Cinemascope Comes to London

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1256A
Date Released
2 Jul 1953
Date submitted
30 Jun 1953
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Queen Mother & Princess off to Africa
  2. 2Cinemascope Comes to London
  3. 3Palace Investiture for Noted Sportsmen
  4. 4Nepal and India Greet Everest Victors
  5. 5Lord’s Test - Final Scenes
  6. *Northumberland Plate
  7. *Royal Scottish Tour Continued

* Story has local or special distribution

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:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Montague G. Benson
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
242
Story extras:

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