Carousel is the first of only two films ever produced in the short-lived Fox process called CinemaScope55 (the other was The King and I). It originally began production in both 55mm and 35mm CinemaScope, but after seeing the early rushes from a location shoot in Maine, studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck was impressed with the 55mm and ordered production on the 35mm version stopped.

This restoration is presented in the original CinemaScope aspect ratio of 2:55 to 1, with a fully restored original 4-track stereo soundtrack—marking the first time since the original roadshow presentation that the film has been seen it its complete widescreen frame and original stereo soundtrack layout. (Subsequent releases of the film featured an optical track, slightly cropping the picture to 2:35 to 1.)

The Academy screening will be the world premiere of this restoration. Because of element condition, the picture was restored completely digitally at 4K resolution by Cineric, Inc. in New York City. Audio restoration services were provided by Audio Mechanics and DJ Audio in Los Angeles.

Starring: Gordon MacRae , Shirley Jones , Cameron Mitchell , Barbara Ruick , Claramae Turner , Robert Rounseville , Gene Lockhart , Audrey Christie , Susan Luckey , William Le Massena , John Dehner , Jacques d'Amboise.

Director Henry King . Producer Henry Ephron . Executive Producer Darryl F. Zanuck . Assistant Director Stanley Hough . Screenplay Phoebe Ephron . and Henry Ephron ( based on the stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnár, English translation by Benjamin Glazer ) . Director of Photography Charles G. Clarke . Art Director Lyle R. Wheeler and Jack Martin Smith . Film Editor William Reynolds . Set Decoration Walter M. Scott and Chester Bayhi . Costume Design Mary Wills . Wardrobe Director Charles LeMaire . Music Supervisor and Conductor Alfred Newman . Associate Ken Darby . Orchestrators Edward B. Powell , Nelson Riddle , Herbert Spencer , Bernard Mayers , Earle Hagen and Gus Levene . Sound Bernard Freericks and Harry M. Leonard . Special Photographic Effects Ray Kellogg . Choreography Rod Alexander . (Louise's ballet derived from the original by Agnes De Mille) . Makeup Ben Nye . Hair styles Helen Turpin . Unit Manager Joe Behm . Color consultant Leonard Doss . Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. Color, 128 minutes. CinemaScope 55. Print courtesy of Twentieth Century-Fox. 1956.