The CinemaScope 55 title screen that followed the Fox logo
A frame of the negative of "Carousel".
CinemaScope 55 was a large-format version of CinemaScope introduced in 1955, which used a negative size of 55.625 mm (the image itself measured about 52 mm). It was introduced by Twentieth Century Fox as an answer to Paramount's high-definition VistaVision system. Bausch & Lomb, the firm that created the original anamorphic CinemaScope lenses, was contracted by Fox to build new lenses which could cover the larger film size. Fox produced a number of their Rodgers and Hammerstein musical series in CinemaScope 55, including The King and I, and Carousel. The film frames were eight perforations high and yielded a projected aspect ratio of 2.55:1. The process was soon discontinued as it was too impractical for theaters to re-tool for 55 mm prints. In fact, no 55 mm prints of a CinemaScope 55 production were ever shown theatrically. Image File history File links CinemaScope55. ... Image File history File links CinemaScope55. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cs55neg. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cs55neg. ... Cinemascope, or more strictly CinemaScope, was a widescreen movie format used from 1953 to 1967. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... A VistaVision 35 mm horizontal camera film frame. ... Bausch and Lomb (German pronunciation BOWsh and LAWM) is an American company based in Rochester, New York, specialized in medical optics like contact lenses and surgical instruments. ... Rodgers and Hammerstein were an American songwriting duo consisting of Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960). ... For other uses see The King and I The King and I is a 1956 musical film starring Yul Brenner and Deborah Kerr. ... Carousel is a 1945 stage musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) that was adapted from Ferenc Molnars play Liliom. ... The aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its height (usually expressed as x:y). For instance, the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen is 4:3, or 1. ...
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