3-D Rarities, Volume II

3-D BLU-RAY EDITION

For over 35 years, it has been the mission of the 3-D Film Archive to locate, save, assemble, and restore previously “lost” 3-D films. Much of the fruits of this labor of love ended up being presented by Flicker Alley in the critically acclaimed 2015 Blu-ray edition of 3-D Rarities. Almost immediately, fans started asking for more, and indeed there was more on the way…

3-D Rarities, Volume II spans over 40 years of international 3-D film production, and is appropriately presented in three segments. The first is a superb collection of short 3-D oddities, including the long-lost A Day in the Country; 3-D master Raymond Spottiswoode’s The Black Swan; Stereoscopic Anthropologist Hillary Hess’s presentation of Mid-Century Memories in Kodachrome Stereo; the mysterious Polaroid-filmed Games in Depth; a prologue for Frankenstein's Bloody Terror, a West German-Spanish coproduction originally filmed in Hi-Fi Stereo 70; and a trailer for the 1983 documentary The 3-D Movie, which serves as a brief historical showcase for a wide swath of classic 3-D films.

Up next is the feature-length historical romance/adventure from 1953: El Corazón y la Espada (aka The Heart and the Sword, aka The Sword of Granada). The first 3-D movie ever produced in Mexico, the original Spanish version of El Corazón y la Espada has not been viewed in its intended format since 1955. Scanned in 4K and restored frame-by-frame from the original left and right camera negatives, the film stars Cesar Romero (The Thin Man; Batman) and Katy Jurado (High Noon; Broken Lance), alongside a veritable who’s who of top Mexican actors of the time.

Last but certainly not least is a special sampling of homemade stereoscopic photographs from silent film icon Harold Lloyd. Presented by Lloyd’s granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd Hayes, these slides are choc-full of Hollywood stars, and many of the images have never been seen at all by the general public!

All of the material included on 3-D Rarities, Volume II is presented in high-quality digital 3-D. Restored and mastered direct from archival materials by 3-D Film Archive Technical Director Greg Kintz, the films and images have been meticulously aligned shot-by-shot for precise registration of the original left/right elements.

BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:

• Audio Commentary - El Corazón y la Espada: Featuring author David Wilt and film historian Dr. Robert J. Kiss
• Audio Commentary - The Black Swan: Featuring 3-D film expert Mike Ballew.
• Souvenir Booklet: Featuring rare photographs and extensively researched liner notes from 3-D expert Mike Ballew.

TO WATCH THE 3-D VERSIONS OF THESE FILMS, YOU NEED:

• 3-D HDTV
• COMPATIBLE 3-D GLASSES
• BLU-RAY 3-D™ PLAYER, PLAYSTATION®3, PLAYSTATION®4 or XBOX ONE SYSTEMS
• HIGH-SPEED HDMI CABLE

This Edition Is Also Viewable in 2D, Playable on Your Standard Blu-ray Player

For more information and additional images, please visit www.3dfilmarchive.com/3-d-rarities.