A segment in Wings was shown in a Magnascope format, which essentially enlarged the picture as it appeared on the screen. What I would like to know is whether it made the picture wider (as in widescreen), or if the picture still had the same aspect ratio and was simply shown at a larger size overall. Does anyone know?
He was a poet, a scholar, and a mighty warrior. He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum and Bailey.
Magnascope merely enlarged the image. It did not make it any wider.
-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer
http://www.thephotoplayer.com/
I went to see Wings at the Academy when it was restored. A note was made that they could not show the aerial scenes in Magnascope because they had no screen (indeed, NOBODY has such a screen) of a height that could accomodate it.
*I was talking to myself.*
Well, technically, you COULD do Magnascope on any screen, although the screen size would be reduced from normal, which would mean you'd need all new lenses, and then you'd need a zoom lens and traveling masking for the opening effect. In reality, they didn't run it with Magnascope because it's more trouble than its worth.
-J. Theakston
The Silent Photoplayer
http://www.thephotoplayer.com/
Hey, it's just the explanation they gave...
*I was talking to myself.*
Besides the Magnascope part, it's nice to know that there is still interest in this movie.
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