The Power of Love (film)

The Power of Love is an American silent film and the first 3D feature film worldwide. The premiere was on September 27, 1922, at the Ambassador Hotel Theater in Los Angeles.

Don Almeda promises his daughter Maria to Don Alvarez because of his financial trouble. Maria does not love Don Alvarez and falls in love with Terry ONeal. He is a stranger who has been wounded by robbers associated with Alvarez and later he takes Alvarezs place at a masquerade ball. Alvarez robs an old padre of some pearls and stabs him with ONeals knife and accuses ONeal of the murder. Alvarez tries to shoot him, but wounds Maria instead, because she has thrown herself in front of him. Maria recovers and after proving that Alvarez is a thief and a killer, marries ONeal.The film utilized the redandgreen anaglyph system for the 3D experience and also gave the audience the option of viewing one of two different endings to the film in 2D by looking through only the red or green lens of the spectacles, depending on whether the viewer wanted to see a happy or tragic ending. The Power of Love is the only film released in the twocamera, twoprojector FairallElder stereoscopic format developed by Harry K. Fairall and Robert F. Elder. ........

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