CinemaScope, a widescreen movie format, was used from 1953 to 1967. Anamorphic lenses allowed the process to project film up to a 2.66:1 aspect ratio, twice as wide as the conventional format of 1.33:1. Although CinemaScope was shortly made obsolete by new technological developments, the anamorphic presentation of films initiated by CinemaScope in the 1950s has continued to this day.
The Robe, the first movie filmed in wide-screen CinemaScope, had its world premiere at the Roxy Theater in New York City on September 16, 1953.
"Destination: Vietnam" (1968)- Stars Amalia Fuentes, Leopoldo Slacedo, Kieu Chinh, Vic Vargas, Helen Thompson, Vic Silayan, Bert Olivar/ Directed by Lamberto Avellana
Amalia (was it Amalia? Or Kieu Chinh?) and Leopoldo's pose for the poster reminds me of Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in one of Casablanca's posters... At a glance, Leopoldo Salcedo even looked like Bogart in that one.
ReplyDeleteThe 1981 film "Hari ng Stunt," starring Dante Varona, was also shot in Cinemascope.
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