Smell-O-Vision

Smell-o-vision smell-o-vision English en merge with smell-o-vision, I am not sure there is in general usage a productive distinction made with the other lettercased versions Etymology en ine-pro *(s)meld- *weyd- From en smell -o- interfix used for ease of pronunciation vision, coined recoined in 1959 by en Mike Todd Jr. 1 1 1 (1929–2002), the American producer of the film Scent of Mystery (1960) which used the Smell-O-Vision system invented by the Swiss scientist Hans Laube (1900–1976),Carmen Laube A Brief History about Hans Laube: A Personal Reflection on the ‘Osmologist’ Responsible for Smell-O-Vision In70mm.com https://web.archive.org/web/20231204202457/https://www.in70mm.com/news/2016/hans_laube/index.htm 2015. possibly modelled after terms used in the motion picture industry such as Panavision (a company manufacturing cameras and lenses) and VistaVision (an early widescreen motion picture film format):n 8092479234 July 2023 see the November 1959 quotation. Pronunciation en /ˈsmɛləˌvɪʒən/ RP,GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smell-o-vision.wav Southern England en Smell-O-Vis ion Proper noun Smell-O-Vision en originally and chiefly US film historical A system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the projection of a film. from 1959 en 28 September 1959 Two Everest Teams to Cut in Europe Paul Ackerman [et al.] The Billboard: The Amusement Industry’s Leading Newsweekly Cincinnati, Oh. The Billboard Publishing Company 71 39 2 and 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=TQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 3 644967835 John Livadary is en route to Rome to commence the score recording for "The Scent of Mystery," new Mike Todd Enterprises pic production. The recording will be made via the new 35 mm. magnetic tape. The picture also introduces a new process, known as "Smell-O-Vision." en 1959 November … Have You Heard …? Howard Allaway w:Popular Science New York, N.Y. Popular Science Publishing Company 175 5 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=0SoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20 0032-4647 498719638 Yes, Smell-O-Vision is here. Film makers have toyed with ways to add smell to sight and sound in movies for years. Now Michael Todd Jr. thinks he has the answer. He's chosen the name purposely, he says, "to get the jump on those who will call it that anyway." The new process will perfume the film, "Scent of Mystery," to open at a special theater in Chicago. A magnetic track on the film will synchronize action to an "odor machine." Individual odor outlets fixed into each seat will guarantee that the whole audience knows the picture smells. en 25 January 1960 June Bundy Vox Jox Paul Ackerman [et al.] The Billboard: The Amusement Industry’s Leading Newsweekly Cincinnati, Oh. The Billboard Publishing Company 72 4 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=5x4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23 3 644967835 Danny Stiles, WNJR, Newark, N.J., and WCTC, New Brunswick, N.J., recently ran a contest asking listeners to identify the mystery voice on Eddie Fisher's new record "The Chase." First prize was a bottle of Mike Todd Jr.'s perfume, "Scent of Mystery," also the title of his new Smellevision movie. Answer, of course, was Elizabeth Taylor. en 5 November 1971 w:Brad Darrach Parting Shots: Now at Your Local Theater: A New Kind of Shoot-’em-up Ralph Graves Life Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y. w:Time Inc. 71 19 82 https://books.google.com/books?id=FkAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82 1 0024-3019 34142982 [B]y the early '50s we had seen so much that it took Smell-O-Vision to shock us into attendance, and more recently audiences have continued to dwindle while movies went from topless to bottomless to games that any number can play. What in the world will they try next? en 1990 Frank W. Hoffmann; William G. Bailey AromaRama and Smell-O-Vision Arts and Entertainment Fads Encyclopedia of Fads I Binghamton, N.Y.; London The Haworth Press 19–20 https://books.google.com/books?id=_tR1owszUR0C&pg=PA19 978-0-86656-881-4 Each Smell-O-Vision customer sat in a movie seat equipped with a system to pipe in smells directly to the nose. Theater-owners knew AromaRama and Smell-O-Vision wouldn't be around long. Curious customers came and went without getting too excited. en 2002 Stephen Wilson Biology: Microbiology, Animals and Plants, Ecology, and Medicine and the Body Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology Leonardo Cambridge, Mass.; London w:MIT Press 60 https://books.google.com/books?id=sHuXQtYrNPYC&pg=PA60 978-0-262-73158-4 In 1960, the movie A Scent of Mystery used the Smell-o-Vision system, which solved the distribution problem by including smell tubes at each seat. Although the smells were integrated into the mystery story line, the system was not a great commercial success. en 2005 w:Francis Katamba Words Galore: Innovation and Change English Words: Structure, History, Usage 2nd Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y. w:Routledge 2010 part III (A Changing, Expanding Lexicon) 185 https://books.google.com/books?id=vaigBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 978-0-415-29892-6 Words referring to technologies also fade out if the technology finds few long-term devotees. [A]udiences were unimpressed and smell-o-vision technology was stillborn. Hence the word smell-o-vision had a short life. en 2022 Susan Stewart The Twentieth Century: Cinema, Haute Couture and Celebrity Scents https://books.google.com/books?id=fdv-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT174 Common and Uncommon Scents: A Social History of Perfume Stroud, Gloucestershire w:Amberley Publishing 978-1-4456-9318-7 At the end of the 1950s, filmmakers experimented with Aromarama and Smell-o-vision. Smell-o-vision followed soon after. This time the smells came from vents beneath the cinema seats. It was used for a 1959 film entitled A Scent of Mystery. At best failing to work and at worst making members of the audience feel ill, the experiment faltered and failed. Alternative forms en Smell-o-vision rare en smellovision Smellovision en smellevision en smellavision smell-a-vision Related terms en smell-o-vision common noun Translations system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the projection of a film Catalan: ca Smell-O-Vision ?, ca Olorvisió ? Dutch: nl Smell-O-Vision ? Finnish: fi Smell-O-Vision Galician: gl Spanish: es Olor-o-Visión ? References Further reading w:Anthony Slide AROMARAMA AND SMELL-O-VISION The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry 1st paperback Lanham, Md.; Folkestone, Kent The Scarecrow Press 1998 2001 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=je4lAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA12 978-0-8108-3426-2.