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THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION PICTURES 117 The group appearing at the far side of the screen looked normal to an observer in a side seat; but the group at the near side looked thin as matchsticks. 8. The peripheral vision advantage claimed for Cinerama applies most effectively to those seated up front; and becomes progressively less toward the rear of the theatre. The Broadway Theatre, New York, in which these first commercial showings are held, is an old legitimate house essentially square in shape; in a longer and narrower auditorium only a relatively small percentage of the audience would be expqsed to the full effect of Cinerama. And technically unskilled reviewers, reporting the premiere in the New York daily press, though appar ently they did not note all the mechanical flaws, did comment on some; and also noted that the presenta tion offered only spectacular scenes, no dramatic or emotional ones. Cinerama is not a third dimensional system, the illustration of depth is obtained by the use of the "wrap-around" screen and its extreme width of 65 feet, giving a screen picture which more approximates the human field of vision than does the standard screen with a 3 to 4 ratio. Cinerama is not for the smaller theaters or for theaters with long narrow auditoriums. The cost of the installation and opeating costs make it pro hibitive for any but the large presentation type of the ater, and the great loss of seating space, necessary when the equipment is installed in a narrow auditorium, means that it will be restricted to the theater with a wide auditorium. No figures have been released as to the cost of the equipment and installation costs but it has been esti mated that the installation at the Broadway Theater in New York City runs between $50,000 and $100,000. Ap-