The first program was a presentation of some 90 minutes of the contents of this new release:
http://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies/#!/3-D-Rarities/p/49245170That disc contains about 2 1/2 hours worth of material, and I'll have it in hand to watch the rest later this week. We know the guys who assembled and restored this material from Home Theater Forum.
The later show was HONDO, an unusual and compelling John Wayne film that was filmed at the end of the 1953 3-D craze. After its initial and very short 3-D run in NYC and LA
(Edit: I'm told it enjoyed a 3-week run at NYC's 3600-seat Paramount Theater), it's mostly been known as a flat 2-D film. It's a very interesting movie, not least for the unusual role by Geraldine Page. And the 3-D is stunning. I'd say it shoots right up to the top dozen or so of the most beautifully shot, naturalistic, 3-D films to date, and it's a crying shame that Paramount chose to issue only the flat version on Blu-ray a couple of years ago. That's an excellent disc, but the beautiful depth of this one has to be seen to be believed.
Gretchen Wayne (widow of Michael) introduced the film, and the son of Geraldine Page was in the audience. This one is being shown all week, and I would be mighty tempted to go back and see it again.
