First colour 3-D film premiered on this day
The first ever colour 3-D film, 'The House of Wax', premiered at New York’s Paramount Theatre on April 10, 1953. It was a remake of 1933’s 'Mystery in the Wax Museum' and was directed by Andre De Toth. It was also the first 3-D film with stereophonic sound to be presented in a regular movie theatre.