This blog provides an adjunct to the Widescreen Filmography currently available at the American Widescreen Museum (AWSM) website. URL as follows:
Gary Palmer's Exhaustive Wide Screen List
The listing aims to provide basic info for every feature film produced since 1922 that was shot and released in a 'scope' format, usually 2.35:1 (prior to 1971) or 2.39:1 (1971 onwards), but including everything from 2.00:1 to the widest possible formats available in the commercial arena.
The listings at AWSM will be updated on a regular basis, but this blog aims to bridge the gap between updates by providing all the new and corrected entries which I find on a daily basis. So, instead of waiting for a revision of the online version, readers can find the latest updates right here.
The layout for each entry is virtually identical to the listings at AWSM, so I'd urge newcomers to head over there first, read the Introduction and familiarise themselves with said layout, along with the various abbreviations used here.
Entries which do not list a photographic format were shot 'open frame' (usually 1.37:1 for 35mm and/or 1.78:1 for HD) and framed within that open space for a 2.39:1 release print. This is the same principal as 'flat' films which are framed and cropped for a 1.66:1 or 1.85:1 theatrical print, and has more in common with 'cropscreen' than widescreen, though the results are often indistinguishable from the real thing.
Anyone interested in the origins and development of widescreen cinematography are urged to explore the entire AWSM website, the very best online resource on this particular subject. The Widescreen Filmography could not have found a better - or more appropriate! - home. Thanks, Marty!
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