Engineering:Milton Gunzburg
Milton Lowell Gunzburg (1910 – April 6, 1991) was an American journalist and screenwriter. Gunzburg developed the Natural Vision stereoscopic 3-D system.
Career
After pursuing his education at UCLA and Columbia University,[1] Gunzburg became a Hollywood scriptwriter at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in the 1940s before abandoning the business to focus on the development of 3D filming in the 1950s.[2] While watching footage of home movies which he had filmed in 3D, he was inspired to pursue the development of a new 3D technique for the film industry.[3] Along with his brother Julian, a Beverly Hills ophthalmologist, and cinematographer Friend Baker, he developed the Natural Vision 3D film system in 1951,[3] attracting the attentions of Arch Oboler who used it in his film Bwana Devil.[2] Although the film was a critical disaster, it was an enormous commercial success.[3][4] Natural Vision was then used to film House of Wax with Vincent Price[2] and The Charge at Feather River. In 1972 Gunzburg sued Warner Bros. regarding both films claiming that he had not been paid according to his contract.[5] The success of Natural Vision led to a lucrative contract with Polaroid wherein Gunzburg maintained exclusive rights for a year to sell the special glasses required to view the 3D films.[3]
Personal life
Gunzburg died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California in 1991.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Milton L. Gunzburg obituary". Los Angeles Times. April 15, 1991. http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-15/news/mn-4_1_film-process. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Gimmick that Ate Hollywood". American Heritage. Spring 2003. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2003/4/2003_4_34.shtml. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Strictly for the Marbles". Time (magazine). June 8, 1953. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,935935-2,00.html. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ↑ "A Lion in Your Lap!". Time (magazine). December 15, 1952. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,820537,00.html. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ↑ "The Charge at Feather River (1953) - Notes". TCMUK. http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=title&id=70640. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
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