Watched this on TCM last night and I was surprised by the sudden
appearance of green lightening during the storm scene near the end.
Is this version not often shown, as I don't remember ever seeing color
before.

Also I read somewhere that Selznick had the AR enlarged during this
scene for more powerful effect on the audience.

Anybody know about this?

Watched this on TCM last night and I was surprised by the sudden
appearance of green lightening during the storm scene near the end.
Is this version not often shown, as I don't remember ever seeing color
before.

Also I read somewhere that Selznick had the AR enlarged during this
scene for more powerful effect on the audience.

Anybody know about this?

There was a good description of the JENNY roadshow presentation
(larger screen, multichannel sound etc) in Ronald Haver's book DAVID
O. SELZNICK'S HOLLYWOOD. My copy has been lost, but maybe someone can
look it up. Took has an impressive still frame of the final panoramic
view.

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Watched this on TCM last night and I was surprised by the sudden
appearance of green lightening during the storm scene near the end.
Is this version not often shown, as I don't remember ever seeing color
before.

Also I read somewhere that Selznick had the AR enlarged during this
scene for more powerful effect on the audience.

Anybody know about this?

Selznick introduced a major increase in screen size, the greenish
tinting, and even an ersatz surround sound system during the storm
sequence.

Magnascope was the invention of Lorenzo del Riccio. It's not a
widescreen process. It's simply a magnification of the normal sized
image opening up to a larger screen for dramatic moments in a
picture.

On Feb 2, 3:02 am, Martin Hart <oldtornp...@nospam.net> wrote:
Selznick introduced a major increase in screen size, the greenish
tinting, and even an ersatz surround sound system during the storm
sequence.

I've never heard of the sound system before. Do you have a source for
this? Scott MacQueen made a Dolby stereo mix for the last reel for
repertory prints (in an effort to make up for the Magnascope effect
that nobody will do these days), but as far as I know, that was a
recent addition to the film.

J. Theakston wrote:

Magnascope was the invention of Lorenzo del Riccio. It's not a
widescreen process. It's simply a magnification of the normal sized
image opening up to a larger screen for dramatic moments in a
picture.

But what did exhibitors do if their ordinary screen filled the theatre
proscenium? Project the "dull parts" of the picture on something less
than the full screen area, then only fill the screen at the specified
dramatic times?

I'm a frequent patron of the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, California,
built in 1925, and its proscenium nicely frames a screen in an
approximately 4:3 ratio, with only a small amount of masking. Using
Magnascope there could only spill the image over onto the walls, unless
something like the suggestion in my second sentence above was done.

-Neil Midkiff

I have a spare copy of "David O. Selznick's Hollywood" that I'd be glad
to sell. Shipping charges to Germany are a bit of a problem.

First you'd have to disclose if it's the original version (with the fancy
copper simulated King Kong program page) or the "now at popular prices"
version. I have only the latter. Magnificent book either way.

I have a spare copy of "David O. Selznick's Hollywood" that I'd be glad
to sell. Shipping charges to Germany are a bit of a problem.

First you'd have to disclose if it's the original version (with the fancy
copper simulated King Kong program page) or the "now at popular prices"
version. I have only the latter. Magnificent book either way.

On 2008-02-04 18:48:09 -0800, Steve Kraus

The popular-priced editions cost as little as $2.

The popular-priced editions cost as little as $2.

Not at my house, they don't.

But what did exhibitors do if their ordinary screen filled the theatre
proscenium? Project the "dull parts" of the picture on something less than the
full screen area, then only fill the screen at the specified dramatic times?

I'm a frequent patron of the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, California, built in
1925, and its proscenium nicely frames a screen in an approximately 4:3 ratio,
with only a small amount of masking. Using Magnascope there could only spill
the image over onto the walls, unless something like the suggestion in my second
sentence above was done.