‘Avatar,’ Other Hit Movies Use 3D Technology from the 1930s

Much of the financial news of late from the Hollywood studios focuses on the revenue gushers generated by recently released 3D movies, such as "Avatar," "Alice in Wonderland" and "How to Train Your Dragon." But the latest cycle of 3-D movies rely on what is really quite an old technology. No, we're not talking about such 1950's 3D classics as "Bwana Devil." Think older, much older: It turns out our grandparents enjoyed 3D movies, turned out by the major Hollywood studios… in the 1930s. Only then it was called S3D. Maybe the third time is the charm. Or maybe not:……