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Journalists, exhibitors and producers packed the Ambassador Hotel Theater, Los Angeles on 27th September, 1922 - to see the first ever paid-for screening of a 3-D film, \u2018The Power Of Love\u2019.\nUsing an anaglyph system (meaning the 3-D glasses had two tinted lenses; one red, one green), viewers were told they could select a happy or sad ending - by closing one of their eyes.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider if the costs of double-projector movies explains why first-gen 3-D never took off; revisit the provocative tag-line from 1952 3-D movie \u2018Bwana Devil\u2019, and reveal what the critics consider to be the best 3-D film ever\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The Power of Love\u2019 (1922) on IMBb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013506/trivia\n\u2022 \u2018The fascinating history of 3D films\u2019 (Interesting Engineering, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmFDyhCufc\n\u2022 \u2018The 18 best 3D movies\u2019 (Empire, 2016): https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-3d-movies/\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#20s #Film #Technology #Inventions #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices