The so-called “academy aspect” ratio of films (1:37) was a boundary that filmmakers soon wanted to go beyond. Silent films such as Napoleon were conceived in part or in their entirety in widescreen.The early sound film “The Bat Whispers” was also shot in a new short-lived widescreen process called Magnifilm.As is often the case, several versions of these films exist, and some are lost, probably forever.When a new process was developed, the first...
