60th Anniversary
Premier of Oklahoma in NYC was Oct 11, 1955
First Todd AO Film, process developed in Southbridge, MA
The premier of Oklahoma in NYC- October 11, 1955
Photo by Don Whitney
Above photo showing movie Oklahoma still courtesy of http://www.in70mm.com/todd_ao/index.htm
The website link above is the definitive collection of
information on Todd - AO
Text of 1985 Southbridge News Articles on the Todd - AO Project
What is Todd - AO? from Oklahoma Brochure
Todd AO April 1955 Article by Gordon MaCrae on the movie Oklahoma
4mb download
http://in70mm.com/todd_ao/library/research/index.htm
See Video of Todd AO / Walt and Lois Siegmund
Todd AO Case in the Optical Heritage Museum - come check it out
Todd - AO Wide Screen Projection System -
Top South
Pacific Credits / Bottom Around the World in 80 Days
Photos Courtesy of Thomas Hauerslev
Find out
more about Todd-AO in the New Book titled
"Motion
Pictures: Making of Cinema Magic
1955 Life Magazine Photos taken in Southbridge
Ma
at the AO Research building with Mike Todd (with Cigar)
1954 Visit to Southbridge R&D - Mike Todd in light grey suit, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd from Right
See
this view in 2012 - "Then and Now"
Check out this new link to more Todd AO
Information / photos
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingto7.htm
Visitors from Denmark and Holland join Original Todd-AO
Project Developers
Walter Siegmund (left of Camera Photo), John Davis and Brian
O'Brien Jr. (1997 Photo). Also shown are Thomas Hauerslev
(Denmark -Left), Willaim Bauwmeester (Holland), and Bob Throop
(R).
For more about wide screen projection
and Todd AO, visit Thomas Hauserlsev's DP70 site:
http://www.in70mm.com/todd_ao/index.htm
This is the most comprehensive site on Todd-AO
in existence.
The photos on this page (except for Don Whitney
slide of the Rivoli Theatre), have been provided by Thomas.
Brian O'Brien Jr. (1997 Photo)
Spanish Poster courtesy of Thomas Boehm