Cinemascope Comes to London
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cinemascope Comes to London. DESCRIPTION: Recent demonstrations of CinemaScope were shown at the Odeon, Tottenham Court Road. Representatives of all sections of the film industry attended and were greeted on arrival by Twentieth Century Fox President, Mr Spyros Skouras, who was responsible for its presentation. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds arriving Odeon. Crowds ditto. In foyer Spyros Skouras greets guests, including JA Rank. Various guests arriving. Shots of the screen showing CinemaScope on same. Mix from the screen to CU lens used on the camera. Mix into a still of the normal screen compared to CinemaScope screen. Shots of Henri Chretien with Spyros Skouras.
- Local distribution only
- Not shown in Scotland.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Economics; Business and commerce; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Inventions and discoveries; Exhibitions and shows; Newsreels
- Locations
- Tottenham Court Road; Odeon Cinema
- Card file number
- 59314
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Montague G. Benson
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 242
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