This filmography attempts to list every 3-D movie screened to paying customers in a commercial venue (theatrical or video) since the 1890’s, including feature films, shorts, Large Format items and selected high-profile theme park attractions. TV and direct-to-video programs are also included, but restrictions apply within these categories: For example, DTV items are only included if they’re comprised of a scripted (dramatic) narrative and have been made available through regular retail outlets, which excludes those films - invariably amateur in nature - offered for sale via one or two specialist websites. These ‘rules’ may be broken if an item is felt to have made a significant contribution to the development of 3-D cinema, but such decisions are entirely subjective and taken on a case-by-case basis.

The list does not include museum exhibits, commercials, industrial videos, computer games and experimental films (including those screened in specially-designed projection venues at numerous Expo’s and trade fairs). Amateur films are also excluded, except for those which have received some kind of commercial distribution (either theatrically or on home video). Such material is worthy of further investigation, but falls outside the scope of this particular filmography.

Given the recent resurgence of interest in 3-D filmmaking - with an even greater surge due around 2009, when the digital infrastructure will be secure enough to accommodate widespread 3-D exhibition in multiplexes across the world - this filmography will attempt to keep up with the influx of new titles, and will also seek to update older entries when - and if - new info comes to light. Research is an ongoing process, and there’s still much to learn about the history of 3-D cinema!

For our purposes, the phrase ‘feature-length’ refers to movies running 50 minutes or longer, while ‘short film’ applies to anything known (or assumed) to run less than 50 minutes. Hopefully, I’ve managed to unearth the vast majority of relevant titles (many of which have never been listed together in the same index, if at all), though too many entries remain frustratingly incomplete. The list probably contains its fair share of errors (I'm at the mercy of my sources), though I hope readers with access to some of the more obscure items will point out mistakes and help fill in some of the gaps. For now, however, this is the filmography as it currently stands. Enjoy!


Titles are configured in alphabetical order on a letter-by-letter basis (ie. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE before I, THE JURY, etc.). The rest of the layout is fairly self-explanatory:

• Original title. Titles in italics represent foreign language films whose original titles are unknown. An asterisk (*) denotes an entry which is believed to be incomplete, requiring further investigation.
• Alternative English-language titles, where relevant. These are cross-referenced alphabetically throughout the filmography.
• Country of origin - Copyright year - Running time (in minutes) - Color (col), black and white (bw) or sepia notation.
• Director [D:].
• 3-D process. Full technical details for each process can be found in the Technical Glossary.
• Dual-strip, single-strip or CGI origination / Film gauge (35mm, 65mm, Video, etc.).
• Left-right image configuration (over-under, side by side, etc.).
• Release print configuration (where it differs from the original on-set format, eg. a movie photographed in 16mm and blown-up to 35mm).
• Sound format(s).
• Primary aspect ratio.
• Notes and/or plot synopses are provided in brackets at the end of each entry.

The ‘Stereokino’ process used on various Russian films in this list is rendered as ‘Stereofilm’ in some English-language sources. Both terms are accurate in their own way, though I’ve opted for the one which more closely resembles the original Russian configuration.

Also, various 3-D processes credited as ‘Stereovision’ were used throughout the 1950’s and 60’s, though these shouldn’t be confused with the single-strip StereoVision process (note the capital ‘V’) established by Chris J. Condon in 1969.

bw = Black and white
col = Color
D-Cinema = Digital Cinema
DTS = Digital Theater Systems (digital sound format)
fps = Frames per second
HD = High Definition
SAFE 3-D = Smart Anaglyphic Fatigue Eliminator 3-D
SDDS = Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
SDDS-8 = 8 channel Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
Sonics-DDP = Sonics Digital Disc Playback (sound format)
(SV) = Special venue item
(TV)  = Made for TV
(V) = Produced for (and released directly to) home video
VHD = Video High Density (disc-based video format)

[Additions and corrections are not only welcomed, but positively encouraged!! E-mails regarding this filmography should be addressed to gary [at] the3drevolution.com]





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13 EROTIC GHOSTS
USA (V) - 2002 - 70m - col
D: Nicholas Medina [Fred Olen Ray]
Pulfrich 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/Video
Stereo
1.78:1
[Softcore video item. Members of a reality TV show take their cameras to an abandoned school for girls, where they’re haunted by the ghosts of former students who died in tragic circumstances many years earlier. Most of the film is 2-D, except for the plentiful sex scenes, which is all the discerning voyeur could possibly ask for!]

13 GHOSTS
USA - 1960 - 88m - bw and col
[Presented in Illusion-O, sometimes credited as a 3-D process, though the format involves nothing more than glasses with colored filters, through which patrons can view ghostly figures on-screen at strategic points in the narrative]

13 GOLDEN NUNS
[Shi Shan Nu Ni]
(aka: Revenge of the Shogun Women)
(aka: Revenge of the 13)
(aka: Shogun Women)
Taiwan - 1977 - 98m - col
D: Chang Mei-chung
Optimax III
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[18th century China: After being assaulted and raped by opportunistic bandits, a group of nuns retreat to an isolated convent where they study various martial arts techniques before taking revenge on their erstwhile persecutors]

13 NUNS
[see: 13 Golden Nuns]

THE 3-D ARMY*
[Li Ti Qi Bing]
Taiwan - 1989 - 90m - col
D: Chan Jun-leung
Single-strip?/35mm
Left-right images over-under?
Mono
2.35:1?
[Period martial arts drama, set during the annual Flower Ball Celebration in Canton province, China. Junior members of opposing teams use underhand tactics to win the tournament, leading to conflict and assorted punch-ups]

THE 3-D FOLLIES
USA - 1953
[This compilation feature began filming in dual-35mm Stereo-Cine, though production appears to have been abandoned before completion. One of the segments intended for inclusion was later released under the title Carmenesque (qv)]

3-DIMENSION
USA - 1953 - 47m - col and bw
D: Raymond Spottiswoode
Stereo Techniques
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Compilation of 3-D short films: Around is Around, The Black Swan, Royal River (original title The Distant Thames), Now is the Time (To Put on Your Glasses), A Solid Explanation and Vintage ’28 (all qv). The 3-D format was promoted - erroneously - as ‘Tri-Optican’]

3 DIMENSIONS OF GRETA
(see: Four Dimensions of Greta)

3-D JAMBOREE
USA (SV) - 1956 - 26m - col
D: William Beaudine
Natural Vision 3-Dimension
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Compilation film, introduced by the world-famous Mouseketeers. Intended as a special Disneyland attraction, it opened at the Fantasyland Theatre in 1957, where it ran for three years. Includes the short films Adventures in Music: Melody and Working for Peanuts (both qv)]

3-D MANIA*
France - 1982 - 30m - col
[Technical details for this obscure hardcore short have yet to be determined]

3-D MANIA: ENCOUNTER IN THE THIRD DIMENSION
(see: Encounter in the Third Dimension)

THE 3-D MOVIE
USA/Japan - 1983 - col and bw
[Leonard Schrader’s ambitious documentary was planned as a wide-ranging exploration of 3-D cinema, from turn of the 20th century experiments to the latest dimensional technology, but funding fell through and the project was abandoned before completion]

THE III-D OLYMPIAD
USA - 1986 - 6m - col
D: Alan D. Williams
Elgeet Stereo
Single-strip/16mm
Left-right images side by side
Mono
0.67:1
[Amateur film, produced by the Stereo Club of Southern California, which spoofs various Olympic sports events. Commercially exhibited in some professional venues]

3-D ROCKS*
USA - 2005 - 90m - col and bw
D: Chris Columbus
Dual-HD Video
[Documentary feature, covering the 2004 International Underground Garage Festival on Randall Island, New York. This doesn’t appear to have been released anywhere, and may not have been completed]

3-D SAFARI*
France (SV) - 1991 - 22m - col
D: Marc Sator
Verifilm 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1?
[A young man (Johan Rougeul) realises a long-standing ambition to study lions at a Kenyan nature reserve. Special venue item, screened at Futuroscope in France]

3D SUN
USA - 2007 - 20m - col
D: Melissa Butts, Barry Kimm
Dual-HD Video
Digital 3-D and dual-1570 (IMAX) release prints
5.1 Digital Sound (Digital) / Sonics-DDP (IMAX)
1.85:1 (Digital 3-D)
1.44:1 (IMAX)
[Large Format documentary, incorporating footage taken during a historic NASA expedition in 2006 to photograph the very first stereoscopic images of the sun]

6 GIRLS GET THE WEEKEND UNDERWAY: A SPATIAL FILM STUDY FOR ZEISS IKON
(see: 6 Mädel Rollen ins Wochenend: Eine Raumfilm-Studie von Zeiss-Ikon)

6 MÄDEL ROLLEN INS WOCHENEND: EINE RAUMFILM-STUDIE VON ZEISS-IKON*
(aka: Six Girls Drive Into the Weekend)
(aka: 6 Girls Get the Weekend Underway: A Spatial Film Study for Zeiss-Ikon)
W.Germany - 1939 - 12m - bw
Raumfilm-System
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.37:1
[Comedy short, intended to showcase the Raumfilm-System 3-D format, in which a group of girls enjoy a camping holiday. Hold me back while I just die of excitement...]

7 DOORS OF DEATH
(see: Aldilà, L’)

99 DONNE
(see: 99 Mujeres)

99 MUJERES
(aka: 99 Donne)
(aka: 99 Women)
(aka: Der Heiße Tod)
(aka: The Hot Death)
(aka: Island of Despair)
(aka: Isle of Lost Women)
(aka: Prostitutes in Prison)
Spain/W.Germany/Italy - 1968 - 89m - col
[Sometimes credited as a 3-D movie, though this grim Women-in-Prison shocker - directed by exploitation pioneer Jesùs Franco - wasn’t photographed or exhibited in a dimensional process. At the time of its original UK release, ‘Monthly Film Bulletin’ magazine alleged it was shot in Superscope, though subsequent DVD versions were correctly framed at 1.66:1]

99 WOMEN
(see: 99 Mujeres)



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AABRA KA DABRA: THE SCHOOL OF MAGIC
India - 2004 - 128m - col
D: Dheeraj Kumar
3D Plus
Single-strip/HD Video
Anaglyphic camera attachment
Dolby Digital/DTS
2.35:1
[Children’s film, inspired by the Harry Potter series. A young boy (Athit Naik) enrols at a school of wizardry in order to find his father (Krrishna Sonie), who ‘disappeared’ whilst performing an extraordinary magic trick. The first - and, to date, only - film to utilize the 3D Plus process. The film’s title is rendered ‘Abbra Ka Dabra’ in some sources]

ABBRA KA DABRA
[see: Aabra Ka Dabra: The School of Magic]

ABNORMAL SEX CRIMES
(see: Kyôfu no Sadi Suto: Ijô Sei Hanzai)

ABOUT SIBERIA WITH LOVE
(see: Sibiru s Lyubovyu, O)

ABOUT STRANGE THINGS CONCERNING LOVE
(see: Strannostyakh Lyubvi, O)

ABRA CADABRA
Australia - 1984 - 84m - col
D: Alex Stitt
Triangle 3-D
Single-strip/35mm
Anaglyphic camera attachment
Dolby Stereo
2.35:1
[Animated children’s film, set in outer space, in which the son of an intergalactic wizard battles villains who have stolen a magical artefact. Loosely based on ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
USA - 1930 - 97m - bw
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D, but reconfigured on US home video in field sequential format. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

ACROBAT’S EXAMINATION
(see: Artista Vizska)

ACROSS THE SEA OF TIME
USA/Canada - 1995 - 52m - col
D: Stephen Low
IMAX 3-D
Dual-1570
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
IMAX Digital Sound
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[A young Russian boy (Peter Reznick) travels to New York in search of absent relatives, using old 3-D photographs of the bustling metropolis as a guide. A Large Format exploration of one of the world’s most vibrant cities]

ADAM AND SIX EVES
USA - 1960 - 60m - col
D: John Wallis
Natural Vision 3-Dimension (partly)
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1
[Nudie item, in which an unlucky gold prospector (Randy Brent) gets lost in the desert and is rescued by six gorgeous girls. No doubt he feels a right boob. And a couple of left ones, too. The film went unreleased until 1962, when it was screened in 2-D format only]

ADOLPH ZUKOR INTRODUCES VISTAVISION
USA - 1953 - 3m - col
Paravision
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Promotional item for VistaVision, a large screen process introduced by Paramount in the early 1950’s as a response to CinemaScope and other widescreen formats]

ADVENTURE PLANET
(see: Alien Adventure)

ADVENTURES IN ANIMATION 3-D
(aka: Virtual Actors)
Canada - 2004 - 40m - col
D: Pierre Lachapelle
IMAX 3-D
Dual-1570
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[An exploration of stereoscopic computer-generated imagery, attending the development of a CGI character from conception to execution. The character’s versatility is demonstrated by his involvement in a separate narrative, at which point the film segues to an earlier Large Format item, The Boxer (qv), produced in  2000]

ADVENTURES IN MUSIC: MELODY
USA - 1953 - 9m - col
D: Charles A. Nichols, Ward Kimball
Disney 3-D
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-35mm release print
Mono
1.37:1
[Animated short, first in the Adventures of Music series, in which Professor Owl goes in search of the perfect symphonic presentation. The film was later included in the special venue item 3-D Jamboree (qv)]

ADVENTURES IN 3-D
(see: Encounter in the Third Dimension)

THE ADVENTURES OF JUSTINE
USA/France/Netherlands (TV) - 1996 - 7 episodes - col
D: David Cove, Kevin Alber, L.L. Shapira [Lev L. Spiro]
Pulfrich 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/Video (3-D sequences)
Single-strip/16mm (2-D sequences)
Stereo
1.33:1
Softcore cable TV series, starring Daneen Boone as a teenage student who embarks on a series of archeological adventures with a handsome professor (Timothy Di Pri), leading to a variety of erotic exploits. Each episode contains a number of Pulfrich 3-D sex scenes. Later re-edited into seven feature-length entries, released separately on home video under the ‘Justine’ banner:
•  In the Heat of Passion
•  A Midsummer Night’s Dream
•  Wild Nights / Justine: Object of Desire
•  Exotic Liaisons
•  Crazy Love
•  A Private Affair
•  Justine: Seduction of Innocence / Seduction of Innocence

THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPACE
(aka: Space Attack)
USA - 1954 - 10m - col
D: Arthur C. Pierce, Paul G. Sprunk
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Puppet animation, set in the far-distant future of 2001 (!), when all that stands between Earth and a gang of intergalactic pirates is a kindly professor and his two young companions! Voices are provided by the inimitable Paul Frees. The film went unreleased until 1960 when it was converted to widescreen format (2.35:1) via the Superscope 235 process and retitled Space Attack (it went out as support for the 3-D feature September Storm, qv). The original version - with correct 1.37:1 aspect ratio - doesn’t appear to have been screened anywhere until 2003, when a dual-35mm print unspooled at the World 3-D Expo in Hollywood, California. The 3-D format was promoted on 1960 ad-mats as ‘Stereo-Vision’]

THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY & LAVAGIRL
USA - 2005 - 93m - col
D: Robert Rodriguez
Reality Camera System (partly)
Dual-HD Video
Digital 3-D (D-Cinema) and SAFE 3-D (35mm and D-Cinema) release prints
Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
1.85:1
[Bullied by unsympathetic classmates, a young boy (Cayden Boyd) finds solace by retreating into an imaginary world. But fantasy becomes reality when two of Boyd’s creations - Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner) and Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley) - materialize on Earth and recruit him in the ongoing battle against an alien enemy which is consuming the boy’s beloved dreamworld. Most theatrical prints (35mm and D-Cinema) were released in the SAFE 3-D (anaglyphic) format, though a Digital 3-D print was utilized for the film’s Texas premiere]

AELITA
Russia - 1924 - 110m - bw
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D, but reconfigured on US home video in field sequential format. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

AFRICAN ADVENTURE 3-D: SAFARI IN THE OKAVANGO
USA - 2007 - 40m - col
D: Ben Stassen
nWave 3-D
Dual-1570
Dual-1570, -870 and Digital 3-D release prints
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[Large Format documentary. Zoologist Liesl Eichenberger and wildlife filmmaker Tim Liversedge explore the length and breadth of the Okavango Delta, from Angola to the Kalahari Desert]

LES AILES DU COURAGE
(see: Wings of Courage)

AIR GUITAR 3-D*
[US musical short, rumoured to be going into production soon, in an as-yet unknown 3-D format]

AIR JUNCTION
UK - 1953 - 4m - bw
D: Leonard Reeve
Stereo Techniques
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Documentary exploration of a London airport]

AKAKAGE: 3-D ADVENTURE MOVIE
(see: Tobidasu Bôken Eiga: Akakage)

EL ALCANCE DE LA MANO
(see: Festival de la Tercera Dimensión, El)

L’ALDILÀ
(aka: The Beyond)
(aka: 7 Doors of Death)
Italy - 1981 - 87m - col
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D (Techniscope), but reconfigured on US DVD in field sequential format, under the title 7 Doors of Death. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

ALEKO
(aka: Gypsies)
USSR - 1948 - 61m - col
D: Grigori Roshal, Sergei Sidelyov
Stereokino
Single-strip/35mm
Frame sequential
Mono
1.37:1
[Melodrama based on Rachmaninov’s opera, in which a haughty nobleman surrenders himself to the love of a wild gypsy woman, only to suffer the consequences of his greed and arrogance]

ALICE IN WONDERLAND*
USA - 2010 - feature - col
D: Tim Burton
Disney Digital 3-D
Dual-HD Video? / Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D release print
[New version of Lewis Carroll’s much-loved story, announced for production in 2008 using a combination of live-action and ‘motion-capture’ techniques first used on The Polar Express and Beowulf (both qv)]

ALIEN ADVENTURE
USA/Belgium - 1999 - 37m - col
D: Ben Stassen
Iwerks 3-D
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
Iwerks Digital Audio
1.44:1 (1570)1.35:1 (870)
Compilation of CGI (dimensionalized) theme park ride films with newly-created linking footage:
•  Adventure Planet (USA/Belg - 1999)
•  Aquadventure (USA - 1999)
•  Glacier Run / Arctic Adventure (USA/Belg - 1998)
•  Kid Coaster (USA - 1998)
•  Magic Carpet Ride (USA - 1999)

ALIENS OF THE DEEP
USA - 2005 - 47m/99m - col
D: James Cameron, Steven Quale
Reality Camera System
Dual-HD Video
Dual-70mm (1570 and 870) and single-strip/anaglyphic (35mm and D-Cinema) release prints
Sonics-DDP/DTS-70 (70mm)
Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS (35mm and D-Cinema)
1.78:1
[Filmmaker James Cameron explores the strange life-forms of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, while CGI is used to portray the kind of creatures which may exist in other oceans, on planets beyond our own. An extended edition was subsequently released on home video]

ÁLLATKERTI SÉTA
(aka: Walk in the Zoo)
(aka: A Walk in the Zoological Garden)
Hungary - 1952 - 14m - col
D: Félix Bodrossy, József Gyorffy
Plasztikus Film
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Stereo
2.00:1
[Two children marvel at the animals in their local zoo. See also Artista Vizska (qv)]

V ALLEYAKH PARKA
(aka: Pathways in the Park)
USSR - 1952 - 9m - col
D: Andrei G. Boltyanskiy
Stereokino
Single-strip/35mm
Frame sequential
Mono
1.37:1
[Documentary short, exploring the sights and sounds of Moscow’s Luna Park]

AMERICAN BEAUTIES*
USA - 1953 - 8m - bw
Dual-35mm
Single-strip/anaglyphic release print
Mono
1.37:1
[Shot on the same set as Persian Slave Market (qv), this burlesque short features a scantily-clad beauty fencing with her lecherous tutor]

AMERICAN LIFE*
USA - 1953 - short - col
D: Ernst Wildi
Bolex Stereo
Single-strip/16mm
Left-right images side by side
Mono
0.67:1
[Documentary exploring various all-American pastimes, such as baseball and beach sports, with an emphasis on ‘off-screen’ effects. The film was later included in the compilation short Triorama (qv)]

L’AMI DE MONSIEUR
(aka: The Gentleman’s Friend)
France - 1935 - 32m - bw
D: Pierre de Cuvier
Stéréoscopic Lumière
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.37:1
[Comedy short, designed to showcase Louis Lumière’s short-lived 3-D process]

AMITYVILLE 3-D
(aka: Amityville 3 - The Demon)
USA - 1983 - 93m - col
D: Richard Fleischer
ArriVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Dolby Stereo
2.35:1
[A skeptical journalist (Tony Roberts) takes up residence in the infamous ‘haunted house’ at Amityville, only to stir up a hornets’ nest of supernatural horrors. Not a sequel to either The Amityville Horror (1979) or Amityville II: The Possession (1982), this superior shocker features a fair combination of plot and 3-D effects, with excellent use of ‘off-screen’ gags. Director Richard Fleischer also directed Arena (qv) in 1953, making him the only director to helm a stereoscopic film during both major 3-D booms of the 20th century. Followed by a number of DTV sequels, none of which were in 3-D, more’s the pity]

AMITYVILLE 3 - THE DEMON
(see: Amityville 3-D)

AMONGST THE WILD ANIMALS
(see: Sredi Sverei)

AMOR, AMORES*
(aka: Love, Loves)
Spain - 2002 - 6m - col
D: Pedro Prada Blanco
Dual-HD Video / Dimensionalized 3-D
1.78:1
[Two mosquitoes fall in love in this jolly short film, a combination of live-action and CGI 3-D]

ANAL AUDITIONS
USA (V) - 1995 - 88m - col
D: Michael Talon
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX video feature. Various young lovelies with a penchant for rear-entry sex are invited onto the casting couch, where eager studs fulfil their carnal desires. A profound meditation on the rigours of human existence? Or a jaw-dropping celebration of man-on-woman posterior-pounding? You be the judge!]

ANDY WARHOL’S FRANKENSTEIN
[see: Mostro è in Tavola... Barone Frankenstein, Il]

ANIMALOPOLIS*
USA (SV) - 2008 - 25m - col
D: Tim Huntley
Dual-HD Video
Dual-1570 release print
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[Large Format item for children, employing editing techniques and sound effects to transform 3-D footage of individual animals (twelve in all) into a humorous collage]

ANIMAL PLAY
(see: Igry Zhivotnykh)

ANIMALVISION 3-D
(see: SOS Planet)

ANIME BIJON (Vol. 7)*
(aka: Anime Vision [Vol. 7])
Japan (V) - 1987 - short - col
D: [various]
Dimensionalized 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/field sequential video print
Mono?
1.33:1
[Compilation of anime shorts, most in 2-D, except for the field sequential entry Kasei no Senshi: Taiyô no Kiba Daguramu (qv)]

ANIME VISION (Vol. 7)
(see: Anime Bijon [Vol. 7])

ANÎ NO 3-D ADOBENCHÂ: FUN FUN FUN*
(aka: Daydream)
(aka: Fun Fun Fun 3-D Adventure)
Japan - 1987 - 28m - col
StereoVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Live-action short, following the adventures of a little girl during her visit to an amusement park. The film was retitled Daydream for its US video debut, where it was featured in the compilation item World of 3-D Vol. 3 (1990)]

ANNAI BHOOMI*
India - 1985 - feature - col
D: R. Thyagaraajan
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Notable as the first Tamil language 3-D movie, one of several stereoscopic features produced in India during the mid-1980’s]

THE ANT BULLY
USA - 2006 - 89m - col
D: John A. Davis
IMAX Digital 3-D
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-1570 release print
Sonics-DDP
1.85:1
[A young boy falls victim to school bullies and takes out his frustrations on a defenceless ant colony. However, the insects fight back by shrinking him down to their size and forcing him to help rebuild their world, teaching him valuable life lessons along the way. The film was released too early to capitalize on the 21st century craze for stereoscopic digital projection, so only the IMAX version was screened theatrically in 3-D. The 35mm and D-Cinema editions were configured in 2-D format with Dolby Digital, DTS and SDDS soundtracks]

APE
(aka: Hideous Mutant)
(aka: King Kongui Daeyeokseub)
USA/S.Korea - 1976 - 87m - col
D: Paul Leder
Spacevision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Dragged from its island paradise by greedy humans, a giant ape escapes from captivity and rampages through the Korean city of Seoul, taking an American actress (Joanna Kerns, billed as ‘Joanna DeVarona’) hostage along the way. King Kong, anyone? Though released domestically with a mono soundtrack, some foreign prints were enhanced via MegaSound encoding, an ultra-low-frequency bass rumble similar to the Sensurround format designed by Universal for Earthquake (1974)]

APT. 51: DEVIL BAT*
USA (V) - 2004 - 35m - col and bw
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[Condensed version of the 2-D feature film The Devil Bat (1941), with interactive 3-D footage of characters commenting on the narrative]

APT. 51: ROBOT MONSTER*
USA (V) - 2004 - 50m - col and bw
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[Condensed version of Robot Monster (qv), with interactive 3-D footage of characters commenting on the narrative. Though originally photographed in dual-35mm Tru-Stereo, the footage from Robot Monster used here is in 2-D]

AQUADVENTURE
(see: Alien Adventure)

AQUARIDE
(see: Alien Adventure)

THE ARAB CONNECTION
(see: Capital Hill Girls, The)

ARCTIC ADVENTURE
[see: Alien Adventure]

ARENA
USA - 1953 - 83m - col
D: Richard Fleischer
Metrovision Tri-Dee
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Gig Young toplines this middling drama as a rodeo rider whose marriage to Polly Bergen is threatened by his devotion to the sport, not to mention his devotion to busty (it says here) Barbara Lawrence. Cue barrage of off-screen effects! Though photographed with 1.37:1 aspect ratio in mind, the film was exhibited at 1.75:1 in some venues]

AROUND AND ABOUT
UK - 1952 - 10m - bw
D: Danny Carter
Stereo Techniques
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Documentary short in which a dance troupe puts on a show. One of several films produced in the Stereo Techniques process for exhibition during the Festival of Britain]

AROUND IS AROUND
Canada/UK - 1951 - 10m - col
D: Norman MacLaren
Stereo Techniques
Dual-35mm
Stereosound
1.37:1
[Cartoon short, produced for exhibition during the Festival of Britain, which features abstract imagery in stereoscopic motion. Later incorporated into the compilation item 3-Dimension (qv)]

THE ARRIVAL OF A TRAIN AT LA CIOTAT STATION
(see: Arrivée d’un Train en Gare de la Ciotat, L’)    

L’ARRIVÉE D’UN TRAIN EN GARE DE LA CIOTAT
(aka: The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station)
France - 1934 - 1m - bw
D: Louis Lumière
Stéréoscopic Lumière
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.33:1
[First screened at the French Académie des Sciences in 1935. This test film - the first to utilize Lumière’s 3-D format - is a remake of the 1896 2-D original, and shows a train pulling into the eponymous rail station. Er, not a blockbuster, then?]

ARTISTA VIZSKA
(aka: Acrobat’s Examination)
Hungary - 1952 - 41m - bw
D: Félix Bodrossy
Plasztikus Film
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Stereo
2.00:1
[A circus performance in glorious 3-D! This was one of the first films in Bodrossy’s forward-thinking Plasztikus format, developed years before the introduction of over-under 3-D in America (cf. The Bubble). It opened in Budapest in 1952, on the same bill with two other short films, also shot by Bodrossy: Állatkerti Séta and the newsreel Stereo Hiradó Egy (both qv)]

THE ART OF TOUCH II: A TAOIST EROTIC MASSAGE
(see: Sexual Feeling)

ASS BUSTERS
USA (V) - 1995 - 87m - col
D: Michael Talon
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX video feature, in which director Talon takes his cameras onto the streets of Hollywood, looking for gorgeous girls who like to, er... take it up the rear (there goes our ‘family friendly’ tag!). What can I tell you? They make the movies, I just write about ‘em!]

ASSIGNMENT A-BOMB
(see: Doom Town)

ASS POPPERS
USA (V) - 1995 - 80m - col
D: Michael Talon
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX video feature, with an emphasis on rear-entry sex. Several young beauties are filmed whilst auditioning for a role in the director’s latest movie and end up ‘getting it on’ (as they say), not only with the guys, but with the gals, too! Honestly, how anyone is supposed to watch this stuff through steamed-up 3-D glasses is beyond me!]

ASYLUM OF THE INSANE
USA - 1972 - 90m - col
D: Donald E. Davidson [and Byron Mabe]
HorrorScope (partly)
Single-strip/35mm
Anaglyphic camera attachment
Mono
1.85:1
[Re-edited version of Byron Mabe’s 2-D feature She-Freak (1967), with newly-created 3-D footage (promoted in some sources as ‘MiracleVision’ - it was a miracle if viewers could see any depth at all!). Basically an exploitation remake of Freaks (1932), this grimy little number features Claire Brennen as a greasy-spoon waitress who escapes her humdrum existence by joining a travelling carnival. However, she doesn’t take kindly to the so-called ‘freaks’ and ‘oddities’ who make up its numbers, leading to a grotesque resolution. The 3-D inserts have literally nothing to do with the rest of the movie! The film’s title is often given as an AKA for another 3-D feature, The Flesh and Blood Show (qv), thereby confusing the two films as a single production in many listings. However, TFABS doesn’t appear to have been screened anywhere under this particular title. See also Monsters Crash the Pajama Party: Spook Show Spectacular]

AUBREY BLAZE PIRANHAS*
USA - 2009 - feature - col
Fusion 3-D
Dual-HD Video
Digital 3-D release print
[The first in a proposed series of low-budget action epics, in which eponymous adventurer Aubrey Blaze leaps to the rescue of a caving party trapped in an isolated cavern overrun by deadly mutant piranhas]

AUDIOSCOPIKS
USA - 1936 - 8m - col
D: John A. Norling
Norling-Leventhal 3-Dimensions (partly)
Dual-35mm
Single-strip/anaglyphic release print
Mono
1.33:1
[Demonstration of ‘off-the-screen’ effects, compiled from footage shot by 3-D pioneers John A. Norling and Jacob F. Leventhal, and narrated with tongue firmly in cheek by novelty specialist Pete Smith. The film was later included in the compilation item Metroscopix (qv)]

AVATAR*
USA - 2009 - feature - col
D: James Cameron
Digital Widescreen
Fusion 3-D
Dual-HD Video
Digital 3-D release print
2.39:1
[Blockbuster science fiction adventure, set in the distant future, in which humankind attempts to colonize an alien planet, only to face violent opposition from some of the indigenous population]

AWAKENING FROM A DREAM*
[Mi Meng Chu Xing]
China - 1987 - feature - col
D: Zhang Shichun, Zhang Zucheng
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1
[In rural China, a greedy entrepeneur stirs up feudal rivalry and ancient superstitions with the stories he prints in his grubby newspaper. Any resemblance to the life and works of a certain Mr. Murdoch are entirely unintentional, I’m sure]



B


BABY ANIMALS
(see: Igry Zhivotnykh)

BAD LOLITA
(see: Black Lolita)

BAIKAL, OH THE BEAUTY
(see: Baykal, Krasota to Kakaya)

BAILE ESPAÑOL
(see: Festival de la Tercera Dimensión, El)

BANDIT ISLAND
USA - 1953 - 25m - col
D: Arthur Hilton
Stereovision
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Crime drama, in which a Korean war veteran (Glenn Langan) returns home to LA and becomes a beat cop, only to fall foul of payroll thieves. This short item is comprised of stereoscopic footage shot for the otherwise 2-D feature The Big Chase (qv). Apparently, the short version was released first, to capitalize on contemporary interest in 3-D material, followed a year later by its ‘flat’ feature-length counterpart]

A BANDY-LEGGED FRIEND
(see: Kosolapiy Drug)

BARBIE AND THE MAGIC OF PEGASUS
USA (V) - 2005 - 85m - col
D: Greg Richardson
Dimensionalized 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/anaglyphic video print
Dolby Digital
1.78:1
[One of a series of animated DTV films featuring the Barbie character, this one distinguished (if that’s the word) by a number of 3-D interludes. Here, our heroine ‘portrays’ a beautiful princess who teams up with a magical horse to defeat the wizard who has enslaved her entire family. Aww, bless]

BARE 3-D*
USA (V) - 19?? - 4 volumes - col
D: [various]
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[Series of videos featuring 3-D ‘nudie’ footage from around the world]  

BARGE DWELLERS
(aka: Uncle Bill and the Dredge Dwellers)
USA - 1978 - 25m - col
D: Lenny Lipton
Lipton Three-Dimensional Filmmaking System
Dual-Super 8
Mono
1.37:1
[Amateur documentary, commercially exhibited in some professional venues, which explores daily life in Dredgetown, California. No, I’ve never heard of it, either...]

BAR STUDS*
USA (V) - 1995 - feature - col
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX gay feature. A series of vignettes set around a surprisingly open-minded bar, where lonely staff-members and hunky customers relieve their frustrations by banging each other’s brains out. Not so lonely now, eh?]

BASEBALL: THE GLOBAL GAME*
Canada - 2008 - short - col
IMAX 3-D
Dual-1570
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[Large Format history of professional baseball, currently in production]

BASTARD VEGA: THE GOLD OF HANZ HAGEN
(see: Hágenovo Zlato 3-D)

BATTLE ANGEL
[Long-in-gestation sci-fi adventure from James Cameron, intended for production with Fusion 3-D technology, though the film is currently on the back-burner while Cameron tackles another 3-D feature, Avatar (qv)]

A BATTLE IN AN OLD CITY*
[Zhan Gu Cheng]
Hong Kong - 1953 - short - col
D: Ho Pik-kin, Tsang Mung-wan
Zhongguo 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Cantonese opera. Notable as Hong Kong’s first 3-D short film]

BAYKAL, KRASOTA TO KAKAYA
(aka: Baikal, Oh the Beauty)
USSR - 1982 - 38m - col
D: Eugeniy Legat
Stereo 70
Single-strip/65mm
Left-right images side by side
570 release print
6-track magnetic stereo
1.37:1
[70mm documentary exploring the history and wildlife of beautiful Lake Baikal, located in the Siberian heartland]

BAYWATCH*
[US action-drama, based on the long-running TV show, rumored to be going into production in 3-D]

BEAUTY GIRLS
(see: Supergirls for Love)

BEAUTY TO MEASURE
[see: Femmina]

BEDROOM CRIES*
USA (V) - 1995 - feature - col
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX video feature. Plotless romp set in a strip club where some of the dancers and clientele decide to get to know each other better. Cue the usual minge-munching and knob-twiddling]  

BEGGAR’S WEDDING
(see: Nozze Vagabonde)

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
(see: Capital Hill Girls, The)

BELLA STARR
[see: In the Dressing Room of Bella Starr]

BELLA SU MISURA
[see: Femmina]

THE BELLBOY AND THE PLAYGIRLS
(aka: The Playgirls and the Bellboy)
USA/W.Germany - 1962 - 84m - bw and col
D: Francis Ford Coppola [and Fritz Umgelter and Alexander Rabal]
Optovision (partly)
Dual-16mm
Single-strip/35mm release print
Left-right images side by side
Mono
1.66:1
[Re-edited US version of the 2-D feature Mit Eva Fing die Sünde an (1958), with new footage shot in 3-D by future Hollywood big shot Coppola. A naive bellboy dreams of becoming a private eye and practices by spying on ‘suspicious’ characters in the hotel where he works, especially the beautiful young women (representatives of a famous lingerie firm) who parade around their rooms in various states of undress. Guess which scenes are in 3-D?! Also screened in single-strip/anaglyphic format]

BELLS
(see: Kolokola)

BELYJ  PUDEL
(aka: The White Poodle)
USSR - 1955 - 70m - col
D: Marianna Roshal, Vladimir Shredel
Stereokino
Single-strip/35mm
Frame sequential
Mono
1.37:1
[Children’s feature, in which travelling entertainers rescue their beloved poodle from a heartless thief]

BEOWULF
USA - 2007 - 114m - col
D: Robert Zemeckis
Digital Widescreen
Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D (D-Cinema) and dual-1570 (IMAX) release print
Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS (D-Cinema)
Sonics-DDP (IMAX)
2.39:1
[In ancient times, a brave warrior (Ray Winstone) slays the demon Grendel, only to face the wrath of its seductive, deadly mother (Angelina Jolie). Combination of live-action and CGI, using ‘motion capture’ techniques first pioneered in The Polar Express (qv). The 35mm version was released in 2-D]

BERMUDA: ISLAND OF DREAMS*
USA - 1953 - short - col
D: Ernst Wildi
Bolex Stereo
Single-strip/16mm
Left-right images side by side
Mono
0.67:1
[Promotional short, produced on behalf of the Bermuda Tourist Board]

THE BEST LITTLE HOUSE ON CAPITOL HILL
(see: Capital Hill Girls, The)

A BETTER MOUSETRAP
(aka: Mousetrapped)
USA - 1997/2004 - 1m - col
D: Ron Labbe
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-1570 (IMAX) release print
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[Large Format animation which visualizes the world from a mouse’s point of view. The film was produced in 1997 (in 2-D) under the title Mousetrapped and reworked for IMAX 3-D presentation in 2004]

THE BEST OF CITY GIRLS*
USA (V) - 2003 - 115m - col
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Stereo
1.33:1
[Nudie item, in which six beautiful girls (from six beautiful cities) pose in six beautiful swimming costumes before stripping down to the bare essentials (ie. naked). Who needs Gone With the Wind when there’s stuff like this on the video shelves?]

BEST OF ELECTRIC BLUE: SPECIAL 3-D CENTREFOLD
[see: Electric Blue 008]

THE BEYOND
(see: Aldilà, L’)

BEYOND THE GREAT WALL*
Canada - 2008 - 40m - col
D: David Douglas
Dual-65mm?
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[Large Format documentary exploring China’s rich history of technological innovation]

THE BIG CHASE
USA - 1954 - 60m - bw
[Crime drama. The climactic chase sequence was shot in colour and dual-35mm Stereovision, with a view to releasing that section as a separate item (see Bandit Island), though the feature-length version was released in black and white and 2-D format only]

BIZARRE NIGHT STORY OF SEXUAL DESIRE
(see: Ryôki Shikijô Yawa)

BLACK BEAUTIES*
USA (V) - 19?? - 2 volumes - col
D: [various]
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[X-rated compilation of 3-D sauciness, with an emphasis on ethnic beauty. No plot, just boobs]

BLACK GLOVES*
[Hei Shou Tao]
Hong Kong - 1953 - feature - bw
D: Wong Diu
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Early Shaw Brothers production (their first in 3-D), in which a young bride (Lucilla Yu Ming) is conned by her greedy husband (Zhang Yang), who plots to murder her father and claim the family fortune]

BLACK LOLITA
(aka: Bad Lolita)
(aka: Wildcat Women)
USA - 1974 - 85m - col
Stephen Gibson
DeepVision
Single-strip/35mm
Anaglyphic camera attachment
Mono
1.37:1
[Combination of nudie fluff and blaxploitation epic, in which a gang of gorgeous (aren’t they always?) girls take a stand against local gangsters]

THE BLACK SWAN
UK - 1952 - 13m - bw
D: Leonard Reeve
Stereo Techniques
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Ballet performance, filmed in 3-D for exhibition during the Festival of Britain. The film was later included in the compilation short 3-Dimension (qv)]

BLOND EMMANUELLE IN 3-D
(see: Hot Skin)

THE BLONDE SLAVE’S REVENGE
USA - 1953 - 4m - bw
D: Klaytan W. Kirby
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Obscure burlesque short, one of several released in the early 1950’s, featuring tame footage of contemporary strippers]

BLOOD GRUDGE
(see: Jorng Wien)

BLOOD SISTERS
USA (V) - 2003 - 80m - col
D: Joe Castro
Nu-View (partly)
Single-strip/Video
Field sequential
Mono
1.33:1
[Ultra low-budget video item, in which a bunch of sexy sorority sisters turn out to be (gasp!) blood-sucking vampires. Timid stuff, with 3-D inserts]

BLOODY TEASE
USA (V) - 2002 - 80m - col
D: Brad Sykes
Nu-View
Single-strip/Video
Field sequential
Mono
1.33:1
[Two horny college students (Dan Wells and Steve Beaumont Jones) stumble across a fabulous strip club where the girls turn out to be, er... vampires. Not quite so ‘fabulous’ after all, then! Amateurish stuff, shot on video, from the same stable as Camp Blood (qv) et al, so you know what to expect]

BLUE MAGIC
(see: Ocean Wonderland)

BOLT*
USA - 2008 - feature - col
D: Chris Williams
Disney Digital 3-D
Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D release print
[Animated feature. A pampered German Shepherd dog, famous for his heroism in a weekly TV show, is accidentally shipped from Hollywood to New York and is forced to confront everyday reality during his long journey home]

BOO MOON
USA - 1954 - 8m - col
D: Seymour Kneitel
Stereotoon
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-35mm release print
Mono
1.85:1
[Animated short. Casper the Friendly Ghost travels to the moon and helps the resident Moon Men fight off an army of invading tree monsters]

BOOTY*
[Proposed adventure film, shot in dual-HD Video, in which a group of sexy, sassy women are kidnapped by cutthroat pirates and turn the tables by stealing their captors’ ship, laden with stolen booty. Naturally, the pirates give chase... Currently in development]

BOUDOIR BABE
USA (V) - 1995 - 85m - col
D: Michael Talon
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX video feature. Smut starlet Amber Woods takes on all-comers (ahem!) in this plotless raunch-fest]

THE BOUNTY HUNTER
USA - 1954 - 79m - col
D: André de Toth
WarnerVision
Dual-video
Mono
1.75:1
[Western drama, with Randolph Scott as a bounty hunter charged with finding the merciless outlaws involved in a violent train robbery. Armed with nothing more than a vague description of those involved, he tracks them to an unwelcoming border town where danger lurks on every street corner. Originally released in 2-D format only]

THE BOXER
Canada - 2000 - 22m - col
D: Pierre Lachapelle
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-1570 (IMAX) release print
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[CGI animated short, in which a luckless boxer is tricked into sparring with a huge, formidable opponent. Later incorporated into the Large Format item Adventures in Animation 3-D (qv)]

BOY, GIRL, BOOM!
(see: Chico, Chica, ¡Boom!)

BREAKING THROUGH*
Canada (SV)  - 1993 - short - col
D: [uncredited]
IMAX 3-D
Dual-1570
IMAX Digital Sound
1.44:1
[Early Large Format film, produced for Expo ’93 in Taejon, S.Korea]

BREAST OF 3-D*
USA (V) - 19?? - feature? - col
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[Three guesses what this X-rated video compilation is all about?! Anyone who gets it wrong will feel a complete tit!!]

BROOM AND BLACK HAT
(see: Ona s Metloy, On v Chyornoy Shlyape)

BROWN SUGAR
USA (V) - 1990 - 2 x 60m - col
D: Michael Starks
Field sequential
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[Amateur X-rated video series, commercially available via Internet sources, featuring an emphasis on interracial rumpy-pumpy]

THE BUBBLE
(aka: Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth)
(aka: The Zoo)
USA - 1966 - 112m/91m - col   
D: Arch Oboler
Spacevision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[The film which introduced single-strip/over-under 3-D to American cinema with Robert Bernier’s Spacevision format (promoted here as ‘Space-Vision Tri-Optiscope 4-D’). Michael Cole and Deborah Walley play a married couple whose plane is forced down over an isolated town whose inhabitants seem strangely muted and zombified, until our heroes discover they’re trapped in an alien-controlled bubble. Originally released at 112 minutes, then re-released at 91 minutes under the title Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth]

BUGS!
UK/Canada - 2003 - 40m - col
D: Mike Slee
IMAX 3-D
Dual-870
Dual-1570 and -HD Video release prints
Sonics-DDP/DTS-70
1.44:1
[Judi Dench narrates this Large Format exploration of the world of insects. Entomophobes beware!]

BULLFIGHTING IN SPAIN
[see: Festival de la Tercera Dimensión, El]

BUNGALOW*
Japan - 1982? - feature - col
[Nothing more is known about this obscure feature, apparently shot in ‘Ultravision’. This may be the same Ultra Vision used on Magnificent Bodyguards (qv), a dual-Techniscope process configured in single-strip/over-under format for theatrical release]

BUTT ALLEY*
USA (V) - 1995 - feature - col
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[XXX video feature, toplined by rampant sexpots Nicole London and Nikki Sinn, with an emphasis on the joys of rear-entry rudeness]

BUTTERSCOTCH
USA/Canada (TV) - 1997 - 7 episodes - col
D: Rolfe Kanefsky, Hamilton Lewiston, Cotte, Antonia Keeler
Pulfrich 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/Video (3-D sequences)
Single-strip/16mm (2-D sequences)
Stereo
1.33:1
Softcore cable TV series, based on the graphic novels by Milo Manara, featuring Scott Coppola as a hapless actor exposed to a mad scientist’s ‘invisibility formula’ who uses his newfound powers to seduce women. Each episode contains several Pulfrich 3-D sequences. Later re-edited into seven feature-length entries, released separately on home video under the ‘Butterscotch’ banner:
•  Lost But Found / The Erotic Misadventures of the Invisible Man
•  Power Flower
•  Butterscotch Over Berlin
•  Butterscotch Sunday
•  I’m Not a Ghost
•  Mission Invisible
•  How Sweet It Is

BUTTERSCOTCH: HOW SWEET IT IS
[see: Butterscotch]

BUTTERSCOTCH: I’M NOT A GHOST
[see: Butterscotch]

BUTTERSCOTCH: LOST BUT FOUND
[see: Butterscotch]

BUTTERSCOTCH: MISSION INVISIBLE
[see: Butterscotch]

BUTTERSCOTCH OVER BERLIN
[see: Butterscotch]

BUTTERSCOTCH: POWER FLOWER
[see: Butterscotch]

BUTTERSCOTCH SUNDAY
[see: Butterscotch]

BWANA DEVIL
USA - 1952 - 79m - col
D: Arch Oboler
Natural Vision 3-Dimension
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[The film which kickstarted the 1950’s 3-D boom, trashed by critics but embraced by audiences worldwide. Robert Stack stars as chief engineer of a Kenyan railway project terrorized by man-eating lions. Nigel Bruce and Barbara Britton take up the supporting roles. Director Oboler believed 3-D represented the future of cinema, and he went on to direct other stereoscopic projects (The Bubble and Domo Arigato, both qv), though he died in 1987, before 21st century digital projection techniques began to render his dream a reality. Bwana Devil was remade (in 2-D) as The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)]



C


CAMELS WEST
(see: Southwest Passage)

LA CAMERIERA SEDUCE I VILLEGGIANTI*
(aka: The Hostess)
(aka: Porno Hostess in 3-D)
Italy - 1980 - 102m - col
[Though listed in some sources as a single-strip/over-under 3-D production (2.35:1 aspect ratio), I could find no evidence to corroborate such a finding. Online and published sources make no mention of a dimensional process, and the film appears to have been exhibited exclusively in 2-D. As such, Porno Hostess in 3-D may not be a legitimate AKA for this particular entry. In fact, there may be some confusion with Le Porno Hostess in Super 3-D, the Italian release title for the bona fide dimensional film The Stewardesses (qv)]

CAMP BLOOD
USA (V) - 1999 - 73m - col
D: Brad Sykes
Nu-View
Single-strip/Video
Field sequential
Mono
1.33:1
[Painfully amateurish stuff, shot on video. Whilst hiking in woodland near the deserted Camp Blackwood - site of an unsolved murder ten years earlier - four young city-dwellers are targeted by a masked psychopath who kills their guide (Courtney Harris) and stalks them through the woods with murderous intent. Followed by the equally dire Camp Blood 2 (qv)]

CAMP BLOOD 2
USA (V) - 2000 - 75m - col
D: Brad Sykes
Nu-View
Single-strip/Video
Field sequential
Mono
1.33:1
[The sole survivor of Camp Blood (Jennifer Ritchkoff) joins forces with a small-time filmmaker (Garrett Clancy) to make a movie about her ‘terrifying’ experiences, but the cast and crew is terrorized by yet another deranged psycho. More shot-on-video rubbish, no better than the first one - you’ve been warned!]

CAMPUS CAPERS
(see: College Capers)

CAMPUS PANTY RAIDS
(see: College Capers)

CAPITAL HILL
(see: Capital Hill Girls, The)

THE CAPITAL HILL GIRLS
(aka: The Arab Connection)
(aka: Behind Closed Doors)
(aka: The Best Little House on Capitol Hill)
(aka: Capital Hill)
(aka: Political Pleasures)
USA - 1976 - 80m - col
D: William Condon
LazerVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (anamorphic)
Mono
1.37:1
[X-rated comedy, using StereoVision lenses under the LazerVision tag. This one concerns a private club in Washington DC, where politicians unwind by bouncing up and down on a variety of bosomy beauties. Blackmail and ‘hilarity’ ensue]

CAPTAIN EO
USA (SV) - 1986 - 17m - col
D: Francis Ford Coppola
Disney 3-D
Dual-570
6-track Dolby Stereo
2.20:1
[One of the most expensive special venue films ever made, featuring Michael Jackson as the captain of a ramshackle spaceship which lands on a desolate planet ruled by an evil dictator (Anjelica Huston)]

CAPTAIN MILKSHAKE
USA - 1970 - 100m  - col and bw
D: Richard Crawford
Cinedepth (partly)
Dual-Techniscope/35mm
Mono
2.35:1
[Freewheeling ‘youth’ drama in which a hapless Marine (Geoff Gage) arrives home from Vietnam and becomes involved with a group of hippies who challenge his belief in the ongoing conflict. The bulk of the film was shot in black and white 2-D, with Vietnam footage in colour and 3-D, intended for single-strip/over-under theatrical presentation. However, the stereoscopic footage was printed in 2-D only, and the filmmakers were unable to strike any 3-D prints]

CARMENESQUE*
USA - 1953 - short - col
D: Sol Lesser
Stereo-Cine
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Burlesque short featuring stripper Lili St. Cyr. Originally intended for inclusion in The 3-D Follies (qv), but released independently when that film was abandoned during production]

CARNIVAL IN APRIL
USA - 1953 - 18m - bw
D: Will Cowan
Universal 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1
[Eddie Sammons describes this as a ‘music and specialty acts revue’, featuring Carlos Molino and His Orchestra, The Robinsons and Toni Arden]

CARNIVAL OF SOULS
USA - 1962 - 83m - bw
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D, but reconfigured on US DVD in single-strip/anaglyphic format. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

CARNIVAL STORY
W.Germany/USA - 1954 - 95m - col
[Sometimes credited as a 3-D feature, though it wasn’t filmed or exhibited in a dimensional process. This is the English-language version of Rummelplatz der Liebe (qv), filmed separately from its German counterpart and featuring much the same cast, but with English-speaking leads]

THE CARRIAGE
(see: Thanga)

CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON
USA - 1954 - 64m - bw
D: Arthur Hilton
Tru-Stereo
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1
[Whilst exploring the dark side of the moon, a group of astronauts stumble across an ancient civilisation of leotard-wearing ‘cat-women’ who plan to steal their spaceship. Based on true events that actually happened! Can you prove they didn’t?! Infamous as one of the ‘worst’ stereoscopic movies of the 1950’s, though reports suggest it contains some pretty good 3-D photography. Oh, and Elmer Bernstein wrote the music!]

CAVALIERI DELL’ILLUSIONE
[see: Femmina]

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
(aka: Fatal Desire)
(aka: Rustic Chivalry)
Italy - 1953 - 84m - col
D: Carmine Gallone
Richardson 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Anthony Quinn stars in this overheated melodrama, an adaptation of Pietro Mascagni’s opera, in which a soldier (Quinn) returns home from the war to reclaim his former love (May Britt), only to find she’s gotten married to someone else in his absence, leading to betrayal and murder]

CEASE FIRE
USA - 1953 - 76m - bw  
D: Owen Crump
Paravision
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1
[As the Korean war draws to a close, an unlucky platoon goes on one final mission into enemy territory, leading to a fateful confrontation. This ambitious low-budget drama incorporates 3-D footage shot on Korean battlefields during the actual conflict itself! Gawd knows how the operators managed to set up the cameras without getting their heads blown off! The soundtrack is listed as magnetic stereo in contemporary trade ads, though the film appears to have been released in optical mono only]

CELL WARS*
Canada - 2008 - 40m - col
Dual-65mm?
Dual-1570 release print
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[Large Format documentary, currently in production, which describes the workings of the human body at cellular level, where huge conflicts occur on a daily basis]

CHAIN GANG
USA - 1983 - 93m - col
D: Worth Keeter
StereoVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Exploitation drama, featuring Earl Owensby as an innocent man thrown into a corrupt prison where he’s abused and humiliated until a riot breaks out, allowing him an opportunity to settle old scores with the villain who sent him to jail in the first place]

THE CHAMBER-MADES
(aka: Pastries)
(aka: A Touch of Sweden)
USA - 1971 - 70m - col
D: Joseph F. Robertson
Triarama
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (anamorphic)
Mono
1.37:1
[Much-loved X-rated starlet Uschi Digart toplines this Adult trifle, in which she returns home to Sweden from a US vacation and recounts the erotic adventures she enjoyed during her Stateside excursion. Released in three separate versions: A softcore 3-D print entitled The Chamber-Mades, a 2-D softcore feature entitled A Taste of Sweden, and a 2-D hardcore edition entitled Pastries (though Digart is not involved in the hardcore footage)]

CHAMPAGNEGALOPP
(aka: The Groove Room)
(aka: Man With a Maid)
(aka: My Favorite Butler)
(aka: Teenage Tickle Girls)
(aka: Tickled Pink)
(aka: Victorian Passions)
(aka: What the Swedish Butler Saw)
Sweden/USA - 1973 - 92m - col
D: Vernon P. Becker
Wondavision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.66:1
[Unusual softcore farce, starring Ole Søltoft as a Victorian aristocrat who tries to impress his headstrong girlfriend (Sue Longhurst) by turning his late uncle’s estate into a secret love nest. Unfortunately, Jack the Ripper (Martin Ljung) is lurking somewhere on the premises! Diana Dors co-stars as the madame of a local brothel. The 3-D format was promoted on some advertising materials as ‘Deep Throw 3-D’]

CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER
USA - 1953 - 96m - col
D: Gordon Douglas
Natural Vision 3-Dimension
Dual-35mm
WarnerPhonic Sound
1.66:1
[Western drama which throws everything - but everything! - into the audience’s lap. A cavalry squad travels into Cheyenne territory to rescue two white women who have been forced into slavery by dangerous Indian renegades. Guy Madison is the hero, while Vera Miles plays one of the ‘victims’, strangely unwilling to surrender the favours bestowed on her by the Cheyenne warriors]

CHARMING AUGUSTINE
USA - 2006 - 40m - bw
D: Zoe Beloff
Bolex Stereo
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side
Mono
0.67:1
[Experimental film, based on a series of 19th century photographs. A disturbed young girl is admitted to a Parisian asylum after suffering a series of monstrous fits which manifest themselves in theatrical splendour, making her a ‘star’ amongst the inmates. Director Beloff asserts she shot the film in 3-D “to conjure up a time just prior to the invention of cinema... to suggest a different direction that cinema might have taken had it been invented in the 1880’s”]

CHEATY GHOST
[see: Phee Jao Leh]

CHELOVEK V ZELENOY PERCHATKE
(aka: Man With a Green Glove)
USSR - 1968 - 74m - col
D: Nikolai Ekk
Stereo 70
Single-strip/65mm
Left-right images side by side
570 release print
6-track magnetic stereo
1.37:1
[Circus drama in which an acrobat loses his hand in wartime and develops a new act which circumvents his disability]

CHHOTA CHETAN
(aka: My Dear Kuttichathan)
India - 1983 - 103m - col
D: Jijo
StereoVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[India’s first 3-D film is a children’s fantasy in which three kids (Sonia, Suresh and Mukesh) release a magical spirit from captivity in a haunted house, only to be pursued by a villain (Kottarakkara) who wants to use the spirit’s powers for his own malicious purposes]  

CHHOTA JADUGAR
(aka: Little Magician)
(aka: Magic Magic)
India - 2003 - 103m - col
D: Jose Punnoosse
StereoVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Dolby Digital
2.35:1
[Children’s film. Shortly after moving to New York, an unhappy Indian boy (Sooraj Balaji) runs away from his family and is befriended by three American street kids (Julia Rusatsky, Julian Carey and Justin Melvin), all of whom band together to rescue some dogs from a local criminal gang]  

CHICAGO FILMMAKERS ON THE CHICAGO RIVER
USA - 1998/2003 - 80m - col
D: D.P. Carlson
Pulfrich 3-D
Single-strip/Video
Stereo
1.33:1
[22 film directors (mainstream and independent) are interviewed on the Chicago river, describing how the city has influenced their work. Those interviewed include Michael Mann, John McNaughton, Haskell Wexler and John Landis. The film was released theatrically in 1998 (in 2-D), then re-edited for home video in 2003 and distributed with Pulfrich 3-D glasses, given that most of the footage loans itself to that particular format]

CHICKEN LITTLE
USA - 2005 - 81m - col
D: Mark Dindal
Disney Digital 3-D
Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D release print
Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS
1.85:1
[Children’s animation. A brave chicken (voiced by Zach Braff) is ostracized by the local community when he raises a false alarm which causes mass panic. But when the town is threatened by a real calamity, our hero must overcome his pariah status and save the day. The film was designed as a 2-D feature, but new digital projection technologies prompted a last-minute switch to 3-D, created in post-production. It shows. The 35mm version was screened in 2-D only]

CHICO, CHICA, ¡BOOM!*
(aka: Boy, Girl, Boom!)
Spain - 1969 - 95m - col
[Listed as a Stereo 70 3-D film in Eddie Sammons' book ‘The World of 3-D Movies’ (1992), based on information received from a "sole, reliable source". Contemporary Spanish ad-mats indeed credit a 70mm release print, but I haven't found any other material which corroborates the 3-D notation. Investigations are ongoing]

THE CHINESE CONNECTION
(see: Fist of Fury)

CHLUPÁCI
(aka: Shaggies)
Czech Republic - 2001 - 3m - col
D: Michal Žabka
Dimensionalized 3-D
Stereo
1.37:1
[CGI animation. Two small furry creatures (‘shaggies’) play with the toys they find in a child’s bedroom]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL*
USA - 2009 - feature - col
D: Robert Zemeckis
Disney Digital 3-D
Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D release print
[CGI animated version of the Dickens’ classic, complete with all-star voice cast. Currently in production]

CIRCUS OF LOVE
(see: Rummelplatz der Liebe)

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: JOURNEY OF MAN
Canada/USA - 1999 - 39m - col
D: Keith Melton
IMAX Solido 3-D
Dual-1570
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
IMAX Digital Sound (1570) / DTS-70 (870)
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[A performance by acrobats of the Cirque du Soleil, representing the human life-cycle, designed for projection on huge dome-like screens in IMAX Solido format]

CLICK
USA (TV) - 1997 - 7 episodes - col
D: Rafael Glenn [Rolfe Kanefsky], Brian Rudnick, Scott Kennedy, Hamilton Lewiston
Pulfrich 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/Video (3-D sequences)
Single-strip/16mm (2-D sequences)
Stereo
1.33:1
Softcore cable TV series, based on the graphic novels by Milo Manara, revolving around a ‘sex-clicker’ device which drives women wild with lust. Each episode contains several Pulfrich 3-D sequences. Later re-edited into seven feature-length entries, released separately on home video under the ‘Click’ banner:
•  The Body Beautiful / The Ultimate Attraction
•  Sexual Dependence Day / Sex, Lies & Politics
•  For the Love of the Click
•  Erotic Curse of Cairo / Legally Exposed
•  Balls of Thunder / Rod Steele 0014: You Only Live Until You Die
•  In the Heat of the Click
•  Secrets Revealed

CLICK: BALLS OF THUNDER
[see: Click]

CLICK: EROTIC CURSE OF CAIRO
[see: Click]

CLICK: FOR THE LOVE OF THE CLICK
[see: Click]

CLICK: IN THE HEAT OF THE CLICK
[see: Click]

CLICK: SECRETS REVEALED
[see: Click]

CLICK: SEXUAL DEPENDENCE DAY
[see: Click]

CLICK: THE BODY BEAUTIFUL
[see: Click]

CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH
(see: Zum Greifen Nah)

A COCKTAIL AT SLOPPY JOE’S*
USA - 1953 - 9m - bw
[The credits say this short film (starring Jack Mann) was photographed in 3-D by William Thompson, but no other information is available]

COLLEGE CAPERS
(aka: Campus Capers)
(aka: Campus Panty Raids)
USA - 1953 - 15m - bw
D: Will Cowan
Stereovision
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Risqué short film, in which a couple of horny college students steal underwear from their hapless female colleagues. This is what passed for ‘filth’ in 1953, apparently]

COLORED HOMESPUN*
Hungary - 1954 - short - col?
[Apparently in production as a 3-D short in 1954, though it may not have been completed (Hungarian sources make no mention of any such film from this period). Details are impossible to confirm without access to the original title]

THE COLOR OF GOLD
USA (V) - 1998 - 45m - col
D: Jan Welt
Dual-HD Video
Single-strip/field sequential video print
Stereo
1.78:1
[Five years in the making, this ambitious documentary tells the story of the 1898 Klondike gold rush, using nothing more than a series of contemporary stereoscopic photographs (of which thousands were taken at the time)]

COME CLOSER
USA - 1952 - 6m - col
D: Hy Hirsh
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-16mm release print
Mono
1.37:1
[Abstract animation short, set to an easygoing musical soundtrack]

COMIN’ AT YA!
(aka: The Devil Rider)
Italy - 1981 - 101m - col
D: Ferdinando Baldi
Optimax III
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Dolby Stereo
2.35:1
[An unexpected box-office success, this harsh spaghetti western was largely responsible for kickstarting the 1980’s 3-D boom (consolidated the following year with the release of Friday the 13th Part III). Co-writer Tony Anthony plays a reformed gunslinger who pursues the no-good varmints responsible for kidnapping his beautiful wife (future Almodóvar favourite Victoria Abril). The 3-D format is exploited to the hilt, and was promoted on some contemporary ad-mats as ‘Dimensionscope’]

THE COMMAND
USA - 1954 - 88m - col
D: David Butler
WarnerVision
Dual-35mm
WarnerPhonic Sound
1.37:1
[Western drama, featuring Guy Madison as an army doctor forced by circumstances beyond his control to assume responsibility for a wagon train passing through dangerous Indian territory. Two versions of this film were produced simultaneously, one in dual-35mm 3-D, the other in a prototype anamorphic format known as WarnerSuperscope (this trade-name was subsequently scrapped and the process credited on-screen as ‘CinemaScope’). Only the widescreen version was ever released, though the 3-D elements still exist]

CONCERT CONCEPT
(see: Plastische Vorstellung)

CONCERTO
(see: Kontsert)

CON LA MORTE ALLA SPALLE
(see: Con la Muerte a la Espalda)

CON LA MUERTE A LA ESPALDA
(aka: Con la Morte alla Spalle)
(aka: Electra 1)
(aka: Operation Taifun)
(aka: Operation Tycoon)
(aka: Typhon sur Hambourg)
(aka: With Death at Your Back)
Spain/Italy/France/W.Germany - 1967 - 86m/99m - col
D: Alfonso Balcazár
Stereovision 70
Single-strip/65mm
Left-right images side by side (anamorphic)
570 release print
4-track magnetic stereo
2.21:1
[Famed technician Jan Jacobsen (1916-1998) designed the impressive 3-D format used on this otherwise routine Euro spy thriller, toplining George (Jorge) Martin and Rosalba Neri. The Stereovision 70 process was also used on La Marca del Hombre Lobo and Liebe in 3 Dimensionen (both qv), credited as ‘Hi Fi Stereo 70’ on the former and ‘Triarama’ on the latter]

CORALINE*
USA - 2008 - feature - col
D: Henry Selick, Mike Cachuela
Dual-HD Video
Digital 3-D release print
[Puppet animation, based on the children’s novel by Neil Gaiman, in which a lonely little girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning) discovers a wild and wonderful ‘reinvention’ of her own world behind a secret door, only to learn - too late! - that this alternate universe demands a terrible price...]

EL CORAZÓN Y LA ESPADA
(aka: The Heart and the Sword)
(aka: The Naked Sword)
(aka: Sword of Granada)
Mexico/USA - 1953 - 80m - bw
D: Edward Dein, Carlos Vejár Jr.
Tercera Dimensión Bríceno
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Second in a short-lived series of Mexican 3-D movies produced alongside the Hollywood boom, this adventure film - starring  Cesar Romero and Katy Jurado - doesn’t appear to have been released in 3-D in its home country, though some contemporary ad-mats contain explicit references to the film’s stereoscopic process]

THE CORONATION OF THE QUEEN
UK - 1953 - 22m - col
D: Danny Carter
Dudley 3-D
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.66:1
[Documentary short, covering the enthronement of Queen Elizabeth II in glorious 3-D]

THE COURAGE TO LIVE
(see: Valor de Vivir, El)

THE COVEN
USA (V) - 2002 - 85m - col
D: Brad Sykes
Nu-View
Single-strip/Video
Field sequential
Mono
1.33:1
[Low-grade rubbish, shot on video, in which a naive college student (Tanya Dempsey) becomes involved with a witches’ coven and must fight a villainous rival (Brittany James) for the fate of her boyfriend (Brannon Gould). Sounds much, much better than it actually is - beware!!]

CREATIVE LOVING: THE ART OF LOVE*
USA? (V) - 1993 - feature? - col
Pulfrich 3-D (partly)
Single-strip/Video
Mono
1.33:1
[Sex education video, featuring a number of episodes in quasi-dimensional Pulfrich 3-D]

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
USA - 1954 - 79m - bw   
D: Jack Arnold
Universal 3-D
Dual-35mm
Pola-Lite and dual-35mm release prints
Mono
1.66:1 (Pola-Lite)
1.85:1 (Dual-35mm)
[Iconic 1950’s creature feature in which a scientific research team travels to a strange lagoon deep within the Amazon jungle in search of an ancient fossil which could provide evidence of a ‘missing link’. However, their investigations disturb a humanoid beastie which retaliates against their intrusion. Followed by Revenge of the Creature (qv)]

THE CREEPS
USA - 1997 - 75m - col
D: Charles Band
StereoVision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Gothic horror with a comic twist, in which crazy scientist Bill Moynihan makes a mistake whilst reviving Dracula (Phil Fondacaro), Frankenstein’s monster (Thomas Wellington), the Mummy (Joe Smith) and the Wolfman (Jon Simanton), and they end up being only three feet tall! Much tastelessness ensues...]

CRIMINALS
(see: Prison Girls)

CROOD AWAKENING*
USA - 2009 - feature - col
D: Chris Sanders
Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D release print
[Funnyman John Cleese co-wrote the script for this animated comedy, set amongst the inhabitants of a Stone Age tribe whose leader finds himself in comic competition with a brilliant newcomer. Currently in production]

CRYSTALS
(see: Krustally)

CUENTO DE NATIVIDAD*
(aka: X-mas Tale)
Spain - 2001 - 12m - col
D: Xosé Lois Lopez
Dual-video / Dimensionalized 3-D
[Jako the space cop crash-lands on Earth during the festive season and falls in love with the star on top of a Christmas tree! Combination of live-action and CGI animation. Jako also featured in a 2003 follow-up, Jako y el Ladrón de Mascotas (qv)]

THE CURSE OF SKULL ROCK
UK (SV) - 2007 - 10m - col
D: Benjamin Smith
Dimensionalized 3-D
Digital 3-D release print
Dolby Digital
1.78:1
[A young cabin girl battles the evil Captain Scabb whilst searching for hidden treasure on the mysterious island of Skull Rock. Animated short, intended for special venue release with ‘4-D’ physical effects, but also screened as a ‘regular’ item in selected cinemas]

CYBERWORLD
Canada/USA - 2000 - 48m - col
D: Brummbaer, Colin Davies, Elaine Despins
Dimensionalized 3-D
Dual-1570 (IMAX) release print
IMAX Digital Sound
1.44:1
Compilation of short films, all produced in 35mm 2-D format and reworked for dual-1570 exhibition:
•  Flipbook / Waterfall City (Jpn - 1998)
•  Joe Fly and Sanchez: Mostly Sports (Ger - 2000)
•  Krakken: Adventure of Future Ocean (Fr - 1996)
•  Liberation (UK - 1994)
•  Monkey Brain Sushi (USA - 1995)
•  The Simpsons: Homer3 (USA - 1995)
•  Tonight’s Performance (USA - 2000)



D


DAIKYAJÛ GAPPA
(aka: Gappa the Triphibian Monster)
(aka: Monster from a Prehistoric Planet)
Japan - 1963 - 90m - col
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D (Nikkatsuscope), but reconfigured on US DVD in field sequential format, under the title Monster from a Prehistoric Planet. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

DANGEROUS MISSION
(aka: Rangers of the North)
USA - 1954 - 75m - col
D: Louis King
Future Dimension
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.66:1
[Victor Mature and Vincent Price headline this action-thriller, playing characters on opposite sides of the law. Price is a suave hitman assigned to kill a young woman (Piper Laurie) who witnessed a mob killing and has fled into hiding at the Glacier National Park, while Mature is the handsome (it says here) cop assigned to protect her. An early credit for producer Irwin Allen]  

DARK COUNTRY*
USA - 2008 - feature - col
D: Thomas Jane
Dual-HD Video
[The directorial debut of actor Thomas Jane, starring alongside Lauren German as a newlywed couple en route from Las Vegas who stumble across a corpse in the desert, leading to a nightmarish encounter with those resonsible for the killing]

DARK DIMENSION*
USA (V) - 2003 - feature - col
D: Cash Markman
Pulfrich 3-D
Single-strip/Video
Stereo
1.33:1
[Hardcore smut, featuring the likes of Allisyn Chaynes, John West, Jessica Jaymes and Velvet Rose. The 3-D is pretty fake, but at least it doesn’t get in the way of the action!]

A DAY AT THE DEL MAR FAIR*
USA - 1978 - short - col
D: Owen C. (Wes) Western
Western 3-D
Single-strip/Super-8
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.66:1
[Amateur short, documenting various attractions at the titular establishment. The film has been commercially exhibited in some professional venues]

DAYDREAM
(see: Anî no 3-D Adobenchâ: Fun Fun Fun)

A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
(aka: Stereo-Laffs)
USA - 1940 - 13m - col
D: Jack Rieger
PSC 3-D
Dual-35mm
Single-strip/anaglyphic and dual-35mm release prints
Mono
1.37:1
[Comedy short, in which a family of country bumpkins go on an outing. Though touted for distribution in 1941 as Stereo-Laffs, this film appears to have gone unscreened until 1953, when it was released in single-strip/anaglyphic format under the title A Day in the Country; A restored dual-35mm version (with left-right elements derived from an anaglyph print) was first screened in 2006 at the World 3-D Film Expo II in Hollywood, California; Info on this film's history (including the original title) was unearthed by 3-D historian Jeff Joseph of SabuCat Productions]

DAY OFF IN MOSCOW
(see: Vikhodnoy Deni v Moskve)

A DAY OF WONDERFUL IMPRESSIONS
(see: Deni Chudeshikh Vpechatleniy)

DEAD HEAT
(see: Deddo Hîto)

DEADLY THIEF
[see: Shalimar]

DEDDO HÎTO
(aka: Dead Heat)
(aka: Racer)
Japan (V) - 1987 - 37m - col
D: Toshifumi Kawase, Hayami Go
Dimensionalized 3-D
Single-strip/field sequential video print
Dolby Surround
1.33:1
[Promoted as “Japan’s first 3-D anime” (it wasn’t), this racing drama premiered on the short-lived VHD platform, taking advantage of that format’s capacity for high quality field sequential storage and playback. It was later released in the US as part of the DTV compilation World of 3-D Vol. 3 (1990), where it was retitled Racer]

DEEP SEA 3-D
USA/Canada - 2006 - 41m - col
D: Howard Hall
IMAX 3-D
Dual-1570
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[Large Format exploration of the various life forms which exist in the deepest parts of the world’s oceans. Followed by Under the Sea (qv)]

DE LA CHAIR POUR FRANKENSTEIN
(see: Mostro è in Tavola... Barone Frankenstein, Il)

DEMENTIA 13
USA - 1963 - 81m - bw
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D, but reconfigured on US DVD in field sequential format. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

DENI CHUDESHIKH VPECHATLENIY*
(aka: A Day of Wonderful Impressions)
USSR - 1949 - short - col
D: Aleksandr Rou
Stereokino
Single-strip/35mm
Frame sequential
Mono
1.37:1
[Not much is known about this obscure item, which may - or may not - be a travelogue short]

DENMARK LIVE*
Denmark? - 1974 - short - col
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (anamorphic)
Mono
1.37:1
[Another long-standing 3-D mystery, this ‘travelogue short’ has appeared on many listings over the years, though no one has ever identified the film’s original source, or even its most basic credits]

DESDE LA BARRERA
(see: Festival de la Tercera Dimensión, El)

DESTINATION ANCARES
(see: Destino Ancares)

DESTINO ANCARES*
(aka: Destination Ancares)
Spain - 2006 - 6m - col
D: Xosé Lois Lopez
Dual-HD Video / Dimensionalized 3-D
[Combination of live-action and CGI animation, exploring the natural beauty of the Ancares mountain range, situated in north-west Spain]

DETECTIVE CONAN: CONAN VS. KID - JEWEL & SHARK
(see: Mei Tantei Konan: Konan vs. Kiddo - Shark & Jewel)

THE DEVIL RIDER
(see: Comin’ at Ya!)

DEVIL’S CANYON
USA - 1953 - 92m - col
D: Alfred Werker
Natural Vision 3-Dimension
Dual-35mm
3-track magnetic stereo
1.37:1
[Western drama. Convicted for killing two men in self-defence, former lawman Dale Robertson winds up in the same prison as his victims’ thuggish brother (Stephen McNally), who plots revenge. Though photographed with 1.37:1 aspect ratio in mind, the film was exhibited at 1.66:1 in some venues]

DIAL M FOR MURDER
USA - 1954 - 105m - col
D: Alfred Hitchcock
WarnerVision
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[A cuckolded husband (Ray Milland) hatches a plot to murder his beautiful wife (Grace Kelly), but his plan unravels when Kelly kills the man hired to strangle her. Not the most demonstrative use of 3-D (Hitchcock was basically forced to use the WarnerVision format), but a fine film in its own right, and proof positive that dimensional photography can enhance even the unlikeliest scenario. Though composed with 1.37:1 aspect ratio in mind, the film was exhibited at 1.85:1 in some venues]

THE DIAMOND
(aka: The Diamond Wizard)
UK - 1954 - 83m - bw   
D: Montgomery Tully, Dennis O’Keefe
Spacemaster 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.66:1
[Crime drama. Co-director O’Keefe plays a US Treasury official who pursues a gang of criminals to London where he stumbles on a multi-million dollar scheme to flood the market with fake diamonds. Originally released in 2-D format only, though a dual-35mm print was screened in 2003 at the World 3-D Expo in Hollywood, California]

THE DIAMOND WIZARD
(see: Diamond, The)

DICK ISLAND*
Japan (V) - 19?? - 58m - col
Dimensionalized 3-D
Single-strip/field sequential video print
Dolby Surround
1.66:1
[Sci-fi item, possibly an animated feature. Following the mysterious destruction of a Japanese space rocket, an intrepid reporter follows various clues to an isolated island where a villainous mastermind plots to take over the world. No other information is available on this oddly-titled film - no sniggering at the back there! - which was once available on VHS in SE Asia in the field sequential format]

THE DIMENSIONS OF OLDSMOBILE QUALITY
USA - 1981 - 12m - col
D: David Seago
Future Dimensions
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Extended commercial for General Motors, promoting the 1982 Oldsmobile]

DINOSAURS ALIVE!
USA - 2007 - 40m - col
D: David Clark
IMAX 3-D
Dual-1570
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[Large Format documentary, following paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History as they explore some of the world’s most significant dinosaur excavations, augmented by CGI recreations of the animals in their natural environment, millions of years before the dawn of Man]

DINOSAURS: GIANTS OF PATAGONIA
Canada - 2007 - 41m - col
D: Marc Fafard
IMAX Solido 3-D
Dual-1570
Dual-1570 and -870 release prints
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1 (1570)
1.35:1 (870)
[Donald Sutherland narrates this Large Format documentary, recounting the history of the dinosaurs, from their humble beginnings to their ultimate extinction]

DISCO DOLLS
(see: Hot Skin)

THE DISCO DOLLS IN HOT SKIN
[see: Hot Skin]

THE DISTANT THAMES
(aka: Royal River)
UK - 1951 - 9m - col
D: Brian Smith
Dual-35mm (partly)
Stereosound
1.37:1
[A leisurely boat ride on the Thames, featuring eye-popping three-dimensional views of the English countryside. Produced for exhibition during the Festival of Britain. Later included in the compilation item 3-Dimension (qv)]

THE DIVE*
USA - 2009 - feature - col
Fusion 3-D
Dual-HD Video
Digital 3-D release print
[Drama based on the true story of free-divers Francisco Ferreras and Audrey Mestre, whose competitive nature resulted in extraordinary feats of underwater endurance]

DIXIANA
USA - 1930 - 98m - bw and col
[Filmed and exhibited in 2-D, but reconfigured on US home video in field sequential format. The 3-D effect is negligible, and unrepresentative of ‘real’ stereo-vision]

THE DOCTOR’S PUPIL
(see: Uchenik Lekarya)

DOGS OF HELL
(see: Rottweiler)

DOLPHINS AND WHALES 3-D: TRIBES OF THE OCEAN
USA - 2007 - 42m - col
D: Jean-Jacques Mantello
Dual-HD Video
Dual-1570 (IMAX) release print
Sonics-DDP
1.44:1
[Large Format documentary exploring the lives of the title creatures in their natural habitat]

DOMO ARIGATO
USA - 1972 - 90m - col
D: Arch Oboler
Spacevision
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Mono
2.35:1
[Two like-minded souls (Jason Ledger and Bonnie Sher) fall in love whilst exploring the natural beauty of modern Japan]

DOOM TOWN
(aka: Assignment A-Bomb)
USA - 1953 - 13m - bw
D: [uncredited]
Todd-Dunning 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Documentary short, recording a nuclear test explosion carried out by American military authorities in March 1953. Originally designed as a support item for The Maze (qv)]

DOUGRAM VS. ROUND-FACER
(see: Kasei no Senshi: Taiyô no Kiba Daguramu)

DOWN THE HATCH
USA - 1953 - 17m - bw
D: Jules White
Natural Vision 3-Dimension
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.37:1
[Comedy short, toplining Harry Mimmo as a hapless tourist targeted by jewel thieves who plant a stolen ruby amongst his belongings on the way home from Italy, only to have trouble getting it back again! Originally designed as a support item for Drums of Tahiti (qv)]

DRAGONFLY SQUADRON
USA - 1954 - 82m - bw  
D: Lesley Selander
Monogram 3-D
Dual-35mm
Mono
1.85:1
[B-movie shenanigans, set on a US Air Force base during the Korean War, in which a pilot-turned-instructor (John Hodiak) gets mixed up with old flame Barbara Britton whilst her husband (Bruce Bennett) lurks on the periphery. Tragedy ensues...]

DRAGON ON!*
[US fantasy, announced for production in due course, utilizing an as-yet unknown 3-D format]

DRAGOTSENNIY PODAROK*
(aka: A Precious Gift)
USSR - 1950 - feature - col
D: Aleksandr Rou
Stereokino
Single-strip/35mm
Frame sequential
Mono
1.37:1
[Not much is known about this obscure Russian feature, except that director Rou was noted for the various fairy tales he adapted for the screen throughout his career. He also directed the 3-D fantasy Maiskaya Noch, Ili Utoplennitsa (qv)]

DREAM BUTT
USA (V) - 1995 - 85m - col
D: Michael Talon
Vidmax 3-D
Dual-video
Sensio 3-D and single-strip/field sequential video prints
Mono
1.33:1
[Plotless XXX video feature, starring the likes of Tedra, Sahara Sands, Rick Masters and Dave Hardman, with an emphasis on rear-entry shagging]

DRÖMSEX I 3-D*
Sweden - 1972 - 83m? - col
D: Torgny Wickman
Mono
[Hardcore item, possibly a spoof of various ‘sex education’ flms - such as Kärlekens Språk (The Language of Love, 1969) - released during this period. Technical details have yet to be determined]

DRUMS OF TAHITI
USA - 1953 - 73m - col
D: William Castle
Columbia 3-D
Dual-35mm
Nord 3-D and dual-35mm release prints
Mono
1.75:1 (Nord 3-D)
1.85:1 (Dual-35mm)
[Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink melodrama, set in 19th century Tahiti, in which a square-jawed American adventurer (Dennis O’Keefe) helps the locals in their battle against French colonial rule, whilst a hurricane brews at sea and a volcano threatens to belch over everything in sight! The soundtrack is listed as magnetic stereo in contemporary pressbooks, though the film appears to have been released in optical mono only]

DRUZOK
(aka: Little Friend)
(aka: Pal)
USSR - 1958 - 67m - col
D: Viktor Eisymont
Stereokino
Single-strip/35mm
Frame sequential
Mono
1.37:1
[Family drama concerning the adventures of an orphaned dog. Altogether now - awww!!]

DUEL
(see: Ketto)

DUE NOTTI CON CLEOPATRA*
(aka: Two Nights With Cleopatra)
Italy - 1954 - 80m - col
[In his 1992 book ‘The World of 3-D Movies’, author Eddie Sammons makes a compelling case for this film as a stereoscopic production, filmed in the Richardson 3-D format. However, the movie appears to have been released theatrically in 2-D only, and I could find no other evidence to confirm - or deny - Sammons’ claim. In a brief interview with the cinematographer Karl Struss, published online at <http://www.3dgear.com/scsc/karl_struss.htm>, Struss discusses the other 3-D films he photographed in Italy during this period (Cavalleria Rusticana, Il Più Comico Spettacolo del Mondo and Un Turco Napoletano, all qv) but makes no mention of a dimensional process in relation to Due Notti con Cleopatra. Given the confusion which surrounds the film, I’ve included it here for the sake of completeness, until its photographic status can be ascertained one way or another]

DUMBASS 3-D*
[US comedy short, announced for production in due course, utilizing an as-yet unknown 3-D format]

DYNASTY
[Qian Dao Wan Li Zhu]
(aka: Super Dragon)
(aka: Warlord)
Taiwan/Hong Kong - 1977 - 93m - col
D: Chang Mei-chung
Super Touch 3-D
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images over-under
Quadrophonic Sound
2.35:1
[Towards the end of the Ming dynasty, an evil warlord (Pai Ying) uses violence to usurp the rulers of an otherwise peaceful province, but is opposed by a young monk (Dorian Tan Tao-liang, billed on US prints as ‘Bobby Ming’) with amazing martial arts prowess. Excellent kung fu, vibrant staging, and terrific use of off-screen gags. The 3-D format was promoted variously as ‘Real-a-Rama’, ‘Super 3D’ and ‘Ultra-Cubic 3-D’]



E


ECHOES OF THE SUN
(aka: Yunibâsu 2: Taiyô no Hibiki)
Canada/Japan - 1990 - 20m - col
D: Roman Kroitor, Nelson Max
IMAX Solido3-D
Dual-1570
IMAX Digital Sound
1.44:1
[Documentary, produced for Expo ’90 in Japan, which explores the ways in which life on earth is sustained by the power of the sun. Notable as the first film in the IMAX Solido format]

ECSTASY ’72*
(aka: Secrets of Ecstasy ‘72)
USA - 1971 - 98m - bw and col
Optovision (partly)
Dual-16mm
Single-strip/35mm release print
Left-right images side by side
Mono
1.37:1
[Sex education film with hardcore 3-D inserts (there’s a double entendre in there somewhere!)]

EINFACH CONTINENTAL*
(aka: Simply Continental)
W.Germany - 1953 - 13m - col
Raumfilm-System
Single-strip/35mm
Left-right images side by side (vertical configuration)
Mono
1.37:1
[Documentary short, in which host Rudolf Platte explores Lake Garda in north-east Italy’]

ELECTRA 1
(see: Con la Muerte a la Espalda)

ELECTRIC BLUE 008
UK (V) - 1982 - 58m - col
D: Adam Cole
Dual-video
Single-strip/anaglyphic video print
Mono
1.33:1
[Compilation of X-rated items, one of which involves three lovelies (it says here) doing a striptease for the 3-D camera. This segment was filmed in the US and later turned up in the compilation video Best of Electric Blue: Special 3-D Centrefold (1992)]

THE ELECTRONIC MONSTER
(see: Escapement)

EMMANUELLE: A LESSON IN LOVE
[see: Emmanuelle in Space]

EMMANUELLE: A TIME TO