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United Artists released the first stereoscopic feature film, Arch Oboler's Bwana Devil, which premiered at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood 30 November 1952. This poster was displayed in the lobby to explain to audiences how 3-D worked:
This famous photograph of the audience was taken by J. R. Eyerman that night:
A really low-budget independent sci-fi with excellent 3-D:
So far as I know, Southwest Passage has not been restored or projected since the 1950s and the elements may not exist:
A personal favorite stereoscopic film and a personal favorite film noir with superb lighting by John Alton:
Alton makes the dark light dance in I, THE JURY.
I don't know who controls the United Artists films now. Is it Fox through its distribution deals with MGM who used to control UA, or Tom Cruise, or Warner Brothers?