In 1953, 20th Century Fox introduced the widescreen CinemaScope process in hopes of luring people from their televisions sets and back to the movie theaters. The novelty worked, and such early ...

This beautifully shot amateur film by Tullio Pellegrini, courtesy of the Prelinger Archive, captures the city in vibrant, widescreen color. The remarkably thorough tour includes vintage cars, stunning ...

Ever since the early days of television, people have been calling movies the "big screen" and TV the "small screen." That made sense because people watched movies on large theater screens and saw TV ...

Next Tuesday, at my usual monthly screening at The Silent Movie Theater, I’ll be running a great selection of 1950s cartoons in widescreen CinemaScope. I will be showing rare 35mm and 16mm prints – ...