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The Man from M.A.R.S. (1922)

Directed by Roy William Neill

Overview

An inventor makes contact with Mars via television.  The film is notable for using the 3-D process called Teleview, similar to today’s alternating frame 3-D systems. Shown in 3-D only at the Selwyn Theater in New York City, it was previewed as Mars Calling at a trade and press screening on 13 October 1922, premiered as M.A.R.S. on 27 December 1922, and ran through 20 January 1923. A 2-D version was distributed as Radio-Mania in 1923–1924.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Grant Mitchell | Margaret Irving | Gertrude Hillman | W.H. Burton | Isabel Vernon | John D. Walsh | J. Burke | Peggy Smith | Betty Borders | Alice Effinger | Peggy Williams