Film History (2004) - The Tragedy of 3-D Cinema

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• article: The Tragedy of 3-D Cinema
• author(s): Rick Mitchell
• journal: Film History (01/Jan/2004)
• issue: volume 16, issue 3, pages 208-215
• DOI: 10.2979/FIL.2004.16.3.208
• journal ISSN: 0892-2160
• publisher: Indiana University Press
• keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Chicago, Illinois, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dial M for Murder (1954), History, John Brahm, John Forsythe, Lee Garmes, Motion pictures, New York City, New York, Paramount Pictures, Photographic film, Ray Bradbury, Robert Burks, Roy Webb, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), Universal Studios, Warner Bros., William Cameron Menzies

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Abstract

  Mitchell explains why 3-D cinema failed and attributes this failure to poor projection during the 1950s and bad films. Several 3-D films made by the major and minor studios on a studio-by-studio basis are reviewed.