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Long before the multiplex, 3-D was a showman's gamble, and many of its treasures disappeared for decades. The 3-D Rarities series pulls them back into depth: a railroad's glossy sales pitch, a heavyweight championship bout, an atomic-test film yanked from release, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over sixty years, Casper drifting off the screen. The 3-D Film Archive rescued and realigned every one shot by shot; the result is cinema history leaping into the room.
Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!
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The long-awaited follow-up collection of extraordinary 3-D wonders, including the feature-length El Corazón y la Espada, all expertly restored in a Blu-ray world premiere. For over 35 years, it has been the mission of the 3-D Film Archive to locate, save, assemble, and restore previously lost 3-D films. 3-D Rarities, Volume II spans over 40 years of international 3-D film production, and is appropriately presented in three segments.
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