#todd-ao

The Rivoli Theatre box office pre-selling Cleopatra tickets

Happy Birthday Michael Todd, born June 22, 1907 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Miracle of TODD-AO!

The first time I saw letterboxing was an AMC screening of 'Brigadoon' about 20 years ago which threw me. I didn't think much of it until I was given the 30th anniversary of 'Doctor Zhivago' as a gift in a 'Deluxe Letterbox Edition' from MGM. That was when I immersed myself in the history of widescreen film (as well as learning about the CinemaScope and Todd-AO versions of 'Oklahoma!').

So at 15, I became a widescreen fanatic and wanted widescreen only versions of the films I wanted to own. I eventually converted my entire family, and as it appears with the dawning of DVD technology and widescreen TVs, the rest of the world has followed suit.