The revolution against "flatties" (two-dimensional movies) is one year old; 3-D, which temporarily saved Hollywood from bankruptcy and scared most cine-moguls out of their ulcers, began its second year last week. Cinerama celebrated its birthday playing to capacity crowds in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles. It had not only grossed a phenomenal $4,300,000 but had also become a social phenomenon. Travel bureaus this summer were flooded with requests from people who wanted to see the original of what they saw in Cinerama: the Grand Canyon, the canals of Venice, the bull...
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