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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. 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 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.
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.


==External Link==
==External Link==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(film) Wikipedia article on the film.] Retrieved 25 Mar '16.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(film) Wikipedia article on the film.] Retrieved 25 Mar '16


==Reference==
==Reference==

Revision as of 02:50, 18 July 2019

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

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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 plot is a melodrama revolving around a girl betrothed to a criminal who falls in love with a man he has wounded [1].

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.

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