Filmmakers have been fascinated with the immersive potential of stereoscopic 3D for as long as moving pictures have existed. After numerous short-subject experiments, enterprising techie Harry K. Fairall took the plunge and produced the first feature-length 3D movie, “The Power of Love”. The film premiered at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel (with viewers donning the same blue-and-red anaglyph glasses used during the format’s “golden age” in the 1950s) and played again for the press in New York City. Audiences were reportedly impressed, but the 3D print was never screened again. Though the movie received 2D exhibition throughout the 1920s, it’s one of countless silent films that are considered lost. Alas, Fairall was ahead of his time.
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