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Author Topic: 3-D Contest Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-02-2002 03:49 PM                        In honor of 3-D's 50th Anniversary, let's test your knowledge of some little-known 3-D facts: 1. Vincent Price was billed as "Mr. 3-D." He starred in four 3-D features - name them. 2. There was one lovely actress who could have been called "Ms. 3-D." She starred in three 3-D features. Name the actress, and the movies. 3. During the Golden Age of 3-D, there was only one film that was a 3-D sequel to an earlier 3-D title. What were the two films? 4. Andre DeToth directed HOUSE OF WAX, and had monocular vision. He directed two more 3-D movies. Can you name them? 5. The Three Stooges appeared in two 3-D shorts, SPOOKS and PARDON MY BACKFIRE. However, Columbia made one more 3-D short in 1953. What was the title, and the star? 6. Technicolor built a massive 3-D camera which utilized a pair of interlocked three-strip cameras. (Imagine the raw stock bill on these productions!) Each scene was photographed with 6 rolls of negative film: yellow, cyan, magenta left and Y,C,M right. Name the only two features photographed with this costly camera rig. 7. What popular recording artist appeared in a Universal-International 3-D musical short? 8. KISS ME KATE was billed as the first "Important Big Musical in 3-D!" What was the first 3-D musical which beat KATE to theatres by nearly two months? 9. Clint Eastwood made one of his first screen appearances in a 3-D film. Name the film. 10. What 3-D movie was banned in several cities because it was initially released without a Seal of Approval from the Production Code office? Let's see who can get the most correct answers. The winner gets a pair of tickets to every 50th anniversary 3-D screening in 2003 and 2004 at the Loew's Jersey.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-02-2002 04:19 PM                        Bernie, As much as I love 3-D. I can only answer #3. The two movies were produced by Universal-International and the first one was "THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON" and the second one was "THE REVENGE OF THE CREATURE". I do know that one of the features that was shot with the special Technicolor camera was "KISS ME KATE". Another one might have been "DIAL M FOR MURDER. John Wayne's "HONDO" could have also been photographed in the 3-D IB process. As to the filters used in the camera, I am very sorry but I must correct you. Red-Green- Blue filters were used for the left vision and another set of RED-BLUE -Green filters were used for the right vision. In the lab, the negative shot with the red filter produced the cyan matrice. The Blue produced the yellow matrice and the green filtered negative prodoced the majenta matrice. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-02-2002 06:45 PM                        Thanks for the correction Claude. I was going by the identification on the three-strip separation masters. You are correct in your answer to the 3-D feature and sequel. But, none of your answers were correct on the camera rig. KISS ME KATE was photographed with MGM's own custom-built camera which dated back to the thirties for the Audioscopics shorts. It was dusted off and slightly modified for their two 1953 features. (The other was ARENA.) HONDO and DIAL M FOR MURDER were photographed with the new Warner Bros. 3-D "All Media" camera. While the majority of the 1950's 3-D features were printed in dye-transfer Technicolor for release, they were all photographed on Eastman color negatives. Only two features were photographed in actual 3-strip Technicolor...  |  IP: Logged Andrew Lee Film Handler Posts: 99 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-06-2002 01:11 PM                     I give this a try. 1. House of Wax, Son of Sinbad, The Mad Magician, Dangerous Mission. 2. Kathleen Hughes - It came from Outer Space, The Glass Web, ? 3. Answered. 4. I know he directed "The Stranger Wore a Gun" in 3D but I'm not sure of the third. I'll guess and say "Thunder Over the Plains". 5. Another guess.....Working for Peanuts with Donald Duck. 6. Tough one.....I'll go with Son of Sinbad and The Nebraskan. 7. Nat King Cole (I believe the song was "Pretend") 8. "Those Redheads from Seattle" 9. I think it was "Revenge of the Creature" He played a technician. 10. "The French Line" Excellent questions Bernie. By the way did you know Andre de Toth passed away late October of this year. Andrew  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-06-2002 01:31 PM                     FILM-YAK!  |  IP: Logged Andrew Lee Film Handler Posts: 99 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2002 posted 12-06-2002 01:37 PM                     Sorry Ian if it made you sick. Unfortunately I have a memory for trivia and could not pass it up. ......and if that doesn't work then  |  IP: Logged Bernie Anderson Jr Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Woodbridge, New Jersey Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-06-2002 04:46 PM                        Here are the correct answers to the contest: 1. Vincent Price starred in the following 3-D features: House of Wax, Son of Sinbad, Dangerous Mission and The Mad Magician. 2. There are actually 3 correct answers to this question. Rhonda Fleming appeared in Inferno, Those Redheads from Seattle and Jivaro. Patricia Medina was in Sangaree, Drums of Tahiti and Phantom of the Rue Morgue. Joanne Dru was in Hannah Lee (aka Outlaw Territory,) Southwest Passage and September Storm. 3. The only 3-D film to inspire a 3-D sequel was Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Revenge of the Creature. The third entry in the Creature trilogy, The Creature Walks Among Us, was not filmed in 3-Dimension. 4. Andre DeToth, the director with monocular vision, directed House of Wax, The Stranger Wore a Gun and The Bounty Hunter. 5. The third Columbia short filmed in 3-D was Down the Hatch, starring Swedish dialect comedian Harry Mimmo. If you've never seen it, it is one of the worst Columbia comedy shorts of all time! Many people answered this question with the UPA cartoon, The Tell-Tale Heart. While reference books have listed this as a 3-D short for years, I can find no concrete documentation of this fact. I can tell you for sure that it was only released flat. I've gone through hundreds of industry trade magazines from 1953 and 1954. There is no reference to UPA producing this in 3-D. I'm afraid this is one of those instances where a title is included on a list by mistake, and the wrong information gets copied repeatedly over the years. If anybody has proof that it was produced in 3-D, I'd certainly like to know about it! 6. The two features photographed with the massive Technicolor camera rig were Money from Home and Flight to Tangier. Both were released by Paramount. 7. The 3-D musical short was Nat King Cole with Russ Morgan's Orchestra (which is the correct title.) Nat sings two songs, including his hit "Pretend." An interesting anecdote: the footage of Nat King Cole was the initial test footage for Universal's studio-built camera rig, and was photographed prior to principal photography of their first 3-D feature, It Came from Outer Space. Executives were impressed enough with the quality of the Cole footage to proceed on the feature. Will Cowan shot additional footage of the Russ Morgan Orchestra, as well as an acrobatic troupe, and the studio released this 2 reel short as a companion to It Came from Outer Space. 8. The first 3-D musical was Paramount's Those Redheads from Seattle, which featured popular vocalists Theresa Brewer, Guy Mitchell and the Bell Sisters. It was released in September of 1953, over two months before the opening of MGM's Kiss Me Kate. 9. Clint Eastwood made one of his first screen appearances as a lab assistant in Universal's Revenge of the Creature. 10. RKO's The French Line was initially released without a Seal of Approval from the Production Code office. The flood of controversy over this issue caused the film to do tremendous business, and RKO eventually made some modifications to the "Looking for Trouble" song (they removed a suggestive monologue, and cut to long shots for Jane Russell's questionable dance moves.) Because of this controversy, the film continued to do tremendous business, even in it's altered version. The poster art proclaimed "That Song, That Dance - That You've Heard So Much About!" Because of the controversy over this film, RKO shelved the 3-D release of Son of Sinbad (which had several suggestive dance sequences.) When they finally released it in 1955, 3-D was boxoffice poison. The film was blown-up and released in anamorphic SuperScope instead. Thanks to all that participated in this contest. I'll notify the winners and make arrangements to provide passes for the Loew's Jersey 50th anniversary 3-D screenings in 2003 and 2004. I hope that you enjoyed this opportunity to test your expertise on 3-D cinema!  |  IP: Logged

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