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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 18, 2024 12:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> cmsfaculty@uw.edu <cmsfaculty@uw.edu>; cmsfaculty_adjuncts@uw.edu <cmsfaculty_adjuncts@uw.edu>; cmsgrads@uw.edu <cmsgrads@uw.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> CMS Works in Progress Talk: "20th Century Fox’s CinemaScope Lens-leasing Program and Hong Kong Anamorphic Cinema’s Deterred Beginnings in the 1950s" by Yumo Yan</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Please find below the details for the upcoming Works in Progress Talk:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox’s CinemaScope Lens-leasing Program and Hong Kong Anamorphic Cinema’s Deterred Beginnings in the 1950s</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> <b>Yumo Yan (PhD candidate, Cinema and Media Studies)</b><img style="max-width: 598px; margin: 0px;" size="5210108" contenttype="image/png" data-outlook-trace="F:2|T:2" src="cid:0c4a4dbc-9f5b-4a10-ad49-f368e59e450f"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b>Friday, Oct 25th, 3:00 PM - 5</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b>:00</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);"><b> PM</b>,
Allen Auditorium, Allen Library</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">What was Hong Kong’s first anamorphic film has long been subject to debate. In this talk, I present my archival findings around two films made by the Hong Kong
Grandview Film Company that tried but ultimately failed to kickstart the colony’s anamorphic era in the early 1950s—the 1954
<i>Xin Yutangchun</i> (<i>The Love of Susan</i>, now lost), and the 1956 <i>Xiao Taohong</i> (<i>Little Peach Blossom</i>, never completed). I reveal how Grandview’s failure to produce the colony’s first anamorphic film as early as 1954 was a direct result
of 20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox’s stringent CinemaScope lens-leasing program, which controlled the global distribution of CinemaScope taking lenses. Faced with Fox’s monopoly over anamorphic technology, I demonstrate how Hong Kong film companies like Grandview
sought alternative and creative ways to combat American technological imperialism. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Feel free to forward it to interested parties, thank you. Hope to see you there! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Cheers,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Mavis Siu</span></p>
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