This Is Cinerama

This Is Cinerama
US re-release film poster
Directed by
Produced byRobert L. Bendick
Merian C. Cooper
StarringLowell Thomas
CinematographyHarry Squire
Edited byWilliam Henry
Milton Shifman
Music byLouis Forbes[1]
Production
company
Cinerama Productions
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Release dates
  • September 30, 1952 (1952-09-30) (New York, premiere)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million
Box office$41.6 million[2]

This Is Cinerama is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas.[1] It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the aspect ratio so that the viewer's peripheral vision is involved. This Is Cinerama premiered on September 30, 1952, at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.

  1. ^ a b American Film Institute.
  2. ^ Klady, Leonard (March 27, 1995). "Realistic Grosses". Variety. p. 10.