Talk:Lowell Thomas

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Lowell Thomas was a good article nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Reviewed version: January 4, 2006

[edit] Valpo

Thomas's memoir Good Evening, Everybody (New York: Morrow, 1976) says, page 64, that "officially it was the University of Northern Indiana at Valparaiso." PedanticallySpeaking 17:54, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)

I've looked really, really hard - everything short of actually contacting the archives at Valparaiso - and I can't find any reference to it, except for a handful (< 5) as "Northern Indiana University" for some people who seem to have graduated from what was officially "Northern Indiana Normal and Business School", which is now Valparaiso. With such a paucity of references, I have to suspect the guy was confused. Diderot 21:24, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "show"?

Constant reference to his pro-Lawrence film as a "show" makes it sound like a stage production or a TV series. ALSO: A book I'm editing for someone says Thomas was a professor at Columbia University when he took on the film project. I find no other reference to this, anywhere. Anybody know if this is true, or an error? --Michael K. Smith 14:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cinerama

Because of both the cost and technical issues in synchronizing the projectors, Cinerama never caught on, but a quarter-century later, Thomas was still raving about it in his memoirs and wondering why someone wasn't trying to revive it.

I can't help feeling that the above passage does both Thomas and Cinerama a disservice. It makes Thomas sound like a raving loon wanting to preserve some crackpot Heath Robinson/Rube Goldberg technology that was seen by almost no-one. Firstly, Cinerama certainly caught the public's imagination, even though its success was relatively short-lived. Secondly, Thomas was (and is) far from alone in wanting to see Cinerama brought back; despite the cost and technical problems, the quality of the viewing experience was superb (as can be seen in any of the three venues still equipped for Cinerama). Even today, only IMAX surpasses it. 217.155.20.163 22:16, 1 September 2007 (UTC)