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Seven Wonders of the World (film)

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The film grossed $ 32.1 million in the United States and Canada. It spent more than 14 months on release at the Casino Theatre in
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searches the world for natural and man-made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of the "
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Stanley Warner Corp. acquired the rights to the film (and all Cinerama product) during production.
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Klady, Leonard (March 27, 1995). "Realistic Grosses".
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This article about an American documentary film is a
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Tay Garnett
Paul Mantz
Andrew Marton
Ted Tetzlaff
Walter Thompson
W. P. Lipscomb
Merian C. Cooper
Lowell Thomas
Harry Squire
Jerome Moross
Emil Newman
David Raksin
Sol Kaplan
Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Cinerama
Lowell Thomas
Wonders of the World
Lowell Thomas
Paul Mantz
Claude Dauphin
Merian C. Cooper
This Is Cinerama
Cinerama Holiday
Buenos Aires
List of American films of 1956


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