Bwana Devil  in 3-D 07/23/24

Some titles get remembered as Firsts:  The Great Train Robbery,  The Jazz Singer,  Becky Sharp,  This Is Cinerama,  The Robe and this little game-changer from the scrappy independent Arch Oboler. The very first feature-length 3-Dimensional drama in color ignited a super-fad that blew through Hollywood and burned out in less than two years. Forget Hungry Hungry Hippos, because this is Lethal Lethal Lions: big cats rule in Kenya, and the tone is unusually harsh and bloodthirsty. The 3-D Film Archive’s restoration work is terrific — United Artists retained stereoscopic elements for this ‘first.’ 3-D Blu-ray is still a favorite of collectors… manufacturers need to bring back the format hardware.  Ungawa already!  On 3-D Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics.
07/23/24