The long production and post-production of Shane meant that it was shot before the major Hollywood studios committed to wide-screen shooting and projection, but released just as wide-screen technology--seen as a competitive advantage over television--became a major business consideration. In fact, 20th Century-Fox's The Robe (1953), which was the first Hollywood feature both shot and projected using the new "Cinemascope" cameras and screens, was one of only two movies that had higher box office receipts than Shane that year. Paramount Pictures wound up splitting the difference with Shane. Because the movie was a Western, with lots of long and medium shots, it didn't suffer greatly by having the top and bottom of the frame cut off. For that reason, Paramount arranged for Shane to be shown in major first-run theaters (such as New York's Radio City Music Hall) using projectors equipped with an aperture plate, which blocked the top and bottom of the image, and allowed the movie to be projected on wider, more rectangular screens. The versions of Shane shown today reflect the way the director George Stevens and cinematographer Loyal Griggs conceived and shot the movie, even it can now seem disorienting for those who first saw it in theaters when it was released.