CinemaScope

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Anamorphic wide-screen process developed and introduced by film technicians at Twentieth Century-Fox in the early 1950s. CinemaScope uses an aspect ratio varying from 2.66.1 to 1.66:1 and a special anamorphic lens, also referred to as a Cinemascope.
CinemaScope
Accepted term: 10-Feb-2025