Cinerama Features
Although most of the films produced using the original three-strip Cinerama process were full feature length or longer, they were mostly travelogues or episodic documentaries such as This Is Cinerama (1952), the first film shot in Cinerama. Other travelogues presented in Cinerama were Cinerama Holiday (1955), Seven Wonders of the World (1955), Search for Paradise (1957) and South Seas Adventure (1958). There was also one commercial short, Renault Dauphin (1960).
Even as the Cinerama travelogues were beginning to lose audiences in the late 50s, the spectacular travelogue Windjammer (1958) was released in a competing process called Cinemiracle which claimed to have less noticeable dividing lines on the screen thanks to the reflection of the side images off of mirrors (this also allowed all three projectors to be in the same booth). Due to the small number of Cinemiracle theatres, specially converted prints of Windjammer were shown in Cinerama theaters in cities which did not have Cinemiracle theaters, and ultimately Cinerama bought up the process.
Only two films with traditional story lines were made, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and How the West Was Won. In order to make these films compatible with single film systems for later standard releases, they were shot at 24 frame/s, not the 26 frame/s of traditional Cinerama.
The following feature films have been advertised as being presented "in Cinerama":
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | This is Cinerama | 3-Strip Cinerama; re-released in 1972 in 70 mm Cinerama |
| 1955 | Cinerama Holiday | 3-Strip Cinerama |
| 1956 | Seven Wonders of the World | 3-Strip Cinerama |
| 1957 | Search for Paradise | 3-Strip Cinerama |
| 1958 | South Seas Adventure | 3-Strip Cinerama |
| Windjammer | originally filmed in 3-strip Cinemiracle; later exhibited in Cinerama | |
| 1962 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | 3-Strip Cinerama |
| Holiday in Spain | a re-edited version of Scent of Mystery; originally filmed in Todd-70; converted to 3-strip Cinemiracle and exhibited in both Cinemiracle and Cinerama | |
| How The West Was Won | 3-strip Cinerama, although some sequences were filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 | |
| 1963 | The Best of Cinerama | 3-Strip Cinerama |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | filmed in Ultra Panavision 70, presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| 1964 | Circus World | filmed in Super Technirama 70, presented in 70 mm Cinerama |
| Mediterranean Holiday | filmed in MCS-70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| 1965 | The Golden Head | filmed in Super Technirama 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama in Europe only |
| La Fayette | filmed in Super Technirama 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama in Europe only | |
| Chronicle of Flaming Years | filmed in Sovscope 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama in Europe only | |
| The Black Tulip | filmed in MCS-70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama in Europe only | |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | filmed in Ultra Panavision 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| The Hallelujah Trail | filmed in Ultra Panavision 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| Battle of the Bulge | filmed in Ultra Panavision 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| 1966 | Cinerama's Russian Adventure | filmed in Kinopanorama, presented in both 3-strip and 70 mm Cinerama |
| Khartoum | filmed in Ultra Panavision 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| Grand Prix | filmed in Super Panavision 70 with some sequences in MCS-70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| 1967 | Custer of the West | filmed in Super Technirama 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama |
| 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | filmed in Super Panavision 70 with some scenes in Todd-AO and MCS-70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama |
| Ice Station Zebra | filmed in Super Panavision 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama | |
| 1969 | Krakatoa, East of Java | filmed in Super Panavision 70 and Todd-AO; presented in 70 mm Cinerama |
| 1970 | Song of Norway | filmed in Super Panavision 70; presented in 70 mm Cinerama in UK and Canada only |
| 1972 | The Great Waltz | filmed in 35 mm Panavision, presented in 70 mm Cinerama in UK only |
| 1974 | Run, Run, Joe! | filmed in Todd-AO 35, presented in 70 mm Cinerama in UK only |
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