3D News

Seventy-two years ago on September 25, 1953, Warner Bros’ only 3-D cartoon LUMBER JACK-RABBIT opened with THE MOONIGHTER and BANDIT ISLAND at the Paramount Theatres in Los Angeles and Hollywood. For over thirty years beginning in the 1970’s, Warner Bros theatrical repertory division had several dual-35mm 3-D prints in circulation. This popular Bugs Bunny 3-D cartoon had hundreds of playdates in revival theatres and film festivals around the world. The original left/right 35mm YCM successive exposure elements survive. To the best of our knowledge, Warner Bros has done archival preservation of the cartoon but they have not yet created a restored digital 3-D master which would allow both 3-D Blu-ray release and DCP availability for theatrical bookings. Let’s hope that changes very soon so that we can once again enjoy this essential animated stereoscopic gem as it was meant to be seen!

Here’s an update on our painstaking restoration of MONEY FROM HOME from the original 35mm Technicolor Dynoptic 3-D camera negatives; 72 reels totaling 54,000 feet of film! Jack Theakston finished shot by shot recombining the red/green/blue left, right negatives. Yesterday, Dave Northrop at FilmMedia finished color grading. 3DFA Technical Director Greg Kintz is currently working on reel 4 (of 12) on 3-D alignment and panel matching. Once finished, the files will go to Charlotte Barker at the Paramount Pictures Archive for digital cleanup of dirt and damage. Charlotte has finished scanning and restoration of the original 35mm mono optical track negative. We are not quite in the home stretch but are making significant progress every week on this VERY tedious and complex Six-Strip Technicolor restoration!

Pre-orders for our next 3-D Blu-ray release are coming soon from our good friends at @kinolorber

We can now confirm that we are in preliminary discussions with 88 Films about a possible collaboration on Magnificent Bodyguards. That said, we will not have any comment unless and until any formal announcement can be made. Anything else in the meantime is mere speculation. But, as always, we thank everybody for their interest in our ongoing work generally.

Premiering flat in New York City on this date 71 years ago, 3-D Film Archive is thrilled to announce that we are working with Film Masters to fully restore CAT-WOMEN OF THE MOON in widescreen 3-D from the original left/right 35mm master elements. You can learn more about this rare stereoscopic feature in our 70th Anniversary post from one year ago. Look for a 3-D Blu-ray release of this exciting new restoration in 2026!

While we are doing our painstaking shot by shot image restoration of MONEY FROM HOME, Charlotte Barker, Director of Film Preservation and Restoration at Paramount Pictures, has been working with Blake Teuscher at Deluxe Audio on the sound restoration. Utilizing the original 1953 mono optical track 35mm negative, the audio will sound better than ever before. Look for a 3-D Blu-ray release of this incredible restoration from our good friends at Kino Lorber Studio Classics later this year!

3-D movie joy in 1953.

I am delighted to announce that we have finished our restoration work on Jack Arnold's widescreen 3-D classic, THE GLASS WEB. Digital files have been sent to our authoring facility and Kino Lorber is coordinating with the participants on the commentary track. Look for the pre-order announcement from Kino in the very near future!