Todd-70
Todd-70 was a motion picture recording process for 70mm widescreen films introduced in 1960 .
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Todd-70 was a variant of Todd-AO . Michael Todd sold his rights to Todd-AO in order to be able to realize around the world in 80 days . So his next film project was to be shot with off-the-shelf Mitchell cameras and cheaper lenses than those made by the American Optical Company. In addition to 70-mm -Vorführkopien from the 65-mm should film negative and 35mm -Filmkopien be created. The technical properties were identical to Todd-AO. However, Michel Todd crashed while planning the plane.
His son, Michael Todd Jr., used this idea for Scent of Mystery . At the same time, the film was advertised with Smell-O-Vision, as smells and fragrances were used during the screening. However, the image quality couldn't keep up with Todd-AO. It was the only film in this format. There were re-performances by Cinemiracle and Cinerama , but without the use of Smell-O-Vision.
Movies in Todd-70
- 1960: Scent of Mystery