BENNY NEWMAN wrote:Perspecta directional sound was used by MGM for just on five years beginning with 'Knights of the Round Table'. It was also employed by Paramount in many of their VistaVision features but, unlike MGM, they were very coy about advertising the fact. In
Forgive my ignorance, correct me if I'm wrong. I thought the idea of perspecta stereo was used for theaters that couldn't afford a full blown 4/6-track stereo installation. Also, am I correct in saying that all the titles that were credited as being in perspecta, were originally stereo dubs to begin with. If anybody out there can clarify this, I would be interested to know. What exactly is the interest in having a perspecta installation, besides historical interest, over a discrete stereoBenny,
system. I would have thought that the availability of perspecta prints
was actually worse than magnetic ones. Benny Newman.
I think you are right about the use of Perspecta as a substitute for 4
track mag in early CinemaScope films, but there were a great many
features (about 100 at MGM alone) and some cartoons and shorts which
were mono, but released Perspecta to utilize and exploit the gimmick
when stereo was new. Several reissues (GONE WITH THE WIND in 1954,
LITTLE WOMEN, and maybe others used Perspecta)
Agreed, the only interest today is for the revival theaters that would
be able to make use of the tracks on these 1954-1958 releases. Unlike
the mag prints, the optical tracks with Perspecta tones are still usable
and require no special processing.
R.P. May
On Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 7:00:00 PM UTC+11, Richard P. May wrote:fact it was not referenced in either their advertising or film credits. Warner Bros released a few Cinemascope features with Perspecta 'Away All Boats' being one example. The last Perspecta film that I personally recall seeing/hearing was MGM's 'Gigi'.
BENNY NEWMAN wrote:Perspecta directional sound was used by MGM for just on five years beginning with 'Knights of the Round Table'. It was also employed by Paramount in many of their VistaVision features but, unlike MGM, they were very coy about advertising the fact. In
Benny,
Forgive my ignorance, correct me if I'm wrong. I thought the idea of
perspecta stereo was used for theaters that couldn't afford a full blown >> > 4/6-track stereo installation. Also, am I correct in saying that all the >> > titles that were credited as being in perspecta, were originally stereo
dubs to begin with. If anybody out there can clarify this, I would be
interested to know. What exactly is the interest in having a perspecta
installation, besides historical interest, over a discrete stereo
system. I would have thought that the availability of perspecta prints
was actually worse than magnetic ones. Benny Newman.
I think you are right about the use of Perspecta as a substitute for 4
track mag in early CinemaScope films, but there were a great many
features (about 100 at MGM alone) and some cartoons and shorts which
were mono, but released Perspecta to utilize and exploit the gimmick
when stereo was new. Several reissues (GONE WITH THE WIND in 1954,
LITTLE WOMEN, and maybe others used Perspecta)
Agreed, the only interest today is for the revival theaters that would
be able to make use of the tracks on these 1954-1958 releases. Unlike
the mag prints, the optical tracks with Perspecta tones are still usable
and require no special processing.
R.P. May
It continued being used into the early 1960s some by Japanese film makers. Thanx for that. Was really surprized to see a reply from a 1997 posthere. Must be the first new I've seen for a bout two years.. Used to
On Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 7:00:00 PM UTC+11, Richard P. May wrote:fact it was not referenced in either their advertising or film credits. Warner Bros released a few Cinemascope features with Perspecta 'Away All Boats' being one example. The last Perspecta film that I personally recall seeing/hearing was MGM's 'Gigi'.
BENNY NEWMAN wrote:
Perspecta directional sound was used by MGM for just on five years beginning with 'Knights of the Round Table'. It was also employed by Paramount in many of their VistaVision features but, unlike MGM, they were very coy about advertising the fact. InForgive my ignorance, correct me if I'm wrong. I thought the idea of perspecta stereo was used for theaters that couldn't afford a full blown 4/6-track stereo installation. Also, am I correct in saying that all the titles that were credited as being in perspecta, were originally stereo dubs to begin with. If anybody out there can clarify this, I would be interested to know. What exactly is the interest in having a perspecta installation, besides historical interest, over a discrete stereo system. I would have thought that the availability of perspecta prints was actually worse than magnetic ones. Benny Newman.Benny,
I think you are right about the use of Perspecta as a substitute for 4 track mag in early CinemaScope films, but there were a great many
features (about 100 at MGM alone) and some cartoons and shorts which
were mono, but released Perspecta to utilize and exploit the gimmick
when stereo was new. Several reissues (GONE WITH THE WIND in 1954,
LITTLE WOMEN, and maybe others used Perspecta)
Agreed, the only interest today is for the revival theaters that would
be able to make use of the tracks on these 1954-1958 releases. Unlike
the mag prints, the optical tracks with Perspecta tones are still usable and require no special processing.
R.P. May
It continued being used into the early 1960s some by Japanese film makers.
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