What was the first 3-D movie?

Answer 1

The first presentation of 3D films before a paying audience took place at the Astor Theater, New York, on June 10, 1915. The program consisted of three one-reelers, the first of rural scenes in the USA, the second a selection of scenes from Famous Players' Jim, the Penman (US '15), with John Mason and Marie Doro, and the third a travelog of Niagara falls. The first 3D feature film was Nat Deverich's 5-reel melodrama Power of Love (US '22). The first feature-length talkie in 3D was Sante Bonaldo's Nozze vagabonde (It '36), The first feature-length talkie in color and 3D was Alexander Andreyevsky's Soyuzdetfilm production Robinson Crusoe (USSR '47). The first 3D feature with stereophonic sound was Warner Brothers' House of Wax (US '53). http://www.3dgear.com/scsc/movies/firsts.html

Answer 2

I'm pretty sure it was "Bwana Devil" a very early version of the story "The Ghost and The Darkness" was based on. The ads promised you "A lion in your lap"