3-D Rarities (2015)

6.0/10 145 min Documentary

Overview

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!

Cast

Daws Butler

Beany (archive footage)

Stan Freberg

Cecil (archive footage)

Richard Carlson

(archive footage)

Macdonald Carey

(archive footage)

Joanne Dru

(archive footage)

John Ireland

(archive footage)

Paul Frees

(archive footage)

Rita Hayworth

Miss Sadie Thompson (archive footage)

José Ferrer

Alfred Davidson (archive footage)

Aldo Ray

Sgt. Phil O'Hara (archive footage)

Cecil Roy

Casper (archive footage)

Jackson Beck

King Luna/Moon People (archive footage)

Jack Mercer

Moon People (archive footage)

Allen Swift

Lookout (archive footage)

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