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Todd-AO The Show of Shows Todd referred to his films as "shows," insisting that "movies are something you can see in your neighbourhood theater and eat popcorn while you're watching them." To drive home the distinction between "movies" and "shows," Todd's initial contract with exhibitors stipulated that no popcorn was to be sold in the theaters playing his films. Todd sold this striptease to a middle class public by presenting it as a symbolic, moral tale that is told through dance. Todd's attempt to duplicate the impact of Cinerama was even more ambitious, involving the development of image and sound technology that would be the equal of, if not superior to, that of Cinerama. www.in70mm.com /newsletter/2001/66/todd_ao/show.htm   (3757 words)

Todd-AO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Todd-AO was a widescreen extremely high definition film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a flamboyant Broadway producer, with American Optical Company. It was memorably characterized by its creator as "Cinerama outa one hole." Unlike Cinerama, the process required a single camera and one set of lenses. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Todd-AO   (906 words)

Widescreen Museum - The Todd-AO / 70mm Wing 2 Widescreen Museum - The Todd-AO / 70mm Wing 2 Todd seems to be wearing the same clothes as seen in the bugeye photo at the top, clearly indicating that the photos of he and Dr. O'Brien were staged and not shot in a brainstorming session during early development of the system. The system as put together by Todd's company and American Optical used 65mm Eastmancolor film in the camera, running at a speed of 30 frames per second, with the image five perforations high and an overall frame size of nearly 250% of standard 35mm. www.widescreenmuseum.com /widescreen/wingto2.htm   (731 words)

The Blurred Horizon Press: Widescreen Cinema The difference between Todd AO and Camera 65 was that this process used a slight 1.25 anamorphic squeeze during photography and a similar lens to unsqueeze the image during projection. After the release of '80 Days' Todd was killed in a plane crash, and 20th Century Fox bought the process, and shot most of their big films for the next decade in Todd AO (a few other studios licensed the use of Todd AO as well). This process was developed for M-G-M in reaction to Todd AO, and also shot onto 65mm, 5 sprocket hole high film frame, and usually projected from a 70mm frame with 6 track magnetic sound. www.underview.com /bhpress/ws.html   (5724 words)

Arctic Oscillation (AO) The AO is the dominant pattern of non-seasonal sea-level pressure (SLP) variations north of 20N, and it is characterized by SLP anomalies of one sign in the Arctic and anomalies of opposite sign centered about 37-45N. Arctic Oscillation (AO) and for the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a close relative of the AO. The "high index" of the AO is defined as periods of below normal Arctic SLP, enhanced surface westerlies in the north Atlantic, and warmer and wetter than normal conditions in northern Europe. tao.atmos.washington.edu /ao   (258 words)

Oklahoma! Eastmancolor on Mike Todd's pioneering wide screen process, which used a wider screen that Cinemascope, VistaVision or any of the other mid-'50's attempts to stretch the size of the screen image. Todd was making a two-fold advance in the quality of the image. The answer is that the film would look amazingly brighter, cleaner and more brilliant, and it would have an additional illusion of depth. www.ebertfest.com /two/oklahoma_rev.htm   (534 words)

American Optical Manufacturing Company of Southbridge, Massachusetts AO was the oldest optical company in the U.S and one of the era’s stories of industrial success. Currently most the “AO” museum belongings are in storage, with items on display at several locations in Southbridge. The total stock of A.O. Co. was 400 shares, capitalized for $ 40,000, of which George Wells owned 40 shares. www.antiquespectacles.com /american_optical/american_optical.htm   (898 words)

TO: Leo Demers - TIJUANA Both of these were monstrous by today’s standards but they were just what Hopkins needed to design the complex “bugeye” lens, as it came to be called, for the Todd-AO camera. AO had, of course, been involved with lens design problems for years and under people like Dr. Edgar D. Tillyer and Arthur Kavanagh in Southbridge and Robert Tackaberry and Richard Walters in Buffalo had built upon an envied reputation. He relates that many a night he worked at the AO computer facility in Southbridge while it was connected to terminals in Hopkins’ bedroom in Rochester and Richard Walters’ office in Buffalo. www.dickwhitney.net /toddaoNews2.htm   (999 words)

History of 70mm The "Todd" and "AO" partnership was in the business of putting together the first really new and comprehensive cinema system for decades. This trend would continue for future big-budget, wide-screen spectacles as TODD-AO evolved into other compatible 70mm systems. AO came up with a lenticular screen which consisted of a plastic-coated fabric with an aluminum surface composed of an array of lenticles, which acted like tiny lenses. www.jkor.com /peter/hist70.html   (8315 words)

Oklahoma! - 50th Anniversary Edition - ComingSoon.net DVD Reviews However, Todd AO is that format where the screen wraps around your field of vision and makes you feel like you're in the film. Without the full Todd AO effect, the scenes aren't all that effective, but at least they're included here for movie buffs. It's like those films that make you feel like you're on a rollercoaster, dune buggy, etc. The Todd AO version is slightly different in that it features scenes to make you feel like you're in Oklahoma. www.comingsoon.net /news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=12074   (526 words)

DP70: The Story of the Todd-AO Projector Dr. Brian O´Brien, AO heads of Research and Development knew a tremendous number of people and he was well aware of Philips projectors and their reputation of excellence. Michael Todd, not satisfied with technical limitations of the Cinerama process, he formed a company with some investors, including Rodgers and Hammerstein II, Joe Schenk and George Skouras and named it MAGNA. Those 50 machines were numbered from no 601 - 650 as the first machines (Some projectors were marked "Property of the Michael Todd Company, Inc"). www.dp70.com /library/story   (2321 words)

TODD-AO - About Us Todd-AO formed as a joint venture between Michael Todd and the American Optical Company in 1953 for the purpose of developing and distributing a large film format presentation system incorporating a wide curved screen with multi-channel sound. This new system was so impressive that the theatrical team of Rogers and Hammerstein offered their most successful musical, Oklahoma, as the first feature film to be released in the new format. www.todd-ao.co.uk /about.htm   (337 words)

DVD.net : Around the World in 80 Days: SE - DVD Review Mike Todd was a carnival and World Fair strip-tease merchant who graduated to Broadway musicals, and who then became a member of the consortium which launched the massive-screen Cinerama process. Although Mike Todd didn't invent the idea of bringing in big stars for tiny guest spots in his movies, he did invent the description 'cameo-role', and this film featured more such cameos than any other movie to that date. But the spectacular settings are the real stars, as we follow Phileas Fogg and his companions on his breakneck tour of the world, by balloon over the Maritime Alps, by sea to Hong Kong and Japan, by rail over America and by liner back to England. www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=4497   (1470 words)

Cinema Treasures Cinestage Theatre Mike Todd, of Todd-AO sound system fame, purchased the former Selwyn Theatre, after it closed as a legitimate playhouse, and converted it into the first permanent Todd-AO showplace in Chicago, known as the Cinestage (Todd also acquired the Harris, which was renamed for Todd himself). The theater was also known unofficially as owner Mike Todd's laboratory, where he experimented with many different aspects of Todd-AO. Thankfully, the facade of the building and its next door neighbor, the Michael Todd Theatre, were saved and now compose the facade of the new Goodman Theater which built its new home on the site of the old Cinestage and Michael Todd Theatres. cinematreasures.org /theater/1202   (775 words)

Working at Todd-AO Sound Studios Todd-AO had been in business for over twenty years when I started to work there in 1977. Michael Todd's original idea had been to excite the theatrical audience with a huge spectacle: big color picture, big stereo sound, all coming out of one machine during presentation. If there was a big film mixing on the east coast, Todd helped in its creation. www.in70mm.com /newsletter/2005/70/dan/leimeter.htm   (2384 words)

Oklahoma! in Todd-AO? TODD AO was shot at 30 FPS, which results in a significant Its odd to prefer the laserdisc of the todd ao oklahoma to the dvd - its I actually prefer the Laserdisc(Todd AO version) to the DVD. www.dvd-software.info /forums/post-90778.html   (1759 words)

Todd-AO The 70mm widescreen process developed by the promoter Mike Todd in association with the American Optical Company. To be sure of the best care of your audiovisual item you may wish to seek www.screensound.gov.au /4A25695E0007CF78/Pages/Todd-AO   (33 words)

CINEMATOGRAPHERS - FILM FORMATS - Page 3 A widescreen process developed for producer Michael Todd by Dr. Brian O'Brien of the American Optical Company. Films were shot on a 65mm negative [30fps for the first 2 features] using 4 new lenses, among them a 12.7mm 'bugeye lens', that photographed an image 128° wide. www.cinematographers.nl /FORMATS3.htm   (1240 words)

Todd-AO invests in HD with eQ Similarly, Head of Telecine at Todd, Ray King, has spent his entire career using Pogle and da Vinci grading controllers but QColor — the specialist grading option on the eQ — has surprised him with its flexibility. Its speed, resolution coexistence and reliability ultimately give me more time to be creative, which is value for money to our clients,” he said. He said: “I’m a traditional telecine colorist and, to be honest, have always been sceptical about software-based grading systems. www.4rfv.co.uk /industrynews.asp?id=42229   (600 words)

Current Well, things have been busy at Todd, as this month we report that Liberty Media Corporation, a division of AT&T, has signed a letter of intent to acquire control of Todd-AO Corporation and Soundelux, one of the world's leading sound editorial companies. LIBERTY MEDIA TO BUY INTO TODD-AO, SOUNDELUX Last month we reported that Todd-AO, the world's largest independent provider of sound services for the entertainment industry, had purchased Sound One Corp., New York's leading sound for picture facility. mixonline.com /mag/audio_current_17   (856 words)

Widescreen Museum - The Todd-AO / 70mm Wing 1 , would put them briefly back into use, and it would not be until Mike Todd and American Optical went to work on a new process referred to as "Magna" that they'd come back out of mothballs. They'd go into disuse after only about one year. www.widescreenmuseum.com /widescreen/wingto1.htm   (302 words)

Playbill News: THE DVD SHELF: "Oklahoma!" and "State Fair" Not coincidentally, regular-priced movie tickets at the time were 75 cents; "Oklahoma!," in Todd AO, premiered at the Rivoli on Broadway with a $3.50 ticket. Mike Todd, the fabled showman who created Todd-AO, fittingly enough is the same fellow who issued the legendary pronouncement upon the occasion of the first performance of Oklahoma! What Todd-AO gave you was epic scope; fine for scenes of wide-screen grandeur, but a wee mite overwhelming for a guy and a gal singin' a ballad on the front porch. www.playbill.com /news/article/97045.html   (1604 words)

VFX HQ: TODD AO HOLLYWOOD DIGITAL All text Copyright © 1998 Todd Vaziri, unless otherwise noted www.vfxhq.com /houses/tdi.html   (10 words)

Todd-AO Creative Services acquires new 16mm/35mm film processor Sam Webb, Todd AO Creative Services’ Managing Director, said: “To be investing in film processing equipment at this time confirms our commitment to origination on film. With the addition of this new machine, Todd-AO Creative Services’ laboratory will have the capacity to process Super 8mm negative film and will be the only Super 8mm negative processing service currently available in the UK. We continue to hold the largest single market share of Super 16mm negative processing in the UK and installing another machine will not only see this grow, but also increases the range of services that Todd-AO can offer.” www.4rfv.co.uk /industrynews.asp?id=35278   (460 words)

Oklahoma! 50th Anniversary Edition It would take over ten years for the record breaking musical to make it to film, and it would again break new ground as the first movie to be filmed in producer Michael Todd's Todd-AO process, developed as an answer to the more cumbersome Cinerama. Todd-AO would project the film onto a huge, concave screen that would envelope the audience in the viewing experience. Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein's ground-breaking musical is credited as the first musical to fully integrate the songs into the story, using them to advance or enhance the plot rather than just providing entertaining interludes, as well as using dance to convey emotions. www.classicsondvd.com /oklahoma.htm   (763 words)

Kev and Kev in Todd A-O! He even demanded that popcorn not be sold at theatres showing Todd-AO films, to set them apart from the usual Saturday double features. Only a handful of films were ever made in Todd-AO, in part because of Mike Todd's desire to place Todd-AO above standard movie fare -- he insisted that only top-of-the-line, major blockbuster films be shot in Todd-AO. Todd-AO was one of the best film formats ever, a true 70mm, 30-frames-per-second process used on such great films as Oklahoma! kevinforsyth.net /film/k_k_todd.htm   (123 words)

Whitney's Text of 1985 Southbridge News Articles on the Todd - AO Project American Optical History - The Todd - AO Project Todd - AO Wide Screen Projection System - www.dickwhitney.net /RBWAOTodd.html   (160 words)

Links de Historia del Cine Film y Television Todd AO TV en los 20s y 30s www.video.com.mx /links/history_film_TV_links.htm   (358 words)

Todd-AO Todd-AO Todd-AO Developed by Mike Todd with the American Optical Company in the early 50's TODD-AO ran at 30 fps and was designed to be a single camera competitor to 3-strip Cinerama. For a deeper look into TODD-AO, go to The American Widescreen Museum It premiered in 1955 with OKLAHOMA!, and won 4 Academy Awards. theoscarsite.com /whoswho3/todd-ao.htm   (106 words)

Gossip from UHF That's the case of 1950's films originally shot in Todd-AO (the process was named for its originator, Mike Todd, and his corporate partner, American Optical. We're not telling you anything new when we say that DVD is way superior to videocassette, but sometimes the difference is greater than the change in technology would suggest. The company still exists, though the process is history). www.uhfmag.com /Issue60/Gossip.html   (513 words)

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