The Power of Love (lost 3D drama film; 1922): Difference between revisions

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A stereoscopic camera, which allowed the viewer to see the film in 3D.

Status: Lost

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

External Link

Wikipedia article on the film. Retrieved 25 Mar '16
https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1626

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120720012656/http://www.reelz.com/article/816/a-tour-through-the-history-of-3-d-movies/

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110602044014/http://www.3d-tv-and-movies.com/first-3d-movie.html

[3] Review posted by the American Film Institute. Retrieved 10 Jun '14

[4] ttp://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PowerOfLove1922.html

[5] ttp://mydailyplant.blogspot.de/2009/03/cirque-de-3d.html

[6] ttp://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5407/default.html

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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. 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.
+'''''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 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>.
+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>
-The film is now considered lost, and no footage is known to exist. The film was re-released in 1923-24 in 2D as ''Forbidden Lover'', which is now also lost.
+==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==
+{{reflist}}
 ==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
-==Reference==
-{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Lost films|Power of Love]]
+[[Category:Completely lost media|Power of Love]]
 [[Category:Historic|Power of Love]]