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October 5, 1952

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LOOKING AT CINERAMA; An Awed and Quizzical Inspection of a New Film Projection System

By Bosley Crowther

SOMEWHAT the same sensations that the audience in Koster Bial's Music Hall must have felt on that night, years ago, when motion pictures were first publicly flashed on a large screen were probably felt by the people who witnessed the first public showing of Cinerama the other night at the opening performance of this new system of film projection at the Broadway Theatre.

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Notable Births

Clive Barker

1952Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter[โ€ ]

Clive Barker is an English writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror author. His work has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series and the Candyman series.

Harold Faltermeyer

1952Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer[โ€ ]

Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, composer and record producer.

Imran Khan

1952Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan[โ€ ]

Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He is the founder of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and was its chairman from 1996 to 2023.

Notable Deaths

1952Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (born 1884)[โ€ ]

Joseph William Jagersberger was an American racing driver and mechanical engineer.

Historical Context for October 5, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[โ€ ]