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Thanks for this information Frederick. Don't worry about departing from Japanese cinema - I'm also strongly interested in how the Japanese situation compares with the rest of the world.<br>I knew there must have been monochrome Scope films, once the novelty of the original sense of spectacle had worn off, but I just couldn't think of any offhand. But that is really interesting to hear they were marketed using the name RegalScope. I'll have to do more research on this.<br><br>best<br><br>Jasper<br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in
Japanese Cinema<br>www.midnighteye.com<br><br>More details about me on
http://jaspersharp.com/<br><br><br><br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>www.midnighteye.com<br><br>More details about me on http://jaspersharp.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:07:43 +0900<br>> From: notreconciled@gmail.com<br>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Subject: Re: Resources on film stock in Japan<br>> <br>> This is somewhat at a tangent to Japanese cinema, but I wanted to note<br>> that, while not nearly as widespread as in Japan, there were in fact<br>> black and white 'Scope films made in Hollywood. So as not to detract<br>> from the prestige of the CinemaScope label, from 1956-1959 Fox<br>> initially used the name RegalScope for its B productions in black and<br>> white--mostly westerns. They eventually produced black and white films<br>> under the CinemaScope label as well, including Samuel Fuller's Forty<br>> Guns. And there were non-Fox black and white 'Scope productions,<br>> including Douglas Sirk's Tarnished Angels.<br>> <br>> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Now, returning to Belton's book, when 20th Century Fox introduced the<br>> > CinemaScope format and were initially selling it to exhibitors in America,<br>> > it was packaged together as a bundle involving the anamorphic lenses for the<br>> > projectors, stereo sound systems, curved screens and colour films. In<br>> > America, CinemaScope wasn't just characterised by its aspect ratio, but the<br>> > widescreen "spectacles" (The Robe, How to Marry A Millionaire etc) were all<br>> > sold equally as being in full colour - I can't think offhand of a Hollywood<br>> > CinemaScope production that was filmed in monochrome, although in Japan<br>> > their were of course plenty (or at least in local variations of CinemaScope,<br>> > such as NikkatsuScope, TohoScop