In Middletown’s Eyes - Middletown’s questions about 3D and wide screen films may mean swelling business vitality for local movie houses, Dwight Kirk, manager of the Paramount Theater, indicated this week. Current peeks into the local movie scene reveal: 1. 3D, which has to be seen through special eyeglasses, may be climbing out of the grave dug by the experts a few weeks back, and 2. CinemaScope, which offers the illusion of depth to the unspectacled eye, may soon be in view. Its premiere date, however, is very far from being set. This uncertain situation has meant more queries to local theater managers demanding clarification of the Middletown movie scheduling. Kirk interprets this as an encouraging revival of movie interest...

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