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Word: cycloramas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such contemporary makeshifts as remodeled theaters and reconditioned warehouses. He has already blueprinted the ideal TV theater of the future: "It will be a big, empty building measuring 100 by 100 feet, with bleachers at one end for a small audience. One large area will have a 180° cyclorama to form a permanent background for sets and create a genuine illusion of curving space." There should also be a separate property building connected to half a dozen subsidiary studios and a large back lot for outdoor sets. Some of the twelve to 14 cameras will fly overhead on electrically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Come of Age | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...could hang two Crucifixions over the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta, and still have a border all round. The Cyclorama is a canvas 400 by 50 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 23, 1951 | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

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