An idea that never caught on: Multiple Screens for Super-Movies (Apr, 1934)

THE present method of representing simultaneous scenes on a motion-picture screen, in succession, may be supplanted by one in which details will appear on one screen, and the main body of the action on another, at the same time, according to a recent patent which contemplates the making and projecting of several films at once. This will require more than one projector; and they must be operated in exact synchronism, for both film and sound. The patent contemplates either the use of two machines to fill a screen twice the ordinary size, for a spectacle, or one for a full-size scene and one for a smaller screen, as illustrated. Another feature of advantage is the more exact location of the apparent sources of different voices and other sounds. For auxiliary pictures, on a different plane from that of the main screen, a mirror is used to alter the angle.

Ahead of its time? Or a very annoying way to watch a movie?

Kristen Bell is in Burlesque? Crud, now I have to see it. Will it lose much going from big to small screen?

Ahead of its time? Or a very annoying way to watch a movie?

Didn't that 1920's French Napoleon movie do something like that?

Why, yes, it did! [link]

Didn't that 1920's French Napoleon movie do something like that?

Huh. I thought it was just split screen - didn't know it required multiple projectors.

Kristen Bell is in Burlesque? Crud, now I have to see it. Will it lose much going from big to small screen?

It'll lose all the lush detail of the burlesque club itself, which was a big attraction for me. But if you have a decent sound system the musical numbers won't lose much with a more condensed visual. And Cher might not dive so deeply into the Uncanny Valley if you're not seeing her in 30-foot-tall closeups.

AV Club what party portrayed in a movie would you like to attend?

I put the question to you, Buffistas.

JZ I'm sad to report somebody already took the party in Can't Hardly Wait.

Grad party in Say Anything. Or dinner at Uncle Monty's in Withnail and I.

Or dinner at Uncle Monty's in Withnail and I.

Heh. Although the whole evening would be ruined when Uncle Monty gets mad at his cat....

Ooooh, good choices Sue.

I think my childhood notions of a great party were formed by the ending of Go, Dog, Go!

However, on the cinematic side I've always wanted to go to the party in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Also, the house party in Almost Famous where the rock stars show up, looked fun.

And the soiree with all the New Wave glasses in RHPS.

Without a doubt, Nick and Nora's Christmas party in The Thin Man.

Nora: Is that my drink over there?

Nick: What are you drinking?

Nora: Rye.

Nick: (He picks up the glass and drains its contents.) Yes. That's yours.