House of Wax 3D - 1953 - Paddle Ball

House of Wax was not one of the first 3D films in cinema history.

And it didn't have "distorted" colours in the theatres because it used polarised glasses rather than red/blue.

Polarised 3D had problems - it needed a different screen than most standard theatres had, and, since the glasses used linear polarisation, if you tilted your head to one side or the other, you got cross-bleed of the images.

(Current 3D uses circular polarisation to avoid that problem.)

Also, the original process used two synchronised projectors, and if they were even half a frame off synch, people got headaches.

The red-blue process can use a single strip of film for a B&W image, so it was cheaper and easier than the polarisation one.

It was Warner Bro's first 3D movie though

great film on its own but silly bit as us well known . im a horror film historian and i love this old film. it stands on its own merits. TOMK

This guy is my Grandpa Reg :]
Sadly, he's passed away now :[

did'nt work 4 me

my 3d glasses didnt work. mabey i need to find some of those red and blue ones.

It got in my mouth! I should have listened when he told me to close my mouth while eating popcorn. I couldn't help it, it's extra butter!

Extra butter FTW, i flinched when the ball first came forward lol