FP20 Philips Kinoton 35mm filmprojector, CinemaScope.

[@Ampex196]

I've tested those old Carl Zeiss anamorphs against modern counterparts. They can still hold their own, put side by side, against new Isco and Schneider lenses.

[@thomaspeacock7248]

According to the manual “CinemaScope” by 20Th Century Fox, the original width to height ratio was 2.55:1. It was later changed to a standard of 2.35:1 for all anamorphic or “Scope” presentations.

[@keithnaylor1981]

0:41 CORRECTION: the first CinemaScope movies up to about 1956 had a ratio of 2.55:1. This was often coupled with stereo surround sound and at least 3 separate (left, centre, right) dialogue channels. The separate sound channels can still be heard today on some movies on KZbin.

[@fp20wesmovie87]

Thanks for your correction, indeed the first years the format was 2.55:1. Only on magnet 35mm there has never been stereo surround. There were 4 magnetic tracks, left - center - right and a mono effect channel, which we now call the surround channel. That mono efect channel was also narrower than the other channels, and was only audible with a 12 Khz pilot tone. Later, they switched to the combi copies, optical and magnetic with the aspect ratio of 2.35:1

[@fp30e]

Great Video. Whilst "The Robe" was the first film released in Scope by 20th Fox, "How to Marry a Millionaire" was the studio's first film to be shot in the new CinemaScope wide-screen sound process, although it was the second CinemaScope film released by Fox after the biblical epic film The Robe (also 1953).

[@fp20wesmovie87]

Interesting information, thank you.

[@jennifermcbryde8887]

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