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It looks great on my display and better than any dual-strip 35mm or single-strip Stereovision presentation I've ever seen since March 1980. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/home/history-of-the-archive

There is no crosstalk on my display. WB did a superb job on the 3-D transfer. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/dial-m-blu-ray-review

Thank you but just to be very clear on this. I've been aware this project was in the works since last September. That's when I provided aspect ratio documentation to the studio. However, I had nothing whatsoever to do with the transferring or mastering. That was all handled by Ned Price and the...

No, they had dropped Warnerphonic by time that was released. The only 3-D films with that system were HOUSE OF WAX and CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER.

Yes, although it's odd that there was no official statement from the studio. They just sort of let it quietly happen. Maybe Jack Warner didn't want egg on his face? The only statement I can find came from Minneapolis District Manager Art Anderson on May 27. "DMFM will be released in this...

Many theaters had booked the film in 3-D for it's Memorial Day opening. When WB gave them the option of dropping 3-D, they scrambled to add "See it Without Glasses" to the artwork.

Yes, but I don't believe they have left/right elements, only anaglyph. They also own the two Pete Smith AUDIOSCOPICS shorts. We can do a very successful extraction from the anaglyph, if needed. We've done it for the two Lippert shorts that we've preserved.

The second image is not posters, they're newspaper ads.

Mr. Price is the gentleman that received the 1.85 documentation that I had sent last September. He's a good man! Someone had asked for this before. The only known DIAL M poster with the original 3-D snipe can be found on this page. http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/hitchcock-on-3-d The 22x28 half...

My pleasure, David. I don't recall seeing those quotes in any Hitchcock books.

1.66 would be better than 1.37 but it's not what Hitchcock and Warner Bros. intended. The only US studios to specifically compose for 1.66 were Paramount (March 24 through January 1954) and RKO.

I don't believe so. If one does, it's buried deep in the studio Archives! Bob

I've just updated the website with even more details on the 3-D premiere in Philadelphia. See Myth #9: http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/home/top-10-3-d-myths Alfred Hitchcock initially had some difficulty adapting to a 3-D, widescreen canvas. Two weeks after completion of principal photography, he...

I would want to see it in the ratio intended by the filmmaker. WB never utilized 1.66 as an aspect ratio for new productions. The only titles they recommended for 1.66 were pre-widescreen films still on the shelf (Island in the Sky, A Lion in the Streets, Blowing Wild, Thunder Over the Plains...

Paramount's studio policy for widescreen at that time was 1.66. Warners was both 1.75 or 1.85. The documents for Dial M state 1.85. Do not go by older open matte transfers. Many of them are zoomed in.

The late Dan Symmes had an original 22x28 half sheet with the 3-D snipe attached. It's pictured in his book "Amazing 3-D." That's the only one that has ever surfaced. The Warner Bros. owned Golden Age 3-D titles are: WB House of Wax Charge at Feather River The Moonlighter The Command...

As in theaters when the films were new, either side can be run as a perfectly normal flat film. As an example, the new HONDO Blu-ray is the left side.

The 2-D version is simply one side of the 3-D master.

They've also got POPEYE, ACE OF SPACE in the vaults. That was the first 3-D cartoon designed for 1.66:1 widescreen.

The Bugs Bunny 3-D cartoon was released in late September 1953 and played most engagements with Warner Bros. 3-D western, THE MOONLIGHTER. Warner Bros. released a standard 2-D version to theaters on November 13, 1954.

No disrespect meant Ben, but I sure hope not! We've tried for the past 20 years to dispell the myth about 3-D movies of the Golden Age being shown anaglyph in the 1950's. To release it that way on Blu-ray would be a HUGE mistake. If you'd like more Myth-busting - including the one about DIAL M...

I provided 1.85:1 documentation to Warner Bros. back in September 2011.

YES! I've been aware of this project since September, 2011. You don't know how difficult it's been keeping quiet about it! The success of this release will be the impetus for more Golden Age titles from the vaults. I plan to buy three; one for each dimension.