental theatres, showing methods of projection; professional Magic Lantern, with a threewick kerosene light, and a group of Natural History cards, circa 1866; a collection of kerosene-burning Magic Lanterns, circa 1910: miniature cameras 1910-1950; a "detective" camera 1904. early studio cameras, daguerrotypes. photos, movie projectors, the first Eastman 16-mm. and many other exhibits.
Guest Speakers
A number of guest speakers covered a wide variety of industrial A-V topics at the exhibition, with John Flory, advisor on non-theatrical films for Eastman Kodak, key-noting the event: "The Economic Impact of the Audio-Visual Field on Industry." George Huntington, director of sales development, Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc., discussed the "Whys and Hows of Major Presentation." "The Industrial Film Sponsor and His Problems" was analyzed by Willis H. Pratt, Jr.. film manager for American Telephone and Telegraph Corp.
The military view was taken by Lt. Col. R. A. Bassler, USAF, assistant secretary of the Audio-Visual Services of the North American Air Defense Command: "The Practical Application of Audio-Visual Techniques in High Level Military Headquarters." J. B. O'Connor, manager of the Eastern division of TNT's Tele-Sessions, Inc., discussed that medium in "Closed Circuit TV for Industry — Down-to-Earth Facts, Case Histories, and Results."
The final day of the exhibition was
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