Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton to present history of 50s' film techniques

SHELTON - Join us for a special presentation "I Love Lucy or I Love the Movies: How Hollywood Fought Back in the 1950s" in Plumb Memorial Library Meeting Room at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept 28.

Registration is available online: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=2661&EventID=501490&PK=

or by calling (203) 924-1580 ext. 5102

Television was making inroads into movie theater attendance.

Hollywood started to fight back doing things that couldn’t be duplicated on the small screen by launching new filming techniques.

The most profound process was Cinerama which was introduced in 1953 with a huge curved screen and brand new “stereophonic” sound.

Then came 3D Natural Vision and shortly thereafter wide screen CinemaScope and CinemaScope 55. VistaVision took a different tack and master showman Mike Todd came up with wide screen Todd-AO.

The presentation will cover how each process worked, benefits and pitfalls if each, and their impact on today’s theater productions. There will be visual examples of each.

This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

History of Hollywood in the '50s program slated at Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton

SHELTON - Plumb Memorial Library will host 'I Love Lucy or I Love the Movies: How Hollywood Fought Back in the 1950s' at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28.

Television in the 1950s was making inroads into movie theater attendance.

Hollywood started to fight back doing things that couldn’t be duplicated on the small screen by launching new filming techniques. 

The most profound process was Cinerama which was introduced in 1953 with a huge curved screen and brand new “stereophonic” sound. Then came 3D Natural Vision and shortly thereafter wide screen CinemaScope and CinemaScope 55. VistaVision took a different tack and master showman Mike Todd came up with wide screen Todd-AO. 

The presentation will cover how each process worked, benefits and pitfalls of each, and their impact on today’s theater productions. There will be visual examples of each.

The Library is at 65 Wooster St.

Register online: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=2661&EventID=501490&PK= or call (203) 924-1580 ext. 5102

This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

Author, movie critic to speak about Hollywood at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library welcomes Connecticut author Susan Granger at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 to discuss her book, 150 Timeless Movies. 

She will tell stories of Hollywood yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  

Granger is a true Hollywood insider. 

Her father was a director from Hollywood’s golden age, her mother a leading socialite in the film industry crowd, her son is one of today’s bright studio executives, and Granger herself is a syndicated critic and writer who is read daily on websites and in newspapers around the world.  

She was the movie critic on WICC for many years.  

Copies of her book will be available for purchase. 

For more information or to register, stop by the Library, 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.    

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.