The cinerama process, originally developed by Frederick Waller (1939), was the first effective wide-screen process. The Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC) faced competition from cheaper wide-screen processes and began major construction on new buildings designed specifically for the Cinerama process (mid-1950s). CRC dissolved (mid-1970s), leaving the buildings, many doomed to technological obsolescence. The collection consists of nearly all the architectural plans, including brown lines, prints and unique pencil renderings on tissue from 1960 through the late-1960s collected by Miller for 263 theatres.

The cinerama process, originally developed by Frederick Waller (1939), was the first effective wide-screen process; distribution required extensive renovation of existing theatres or new construction of buildings to accommodate projection booths, screens, and surround sound equipment; Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC) faced competition from cheaper wide-screen processes and began major construction on new buildings designed specifically for the Cinerama process (mid-1950s); CRC dissolved (mid-1970s), leaving the buildings, many doomed to technological obsolescence.This Is Cinerama opened at a world premiere in New York on September 30, 1952. Its record-breaking 122 week engagement there touched off a wide-screen craze in the 50s that temporarily reversed the flow of audiences from movie theatres to their TV sets by offering a picture big enough to engulf the audience.

4 cartons (4 linear ft.) 77 oversize boxes

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