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|title=<center>The Power of Love (1922)</center> | |||
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|imagecaption=A stereoscopic camera, which allowed the viewer to see the film in 3D. | |||
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |||
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'''''The Power of Love''''' is a 1922 3D silent film directed by Nat Deverich. The film is most notable for being the very first 3D film in the world, utilizing a red-and-green anaglyph system.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120720012656/http://www.reelz.com/article/816/a-tour-through-the-history-of-3-d-movies/</ref> Viewers were also given the option to choose the ending of the film by looking into either the red or green lens, portraying either a happy or tragic ending. Despite this innovative technique, the film was not received well and was not screened many times.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110602044014/http://www.3d-tv-and-movies.com/first-3d-movie.html</ref> | |||
The film | The plot is a melodrama revolving around a girl betrothed to a criminal who falls in love with a man he has wounded.<ref>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1626 Review posted by the American Film Institute.] Retrieved 10 Jun '14</ref> | ||
==Status== | |||
The film is now considered lost, and no footage is known to exist.<ref>http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PowerOfLove1922.html</ref> In 1923-24 the film was acquired by the new Selznick Distributing Corporation and widely distributed in 2D as ''Forbidden Lover'',<ref>http://mydailyplant.blogspot.de/2009/03/cirque-de-3d.html</ref> which is now also lost.<ref>http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5407/default.html</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Link== | |||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(film) Wikipedia article on the film.] Retrieved 25 Mar '16 | |||
*https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1626 | |||
[[Category:Lost films|Power of Love]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 14 October 2022
The Power of Love is a 1922 3D silent film directed by Nat Deverich. The film is most notable for being the very first 3D film in the world, utilizing a red-and-green anaglyph system.[1] Viewers were also given the option to choose the ending of the film by looking into either the red or green lens, portraying either a happy or tragic ending. Despite this innovative technique, the film was not received well and was not screened many times.[2]
The plot is a melodrama revolving around a girl betrothed to a criminal who falls in love with a man he has wounded.[3]
Status
The film is now considered lost, and no footage is known to exist.[4] In 1923-24 the film was acquired by the new Selznick Distributing Corporation and widely distributed in 2D as Forbidden Lover,[5] which is now also lost.[6]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120720012656/http://www.reelz.com/article/816/a-tour-through-the-history-of-3-d-movies/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110602044014/http://www.3d-tv-and-movies.com/first-3d-movie.html
- ↑ Review posted by the American Film Institute. Retrieved 10 Jun '14
- ↑ http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PowerOfLove1922.html
- ↑ http://mydailyplant.blogspot.de/2009/03/cirque-de-3d.html
- ↑ http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5407/default.html
External Link
- Wikipedia article on the film. Retrieved 25 Mar '16
- https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1626