![]() That is followed by a trailer for Universal’s It Came from Outer Space (and after they did such a stellar job with Creature from the Black Lagoon on Blu-ray, one hopes they will also lavish such attention on this title which did get an anaglyph release back in the days of VHS and was also broadcast on TV in the 1970s in 3D) featuring Richard Carlson, who seemed to be Universal’s go-to guy for 3D movies (he was also in Creature from the Black Lagoon). The second part of the program leans more on the output of Hollywood during the 1950s with a 3D demonstration featuring Lloyd Nolan (claiming to audiences that he is the first major actor to be photographed in 3D) and Beany and Cecil, introducing the process and a trailer for Bwana Devil. The program, running nearly two-and-a-half hours, is divided into two sections (with a Play All feature) - “Part 1: The Dawn of Stereoscopic Cinematography” and “Part 2: Hollywood Enters the Third-Dimension.” In addition to the main feature, there is a Bonus section as well. The disc features a collection of test footage, short promotional films, Hollywood trailers, highlights of a boxing match, a full-length Casper the Friendly Ghost 3D cartoon and more. Thanks now to the fine folks at Flicker Alley and the 3-D Film Archive, 3D fans now have the opportunity to see newly restored 3D films dating all the way back to 1922 with the new Blu-ray release 3-D Rarities. ![]() Three reels of test footage were shown in the red/green anaglyph process, but unfortunately none of this footage has survived. No, the first documented exhibition of 3D film took place on Jat the Astor Theater in New York City. The first official feature-length 3D movie, Bwana Devil, was released in 1952, but this was not the first time movie audiences had seen a 3D movie. Cinemascope, stereophonic sound, Smell-O-Vision and 3D were all “gimmicks” that promised something audiences couldn’t experience at home. For the best 3D effects, a film must be shot natively in the process.Ī lot of people (of a certain age anyway) know that the first real 3D movie boom was in the 1950s when Hollywood was looking for ways to lure audiences back to the theaters after the advent of television. Early conversion jobs, like Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender were atrocious, but the process has matured quite a bit in the last couple of years, even making the classic The Wizard of Oz a marvel in three dimensions. Recently, Hollywood has taken to using a conversion process to create 3D movies from a 2D production with mixed results. Granted, some movies are suited to 3D and some are not. The notion of seeing a movie in 3D is heaven for some and hell for others.
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