Wasn' there a flat version
I recall seeing The Mad Magician when it came out in 1954. My recollection is that it was shown in the regular flat version (2-D). I think they did that with a lot of films at that time, either because 3-D was going out and they wanted to make money on film rentals, or that particular theater was not set up to run 3 dimensional films, didn't have the right projectors. Can anybody set me straight on this. I recall there were comic books (Mighty Moose, 3 Stooges etc.) which had the 3-D glasses. Those would be collectors items now because the glasses usually got lost or broken. There were also Roy Rogers picture cards in Post Cereals of Roy, Trigger, Dale, etc. that were three dimensional. I recall Mad Magician very fondly particularly the buzz saw scene.
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