''Seven Wonders of the World'' is a 1956 documentary film in
Cinerama
Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen, subtending 146° of arc. The trademarked process was marketed by the Cinerama corporati ...
.
Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). He was also involved in promoting the Cinerama widescreen ...
searches the world for natural and man-made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of the "
Wonders of the World
Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, in order to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural features and human-built structures.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the o ...
".
Plot
Cast
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Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). He was also involved in promoting the Cinerama widescreen ...
as himself
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Paul Mantz
Albert Paul Mantz (August 2, 1903 – July 8, 1965) was a noted air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot and consultant from the late 1930s until his death in the mid-1960s. He gained fame on two stages: Hollywood and in air races.
Early years
Ma ...
as himself
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Claude Dauphin as Narrator (French version) / Récitant (voice)
Production
Merian C. Cooper
Merian Caldwell Cooper (October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973) was an American filmmaker and Academy Award winner, as well as a former aviator who served as an officer in the United States Air Force and Polish Air Force. In film, he is credited a ...
started ''Seven Wonders of the World'' as the second Cinerama film after 1952's ''
This Is Cinerama
''This Is Cinerama'' is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd, Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the as ...
''.
By September 1953, $1 million had already been spent and it was estimated that it would cost a further $1 million to complete.
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Stanley Warner Corp. acquired the rights to the film (and all Cinerama product) during production.][
'']Cinerama Holiday
''Cinerama Holiday'' is a 1955 film shot in Cinerama. Structured as a criss-cross travel documentary, it shows an American couple traveling in Europe and a European couple traveling in the United States. Like all of the original Cinerama produc ...
'', which started production later, was released before ''Seven Wonders of the World'', which then became the third Cinerama film to be released.
Reception
The film grossed $32.1 million in the United States and Canada.[ It spent more than 14 months on release at the Casino Theatre in ]Buenos Aires
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, a record run in Argentina.
See also
*List of American films of 1956
A list of American films released in 1956
''Around the World in 80 Days'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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See also
* 1956 in the United States
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Travel log of ''Seven Wonders of the World''
1956 films
1956 documentary films
American documentary films
Cinerama
1950s English-language films
Films directed by Andrew Marton
Films directed by Tay Garnett
Films directed by Ted Tetzlaff
Films scored by David Raksin
Films scored by Emil Newman
Films scored by Jerome Moross
Films scored by Sol Kaplan
Documentary films about India
Films shot in India
Films shot in Agra
Films shot in Darjeeling
Films shot in Delhi
Films shot in Varanasi
1950s American films
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