Warner Bros.' first 3-D movie, filmed by director André De Toth -- who was blind in one eye and hence could not see the effect. The scene where Paul Picerni is rescued from the guillotine by Frank Lovejoy seconds before the blade came down was filmed in one take, using a real guillotine blade. Picerni and director André De Toth got into a heated argument when Picerni, on advice from the film's stuntmen, refused to do the scene as too dangerous (a prop man was to hold up the blade ...[Read Story ]