Shades Of The Past - CinemaScope will carry both excitement and memories to the technicians of the Paramount Theater Friday when "Knights of the Round Table" starts a one-week exhibition. For the process in many ways resembles the old Magna screen that the theater owned when it first opened in Middletown 24 years ago. In those days, cameras were equipped with special lenses, too. A flick of a few switches would present a wide screen to the audience. For 10 minutes or so, spectators could view special sequences on a large screen. The difference between Magna and CinemaScope, Gene Miller, one of the technicians, explains, is the quality of the picture. Magna could not focus perfectly and fuzziness frequently would adorn the view. A whole film was never made in Magna, Miller points out. Certain scenes, like a sky battle in "Hell's Angels" or a shot of the Chicago fire, would get the special treatment, and then the regular size picture would continue...

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