Professor Elam

Sat March 1 2013

I noticed that many ofyou enjoyed the films of Cantinflas. I just noticed that his biggest epic film ever, Around the World in 80 Days is on TCM tonight. Back then the movie industry wa still fearful that television would put them out of business. As a result ne wtechniques involving larger negatives and color process
were introduced to improve the viewing experience.  Michael Todd, kone of Liz Taylor's many husbands, did this movie in what he called Todd AO, nothing modest about that eh.  This was a big budget movie starring many of leads of that day. I see IMDB viewers only give it a 6.38, but for historic perspective on what audiences enjoyed in 1956, I would say a 9.0.