Posted by Richard C. on 10/23/05 05:46

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"jayembee" <jayembeenospam@snurcher.com> wrote in message
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> "Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Actually, "they" were doing widescreen as far back as 1927. But no,
> none of the classic monster films from Universal were shot in widescreen.
> It's just a goof. I've seen it on a number of other discs.
>
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I don't think it is a "goof", I think it is done out of pure ignorance.

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