Wonderama at the DaBel

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Dabel Movie theater

Da-Bel Cinema

Dayton, OH

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Taken on: April 3, 2018

Uploaded on: April 3, 2018

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Date time original: Tue Apr 03 20:35:46 +0000 2018

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Wonderama at the DaBel

The DaBel was a Cinerama theatre for a brief time in the 1960’s. Wonderama was a lens developed by Dayton projectionist and Cinerama expert John Harvey. It was designed to correct focus on a deeply curved screen. Not much is known about this lens…the patent (#4154514) does not give much information about the lens.

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Bowman78
Bowman78 commented about Wonderama at the DaBel on Dec 30, 2020 at 8:14 am

John Harvey had this projection system set-up in his home. Watched him project a print of “Blazing Saddles' there in 1979. Lowell Thomas, an early investor in the process, was present.

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