Sol Lesser attempted to follow up "Stereo Techniques" with a new showcase, this time five shorts that he himself produced. The project was to be called "The 3-D Follies" and was to be distributed by RKO. Unfortunately, because of financial difficulties and the general loss of interest in 3D, Lesser canceled the project during the summer of 1953, making it the first 3D film to be aborted in production. Two of the three shorts were shot: "Carmenesque", a burlesque number starring exotic dancer Lili St. Cyr, and "Fun in the Sun", a sports short directed by famed set designer/director William Cameron Menzies, who also directed the 3D feature "The Maze" for Allied Artists.