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| Stacia... |
 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:32 am |
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Hi all. I've stumbled across a couple references to a movie called
"Radio-Mania" from 1923, which I gather was first released as
"M.A.R.S." All I know is that it was an early 3-D movie, and someone
several years ago on AMS said they thought a flat print of it still
existed. Anyone know any more? Thanks!
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| Henry Nicolella |
| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:43 am |
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On Jun 30, 8:32 am, Stacia <glitterni... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Hi all. I've stumbled across a couple references to a movie called
"Radio-Mania" from 1923, which I gather was first released as
"M.A.R.S." All I know is that it was an early 3-D movie, and someone
several years ago on AMS said they thought a flat print of it still
existed. Anyone know any more? Thanks!
Stacia
BFI has a flat print of it. It's a pleasant, silly little movie. Very
few theaters showed it in 3-D in its original release.
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| J. Theakston... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:51 am |
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On Jun 30, 12:43 pm, "hnicole... at (no spam) earthlink.net"
<hnicole... at (no spam) earthlink.net> wrote:
Quote: On Jun 30, 8:32 am, Stacia <glitterni... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all. I've stumbled across a couple references to a movie called
"Radio-Mania" from 1923, which I gather was first released as
"M.A.R.S." All I know is that it was an early 3-D movie, and someone
several years ago on AMS said they thought a flat print of it still
existed. Anyone know any more? Thanks!
Stacia
BFI has a flat print of it. It's a pleasant, silly little movie. Very
few theaters showed it in 3-D in its original release.
Henry Nicolella
Only one as far as anyone knows (the Selwyn in NYC). In its initial
conception, it was known as M.A.R.S. It was shown in the quickly
defunct "Teleview" system, which was invented by Laurens Hammond (the
inventor of the Hammond Organ). More about that here:
http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/chopper.html
The film was then consequently released flat as RADIO-MANIA. Some
Pathe 9.5mms were made of a condensed version of this film.
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| Stacia... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:31 pm |
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On Jun 30, 10:51 am, "J. Theakston" <tomservoro... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: On Jun 30, 12:43 pm, "hnicole... at (no spam) earthlink.net" wrote:
BFI has a flat print of it. It's a pleasant, silly little movie. Very
few theaters showed it in 3-D in its original release.
Only one as far as anyone knows (the Selwyn in NYC). In its initial
conception, it was known as M.A.R.S. It was shown in the quickly
defunct "Teleview" system, which was invented by Laurens Hammond (the
inventor of the Hammond Organ). More about that here:http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/chopper.html
The film was then consequently released flat as RADIO-MANIA. Some
Pathe 9.5mms were made of a condensed version of this film.
Thanks to both of you!
Was it called "MARS" when it was 3D and "Radio-Mania" in the flat
print? Or are there different edits between the two versions?
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| Henry Nicolella |
| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:18 am |
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On Jul 1, 4:31 am, Stacia <glitterni... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: On Jun 30, 10:51 am, "J. Theakston" <tomservoro... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
On Jun 30, 12:43 pm, "hnicole... at (no spam) earthlink.net" wrote:
BFI has a flat print of it. It's a pleasant, silly little movie. Very
few theaters showed it in 3-D in its original release.
Only one as far as anyone knows (the Selwyn in NYC). In its initial
conception, it was known as M.A.R.S. It was shown in the quickly
defunct "Teleview" system, which was invented by Laurens Hammond (the
inventor of the Hammond Organ). More about that here:http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/chopper.html
The film was then consequently released flat as RADIO-MANIA. Some
Pathe 9.5mms were made of a condensed version of this film.
Thanks to both of you!
Was it called "MARS" when it was 3D and "Radio-Mania" in the flat
print? Or are there different edits between the two versions?
Stacia
It was called M.A.R.S. when it was released in 3-D and then "Radio-
Mania" in its flat version. I gather the 3-D effect was quite
impressive but it reportedly cost the Selwyn Theater $30,000 to
install the 3-D equipment. I don't know if there was any difference in
the edits. The flat version got mostly mediocre-bad reviews.
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| J. Theakston... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:27 am |
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On Jul 2, 5:00 am, William Hooper <rotoflexSPAMT... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: It was shown in the quickly
defunct "Teleview" system, which was invented by Laurens Hammond (the
inventor of the Hammond Organ). More about that here:
http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/chopper.html
It's interesting that the early most quickly defunct Teleview 3-D
system technically resembles the very effective original LCD glasses
IMAX 3-D system, one of the latest.
Although Hammond was not the first person to have the idea. There
exists a patent going back to 1896 for such an idea of "opera glasses"
that could be applied to motion pictures for stereoscopic purposes.
So 3-D was in the minds of inventors very early in the game.
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| William Hooper... |
| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:22 pm |
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I intended to allude to the fact that the Teleview & original LCD IMAX
3D systems both were based on mechanical shutter systems in the
viewers.
Did the opera glass system use shutters in the viewer?
J. Theakston wrote:
Quote: On Jul 2, 5:00 am, William Hooper <rotoflexSPAMT... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
It was shown in the quickly
defunct "Teleview" system, which was invented by Laurens Hammond (the
inventor of the Hammond Organ). More about that here:
http://www.3dmovingpictures.com/chopper.html
It's interesting that the early most quickly defunct Teleview 3-D
system technically resembles the very effective original LCD glasses
IMAX 3-D system, one of the latest.
Although Hammond was not the first person to have the idea. There
exists a patent going back to 1896 for such an idea of "opera glasses"
that could be applied to motion pictures for stereoscopic purposes.
So 3-D was in the minds of inventors very early in the game.
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| J. Theakston... |
| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:18 pm |
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On Jul 3, 5:22 am, William Hooper <rotoflexSPAMT... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: I intended to allude to the fact that the Teleview & original LCD IMAX
3D systems both were based on mechanical shutter systems in the
viewers.
Did the opera glass system use shutters in the viewer?
Yes, that was my point. Just as many modern writers seem to think
that the American 3-D films of the '50s were anaglyphs (when not a
single feature was), similarly, there were other alternatives to
anaglyphs in the 1920s, it's just no one utilized such an installation
because of the same reason that Teleview failed-- the glasses had to
be connected to the chairs and viewing through them over time could do
a number on your neck!
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