Todd-AO is also the name of the widescreen, 70 mm film format that was developed by Mike Todd and the Naify brothers, owners of United Artists Theaters in partnership with the American Optical Company in the mid-1950s. Todd-AO had been founded to …

The 70 mm film is perforated at the same pitch (0.187 inch, 4.75 mm) as standard 35 mm film. With a five-perforation pull-down, the Todd-AO system provides a frame dimension of 1.912 inch (48.56 mm) by 0.87 inch (22.09 mm) giving an aspect ratio of 2.2:1.

This required different camera setups and somewhat altered staging to produce the 35mm version. With the recent availability of the film on laser disc, transferred from the 30fps 65mm negative, most people agree that the Todd-AO version is superior in every way. In Todd-AO, it really was a beautiful morning.

Apr 17, 2007 · A look inside the projection booth at the Heights Theater in Minnesota, during the presentation of Oklahoma! in 70mm Todd-AO. Includes views of the two Nore...

DP70 Todd-AO projectors were ordered from Philips, a company based in the Netherlands. The machine was designed by the engineer Jan Jacob Kotte (1908-1988), who would go on to receive an Oscar in...

The Todd-AO Projector, Philips model EL4000/01, or DP70, as it was named, became the "Rolls-Royce" of 70mm film projectors, and eventually was installed in nearly 700 prestige cinemas all over the world.

Original 65mm frames from The Bat Whispers, optically printed to modern 70mm format. The Bat Whispers was photographed with Captain Ralph Fear's "Fearless Superfilm" cameras. They'd go into disuse after only about one year.

May 30, 2012 · Smell-O-Vision/Billed as the first animated film in 70mm. Cleopatra (1963) UK, USA, Switzerland – Todd-AO (shooting started in CinemaScope, changed to 3-panel Cinerama and finally to Todd-AO. The anamorphic and 3-panel footage was discarded.) / BLU-RAY.

The Todd-AO “all-purpose” projector - built by the N. V. Philips’ Gloeilampenfabrieken of Eindhoven, Netherlands - is only slightly larger than a 35mm machine. Yet, it will project film from any of the eight motion picture systems in use today!

A comprehensive look at the technology of 70mm film, it's history and how it is still used today. Including Todd-AO, Super Panavision 70, Ultra Panavision 70...