CinemaScope

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anamorphic lens system motion picture technology widescreen film format

CinemaScope was a widescreen film format introduced in the 1950s that used anamorphic lenses to create a much wider image than traditional movie presentations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
CinemaScope canonical 63
CinemaScope productions at 20th Century Fox 1
French anamorphic lens system Hypergonar 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anamorphic lens system ⓘ
motion picture technology ⓘ
widescreen film format ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ’Scope ⓘ
basedOnWorkOf Henri Chrétien ⓘ
captureType anamorphic photography ⓘ
comparedTo Academy ratio 1.37:1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedFor widescreen theatrical exhibition ⓘ
developedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
filmGauge 35 mm film ⓘ
firstFeatureFilm The Robe ⓘ
firstFeatureFilmReleaseYear 1953 ⓘ
imageAspectRatio 2.35:1 ⓘ
2.55:1 ⓘ
influenced subsequent anamorphic formats ⓘ
widescreen filmmaking practices ⓘ
inspiredBy CinemaScope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French anamorphic lens system Hypergonar
introducedAsCompetitorTo Cinerama film process ⓘ
surface form: Cinerama
introducedInYear 1953 ⓘ
introducedToCompeteWith television ⓘ
laterProjectionAspectRatio 2.39:1 ⓘ
laterSoundFormatUsed optical mono ⓘ
legacy term sometimes used generically for anamorphic widescreen ⓘ
lensCompressionFactor 2x anamorphic squeeze ⓘ
marketedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
notableFilm Anastasia ⓘ
How to Marry a Millionaire ⓘ
The King and I ⓘ
The Robe ⓘ
notableFor creating a much wider image than traditional Academy ratio films ⓘ
primaryDecadeOfUse 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
projectionAspectRatioStandardizedTo 2.35:1 ⓘ
projectionPrintType 35 mm anamorphic release print ⓘ
projectionType anamorphic projection ⓘ
soundFormatInitiallyUsed four-track magnetic stereo ⓘ
status largely obsolete as a proprietary system ⓘ
supersededBy Panavision anamorphic system ⓘ
usedByStudio 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Columbia Pictures ⓘ
MGM ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
usedFor epic films ⓘ
musicals ⓘ
spectacle-driven productions ⓘ
uses anamorphic lenses ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Tender Trap → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Oklahoma! (1955 film) → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
A Star Is Born (1954 film) → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
CinemaScope → inspiredBy → CinemaScope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French anamorphic lens system Hypergonar
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
Rebel Without a Cause → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
Daddy Long Legs → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: Daddy Long Legs (1955 film)
The Magnificent Seven → cinemaProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: The Magnificent Seven (1960 film)
The Big Country → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
Teenage Rebel → colorProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness → colorProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
Cinerama film process → influenced → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Robe (film score) → filmReleaseFormatContext → CinemaScope ⓘ
East of Eden → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Lady and the Tramp → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
How to Marry a Millionaire → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
Bus Stop → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
An Affair to Remember → colorProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Seven Year Itch → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Anastasia → format → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: Anastasia (1956 film)
Prince Valiant (1954 film) → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Robe → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
’Scope → refersTo → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: 'Scope
’Scope → shortFor → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: 'Scope
’Scope → originatesFrom → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: 'Scope
this entity surface form: term CinemaScope
The Rebel → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
Hypergonar lens → influenced → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Bottom of the Bottle → filmProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
VistaVision → competitiveWith → CinemaScope ⓘ
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
Gigi → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: Gigi (1958 film)
Kismet → aspect → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: Kismet (1955 film)
Forbidden Planet → filmProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
Cleopatra (1963 film) → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Some Came Running → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Pillow Talk → distributedInFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film) → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Bad Day at Black Rock → visualFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
Carousel (film) → format → CinemaScope ⓘ
Le Mépris → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Carmen Jones → filmedIn → CinemaScope ⓘ
The Flight of the Phoenix → filmFormat → CinemaScope ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)
Mister Roberts → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
It's Always Fair Weather → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Damn Yankees → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
High Time → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Les Girls → filmingProcess → CinemaScope ⓘ
Von Ryan's Express → aspectRatio → CinemaScope ⓘ
Buddy Adler → associatedWith → CinemaScope ⓘ
this entity surface form: CinemaScope productions at 20th Century Fox