The first 3D Stereoscopic Film? at DVinfo.net

Tim Dashwood · June 22nd, 2007, 10:26 AM

I'm curious what the perceived "first ever" 3D film is. I know the answer, but I'd like to know what everyone else thinks. Please don't google it, just give me your honest impression. It's not a test, it's a poll.

Gabriel Yeager · June 22nd, 2007, 11:42 AM

Wow, thats a good one.. I have no clue so I am not going to vote. I have only heard of one - maybe two of them. Guess I can't call myself a movie guy, huh?

Interesting idea. Can't wait to see the amount of responses....
~Gabriel

Ben Winter · June 23rd, 2007, 12:31 PM

I have no idea but I'll bet it starts with "Attack of the"

Tim Dashwood · June 26th, 2007, 09:24 AM

Over 130 views and only 2 votes? I think one of those votes was by me!

I guess my experiment isn't working, yet. I will eventually reveal my intentions for the poll.

BTW, I threw Bwana Devil in as a red herring because it was marketed as the first feature length 3D film. However, it was released decades after the first stereoscopic film(s).

House of Wax was marketed as the "first feature produced by a major studio in 3D," and was the start of the first 'Golden Age' of 3D. If you watch the trailer you'll see that it was also marketed as "The first picture to bring you the phenomenal merger of 3D-ACTION and 3D-SOUND."

House of Wax Trailer

Daniel Symmes · July 1st, 2007, 05:14 PM

We likely will NEVER know the first 3D film projected to someone.

But, to a paying audience, in a theater:

http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/landf01.html

BWANA DEVIL was the first feature film in NATURAL VISION 3Dimension but not the first feature in 3D. BWANA'S writer/producer/director Arch Oboler believed it was the first. But 3D history is jam-packed with with mis-dis-information, error, ignorance, MYTH.

Daniel Symmes · July 1st, 2007, 05:25 PM

...as much as WAX is my favorite 3D, it wasn't the first of the Golden Era - by one day, Columbia's MAN IN THE DARK was the first to open to a regular paying audience.

Of course, the "major studio" line was a deliberate slap in the face of Columbia's Harry Cohn.

Serge Victorovich · July 24th, 2007, 03:32 PM

As a matter of fact, the Lumiere brothers, the fathers of cinema, shot the arrival of the train at Ciotat in 3-D as well as in 'normal' film.

The first feature length 3-D film would be The Power of Love of 1922 (shorter, one-reel 3-D films have been produced and displayed before and after this), followed 30 years later by the first feature with sound in 3-D "Bwana Devil" of 1952. The latter started the 3-D craze of 1953 - otherwise known as 1953-D. The most famous films produced in these two years were Creature from the Black Lagoon, House of Wax and Dial M for Murder.
Lots and lots of 3-D C-quality movies were made alongside these B-movies (although Dial M is A-quality Hitchcock material), which gave a B-movie name to the 3-D film process. But almost all of the 3-D movies of 1953 were released in polarized format, not anaglyphically (red-blue 3-D) like journalists and film critics write in their reviews of 3-D films nowadays.

Daniel Symmes · July 24th, 2007, 03:59 PM

The Louis Lumiére (Auguste died years earlier) demo footage was seen in 1934 and is the ONLY stereoscopic work under the Lumiére name, contrary to a mythical 1903 reference.

And POWER OF LOVE is covered in detail in the aforementioned reference.

The rest covered in many references, including my old AMAZING 3-D (1982, Little Brown & Co.) and the various American Cinematographer articles.

Serge Victorovich · September 5th, 2007, 01:12 PM

WOW!
Real3Daniel L. Symmes "a wizard of stereoscopy" (Andre de Toth (director of HOUSE OF WAX)

View Poll Results: What was the first 3D Sterescopic film ever made and projected for an audience?
"L'arrivée du train" by the Lumière Brothers	6	46.15%
Travelogues "Niagara Falls" & "Rural America"	3	23.08%
Jim the Penman	0	0%
The Power of Love	0	0%
Bwana Devil	3	23.08%
House of Wax	1	7.69%
Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll

June 22nd, 2007, 10:26 AM	#1
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	The first 3D Stereoscopic Film? I'm curious what the perceived "first ever" 3D film is. I know the answer, but I'd like to know what everyone else thinks. Please don't google it, just give me your honest impression. It's not a test, it's a poll. __________________ Tim Dashwood

June 22nd, 2007, 11:42 AM	#2
Gabriel Yeager Major Player Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, NorthWest USA Posts: 788	Wow, thats a good one.. I have no clue so I am not going to vote. I have only heard of one - maybe two of them. Guess I can't call myself a movie guy, huh? Interesting idea. Can't wait to see the amount of responses.... ~Gabriel __________________ Gabriel Photography

June 23rd, 2007, 12:31 PM	#3
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	I have no idea but I'll bet it starts with "Attack of the" __________________ BenWinter.com

June 26th, 2007, 09:24 AM	#4
Tim Dashwood Wrangler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 3,637	Over 130 views and only 2 votes? I think one of those votes was by me! I guess my experiment isn't working, yet. I will eventually reveal my intentions for the poll. BTW, I threw Bwana Devil in as a red herring because it was marketed as the first feature length 3D film. However, it was released decades after the first stereoscopic film(s). House of Wax was marketed as the "first feature produced by a major studio in 3D," and was the start of the first 'Golden Age' of 3D. If you watch the trailer you'll see that it was also marketed as "The first picture to bring you the phenomenal merger of 3D-ACTION and 3D-SOUND." House of Wax Trailer __________________ Tim Dashwood

July 1st, 2007, 05:14 PM	#5
Daniel Symmes Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA U.S.A. Posts: 146	MythBuster We likely will NEVER know the first 3D film projected to someone. But, to a paying audience, in a theater: http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/landf01.html BWANA DEVIL was the first feature film in NATURAL VISION 3Dimension but not the first feature in 3D. BWANA'S writer/producer/director Arch Oboler believed it was the first. But 3D history is jam-packed with with mis-dis-information, error, ignorance, MYTH.

July 1st, 2007, 05:25 PM	#6
Daniel Symmes Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA U.S.A. Posts: 146	And... ...as much as WAX is my favorite 3D, it wasn't the first of the Golden Era - by one day, Columbia's MAN IN THE DARK was the first to open to a regular paying audience. Of course, the "major studio" line was a deliberate slap in the face of Columbia's Harry Cohn.

July 24th, 2007, 03:32 PM	#7
Serge Victorovich Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 376	As a matter of fact, the Lumiere brothers, the fathers of cinema, shot the arrival of the train at Ciotat in 3-D as well as in 'normal' film. The first feature length 3-D film would be The Power of Love of 1922 (shorter, one-reel 3-D films have been produced and displayed before and after this), followed 30 years later by the first feature with sound in 3-D "Bwana Devil" of 1952. The latter started the 3-D craze of 1953 - otherwise known as 1953-D. The most famous films produced in these two years were Creature from the Black Lagoon, House of Wax and Dial M for Murder. Lots and lots of 3-D C-quality movies were made alongside these B-movies (although Dial M is A-quality Hitchcock material), which gave a B-movie name to the 3-D film process. But almost all of the 3-D movies of 1953 were released in polarized format, not anaglyphically (red-blue 3-D) like journalists and film critics write in their reviews of 3-D films nowadays.

July 24th, 2007, 03:59 PM	#8
Daniel Symmes Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA U.S.A. Posts: 146	The Louis Lumiére (Auguste died years earlier) demo footage was seen in 1934 and is the ONLY stereoscopic work under the Lumiére name, contrary to a mythical 1903 reference. And POWER OF LOVE is covered in detail in the aforementioned reference. The rest covered in many references, including my old AMAZING 3-D (1982, Little Brown & Co.) and the various American Cinematographer articles.

September 5th, 2007, 01:12 PM	#9
Serge Victorovich Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 376	WOW! Real3Daniel L. Symmes "a wizard of stereoscopy" (Andre de Toth (director of HOUSE OF WAX)