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  • Re: Films in Perspecta Stereo - Small but significant correction

    From Charles Slater@21:1/5 to Richard P. May on Mon Nov 7 14:48:12 2022
    On Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 7:00:00 PM UTC+11, Richard P. May wrote:
    BENNY NEWMAN wrote:

    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.
    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
    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
    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'.
    It continued being used into the early 1960s some by Japanese film makers.

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  • From Mutley@21:1/5 to Charles Slater on Wed Nov 9 17:15:04 2022
    Charles Slater <charles.perspecta@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 7:00:00 PM UTC+11, Richard P. May wrote:
    BENNY NEWMAN wrote:

    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.
    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
    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
    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'.
    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 post
    here. Must be the first new I've seen for a bout two years.. Used to
    be a great news group back in the day..

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  • From Film buff Morgan@21:1/5 to Charles Slater on Wed Nov 9 19:56:11 2022
    On Monday, November 7, 2022 at 2:48:13 PM UTC-8, Charles Slater wrote:
    On Thursday, November 13, 1997 at 7:00:00 PM UTC+11, Richard P. May wrote:
    BENNY NEWMAN wrote:

    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.
    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
    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
    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'.
    It continued being used into the early 1960s some by Japanese film makers.

    In Japan, It was used on The Bad Sleep Well.

    https://youtu.be/x9lrqByzdwo?t=173 Attribution is made at the end of this trailer.

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