Trivia (hard) What was the first movie to be shot in widescreen?

[Bires]

So far, all I've found is widescreen was not the norm until the late 1950s.

Anyone know what film it was that was shot and presented in widescreen?

[Cheetarah]

Hey Bires. You got me intrigued...
Found a site that says the first movie to be shown in wide screen is The Robe (which came out in 1953).
Find it about halfway down the page:
http://www.high-techproductions.com/widescreen.htm

[Bires]

hmm..neat page. Thanks, and GJ.

[ArkiStan]

Here's a good page I read several years ago. It talks all about the different formats of widescreen and their histories. These guys at the digital bits are pretty hardcore about this stuff.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/aspectratios/widescreenorama.html