Posted by Richard C. on 10/22/05 21:52

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"Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Strange... getting geared for Halloween I've been going through the
> Universal Legacy sets.
>
> The final Mummy movie (the Mummy's Curse) comes up with the "This
> Picture has been formatted to fit your screen" warning.
>
> ?
>
> Since it came out in 1944 I'm pretty sure it was always 1.33:1, just a
> goof on Universal's part? Or was someone so far ahead of their time
> that they were actually doing widescreen flicks in 1944?
>
> - Jordan
>
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It merely shows how stupid studios are about DVD and aspect ratio warnings.
It has always been 1.37:1. They must think they need to make that stupid
statement.
It is false anyway since it does NOT fit my 16:9 screen.
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