Naturama (scope method)

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Naturama was an anamorphic film recording process for 35 mm wide screen films introduced in 1956 .

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After CinemaScope was introduced, most of the major film studios adopted this widescreen format for 35mm film . However, license fees had to be paid to 20th Century Fox . In order to avoid these costs, Republic Pictures wanted to use its own process and decided to use the Cinépanoramic developed by Ernst Abbe in France .

The rights to distribute Cinépanoramic were purchased and the anamorphic lens system was adapted to the US market. The picture was first recorded compressed in a 2: 1 ratio and then shown in the cinema with the 2.35: 1 film width rectified. The anamorphic lens required for this had an additional lens that enabled practically distortion-free close-ups.

Republic Pictures named the system Naturama and wanted to rent it out to other film studios as well. Despite the better image quality compared to CinemaScope, there was no interest in the new process. With the end of Republic Pictures, Naturama in the USA will also end.

Films in Naturama

  • 1956: The Devil of Colorado ( The Maverick Queen )
  • 1956: Duel at the Apache Pass ( Thunder Over Arizona )
  • 1956: Lisbon secret center ( Lisbon )
  • 1956: Chess the murderer ( Accused of Murder )
  • 1957: Durango Kid the Avenger ( Duel at Apache Wells )
  • 1957: Affair in Reno
  • 1957: I rode for Jesse James ( Hell's Crossroads )
  • 1957: Spoilers of the Forest
  • 1957: The Lawless Eighties
  • 1957: Last Stagecoach West
  • 1957: Taming Sutton's Gal
  • 1957: Panama Sal
  • 1957: The Crooked Circle
  • 1957: Arizona Express ( Gunfire at Indian Gap )
  • 1958: The Notorious Mr. Monks
  • 1958: Juvenile Jungle
  • 1958: Young and Wild
  • 1958: Every bullet hits ( Man or Gun )
  • 1958: Drug Bandits ( The Man Who Died Twice )
  • 1958: No Place to Land
  • 1959: Killer von Dakota ( Plunderers of Painted Flats )

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